Friday, December 6, 2013

Only One Mediator

There is one God, and One Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus; who gave Himself a ransom for all.  The Lord Jesus Christ is the only way to God, not the Pope, or Muhammad, or the Dalai Lama, or Joseph Smith, or any other sinner.  God only became a Man one time in history.  His name was Jesus Christ.  Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.  Only Christ died for the ungodly.  Someone must answer to God for your sins.  You were born in sin, you’ve sinned your whole life, and you will sin till you die.  If your sin and its guilt are not transferred to Christ, you must pay for your sins forever in hell.  Sinners needed a sinless man to come and bear their guilt and die in their place.  Christ obeyed the law of God perfectly for you and satisfied the justice of the law by dying for your sins on the Cross.  You need Christ’s Righteousness to enter Heaven’s gate.

All have sinned, the soul that sinneth, it shall die eternally.  You have sinned against God, and now you must die an eternal death.  You have sinned and broken God’s law many times.  You have lied, stolen, cheated, lusted, and rejected Christ.  The wrath of God abides on you now.  Your good works are no good and filled with selfishness.  But there’s good news:  Christ Jesus suffered the wrath of God in your place and rose again the third day.  The very best you can do will land you in hell.  Your sin or your religion is not worth going to hell over.  Run to Jesus now by faith, flee from the wrath of God.  God is ready to pardon you today.  Jesus only saves real sinners that realize they are hopeless and hell-bound. 

Jesus took on Himself all your guilt for your sin against God.  Jesus suffered the eternal death penalty for you.  Jesus Christ wants to give you His own perfect relationship with God.  Christ was made a curse for you (He endured the wrath of God), He did put upon Himself your sinfulness, and laid your sins upon His own shoulders, saying, “I willingly take the blame and shame for the sins which you have committed.  I will die in the your place and die your death.  If you trust in Me, you can now go free, free from judgment and hell, you can now enjoy God and Heaven through My perfect righteousness.”  Jesus did this not by constraint, but of His own good will, it behooved Him to bear your sin’s punishment, the wrath of God; not for His sins, but for your sins.  Christ died in your sins, so you could be forgiven freely.  Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.  Ye must be born again.

Jesus makes a glorious exchange with us sinners.  He took upon Him our sinfulness, and He gives unto us His innocent nature, that is, His righteousness.  We being clothed with His eternal goodness are freed forever from the curse and condemnation of the law.  Christ says, “As touching My own person, I am blessed and need nothing, but I will humble Myself, and will put upon Me your sinfulness; that is to say your human sin, and I will die in your sins, and suffer your eternal death, to deliver you from the wrath of God freely. Only trust in Me, and I will save you.  Please come to Me now and exchange your sin for My Righteousness.”  There is only One Mediator, His name is Christ Jesus, and He bled for you.  The self-righteous man tries to pass the buck and tries to hide from God behind his religion or education and comes up with excuses, so he can keep on loving his sins and rejecting Christ. 

Christ Jesus bore the guilt of your sin; He suffered the punishment which you ought to have suffered for your sins against God.  So now, if you believe on Him, that is, trust that Christ was punished for you, you can never ever be punished for your sins.  God cannot punish the same sin twice, that would be unjust.  God didn’t turn away His wrath on human sin, but He poured it all out on His Son on Calvary; God did not ignore your sin-debt, but it was paid for in drops of God’s precious blood from Christ’s veins.  Christ shed God’s blood so that you would be spared from the wrath of hell-fire.  Jesus tasted death for you; He has an interest in you.  He died especially for you.   Look away from yourself, turn from sin, just look unto Jesus now, only His Precious Blood can wash your sins away.  God became a Man and died for your sins.  Simply and wholly place your trust in what Jesus did for you. All you have to do now is come to the Cross by faith and take receipt freely, and you can go free forever.