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

  Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (13-15JAN23 A.D.) 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 - from our sins and from Hell: FOR US THE SAVIOR BLED To save us from eternal death Christ suffered in our stead; The Son of God laid down His life, For us the Savior bled. For us He bore the wrath of God, The awful agony; To rescue us from guilt and shame, From sin to set us free. For us Christ shed His precious blood, For us the judgment bore; The Lamb of God was sacrificed, To save us evermore. God’s justice can demand no more, The law is satisfied; For us He was the Substitute, And we are justified. The empty tomb of Christ proclaims, Redemption’s work is done; The sins of all His chosen race, Were canceled by God’s Son. For ...

" The L ORD God is my strength, and He will make my feet like hinds' feet, and He will make me to walk upon mine high places." —Habakkuk 3:19 [KJV]  "The righteous are as bold as a lion." —Proverbs 28:1 . The words of wisdom are not like the pithy sayings of the Heathens, which merely describe states and things to which men never arrive nor enjoy; but they assure us, such and such has been, and still is the knowledge and experience of God's saints. So children of wisdom are taught their privileges, and their souls are drawn out in prayer and diligence, that they may also partake of the fulness of the blessings described. Whence is the boldness and courage of the righteous derived? See the young stripling David, how boldly he advances to the mighty giant Goliath, with an insignificant weapon in his hand, yet assured of success. For the faith of Omnipotence was in his heart, and these soul-encouraging words in his mouth, "I come to thee in the name of t...

"Preserved in Jesus Christ, and called." -Jude 1 [KJV] What a mercy it is for God’s people that before they have a vital union with Christ, before they are grafted into Him experimentally, they have an eternal, immanent union with Him before all worlds. It is this eternal union that brings them into time existence. It is by virtue of this eternal union that they come into the world at such a time, at such a place, from such parents, under such circumstances, as God has appointed . It is by virtue of this eternal union that the circumstances of their time-state are ordained. By virtue of this eternal union they are preserved in Christ before they are called; they cannot die till God has brought about a vital union with Christ. Whatever sickness they may pass through, whatever injuries they may be exposed to, whatever perils assault them on sea or land, fall they will not, fall they cannot, till God’s purposes are executed in bringing them into a vital union with the Son of Hi...

" To the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the Beloved." -Ephesians 1:6 [KJV] When Jacob was about to meet his offended brother Esau, he was greatly afraid and distressed. He sends a present to appease his wrath before he durst venture into his presence. "Peradventure he will accept of me," says he— Genesis 32:20 . Now his hope was not founded on the affection of his brother, but upon the favor which his present should procure. He was not influenced by love, but fear and terror; hence his expectation arose only to a peradventure. So it is natural for sinners to conceive of and act to an offended God. Instead of believing His gospel of free grace, and confiding in His messages of rich mercy in Christ, we are prone to think of sending presents, of doing something to pacify God's wrath, and conciliate His love to us. Some terms of accommodation, some conditions of peace, we naturally think, and we hear many contend for, must be ...

  Weekend Gospel message to follow for All Hands (06-08JAN23 A.D.) 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 - from our sins and from Hell: SEVEN CRITICAL QUESTIONS -1- Why do people die? The one-word answer is SIN. “ For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Romans 6:23). “ Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin, and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned” (Romans 5:12). The fact that the body dies is evidence of our sinfulness.   -2- Is death the end of our existence? The body is the tabernacle in which the soul resides; we are a soul, and we have a body. When the soul leaves, the body dies, but the soul lives on. The Bible speaks of men like Jacob who “ yielded up the ghost, ...

" For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed, but My kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of My peace be removed, saith the L ORD , Who hath mercy on thee." —Isaiah 54:10 [KJV]  The absolute promises of our gracious Lord, are the foundation of faith, the encouragement of hope, the excitement of love, the source of comfort, and the spring of true holiness. Why then are not the children of faith always joyful in hope, ever comfortable in love, and constantly happy in the way of holiness? Truly, because an enemy hath sown the tares of unbelief in our nature. This evil root of bitterness continually springs up, and troubles us. It bears the most base, dishonorable fruits, respecting our God; and is most hurtful and poisonous to our souls. Little reason have we to dung and water, so as to strengthen this degenerate plant, with the corrupt notion of those who deny God's covenant love and faithfulness, and dare teach 'That one may be ...

" I will go in the strength of the L ORD God: I will make mention of Thy righteousness, even of Thine only." -Psalm 71:16 [KJV]  Wise travellers provide things needful for their journey, and guard against such as lie in wait, by the way, to rob them. Our gracious God calls not His dear children to forsake their native country, to travel to the heavenly city, without furnishing them with a rich supply of all things necessary for their comfort, and also strength to protect them from the power of every enemy. No soldier of His goeth a warfare at his own charge; Christ being both their righteousness and strength, they can want nothing; neither riches nor power. Hence, they go on from day to day, glorying in Him, as their richest treasure, and trusting in Him as their almighty strength; and this is their constant song in the house of their pilgrimage, and all through their journey: "Surely, in the L ORD have I righteousness and strength," —Isaiah 45:24 . Jesus’s right...