The Old Gospel

The old Gospel is intended only for sinners, that is, ungodly guilty people.  You are a lost man in need of saving.  You have ruined yourself through your sinning.  All self-trust must be forsaken.  Stop quarreling with your Maker who became a Jewish man and bled to death to atone for your sins.  A sinner cannot make atonement for his own sins, he cannot render to God a righteousness which divine justice demands of him.  The only way of Reconciliation to God is by the Blood and Righteousness of Jesus Christ.  The guilty man catches at the idea of Atonement by a bleeding sinless Substitute.  Be nothing, let Christ be Everything.  Rest wholly in the Grace which is in Christ Jesus.  Believe Christ died for sinners, and then trust in Him for free Salvation.

Keep to the old truth, come what may.  The old Gospel sword slays sins.  The old Gospel of the Grace of God is what sinners need to hear.  The old Gospel has a savor that attracts and draws the guilty sinner to Christ. The old Gospel is forever good news for the guilty.  Keep to the preaching of the Cross through thick and thin, the one remedy for sin-sick sinners.  Stick with the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the Truth. Keep to the living bloody Gospel, the inspiration of the Scriptures, the Deity of Christ, the fact of His Atonement. Avow your trust in the old Gospel.

Christ Crucified is the only cure for human sin.  The sinless One bearing sin and condemnation for sinners. The Precious Blood is the only Medicine for soul, keep to it.  Keep to the simple pure Gospel, the old time way, keep to the old infallible Bible, AV1611.  Simple confidence in the finished word of the Lord Jesus Christ. Stick to the Scriptures.  Avow your faith in the atoning blood.  It is Christ that died.  Let this be your constant theme - Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.

Look to the Cross, follow Jesus. Let your message be all Christ from first to last.  Receive Christ, keep to Him. Keep to one business, following Christ.  Let up the Crucified Creator before the eyes of sin-bitten souls. Keep to the habit of glorifying Christ.  Feed on the Gospel, the Incarnation and Atonement of Christ, the Scriptures, the exceeding great and precious Promises, Christ Himself.  The main business of your life is to follow Jesus practically in daily life. There is hope, There is hope, Christ died for sinners.

The great plan of Grace is through the Mediator.  There is rest for weary and burdened soul at Calvary. Genuine faith lays hold upon the Righteousness of God, Jesus Christ, by accepting God's plan of justifying sinners through faith in Christ's atoning sacrifice.  The matchless plan of Atonement by a sinless Sacrifice, Reconciliation by Substitution.  God was manifest in the flesh in the person of Jesus of Nazareth.  Jesus died on the Cross to keep you out of Hell.

People want the by-products of Christianity - they like it when a man pays his bills, works hard, and is honest law-abiding citizen.  But when it comes down to real Bible truth, man naturally hates the Gospel, because it reveals his sinfulness and self-righteousness. The old Gospel of the Bible says you are wicked and that you cannot save yourself, you're a miserable sinner, there's nothing you can do, you can either take Christ, God's way, or leave it. The blood of Jesus had to be shed to save sinners from the wrath of God.

Man thinks he is sufficient to save himself through a religion.  God's plan of Redemption by Blood is hated by the carnal mind of man.  man naturally hates the true God and the plan of Salvation.  Jesus turned on the light of Truth and the religious crooks hated Him without a cause.  Man wants to save himself by something he has done, by his own merits, he will come God's ways. Man is tempted to earn it because he is self-righteous.  He says, "I'm as good as most. One religion is as good as another you know."

Religious man wants a good teacher and example, but not a Savior and Lord.  The world hates Jesus Christ and they try to fix Him up to suit themselves. Trust Jesus, love Him by the power of the Holy Spirit, let Him become your master passion.  A new heart wars with your old passions and subdues them.  Christ is risen, He is alive, He is able to save to the uttermost that come unto God by Him.

Distressed, desponding, despairing sinners hear this - Christ died, and is now risen for sinners just like you. Sin has left you utterly lost, ruined, condemned, dissolute, debauched and doomed. The unspeakable Love of Jesus led Him to bleed to die for sinners.  There is a Savior, a Savior for sinners, a Savior especially for you.  If you trust in anything else with Christ, you are a lost man.

Jesus was the Substitute for human guilt.  Calvary is the only safe place for sinners to hide from the wrath to come.  Satan, sin, and death cannot reach me there.  Gaze on the Savior's sufferings on Calvary, and see your sins atoned for there.  If you reject Christ's Blood, you have committed the most heinous offense possible.  Jesus is the personal Savior for real sinners.  Turn now your eye to Calvary's bloody tree, see there the Son of God in agony pouring out His life blood for sinners.  Come to Christ the Mediator, the Redeemer, the great Atoner for sins.  Rest on Christ's finished work, the Righteousness of Christ to sinners imputed, the blood of Christ for sinners shed. All are guilty, dead in sins, look away now to the Crucified Creator.