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

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (2 9-31 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: A RIGHTEOUSNESS PLEASING TO GOD “ Although I am a sinner, yet I despair not; for Christ, Who is my Redeemer and my Righteousness, liveth. In Him I have no sin, no sting of conscience and no fear of judgment. In Christ there is no condemnation. I am indeed a sinner as touching this present life, but I have the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD which is above this life, Who is CHRIST MY LORD. In Him I rejoice.” -preacher Martin Luther

"That I may see the good of T hy chosen." -P SALM 106:5 [KJV] Did you ever see any good in God's chosen? Oh! "how goodly are thy tents,  O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!"  Did you ever see what good God has blessed H is people with, and how good it is to be one of them? All God's people see that there is a "good" in God's chosen family, peculiar to them, and that they sigh and long for. But some will say, Had David never seen it when he penned this psalm? Aye, surely; he had seen it. But did he not want to see it again? Yes; he had lost the sight of it, the sweet vision of it had retired, the old veil had come back, his eyes were dim, he wanted fresh "eyesalve."   So with us; we have seen, we trust, at times "the good of God's chosen," have felt our affections drawn towards them, and drawn up towards God, and have said, "Whom have I in heaven but T hee? and there is none upon earth that...

“ No good thing will He withhold from them that walk uprightly” - P SALM 84:11 [KJV] If the Lord has brought us to believe His gospel of grace we may rest assured that He will never withhold from us that which is for our welfare. Let us remember, however, He alone determines what is a “ good thing.” We don’t have wisdom enough to determine what is beneficial for us or what will be harmful for us, but He does. Our heavenly Father always chooses for His people those things which will profit us spiritually and eternally, though they may be unpleasant, even offensive to the flesh. In what He gives and in what He withholds, may we always perceive His Fatherly wisdom, lovingkindness and faithfulness.   - Gospel report by preacher Jim Byrd Thirteenth Street Baptist church of Ashland, Kentucky USA Please find enclosed link to audio Gospel sermons & Contact Info: https://www.sermonaudio.com/source_detail.asp?sourceid=13thstbaptist

"If any man come to M e, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be M y disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after M e, cannot be M y disciple." -L UKE 14:26, 27 [KJV]   There is no middle path to heaven—there is no intermediate state between hell and heaven; no purgatory for that numerous class who think themselves hardly good enough for heaven, yet hardly bad enough for hell. No; there is no intermediate road nor state. We must win Christ as our own most blessed Jesus, and with H im enjoy the happiness and glory of heaven, or sink down to H ell with all our sins upon our head beneath H is most terrible frown . The soul then that has been charmed with the beauty and blessedness of JESUS longs to win Him, and that not for a day, month, or year, but for eternity; for in obtaining Him, it obtains all that God can give the soul of man to enjoy as created im...

“ To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” -ISAIAH 8:20 [KJV] All false doctrine is due to neglecting the Word of God entirely, deleting certain portions from the Word of God, adding to the Word of God or taking a passage in the Word of God out of its context and misapplying it. It is the command of the Lord that we bow to the authority of the Scriptures and that our beliefs be confined to that which is within the borders of this inspired Book. We must hear what “Thus saith the LORD,” and reject every voice that speaks contrary to His Word. Like the Psalmist may our determination be, “I WILL HEAR WHAT GOD THE LORD WILL SPEAK: for He will speak peace to His people, and to His saints: but let them not turn again to folly” [PSALM 85:8] . Like the prophet, may we say, “I will stand on my watch, and set me on the tower, and WILL WATCH TO SEE WHAT HE WILL SAY TO ME , and what I shall answer...

" Remember me, O L ORD , with the favour that T hou bearest unto T hy people: O visit me with T hy salvation ." -P SALM 106:4 [KJV]   How is a man brought and taught to want to be "visited with" God's salvation? He must know something first of condemnation. Salvation only suits the condemned. "The Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost ; " and therefore salvation only suits the lost. A man must be lost— utterly lost—before he can prize God's salvation. And how is he lost? By losing all his religion, losing all his righteousness, losing all his strength, losing all his confidence, losing all his hopes, losing all that is of the flesh; losing it by its being taken from him, and stripped away by the hand of God. A man who is brought into this state of utter beggary and complete bankruptcy—to be nothing, to have nothing, to know nothing—he is the man, who in the midnight watches, in his lonely hours, by his fireside, and a...

Dr Law and Dr Grace D.G. Miles McKee   Many years ago, I heard an old time, South Texas preacher, preach about two doctors. He said something like this; “Let me introduce you to two Doctors who both claim to have the ability to bring us spiritual health.  One is Called Dr Law and the other, Dr Grace.  Each has a different theory as to how to get us well. Take Dr Law, for example.  Some patients went to him about the question of salvation.  Dr Law glared and said, “God does His part, and you do yours!”  That sounded sensible, but those who followed his prescription were always left in doubt as to whether or not they had done enough on their part. So, the patients then went to Dr Grace, and Dr Grace said, “You can’t do and don’t do anything to gain salvation.” Back they then go to Dr Law.  When he hears about Dr Grace’s diagnosis, Dr Law stiffened and glares at them.  Quick as a flash, he says, “In Acts 16:31, the Philippian...