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

  Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (14-16OCT22 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: INVINCIBLE GRACE I do not doubt for a moment the glorious doctrine of the invincible grace of God. The Lord must overcome the natural rebellion of the sinner, quicken that sinner by almighty power and draw him or her to Christ. Unless God exerts this mighty power of life-giving grace, none will ever come to the Savior for cleansing in His precious blood. Here are some very good words by Mr. Spurgeon, which I have edited to provide clarity.   “ Man by nature is like a wild horse dashing toward a steep cliff. If he is restrained in his course and turned away from the danger, it is only because of the mighty Rider Who knows how to pull the bit and gui...

"That I may win Christ." - Philippians 3:8 [KJV] What is it to "win Christ?" It is to have Him sweetly embraced in the arms of our faith. It is to feel Him manifesting His heavenly glory in our souls. It is to have the application of His atoning blood, in all its purging efficacy, to our conscience. It is to feel our heart melted and swooning with the sweet ravishments of His dying love, shed abroad even to overpowering. This is winning Christ. Now, before we can thus win Christ, we must have a view of Christ, we must behold His glory, "the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." We must see the matchless dignity of His glorious Person, the atoning efficacy of His propitiating blood, the length and breadth, the depth and height of His surpassing love. We must have our heart ready to burst with pantings, longings, and ardent desires that this blessed Immanuel would come down from the heaven of heavens in which He dwells beyo...