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

  "If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise."   -I Corinthians 3:18 [KJV] The fruit and effect of divine teaching is,  to cut in pieces, and root up all our fleshly wisdom, strength, and righteousness.  God never means to patch a new piece upon an old garment; he never intends to let  our  wisdom,  our  strength,  our  righteousness have any union with  His;  it must all be torn to pieces, it must all be plucked up by the roots, that a  new  wisdom, a  new  strength, and a  new  righteousness may arise upon its ruins. But till the Lord is pleased to teach us, we never can part with our own righteousness, never give up our own wisdom, never abandon our own strength. These things are a part and parcel of ourselves, so ingrained within us, so innate in us, so growing with our growth, that we cannot willingly part with an atom of them till the Lord Himself breaks them up, and plucks them away.  Then, as He brings into our s

  Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (26-28AUG22 A.D.) 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 - from our sins and from Hell: GOD’S ETERNAL PURPOSE “ Known unto God are all His works from the beginning of the world” (Acts 15:18). The divine councils went before creation. As a builder draws his plans before he begins to build, so the great Architect predestinated everything before a single creature was called into existence. Nor has God kept this a secret locked in His own bosom; it has pleased Him to make known in His Word the everlasting counsels of His grace, His design in the same, and the grand end He has in view. When a building is in course of construction onlookers are often at a loss to perceive the reason for many of the details. As yet, they discern no order or des