The Futility of Human Nature and the Folly of Atheism
Human nature hates God and His Goodness. Atheism is man's futile effort to get rid of God, because the atheist hates Holiness (Light) and loves Sin (Darkness). The atheist's mind is filled with vanity and wickedness; he dreams up foolish theories to explain away God (Genesis 1; Romans 1; Revelation 20). Evolution is monkey mythology: atheists worship the monkey god of Darwin's making!
Atheists still hate God—but why do they hate Him so? God keeps breath in their nostrils and lungs, and He gives them food, raiment, health, and life. For which of these good things do you hate God? You hate God because He is GOOD, and you are Evil. Your heart is far removed from Light and Righteousness. You are opposed to your Maker, and you hate the name of the Son of God. Your heart is darkened with illusions and errors regarding the Gospel, and very thought of the living and true God is repulsive to you.
The atheist's usual places of worship are universities, bars, gyms, liquor stores, and concerts. Liquor—the liquid fire—is the water of life for them! The atheist frequents the temples of his gods: he stands outside in line until the doors of his shrine open; he is afraid of being late, he is very punctual, and he stays until the doors close. The atheist loves Sin, and wallows in it gladly. You are so wedded to your iniquities that you cannot part from them, and you'll defend your sins with all you've got!
The atheist is a pleasure worshiper: his god is his belly; he is a money lover and a mammon getter. Self is the atheist's god, and to his god he looks for success; he blindly reckons himself to his own wisdom and providence. Atheists applaud sin and deny their Creator!
You are guilty Now before God beyond all question. Sinful man runs from God, and attempts to hide behind the bushes of atheism and religion. But God sees right through the bushes and your empty excuses into your deceitful heart. A terrible end will be yours; you have become very skilled in devilry. You whistle past the graveyard, but death is pursuing you now! Life is short, Eternity is near: be wise, plan ahead!
The Great Eternal Facts of the Gospel
This present evil world has no Glad Tidings for you. But I declare unto you Glad Tidings today! This is the grandest message of the Gospel: that Christ died for the ungodly—Christ died to put away sins forever!
The Great Eternal Facts of the Gospel are these: JEHOVAH-JIREH was incarnated in Christ Jesus. He lived here on earth a life of pure Holiness, service, and love; and then He offered up Himself, bore your sins, and died to pay for them. Christ laid down His sinless life in your place; He gave His heart up to the Roman spear so you could be Spared. Divine Justice demanded the Propitiation, but divine Bleeding Love supplied the ATONEMENT. Salvation comes by Christ offering up Himself on THE CROSS.
God raised JESUS from the dead on the third day according to the Scriptures. The Great Plan of Salvation by Grace is that God gave His dear Son to die as the Substitute for guilty souls. God is a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:29); you can only draw near to GOD in the Mediator (1 Timothy 2:5–6)—in the person of the God-man, JESUS of Nazareth. Meditate on the person of Christ—God and man in one Person—and on the Finished ATONEMENT.
The Gospel is NOT you giving your heart to Christ; the Gospel is you forsaking your filthy works and deeds, and receiving Christ into your heart! Salvation is not you giving something to Christ; Salvation is Christ giving you everything! The Way of Salvation is: Trust JESUS only; the Fruit of Salvation is: Love JESUS. The way of the Gospel is to take Christ into your emptiness, not an imaginary salvation by your own works. To believe on the Lord Jesus Christ is the sole command of the Gospel!
The Awaking Sinner and the Work of the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit begins to prick the heart and mind of the lost man. He becomes a reader of the Scriptures, a hearer of the Gospel, a thinker, and careful about his soul and the world to come. Something begins to work in his dull brain—the lights start flickering in the attic! He may be coming out of his sin coma after such a long time: his conscience starts to be troubled, he senses his imminent danger and the plague of sinfulness within, and he is not so filled with vanity and nonsense any longer. He thinks he may be going insane at times!
The hidden disease of Sin reveals itself to him; the sight of Sins is alarming and sickening. The most horrible, blasphemous imaginations pass through his mind, and his thought life begins to torment him as vile streams of thoughts are injected into his mind by the prince of the power of the air.
The sinner has a burden of guilt on his mind, and he becomes interested in getting rid of his guilt; he is affected by the Eternal Truths of Scripture. He becomes serious and thoughtful about the Person of Christ. Doubts come up in his mind from Satan. He grows worse before he gets better; he gets sadder before JESUS can make him glad!
A secret operation in his Soul makes him begin to fear death and the judgment to come; he is very troubled within and upset through despair of heart. He learns that his Soul will not cease to be after his body dies, and that he will continue to exist even after the sun burns out! He realizes there will be a day of Righteous Judgment before God, when the dead will stand before JESUS CHRIST (Acts 17:31) and give an account of all things done in the body. He begins to soberly think this over, and he becomes alarmed and despairs. Having discovered Divine Truth through meditation, he realizes he must cast himself fully at the feet of JESUS, and cry for mercy: "LORD, SAVE ME!"
The Unique and Eternal Remedy in Christ
There is only one Name under heaven given among men whereby you must be saved (Acts 4:12). Only one Person can give your Soul real Salvation—not any pretended religion! Only one Person (Christ Jesus) can save a sinner from the wrath to come; every other false hope is a vain LIE. That one name is JESUS, the Son of God. JESUS is JEHOVAH and can deliver any sinner from the dominion of evil, whatever form it may be, and however long-established that dominion may be. There is no other Cure for Sin but GOD'S BLOOD!
No one else can rescue a captive sinner from the prison of his sins but JESUS. You are shut up to heaven's only Divine Remedy for sin. No one else can cure your sin problem but JESUS Himself. You must come personally to Christ, and really and actually receive HIM into your innermost being!
A hungry man may come to dinner: he can smell the dinner and he can see the dinner, but the hungry man must reach the table, eat, and receive the food for himself before his hunger is satisfied. A sick man may have plans to visit a doctor one day, but this is not enough: he must really get to the doctor in person, take the doctor's remedy and medicine, and be restored to health. That is the point: the main thing is to really reach the Lord Jesus Christ and be healed by HIM internally! Just to plan to come to Christ is not enough; you must actually come directly to HIM, and really receive HIM into the inmost parts of your heart!
The Law reveals God's holiness and exposes human sinfulness, but it has no power to cleanse a sinner's conscience or make a person legally Righteous forever before God; only JESUS CHRIST THE RIGHTEOUS can do that for your Soul. The penalty, guilt, and spiritual condemnation (CURSE) of human sin can be erased from your record by placing your entire Faith in GOD'S BLOOD. The Forgiveness of Sins is not earned through rituals or human effort; Remission is freely offered as a gift through Christ’s finished ATONEMENT.
Through childlike Faith in Jesus Christ, a believer is declared 100% RIGHTEOUS ("Justified from all things", Acts 13:39) before God—granted a holy standing that no self-righteousness or ceremonial works could ever achieve. Whosoever believeth in JESUS shall have Everlasting Life freely! The ATONEMENT is the way of Perfect Reconciliation between God and sinful men. The condemnation due to your sins was laid on Christ. Come and trust in the Lamb of God who died for the ungodly!
No man is too big a sinner for JESUS to save; it is never too late as long as you are sane and breathing in this world. Come to JESUS for the free pardon of sin. You can try to be better, and pray to get better, but it is of no avail. Just trust Christ's Blood alone, and rely only on the Son of God Who lives now in heaven. JESUS died for sinners, and He now lives to save sinners to the uttermost!
Your dead heart will be Quickened into a living heart by the Holy Spirit—the Power of the Highest must change your nature within! When the Eternal Spirit regenerates a sinner, it is not for days, months, or years, but ETERNALLY. There's no such thing as a temporary salvation or temporary life; JESUS gives you Eternal Salvation and Everlasting Life. The notion that you can lose your Salvation is a slick trick that religionists use to keep sinners feeling guilty, so they can make a buck off them!
Whatever your dreadful sinful condition may be, if you trust your Soul in the hands of JESUS, you shall be redeemed and spared—and spared forever. Poor burdened Soul, look to THE LAMB OF GOD sincerely; and as you look to HIM, your sin burden will be gone instantly and eternally! Look to THE CROSS at once, and lose your heavy load of sin and guilt. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you are a saved Soul on the spot, right where you stand! Trust JESUS sincerely, humbly, simply, immediately, and He will save you from the power of Satan and Sin. JESUS is Truth itself; He never breaks His word. You will only get the victory over your sins through Faith in GOD'S BLOOD—hard stop! Trust JESUS now, for very soon your life here on earth will be over. Be of good cheer: he that believeth on JESUS is not condemned, but has everlasting life!
Publishing the Grace of God
Make good use of your limited time here on earth: publish the good news, the Gospel of the Grace of God! Away with everything that is in you, or about you—just trust Christ now, and rely on His promises and Precious Blood.
Come now, reason together with the Savior, for He is near. Believe JESUS is near you: speak to Him, gladly trust Him, and receive Him. Trust JESUS altogether Now!
Walking in Continuous Faith
Rely upon JESUS' promises and Precious Blood every day of your life; only His Grace can crucify your sins. Do not turn back to the empty vanity of human strictness and self-righteousness, or the vain idols of this passing world. Having received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in Him (Colossians 2:6), resting securely in His finished ATONEMENT until your earthly journey is done!
