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

  "A place called Gethsemane" -Matthew 26:36    My soul, let thy morning meditation be directed to the garden of Gethsemane, that memorable spot, sacred to the believer, because so much beloved and resorted to by Jesus. Here Jesus oft came with His disciples. And here, my soul, do thou often take the wing of faith, and flee in devout contemplation. Was this place dear to thee, thou precious Redeemer? And was it not because here thou didst enjoy the sweetest refreshing in communion with the Father? Was it not because here thou knewest would begin the conflict and the agony, in which the great business for which thou camest on earth would be accomplished. Didst thou abide here, Lord, a whole night, after a day's constant preaching to the people, the week only before Thy crucifixion. (See Luke 21:37)     And when the night was past, didst Thou again repair to the temple to the same employ? Was Gethsemane dear to Jesus? Was here His favourite haunt? And shall not m...

  Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (02-04APR21) 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: MY STANDING IN CHRIST "There is not a just man upon the earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not" (Ecclesiastes 7:20) . The word "just" means righteous. We know that the Lord’s people are righteous in Christ, and yet, the inspired writer says that not even a justified person "doeth good and sinneth not." All believers are aware of our sinfulness knowing that "all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags" (Isaiah 64:6) , therefore we petition the Lord for fresh supplies of pardoning grace (1 John 1:9) . While the reality of our wretchedness is ever before us, let us rejoice in the deliverance of sin by the sacrificial o...

  Let us praise the name of Jesus, Prophet, Priest and sovereign King; To Him render adoration, Laud and homage to Him bring. Let us praise the name of Jesus, God Incarnate from above; Came to save His chosen people, Sent by God in cov’nant love. Let us praise the name of Jesus, Who upon Mount Calvary; Shed His blood and sealed our pardon, Died from sin to set us free. Let us praise the name of Jesus, Risen, conquering, gracious Friend; Advocate and Mediator, All our hopes on Him depend. Let us praise the name of Jesus, For He brought us to His fold; Come exalt His Name and worship, May the Savior be extolled. Let us praise the name of Jesus, Till we see Him face to face; Then throughout the endless ages, Praise Him for His love and grace." -TUNE TO "LOVE DIVINE" 8.7.8.7. DOUBLE WORDS BY JIM BYRD

"And this is His name whereby He shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS ." -Jeremi ah 23:6 [KJV] Begin this month, my soul, with contemplating thy Jesus in this glorious distinction of character; and beg of God the Holy Ghost, who hath here declared that, under this character, Jesus shall be known and called, that every day through the month, and through the whole of life, thou mayest find grace and strength so to know and so to call Jesus, as to be everlastingly satisfied that thou art made the righteousness of God in Him. And first, my soul, consider who and what this Holy One is. He is the Lord Jehovah. In the glories of His   essence,   He is One with the Father. In His   Personal   glories, He is the Lord thy Mediator.     And in His   relative   glories, He is thy righteousness. For, by virtue, of His taking thy nature, what He is as Mediator and as the Surety of His people, He is for them.    Pause over this blessed view, an...

"Pilate released...Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be crucified" (Mark 15:15) . The guilty is set free and the innocent is put to death. The great sinner is delivered and the sinless one remains bound. Barabbas is spared, and Christ is crucified. This is the manner in which God justifies the ungodly. He does it because Christ has paid what they owe. He has suffered in their place, the just for the unjust. They deserve punishment, but a mighty substitute has suffered for them. They deserved eternal death, but a glorious surety has died for them. We are all by nature in the position of Barabbas. We are all guilty, wicked, and worthy of condemnation, but "when we were without hope" Christ the innocent died for the ungodly and now God for Christ's sake can be just, and yet "Justifier of him which believeth in Jesus." May we never rest until we can say by faith, "Christ is mine, I deserve hell, but Christ has die...

  It Is Finished! by D.G. Miles McKee   Here is the greatest declaration ever heard in human history … “It is Finished.” -John 19:30 These are our Saviours dying words and what powerfully important words they are.   It is reported that when Queen Elizabeth I of England lay dying she said, “ My God, my God it is over.  I have come to the end ! In her wardrobe, she had 2,000 costly dresses and gowns yet she called out, “All my possessions for just one more day.”   Pathetic words of a dying Queen!  How wonderful then, by contrast, are the words of the dying Savior who declares from the cross—"IT IS FINISHED!”  Salvation has been completed, accomplished and perfected. Notice, there is not a hint of worry, anxiety or despair from the Master.  How unlike the words of the dying English Queen who says, “My God My God it is over, I have come to the end.”   See how Christ’s words “It is Finished”, are filled with glorious victory. They mean, ‘It i...

" One day, as I was passing into the field, suddenly this sentence fell upon my soul: ‘Thy righteousness is in heaven.’ And I thought that I could see Jesus Christ at God’s right hand. Yes, there indeed was my righteousness, so that wherever I was, or whatever I was doing, God could not say about me that I did not have righteousness, for it was standing there before Him. I also saw that it was not my good feelings that made my righteousness better, and that my bad feelings did not make my righteousness worse, for my righteousness was Jesus Christ Himself, ‘the same yesterday, and today, and forever,’ Hebrews 13:8. Now, indeed, the chains fell off my legs, and I was loosened from my afflictions and irons. My temptations also fled away so that from that time forward those dreadful Scriptures terrified me no more. Now I went home rejoicing because of the grace and love of God, and went to my Bible to look up where the verse was found that said, ‘Thy righteousness is in heaven.’ Bu...