But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. Whosoever shall fall upon that stone [Christ] shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in *HIM* should not perish, but have everlasting life. But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. Whosoever believeth in Jesus shall receive remission of sins. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
God Almighty only saves very bad people called *sinners* (Matthew 9:13; I Timothy 1:15). By nature, guilty men are dominated and enslaved by sin. The only thing any sinner could ever deserve is Hell. Sin is a scandalous and hateful thing, it despises God's holy person. We are so despicable and heinous that God Himself had to become a man and bleed and die in our place to pay our eternal ransom from Sin. God doesn't get anything good out of us when he saves a sinner, but God's Son does get great glory when He saves his enemies. By nature, you are an enemy to God and a lover of sin. Never trust yourself, only trust your Creator. The Cross is how God rescues sinners out of the sewer of Sin. Christ saves sinners, not good and respectable people. Only bad people that trust in a Good Savior can go to Heaven. Christ died for sinners. Are you a real sinner?
God the Father devised salvation's plan by the transference of human sin to Christ on the Cross, and by the punishment of Christ the Substitute instead of us. Christ is the way out of your sin to God (John 14:6). Whosoever believeth in Jesus is not condemned. God was made flesh and dwelt among us. God was manifest in the flesh. JEHOVAH was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing [charging] their trespasses unto them. You are not beyond the reach of God's grace. Fix all your hope on the crucified and risen Incarnate God, the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31). Make the complete Atonement of Christ all your confidence. You can be reconciled to God by simple faith in the Precious Blood of God's Son. God's grace is freely given to whosoever will. If you reject Christ, your damnation is just.
The Gospel may seem hard, because you are so proud. It is hard to trust Christ, because you are self-righteous and love yourself, or maybe because you want to play a part in your own salvation. Religious people want to add 'human works' to Grace. The Gospel says, you can do nothing, and Jesus must do everything to save your soul from sin. The Gospel doesn't require you to DO anything to get your sins forgiven, and this is offensive to the self-righteous religionist. All of your best deeds are filthy rags and dung in God's sight. The free Gospel makes the self-confident sinner irate, because he wants to get some of the glory for saving himself. Human nature doesn't want to humble itself at the Cross, it wants to DO something. Human nature says, "I'll let Jesus do his part, but I want to do something. I'll do my best, and let Jesus do the rest." The Gospel is offensive, because it requires humility. Self-righteousness is so subtle. Only the Spirit of God can plant the Gospel seed in your heart. There is free and complete and immediate forgiveness of sins through simple faith in the Blood and Righteousness of Jesus Christ. There is mercy, grace, pardon, and heaven for any sinner who heartily believes in Jesus, the great Substitute for human sin. Come now to the Cross, hasten and look to the Lamb of God bleeding for sinners, by faith close with the Blood of Christ at once and be saved now and forever.
