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

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (26-28OCT18) 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: ETERNALLY SECURE “ Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of My hands; thy walls are continually before Me.” -Isaiah 49:15-16 [KJV] This is a revelation of the Lord’s everlasting concern for and faithfulness to His chosen people; here is our eternal security. How delightful to meditate upon our Lord’s unceasing care and concern for His children. If we could by faith behold the Lord’s unending designs of grace toward us, then like Paul we would be joyful in the Lord even in the mids...

Many claim to be preachers of Christ, saying, “we preach Jesus.” But the preaching of Christ is not the mere repeating of His name. It is not just saying, “Believe on Jesus...” It is not saying the name “Jesus” and leaving men to put to it their own views to it as to who He is or what He has done. No, to preach Christ is to declare what the scriptures say about who He is. He is God manifest in the flesh. He is the One who is the “Wisdom” that was in the beginning. He is the Angel of the Covenant, the eternal Son, the holy One and the Author and Finisher of the eternal salvation. The scriptures tell us what God says He has done. As the angel said, His name is called J ESUS because He has saved His people from their sins (Matt hew 1:21). We are to preach Christ “crucified.” We preach who He was crucified for, the design of His sufferings and also the glory that must follow! What did He accomplish? He suffered, the Just for the unjust, to bring us to God. He died ...

  One of the most comforting truths revealed in God’s Word is the truth of judgment when it applies to true believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. The fact is that for believers, sinners saved by the grace of God in Christ, the Judgment Day is not future – IT IS PAST. Indeed, when Jesus Christ died on the cross, He was judged and punished by Almighty God for ALL OF OUR SINS and for all of our transgressions – sins past, sins present, sins future. Because Jesus Christ bore the judgment of God in our room and stead, we who trust in Him for all salvation will not face God’s wrath on the final day. Therefore, when we appear before God’s throne on the day of judgment, we will not hear words of condemnation. Rather, because of Christ’s saving work on our behalf, because of His redeeming blood and His righteousness imputed to us , we will hear words of blessing: “ Well done, good and faithful servant. Enter into that kingdom which has been prepared for you from befo...

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast." -Ephesians 2:8-9 [KJV] Salvation - beginning to end - i s by God's grace . God elected a people unto salvation by grace, the very opposite of works (Rom ans 11:5-6). It was grace that abounded over sin and reigns through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord (Rom. 5:20-21). The stewardship of every God-sent preacher is a "dispensation of the grace of God" (Eph esians 3: 2-8). The gospel we preach is "the gospel of the grace of God" (Acts 20:24). We are "justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus" (Rom. 3: 24). We are called by God's grace (Gal atians 1: 15 ). It is "grace wherein we stand" (Rom. 5:2). Believers are what we are by the grace of God (I Cor. 15:10). So what is grace? Let me have your undi...

"Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours; whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; ALL ARE YOURS; AND YE ARE CHRIST’s; AND CHRIST IS GOD’s.” - I Corinthians 3:21-23 [KJV] Whatever there be in heaven, whatever there be in earth, that can be for your spiritual good, all is yours so far as you are an heir of God and a joint-heir with Christ. The silver and the gold and the cattle upon a thousand hills are all Christ's because ALL POWER is given to Him in heaven and in earth. Whatever your temporal wants may be, He can supply them, because H e is K ing on earth as well as in heaven . Whatever enemies you may have, H e is able to defeat them ; whatever evils may press upon you, H e is able to subdue them ; whatever sorrows surround you, H e is able to console you under them . Everything in time, everything in eternity, in this world and in the world to come, are all on y...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (19-21OCT18) 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: Religion and Eternal Life - The Difference Religion is to know biblical facts; life is to know God (I John 5:20). Religion is to know what I believe; life is to know Whom I believe (II Timothy 1:12). Religion is to be baptized into the church; Life is to be baptized into Christ (Romans 6:3). Religion is to be reformed, life is to be regenerated (John 3:3). Religion is to be a new convert; life is to be a new creature in Christ (II Corinthians 5:17). A man was asked, "And what is your religious persuasion?" He replied, "I am persuaded that nothing can separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord...

It is of the utmost importance that we learn Christ , not the doctrine of our denomination, not how to live a better life, but to learn Christ, for He is Salvation.   The only way we will learn our lost, dead condition is by learning Christ.  Then and only then will we come to Christ for salvation. •    When we learn Christ our Righteousness , then we will learn our unrighteousness  and run to Christ "that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him" (2 Cor. 5:21). •    When we learn Christ the Just , then we will learn that we are unjust and run to Christ, who died "the just for the unjust that He might bring us to God" (1 Peter 3:18). •    When we learn Christ the Way , then we will learn that we are lost and come to Christ the only way of salvation (see John 14:6). •    When we learn Christ the Life , then we will learn that we are dead and come to Christ that we might ha...