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

"Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right  hand of God; angels and authorities and powers  being made subject unto Him" - I Peter 3:22 [KJV]   The resurrection, enthronement and universal authority given to Jesus Christ provide us with undeniable evidence that He accomplished, to the Father’s full satisfaction, the work He was sent to do. What was that work? It was that work laid upon Him from all eternity, that work which He delightfully accepted to accomplish - to save, redeem and satisfy divine justice for all of those people given to Him by the Father in covenant grace before the world began. The Savior’s abiding presence in the Father’s house shows that real, substantial and everlasting peace has been made between the Lord and His fallen people by the blood of the cross of Christ. The Holy Spirit said "this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God" (Hebrews 10:12). Among the seve...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (24-26AUG18) 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 their sins and from Hell. NO OTHER WAY "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up" (John 3:14). The deliverance of sinners from the claims of divine justice was dependent upon Christ bringing in everlasting righteousness for them by the sacrifice of Himself, therefore the Savior said to Nicodemus, "even so MUST the Son of Man be lifted up." It was in this way the demands of God’s law would be upheld and all the sins of those people entrusted to the Surety before the world began would be taken away, never to be remembered again. Those who insist that sinners can, by will, worth or work, ma...

"For He [ God ] saith to Moses, I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I WILL HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I WILL HAVE COMPASSION. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. " -Romans 9:15-16 [ KJ V] The doctrine of God's sovereign power and will to save HIS people according to His purpose and choice, apart from anything in or done by them, has been under attack for centuries. Most who claim to be Christian deny this truth without embarrassment or apology. There are two very recent and very popular books written by two men who profess to be "Christian" and who are leaders of many. Both books attack the doctrine of God's sovereign choice to save a people for His glory. Both books assert that God desires to save everyone, but the outcome of who gets saved depends on the response of each person. In other words, God has given up His ability to save anyone, unless that persons decides to res...

The Wednesday Word: Tell it Like it Is by D.G. Miles McKee The famous Irish scholar and wit, John Pentland Mahaffy, was once asked if he was a Christian. He replied, “Yes, but not offensively so.” Unfortunately, there are many professing believers who line up with his point of view. They don’t take their stand for the truth of the Word. They have let the world’s standards dictate what is right and wrong. They keep silent about the real Jesus. You see, there is an inate offence in the Christ of the Bible ( Romans 9:33 ; Galatians 5:11 ; 1 Peter 2:7-8 ). When we tell of the uniqueness of Jesus Christ and the fact that there is no salvation outside of Him, people get offended. That’s just the way it is. Let’s get this straight. The Gospel is not the instruction manual of what we must do to be saved. No indeed! The Gospel is the story of that which has already been done to save us. The Gospel is not about a set of demands placed on us. Rather it is about the dem...

"Continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of." - II Timothy 3:14 [KJV] Various hindran c es meet the child of God in his path heavenwards. And their tendency is such, that but for the grace of God, they would effectually succeed in driving him from the faith. When, then, he has to meet a head wind blowing right in his teeth, when the storm and hail beat roughly upon him, when the waves rise high and the stream runs strong, there seems no getting on; and he fears that he shall be like "the children of Ephraim, who, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle." And yet there is that grace  implanted in his heart, there is that faith which God the Spirit first created and still keeps alive in his soul, that though he may for a moment be driven aside, he yet never turns his back upon the truth; though retarded for a moment, his face is still Zionwards. I can say for myself, that all the trials I h...

“ When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, He said, IT IS FINISHED : and He bowed His head, and gave up the ghost.” - John 19:3 0 [KJV]   When Christ died on the cross for the sins of His people, what exactly was finished (brought to its full and final completion and culmination)? Consider the following: (1) The whole will of God in regard to the ground of redemption (Heb rews 10:7) . (2) The whole work His Father had given Him to do in saving His people (I Tim othy 1:15) . (3) The Old Covenant law and all types and ceremonies (Heb rews 10:9-14) (4) The righteousness of God performed, perfected, and which is imputed to believers (Rom ans 3:19-24; Rom ans 10:4 & II Cor inthians 5:21) . The proof of the accomplishment of all that He came to do was His resurrection from the dead (Acts 17:31) . Salvation and eternal life is the gift of God, not of works on our part, but through the Person and work of our Substitute, the Lord Jesus Christ (Eph es...

The sinner who has saving faith believes that there is a fullness of salvation in Christ for poor sinners. "Wherefore HE is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by HIM ...." (Heb rews 7:25). In the word of the Gospel Christ is held forth as an able Saviour - able to save men from their sins and from the wrath of God. His merit is a sufficient shield against the tempest of wrath which incensed justice is ready to exact against transgressors. The sinner who has saving faith knows that the righteousness Christ fulfilled as the condition of the Covenant of Grace is so valuable in itself, and in the eyes of the Father, that it is sufficient to procure justification, sanctification, and all other saving benefits to sinners who in themselves deserve death and damnation. So they are happy who are in Him. They shall never perish but have everlasting life, being eternally secure under the cover of His righteousness as a sufficient defense. -p...