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

“And it will be said in that day:  Lo, this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is Jehovah; we have waited for Him; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.’”   -Isaiah 25:9     1. Behold, our God has come to earth!     Jesus the Christ is He:   The lone God-Man, of virgin-birth –     He is the deity     Clothed in humanity,   And born to set His people free.   2. Behold Him then in all His ways!     See how His glories shine!   The wonders did throughout His days –     His miracles divine     From water turned to wine   Are all to us a glorious sign.   3. Behold His death and victory     Ov’r sin and all we dread!   He died to set His people free,     Then rose up from the dead     As He Himself had said,   And stomped upon the serpent’s head.   4. Beh...

"Regeneration is the preparation of the elect for salvation. No person by his own intellect can find salvation. This was demonstrated by the Athenians who were worshipping the unknown god (Acts 17) . Faith is the reception of this salvation (Acts 16:31) . Baptism is the confession of this salvation (I Peter 3:21) . Works are the manifestation of this salvation (James 2:18) . Christ’s life, the living Christ who lives in the recipients of grace, is the support of this salvation (Romans 5:10) . Trials are the proof of this salvation (I Peter 1:7) . Hope is the prospect and consummation of this salvation (Romans 8:24) ." -preacher Wilbur Elias Best,   excerpt from, 'Life of Faith Preceded by Quickening'

 Friends, please find enclosed a Gospel sermon from preacher Henry Mahan (27 minutes). Link:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9LWlTkZ9Cw Are true believers capable of falling away? What does the Bible really say about faith, salvation, and perseverance? In this powerful sermon from Hebrews 10:38 -39, we explore the deep truth that true believers never quit. This message reveals the difference between saving faith and false faith, exposing common misconceptions about Christianity today. Discover how real salvation is not just a one-time decision, emotional experience, or religious activity—but a lifelong transformation through the Spirit of God. 📖 In this sermon, you’ll learn: What it means to truly live by faith Why real believers continue believing The difference between true faith and false religion Signs of genuine salvation Why salvation is more than just “accepting Christ” The role of regeneration, grace, and perseverance This message will challenge you to examine...

     God never asked Job for permission to take away all that he had, nor did He apologize when it was gone.   When God finally spoke to Job, His words were direct and commanding… “Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou Me” (Job 38:3).     There was not a single word of apology.   Why?   Because God had not wronged Job.   God is never unjust in His dealings.   In fact, Job was blessed beyond measure, but not in the way we would think.   His blessings was not merely in what he had or even what was restored to him, but in what he came to see and understand about God.     Job himself explains it best… “I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth Thee.   Wherefore I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes” (Job 42:5-6).   This is the true blessing - to go from simply hearing about God to truly seeing Him.   To be brought to a place of humilit...

     "The natural man will not bow to a God who is Sovereign. A God who always does what He wants, when He wants, how He wants, where He wants, with whomever He wants, and is always right in everything He does,   is a threat and offense to the man who has set himself up on the Throne of God. Only the Spirit born child of God will bow happily in true worship, seeking mercy from the One who said, “I will have mercy upon whom I will have mercy. "   -preacher Greg Elmquist

"I will call upon GOD, and the LORD shall save me."   - Psalm 55:16 [KJV]   I have often been struck with the conduct of blind Bartimeus. When “Many charged him to hold his peace, he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David have mercy upon me ” (Mark 10:48.) Why was this? Truly he had a feeling sense of his loss of sight, and by faith he saw Jesus able to restore it. See the consequence of this importunate cry. Did the sun stand still at the word of Joshua? Behold, at the cry of Bartimeus, the LORD and Creator of all the host of heaven, stood still. Jesus knows the cry of His own Spirit. He will hear it, and help the soul who utters it. “His ears are open to our prayers” (I Peter 3:12.)    Look, (1st.) At David’s circumstances. Was he now on the mount of joy, basking in the sunbeams of comfort? No, he is sighing out a doleful complaint, in the vale of distress. Says he, “I mourn because of the voice of the enemy, and the oppressions of the wicke...

"But God commendeth His love towards us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us ."   - Romans 5:8 [KJV]   It is a very blessed heightening of divine mercies, when we behold them as not only bestowed upon those that deserved them not, but upon those that deserved the reverse of them . It is not enough, in our account of God's love, to say that God was gracious when we had done nothing to merit His favour, but that God was gracious when we had done every thing to merit His displeasure. This is among the sweet features of the Gospel. And the reason is very plain. God Himself is an infinite Being, and therefore His love must be an infinite love. All the properties of it are infinite; it must be exercised to suit an infinite power; it must be such as corresponds to infinite wisdom; and its effects must be such as shall be suited to infinite goodness.   Hence, therefore, in the display of it, such manifestations must be given as shall set forth, that ...

"Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you." -I Peter 1:20 [KJV]   By "these last times" is meant this present dispensation, the dispensation of grace under which we live, and they are called the last times chiefly for two reasons:    1. Because Christ was manifested in the last days of the legal dispensation of the old covenant, which now, as decaying and waxing old, was ready to vanish away (Hebrews 8:13) , which it did when at the destruction of Jerusalem the whole of the temple service, including the sacrifices offered there, was brought to an end.    But, 2. Another reason why the dispensation under which we live is called "the last days" is because it is the final revelation of God. It is "the time accepted , " "the day of salvation , " of which all the prophets have spoken (II Corinthians 6:2; Acts 3:24) .    Christ is now upon His throne of grace; ...