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

M ALACHI 3:17 , “And they shall be Mine, saith the L ORD of hosts, in that day when I make up My jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.” “They shall be Mine,” says the LORD Almighty, “in the day when I make up My jewels!” The promise of God is that His saints shall be as the jewels of a crown - yes, they shall shine in the Royal diadem! The Lord delights to call them His jewels! What a price has been paid for the saints - the Son of God purchased them with His own blood! Are they not valuable in His sight? How precious are those whom Jehovah calls His jewels! Bought with such an inestimable price! But the saints are likened unto jewels, also because our souls need cutting and purifying. A diamond seems to be a mere pebble - until the jeweler’s hands give it shape and smoothness. Skill and patient toil so transform it, that everyone takes pleasure it its beauty and brightness. Likewise is it with our souls. Divine grac...

Rejoice, ye saints, in every state, Divine decrees remain unmoved; No turns of providence abate God’s care for those He once has loved. Firmer than heaven His covenant stands, Though earth should shake and skies depart. You’re safe in your Redeemer’s hands, Who bears your names upon His heart. Our Surety knows for whom He stood And gave Himself a sacrifice: The souls once sprinkled with His blood, Possess a life that never dies. Though darkness spread around our tent, Though fear prevail and joy decline, God will not of His oath repent: Dear Lord, Thy people still are Thine! -Tune "Just As I Am"

"Now our Lord Jesus Christ H imself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work." -II THES S ALONIAN S 2:16, 17 [KJV]   When the Lord is pleased to apply a promise, drop in a word of encouragement, speak home an invitation with power, He administers thereby consolation. It comforts the drooping heart; it speaks peace to a guilty conscience. And this consolation is "everlasting consolation;" for it flows from nothing less than such a source, viz. the eternal love of God; and flows onward to an everlasting ocean of infinite delight. Any intimation of an interest in the everlasting love of God is a blessing beyond all price; for the Lord never gives any such intimation but as a certain pledge, earnest, and foretaste of immortal bliss. He can neither disappoint nor deceive. Once blest, blest for ever.   We ma...

Ascribe to God, ye sons of men, Ascribe with one accord, All praise and honor, might and strength To Him the living Lord! Give glory to His holy name, And honor Him alone; Give worship to His majesty, And bow before His throne. The Lord doth sit upon the floods, Their fury to restrain; He reigns above, both Lord and King, And evermore shall reign. The Lord shall give His people strength, And bid their sorrows cease; The Lord shall bless His chosen race With everlasting peace. -Gospel report by preacher Thomas Sternhold, 1562 A.D.

1. To exalt the grace of God. 2. To proclaim salvation alone through the blood and righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. 3. To declare the sinfulness, helplessness, and hopelessness of man in a state of nature. 4. To describe, as far as I am able, the living experience of the saints of God in their trials, temptations, and sorrows--and in their consolations and blessings. -preacher J. C. Philpot   

"God, W ho is rich in mercy." -E PHESIANS 2:4 [KJV]   Mercy well suits a sensible sinner; and the riches of God's mercy especially suit those who are brought down in real extremity of soul to see and feel how abundant He must be in mercy, how overflowing in the exceeding riches of His grace, that they may venture to entertain a hope of an interest in it, as freely coming down to them in their low and lost estate. We know mercy, feelingly and experimentally, before we know love. Love is first in God, but it is not first in our experience of it; nor do we go to God when made first to feel our need of mercy, as if we were objects of His love, or could venture to  entertain the remotest idea that a God so holy could love a sinner so vile; but we go to Him to obtain mercy, as the Apostle speaks: "Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need" [HEBREWS 4:16 ] . Mercy is the fi...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (28FEB-01MAR20) 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 our sins and from Hell: "Let all those that seek Thee rejoice and be glad in Thee: and let such as love Thy salvation say continually, let God be magnified." -Psalm 70:4 [KJV] Every believer can truly identify and say with David, that we love the salvation that God has abundantly, eternally and sovereignly given to the poor and needy sinner in and through the Lord Jesus Christ. There is no doubt that everyone is in need of salvation (Rom. 3:23), but few seem to have any real interest. The warning of scripture is, "how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation" (Heb. 2:3). Why does the true believer love the salvation of God? Let me give you se...