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

  The Shepherd does not go in search of the lost sheep in order to make them His own, but because they are His already.  The sheep were His when they became sinners due to Adam’s transgression.  The good Shepherd said,  “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand”   (John 10:27-28).    The sheep did not suddenly become the property of the Shepherd upon hearing His voice and following Him.  The Shepherd called them unto Himself, they hear His voice and follow Him because they are already His sheep .  On the other hand, those who die in unbelief do not become goats by their refusal to believe Him.  Their unbelief is evidence they were never His sheep.   “But ye believe not, because ye are not of My Sheep, as I said unto you”   (John 10:26) .       ...

" I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me ." -I Corinthians 15:10 [KJV] When we meet with journals, diaries, experiences, etc. which do not exalt the riches of the grace of God, but set off the self-importance of the writers of them, they are as nauseous to the mind as tainted food to the palate. They remind us of the poet’s observation, “And I the little hero of each tale.” Not so St. Paul, in speaking of himself. No sooner had he brought this little great "I" upon the stage, but he instantly caused it to disappear.  Hence, the doctrine is plain, The grace of God makes a person labour for God, and yet keeps him humble before God. Consider, (1st.) To have the grace of God with one, is to have a lively sense of God’s free favour, in Christ, upon one’s own soul. Without this, we go on heavily in the ways of God; soon tire in His service; and turn back and walk no more with Christ. This was the life and ...

  “His commandments are not grievous.”   It is more profitable and enjoyable to love than to hate, to forgive than to hold a grudge, to smile than to quarrel, to behave kindly than to act ugly. The way of the transgressor is hard, not the way of the believer.  The life of faith and love is the good life.                                                                -preacher Henry Mahan

Sovereign Grace is God’s grace. And God’s grace is Sovereign Grace. If it is not Sovereign Grace, it is not saving grace.  Sovereign Grace is the Truth.   Sovereign Grace is the message that declares the electing love of the Father, the redeeming love of the Son, and the invincible love of the Holy Spirit.  Sovereign grace is the content of all true evangelism.  Sovereign Grace is the Gospel!  Any message that does not declare the sovereign Grace of God in Christ Jesus is “another gospel” !  Sovereign grace is saving grace !

  Eternal, faithful, loving Lord, We bow before Thy throne;   Come as we gather in Thy Name,   And make Thy glories known.     O send Thy Spirit from above,   To touch these lips of ours;   That we would praise and honor Thee,   With all our earthly pow’rs.     When to our ears the gospel comes,   Lord send it deep within;   Come fill each heart with love and grace,   And cleanse us from our sin.     May all who gather in this house,   By faith to Jesus flee;   No other One can save our souls,   Or give us peace with Thee.       O give us grace to bless Thy name   As one, to raise our voice;   To honor and adore our God,   To worship and rejoice.       Tune: “Amazing Grace”  CM  Words by Jim Byrd

" From that time many of His disciples went back, and walked no more with Him." -John 6:66 [KJV] Thus was fulfilled that word, “How can two walk together, except they be agreed?” (Amos 3:3.) This chapter is like a touch-stone. Herein our Lord tries His disciples, to see who are real sterling, and who not. Many are His professed, but few His real disciples. Sifting times will come. They make manifest. The hottest place in hell is prepared for those who turn their backs upon the Son of God on earth.  Lord, grant that our faces may be set like a flint towards Thee. For, blessed be Thy name, Thou hast said of those who continue with Thee in Thy temptations: “I appoint unto you a kingdom: ye shall eat and drink at My table” (Luke 22:29, 30.) But those who are not agreed with Christ, have not the mind of Christ: will not walk long with Him. See this exemplified.  (1st.) “Some of these disciples followed Christ for the loaves and fishes,” verse 26 . Those who follo...

" Honour the Lord with thy substance." -Proverbs 3:9 [KJV] O may this be the daily study of our hearts, and the constant practice of our lives! “Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to the Lord: for the marriage of the Lamb is come” (Revelation 19:7.) He is our husband: we are espoused to Him by faith. Consider the work of honouring the Lord, and the reasons for it.  (1st.) The work. What! can I, a worm of the earth, honour the Lord of heaven: Yes; thou art called to it, and formed for it. This honour have all His saints. It is our greatest honour on earth to honour our Lord in heaven. “All Thy works shall praise Thee, O Lord! and Thy saints shall bless thee. They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, and talk of Thy power: to make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom” (Psalm 145:10, 11, 12.)  So they honoured the Lord of old, in displaying the glory of His grace. This work you are called to, if you have s...