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

  Blest be the Father and His love To whose celestial source we owe   Rivers of endless joy above   And rills of comfort here below.      Glory to Thee great Son of God   From whose dear wounded body rolls   A precious stream of vital blood   Pardon and life for dying souls.       We give Thee, sacred Spirit, praise   Who in our hearts of sin and woe   Make living springs of grace arise   And into boundless glory flow.     Thus God the Father, God the Son   And God the Spirit we adore   That sea of life and love unknown   Without a bottom or a shore.      (old Gospel Hymn: “Doxology” )

"Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: He preserveth the souls of His saints; He delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked." -Psalm 97:10 [KJV] "Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." Thomas Mann's chilling words pierce through the fog of modern moral relativism like a shard of ice. It's a warning that echoes through the blood-soaked pages of history, a truth we ignore at our peril. The Seduction of False Neutrality We live in an age where tolerance is held up as the supreme virtue, the golden idol before which we must all bow. We're told to accept everything, question nothing, and embrace a faux-unity that sacrifices truth on the altar of political correctness. But what happens when this tolerance becomes a blindfold, obscuring the stark reality of evil lurking in our midst? Like a ravenous wolf, evil doesn't care for our carefully crafted social constructs. It doesn't respect boundaries, it doesn't play fair, and it ce...

"... and be found in Him ." -Philippians 3:9 [KJV] What! the heavenly-inspired, holy, self-denied Paul, who had the richest experience of grace, manifold gifts of the Spirit, been caught up to the third heaven, and laboured more abundantly than all the apostles,—has he advanced no farther yet, than to have no other hope and desire than such a worthless sinner as I?  What! had not he arrived at perfection? Had he no inherent righteousness, no graces of the Spirit, no holiness, no fruits of good works, no sincere obedience, no terms and conditions he had performed to look to, rely upon, and desire to be found in at the bar of God?  No: but he had obtained precious faith in a precious Saviour. Therefore, he looks out of himself, out of all that was wrought in and done by him— he passes it all by—he looks through it all to Jesus — he renounces it all in point of justification before God, and puts the issue of his eternal life and salvation upon being found in Chris...

  It is written that the Philippian jailor “fell down before Paul and Silas, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?  And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ,  and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.  And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house”  (Acts 16:29-32).   Hear the words of our Savior to Nicodemus,  “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him  should not perish, but have everlasting life”  (John 3:16).  What does it mean to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ? -1- To believe on Christ is to realize the glory of His Person.  The One Who died for our sins is God manifest in the flesh.  He is Immanuel, God with us.  He is not a god, or one among many gods, He is the everlasting Son of God.  Per His assignment in the covenant of grace, He took into union with His deity a real human body and soul so as to su...

Ye saints look up with cheerful eye, Behold your King Who reigns on high; See Jesus ruling from His throne, The Advocate for all His own.   Be never filled with dark despair, On Jesus cast your ev’ry care; For He is full of love and grace, His blood redeemed His chosen race.   This is the One Who for us died, His prayers will never be denied; ‘Tis Christ, with sympathizing love, Who represents us high above.   So come dear brother, sister too, In Christ find mercy, just for you; O rest in Him and be at peace, His love for you will never cease.     TUNE TO FROM EVERY STORMY WIND     LM   WORDS BY JIM BYRD

" What shall we then say to these things?" -Romans 8:31 [KJV] This is a most disagreeable chapter to 'free-will,' pride, and self-righteous spirits. For it cuts the very sinews of boasting. It lays all sinners upon a level, while it proclaims salvation by sovereign grace . A great Arminian professor was lately honest enough to own, that St. Paul does contend for the doctrines of election and the final perseverance of the saints: but was weak enough to add, “I verily believe he does it in his own spirit.” Such was his answer to these things.  But when it pleases the enlightening Spirit, to display the glorious discoveries of the Divine mind, in His eternal purposes of grace and salvation, to lost and wretched sinners, the sin-convinced soul is struck with horror and amazement, and cries out, “O the depths of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways are past finding out!” All exceeds my compreh...

“For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ” (John 1:17). "Grace reigns through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 5:21) .    The grace that saves the sinner is not mere pity and sentiment such as we find in the creature. The grace that saves sinners is established on the principles of an honored law and a satisfied justice, (Romans 3:23-26) .  Grace does not ignore the law nor set aside its requirements. No! It establishes the law, (Romans 3:31) . Grace establishes the law because it has a Substitute who perfectly fulfilled the law and endured the death penalty for all who believe, in order that God may be both just and justifier. Law manifests what is in men- SIN! Grace manifests what is in God- LOVE!  Law demands righteousness from men! Grace brings righteousness to men!  Law sentences men to death! Grace brings dead men to life! Law speaks of what I must do! Grace tells what Christ has do...