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

"In deaths oft."     -II Corinthians 11:23  [KJV] What did the apostle mean by this expression, but that from living in Christ, he was always on the lookout for dying in Christ; so that death could make no change of state, whatever change it made of worlds; for that living or dying, he was still in Christ? Paul seems to be speaking out his whole soul in the thought. It seems as if the conscious sense of his union and interest with Jesus was so inwrought in His very nature, that he was "in deaths oft," hoping that this providence, or that appointment, would be found the messenger to call him home to his Redeemer, to be with Him for ever.     My soul! As every night the bed of sleep to thy wearied body becomes a representation of the night of death, and the chamber of the grave, sit down this evening, and look over the memorandums of thine heart, whether there are some of the same sweet testimonies, and arising out of the same blessed source, as the apostle's, th...

"Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy."   -James 5:11 [KJV] The words translated "endure" and "patience" are the same in the original; and in fact, the example of Job is given as an instance of the happiness of those who endure. The same word is also used by our blessed Lord, where he says, "He that  endureth  to the end shall be saved" (Matthew 10:22) . We have need then of endurance. As he that runs a race needs not so much swiftness as enduring strength to hold out to the end, never to give up as long as he can drag one limb before another; as the British soldier must never suffer himself to be beaten; so it is in the Christian race: we must never give up; we must never say "die;" we must never allow ourselves to be beaten by sin or Satan.  If God Himself seem to thrust us away from His throne,    we mus...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (21-23JAN22) 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: IT IS FINISHED When Christ was dying on the cross for the sins of His people, He cried out, “It is finished” (John 19:30). What was finished (brought to its full and final completion and culmination)? Consider the following: The whole will of God in regard to the salvation of the elect and the ground of redemption (Hebrews 10:7). The whole work His Father had given Him to do in saving His people from their sins (1 Timothy 1:15). The Old Covenant law and all types and ceremonies (Hebrews 10:9-14). The righteousness of God performed, perfected, and which is imputed to believers (Romans 3:19-24; Romans 10:4; II Corinthians 5:21). The proof of the accomplishment of all tha...