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

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (22-24OCT21) 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 - Almighty   God's unmerited favor to save us from our sins and from Hell: HOW SINFUL ARE WE? We can read the Scriptures which declare, “ There is none good, no not one… every imagination of man’s heart is only evil continually… our righteousnesses are as filthy rags… man at his best state is altogether vanity;”  but what makes this question difficult to answer is the fact that we have such little understanding of true holiness. We compare ourselves with ourselves and arrive at a weak, perverted view of sin. A man’s conception of sin is determined by his understanding of TRUE HOLINESS. I declare,  without reservation, that a man will never come to an ...

"The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life." -Psalm 42:8  [KJV] Both night and day open sources of comfort, when Jesus is present, and when Jesus sanctifies. How, indeed, my soul, canst thou be otherwise than comfortable, while Jesus is with thee, and manifesting Himself unto thee? And do observe, my soul, the sweet expression in this verse. Thy Lord, thy Jesus, will both create blessings and command them. His loving-kindness, which is better than life itself will make daylight in the soul, when otherwise it is night. And His love will shine, as the stars in the darkest night sparkle with more lustre, with increasing brightness, when dark providences are around. Nay, Jesus will give songs in the night, when all things else are out of tune. Do Thou, Lord, do Thou, my Lord, command then Thy loving-kindness both by day and night, and my prayer and praise shall both go forth to Thee,...