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

If our acceptance with God depended on anything in ourselves, we would have to believe we might be children of God today and children of the devil tomorrow! What, then, is to keep us from sinking altogether into despair, without hope or help? Why, a knowledge of our acceptance “IN THE BELOVED , ” independent of everything in us – good or bad! “And you are complete in Him” (Colossians 2:10) ! –copied

"The sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God." -Ephesians 6:17 [KJV] There is only one weapon whereby we can fight Satan to any purpose, and that is the word of God. But observe, that it must not be merely the letter of the word. It must be the "sword of the Spirit,"  and therefore a spiritual sword, which can only be taken in hand when the word of God is applied with a divine power to your heart, and you have a living faith in it as made "life and spirit" to your soul. It is of no use my bringing forward a text to resist a temptation of Satan, unless I can make that text my own; in other words, unless I can handle that sword as one who knows how to wield it. To take up a text and not know the sweetness and power of it, would be like a child taking up a warrior's sword without having the warrior's hand. He might play with the sword, but what is the sword of a giant in the hand of a child?   The sword of Scander-Beg, a famous Albanian war...

"Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" -Amos 3:3  [KJV] There was a time, child of God, when the world held in your heart the chief place. It was not so in God's heart. You and He were therefore at variance. But now, through grace, you are brought to make eternity your chief concern. You and God are agreed there; for in the mind of God eternity as much outweighs time as the stars in the midnight sky outweigh a grain of dust. There was a time when you loved the world and the things of time and sense; and earth and earthly things were your element and home. You and God disagreed upon that matter; because the Lord saw that the world was full of evil, whilst you saw it full of good. The Lord saw the world under His curse, and you loved its favour and its blessing—seeking madly and wickedly to enjoy that which God had denounced; therefore you could not agree.   Thus you see that in order to be agreed with God, we must have God's thoughts in our heart, God...

THE TRADITIONS OF MEN    The Pharisees were very offended that some rag tag fishermen would follow Jesus and teach contrary to what they taught. They said to Christ, "Why do Thy disciples transgress the traditions of the elders?" (Matt hew 15:2) . A tradition is something that is passed down from generation to generation and with the Pharisees it was the oral law. It was not the scriptures but what they (and those like them that preceded them) said about the scriptures and the rules they added to them. They could not defend their teachings from the scriptures alone so they accused the disciples of teaching contrary to "the traditions." Our merciful God spoke audibly from heaven on one occasion some very important words. "This is My beloved Son, hear ye Him..." The Word of God supersedes all the teachings of men, especially what they teach about the Word! Christ said to these Pharisees, "Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may k...

"For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise."   -Hebrews 10:36 [KJV] Why is patience needed? Because if we are the Lord's people, we are sure to have many trials. The Lord sends us afflictions that He may give us the grace of patience to bear them. But O, what a rebellious heart do we carry in our bosom! What perverseness, peevishness, and self-will dwell in us! How soon our temper is stirred up, and our irritable minds roused in a moment by the veriest trifle! How little patience have we under the trials that God sees fit to lay upon us! We thus learn our need of patience, and that it is not a fruit of nature's soil. The want of it makes the soul follow after it; and when the Lord does give submission to His will, and enables His children to see how profitable these trials are for their souls, and how, but for this heavy ballast, they would certainly have been carried away into the world, they can see His me...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands(16-18OCT20) 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 their sins and from Hell: JUST ONE WAY! God will give no man any wiggle room here, freewill won’t do, works won’t do, merit has no place, and law keeping won’t be accepted.  The Lord God said it this way, “He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life: but the wrath of God abideth on him” (John 3:36) . I am so thankful that God the Father brought me to the place where there was no way out from under the guilt and condemnation of my sin and revealed the ONE WAY in which He would accept and make me righteous. That Way is through and by the Lord Jesus Christ. -preacher Donnie Bell

 "We do not believe any group of men adequate enough or wise enough to operate without scrutiny or without criticism. We know that the only way to avoid error is to detect it, that the only way to detect it is to be free to enquire. We know that THE WAGES OF SECRECY ARE CORRUPTION. We know that in secrecy ERROR, undetected, WILL FLOURISH AND SUBVERT." -J. Robert Oppenheimer, as quoted from an address to the Science Talent Institute, March 6th, 1950 A.D. Friends, in regards to upcoming nation-wide elections, with us casting our "lots" or votes, remember that it's written, "THE LOT IS CAST INTO THE LAP; BUT THE WHOLE DISPOSING [Hebrew for 'verdict,' 'sentence,' 'formal decree,' & 'divine law'] THEREOF IS OF THE LORD." -Proverbs of Solomon 16:33 [KJV] Flee to Christ JESUS today, friends. He alone is "The LORD our righteousness!" Cheers...