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

"But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak." -HEBREWS 6:9 [KJV]   What is "salvation?" In looking at salvation, we must consider it in two points of view; salvation wrought out for us, and salvation wrought out in us. Salvation was wrought out for the Church by the finished work of the Son of God, when He cried with expiring breath, "It is finished." The salvation of "the remnant according to the election of grace" was then completely accomplished, so that nothing could be added to, or taken from it; for "by one offering H e hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified;" and thus the Church stands complete in Christ, "without spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing." But there is a salvation which is wrought out in the soul; the manifestation and application of that salvation which Jesus wrought out by His sufferings, blood-shedding, ...

To God we owed a debt for sin, One which we could not pay; But Jesus came and by His blood, Washed all of it away. O precious, cleansing fount for sin, Our debt He fully paid! What wondrous wisdom, grace and love, The death of Christ displayed! The great redeeming work was done, "‘Tis finished," Jesus cried; And with His sacrificial death, The law was satisfied. "Worthy the Lamb Who once was slain," Sings all the ransomed throng; "Thou hast redeemed us to the Lord" Shall be our endless song! Tune to "AM I A SOLDIER OF THE CROSS" CM Words by JIM BYRD

"For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures" - I C ORINTHIANS 15:3 [KJV] The gospel is not just that Christ died. The gospel is how that He died for us according to God's eternal and immutable decree, " THE SCRIPTURES " (A CTS 2:23: R EVELATION 13:8) . The scriptures declare that His death was appointed (G ENESIS 3:15; 22:8; P SALM 22; P SALM 69; M ATTHEW 16:21; G ALATIANS 4:4) . The scriptures declare that His death was voluntary , He willingly laid down His life for us (I SAIAH 53:7; J OHN 10:17-18) . The scriptures declare that His death was substitutionary (I SAIAH 53:4-6; II CORINTHIANS 5:21; I PETER 3:18) . The scriptures declare that His death was to accomplish definite atonement for His people (I SAIAH 53:8; M ATTHEW 1:21; J OHN 10:15; H EBREWS 2:17) . The scriptures declare that His death satisfied all the demands of God...

"And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the L ORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem." -I SAIAH 27:13 [KJV] Called by the sounding of the great trumpet, the perishing and outcasts "come." And what do they when they come? Do they trifle with sin, mock God, and abuse His grace? We read not so. They "worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem." They worship Him in spirit and in truth; they worship Him in the beauty of holiness. With purified hearts, purged consciences, and spiritual affections, they fall down before Him, and their souls are impressed with a sense of the greatness of His love. They had no such heavenly feelings before; they could not therefore worship the Three-One God in the holy mount nor at Jerusalem. The great trumpet had not been blown, the jubilee had not come,...

WE ARE TO VENTURE THE WHOLE SALVATION of our souls on Christ and on Christ only. We are to cast loose completely and entirely from all other hopes and trusts. We are not to rest partly on Christ and partly on doing all we can. In the matter of our justification, Christ is to be all. This is the doctrine of the Bible . Heaven is before us, and Christ is the only door into it; hell is beneath us, and Christ alone is able to deliver from it; the law is against us, and Christ alone is able to redeem us; sin weighing us down, and Christ alone is able to put it away. "T HERE IS NONE OTHER NAME UNDER HEAVEN GIVEN AMONG MEN WHEREBY WE MUST BE SAVED” (ACTS 4:12) . There is no other person commissioned, sealed, and appointed by God the Father to be the Saviour of sinners excepting (but) Christ. The keys of life and death are committed to His hand, and all who would be saved must go to Him. There was but one place of safety in the day when the flood came upon the earth; that p...

"In those days, and in that time, saith the L ORD , the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve." -Jeremiah 50:20 [KJV] Some have feared lest in the great day their sins should be brought to light, and they be put to shame by the exposure of their crimes to open view. But that will not be the case with the dear family of God. We read indeed that "many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake;" and whilst some awake "to everlasting life," others will awake "to shame and everlasting contempt," because their sins will be remembered and brought against them as evidences of their just condemnation.  But the wise, who "shall shine as the brightness of the firmament," will rise to glory and honour and immortality, and not one of their sins will be remembered, charged, or brought against them. They will...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands ( 14 - 16 JUN19) 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 covereth his sins shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them SHALL HAVE MERCY ." -Proverbs 28:13 This is one of God's "shalls," and He will speak it home with power to your soul in His own time; for He is omnipotent in power, infinite in wisdom, immutable in holiness, and righteous in His judgments. He is full of mercy; pity, and compassion; He will never break His word, nor alter the thing that has gone out of His mouth. Therefore, if He has put a cry for mercy in your heart, it matters not to what lengths of sin you have gone, nor however desperate a servant you have been to the Devil; ye...