The Resting Place

Life is very short, death is very near to you every day, Eternity is forever, your soul is immortal, you have sinned against God, God is just, He must punish all your sin. Who will answer to God for your sins? The Lord Jesus Christ or You?

Let your faith (trust) find a resting-place at the Cross of Christ. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. Don't EVER trust in yourself, your works, or your religion. By grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. Trust only the Bleeding Substitute; His bleeding wounds will take away your guilt freely. God became a man so He could suffer in your place. Jesus took all the blame for your sins – He bled and died for your sins, only God's blood can take away your death-fears and doubts. Christ died for the ungodly. 

 Jesus came to save lost and ungodly sinners, He shed His precious blood especially for you, for you His life He gave on Calvary's Cross. Only Christ’s Righteousness will deliver you from the eternal death you richly deserve. The Law of God demands righteousness from you, but you’re nothing but a sinner on your very best day, and you haven't a speck of righteousness to offer God, because you are a sinner indeed in thought, word, and deed. Your self-righteousness is damnable, and your self-indulgence is deadly and ruinous. Never trust yourself, only trust Christ Himself.

And they departed from the mount of the Lord three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.  

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.  

My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. But JESUS says, Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I AM meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.

In Christ you will find forgiveness, reconciliation, salvation, and atonement. Come now, believe in Christ, exercise real reliance on His precious blood shed for ungodly sinners. Think of Him, desire after Him, seek Him, trust Him. Come as an empty sinner to a full, suitable, able, and willing Savior. Venture your soul upon Him alone, trust in Him for righteousness, life, and salvation. This is a kind invitation to lost sinners from the Savior who is willing to save, ready to to give relief from sin's burden and guilt, and give peace to distressed minds. 

You are laboring in the service of sin and Satan. You are weary of sin's bondage, and laden with guilt and iniquity. You are so burdened with a heavy load of unforgiven sins. Don't die unsaved, unconverted, and unforgiven. Your conscience is under the iron yoke of the law, you're trudging along with a load of silly superstition and human tradition to the Lake of Fire. You will have never rest in your spirit until you find Jesus Christ.

Religion may leave you outwardly clean but still inwardly guilty. Come to Christ aright, come as an empty sinner to a full and able and willing Savior, trust in Him wholly for real righteousness, life, and salvation. Come to Christ at the Cross, lay down your deadly burden of sin at His crucified feet, look only to Him, lay hold of Him by faith in His person, blood, righteousness, and atoning sinless sacrifice. Peace of conscience, ease of mind, saving of the soul through Christ Jesus' pardoning grace, free justification by the righteousness of Christ, full atonement of ALL your sins by His bloody sacrifice, eternal life through His resurrection. Truly sensible sinners seek rest at the foot of the Cross.

Salvation's work is finished once and for all by Christ Jesus. That is why salvation is a free gift, because you can't ever earn it. Are you there yet? Have you come to the place where you see that you cannot make it with your religion and self-righteousness? Religion is man's way of trying to justify himself by his own works, and rejecting what Christ did for him. Salvation is trusting Christ what did for you, because you know you can't work your way to heaven. Religious people think they can help Christ out, or make it to heaven without Christ. But always remember - You are so rotten and sinful and no good that Someone (God in the flesh) had to bleed and die in your place so you could make it to heaven by simply trusting Him. 

 Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners - Christ died for the ungodly. There's not a just man upon the earth, which doeth good and sinneth not, every man in his best state is altogether vanity, all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior from sin, eternal death, wrath, and hell fire. Trust only what Christ has done for you, Confide in His sinless blood atonement to save your soul from the love of sin. You must trust Christ's righteousness and reject your own self-righteousness. Have you done that yet? Behold, now is the day of salvation. When are you going to trust Christ Himself with your soul?

Christ is risen from the dead, and He is living in Heaven now, come to Him for free righteousness that will satisfy the holiness of God. All you have to offer Christ are your sins, and all He wants to give you is His perfect righteousness. Come now to Christ as a sinful soul, He will never cast out. He will take away your guilt with His blood. Come directly to Jesus and exchange your sins for His righteousness. Lean with all your heart and soul on Christ, trust His promises to save you, plead His precious blood - and He will save you freely and instantly. Life eternal is found only in God's Son (I John 5:11).

The Main Matter

Beware of that sin which you deliberately commit. Sin always ruins those who practice and love it. Beware that ye forget not God. Sin is a present certainty, it is a deadly reality, it exists in your thoughts, words, and actions - just ask a Judge or your mother or your wife, they'll tell you. The world makes Sin look beautiful and attractive, but it leaves you with bitter memories and an aching heart. Sin says it will answer and fulfill all your longings, cravings, and dreams, but it only dooms and damns you at the last. A little sin will never stay little. Sin deceives every man. Sin always complicates life. Sin always leaves you worse than it found you. Sin seduces you into thinking that what it is leading you into will satisfy you. Every atheist is hardened daily by the deceitfulness of sin. Imams, iftar dinners, ramadan, allah, the qur'an, the hadith, sharia law, 'aqueeda, and muhammad ibn abd allah only lead miserable sinners right off into the Lake of Fire.

Turning from sin is the main matter. Sin says you have plenty of time to repent. Sins says, you will be able to justify what you are doing - you can escape the consequences of your sin.   Sin promises pleasure, but it brings misery. Sin promises temporal profit, but it brings eternal loss. You think you can quit or repent of your favorite sin at your own will, but you can't. Sin makes you weak, a failure, and guilty. Sin promises satisfaction, but it brings unrest. Sin says your particular sin is not that bad. Sin promises freedom, but it only enslaves and brings death. Sin appears fair, but is vile; it appears pleasant, but is destructive; it promises much, but delivers nothing. 

Sin promises you popularity, but it brings loneliness and separation. Sin will tell you that you're different, and that the sin you are indulging in won't harm you. Others will fall but you won't, you know when to quit. The end of a life of sin is eternal torment in the Lake of Fire forever and ever. Just now simply believing on the Lord Jesus Christ is the main matter. Submission to the Gospel, Pleading Christ's Blood, and praying directly to Jesus Christ for mercy is the main matter. 

You have one soul, one body, and only one life - trust them all into the hands of Jesus Christ. Enthrone God in your life, seek to do His will first by trusting His Son with your sinful soul. You can only be reconciled to God by faith in the death and blood of His Son. From the heart believe that Jesus IS the Son of God, and that He died upon the Cross for sinners like you, believe that He can and will save you, trust Him to save you now.

It's not your attainments, it's Christ's Atonement. It's not your merits, it's Christ's Precious Blood.  It's not your tainted works, it's Christ's finished sinless work. It's not your trying, it's trusting Christ Himself. Without Christ's protection, you will have to endure the wrath of God and be separated from the love of God for all Eternity. Evolution is make believe and phony. Man loves the ways and wages of sin. Many today have an educated head and an empty heart. Every man by nature is born in sin and a child of the devil, and if you're not Born Again, you'll have to go to hell with your daddy the devil (John 8:44). 

 The main matter is simple faith in finished work of Jesus Christ - God manifest in the flesh. Sin will make you a miserable flop and leave you defeated and doomed. The accusations of your conscience haunt you every day. Depend on Christ for all things, and on Self for nothing. The Holy Ghost shows to you the rottenness and emptiness of sin. Trusting Christ Jesus' Precious Blood alone - this is the main matter. Atheists trust self, Christians deny self. Atheists trust Darwin, Christians trust Christ Himself. The only object of true faith is Jesus Christ Himself.

The one thing, the main thing, the only thing is that you cleave to Jesus Christ through thick and thin, through foul and fair, up hill and down hill, in the night and in the day, in life and in death, in time and in eternity; that you do steadfastly believe that Jesus of Nazareth who died upon Calvary's Cross is the Messiah of God (God manifest in the flesh), the Son of God, and that He was sent to cleanse away iniquity and bring perfect Righteousness to unrighteous men. All your hope and trust must be fixed in Him. Get to your knees, beg hard of Jesus, seek Him with the whole heart. Lean all your soul's weight on Christ now. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. To believe is to trust and simply rely on Jesus Himself, His shed blood and perfect righteousness. When you believe on HIM, you are saved forever.

When No One Is Watching

Your "heart" is what you really are when no one is watching. Out of the heart comes every sin against God. The idol of 'evolution' was manufactured down in the heart of darwin. And now millions of atheists worship that idol. The atheist wants his own way and his own will. The true condition of the human heart is reflected in the Scriptures, that is why the sin-loving atheist hates the Bible. The atheist is self-promoting (arrogancy, self-centered ambition, envious, suspicious, malicious), self-deceived (lies against the truth, don't tell me the truth about myself), and short-sighted (worldly, earthly, the nasty now and now). The atheist's life is full of scheming and he is focused on his things and stuff (neighborhood, job titles, cars, designer labels, degrees).

The atheist's bitter rival is The Lord Jesus Christ, not Christians. The atheist says, "I didn't get a fair shake, I should have been chosen for that, I deserve better than this, I am better than them." The atheist tries to explain away the Bible and shut the thoughts of God out of his mind. The atheist refuses to retain the person of Jesus Christ in his knowledge. Christ is The Wisdom of God. The atheist abandons, rejects, and ignores the wisdom of God. The atheist says, "Exalt yourself, justify your sins, neglect Christ, reject the Cross, trust in yourself." The wisdom of this world shuts out God, never looks up, horizontal living-never vertical, who cares, God who?. The world has wisdom, and the devils have faith. But God is not the origin of worldly wisdom or the object of worldly faith. The wisdom of the majority is never the wisdom of God. The tide of Eternity will soon wash the sand castle of evolution away. There is a way which seems wise unto a man, but the end thereof is the way of death.

You are, what you are, alone. Reputation is what you are in public in the sight of man, character is what you are in private in the sight of God. The answer to your sin problem is not within you. The atheist knows there is something beyond this life, but he quells his conscience. Only the blood of the Crucified Creator can atone for and take away your sins, and secure eternal salvation and give everlasting life to you freely. The preaching of the Cross is to them that perish foolishness. Christ Jesus was crucified to pay for your sins and satisfy the wrath of God due to your sins. The modern Christ, the moral man, the good example, the great teacher, the positive thinker, the compassionate helper of the 21st century church cannot save a lost sinner. Economics, family counseling, social issues, and humanitarianism is not the answer for lost souls. The rebel sinner tries to hold God accountable, but God, the Judge (Acts 17:31), will soon hold him accountable. Readjust your thinking and living to the Bible's thoughts. Self-sufficiency and spiritual blindness is the end of neglecting Christ.

Modern, clever, polished falsehoods damn the soul. Sin causes a man to lie, blame others, fear, and be confused and ashamed. Confusion and corruption is the end of worldly wisdom. Sin becomes more and more acceptable when the Truth and Wisdom of God is forgotten. There is hope, there is hope, Christ died for sinners. Video games, fornication, violence, terrorism, crime, and STDs are the results of a God-forgotten society. 145 people died from the H1N1 virus - that put the world into a panic. But syphilis will infect 12 million people, chlamydia will infect 90 million people, and gonorrhea will infect 30 million people this year - but the world doesn't say a word. There is no excitement or warning against this sinful activity.

The world says BE SAFE when you sin; but the GOSPEL says come on to Christ (Matthew 11:28) and BE SAVED from your love of sin (Romans 6:6-7). The atheist grows more confused and corrupt every day he lives without Christ. The Blueprint to life eternal is the Bible, the Master Builder is Christ Jesus. If you try to build your own life, it will end up collapsing on you at Death. Be wise now, say 'YES' to Christ Jesus, be ye reconciled to God through faith in the shed Blood of Jesus Christ. Trust the Gospel, Christ died for your sins, He was buried, and rose again from the dead the third day. Receive Christ Himself into your heart - the core of who you really are. The tide of Death will soon sweep over your life, ensure you are prepared to meet your Creator who died for you. There is hope, there is hope, Christ died for sinners.

Proclaiming The Cross!

Always Remember - No sinner can ever deserve anything but Hell, including you. All sinners are out-and-out rebels against God, they are presently under the wrath and judgment of God, and lost in the darkness of unbelief. Sin only leads to delusion, hopelessness, despair, and perversion. Christ crucified bore your sin and curse, and He is the only acceptable Savior from the wrath of God (John 3:36). Every human religion of good works and moral potential is nothing but a false confidence which leads men down to Hell where they belong.

Sinners simply refuse to surrender to the Son of God. By nature, man within is dead and lost and totally unable to do anything about it. The devilish snare of *human pride* will finish off every sinner in the end. Sin is so horrible and hateful that it took the death of God's own Son to put it away. God the Father forsook His Son in the darkness on Golgotha's hill, because all human sin was laid on Jesus on Calvary's Cross.

You are now dead in your trespasses and sins, and your soul is perishing without the living Savior. In Hell, you will lose your soul, and all the good things you have had here on earth, all sense of your loved one's presence and love, all your spiritual, physical, and mental well-being, all enjoyment of created things, all carnal ease and friendships will be taken from you, and in their place will be nothing but loneliness, pain, horror of spiritual darkness, and an Eternity of agony in the Lake of Fire.

 You are currently playing fast and loose with Sin, and you will soon wake up in Hell without the Savior who died for you. The New Birth (John 3:7; I Peter 1:23) is absolutely necessary for your salvation. Jesus died to rescue ruined sinners from the judgment to come. Human effort and potential is good for nothing. Stop living as if your salvation depends upon you. Jesus loves sinners, ONLY because He loved us so. Jesus doesn't love us because of anything good in us, but today He loves us, because He has done so much for us. The people you love the most are the ones you have done and sacrificed the most for.

Bearing your shame, and scoffing rude, in your place condemned Christ stood, He sealed your free pardon with His most Precious Blood. The *CROSS* is the sinner's only Confidence before a holy God. Christ substituted Himself upon the Cross especially for your sins. Jesus took the death you should die - and now He is mighty to save. Because the sinless Savior died, your sinful soul can be counted free, for the just God is satisfied to look on Christ's Blood and freely pardon you. O vain man, be wise!!! Trust only to Christ's Blood and Mercy. Cry out from your heart today, "God be merciful to ME a sinner!"

To preach salvation by good works is to flatter people and so avoid opposition. To preach salvation by grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ is to offend people and so invite opposition. All human beings are the enemies of God, under His just judgment, and if they are left to themselves they will remain hopelessly lost in sin. And Christ crucified who bore their sins and curse and wrath is the only available Savior. Earthly religion always emphasizes human potential and human ability with Christ mixed into the message only to boost and inspire religionists to greater human endeavor and betterment. The former is the way to be faithful, and the latter is the way to be popular. It is impossible to be faithful to the message of the Cross and be popular simultaneously. We mustFlee to the Cross, Follow the Lamb, Fight the good fight. You can only be helped when you are humbled.

Nowadays men care very little about their soul. All men have real *sin trouble* and the only Person that help any sinner with sin is God Himself who was manifest in the flesh - Jesus Christ the Righteous. Some troubles in this life your mother can help you with, or your principal or teacher, or the police or a doctor, but when you have *sin trouble*, you have real trouble that only GOD can help you with. Sin trouble is a spiritual type of thing, no doctor, or pill, or program can help you with your inward sin problem. 

No lawyer, or preacher can help you either, you're going to have to get help directly from your Crucified and Risen Maker. You must go to straight to Jesus Christ, or your sins will drag right into the pit of hell when you die. Your greatest necessity is a personal Savior from your own personal sins. Old sinful habits die hard, if you don't take them to the Savior, they will doom you. The world's system wants to erase the thoughts of the God of Bible from your mind and life. Sin is repulsive, and men love it. Men fear everything but sin.

A man's own iniquities will eventually enslave and control him, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. The Blood of God that flowed from Christ's veins is the only antidote for your sin problem. The blood of Jesus Christ God's Son cleanseth us from All Sin. *I John 1:7* Sin is like a python that slowly wraps around you and constricts your mind, squeezing the life right out of you. Sin always complicates life. One night of sin, can put you in a wheelchair for rest of your life; two nights of sin, might make you bed-ridden and put you in hell. If you love sin and hate Jesus Christ, you love death. Human nature does not find sin repulsive, men drink down iniquity like water. But the wages of sin is still death. You have ignored, slighted, and cussed Jesus Christ all your life for no good reason.

Fools make a mock at sin. You don't think that your sin is going to get a hold of you, and then one day you find you are bound by it. What you think you have under control, will soon control you. And then you'll wake up some day, and say to yourself, "I'm tired of this, I'm tired of my lack of self-control, I'm sick and tired of my selfish sinful nature dictating to me, I want to regain control of myself, I want to rid myself of these old shackles, I'm going to get loose, I'm tired of this misery and brokenness", and then you'll groan and struggle in your own self-will, and your sin will take you down even deeper. You'll want to get loose from your sinfulness, but only Jesus Christ and set you free. Jesus said, "He that committeth sin, is the servant of sin." *John 8:34* Mark it down - Without Jesus Christ, you will remain a slave to your sin. If you have trouble with sin, no one can help you but God, that is, Jesus Christ. *John 1:27*

You say, "Well, I know when to quit. Well, a little bit won't hurt. Everybody does it these days." Yeah, but after a while, it won't be a little, it's going to be a lot. And a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump, and a little sin won't stay little. You can't quit your sin, and your sin will soon get you. Like a vehicle, you are gaining speed in your sin, and you're going to want to stop one day, but you will crash and burn trying to stop. Your Sin affects you and those around you. Christ died for the ungodly; He came not to call the righteous, but Sinners to Repentance. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. *I Timothy 1:15*

Today, the word *SIN* is not found anywhere in any textbook from K5 through college. But the first thing they give you when you get to prison is the Holy Bible. The State is pretty hypocritical: they keep the Bibles out of public school, but put them in the jail cells. And you can be sure, *your sin* will find you out. Beware - If you keep playing with sin and messing around, your sin is going to fix you for good. Sin trouble will soon bring you low; it's just a matter of time. Sin will soon strike you with its deadly bite. But remember - Christ Jesus, God in human form, came into this world and died for your sins - He is risen from the dead and alive forever more. 

Only the two-edged sword of the word of God can take head off of that deadly serpent within you called Ssssssin. Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Plead the Blood of Jesus and the mercy of God right now. Real salvation will give you a holy fear and hatred for sin. Beware of sin just like you would beware of a king cobra or black mamba. Jesus Christ is seeking you and He is out for one thing - to save your soul - He created you, He died for you, and He doesn't want you to perish. You take Him, He'll take you. Give your soul over to Jesus Christ now, or you will lose it.