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

For many years I have tried to set forth before my hearers the truth of the gospel of the free grace of God in Christ crucified. I have sought to tell the truth to eternity bound men and women about what God in His word says that we are: sinners, lost, hopeless and helpless in ourselves and void of any good or any righteousness. I have endeavored to set forth the Lord Jesus Christ as the only Hope. I have insisted upon His righteousness imputed to the sinner and received by God-given faith as the only basis upon which a holy God can accept such sinners as we are. I have shown how His cross death was the full payment price of redemption, how His work in life and death was the finished work of righteousness and salvation and how He fully satisfied the law and justice of God on the behalf of every believing sinner. I have insisted upon God’s willingness to receive any sinner who comes to Him trusting Christ alone and repenting of all others and all else. I have urged men and wo...

"... b y Whose stripes ye were healed" - I Peter 2:24 [KJV] We must not think that by self-loathing, self-deprivation or self-humiliation we will be healed of the disease of sin. The healing of the soul is in the humiliation of Christ, not in ours; in His agonies, not ours; in His death, not ours. To rely on or trust in anything other than the crucified Redeemer is to set up a rival to Christ. Do not beat up on self, thinking that God will be more pleased with you. God is only pleased with His Son. Look outside of sinful self to the crucified, buried, risen and exalted Christ . Spiritual healing is by the stripes of the Savior, not the stripes of the sinner. - Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd

"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness; that the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works." - II Timothy 3:16-17 [KJV] On all subjects connected with our most holy faith, it is most desirable to have clear views. Every point of divine truth is laid down with the greatest clearness and precision in the word of God. The darkness, the ignorance, the confusion which prevent us from seeing it are all in us. But as we search the Scriptures, as we meditate upon them, as we by prayer and supplication draw light, life, and wisdom out of Him "in W hom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge" and, above all, as we mix faith with what we read, there is often, if not usually, a gradual breaking-in of light; and as we follow up its heavenly rays, it shines more clearly and broadly, and the truth stands out more fully and prominent...

"For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise." -II Corinthians 10:12 [KJV] In reference to the false preachers and their followers who judged or measured themselves by themselves, the Apostle Paul declared that they “are not wise.” A more literal translation would be that they were “without understanding.” What understanding do they lack? Paul spelled this out for us in his letter to the Romans as he wrote concerning his fellow kinsmen saying, “For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, ( they are religious ) but not according to knowledge” (Rom ans 10:2) . They were without understanding. What is the understanding or knowledge they lacked? “For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness o...

"A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee ." -Psalm 91:7 [KJV] When Noah was shut up in the ark, Noah and the favoured few, you know how they were tossed about, the rains coming down from heaven, the waters rushing and dashing below. The windows of heaven were opened and the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and while they were thus dashed upon the waters, not a drop came in unto them that were within. "It shall not come nigh thee." So you see the believer may be surrounded with troubles, and yet it shall not come nigh him. And there is something more in the expression used in reference to the making of the ark: "And shalt pitch it within and without with pitch" ( Genesis 6:14 ). Now, it is a most remarkable fact that the word pitch in Hebrew (the word is Gopher) signifies also atonement. Now see, the slime or pitch with which the ark was daubed within and without kep...

“ THY PEOPLE shall be willing in the day of Thy power” -Psalm 110:3a “ ... as many as received [ *to get hold of ] Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.” - the Gospel of John 1:12-13 “ S ALVATION IS OF THE LORD.” -Jonah 2:9c [KJV] “ You don't have to teach a *drowning man what to say. We preach THE GOSPEL and the Holy Ghost will be left to work in men's hearts. There's no pressure, no persuasion, and no psychology to get professions or joiners or decisions. The preacher will preach the Gospel; he will preach the Word of God and will leave people alone. They will leave them in the hands of the Holy Spirit.” - Gospel report by preacher Henry Mahan

"Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in T hee: yea, in the shadow of T hy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast." -Psalm 57:1 [KJV] The Psalmist speaks of what he calls “these calamities.” All people experience “these calamities” of life whether they be afflictions, trials or troubles. The difference that grace makes among men is demonstrated in where or to whom one goes to for comfort, help and refuge. This is said to be a psalm of David when he was in the cave while hiding as Saul pursued him to take his life. David’s calamities were his alone as are ours. But notice his plea, it is for God to be merciful to him. He did not deserve God’s mercy as I don’t but, in Christ and through Him, we seek it and find it. His trust was in God alone and as we know, God blessed him as He does all who trust in Him alone. We have no confidence in the flesh and our trust, being God-given faith, relies solely upon Him. ...