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

"Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might; let not the rich man glory in his riches; but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the LORD." -Jeremiah 9:23, 24  [KJV] And didst thou, my poor, proud, vain, sinful heart, after so much as hath been said to thee of Jesus, and so much as thou hast been feelingly taught thy want of Jesus, didst thou need this precept? Oh yes, my soul; every day it had need be sounded in thy ears, and wrote over again by the Holy Ghost upon thine heart.     Now it is, Lord Jesus, I learn from hence why Thou art so suited to a poor convinced sinner. Thou, and Thou only, art the Lord our righteousness: and therefore let those that know not their own worthlessness, nor thy glory, boast in what they may; let others talk of what they will, I see plain enough there’s nothing out of Thee for a poor soul to rejoice in.     The wise men hath no wisdom, b...

  Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands   (03-05SEP21) 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 to save us  from our sins and from Hell: “God is a Spirit: and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”  -John 4:24 [KJV] True worship is founded upon the glorious Person and finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ, for God can accept no one’s person, worship, or service except in Christ and upon the basis of His obedience unto death to satisfy justice and establish righteousness to enable God to be just and Justifier. When we come before God in true worship we come by faith as sinners saved by grace, washed clean from our sins in the blood of Christ and clothed in the righteousness of Christ imputed to us.  True worship is ...

"The LORD, the God of Hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken." -Amos 5:14  [KJV] My soul, pause over this precious scripture, and ask thyself, is it indeed confirmed to thy experience? And do remark how the promise of the old testament scripture is confirmed in the new. Jesus assured the same, when He said, "If a man love Me, he will keep My words; and My Father will love him, and We will come and make Our abode with him." Pause, my soul, again, and see whether both testaments concurring in the same, and the Holy Ghost ever abiding with the Lord's people, to confirm His word in the heart; are not these promises thine, and art thou not everlastingly enjoying them?     Precious Jesus, morning by morning would I besiege Thy mercy-seat, to put Thee in mind of this promise, which in this blessedness, comprehends every other. If the Lord, the God of Hosts, be with me; if the Father graciously come; if the Son Himself come, both to make Their abode, not as a way...

The Cities of Refuge part IV: Bezer by D.G. Miles McKee   Again, just to stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance, Israel, by the command of the Lord, established 6 cities as cities of refuge.  Any person guilty of manslaughter could flee to anyone of these places and find a refuge and a place of safety (Numbers 35:11; Joshua 20:7-8). The names of these cities tell us a great deal about Jesus.  To date we have covered three of them, Kedesh, Shechem and Hebron.  Today we encounter the fourth, a city named …  Bezer. So, let’s ask, does the name Bezer tell us anything about Jesus?  Well, yes it does.  Bezer literally means " Stronghold ," or  Rock .  Jesus is our stronghold, the rock on which we stand.  We may be surrounded by danger, but in Jesus we find safety.  Indeed, the Scriptures tell us that though an army encamp against us we need not fear (see Psalm 27:3). And, what an awful force encamps against the believer! ...

"And His name, through faith in His name, hath made this man strong." -Acts 3:16 [KJV] My soul, begin this month as the Lord in mercy hath enabled thee to begin some that are past, in taking the name of Jesus for thy theme. Let His name be as ointment poured forth, whose fragrancy shall make thee strong, as it made the poor man whole. And as the Lord hath opened a new month to thee in grace, do thou take up His name, through faith in His name, in praise and prayer. And see to it, my soul, that through the month, and indeed the whole of life, improve His name in every case, in every want, in every need. Depend upon it, His name will answer all.     Whatever thy necessities are, in Jesus's name there is a supply for all. Art thou poor, He is rich: sick, He is thy health; weak, He is strong; sinful, He is the Lord thy righteousness. Every thing, and in every way, upon all accounts, and upon all occasions—His name, through faith in His name, is the universal cha...

"One thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see." -John 9:25  [KJV] This is a great thing to say, my soul: on what foundation dost thou rest this knowledge? If the Lord Jesus hath opened thine eyes, then indeed thou canst not but discover thy former blindness; for during that state of nature thou literally couldst discern nothing. And if thy former blindness be discovered, then thy present sight hath brought thee acquainted with new objects.     Pause over the review of both this morning. The blindness of nature to spiritual things is marked in scripture in strong characters. A poor blind sinner sees nothing of the light of life. The Sun of Righteousness is not risen upon him. He discerns nothing of the love of God in Christ. If he reads the scripture, the vail is upon his heart. If he hears of Jesus, he sees no beauty in Him. Nothing is nearer to him than the Lord, and nothing further from his thoughts. To tell him of the sweetness of the word of God, is strange...

"And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee." -Deuteronomy 15:15 [KJV]   Say, my soul, canst thou ever forget the wormwood and the gall of that state of nature, from which the Lord thy God brought thee? Figure to thyself the most horrid state of captivity which the world ever knew; and what could the whole be, bounded, as it must be, by the short period of human life, compared to the everlasting vassalage of sin and Satan, in which thou didst lay when Jesus passed by and brought thee out? No galley-slave, chained to the oar, could equal thy misery, bound with the chain of sin. No duration of misery, bounded by time, equals that endless state of woe to which thou wast exposed.     Thou weft a bondman to the power of sin, to the love of sin, to the desire of sin, to the punishment of sin; a bondman to the law of God, to the justice of God, to the displeasure of God, to the threatenings of God; a bondman to thin...