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

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands ( 22 - 24 MAY20) 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: “ They that know Thy name will put their trust in Thee: for Thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek Thee” [PSALM 9:10 ] . The better God is known the more He is trusted. Those who know Him to be a God of infinite wisdom will trust Him further than they can see Him [JOB 35:14 ] . Those who know Him to be a God of almighty power will trust Him when creature-confidence fails and they have nothing else to trust to [II CHRONICLES 20:12 ] . Those who know Him to be a God of infinite grace and goodness will trust Him though He slay them [JOB 13:15 ] . Those who know Him to be a God of inviolable truth and faithfulness will rejoice in His word of promi...

“ But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: w hereunto He called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ” - II THESSALONIANS 2:13-14 [KJV] It has been said that election is not salvation and it is not our Savior. Those are true words, but while election is not salvation or the Savior, there is no salvation and there would be no Savior apart from election. The Son of God is said by the Father to be, “ mine Elect,” and He is the Savior of “ a remnant according to the election of grace” [ROMANS 11:5 ] . The divine rescue of sinners from the dunghill of iniquity and the raising of them to the heights of glory by Christ and His substitutionary, justice-satisfying death and resurrection is to be traced to the Lord’s eternal, sovereign purpose of grace. Sinners ordained unto salvation we...

"For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith." -I JOHN 5:4 [KJV]   If we are to be saved our faith must gain the day; we must have a faith that shall triumph over death and hell and gain a glorious conquest over every internal and external and infernal foe. This is just the state, then, in which the matter stands: we must either conquer or be conquered; we must either gain the day and be crowned with an immortal crown of glory, or else sink in the strife, defeated by sin and Satan. But none of God's people will be defeated in the fight; and yet they often seem, as it were, to escape defeat by the very skin of their teeth; yet faith will sooner or later gain the day, for Jesus is its finisher as well as its author. He will crown the faith of His own gift with eternal glory. He will never suffer His dear family to be overcome in the good fight of faith, for He will give strength to eve...

Let us sing of our Redeemer, Jesus Christ the sinner’s Friend; For He died to seal our pardon, Of our sins He made an end. CHORUS: Sing the praises of the Savior, Who our sins and sorrows bore; Christ accomplished our redemption, Praise His Name forevermore. Harken to the voice of triumph, “It is finished,” Jesus cried; Finished, ev’ry type and shadow, All the law He satisfied. CHORUS   What a wondrous, mighty Savior, Righteousness He has brought in; Risen and on high ascended, Conqueror of death and sin. CHORUS When we pray unto the Father, Plead the merits of His Son; This be all our claim before Him, Only what the Lord has done. CHORUS Tune: “ Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus,” p. 257 (8.7.8.7. w/chorus) Words by preacher Jim Byrd

What do we mean by this expression - the sovereignty of God? We mean the supremacy of God, the kingship of God, the godhood of God. To say that God is sovereign is to declare that God is God. To say that God is sovereign is to declare that He is the Most High, doing according to His will in the army of Heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth, so that none can stay His hand or say unto Him what doest Thou? [ D ANIEL 4:35 ] . To say that God is sovereign is to declare that He is the Almighty, the Possessor of all power in heaven and earth, so that none can defeat His counsels, thwart His purpose, or resist His will [PSALM 115:3 ] . To say that God is sovereign is to declare that He is "The Governor among the nations , " [PSALM 22:28 ] , setting up kingdoms, overthrowing empires, and determining the course of dynasties as pleaseth Him best. To say that God is sovereign is to declare that He is the "Only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords...

"O satisfy us early with T hy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days." -P SALM 90:14 [KJV] Many of the dear children of God are tossed up and down on a sea of great uncertainty, doubt and fear, because they have not had sensible manifestations of Christ to their soul. He has not come into them in the power of His love; still they often say, "When wilt Thou come unto me? O visit me with Thy salvation; speak a word to my soul; it is Thyself, and Thyself alone, I want to hear, to see, and to know!"   Now these are drawings of the gracious Lord, the secret beginnings of H is coming, the heralds of his approach, the dawning of the day before the morning star arises and the sun follows upon his track. But when the Lord does come in any sweet manifestation of H is presence or of H is power, then H e will abide where H e has come, for H e never leaves or forsakes a soul which H e has once visited. He may seem to do so; H e may withdraw H ...

"Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." -A CTS 4:12 [KJV] This was Peter's answer to those religious Jews who questioned him about the gospel message he preached in the temple.  He met these Pharisees at their point of rebellion. He plainly and boldly declared that there is salvation for sinners but only in the Lord Jesus Christ. Consider what the scriptures teach us about salvation in, by and through the Lord Jesus Christ: There is no other SAVIOUR but Jesus Christ to look to for salvation [ISAIAH 45:21-22; M ATTHEW 11:25-28; J OHN 14:6 ] . There is no other SACRIFICE but Jesus Christ to cleanse and redeem us from all sin [HEBREWS 9:26; I PETER 1:18-20; I JOHN 1:7 ] . There is no other SUBSTITUTE but Jesus Christ to redeem and justify us from the curse of the Law [GALATIANS 3:13; II CORINTHIANS 5:21 ] . There is no other SERVANT but Jesus Christ to honor and...