Come to "Sinner's Anonymous"

Today in America there is a program for almost every addiction that man is in bondage to – For alcoholism, there is ‘Alcoholics Anonymous’; for drug addiction, there is ‘Narcotics Anonymous’; for food addiction, there is ‘Overeaters Anonymous’; for tobacco, there is ‘Nicotine Anonymous’ for pornography, there is ‘Sexual Addicts Anonymous,’ for gambling, there is ‘Gamblers Anonymous’ and the list goes on and on.

The people that attend these programs have to admit that they are powerless over their addiction and that their lives have become unmanageable.  They must believe that a “Power” greater than them can restore them to sanity.  They then must make a decision to turn their will and lives over to the care of that “Power”.  These are programs devised by this world that try to solve the deep cancers of the soul of men and women with the band-aid of self-help.  The reason any man drinks alcohol or take dope is because, he wants to stop thinking and listening to his conscience; he can't bear to think about reality, his sinful past and his dreadful future.

However, the “Higher Power” in these programs cannot save anyone from their real problem and that is the Addiction to Sin.  They need the "Highest Power" - His name is JESUS.  No matter how many steps a program offers you or your loved one, those steps can never help you one inch out of your root problem - Sin.  Every man and woman on face of the earth is born into this world with an addiction to Sin.  If you play with Sin, Sin will win in the end, and you will lose your soul.  Habits such as smoking, drinking and pornography are just the fruits of our Sin-full nature.

God has His own plan for freedom from the addiction to Sin – it is called ‘Sinners Anonymous’.  The initial meeting and all follow-up meetings are held at the foot of the Cross of Christ.  Jesus is always there waiting for you. Do you feel hopeless today and burdened down with guilt and shame?  Is your heart filled with pain and loneliness?  Please turn to JESUS today and trust Him – He alone can set you free from your Sins – He died your freedom, peace and forgiveness to gain.  God’s program is absolutely Free – the only thing it will cost you is your Pride.  Please follow God’s steps to the Cross where JESUS loved you to death:

Step 1 – You must admit you are lost, hopeless, helpless and powerless over the addiction of Sin.   For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. *Romans 3:23*  There is none that doeth good, no, not one. *Romans 3:12*  For by grace are ye saved. *Ephesians 2:8*  Be willing to turn from your sin and ask God for His help and to be filled and controlled by the Holy Spirit.  If you are truly willing, God will help you.  Christ died for the ungodly. *Romans 5:6*

Step 2 – You must believe that God’s power through the Blood of Jesus Christ alone can save your soul.  Salvation will restore you to sanity and give you a sound mind.  Christ died for our sins…and He was buried…and He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures. *I Corinthians 15:3-4* Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.  *Acts 16:31* The blood of Jesus Christ God’s Son cleanseth us from all sin. *I John 1:9*

Step 3 – You must come by faith to the Cross of Calvary with your load of Sin where Jesus died and receive the Lord Jesus Christ into your Heart as your personal Savior.  Jesus will only meet and receive Sinners at one place and that place is the Cross of Calvary.   For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. *Romans 10:13&  Ye must be born again. *John 3:7*

A man reads the Ten Commandments, and he says, “I have done my best to keep these, and I am not as bad as my neighbor;” but he is told, by Christ himself, that every commandment contains within itself a great deal more than appears on the surface; as, for instance, “Thou shalt not kill,” is a commandment which is broken by anger.  “He that hateth his brother” so that he wishes that there were no such person, is, in heart, the perpetrator of the crime of murder.   Then take the command, “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” “Oh!” says a self-righteous man, “I never sinned in that way,” and some high-class woman says, “I could not bear even to think of such a thing.”

Yet every person has had filthy desires, lustful glances, depraved thoughts, immoral imaginations; and the commandment in Matthew 5:28 covers all those.  Sin sees the bait, but is blind to the hook.  We do not need to go into the details of each command, it will suffice to sum all up as that “certain lawyer” did in Luke 10:25-29. “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.” Did you ever do that?  Has any one among us come anywhere near to doing that?  Only one person ever obeyed it perfectly:  the Lord Jesus Christ.  Quit trying to justify yourself and lay down at Jesus’ feet – Submit.  *Romans 10:3*

Here’s the Good News – The Gospel Story:  You are guilty of sinning against God your Creator, and God must punish sin.  He cannot be a just God, and not demand the penalty for your sins.  But Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, and He has stood as the Substitute for sinners, bearing your sins in His own body upon Calvary’s tree; and there He endured the wrath of God against sin for you, “being made a curse for us, for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree.”

You ask, “Did Christ bear my sins?”  Yes He did.  Will you trust him as your Savior?  Will you trust your everlasting destiny into His dear hands?  Will you abandon your self-righteousness (self-efforts and goodness), and will you rest in Jesus’ Precious Blood and finished work only?  Will you take Jesus Christ, the Son of God, to be your soul’s only confidence?  If you will truly say, “I will be glad to have such a Christ to trust in,” then I can assure you that He did died for you, and that your sins are pardoned, and shall never be remembered against you any more for ever.   None but Jesus, none but Jesus, can do helpless sinners good.

If you trust in God manifest in the flesh, the Lord Jesus Christ, today, you can go in peace, and be justified by faith in His blood. *Romans 5:9*  Remember that glorious promise, “There is therefore now no condemnation by them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.” *Romans 8:1*  You can go away singing the song of “Substitution”, the richest word in the English language.  Christ standing in my place, that I may stand in Christ’s place; Christ on the cross for me, Christ in the grave for me, Christ risen for me.  Just trade places with Christ:  You only have to take His Righteousness, and He will take your sin.  God has provided the Savior, and now you must provide the Sinner.  If you’ll just take off your sinful worn-out shoes, and let Jesus step into them, Jesus will give you His Royal Shoes for Free and fill your empty pockets with His eternal riches.

You are not saved unless Christ has saved you instantly and forever.  You need Christ living in you, and His truth ingrained in your very nature, or you will die in your sins.  If you would like to be born again right now, seek the Lord the best way you know how by trusting with all your heart in His Blood, call upon Him, send out a distress signal to the Most High; be willing to turn from your sin (repent), ask God for help and strength, and put your faith in the Lord Jesus Christ alone as your Substitute and the Sin-Bearer of your Sin.  Ask God to throughly wash your sins away in Jesus’ precious blood.

Step 4 – After you are born again, daily go to the word of God and the Cross of Christ and turn your life over to God (die daily).  Yield yourself to the power of the Holy Spirit in prayer and by reading God’s word.  If you are willing, the Cross will give you victory every day over the power of your Sins.