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

"Truly, our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ." -1 John 1:3 [KJV]   Precious, blessed consideration! Art thou, my soul, at this time in the full enjoyment of it? Pause over the inquiry. Sometimes, for the want of this search of soul, and the neglect of it, deadness, or at least leanness, creeps in. Say then, my soul, how art thou dealing with thy God? and how is thy God dealing with  thee? When were His latest manifestations? When did He take thee to His banqueting-house; or when didst thou sit under His shadow? Hast thou very lately heard His voice, saying, "Fear not, I am thy salvation?" The discovery of these things are among the sweetest exercises which flow from the indwelling Spirit.  Go on further in the inquiry - how art thou dealing with thy God? When hadst thou fellowship and communion with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ? What petitions hast thou now awaiting for answers from the heavenly court? What grateful acknowl...

Friends, be greatly encouraged in Christ JESUS, "The LORD our righteousness!" Hark! How the Gospel trumpet sounds! Christ and free grace therein abounds; Free grace to such as sinners be, And if free grace why not for me? The Saviour died and by His blood Brought rebel sinners near to God; He died to set the captives free, And why, my soul, why not for thee? Thus Jesus came the poor to bless, To clothe them with His righteousness; That robe is spotless, full and free, And why, my soul, why not for thee? Eternal life by Christ is giv'n, And sinful men are raised to heav'n; Then sing of grace so rich and free, And say, my soul, why not for thee? -Tune: 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus

"Thine eyes shall see the king in His beauty." - Isaiah 33:17 [KJV]   Who, my soul, but Jesus could be intended by this sweet promise? And who is beautiful and lovely in thine eyes but Him? There was no beauty in Him while thou wert in a state of unrenewed nature, that thou shouldest desire Him; neither can any man truly love Him, until that soul is made light in the Lord. Is Jesus then lovely to thee? Hast thou seen Him? Dost thou now know Him, love Him, behold Him, as altogether fair, and the chiefest among ten thousand? Then, surely, this promise hath been, and is continually fulfilled in thy experience.  Hast thou so seen Him, as to be in love with Him, and to have all thine affections drawn forth towards Him? Dost thou, my soul, so behold Him as to admire Him, and love Him above all; and so to love Him, as never to be satisfied without Him? Moreover - hast thou seen this King in His beauty, in His fulness, riches, and suitableness to thee as a Saviour? Surely, blessed J...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands(19-21MAR21) 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: THE WORK IS FINISHED Have I then no work to work in this great matter of my pardon? None. What work canst thou work? What work of thine can buy forgiveness or make thee fit for the Divine favor? What work has God bidden thee work in order to obtain salvation? None. His Word is very plain and easy to be understood, " To him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness" (Romans 4:5). There is but one work by which a man can be saved. That work is not thine, but the work of the Son of God. THAT WORK IS FINISHED. –Horatius Bonar (18 0 8-1889 A.D.)

"Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat! I would order my cause before Him, and fill my mouth with arguments. Will He plead against me with His great power? No; but He would put strength in me." -Job 23:3, 4, 6 [KJV]   My soul, are these thy breathings? Dost thou really long, and, like David, even pant, to come before the throne of grace? Art thou at a loss how to come, how to draw nigh? Wouldest thou fill thy mouth with arguments, and have thy cause so ordered as to be sure not to fail? Look to Jesus! Seek from Him the leadings of the Spirit; and while thine eye is steadily fixed on thy great High Priest within the vail, still wearing a vesture dipped in blood, see to it that thy one great plea is, for a perfect and complete justification before God and thy Father, upon the sole footing of righteousness. Yes, my soul, plead earnestly, heartily, steadily; and, like Jacob, wrestling with God, upon the sole footing of righteousness: Wouldest...

  "And Israel strengthened himself, and sat up on the bed." -Genesis 48:2 [KJV] This was an interesting moment in the life, or rather the death, of the patriarch, and may serve, my soul, to shew what ought to be the conduct of the believer in his last expiring hours. The imagination can hardly conceive any situation equally momentous, in every point of view, both as it concerns a faithful God, a man's own heart, and the church the dying saint is going to leave behind. What can form a more lovely sight than a dying saint, sitting up in the bed, (if the Lord permits the opportunity) and recounting, as Jacob did, the gracious dealings of the Lord, all the way along the path of pilgrimage - "The God which fed me," said Jacob, "all my life long unto this day: the angel (and who was this but Jesus?) which redeemed me from all evil." Pause, my soul. Anticipate such a day. Figure to thyself thy friends around thee, and thou thyself strengthened, just to sit...

Gospel Mercies, Part 2 by D.G. Miles McKee The gospel comes to us with many benefits.  These are what we call Gospel Mercies.  In the first of this series of messages we discussed ‘Forgiveness’ as one of the excellent mercies from the Throne of Grace.  Today we will consider ‘Accepted as Righteous’ and ‘Adoption.’ Accepted as Righteous . Because of the doing, dying and rising again of Christ we are accepted as being righteous. Think about it.  We are not merely declared innocent; we are beyond innocent.  We are declared righteous and all because of the work of another.  We are accepted, in Heaven, because we are in Christ Jesus (Ephesians 1:6).  Righteousness is a wonderful gospel benefit whereby God looks at us and says we have done everything right.  We are righteous!   We have been acquitted of all charges and Christ’s actual righteousness has been reckoned to us.  This is like getting our past expunged and being ...