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

"Say unto my soul, I am thy salvation ." -P SALM 35:3 [KJV]   To keep water sweet, it must be perpetually running; and to keep the life of God up in the soul, there must be continual exercises. This is the reason why the Lord's people have so many conflicts, trials, painful exercises, sharp sorrows, and deep temptations,—to keep them alive unto God; to bring them out of, and to keep them out of that slothful, sluggish, wretched state of carnal security and dead assurance in which so many seem to have fallen asleep—fallen asleep like the sailor upon the top of the mast, not knowing what a fearful gulf is boiling up below. The Lord, therefore, "trieth the righteous." He will not suffer H is people to be at ease in Zion; to be settled on their lees, and get into a wretched Moabitish state. He therefore sends afflictions upon them, tribulations, and trials, and allows Satan to tempt and harass them.   And under these feelings the blessed Spirit...

35  On the same day, when evening had come, He said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.”  36  Now when they had left the multitude, they took Him along in the boat as He was. And other little boats were also with Him.  37  And a great windstorm arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that it was already filling.  38  But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” 39  Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, [ a ]  be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.  40  But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How [ b ]  is it that you have no faith?”  41  And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be, that even the wind and the sea obey Him!” see Mark 4:35-41 There are a number of storm stories in the Bible. M...

Then learn one thing! Jesus Christ is ALL in our justification before God! Only through Christ can a sinner have peace with the Holy God. Only by Christ alone can a sinner be accepted and admitted into God’s presence. HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS is the only robe which will cover us. HIS BLOOD is the only mark that will save us from eternal death. HIS NAME is the only name by which we shall obtain an entrance through the gate of eternal glory. I pity those who try to obtain God’s favor by their works; and I sound a clear warning – you are building on sand; you are spending money for that which is not bread; you will hear Him say, “Depart from Me, ye that work iniquity.” But this I know – not one person has ever entered heaven’s courts with any testimony but this: “Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood – to Him be the glory” [REVELATION 1:5-6 ] . - Gospel report by preacher Henry Mahan (1926 – 2018 A.D.) Please find enclosed link to audio ...

Upon the cross our Savior, Defeated ev’ry foe; He died to save His people, To pay the debt we owe. The sword of justice pierced Him, Our Lord was put to grief; God poured on Him His vengeance, And gave Him no relief. Upon the cross Christ suffered, For sheep who went astray; And by His blood most precious, He washed our sins away. The law cannot condemn us, For in our place He died; He fully honored justice, The law He magnified. Upon the cross of Calv’ry, Our Lord was crucified; His blood has sealed our pardon, He now is glorified. Sing of His lovingkindness, Of His redeeming grace; Sing praises to the Savior, Who saved His chosen race. Upon the Cross of Calvary Tune: “ The Church’s One Foundation, ” p. 186 (7.6.7.6.) Words by preacher Jim Byrd

"But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me." -P SALM 40:17 [KJV]   Are there not solemn seasons in your soul, when you think upon the Lord? When you lie awake, perhaps at midnight, thinking upon God, upon His truth, His love, His word, His dealings with your soul, and your desires, prayers, and breathings all flow forth to His sacred Majesty—is not this some evidence that you are thinking upon His name? And be assured that if you think upon Him, He has thought upon you.   Look at the giddy multitude. Do they think upon God? Is Jesus ever felt to be precious to their souls? Do they pant after Him as the hart after the water brooks? No; their language is, "There is no God." It is not their spoken language, but it is their inward language.   But through mercy you can say, that you think upon God; and thus there is some evidence, though you cannot rise up to the assurance of it, that He thinketh upon you. And if He thinks upon you,...

“ The death of Jesus Christ was not merely the example of a martyr’s death. No, it was a true and accepted sacrifice. His blood was shed as a sacrifice in the place of and on the behalf of His people to satisfy the offended and outraged justice of God. He offered Himself a sacrifice to God, for sins, that He might save His people from their sins. Any gospel that sets Christ forth as less than this is defective! “ But now once in the end of the world hath He appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself” [HEBREWS 9:26 ] . Jesus Christ died as a Substitute, a Sacrifice and a SUCCESS !” - Gospel report by preacher Gary Shepard Sovereign Grace Baptist church of Jacksonville, North Carolina USA Please find enclosed link to audio Gospel sermons & Contact Info: https://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=allsovgrace

For any who are under the false illusion that they are somehow growing in perfection and holiness, consider carefully the following excerpt taken from a letter by John Newton (preacher and author of the hymn, “Amazing Grace”) to a friend, written on Nov. 23, 1774 A.D. “ I have no idea of any permanent state in this life, that shall make my experience cease to be a state of warfare and humiliation.  At my first setting out, indeed, I thought to be better, and to feel myself better, from year to year.  I expected, by degrees, to attain everything that I then comprised in my idea of a saint.  I thought my grain of grace, by much diligence and careful improvement, would, in time, amount to a pound. That pound, in a farther space of time, to a talent, and then I hoped to increase from one talent to many, so that supposing the Lord should spare me a competent number of years, I pleased myself with the thoughts of dying rich. But, alas!  These golde...