Friday, May 26, 2017

Think on These Things...

You're not here on earth by chance, but by God's own choosing. You did not invent yourself, you had no part in your own creation. You were intricately made in your mother's womb by the wisdom and mercy of Jesus Christ Himself. The good hand of God formed you to be the person you are. JEHOVAH created you at the exact moment He required, and He placed you in this point in history, so that you could know His Son by Grace through Faith in His shed Blood. And then after you have been born again, you could glorify your Maker and exalt His Son, and in the strength of God's grace you should get up every day and go out and be good, that is, be a blessing to those around you by doing good works heartily as to the Lord, and for Jesus' sake alone. Only God's free grace and can produce true goodness.

On your very best day you are an unprofitable wretch, all of your very best endeavors up against God's holy standard of Perfection, that is, Christ's Righteousness, are only filthy rags and dung. Just humble yourself and face the facts: You are absolutely morally bankrupt and spiritually busted. You have no goodness of your own you could ever appeal to as a means of acceptance with God. That's where God's grace comes in: The Lord God Almighty Himself came to earth in the Person of Jesus of Nazareth (II Corinthians 5:19-21). He obeyed the divine Law in its perfection, He lived a perfectly holy life, He died in the place of lawbreaking sinners, He bore our sins and dealt with all of God's wrath on Calvary's Cross, He shed His innocent blood for His sinful enemies, He secured free and eternal salvation for those who will simply believe on Him. 

Christ Jesus came down to earth in kindness and love to save your sinful, miserable, wretched soul from the hell you deserve. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. This is God's commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment (I John 3:23). Come to Jesus, rely entirely upon His most precious blood and God's grace to save your soul, and then live your life entirely to God's glory.