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

“ For in HIM dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in HIM, which is the head of all principality and power.” -Colossians 2:9-10 [KJV] What a great and glorious message this is! All the fullness of the Godhead dwells in the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ, and all who are united in Him are complete in HIM! Christ is the fullness of all the wisdom, righteousness, sanctification ( holiness ), and redemption, God requires, and this is true of all who believe in Him, all who rest in the blessed fact that His righteousness alone entitles them to the whole inheritance of eternal life and final glory in Heaven. If all who believe in Him are complete in Him, and it is all based on the merits of His righteousness alone, then there is nothing left for believers to do in order to attain salvation. They have it completely, and it will never be lost. There is nothing for believers to do in order to be qualified, fit, or entitled to any part of etern...

“ Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of Thy countenance.” - Psalm 89:15 [KJV] Why is the gospel news of salvation called the “the joyful sound?” Because it is the vehicle of making known to us that God is love, and that He has (in the blood and righteousness of Christ) opened a channel for His love to exert itself in the salvation of the unworthy. The lost are found; the blind see; the deaf hear; the lame walk; the leprous are cleansed; the dead are made alive; and all “ without money and without price ” (Isaiah 55:1). -Augustus Toplady Note: audio Gospel sermon entitled "God's Call To The Needy" http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1024082043350

"Shew me T hy ways, O L ORD ; teach me T hy paths." -Psalm 25:4 [KJV] To lie with a broken heart and contrite spirit at the footstool of mercy beseeching God to teach us, is indeed a blessed spot to be in. It is the evidence of a childlike spirit, and shows such simplicity, reality, and genuineness that it bears stamped upon it the indubitable marks of true discipleship. Wherever we see such a coming out of SELF, with a renunciation of our own wisdom, strength, and righteousness, such a putting aside of all creature religion, and such a real spirit of humility before God, we must receive it as something beyond and above nature. Nothing but the power of God seems able to bring a soul so completely out of the shell and crust of self-righteousness, and so to lay open its spiritual nakedness before Him. Naturally there is something very sweet in seeing a docile, teachable disposition. And on the other hand, few things are more offensive than the pride of igno...

The Day is at Hand, Part I D.G. Miles McKee “ The day is at hand ” -Romans 13:12 [KJV]   To the family of God who were living in Rome Paul announces,“The day is at hand.” More than 2000 years have passed since the inspired apostle wrote these words, nevertheless ´ the day ´ has not arrived… but it will. That day has been appointed and fixed by Divine purpose. We are closer than ever to the Return of Christ! As believers, we eagerly look forward to this coming D ay. Right now, we are living in the night (Romans 13:12) . Indeed, the whole period from our Lord's ascension into heaven until His return can be characterized as night. It is a period of moral and spiritual darkness. It is a period during which the god of this world is blinding and leading men captive at his will (see Ephesians 4: 1 4 & II Timothy 2:26) . It is true that the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ has been and is shining. And yes, it is true that multitudes have been turned...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (15-17JAN19) 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: "He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD" (Proverbs 17:15) . In a court of law, for a guilty man to be declared innocent and a just man to be condemned, each would be a horrible miscarriage of justice. However , that which men must not do is THE MESSAGE OF THE GOSPEL , but the Lord does this without any breach of His law, but to the glory of His grace. It is written that God " JUSTIFIETH THE UNGODLY " (Romans 4:5) and the way He justified the wicked was by charging the sins of His chosen people to His just and innocent Son and then He condemned Him to di...

"And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation ." -Revelation 12:10 [KJV] "Salvation." What "salvation?" Salvation by grace, full and free; salvation without any intermixture of creature righteousness; salvation gushing from the bosom of God; salvation flowing wholly and solely through the blood of the Lamb. But salvation can never be tasted without a previous foretaste of condemnation. Heaven can never be looked up into before there has been a looking down into the wicket-gate of hell. There must have been an experience of guilt, before there can be the enjoyment of pardon. "Now is come salvation." From what? From the accusations of Satan, the curses of the law, the fear of death, the terrors of hell, and sentence of damnation. And how does salvation come? Whilst the battle is going on, whilst the issue is doubtful, whilst hand to hand, foot to foot, and shoulder to shoulder, Satan and the soul are engaged in de...

"There was a man sent from God, whose name was John."   -John 1: 6 John the Baptist was not a seminary-trained preacher; he had no formal education. He was not instructed in the schools of higher learning approved by the religious hierarchy of his day. He did not seek after nor did he have the backing of the ecclesiastical authorities. He did not minister in a synagogue and he was not invited to preach within the temple walls of Jerusalem. If you wanted to hear God’s man proclaim God’s message you had to go out to the wilderness to listen to him. He refused to be identified with the leadership of Judaism, and the first time some of the Pharisees and Sadducees came to hear him preach and see him baptize, he used that opportunity to denounce those men who believed and taught salvation by works as being "a generation of vipers" (Matthew 3:7) . His message was, "Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world" (John 1:29) . Had...