Saturday, March 5, 2016

A Little Help 7

God with us (Incarnation), Christ for us (Substitution). Incarnation and Substitution is God's divine way of Salvation for needy sinners. *I John 1:7*  Glory only in the Lamb and His Cross.  Christ for me, Christ for me - To Him alone will I look. A full Christ for empty sinners. As a sinner I look to Christ for Everything. Christ is Everything for me, my sole and only Hope. Trust in Christ for yourself.  Blessed be His name. The bleeding Christ for me.

Christ died for the ungodly.  Faith in Jesus' blood.  Love Jesus, not your sins.  It is Finished, Through His Blood, Worthy is the Lamb, That is All.  There is Hope, He is risen.  Stay humble, helpful and thankful.  Depart from evil, that is wisdom.  Wisdom from above is first pure.  Prepare to enter Eternity at the Cross.  Keep thyself pure.  Be good to God.  Christ first, self last.

As blood is the life to our flesh, so is Christ’s Blood life to our soul. Your personal dealings with Christ Jesus Himself is the the one thing that is Needful.  *Luke 10:42* Flee to Christ for mercy.  Repent, confess your sins, forsake them, and look to Christ for cleansing.  In a word – rest on Jesus, the eternal Son of God, God in human flesh, bleeding to death for sinful man.  Jesus’ work for us – gratis.  Rest your weary feet upon the truth of the great Substitution.

The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, the Christ of God died for our sins. This is only meat and drink for the hungry soul. God in human flesh, only the Incarnate God, living, loving, bleeding, suffering, dying, making Atonement for human sin, rising from the dead, and then ascending up to the throne of Glory to make intercession for us. Vain is the help of man.

The Incarnate God and the Atoning Savior - Jesus of Nazareth was His name. God Himself was nailed to a tree, and bled to death bearing the sins of every man.  Simply let Jesus save your soul from the love of sin.  The Cross Alone.  Incarnate Love came down from Heaven to save sinners.  God Incarnate, the Christ of God, suffering for sinners.  His one Sacrifice for sins forever is our sole Hope of Heaven.  He voluntarily made Atonement for all our sins. The Incarnate God died a shameful bloody death to save the guilty.  I do believe in the dying Savior’s love, and I rest my soul upon Him.

This is the way of Salvation – just to Rest in Christ. *Matthew 11:28* As the cup hangs on the nail, so must we helplessly hang on Christ. We must be nothing, and Christ Everything. The Incarnate God, the Atoning Blood, the risen Lord, the coming Glory.  Cheerfully consent to be nothing for Jesus' sake who made Himself of no reputation for your sake. I’m counting on Jesus’ Blood, not darwin’s theory. Christ must be Alpha and Omega, the first and the last.

A salvation that is made up of any of your doings is a falsehood. Salvation must have Christ as the cornerstone, the foundation, and the capstone. Trust in Jesus Christ for perfect pardon and free justification.  Live nearer to Christ, and you will have a desire after purity and holiness.  You can’t be tricky in business and feel comfortable.  The Gospel will give you a strong desire after inward purity.  You should feel a horror and dread of sinning.

You should walk tenderly and watch cautiously.  Watch and pray.  You should be grieved over your vile impulses and unclean thoughts. Once in Christ, in Christ forever, nothing from His love can sever.  Instantaneous Forgiveness of Sins, and Irreversible, Free Eternal Life.  God punished Christ for all my sins. Come to Christ now for free everlasting life. Jesus Christ came down from heaven and accomplished our salvation for us. The Son of God died especially for you. Christ is All.

Your so-called merits are good for nothing. Your own works are useless when it comes to everlasting life.  Your sinfulness is your only title to God's Salvation. Even faith is God's Free Gift.  There is a Christ for you.  It is Christ that is Everything. Come to Christ for Mercy - He is perfect, He is All there is to it.  Christ for big sinners, little sinners, gray heads and children, poor and rich, for chimney sweeps and kings, for prostitutes and respectable folks. God condemned Christ for me. You owe so much to that Precious Blood which redeemed you. Religion exalts human merit, baptismal water, denominations, sacraments, ceremonies, buildings, certain days; but the Gospel exalts the Lord Jesus Christ and magnifies His Blood and Righteousness.

Take Christ for nothing, without money and without price. Jesus is Free. Come to Christ for all you need. Look to Christ first for faith. Christ is only for poor, perishing sinners. Trust in what Jesus did, trust Christ for the merits which He has performed on your behalf.  Jesus’ death must be your life, His wounds must be your healing.  Look out of yourself to Christ for Everything.  Believe in Jesus Christ alone for all your eternal salvation. Depend on Him implicitly, completely. Needy, guilty sinners will come to Christ for free pardon. While you are anything, Christ is nothing to you, but when you finally become nothing, Christ will be Everything.

The fear and dread of of eternal wrath and punishment weighs on the mind of the Christ rejecter.  The dread of judgment to come in the future constantly harasses the unconverted soul.  God is rarely mentioned today, for He is not known or respected.  Let your desire be to be kept from sinning in the future as you did before.  Sin shall not have dominion over you.  Let your sins be abhorred and forsaken for Jesus' sake.

Men naturally prefer their own foul, filthy lust to Christ. Men prefer making money, cheating their neighbor, loving the world, and chasing the harlot rather than seeking Christ. Men prefer lusts, pleasures, and earthly profits to Christ. Christ for me. Jesus is everything which is good. The vicarious sacrifice of Christ for the sinner, Christ suffering for the sinner.  Christ being made Sin for us, that we might be made the Righteousness of God in Him. Christ offered up Himself as a sinless substitutionary Sacrifice. Sinners must be alarmed and shut up to the Cross for help. Christ for me. Be willing to have Christ for your Savior. A great Savior for great offenders. Never forget your indebtedness to Christ for what He has done for you.

God never pardons a sin without first punishing that sin – God punished Sin on Christ for us. The Holy Spirit creates a sense of sin, and a grateful sense of the forgiveness of sins. Think of Christ, not your own doings. Draw near to Christ, not just to religious buildings; be baptized into Christ by the Holy Spirit, not into some superstitious, religious water by a religionist. Yield to a simple faith in Jesus. Simple faith in the Crucified Creator saves the sinner. Daily resort to Christ for help. Repair to the Redeemer.

There’s nothing for you to do, nothing to pay, nothing to be, nothing to bring - Come to Jesus for Everything. The Atonement of Christ is for my sins. Guilty sinners rest on Christ. *Matthew 11:28* Flee to Christ for mercy and everlasting life. Just cry out to Christ for mercy. Rest in the Precious Blood for pardon, and in His righteousness for acceptance. I am nothing but a mass of sinfulness in myself. Think of your sins, and repent of them, think of Jesus and personally believe on Him. Think of His Cross always.

Frequently think of Christ. We naturally think of food, because we live upon it. Your inward appetite renders food impossible to forget. Long for Jesus, because of the new appetites and cravings within your new nature. Think of Christ joyfully, with admiration, wishing to be conformed to His image. Gracious Savior, make me like Yourself. Change me within, make me pure in thought. Help His cause, succor His people, proclaim His truth, aid His church, pity lost sinners. Alway speak well of Jesus.

Thoughts of Jesus should keep you back from sinning, and to continue in the path of righteousness for His name’s sake. Adore Him, fellowship with Him, talk with Him, give to Him, work for Him. By instinct the new born Christian knows where to search for the nipple of Scripture, and feed on the sincere milk of the word. The fear and dread of sin, leads to a hatred of sin. Christ for me, Christ for me, None but Christ can do helpless sinners good. Submit yourself to the whole word of God, let it search your inmost soul. Leave your creeds and bad habits behind. Flee to Christ, God manifest in the flesh, for pardon this very hour. Stay the course for His cause. Trust to Him and go forward. “To the End” take Christ for your Substitute.

Christ for me, Christ in my place. Keep your eyes on Jesus. Looking alone to Jesus Christ for pardon. Believe in Jesus for Righteousness. Keep to the one point – I am nothing, Christ is everything; I am sin, He is my Righteousness; I am guilty, He is my Pardon; I am death, He is my Life. I look to Him for everything. I trust not in my doings, I rely on Jesus only. A man will never believe in Jesus till He knows Himself to be nothing. Hang upon Christ for everything, entire dependence upon Christ Himself. Sin results in nakedness, poverty, emptiness, misery, death, impotence, wretchedness. Bring your soul and commit it to Christ for safekeeping, entrusting your soul to Jesus. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ for Righteousness, and be made just through faith in His Blood. That is it, that is the whole of it.

Trust Christ alone, and then your soul shall live. Be nothing and nobody, and let Christ be everything. I am content to be nothing and nobody. Human nature wants to be something and do something. But you must be nothing, and Christ is to be Everything. Take salvation freely as a Gift. The Blood of Christ was for sinner’s shed, the Righteousness of Christ to sinners imputed. Look to Christ for His free mercy. My heart is terribly deceitful, and has strong passions, and evil habits. My sin is to be hated, avoided, abhorred, conquered by the power of the Holy Ghost. Be nothing, less than nothing, to have no will and no desire about life or death, about sickness or health, about poverty or wealth, no self-will about anything, but strong resolve to deny self, “Not as I will, but as Thou wilt.” Jesus is all Goodness, and I am all badness, sin, need, misery and emptiness. Trust Christ for full Pardon now. Rest upon Christ for all that concerns your eternal interests.

There must be no reliance for you but upon Christ. The Substitution of the Just for the unjust, God for man, the perfect Christ for us guilty, hell-deserving rebels. To be nothing is ours by nature (Galatians 6:3). Try to be something, and you shall be Nothing. Be nothing, and you shall live. You must be nothing, if God is to save you. You must come down from your high horse, you must give up your trust in works, ceremonies, and natural goodness, and just be a nothing.

God with us, Christ for us. Incarnation, Substitution, Propitiation, Justification, Sanctification, Translation, Glorification. We must be nothing, and Christ everything. When we do this, we shall get rest from the plague of our heart. Salvation’s grand advertisement – “To be given away.” Salvation is everything for nothing, pardon free, Christ free, heaven free. The Great Physician has none but Gratis patients. Yield to be nothing and let Jesus be all. Be nothing and let Him be everything. Trust Him wholly and alone. Drop into His arms and let Him bear the whole weight of your sins. Invite men to come to Christ for mercy. Trust in Christ for salvation. Ask Christ to help you overcome sin day by day.

Trust to the Crucified One, rely upon His full Atonement. The Gospel is dreary talk and a weariness to those who are lost and lingering in their sins. Come to Christ for yourself. The Gospel way is "Everything for Nothing". Put out the penniless hand of faith, and say, “I am a sinner for sure, Christ died for sinners; and I take Christ to be my Savior.” Go to Jesus for everything. Trust in Jesus Christ for everything you want between here and Heaven. Take Christ to be yours. Religionists are partisan hacks - they would rather make and a love a lie and neglect the living God, Jesus Christ. God gave Jesus to save sinners. God laid your sin upon Jesus, that He might take it off the sinner. Pray to Jesus now for mercy. Come to Jesus for rest and satisfaction.

If you feel the filthiness and guilt of your sin, come to Jesus for cleansing. Rely on Jesus for all your Salvation. Die with your face to the Cross. Jesus is the way, the living way, the only way, the sure way.  *John 14:6*  Salvation has Jesus as its Author and Finisher. Come to Christ for faith and repentance. The Gospel provides a full Christ for empty sinners, pardon on earth and bliss in heaven. The Substitution of Christ for the sinner is the essence of the Gospel. Preach the pierced One. Look to Jesus for the living water. Jesus said, "He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life." Look for pardon in the Precious Blood alone. Look to the name, the person, the character, the work, the teaching of Christ. You must distinctly go to Christ for yourself. Draw sinners’ attention to Christ alone. Christ is All.

If you feel, confess, and own your guilt, then Christ is for you. Trust Christ personally for everlasting salvation. Your poor, longing, needy spirit needs to trust in the Savior. They that are sinful will come to Christ for pardon, but they that are self-righteous never will come to the feet of Jesus Christ. Christ for me - Christ in me. Those that are full of themselves will not come to Christ. Self-conceited folks will never own and confess their awful guilt. Quit your vanities, seek Christ’s verities. Receive at once the merit of the Savior and His eternal salvation. If you feel your own sinfulness, flee to the Lord Jesus Christ for Righteousness.

Come with all your sins and burdens and lay down your deadly load at the Cross. Quit your dirty ways and wicked thoughts, and turn to the Lord Jesus Christ, who will abundantly pardon. Your heart is a well of defilement. Quit your false righteousness. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ for immediate salvation. Trust Him. Christ is the Savior, it is His main business to save sinners. Put your soul into the Redeemer’s hand. He saves all who trust Him. To trust Jesus right now is most wise. Resort to Jesus for aid. Jesus is your sole hope. Repent, believe, lay hold on Christ and quit your hold on sin. All out for Jesus.

The blessed Substitute for sinners loved you and gave Himself for you. All you have to do is to simply trust Jesus’ blood. Christ for me. Trust Christ for yourself, believe in Jesus now. Depend upon the blood for cleansing, the righteousness of Christ for clothing. Take Christ for your pattern. Quit your sin, or quit all hope. Cut your sinful connections, quit your evil companions. Believe on the great Substitution of Christ for sinners. If you are dreading condemnation and fearing death, Christ is for you.  Come to Christ just as you are, quit your love and life of sin, love Christ, love His holiness, seek to serve Him. Flee from the guilt, penalty, dread, bondage, misery of sin at Calvary.

 Christ rejectors have much fear of death, dread of judgment, dark premonitions of wrath to come. Christ neglecters face a horrible, dreadful, Christ-less death. They are burdened with sin, and full of guilt. Matthew 11:28. Asking and trusting Christ for mercy is most wise. God Almighty Incarnate in the bleeding man of sorrows. Whosoever believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. Quit your sinning, leave it and loathe it. Keep close to Christ, for He is your life. Keep close to His church, for they are your comfort. Trust to Jesus Christ for the salvation of your soul. Christ for me. Simply depend upon Christ for salvation. Come to the Cross just as you are right now, with no goodness, or virtue, or hope; come to Christ for it all. Quit the evil trade, have done with it. Away with your self-righteousness. Religious bosses, the flesh, the world and the devil are all against you.

Come to Christ for rest at once. You must by the Holy Spirit’s power, trust in Christ for yourself, no one can believe for you. Leave your sin, leave your self-righteousness, just quit it all. Give yourself up to Christ Himself to be made holy, to be taught to do His will, and to be His servant all your days. You are devoid of all goodness, make Christ your goodness, devoid of everything right, take Christ, and He is yours. All you have to do is cast yourself, with all your weight of sin, upon the finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Believe in Jesus Christ for your whole life. Desiring to please the Lord all your days in all your ways, that's fearing the Lord. Trusting nothing of your own, but simply trust Christ for everything, and you’re saved. Take Christ for your All in All. It’s nice to be nice, it doesn’t cost you a penny. Christ for me, first and last, Alpha and Omega, the beginner and finisher of my faith. Make Christ all your standing before God. Standing before God in Christ alone I am accepted forever. Flat out live for Jesus out of gratitude. Cast yourself upon Christ, have nothing but Jesus for your soul’s reliance.

The only safe rule is to keep close to the Scriptures in everything. Quit the sin which holds you spellbound. Speak not evil one of another, brethren. Confess your own sins, repent of your own sins, believe in the Lord Jesus Christ for yourself, love God, obey the Lord, personal godliness is key. God is my Father, Christ is my Savior, the Holy Spirit is my Comforter, Heaven is my home. One Christ for every sinner, one Blood to cleanse, one Salvation to rescue, one Righteousness to cover. Delay is dangerous, Trust in Jesus for yourself now, and then point others to Him. We need more grace and tact.  Have done with your particular besetting sin. Give up your sins, and seek the Holy Spirit to mortify the member in which the lust does dwell. The safest thing to do is to trust the blood of Jesus Christ right now. God has forgiven me for Christ’s sake. Let me tell you about Jesus Christ for a few minutes; I won’t tire you, and let me pray with you before I go.  God with us (Incarnation), and Christ for us (Substitution). 

Today, Christianity is a convenient thing, not a fighting force. There is a tendency today to accommodate the Gospel to unregenerated human nature without calling for a conversion, repentance, and faith. The necessity of the New Birth. Every unsaved man is in a bad fix. Go directly to Christ for truth and light. Really come to Christ for His free and full salvation. Ask Christ personally to forgive all your sins now through His Precious Blood. Take Jesus Christ on God’s terms. You can only have Christ for nothing. Have Christ for your daily and hourly Companion. Always hit the Bible note. Get back to the Bible. Really rest in Jesus for all your salvation. Don’t flinch, trim, or compromise. Church has more influence today, but no power. Personally quit your sins, and lay hold on Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, lived and died for sinners, you are bidden to trust Him now. Rely upon Him, depend upon Him, hang your whole weight upon Him. Come unto Him, He will give you rest. Personally trust your soul to Jesus Christ right now.