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

"Though H e were a Son, yet learned H e obedience by the things which H e suffered." -Hebrews 5:8 [KJV] Our gracious Lord had to learn obedience to the will of God by a personal experience of suffering, and especially by an implicit submission to His heavenly Father's will. And what was this will? That He should take upon Himself the huge debt which His bride had incurred by original and actual transgression; that He should offer Himself as a ransom price to discharge and put it away; that He should bear our sins in His own body on the tree, with everything which was involved in being made a curse for us; that He should by death overcome Satan, who had the power of death, and deliver them who all their life, through fear of death, were subject to bondage; and that, whatever sorrows and sufferings should lie in His path, He should bear them all, and learn, in and by them, implicit submission to the will of God. This was the will of God, for He was determined that H...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (1 7 -1 9 JUL20) 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: “ Whosoever believeth that JESUS IS THE CHRIST is born of God” -I JOHN 5:1 [KJV] All who are born of God believe that Jesus is the Christ. The title THE CHRIST signifies anointed and includes all the offices of the Son of God. To believe Him to be THE CHRIST is to believe Him to that Prophet which Moses said should come, who has declared the whole mind and will of the Father. It is to believe He is that Priest which should arise after the order of Melchizedek and make full atonement for sin and effectual intercession for transgressors. It is to believe He is King of kings and Lord of lords, whom God hath set over all things from all ages and for all time. This...