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

"For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things." -A CTS 15:28 [KJV] When the brethren in Jerusalem wrote this inspired letter to the church in Antioch they declared this strong Biblical principle that the testimony of God plainly sets forth, "For it seemed good (pleasing) to the Holy Ghost, and to us." What is pleasing to God in creation, providence and salvation is also most pleasing to His covenant people. We say with David, "But our God is in the heavens: He hath done whatsoever He hath pleased" [PSALM 115:3 ] . Or with Eli, "It is the LORD: let Him do what seemeth Him good [I SAMUEL 3:18 ] . It was most pleasing to God to sovereignly and unconditionally choose His people in Christ before the foundation of the world [I SAMUEL 12:22; E PHESIANS 1:3-6 ] . We thank our Lord that He purposed to choose us in electing love or we never would have chosen Him or beli

"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it." -E CCLESIASTES 12:7 [KJV]   Nature shrinks from death, even apart from that which following after death makes it to so many a king of terrors. Even where grace has set up its throne, and mercy rejoices over judgment, many unbelieving, infidel thoughts at times will cross the mind and perplex the judgment about the separation of body and soul, and the launching of the spirit into an unseen, unknown world. Faith, it is true, can subdue these perplexing thoughts, better hinted at than described, but faith needs some solid ground on which to build and rest. If, then, the soul is blessed with any assured hope or sweet persuasion of interest in the blood and obedience of the Lord Jesus Christ, so as to remove guilty fears, how strengthening to faith is a view of His death, not merely as the only sacrifice for sin, but as the exemplar, so to speak, of our own.

“ THE LORD JESUS is never fully valued until sin is clearly seen. A man must know something of the depth and malignity of his disease in order to love, honor, and appreciate the dear Savior.” - Gospel report by preacher Scott Richardson Please find enclosed link to encouraging Gospel sermons: https://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?speakeronly=true&currsection=sermonsspeaker&keyword=Scott_Richardson

“ He that spared not His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?” -R OMANS 8:32 [KJV] This verse supplies us with an instance of Divine logic! It contains a conclusion drawn from a premise. The premise is that God delivered up Christ for all His people therefore, everything else that is needed by them is sure to be given. Here we are told why the Father made such a costly sacrifice: He spared not Christ – that He might spare us! It was not lack of love to the Savior, but wondrous, matchless, fathomless love for us! O marvel at the astonishing design of the Most High! “..God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son!” Truly, such love surpasses knowledge! Moreover, He made this costly sacrifice not grudgingly or reluctantly, but freely out of love. He “delivered Him up” . . . to shame and spitting, to hatred and persecution, to cruel suffering and crucifixion. And He delivered Him up “for