Just Give Up

Come on to the Cross, drop and leave everything you are trusting in besides Christ Himself. Give up all and receive Christ; give up all attempts to save yourself, just let Christ save you through His blood and grace. Yield up yourself to Christ, give up your works and ways, both good and bad, and simply trust in His Blood Atonement on Calvary's Cross to save you. Give up your self-salvation. You can work afterwards, because God will work in you to will and to do of His good pleasure, but now do nothing either great or small, to help make yourself righteous, for Jesus did it all for you, long, long ago. Jesus paid it all: He lived, loved, bled, died and rose again from the dead for you. Give up your love for sinning. Cast away your self-goodness and deceitful self-esteem. Do nothing by way of earning merit, but begin to do everything out of love and gratitude for what Jesus did for you. Give up your own ideas of how to get peace with God, take God’s method of salvation: lay hold on eternal life by trusting in the Crucified Creator alone. Give up your self-righteous pride and those secret sins you hold so dear. Jesus gave up His life blood for your soul's salvation.

Throw down your self-will, and like a little baby that lies in its mother's arms, be conscious that your strength is not in yourself, but in Christ's dear arms which hold you up. Fall into the arms of Christ; that is faith. Just give up your doing, give up depending upon anything that you are, or do, or ever hope to be, and depend upon the perfect merits, finished work, and precious blood of Jesus Christ. If you do this, you are saved on the spot. Anything of your own doing will spoil it all. Your reliance must be on nothing but Christ Jesus Himself. Look only to HIM for everything. Look to the Savior’s wounds, blood, and merits. Jesus was punished for human sin. God’s wrath spent itself on Christ instead of spending itself on me. Believe in Jesus, Trust in Him to save you. Christ Himself is all my salvation; I depend alone on Him. Trust in the Incarnate God who shed His blood for sinners on Calvary's Cross.

“Give up!” that is, give up yourself to the living God, Jesus Christ, whatever His will may be. If it be His will that you be sick, that you be poor, that you suffer, that you die, give everything up, and say, “Thy will be done. I resign all to thee, my Lord and my God.” Whatsoever Jesus says unto you, do it. Give up unreservedly, and make no provision for the flesh. Give up self-trust. Let Christ's will be your will. Give up everything that opposes and grieves Christ. Yield entirely to HIM; and if you have any substance, talent, or opportunity in this world, “Give all up for His cause.” Give up your own wishes to please Jesus. Commit yourselves wholly to God, give up all your talents and abilities to His service, work for Him with all your heart in love. Begin with resignation to the Gospel, go on to obedience to His will, and finish with consecration.