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

"And righteousness shall be the girdle of His loins, and faithfulness the girdle of His reins." -Isaiah 11:5  [KJV] Mark these expressions, my soul, concerning thy covenant God in Christ. The Lord condescends by them to represent both His righteousness and faithfulness, as they are engaged to make good the purposes of redemption, in the Father and the Son. Jehovah's righteousness, and Jehovah's faithfulness, are blessed securities for this purpose; for so saith the Holy Ghost. "God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins." Wherefore? Because "Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth."    And do not overlook the striking figure of the girdle, which is chosen to represent it by; for as a man binds on the girdle round his loins, as a strengthener; so Jehovah takes to Himself the righteousness of His dear Son. "Let him take hold," saith Jehovah, "of my strength, to make peace with me, and he shall...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (19-21NOV21) 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: "Good news from a far country."   -Proverbs 25:25   [KJV] From a far country, indeed; for it is no less distance than from heaven to earth, and from beings as opposite as holiness and sin could make-even from God to man, from a rich Saviour to poor sinners! And so remote that had not this good news been sent, heaven must have remained at an eternal distance, as an inaccessible region! And what is the good news itself? The angels who were first sent to proclaim it, called it glad tidings of good things, of great joy to all people. And indeed, such glad tidings it contains, as language fails to describe. It is pardon, mercy, and peace to poor rebels. It h...

"Good news from a far country." -Proverbs 25:25  [KJV] From a far country, indeed; for it is no less distance than from heaven to earth, and from beings as opposite as holiness and sin could make-even from God to man, from a rich Saviour to poor sinners! And so remote that had not this good news been sent, heaven must have remained at an eternal distance, as an inaccessible region! And what is the good news itself? The angels who were first sent to proclaim it, called it glad tidings of good things, of great joy to all people. And indeed, such glad tidings it contains, as language fails to describe. It is pardon, mercy, and peace to poor rebels. It holds forth joy, happiness, and everlasting felicity to poor sinners, enemies, and the fallen race of men. God revealed; sin atoned; Satan conquered; death destroyed; hell vanquished; heaven opened! And these not all.    This good news informs also of the stupendous way by which the blessings are given, and everlasting happine...

  God’s Blood? by D.G. Miles Mckee   “Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over which the Holy Ghost has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which He has purchased with His own blood” Acts 20:28. Since when, we must ask, did God ever have blood? Surely God is a Spirit (John 4:24) and a Spirit does not have blood? … True …  But that does not mean God does not have blood! “Explain?” Jesus Christ, the man who was God, as a man had blood and this blood is clearly called ‘God’s blood’ which proves once more that Jesus is God. Let me say the same thing another way.  Since this scripture plainly tells us that God purchased the Church with His own blood and we know that it was Christ Jesus who shed His blood for the purchase, then we must conclude once more that Jesus Christ is God.   To know that He who hung upon the cross was our Lord, Master and God must surely move us to lives of dedication to His purposes. It is this very knowledge...

"Thou shalt weep no more; He will be very gracious unto thee, at the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee." -Isaiah 30:19  [KJV] Listen to this, my soul. Ponder over every precious word in it. Are not all tears dried from thine eyes, when beholding that complete salvation in which thou art interested in Christ Jesus? Believers are commanded to sorrow no more, as others without hope. And doth Jesus indeed wait to be gracious, nay, very gracious? Is it possible to consider that He, who hath all power in heaven and in earth, waits upon a poor worm of the dust, and this in order to be gracious? Come then, my soul, unto the mercy-seat. Do thou wait for Him, who thus waits for thee. And as soon as thy Lord hath heard, and answered one prayer, do thou follow it up with another.    Remember that He waits to be gracious; and Jesus is glorified, in giving out of His fulness to supply the wants of His people. And what petitions, my soul, hast thou now before...

"At our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for Thee, Oh my Beloved."   -Song of Solomon 7:13  [KJV] Yes, blessed Jesus! At the gates of ordinances, and the word of Thy gospel, all the pleasant and precious fruits of the Spirit, which come in new and in fresh supplies from Thee, are indeed laid up.    And Oh how sweet and refreshing are they brought home and laid up in my heart by Thy divine power, when Thou enablest me by faith, and in Thy leadings and strength, to go forth and bring them home, and to live upon them, and feed upon them from day to day!    And shall I not then, blessed Jesus, by the endearing name of my Beloved, call upon Thee to command the north wind and the south wind to blow upon Thy garden in my heart and in my soul, that the spices may flow; and that then my Beloved may come into His garden, and eat of His own pleasant fruits which His grace alone planted, and which His Spirit bringeth forth and ...

"And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water." -Isaiah 35:7  [KJV] Oh how refreshing is this promise to my poor, dry, barren, thirsty soul! Surely every poor sinner, like me, that knows his own leanness and poverty, will feel the blessedness of it; for whether it be in the sapless state of unawakened nature, or whether in a scorched or languishing state from the want of the renewings of grace, nothing can be more refreshing than such a promise.    Precious Jesus, do Thou revive the languishing frame of Thy people; do Thou "pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground." Oh what a fulness, blessed Lord, there is in Thyself to supply all. Surely Thou art, as the church said, "A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon." Do Thou then, Oh Lord, send forth this day, this blessed day, such copious streams from Thyself, as may cleanse, revive, comfort, satisfy, and streng...