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

  Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (17-19DEC21) 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: S UBSTITUTION AND SATISFACTION! These two words sum up the Gospel. The Lord Jesus Christ, as the Substitute of His chosen people, rendered complete satisfaction to the law and justice of God by His perfect life and His sin-removing death. The imputation of righteousness to His people was solely dependent upon Christ’s obedience "unto death, even the death of the cross" (Philippians 2:8). His triumphant resurrection declared that the Substitute had satisfied every stipulation the Father laid down for the redemption, reconciliation and justification of His people. -copied "Storm Warning: Prove All Things"  is a fifteen-minute Gospel broadcast ...

"He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure." -Proverbs 11:15  [KJV] Blessed Jesus, well is it for me that Thou didst not hate to become a Surety; for hadst Thou so done, and refused the vast undertaking, I must have perished for ever. And hadst Thou consented to have become a Surety only for friends, and those only that loved Thee, still here again I should have been lost: but when Thou condescendedst to become Surety for me, Oh Lord, it was not simply for a stranger, but for a rebel, a hater and despiser of Thee, and of Thy great salvation. Oh the love of God that passeth knowledge! And how, blessed Jesus, didst Thou indeed smart, and wert crushed and broken, when for my dreadful debt of sin, which surpassed all the angels of light to pay, it pleased the Father to bruise Thee, and to put Thee to grief. Oh matchless love of a most compassionate Saviour!     Me thinks I still see Thee taking my place under the angry eye of ...

"Nevertheless, He saved them for His name's sake, that He might make His mighty power to be known." -Psalm 106:8  [KJV] Pause, my soul, over this verse, and observe how thy gracious God took occasion, from the misery of Israel, and even from their unworthiness, to magnify the riches of His grace. Israel had highly sinned: they had provoked the Lord; and their provocations were aggravated, from the spot where they were committed, for it was at the sea, even at the Red Sea, that memorable sea where the Lord had made a path for their deliverance. And wherefore, then, did He save them? Wherefore did not the Lord drown them in the depths of the sea, for their unbelief and hardness of heart?     This sweet scripture gives the reason. "He saved them for His name's sake." His name was engaged in covenant promises, and His glory was magnified in making good His engagements, notwithstanding all their undeservings. And what saith this doctrine to thee, my soul? There...

"The tree of life."   -Revelation 22:2 [KJV] Lead me, O Holy Ghost, by the hand of faith, this morning, into the paradise of God, and cause me to sit down under the tree of life; and for a while, before the world breaks in upon me, enable me to meditate on its beauties, its loveliness, and its fruit. Is it not Jesus which I behold in this charming similitude? Surely Jesus is to me the tree of life, for I have no life but in Him! And it is not only He which gave me life at the first, but preserves it, maintains it, and will preserve it for ever.    He saith Himself, "Because I live, ye shall live also." And as He is Himself the life of my soul, so every thing in Him is the promoter of my life. His fruit also is all my sustenance, all I want, all I desire, all I can truly enjoy. He bears twelve manner of fruits. Yes, for there is in Him both fulness and variety: pardon, mercy, and peace, in the blood of His cross; favour with God, affection with men; the Spirit's...

"Take this and divide it among yourselves."  -Luke 22:17  [KJV] Precious Lord , such was Thine unbounded love to Thy people that Thou gavest all to them! And, dearest Jesus, what didst Thou reserve for Thyself? And how wisely was Thy love manifested! To every one grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ; for the purchase of redemption, in the case of all, cost Thee the same. If, indeed, a lamb of Thine be weak, or diseased, or torn, or scattered, Thou wilt take it to Thy bosom, while Thou wilt gently lead those that are with young. But every one, and all, shall have Thy care; all, as their several wants may be.  Here then, Lord, to Thy table I would come. Thy death hath confirmed all Thy purchased blessings. And in the holy supper I would seek grace, that my right may be confirmed in them. Before God, and angels, and men, I would take the seal of Thy gift. In Thy blood Thou hast signed them: in the word of Thy gospel Thou hast recorded them: in the ordinances ...

"And He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And He shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness." -Malachi 3:3  [KJV] My soul, contemplate this gracious office of thy Jesus, and then see, whether He hath as graciously wrought it on thee. Jesus found our whole nature, when He came to save it, wanting refining and purifying indeed. By the operation of His holy word, and by the influences of His blessed spirit, He brings the souls of His people into the furnace of purification. By the fire of troubles, of afflictions, of persecutions, He melts down their stubborn nature there. By the Spirit of judgment, and by the Spirit of burning, He purgeth their dross, taketh away their tin, and forms all His people into vessels of mercy and sanctification; that He may at length present them unto Himself, a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but that they may be withou...

Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (10-12DEC21) 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: “Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.”   -Philippians 4:4 [KJV] Let us learn the meaning of the word “Rejoice,” not just in doctrine, but in  experience.  There is always cause to rejoice in the Lord:  in His BLOOD that cleanses (1 John 1:7-9) .  His RIGHTEOUSNESS that perfects (Romans 4:6; Philippians 3:9) .  His LOVE which never fails (Jeremiah 31:3; 1 Corinthians 13:8) .  His PROVIDENCE which works all things for our good (Romans 8:28) .  His INTERCESSION, which is continual (Hebrews 7:25) .  And in the fact that our names are in the Book of Life (Revelation 13:8) .  All by His grace! -preacher Henr...