Saturday, October 28, 2017

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.