Stay Humble and Hungry

Stay humble and hungry for Christ Jesus, the Bread of Life.  It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.  Give up your evil habits, renounce your sins, abhor your own righteousness.  Trust in no one and nothing but Jesus and His doings.  Simply depend on His finished work.  Sin is not just open and overt acts. Sin is not merely the outward act, but the thoughts leading up to the act.  Sin begins in the thought life, in the imaginations, in the inward workings of your mind.  The world will tell you, "You can sin if you would like, but enjoy your sins responsibly and safely."

Reliance on self is a wicked sin.  Your reliance must be placed alone on Jesus Christ. A guilty soul must trust simply and wholly to the Atonement of Christ, or else that soul is lost.  Live simply by naked faith on Christ Jesus.  Trust only to Jesus' bloody death, agonies, sufferings, merits, glories, intercession, coming, and reign.  Faith is coming to Christ, that is, simply believing in the power of His Blood Atonement. Close now with the Person and Blood of Christ Jesus. Human nature thinks that if you're good enough, long enough, you may earn the favor of God and eternal life.  Religion says, "Believe in yourself, and then you may get to God safely. Do your best, and then let Jesus do the rest." That is not the Gospel of Grace. You must have the absolute Righteousness of God, Jesus Christ Himself, or you will never please God.  To believe means to give up trusting in yourself, and to wholly trust in the person and blood of Jesus.  Stop striving to earn heaven.  Stop worshipping the god of your own making.

How do you hope to get to Heaven?  Well, religion says, "Trust in yourself, confide in my good works.  I have done this, and I have done that.  Believe in yourself, help yourself, be self-confident, have more self-esteem, do the best you can, and God may let you in." But the Gospel says, "If you are trusting in yourself at all, you can never be sure of Heaven.  Boast not in your own goodness, for you have none.  If you have nothing of your own, Christ will make you rich.  If you can heal yourself, Jesus will have nothing to do with you.  Let Jesus do it all; He will do all for you, or nothing at all.  Jesus will clothe you if you are naked. To confide simply in Jesus Christ is life eternal. A childlike faith in Jesus' blood is the royal road to eternal life.  Never lose your simple trust in the Crucified Redeemer.

The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth us from all sin. Rely on the sweet and precious promises of Christ.  Simply cast yourself on the fact that Christ is able to save sinners unto the uttermost, rest right there.  Christ is the Great Savior; His mercy is greater than all your sins.  Nothing in my hands I bring, simply to Thy Cross I cling.  Convicted, guilty, condemned sinner, flee to Christ for help and aid.  Live simply upon the merits and blood of the Incarnate God.  A sense of need and a thirst after Christ is imperative.  You cannot be your own Physician; soul surgery is not possible by you.  Are you a giver or a taker, a worker or a shirker?  Your first business is not to do, but to to believe on Jesus.  Renounce all trust in yourself.  Away with all your works and vain trustings.

The Bible way of Salvation is simply this - Your sins deserve eternal punishment; the thrice-holy God must and shall punish all sin, but Christ Jesus came into the world, bore your sins, and was punished for your sins in your place.  Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ with all thine heart, and thou shalt be saved from the love of sin. Go to the Cross, look there, trust there, live there, die there.  Self-trust, self-reliance, self-esteem, self-hope, self-salvation leaves you lost and dead in your sins.  Get Christ first, keep to Him.  Trust only in Jesus' blood, His blood is able to save you.  There is nothing that you can do, leave off your self-righteous doing altogether, there must be a denial of all your doings.

The omnipotent Ruler of the universe came into this world as a virgin-born Jewish baby. Christ Jesus, God manifest in the flesh, came down from Heaven and was crucified to save sinners from the wrath to come.  If you are broken, Jesus can fix your heart. The only way to be saved from sin is to simply believe in Jesus Christ.  The very second you believe on Jesus, the Great Redeemer, you are delivered from the wrath to come, your sins are forgiven, you are accepted and adopted as a child of God, and passed from death to life.  The Precious Blood of the Lamb of God must save you; if you trust to anything else with the Blood, you shall perish. Stay humble and hungry for Christ Jesus, the Bread of Life.  For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to Whom be glory for ever. Amen.