Saturday, May 28, 2011

How is Sin Put Away?

How is sin put away? If sin is to be put away from the presence of God, it must be by the Blood that flowed from the veins of Immanuel, God with us.  Sin is your own deliberate choice every day of your life. Fools make a mock of sin. All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Sin can only be forgiven, pardoned, and cancelled by a Sinless Bloody Sacrifice of God manifest in the flesh (II Corinthians 5:21). Substitution is the central truth of the Gospel Message. The Lord Jesus Christ Himself died in the place of every sinner, and was made a bloody sacrifice for human sin. Jesus was made to be Sin for you, even though He knew no sin, that you might be made the Righteousness of God in Jesus through faith in His atoning blood.

Sin demands punishment, and punishment consists of loss and pain: Jesus lost everything, and suffered unspeakable inward and outward pain for our sins. The wrath and justice of God demanded punishment for our sin and guilt. Jesus offered a complete Atonement for human sin. Jesus bore all the punishment due to your sins. God's blood flowed through Christ's veins, and Jesus shed His own life's blood for your sins. Peter called it Precious Blood; Judas Iscariot called it Innocent Blood. The Blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanseth us from all sin. Every sinner must be saved by Blood. Faith in God's Blood is the only way to be freed from the love of sin

Look now to God's great atoning blood Sacrifice for sinners. *John 3:14* Complete justification is found in the finished work of Jesus Christ on Calvary's Cross. God justifies sinners instantaneously through simple child-like faith in Jesus' blood. The moment a sinner believes on the Lord Jesus Christ, all of his sins are gone forever. Salvation is free and comes to the sinner simply by believing on Christ — nothing but believing. After believing will come the confessing and the doing; but the saving, the Righteousness, rests only in the believing in Jesus, and in nothing else.

Christ Jesus was made to be Sin itself by imputation. Jesus was not made a sinner, but Sin itself, that is, a sin offering, a Sacrifice for sin. The sins of the whole world were transferred to Christ when He hung on Calvary's Cross, all sin was laid upon Him, and charged to His account. Jesus bore our sins in His own body on the tree, and answered for them all. He was treated by the justice of God as if He was one huge mass of Sin. Christ was made to be Sin for us. He did not become Sin by any act of His own, but through God the Father's imputation. Jesus voluntarily took upon Himself all of our sins, and offered Himself up as an offering for human sin. 

 Jesus bore all the punishment for sin, and made satisfaction and atonement for all sin, including yours. Jesus is the Propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for sins of the whole world. Jesus knew no sin, He was absolutely sinless all of His life. Christ is holy and harmless, in Him is no sin. He was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin. Christ did no sin, neither was guile found in His mouth. He hated and detested sin; He was never conscious of any iniquity in Himself, He never did commit any transgression. Jesus was the only fit Person who could bear and take away the sins of the whole world. Jesus was the Lamb of God without spot or blemish.

Jesus did all this so we could become the Righteousness of God in Him. Christ's Righteousness is the only one which can justify a sinner in the sight of God. Through simple faith in His Blood we are justified freely by the grace of God through the Redemption which is in Christ Jesus. Christ Jesus who knew no sin, was made to be Sin for us, so we, who have no righteousness of our own, could be made the righteousness of God in Him by faith alone. We can only be reconciled back to God through the finished work of Jesus Christ, that is, His blood and merits. We must rely only on Him, and boast of His Righteousness and His only.

The Great God who created all things became a Jewish man that He might put away sin. Be wise - simply rely on the Substitute; Rest on His matchless Bloody Atonement made on Calvary for human guilt. Mediate on the Lamb of God and His Blood, and you will begin to hate your sins and evil habits. The pardoned soul hates his sin, as a burnt child dreads the flame of fire. The more you love Jesus Christ, the more you will hate your sins. Sinners are only permitted to approach the Holy God by way of Precious Blood. Your sin is a horrible evil; your personal sins were laid on Christ Himself on the Cross.  The Son of God paid the full ransom price for your sins with His Bloody Death. 

Sin is the father of all doubts and fears. The wages of sin is eternal death in the lake of fire. The only way to kill your love for sin is to truly love Jesus Christ. The Blood is the life of the Gospel. Trust in the Blood of Jesus now. Take Christ, trust Him, receive Him into your innermost being. The rejection of Christ is despicable and destructive. There is another life beyond this fleeting existence here on earth. God intensely hates all sin now and always. You must part with your sins, and relinquish your own righteousness and go to directly Christ Jesus (The Crucified Creator) for Righteousness, Life Eternal, and Free Salvation. God will freely and fully pardon you only for Jesus' sake.

Adrian Rogers Quotes (3)

* There's no one so bad he cannot be saved, and no one so good he need not be saved.
* The worst form of badness is human goodness, when human goodness becomes a substitute for the New Birth.
* Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you far more than you want to pay.
* If Satan can't make you bad, he'll make you busy.
* Glance at your problems, but gaze at the Lord Jesus Christ.
* Your heartbeat is a muffled drum beating a funeral march to the grave. A heartbeat is the only thing between an unsaved man and hell. When you heart stops, if you don't know Jesus, you're going to hell, that's what the Bible says.
* Stop enduring religion, and start enjoying Salvation.
* The Sin that used to slither down the back alleys of America, now 'struts' down Main Street.
* You need to know the Man of Salvation (I Timothy 2:5-6; Acts 17:31), not just the plan of salvation.
* Never doubt in the dark what God has shown you in the light.
* Doubt is to my spirit what pain is to my body.
* When trouble comes to you and doesn't lead you to worship God, you sure have wasted a lot of trouble.
* Bitterness is like an acid that destroys its own container.
* I'm not always what I think I am, but I am what I think.
* If the devil never bothers you, it's because you're both going the same direction.
* You are either in collision with your sin, or you are in collusion with it.
* Nothing about your life ever escapes the eye of God (Ecclesiastes 12:14; Romans 2:16; Hebrews 4:13; Proverbs 15:3; Matthew 12:36).
* Your good works don't satisfy you, and they will never satisfy God.
* Don't believe on your self, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.
* Hell is at the end of a Christ-less life.
* No one has ever sinned themselves beyond the love of God.
* Nothing is more destructive than sin. Sin fascinates, and then it assassinates. Sin thrills, and then it kills.
* Facts are like a recipe. Truth is like the meal. You don't eat the cooking; you eat the meal. Digest the Truth, and it will change your life.
* To err is human, and to try to conceal it is too.
* It is better to be divided by Truth, than to be united in error.
* If you woke up this morning, and you're still here - God still has a plan for your life.
* You are valuable, because Jesus loves you. You can't make yourself lovable. Jesus loves us first, and then He washes us from our sins (Revelation 1:5). Sin stains get into your soul and they won't let go until the Blood of Jesus Christ is applied to the stains.
* If you please God, it doesn't matter whom you displease. If you displease God, it doesn't matter whom you please.
* Anything you love more, fear more, serve more, or value more than God is an idol.
* Jesus' blood was God's blood (Acts 20:28).
* Wisdom has two parts: Having a lot to say, and not saying it.
* What we cannot understand, we can endure with God.
* If the greatest commandment is to love God with all your heart, the greatest sin is to not do it.
* Evolution isn't science; it's science fiction.
* When it comes to sin, you'll get what you want, but you won't want what you get.
* Sin takes life from your years, and years from your life.

Adrianisms

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Lester Roloff Quotes 4

* You'll never win in the sin game.
* I get my medicine at the King James drugstore.
* My daddy taught me how to dance with a leather strap.
* Give to Jesus what you cannot keep (your soul), and He will give you what you cannot lose (eternal life).
* You can't keep the Golden Rule, until you know the Golden Ruler.
* Judgment is sure, because sin is real, there's only one safe place to hide - flee to the Lamb of God at Calvary.
* Salvation is all of God. The Father thought it, the Son bought it, and the Holy Ghost wrought it.
* It is not a skin problem; it is a Sin problem. It is not about race; it is all about Grace.  
* The Holy Spirit wants to empty you of self, so He can fill you with Himself.
* Smart alecks miss the simplicity of the Gospel.
* The church today is feasting and playing, not fasting and praying.
* You try to hide when you are loving sin.
* Most preachers today are wore out warming bottles.
* When you grow old, will your memories be blessed or wretched?
* The only person God ever uses is a nobody.
* You don't kill time, time kills you.
* God never changes His mind about sin.
* Human nature has a bad case of want-itus.
* The whole armour of God is an uncomfortable uniform for an easy chair.
* No burdens, no blessings. You can't try a mule out with an empty wagon. God's people are always bettered under a load.
* Drunkards thirst for alcohol, gluttons thirst for food, dope addicts thirst for another fix, perverts thirst for pornography, but Christians thirst for Jesus.
* The family's worst enemy is the television.
* Television takes the real and makes it false, and then takes the false and makes it real.
* Honey-bees never fly with dirt daubers.
* Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us.
* No one is ever lonely, if they have Jesus around.
* Rest is not for sale, Jesus gives it away for free (Matthew 11:28).
* We're not running a showboat, we're running a lifeboat.
* I used to go to the First Baptist Church, and now I go to the last Baptist church.
* If you aim at nothing, you'll it hit it every time.
* Today the church is trying to humanize Christianity, but we should be Christianizing humanity.
* Man is trying to earn what God is trying to give him. Man says heaven is too good to get there free, we have to work for it. Religious people are working hard for heaven, but they'll never make it. Salvation is a free gift of the Lord. God's love is not for sale.
* You can't be strong while you're feeding on the devil's husks.
* Keep your eyes on Jesus - He will never disappoint you.
* The world doesn't care if you go to hell or not.
* A Christian shouldn't be afraid of the end. The End is JESUS. When come to the end of your life, you come up to JESUS. He's the beginning and the end.
* If you run with the dogs, you're sure to have fleas.
* Trials don't ruin you; they just reveal you.
* The Bible is Heaven's Sear's Roebuck catalog. You can order anything you need. The only difference - everything is already paid for in the Bible.
* If you are out of touch with God, nothing will satisfy you.
* The gasoline may already be in the hearse that will take you to the graveyard.
* If you twist the Scripture, you're going to wind up twisted yourself.
* Evil is the devil with the "d" knocked off.
* God is more interested in your refirement, than your retirement.
* The atheist criticizes a God they've never met.
* The man who walks with God is on the right road.
* The Gospel is so simple, that the smart-alecks miss it.
* The Holy Ghost fills me, my sin kills me, and the word of God thrills me.
* RIGHT is something you don't pray about.
* If your Bible is clean, your soul is lean.

Friday, May 20, 2011

Be Not

Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil. Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. Be not afraid, only believe. Be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men.

Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them. Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

My religion is a Man (Christ Jesus Himself) who bled and died for sinners. My God died for my sins, and rose again from the dead. He gave me His salvation freely when I asked Him for His forgiveness and mercy. Glory to be unto His matchless name - The Lord Jesus Christ! He's the Best. Just praise God anyhow. It's all about HIM!

Monday, May 9, 2011

The Gospel Multi-Vitamin

Romans Chapter 12
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. 3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: 5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; 7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; 8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; 11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; 12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; 13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. 14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.

Saturday, May 7, 2011

That He Might

To declare, I say, at this time His righteousness: that He might be just, and the Justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. And that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had afore prepared unto glory. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that He might have mercy upon all. For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and living. Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father. That in the dispensation of the fulness of times He might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in Him. That in the ages to come He might shew the exceeding riches of His grace in His kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. And that He might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby. He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things. That He might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, That He might present it to Himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. And He is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things He might have the preeminence.

Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil. Wherefore in all things it behoved Him to be made like unto His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. Wherefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered without the gate. For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. Verily every man at his Best state is altogether vanity. If a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. Where are your sins right now? Are they on your soul, or are they on JESUS? Will you keep your sins, and go on to hell where you belong, or will you leave your sins, come to Jesus, and go to Heaven? The choice is yours. Be wise - confess your guilt to the Savior, give up your sin before it damns you. The natural man refuses to think soberly concerning his sins and his soul. Simply come to Jesus with your sins and them on the Savior, rely upon Him, trust in His atoning blood alone, ask for His mercy, and He will give you rest from your guilt, rest from your efforts to save yourself, rest from wanting to sin (Matthew 11:28).