"Salvation is of the LORD." -Jonah 2:9

"Thou therefore endure hardness, as a  good soldier of Jesus Christ." - II TIMOTHY 2:3 [KJV]   How is the Christian soldier made? By going to chapel, by reading the Bible, by singing hymns, by talking about religion? Just as much as the veteran warrior is made at Aldershot or Southsea. He must go into the battle and fight hand to hand with Satan and the flesh; he must endure cruel wounds given by both outward and inward foes; he must lie upon the cold ground of desolation and desertion; he must rush up the breach when called to storm the castles of sin and evil, and never "yield or quit the field," but press on determined to win the day or die. In these battles of the Lord, in due time he learns how to handle his weapons, how to call upon God in supplication and prayer, to trust in Jesus Christ with all his heart, to beat back Satan, to crucify self, and live a life of faith in the Son of God. Religion is not a matter of theory or of doctrine: it is t...

"What did Christ offer to God? He made a sacrifice of HIMSELF [HEBREWS 9:11-12 ] . It is true that He sacrificed His rest, His honor, His reputation, and His life; but the essence of His sacrifice was HIMSELF. “He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself” [HEBREWS 9:26 ] . “Who H is own self bare our sins in H is own body on the tree” [I PETER 2:24 ] . By Himself He honored the law and enabled the Lawgiver to be just and merciful [ISAIAH 42:21; M ATTHEW 5:17; R OMANS 3:24-26 ] ." -Gospel report from preacher Henry T. Mahan Please find enclosed an audio Gospel Sermon entitled, "JESUS - Friend of Sinners" https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=11180521541