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

  "And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth ." - Matthew 28:18  [KJV] Hail, then, Thou Sovereign Lord of all! I have lately been following Thee in sweet and solemn meditation through the seasons of Thy humiliation; now let me behold Thee on Thy throne. And here am I called upon to contemplate my Lord and my God as possessing universal dominion. Ponder, my soul, the vast extent. Thy Jesus, as God, as one with the Father, possesseth in common with Him all power from everlasting. This is His, as God, essentially so; not given to Him, for by nature it is His, being "one with the Father, over all, God blessed for ever. Amen," said Paul; so let it be; so shall it be. And so say I, and so saith all the church; amen, amen.     But what thy Jesus saith here, in these blessed words, is of a power given to Him; and that is a power as the Head of His church and people. And although had He not been God, one with the Father, ...

  "...renewing of the Holy Ghost, which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour." - Titus 3:5, 6  [KJV] Precious office of the Spirit! Condescend, great God, to grant it me this morning. Oh, renew my soul with all Thy sweet revivals, after a night of sleep, as Thou renewest the face of the earth. Oh send forth, I beseech Thee, Lord, all Thy graces, as suited to my necessities, and the Redeemer's glory, and let it be most abundantly shed abroad, through all the faculties of my soul, through Jesus Christ my Saviour. Pause, my soul, over the blessed prospect, and having now pleaded in Jesus's name for the mercy, act faith upon thy God in His promises.     Is not every morning a renewing of the Holy Ghost? Is it not said concerning the productions of the earth, that God "sendeth forth His Spirit, and they are created, and Thou renewest the face of the earth?" See what an evidence the earth gives in this lovely season, in the fruits, and plant...

  "As by the offence of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so, by the righteousness of One, the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life." - Romans 5:18  [KJV] Concerning the ruin in which thou art involved in Adam, surely, my soul, thou knowest and feelest it from day to day. No one can persuade thee out of this. Thou art as much concerned in the sin, and consequently implicated in the punishment, of the first man's transgression, as if thou hadst been, and which indeed as thy root and head thou really wert, in the garden with him when he did it. And thou feelest the same disposition to sin the same rebellion in thy very nature. So that most fully and freely dost thou subscribe to the rights of God's judgment, that condemnation cometh upon all men, because all have sinned.     Now then see, my soul, whether, through the same Almighty Teacher who convinced thee of sin, thou art convinced also of the righteousness of Jesus, and art as...

  Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands   (28-30MAY21) 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: DELIVERANCE FROM ETERNAL RUIN "The voice said,  Cry . And he said, What shall I cry?  All flesh is grass, and all the  goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: the grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass."  -Isaiah 40:6-7 [KJV] Unless the Lord is pleased to teach us and reveal to us what we are by nature (Ephesians 2:1-3), we will never see our need for Christ and the gospel of His free grace (Romans 3:24). We will never understand our need of Jesus Christ and His great salvation, unless the Holy Spirit is pleased to move upon our heart (Joh...

  "Thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left." - Isaiah 30:21  [KJV] My soul, who is this Almighty Teacher, out of sight, but the Holy Ghost? And to what way doth He point but to Jesus, who is both the way, and the truth, and the life? Art thou ever at a stand? Listen to this voice. Art thou about to turn to the right or left? See how seasonably He is promised to come to direct thee. Condescend, Thou gracious, matchless Instructor, to guide me. I shall not fail then to know the wholesomeness of Thy teaching, when Thou hast opened mine eyes, to see the wondrous things of Thy law. I shall indeed know that Thou art my Director, because Thou hast said, "I the Lord teacheth thee to profit." And when Thy word comes not in word only, but in power, and in Thee, the Holy Ghost, surely I shall know it, in that it not only reaches my ear, but will influence my heart: not only...

  "Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led captivity captive, Thou hast received gifts for men: yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them." -Psalm 68:18  [KJV] Sweet view of a risen, ascended, and triumphant Saviour. My soul, ponder over these words, and while meditating upon them, see that thou art ascending after thy exalted Head, and partaking in His glories. Jesus is He who hath indeed ascended, far above all heavens, that He might fill all things. He hath led captivity captive; and that not only in conquering all the powers of hell, but taking His people that were in captivity out of the prison-house, and causing them to partake in the felicity of His triumphs.     And mark, my soul, what follows. "He hath received gifts for men;" or as the apostle to the church of Ephesus expresseth the same blessed truths, He gave gifts to men, Ephesians 4:8. And sweetly Jesus hath done both; for He received that He might give. He needed not f...

The Amazing Blood of Jesus , Part III by D.G. Miles McKee In Parts 1 and 2 we saw that the blood of Jesus both redeems and cleanses us. Today we want to consider that the blood of Jesus also preserves us. Do you remember the dreadful night when the death angel went across the country of Egypt killing the first born of every house? (see Exodus 12) A woeful cry went up across the land.  The first born of every house was slain … from Pharaoh’s palace to the servant´s shack. Death had struck. But there were some houses the death angel did not enter.  Those inhabitants were protected! Why? Were they better than their neighbours? No! Were they holier? No! Were they church goers? No! What preserved them then? It was the blood on the lintel and the two side posts of their homes.  This was in accordance with the promise the Lord had made to the Israelites. He had given His Word saying, “When I see the blood, I will pass over you” (Exodus 12:13). The Blood preserved the I...