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

"He wakeneth morning by morning: He wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned." -Isaiah 50:4  [KJV] Who is this but Jesus in His human nature, of whom the prophet speaks? Eminently to Him doth it refer, to whom was given the tongue of the learned, that he might know how to speak a word to him that is weary. Precious Lord, it is indeed Thy province, and Thine only, to speak a word to weary souls, and to be the rest wherewith Thou causeth the weary to rest, and to be their refreshing. Not only to give them rest, but Thyself to be their rest. Not only to give them salvation, but Thyself to be their salvation.—But, blessed Lord! may not a poor soul like myself say of Thee also, that Thou wakenest me morning by morning?— for who is it but Jesus, that, by the sweet influences of the Spirit, wakens His people morning by morning, and openeth the ear to hear, and the eye to see, and the heart.   Feel the blessed tokens of His coming? Have I not found Thee, Lord, wakening my soul somet...

  Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands   (08-10OCT21) 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 - Almighty   God's unmerited favor to save us  from our sins and from Hell: Christ Gave Himself A Ransom For Many “Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and  to give His life a ransom for many." -Matthew 20:28 [KJV] Our blessed God and Saviour gave Himself for the all of the sins of His  covenant children and not for the sins of all mankind .  We call that  definite atonement or particular redemption or better yet, an effectual  atonement for sin (Hebrews 9:12 & 26; Hebrews 10:10-17) . When Paul writes in 1 Timothy 2:5-6; “For there is one God and one Mediator  between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who ...

"But Him they saw not." -Luke 24:24  [KJV] Mark, my soul, what is here said. Though Jesus sought out His disciples in the morning of His resurrection, and was found of them that sought Him not; yet many saw Him not, while He was thus gracious to many that looked not for Him. So is it now. Many, like those women, have seen the sepulchre, as it were, of Jesus, heard His word; nay, many saw His body when on earth, yet saw not God in Christ in Him.     "The grace of God," saith the apostle, "hath appeared unto all men;" that is, the gospel grace is preached in common before believers and unbelievers; but believers only see Jesus as the wisdom and the power of God for salvation; of others it may be said, as here, "but Him they see not." Oh precious Jesus, give me to see Thee as the Sent and Sealed of the Father, that my soul may have such a saving sight and knowledge of Thee as the apostle had, which flesh and blood cannot reveal, but the Father ...

"Trust in Him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us. Selah." Psalm 62:8     My soul, the Holy Ghost hath marked this verse with Selah; therefore, pray observe it. You see the argument for trust, because God, that is, the Elohim, is a refuge. Yes, God the Father is a refuge, in his covenant engagements, word, oath, promises. God the Son is a refuge, in his suretyship engagements, in his perfect righteousness, in his blood-cleansing, sin-atoning death and salvation, and in all his securities of grace here, and glory hereafter. God the Holy Ghost is a refuge, in all his blessed offices, characters, and relations; by which he undertakes and fulfils all the purposes of salvation, in the glorifying of the Father and the Son, to every poor believer's joy and comfort.     And wilt thou not, my soul, then trust in this glorious Elohim? Wilt thou not pour out thyself before him, and trust in him at all times, at any time, at every tim...

A Splendid Little Scripture. D.G. Miles McKee   Romans 4:5,  'To him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth   (declares not guilty)   the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. '   What a strange yet splendid little verse. It flies in the face of every religious, man-made idea of how to get right with God. It tells us that God justifies the ungodly. And there´s wisdom here for if God exclusively justified the godly, nobody would ever be justified at all. Our predicament was simple … we could not save ourselves.  The  reason for this is that our best efforts were like us …  sinful!  But it gets worse.  God goes so far as to call our works ‘filthy (see Isaiah 64:6).  So the reality is that we were lost and without hope.  We had neither the ability nor the inclination to save ourselves. But at just the right time ( Ecclesiastes 3:1 ), the Lord Jesus came to this earth and performed the only work that coul...

"He goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see Him." -Mark 16:7  [KJV] Mark this, my soul, in all thy goings forth; look out for thy gracious, glorious Forerunner, and see whether the same going before thee of thy Lord hath not been from everlasting. Was it not Jesus that was set up as the Head of His people from everlasting? Did He not then go before them, when He went forth for the salvation of His people? In the council of peace did He not go before them; not only before we knew our need, but before we had a being? In all His covenant engagements, as the Surety of His people, He went before them. And in all His offices, characters, and relations, He was preventing us with the blessings of His goodness.     And in the personal salvation of every individual of His redeemed, was not Jesus beforehand in quickening, illuminating, redeeming mercy? "If we love Him, is it not because He first loved us?" And what is it now? Do not His mercies go before our prayers...

"Behold, I AM with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of." -Genesis 28:15  [KJV] Here is a promise to Jacob, and not to Jacob only, personally considered, but to Jacob's seed. For the apostle Paul was commissioned by the Holy Ghost to tell the church of Jesus, that we, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. Hence this, like all other promises in Christ Jesus, is yea and amen.    Pause, then, my soul, and ask thyself what hath the Lord spoken to thee of? Hath He met with thee in Bethel, as He found Jacob? And hath He there spoken unto thee? How wilt thou know? Very plainly. Jesus hath met with thee, hath indeed spoken unto thee, if so be thou hast seen thine own unworthiness and sinfulness by nature and by practice; and if thou hast seen the King in His beauty, even Jesus in His own glory, suitableness, and all-sufficiency, as a Saviour; and inclined thine heart by Hi...