Your Sins, Your Soul 4

You need a Mediator between your soul and the living God.  The only Mediator available in the entire universe that can reconcile your soul back to God is the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.  *I Timothy 2:5-6*  You must go through the Blood of Jesus Christ's Cross in order to have peace with God. *Colossians 1:20*  Go directly to the Holy God through the Holy Mediator; trust to His great Atoning Sacrifice.  Simply look to Jesus for Everything, and the great transaction is done.  Fix your soul steadily on the Lamb of God.  No one can measure up to God's Righteousness; there is a God, He is Holy, and you need true Righteousness in order to dwell in His presence.  *Romans 10:4; Philippians 3:9* Sin keeps men and women out of Heaven, but God is rich in Mercy.  Jesus took your sins upon Himself, and then He took your place.  Now you can trust Him; He can forgive you and grant you Pardon, Everlasting Life, and Righteousness.  Every sinner needs one thing - Mercy.

You must go to Heaven freely on the merits of Jesus Christ, since you have no merits at all. A sinner can never have any merit before God.  The love of sinning will lead to your soul's destruction.   Your soul needs infinite, irreversible pardon by Precious Blood.  The free pardon of sin and the renewing of the heart is Christ's business exclusively.  Quit your sins - leave them, loathe them.  Come away from yourself and your sins, come to Jesus now for Rest.  Repent of your sins, have done with them, turn from them.  Up and away from all your sins.  Your "god" is whatever you allow to control you (pleasure, possessions, position).  Human nature loves a religion that has a "god" that will get along with us no matter what we do.  Ask Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins. Resolve heartily to quit your old sins.  Now understand - The Holy Spirit must come and help you to change your mind in reference to sinning against God.

You might as well hope to be saved by your sins as by your good works.  The road to Hell by human merit is as certain as the road to Hell by human sin.  You insult the Atonement of Christ when you set up your merit as if was as good as Christ's Atonement.  Come away from your self-righteousness, for it is a deadly and damning thing.  Hang your soul completely on Jesus Christ, just like you would hang your hat on a nail.  Have done with yourself, and take the Blood and Righteousness of Jesus Christ to be the sole hope of your soul.  Come to the Cross now by Faith, and yield the Savior's sweet mercy, tender love, free forgiveness, and generous kindness.  Religion drives you by fear, guilt, and superstition; but Jesus leads you by mercy, grace, love and faith.

Be ye reconciled to God by Christ Jesus' Precious Blood.  Your own righteousness will damn you if you trust in it at all, for it is a proud and vain lie.  There is zero merit in your righteousness, and no dependence should be placed upon it.  The workings of the Holy Spirit in the heart and mind of a man slowly withers human righteousness, merit, strength, ability, wisdom, hopes, reason, pride, confidence, goodness, glory, conceit, doings, attainments, boasting, and intellect.  There must first be a distinct renunciation of all righteousness of your own.

You may be an excellent person in your own estimation; you may think you're up to the mark, and that you've never done much wrong, but no man has a righteousness that can stand the test of the all-searching eyes of God.  Away with your own righteousness, once and for all.  Never place the slightest reliance upon yourself at all.  You have nothing else to trust to but the Blood and Righteousness of Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh.  You must altogether renounce any trust in your own righteousness, that is all there is to it.

Unregenerate human nature is self-conceited, self-applauding, self-absorbed, and self-promoting.  When you are lost, you are your favorite object of devotion; your greatest love is your own reflection in the mirror.  Everything revolves around you, but at the core of your being, you are still dissatisfied. The carnal mind worships the unholy trinity - me, myself, and I.  This is classic human nature - me first, you last.  The favorite topic of any egomaniac's conversation is himself.  He constantly craves that one thing that is out of his reach, and it keeps him from enjoying everything he already has.

You need God when circumstances are uncontrollable, when life is unpredictable, and when your sin is unstoppable.  Jesus' blood was shed to satisfy the Law's demands, and to redeem the sinner from guilt and wrath.  Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ with all thine heart, that is, place all your dependence on Him alone.  The look of Faith to the Bleeding Savior saves the soul.  Own up to your sins, take the place of a guilty sinner.  Never dissemble before the all-knowing, all-seeing Almighty God.

Break off from your idols and filthy habits; keep your heart for Jesus alone.  Herein is Love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the Propitiation for our sins.  *I John 4:10*  The most beautiful verse in the whole Bible - He loved me, and gave Himself for me.  Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.  Christ died for the ungodly.  The Justice and Wrath of God is only  appeased by the Blood of Jesus.  The wrath of God can only be averted at Calvary.  Your sins could never reach the limits of Christ's forgiving love. Whatever you may trifle with, never trifle with your soul.

Follow closely to the Lamb of God, and you will hate your sins more and more.  Follow Jesus watchfully and resolutely.  Simply give up self-rule, and let Jesus rule your life daily. Seek the daily renewing of your mind from the Holy Spirit.  Keep to the simplicity of your faith in Jesus.  Jesus is my All in All; I am nobody; my sins cost Jesus His life, and now His bloody death is my Life.  I simply took His Righteousness, and now my soul is safe forever.  He took all my sins, and died in my place.

The world hates the man that hates his sins.  Enoch had a good testimony - he sought to please God, and not man. Never get an inch beyond the Cross.  Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.  Genuine faith is always self-denying and Christ-exalting.  Grow in dependence upon God; practice great watchfulness and prayer; determine to be thorough in your faith in Jesus.  Cultivate more and more of the fear of the Lord in your daily which is the beginning of wisdom.  This is a daily fear of not doing the Lord's will.  By this, your joy is maintained.  Seek more instruction, receive more correction.  Only God's Son can keep you safe in time and Eternity, remember that.