The Sinless Sufferer died for you - He took the sinner's sin upon Himself, and bore all its penalty. Jesus died for the greatest of all sinners and the basest of all blasphemers. He stripped Himself of all His heavenly splendor, happiness, and robes. He had a crown in heaven, but He laid it aside. He was virgin born as a Jewish baby in Bethlehem's manger. He lived a sinless life especially for you. At the end of His selfless life in the Garden of Gethsemane, He prayed in agony and sweat great drops of blood, He was arrested and taken away to Pilate's judgment hall. He was made subject to grossest and filthiest insults, and was spit upon by the Roman soldiers. His head was pierced with a crown of thorns, His back was torn and bruised beneath the terrible scourge. See Him nailed to the Cross and raised up to die between two thieves. The wickedness of your sin killed the Savior that dark day on Calvary. Christ Jesus laid down His life for poor lost sinners just like you. Jesus gave it all up to Ransom you from sin.
O how sinful I am, O how much Jesus loves me, O how safe I am forever through His precious blood. God is just, we are unjust, Christ died and shed His own blood in the sinner's place. He is the Substitute for all sinners. Christ died for you, even you. We are reconciled to God by the death of His Son, much more, we shall be saved by His life. The blood and agony of the Savior put our sins away, the everlasting life of the Redeemer preserves us unto the end and out into Eternity. Christ was damned in my place, my sin was condemned on Him. I believe on Him, and now my sin cannot condemn me. All my sin, guilt, transgressions, and iniquities have been atoned for by the Great Atoner. My sins are entirely removed from my soul forever. I am complete in HIM, accepted in the Beloved through His death and merits. The mercy in Jesus' precious blood shall never die. Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, laid down His life for us.
Come on to the Savior, all you sinners who need God's mercy, tell the Savior just what you are. No recommendations are needed, admit your poverty, sinfulness, and nothingness. Come as a wretched underserving sinner by nature and by practice. Plead nothing that looks like human goodness, but come in your sins. Come honestly as you really are, you are a much worse sinner that even you think yourself to be. Trust only in God's free grace and the power of Jesus' blood and love to save your soul now. Fling away your self-righteousness, come and take Jesus as an empty-handed bankrupt sinner. Meet Jesus, the Great Atoner, at the Cross just as He is, and just as you are. Rest your filthy soul on the Blood that cleanses from all sin. The Blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanses sinners from all sin. Flee at one to the God of grace - look this very instant to Jesus - the Crucified and Risen Creator. One believing look of your eye to HIM who is the sinner's Substitute, and all your transgression are forgiven. Accept the Lord's will with absolute resignation, yield yourself completely to Him, trust in His Finished Work, and life eternal is yours.
