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

"The blood of Jesus Christ His Son, cleanseth us from all sin." -1 John 1:7  [KJV] My soul, sit down for a while, by this crimson fountain, and duly ponder over this glorious property of thy Redeemer's blood. Oh the sovereign efficacy of it! For it not only cleanseth sin, but all sin: not only other's sins, but our sins : not only the present evil of sin, but the everlasting evil of it: not only now, but for ever . It cleanseth from all sin. Pause, my soul. Is there any other laver to wash away sin; can prayers, or tears, or repentance, or ordinances, or communions, or duties, or alms? Oh no. We must say of every thing, and of all things, out of Christ, and void of Christ, as Job did concerning his friends, "Miserable comforters are ye all; physicians of no value." Here then, my soul, seek thy cleansing, and here only.    And while to this Fountain thou art daily brought by the Holy Ghost, look up and behold the whole assembly of the redeemed above, who a...

"God is faithful by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of His Son Jesus Christ our Lord." -1 Corinthians 1:9  [KJV] Think, my soul, what a dignity believers in Jesus are called unto, when brought into a nearness of communion with their glorious Head, in any exercise of trial or affliction for His sake. God is faithful in the appointment. How? In that it proves God's fulfilment of His covenant promises, when Jesus and His members are considered by Him as one. God is faithful in manifesting this oneness and fellowship, in making the members conformable to their glorious Head, by trials or sufferings. God is faithful in sending the affliction. And God manifests His faithfulness in guiding through it, and supporting under it. The trial itself, be it what it may, is a discovery of the covenant love and faithfulness of Jehovah. Nay, God would not have manifested His faithfulness to a believer without it. What a sweet consoling thought this is to the afflicted exercised fo...

"For through Him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father." -Ephesians 2:18  [KJV] Who would have thought that so short a verse should contain so much sweetness? And who would have conceived that in it the gracious offices of all the Persons of the Godhead, as they are mercifully exercised towards a poor sinner; are described? Is not the access to a throne of grace the work, the leading of God the Holy Ghost? Surely, He is the Spirit here spoken of. And through whom can a poor sinner have access to the mercy-seat but in Him, and by Him, and through Him, whom the Father heareth always?  And of whom should the regenerated, adopted child of God have access, but unto His God and Father in Christ Jesus? Are then all the glorious persons of the Godhead thus revealed, as engaged in every poor sinner's approach to the heavenly throne? Oh for grace to give to each, and to all, the praise, and glory, and love, due to such transcendent mercy; and in a conscious sense of be...

  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...