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

"And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of H is grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified." -A CTS 20:32 [KJV]   Not only did Paul "commend" the church at Ephesus "to God," but he commended them also in an especial manner " TO THE WORD OF HIS GRACE ." There is a difference between "grace" and "the word of His grace." Nothing but grace can save the soul; nothing but superabounding grace can blot out and hide from the view of justice our aggravated iniquities. But " the word of H is grace " is that word which brings this grace into the heart, which communicates life and power to the soul, which the Spirit by His inward teaching and testimony seals on the conscience, and by which He reveals and sheds abroad that favour of which He testifies. This is what the Lord's people want. It is "the Word of grace" that

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (27-29DEC19) Heads-Up --- Please find enclosed encouragement in SO GREAT SALVATION by the perfect and finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ in saving poor, needy and wretched sinners by His sovereign free grace - God's unmerited favor - from our sins and from Hell: “ The sinner who is enlightened to know himself, his wants, enemies, and dangers, WILL NOT DARE TO CONFIDE IN ANYTHING SHORT OF AN ALMIGHTY ARM; he needs a Shepherd who is full of wisdom, full of care, full of power; able, like the sun, to shine upon millions at once, and possessed of those incommunicable attributes of Deity, omniscience and omnipresence. Such is our great Shepherd.” -preacher John Newton