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

Man’s entire apostasy and death in sin, so that he cannot save himself; and God’s entire supremacy, so that He saves whom He will; are doctrines exceedingly distasteful to human pride. But they are Scriptural? Why was one thief saved and the other lost?   “At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because Thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in Thy sight. All things are delivered unto Me of My Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and He to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him ” [MATTHEW 11:25-27 ] . “ Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in Thy sight .” God was not bound to save the one thief, and He had power enough to have saved the other thief, and neither thief could save himself. What made the difference? The Sovereign Grace of God! “ For who maketh thee to di...

What does God require of us now? Some say He requires that you do the best can do. No! He requires that you do the best God can do. He requires that you love HIM with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. That means 100 percent. Some say that He o nly requires that you love your neighbor as yourself. Are you listening to what God requires? Now where does that leave you? This ought to shut our mouths. For we know WE CANNOT render unto God what He requires. This is impossible with you and I. But, bless the God of Heaven, IT IS POSSIBLE WITH THE LORD JESUS. He fulfilled all that the Father required and satisfied His holy justice perfectly for all who believe. God demands perfection in that He is perfect Himself, and He will not accept anything short of what He is. I must have a perfect Savior. John the Baptist found the sacrifice when He cried, “ Behold the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world .” Oh, may you and I be found in HIM, The L ORD our Ri...

"And when they were alone, H e expounded all things to H is disciples .” - M ARK 4:34 [KJV] What is the exact meaning of the word disciple? It means properly a learner, one who is under a teacher, whose submissive and devoted pupil he has become, and from whom he receives continual instruction. And thus a disciple of Christ is one who is admitted by the Lord Jesus into His school, whom He Himself condescends personally to instruct, and who therefore learns of Him to be meek and lowly of heart. A disciple of Jesus is one who sits meekly at the Redeemer's feet, receiving into his heart the gracious words which fall from His lips. This was Mary's happy posture, whom the Lord commended for choosing the better part. Such is also the posture of all the saints of God, according to the ancient declaration, "Yea, H e loved the people; all H is saints are in T hy hand; and they sat down at T hy feet, every one shall receive of T hy words" [DEUTERONOMY ...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (03-05APR20) 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:   What A Saviour   Believer, what a Saviour God has provided for His people! The Almighty God [JOHN 1:1 ] , yet all tender Saviour and Shepherd [JOHN 10:11 ] ! How well fitted is He to be our Great High Priest [HEBREWS 2:17 ] . How sufficient is He to supply our every need [COLOSSIANS 2:9-10 ] . How complete His wisdom and grace to provide for us perfect atonement and full justification from all sin [HEBREWS 9:12 ] . May God be pleased to give us a greater love, adoration, and reverence for our Saviour and Lord. We love to sing, "Hallelujah! what a Saviour, Who can take a poor lost sinner, lift him from the miry clay, and set him free!" ...

“ God's predestination is like all His blessings, unless we are brought by sovereign mercy joined with power to bow to it, we will never be blessed by it! To predestinate means to mark out and determine before hand. While He determines all things by it, it specifically has to do with His elect. It has to do with individuals: "For whom He did predestinate.." [ROMANS 8:30 ] . God predetermined that a people that He chose in Christ would receive all the inheritance of grace!”   - Gospel report by preacher Gary Shepard

"Without holiness no man shall see the Lord." -H EBREWS 12:14 [KJV] To possess this holiness is a necessary and indispensable meetness for the inheritance of the saints in light; but this meetness must be wrought in us by the power of God's grace, for I am sure that in ourselves of it we have none. But see its necessity. What happiness could there be in the courts of bliss unless we had a nature to enjoy it? Unless we were made capable of seeing Christ as He is, and enjoying His presence for evermore, heaven would be no heaven to us. Nothing unclean or unholy can enter there. Sanctification therefore must be wrought in us by the power of God, to make us meet for the heavenly inheritance, and He therefore communicates of His Spirit and grace to give us heavenly affections, holy desires, gracious thoughts, tender feelings; and above all that love whereby He is loved as the altogether lovely.   By the sanctifying operations of His Spirit, He separates ...

"Of late years there has been a very visible decline, and a night is coming on, which we are entered into; the shadows of the evening are stretching out apace upon us, and the signs of the eventide are very manifest, and will shortly appear yet more and more: coldness and indifference in spiritual things, a want of affection to God, Christ, his people, truths and ordinances, may easily be observed; the first love is left; iniquity abounds, and the love of many waxes cold; and it will wax yet colder and colder, and will issue in a general forsaking of assembling together, and in an entire neglect of the ministers of the gospel; when such who have been professors themselves will be shy of them, and carefully shun them." -preacher John Gill, 1697-1771 A.D.