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

The Loveliness of Jesus   by D G Miles McKee In Christ Jesus we discover who God is and what He is like.  In Christ alone we also discover the standard of excellence for man.  What a marvel Christ is --- God and man in one person; there has never ever been anyone like Him! Consider this; the greatest of people are usually flawed. Alexander, for example, was a great warrior, but you couldn’t trust him around women. Einstein was brilliant, but he was also a sex maniac. Gandhi, the great peace-loving leader of India once paid a complement to Adolph Hitler. The best of men are men at best, we are all flawed, all that is except for Christ Jesus. In all the annals of human history, Jesus Christ remains the only one of whom it can be truthfully asserted, "He is altogether lovely , ” (Song of Solomon 5:16). He is altogether lovely because He is the out-shining of the Father’s glory. He is the glory of God against whom we are measured, and all fall short. Nevertheless, flaw...

Gospel Mysteries Hidden & Revealed  Salvation Is Hidden in Christ   Sermon preached by Henry T. Mahan (28 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfSHeLesEx8   What are the mysteries of the Gospel, and why did Jesus say that God has hidden these things from the wise and prudent but revealed them unto babes? In this powerful sermon from Matthew 11:25 , we explore the profound truth that the mysteries of salvation, eternal life, forgiveness, grace, and the knowledge of God are found in Jesus Christ alone. Jesus Christ came into the world to seek and save the lost, yet He was rejected by the religious leaders, the powerful, the wealthy, and the worldly wise. Why? Because the natural man cannot understand the things of God without divine revelation.  This message examines five important questions: 1 . What are the “things” hidden from the wise? 2. Where are these things hidden? 3. From whom are they hidden? 4. How is the knowledge of these things obtained? 5...

"And He spake this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous."   - as per Christ JESUS our LORD (Luke 18:9.)   Christ came into the world to save sinners from their sins into all holiness of heart and life. His gospel requires the strictest purity in walk and conversation. Those who have experienced its power, find their souls formed for this. But a self-righteous spirit is as odious (-foul smelling) to Christ, and as contrary to the genius of His gospel, as a profane swearer . Hence He spake this parable against such.    See (1st.) who are here reproved. Every one who places his trust or confidence in any works of righteousness which he has done, or can do, to make himself righteous before God, or to justify himself, first or last, in whole or in part in God’s sight. Such are properly Pharisees, or self-righteous persons. Lord, keep our souls humble before Thee, that we fall not into this cursed pride and dangerous delusion . But such...

"Then is the offence of the cross ceased." - Galatians 5:11 [KJV] The cross of Jesus was, of old, the great offence both to Jews and Greeks; and, in the present day, we may add, it is so to every one, who, by a perversion of language, calls himself Christian, but yet denies the Godhead of Him whom he presumes to call Maker. And if the believer would but relinquish this distinguishing feature in his Lord's person and atonement for his sins by the blood of His cross, then indeed would the offence of the cross cease.    But, my soul, ask thyself, whether the offence of the cross be ceased in thy view? Yea, rather, whether, like Paul, not only the reproach of the cross is taken away for ever; but thou art crying out with an holy indignation against all rejoicings but in Jesus and His cross? Say, is it not thy daily, hourly song: "God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world?...

"For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty." -Isaiah 44:3 [KJV] Thirst, as a feeling of the soul, in a spiritual sense, is certainly indicative of divine life. It is as impossible, spiritually viewed, for a man dead in sin to thirst after a living God, as for a corpse in the graveyard to thirst after a draught of cold water from the well. I know for myself that such a feeling as thirsting after God had no place in my bosom until the Lord was pleased to quicken my soul into spiritual life.  I had heard of God by the hearing of the ear. I had seen Him in creation, in the starry sky, in the roaring sea, in the teeming earth; I had read of Him in the Bible; I had learnt His existence by education and tradition; and I had some apprehensions of His holiness in my natural conscience; but as to any spiritual thirsting after Him, any earnest desire to fear Him, know Him, believe in Him, or love Him,— no such experience or feeling, I can say for myself, ever dwelt in my bosom.  I...

Everything about this life is temporal. From the moment we are born into this world, we begin our journey toward the end. Along the way we experience many things. We grow and learn; we know happiness and sorrow. This is the life of the sons and daughters of Adam.  However, there are some who have a different experience. They are the ones chosen of God. They experience the same joys and sorrows as all men and women, yet they experience something greater—something eternal. They experience God. They experience life from the dead. They experience a new birth, the love of God shed abroad in their hearts.    They experience truth as they come to know and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. They experience faith, hope and love. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit. They look to the things above, where their treasure is. These are the things that are eternal.                      ...

In Thy great Name, O Lord, we come To worship at Thy feet; O, pour Thy Holy Spirit down, On all that now shall meet. We come to hear Jehovah speak, To hear the Saviour’s voice; Thy face and favor, Lord, we seek, Now make our hearts rejoice.  Teach us to pray, and praise, and hear, And understand Thy Word; To feel Thy gracious presence near, And trust our living Lord. This house with grace and glory fill, This congregation bless; Thy great salvation now reveal, Thy glorious righteousness.   -Gospel hymn, "Am I A Soldier?"  -------0------- "O sing unto the LORD a new song; for He hath done marvellous things: His right hand, and His holy arm, hath gotten Him the victory. The LORD hath made known His salvation: His righteousness hath He openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.  He hath remembered His mercy and His truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God."   - Psalm 98:1-3 -------0------- " But one of the sold...