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

“ Christ came to take away our sins, to roll off our curse, to unbind our chains, to open our prison house, to cancel our debt; in a word, to give us the oil of joy for mourning and the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness [ISAIAH 61:3 ] . Is not this joy? Where can we find a joy so real, so deep, so pure, and so lasting? There is every element of joy: deep, ecstatic and satisfying joy in the gospel of Christ. The believer in Jesus is essentially a happy man. The child of God is, from necessity, a joyful man. His sins are forgiven, his soul is justified, his person is adopted, his trials are blessings, his conflicts are victories, his death is immortality, his future is a heaven of inconceivable, unthought of, untold and endless blessedness. With such a God, such a Savior and such a hope, is he not, ought he not to be a joyful man?” - Gospel report by preacher Octavius Winslow

In spite of what false religion says in our day, Christ and His word still say, “ 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 11:27 ] . No man can by searching find out God, God must reveal Himself to us and in us. This He does to His people through the word of the truth of the gospel and by His Holy Spirit. He does this, as Paul says, when it pleases Him to do so. He cannot be hurried and His hand cannot be stayed. Paul’s description of his own experience is the same with all that God saves: “ But when it pleased God, Who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me by His grace, to reveal His Son in me, that I might preach Him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood” [GALATIANS 1:15-16 ] . Not even the clearest preaching of the gospel alone will avail for sinners who are dead spiritually an...

"Ye are not your own." - I C ORINTHIANS 6:19 [KJV] There is a blessed sense in these words, "Ye are not your own." Remember you must be some one's. If God be not your master, the devil will be; if grace do not rule, sin will reign; if Christ is not your all in all, the world will be. It is not as though we could roam abroad in perfect liberty. Some one will have us. We must have a master of one kind or another; and which is best, a bounteous benevolent Benefactor such as God has ever shewn H imself to be; a merciful, loving, and tender Parent; a kind, forgiving Father and Friend; and a tender-hearted, compassionate Redeemer, able to save us to the uttermost; or a cruel devil, a miserable world, and a wicked, vile, abominable heart?   Which is better, to live under the sweet constraints of the dying love of a dear Redeemer; under gospel influences, gospel principles, gospel promises, and gospel encouragements; or to walk in fancied liber...

"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