If anyone reading this is working in order\nto be saved be sure to understand, God will take account of all your works.\nThat is right. In the great day of judgment, God will take account of all your\nworks, whether good or evil, as sin. God will account all man\u2019s works for\nsalvation as coming \u201cshort of the glory of God.\u201d There is one whose works God\nis well-pleased with, Christ Jesus his Son. Sinners are \u201cjustified freely by\nhis grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. Who God hath set\nforth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood.\u201d (Rom 3: 22-25) All who\nare attempting to work for salvation are attempting to justify themselves from\ntheir sins by the law of Moses. Please listen to God! \u201cBy [Christ] all that\nbelieve are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by\nthe law of Moses.\u201d (Acts 13: 39) Salvation is believing Christ! May God give\nyou grace to do so today. Right now you\u2019re conscience is guilty at the thought\nof having not done enough. Then you will have the sweet rest and peace of\nconscience that only Christ can give knowing \u201cthere is no more offering for\nsin.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chris Cunningham<\/p>\n\n\n\n
—<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we deny- Charles\nPennington.
\nIf we deny that man is dead in sin; that he is nothing,\nhas nothing and can do nothing to merit salvation then we make \u2018man true and\nGod a liar\u2019!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we deny God\u2019s eternal and\nunconditional election of a people unto salvation; make salvation to be by\nman\u2019s choice and will, instead of God\u2019s choice, will and purpose; then we exalt\nman\u2019s will above God\u2019s, dethrone the Almighty and set man up in His place!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we deny the particular and\neffectual redemption of the elect by the blood of Christ; then we have no\ngospel to preach, only an atonement that does not atone, a redemption that does\nnot redeem, and a saviour that cannot save; we make a mockery of the suffering\nand death of the Son of God and count the blood of the covenant an unholy\n(common) thing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we deny the invincible and\nessential work of God the Holy Spirit; in regeneration and the new birth then\nwe must deny that \u2018that which is born of the flesh is flesh,\u2018 and say, \u2018that\nwhich is born of the flesh is spirit\u2019! Then we make Him to be less than man and\nemphatically deny that salvation is of the Lord, Who only can give life to the\ndead!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we deny the preservation\nand perseverance of the saints; then we openly declare that there is a power\ngreater than God, one who can frustrate His purpose and pluck the sheep out of\nthe Father\u2019s hand, contrary to the words of the Lord Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If we deny Him, He also will\ndeny us. (2 Tim. 2:12).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
—<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GOOD\nNEWS FOR SINNERS I John 1: 8-10 I have in my shed an electric generator. It’s\nonly function is to generate electricity. It does not drill holes, fasten lumber,\nor mow grass. It just generates power. Man, because of his fallen nature, is a\nsin generator. Everything he does is tainted by his nature. Sin is what he is,\nwhat he does, how he thinks, and how he lives. He lives out his days in the\nlusts of his flesh fulfilling the desires of the flesh and mind; and is, by\nnature, a child of wrath as are all men. (Ephesians 2: 3) The good news of the\nGospel is if we confess our sins, He (Christ) is faithful and just to forgive\nus our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Darvin\nPruitt<\/p>\n\n\n\n
—<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Come,\nbuy wine and milk, without money, and without price.” Isa. lv. 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Surely,\nno man can plead poverty as an excuse for not buying, when the things sold are\nnot only without money, but without even the proposals for money; not only\nwithout ready money, but without any money. Here is not even a price given. My\nsoul, remember this. The poorer the wretch, the more welcome to this market.\nBut what are the things sold? Both wine and milk. A blessed variety in the\ngospel feast wine to cheer, and milk to nourish. Yes, blessed Jesus, thy love\nis better than wine, and thy salvation more healing than milk: Besides, it\ncomes free, it comes pure, it comes in plenty. And it far, very far, exceeds\nthe strongest wine, and the richest milk. For though wine may remove a\ntemporary heaviness, yet was it never known to raise the dead; but thy love,\nblessed Jesus, hath raised, and will keep alive for ever, sinners dead in\ntrespasses and sins, and preserve the languishing graces of thy saints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Come\nthen, my soul, obey the gospel invitation of this day, and every day; come, buy\nthese precious things without money, and without price. Come, ye poor, needy,\nperishing, sinners; come, every one of you, and buy, there is enough in Jesus\nfor us all; and depend upon it, not one of you will be sent empty away, if you\ncome empty to be filled, and hungry to be satisfied. This is the only mark and\nevidence of every real purchaser. If Jesus, with all his blessings, be welcome\nto your heart, you are welcome to take of his free salvation. Lord, I am come\nthis day, and every day. Now let me hear thy voice; “Eat, O friends; yea,\ndrink abundantly, O beloved.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From\nTHE POOR MAN’S MORNING AND EVENING Robert Hawker<\/p>\n\n\n\n
—<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: He that keepeth thee will\nnot slumber\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (Psalms\n121:3)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Your warfare,\nit seems, still continues; and it will continue while you remain here. But He\nis faithful that promised to make us more than conquerors in the last conflict,\nthen we shall hear the voice of war no more for ever. Whatever we suffer by the\nway, the end will make amends for all. The repeated experience we have of the\ndeceitfulness of our own hearts, is a means which the Lord employes to make us\nwilling debtors to his free grace, and teach us to live more entirely upon\nJesus. He us our peace, our strength, our righteousness, our all in all. And we\nlearn from day to day, that, though diligence and watchfulness in the use of\nappointed means is our part, yet we are preserved in life. not by our care, but\nHis. We have a watchful Shepherd, who neither slumbers nor sleeps; his eyes are\nalways upon his people; his arm underneath them; this is the reason that their\nenemies cannot prevail against them. We are conscious to ourselves of many\nunguarded moments, in which we might be surprised and ruined if we were left\nwithout his almighty defence. Yea, we often suffer loss by our folly; but he\nrestores us when wandering; revivies us when fainting; heals us when wounded;\nand having obtained help of him, we continue to this hour; and he will be our\nGuard and Guide even unto death. The law of sin in my members distresses me;\nbut the gospel yields relief. It is given me to rest in the finished salvation,\nand to rejoice in Christ Jesus as my all in all. My soul is athirst for nearer\nand fuller communion with him. Yet he is pleased to keep me short of those\nsweet consolations in my retired hours which I could desire. However, I cannot\ndoubt but he is with me, and is pleased to keep up in my heart some sense of\nthe evil of sin, the beauty of holiness, my own weakness and his glorious all\nsufficiency. His I am, and him I desire to serve. I am , indeed , a poor\nservant; but he is a gracious Master. Oh! Who is a God like unto him, that\nforgiveth iniquity, and casted the sins of his people into the depths of the\nsea? John Newton<\/p>\n\n\n\n —<\/p>\n\n\n\n A\nFather’s hand!<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Octavius\nWinslow)<\/p>\n\n\n\n “My\ntimes are in Your hand!” Psalm 31:15<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our\ntimes of adversity are also in God’s hand. As every sunbeam that<\/p>\n\n\n\n brightens,\nso every cloud that darkens, comes from God. We are subject<\/p>\n\n\n\n to\ngreat and sudden reverses in our earthly condition. Joy is often<\/p>\n\n\n\n followed\nby grief; prosperity is often followed by adversity. We are on<\/p>\n\n\n\n the\npinnacle today; tomorrow at its bottom. Oh! What a change may one<\/p>\n\n\n\n event\nand one moment create! But, beloved, ALL is from the Lord!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Afflictions\ndo not spring from the soil, nor do troubles sprout from the<\/p>\n\n\n\n ground.\nSorrow cannot come until God bids it. Until God in His<\/p>\n\n\n\n sovereignty\npermits \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n health\ncannot fade,<\/p>\n\n\n\n wealth\ncannot vanish,<\/p>\n\n\n\n comfort\ncannot decay,<\/p>\n\n\n\n friendship\ncannot chill, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n loved\nones cannot die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your\ntime of sorrow \u2014 is His appointment. The bitter cup which it may<\/p>\n\n\n\n please\nthe Lord that you shall drink this year, will not be mixed by<\/p>\n\n\n\n human\nhands. In the hand of the Lord, is that cup!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some\ntreasure you are now pressing to your heart \u2014 He may ask you to<\/p>\n\n\n\n resign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some\nblessing you now possess \u2014 He may bid you to relinquish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some\nfond expectation you now cherish \u2014 He may will that you should forego.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some\nlonely path \u2014 He may design that you should tread.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes,\nHe may even bereave you of all \u2014 and yet all, ALL is in His hand!<\/p>\n\n\n\n His\nhand! A Father’s hand, moving in thick darkness, is shaping every<\/p>\n\n\n\n event,\nand arranging every detail in your life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Has\nsickness laid you on a bed of suffering?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Has\nbereavement darkened your home?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Has\nadversity impoverished your resources?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Has\nchange lessened your comforts?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Has\nsorrow in one of its many forms crushed your spirit to the earth?<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nLord has done it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n In\nall that has been sent,<\/p>\n\n\n\n in\nall that has be recalled, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n in\nall that has been withheld \u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n His\nhand, noiseless and unseen, has brought it about!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ah!\nyes, that hand of changeless love . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n blends\na sweet with every bitter;<\/p>\n\n\n\n pencils\na bright rainbow in each dark cloud;<\/p>\n\n\n\n upholds\neach faltering step;<\/p>\n\n\n\n shelters\nwithin its hollow \u2014 and guides with unerring skill, His chosen<\/p>\n\n\n\n people\nsafe to eternal glory!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dear\nchild of God, your afflictions, your trials, your crosses, your<\/p>\n\n\n\n losses,\nyour sorrows \u2014 all, ALL are in your heavenly Father’s hand, and<\/p>\n\n\n\n they\ncannot come until sent by Him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bow\nthat stricken heart! Yield that tempest-tossed soul to His sovereign<\/p>\n\n\n\n disposal,\nto His calm, righteous sway, in the submissive spirit and<\/p>\n\n\n\n language\nof your suffering Savior, “May Your will, O my Father! not<\/p>\n\n\n\n mine,\nbe done. My times of sadness and of grief are in Your hand.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Beloved,\nall is in your Father’s hand! Be those times what they may:<\/p>\n\n\n\n times\nof trial,<\/p>\n\n\n\n times\nof temptation,<\/p>\n\n\n\n times\nof suffering,<\/p>\n\n\n\n times\nof peril,<\/p>\n\n\n\n times\nof sunshine or of gloom,<\/p>\n\n\n\n or\ntimes of life or death,<\/p>\n\n\n\n they\nare in your Father’s hand!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Has\nthe Lord seen fit . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n to\nrecall some fond blessing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n to\ndeny some earnest request, or<\/p>\n\n\n\n painfully\nto discipline your heart?<\/p>\n\n\n\n All\nthis springs from a Father’s love \u2014 as fully as though He had<\/p>\n\n\n\n unlocked\nHis treasury and poured its costliest gifts at your feet!<\/p>\n\n\n\n All\nof our times are in our Redeemer’s hands! That same Redeemer who<\/p>\n\n\n\n carried\nour sorrows in His heart, our curse and sins on His soul, our<\/p>\n\n\n\n cross\non His shoulder; who died, who rose again, and who lives and<\/p>\n\n\n\n intercedes\nfor us, and who will gather all His ransomed around Him in<\/p>\n\n\n\n glory\n\u2014 is your Guardian and your Guide! Your times are in the hands of<\/p>\n\n\n\n Him\nwho still bears the print of the nails!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If anyone reading this is working in order to be saved be sure to understand, God will take account of all your works. That is right. In the great day of judgment, God will take account of all your works, whether good or evil, as sin. 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