The Five Bleeding Wounds

God was manifest in the flesh in the person of Jesus of Nazareth, and suffered and bled to atone for human sin. *I Timothy 3:16* The Almighty God that created and sustains everything left His highest throne in glory and stooped to the manger of Bethlehem. The Highest stooped to be the lowest, the Greatest took His place among the least. The Lord of glory became a Jewish peasant. The King of Heaven became a poor man. *II Corinthians 8:9* He grew from boyhood up to manhood, He came forth into the world to preach and suffer for your sins! The Eternal God condescended to Earth, He was here in the form of man; God in human flesh walked the face of this Earth and lived in obscurity, poverty, humility and purity.  

The man Christ Jesus lived a sinless life of perfect virtue and of total self-denying love. He came into the world to seek and save lost sinners from the wrath of God and the love of sin. He was all His life afflicted, despised, and rejected of men, a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief. His enemies were many; His friends were few, and those few friends were faithless and fickle. Jesus was at last betrayed and delivered over into the hands of wicked men that hated Him without a cause.

The Lord Jesus was arrested while in the act of prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane; see Him in the garden praying, He sweat great drops of blood especially for you! The great multitude with swords and staves and Judas came and seized Him in the garden as though He had been a thief, and they took Him away to the high priest and then to Pilate’s judgment hall. He was arraigned before both the religious and civil courts. He endured mockery, shame, and the cruel crowning of thorns in Pilate’s judgment hall for your sins.  

The Lord of glory was set upon a mock throne in scorn by the Roman soldiers, given a reed for a scepter, robed in purple in mockery and shame, and then stripped naked and tied to a whipping post and scourged in cruelty. His shoulders and back ran with blood! The stripes due to your sins were laid upon Christ's back. The cruel soldiers spit upon Him and plucked out His beard and hair. Jesus suffered the punishment that your sins deserve. He was declared innocent by Pontius Pilate, yet Pilate still delivered Jesus to the mob’s will and had Him led away to be crucified. See in Christ your sins being punished.

Then at the very end, Christ was hounded through Jerusalem’s streets; the path to Calvary’s Cross was sprinkled with the Blood of God. *Acts 20:28* He was brought to Golgotha’s hill; they flung Him down upon His back upon the Cross, and drove the cruel nails through His blessed hands and feet; then they lifted up the Cross and dashed it into its socket in the earth and all His bones were dislocated. He hangs there in agony as the blazing sun burns Him. His cruel wounds increase His fever.  

The Christ of God became Sin, and God the Father forsakes Him. He cries out, “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” While He hangs there in conflict with sin and Satan, His heart is broken, and His limbs are dislocated. Heaven forsakes Him; the sun is veiled in darkness. Mankind forsakes Him, for “His disciples forsook Him and fled.” He looks everywhere, and there is none to help; He casts His eye around, and there is no man that would share His sorrow. Your sins made Jesus bleed. Where Christ is loved, sin is hated.

On and on, Christ hangs there on the Cross for six hours, steadily determined to drink the last dreg of the cup of the wrath of Almighty God for you. He hung there in agony and blood. His face is full of anguish. Consider the tortured Sinless Savior. Your sins were all gathered together in one mighty load and placed upon the shoulders of the great Sin-Bearer. The sin load of the whole world was laid on Christ *I John 2:2*; it bruised Him sore and crushed Him down. On the bloody tree behold Him in His death struggles! The Friend of Sinners is suffering there for you.

Behold the Crucified Redeemer! See Him dying in agony too great to be imagined, much less to be described! God was in Christ as He died upon the accursed tree. *II Corinthians 5:19* He endured the vinegar, the nails, and the spear all alone. *Hebrews 7:27* His heart was bursting with agony under the load of sin. Hear the cries of Jesus from the Cross: “Father forgive them, for they know not what they do! -- My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me! -- I thirst!” At last He cries — “It is finished!” and He gave up the ghost. Jesus didn't say "I am finished." He cried "It is finished!" The punishment due to my sins fell on Christ, He finished the Atonement for to my sins. *Romans 5:10* 

Behold His torn and broken body being taken down from the Cross and then laid in the silent tomb! But three days later He burst the bonds of darkness and tore the bars of death away, rising from the dead, and then forty days later He ascended up on high and sat down at the right hand of God. Dear friend, the Savior is set before you now, plainly manifested: See His five bleeding wounds, His pierced side, the bloody stripes, the accursed Cross, and His passionate love for rebellious sinners. *Hebrews 9:14*

Be honest: You’ve been a selfish sinner your whole life against God's laws as well as His love; you’ve been a rebel against the five wounds of Jesus and the Ten Commandments of God. Look to Jesus’ five wounds flowing with God’s blood. *Colossians 1:14-16* Only look there sinner! In Christ’s five bleeding wounds is the sin-melting power which is not to be found anywhere else in this world. Only His wounds can quiet your conscience and melt your sin-hardened heart. Christ's divine blood is the only antidote for the venom of sin flowing through your soul. 

You cannot truly believe that Christ suffered for your sins, and then continue on in your sinful and lustful habits. Fix your blind eyes on the Lamb of God bearing your sins in His own body on the tree. If you look to Him in faith, you will live forever. Whoever you may be, though you may be the worst sinner this side of hell, yet Jesus is mighty to save the worst of the worst. The blood of God can save the most devilish sinner alive. Where sin is bitter, Christ is sweet, only then.

Look to Jesus’ wounds, look there now and live. Play not the fool with your immortal soul, look to the dying Savior, and gaze upon His bleeding wounds, pierced side, mangled body, and marred face. His face all soaked with bloody sweat. His five bleeding wounds are the founts of eternal pardon. You need God’s pardon by blood and free redeeming grace. Free grace flows from Christ’s hands, rich mercy streams from His feet, dying love pours from His pierced side. Look steadily and intently upon Him with all your heart. Look fixedly on the Sin-Bearing Lamb of God. Only His sin-atoning death can put away your sin’s guilt. View the Bleeding Savior and hate your sins.

Give yourself up to Christ Jesus Himself. Rely upon Him alone for eternal salvation. Fix your faith only on Christ's shed blood. One sight of the five wounds of Christ and your sins are covered and your iniquities are put away forever. Come and view the flowing of Christ’s soul-redeeming blood. Behold how He loved you! Faith in His five wounds is the only thing that will kill your sins and lustful, unclean habits. His five wounds are still pleading for your soul. Only the love of a dying Savior and His bleeding wounds can save a real sinner. Christ died for the ungodly, not the good and respectable.

Poor sinner, delay no longer. Come to the foot of the Cross, look up to His five bleeding wounds flowing for your sins, see the fountains of pardoning grace. You’re not asked to do anything or to be anything, or to feel anything, but you’re simply asked to look away from your sin and self to what Christ has done, and you shall have eternal life as a free gift. Turn and look you to Christ and live, believe on Him and thou shalt be saved, you shall never perish trusting only in His Blood, Jesus Christ the living Substitute is still able and willing to save the vilest of the vile.  

Look to Jesus now alone for free and full salvation. Trust your soul in the living Savior's hands, and you are saved. The moment you trust Jesus Christ you’re saved and your sins are gone; you’re saved on the spot, saved for all Eternity. Turn from and forsake your self-righteousness and that deadly love you have for your sins, and simply Trust in the Crucified and Risen Creator! Plead His Pardoning Blood and Justifying Grace! Ask God for His Free Mercy and Royal Pardon By Precious Blood. *Soli Autem Crucis*

Beware - A Bible Word

Here are some things that the Holy Scriptures tell us to Beware of:

** Beware of forgetting the Lord Jesus Christ and His words. Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping His commandments, and His judgments, and His statutes, which I command thee this day (Deut 6:12; 8:11).

** Beware of following the thoughts of your wicked heart. Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the Lord against thee, and it be sin unto thee (Deut 15:9).

** Beware of false prophets that dress up in religious garb and have flowery words and a greedy heart. Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves (Matt 7:15).

** Beware of men in general, men cannot be trusted, only the Good Creator is faithful and worthy to be trusted. But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues (Matt 10:17).

** Beware of man-made religion that stresses on human merit and not Christ's merit. Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees (Matt 16:6). How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees (Matt 16:11-12). And Jesus charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod (Mark 8:15).

** Beware of religious hypocrisy that stresses on the outward and not on the inward. Human religion wants to dupe you and lead you over the cliff of Eternity into the Lake of Fire. In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, Jesus began to say unto His disciples FIRST OF ALL, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy (Luke 12:1).

** Beware of not being content and always wanting more and more. And Jesus said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth (Luke 12:15).

** Beware of super-religious conviction-ites that stress much on what you should wear. These types of folks think that garb gives them more grace. They want to appear to be something, when they are NOTHING. And Jesus said unto them in His doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, (Mark 12:38). Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feast (Luke 20:46).

** Beware of despising free salvation through simple faith in the Precious Blood and Perfect Righteousness of Jesus Christ, or you will perish in your sins. Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you (Acts 13:40-41).

** Beware of religious dogs that will lick your hand one day, and then bite you the next. Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision (Philippians 3:2).

** Beware of following after the teachings and philosophies of this world (Yes we can!), they are nothing but the empty trickery of Satan. The tradition of men will lead you down to hell, and the rudiments (root principles) of this world are only Christ-rejecting, Bible-hating principles that exalt man and forget God. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ (Colossians 2:8).

** Beware of being led away from the simplicity of the Gospel, and into errors concerning the grace of God, the word of God, and the finished work of Jesus Christ. In a nutshell - Fear and please God, adore Jesus Christ, abhor your sins, don't grieve the Spirit. Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness (II Peter 3:17).

Beware of trusting another gospel. Here is the True Gospel - Jesus Christ Himself is the only way to God. Your sin and rebellion have cut you off from God. You are lost in your sins and unbelief, and estranged from God. Only the Blood of Christ can reconcile your lost soul back to the living God. The living Lord Jesus Christ is personally the Way to God. Jesus is the God who became flesh; He perfectly obeyed the Law of God, and then offered Himself up as a Blood Sacrifice for our sins on Calvary, and rose again from the dead, ascended into heaven, and is now exalted above all in Heaven.

You must repent of your sins and selfishness, and trust Christ's Finished Work personally. You must know Jesus Christ personally before you die. Jesus is the only Way to God. This is an exclusive claim made by Jesus Himself in John 14:6. Read it for yourself. Jesus is not one way to God, or a way to God; He is the Only Way to God there will ever be. If you say otherwise, you contradict Jesus Christ and make Him out to be a liar. God the Savior will have all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave Himself to be a Ransom for all.

God Incarnate's Precious Blood

The central truth of Christianity is "God Incarnate's Precious Blood."  That is a phrase that you will rarely hear in Christendom today.  Christendom in 2013 is all about religious psychology, self-righteous personal convictions, social issues, marriage counseling, and motivational speaking, not the Gospel of the Grace of God.  God Incarnate (Incarnation) - Precious Blood (Substitution).

Religionists will not tell you what you are about to read, because if they did, they would be slap out of business ($$$).  Religionists will never simplify the Gospel, because if they did, they couldn't con a buck off a sucker anymore.  Religion deals with the symptoms of sin, and not with sin itself.  Jesus simplified the Gospel, and it cost Him His life.  *Luke 22:2* The Pharisees hated Jesus when he started affecting their attendance numbers and pocket book. *John 7:1-7*

Today's religious world does not want to hear this:  Your sins are a deadly and damning thing.  Your heart is selfish and sinful.  By nature, there is no good in you; you are inwardly full of sin; and God's Holiness is at enmity with your sins, for your sins are the works of the devil.  The vileness of your sinful heart can only be washed out by the Lamb of God's most Precious Blood.  If you continue to reject Christ and follow the evil devices of your own heart, you will bring upon your soul inevitable destruction.

Turn your eye of faith now to the true God and Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.  You commit the greatest sin by trying to help God out with your Salvation.  Your greatest wickedness is your self-righteousness that tends to make you think you can please the divine justice of God with your own human morality or goodness.  Always remember, a sinner is not moral or good at all.  You have an urgent need of a Salvation by the Blood and Righteousness of Another.

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners from the love of sin and the wrath of God.  Trust to God's promises from the Scriptures, take Him at His word, repent of your self-righteousness, cast your guilt soul upon the Christ's Blood and Righteousness.  I have no trust but the finished cross-work of the Lord Jesus Christ.  The Holy Spirit must first revive sin within you, that is, show you the horror of your guilt and the heinousness of your sins against God, and then bless you with the agony of mind and conscience that will lead you to repentance, and persuade you to give up your self-righteousness altogether, and to rely only on Christ's Atoning Blood.

If a man thinks he can go to Heaven partly by his good works and religiousness, let him try to do so, but he'll go to Hell trying.  One of two things, either you must be saved without deserving to be saved - saved by the sinless works and blood of Another - or else you must keep the whole Law flawlessly, and inherit Eternal Life in your own merit and way.  The two main reasons a man goes to Hell is he thinks he is good enough to get saved without Jesus Christ, or a man thinks that he can add to Christ's Righteousness with his own efforts.  The Holy Ghost must make you sense your guilt, thirst, inability, danger, and the need of forgiveness through the merits of Another.  Now understand - You cannot escape your sin debt and guilt by any works of your own.  The only escape from the divine justice your sins deserve is faith in Immanuel's Precious Blood.

All I can do is point you to the living Christ, and invite you to trust to His Blood alone for all your Salvation.  Simply rely on the Incarnate God's Atoning Blood and His Justifying Righteousness.  There is absolutely nothing in you that can help save you from the divine justice that your sins deserve.   You cannot help yourself when it comes to your sins, for you have no righteousness of your own at all.  You must take Christ, or die in your sins and perish.  The Holy Spirit must slowly hem you up into a corner where there is only one way of escape, that is, the Blood and Righteousness of Another, Jesus Christ.

Be wise now - confess your guiltiness, humbly seek for pardon down low at the feet of Jesus, and simply trust to the Precious Blood of the Lamb of God.  Are you relying wholly upon the Precious Blood?  Have you had your sins freely pardoned through the shed Blood of God manifest in the flesh?  Have you received the free forgiveness of sins through Jesus' mercy alone?  Are you glorying only in Christ's Atoning Sacrifice?  Is the Cross (Christ's Blood Atonement for human sin) your soul's only hope and refuge?  Is your faith fixed only on the Precious Blood?

Look now only to God's Free Grace, Precious Blood, and Infinite Mercy through Christ Jesus. Are you experiencing an inward struggle and conflict with your sins?  This is one of the first true evidences of the New Birth.  *John 3:7; I Peter 1:23; Romans 7:23* The Precious Blood will work in you a hatred and detestation of all sins.  Is your inward evil and corruption warring against you daily?  Inward evil can only be overcome through the power of His Precious Blood.  Place your faith and trust in the Precious Blood and on nothing else. The pivotal fact of the Gospel is that God manifest in the flesh suffered, bled and died to satisfy the divine justice that was due to your sins.  My hope is fixed on nothing less than Jesus' Blood and Righteousness.  Per Fidem in Sanguine Tatum!

Believe God's promises, plead His mercy, rely on His Son, confide in His Precious Blood.  Jesus must save your soul by His Finished Work, that is, His Blood and Righteousness which God has accepted on your behalf, not at all by your doing or feeling.  Whosoever shall believe on the Lord Jesus Christ shall be rescued from the love of sin.  Christ Jesus has been punished for my sins; I am now clothed in Christ's Righteousness, and I stand accepted eternally in the Beloved.  Only the Holy Spirit can lead you to a personal interest and trust in the Precious Blood of God Incarnate (Christ Crucified).  Your soul has two eyes, and the eyes of faith and obedience must both be wholly fixed on Christ Jesus Himself.  Take care that your faith remains simple and fixed solely on God Incarnate's Precious Blood. Iesum Christum in Carne Deus Omnipotens!

The Pure Gospel 1

This is the Pure Gospel - Nothing added, nothing removed.  Sinner friend, you are guilty, you can never be anything else but guilty in and of yourself.  God is Just and Holy, and all sin must be punished, that is clear.  The guilt and punishment of sin is great.  The opposite of "I" is Christ.  Human nature, the evil carnal mind, does not feel good about God at all. Any sin we commit deserves Death, Punishment, Judgment, and Hell.  Your soul needs to be saved from the eternal wrath of God that will come upon your sins.  Your past sins and secrets haunt your memory from time to time.  The fear of coming Divine Justice and eternal punishment disturbs your mind at times.  The distressing fear of Divine Vengeance troubles your conscience.

Here are the first workings of the Holy Spirit in a sinner's soul:  He reproves of sin, He convinces of sin, awakens us to our guilt by using the Law; He brings men to despair of Salvation by their own righteousness, and then He reveals Christ's love and blood to the sinner.  The sinner must first be brought low by the workings of the Law in order to sense their guilt, misery, inability and danger.   The second working of the Holy Spirit is to woo, lead, direct the awakened soul to Christ, and to speak the Good News of free forgiveness and eternal life to the guilty soul through faith in the Blood of God manifest in the flesh.  The Holy Spirit draws the sinner to Christ and tells him to Behold the Lamb of God!

If your sins are to be forgiven, it must be through an act of the free grace of God, and not because of anything in you, or that can be done by you.  The good Grace of God can only be bestowed upon you, because Christ Jesus bled and died to satisfy Divine Justice for you.  You cannot be saved for any other reason.  God of His free Grace, gratis and for nothing, will only freely forgive all your sins debts for Jesus' sake.  Salvation from sin by human merit is an impossibility.  We were all ruined by Adam's fall, and now we all need the Righteousness of Christ, and the Regeneration of the Holy Ghost.

A lost man sins just for sinning's sake; he spends his time, money and energy to enjoy his sinning.  Jesus wants to save you from love of evil.  Give up your secret sins; come out from the love of sin; stop walking after your own lusts; in sincerity of heart quit the sins you confess; depart from the evil which crucified the Lord of glory;

The only way by which you can have access to God's Grace is by simply trusting Christ Jesus Himself.  If you trust in your own righteousness in any degree, that will absolutely shuts you out form all hope of Salvation by God's Grace.  All trust but that which is found in Jesus' Precious Blood is a falsehood.  Self-righteousness is a deadly and destructive delusion of human nature.  Human merit and Heavenly Mercy can never mix together.  Fix your entire reliance upon the Great Substitute who loves you and gave Himself especially for you.  The Lord Jesus Christ bore your sins in His own body, and divine justice smote that sin on Jesus Christ, and now God can spare the sinner.  An Atonement is only needed where there is sin and guilt.  The Son of God Himself is the Atonement for human guilt.  Your heart needs renewing by the Holy Spirit, and your sins need removing by Christ's Atonement.

Christ Jesus, God Incarnate, has made the only Atonement for your sins that can ever be made.  God in the person of Jesus Christ hung upon a Cross and died and bloody and shameful death because of your sins.  Simply accept and trust to what Jesus has done for sinners, trust alone to that.  Christ's Finished Work will bring you perfect Reconciliation with God, and conscious fellowship with Him.  Salvation by Christ Jesus, regeneration by the Holy Ghost, eternal acceptance with God.  Man wants to trust creature righteousness and not His Creator's Righteousness - the Lord Jesus Christ.

Here's an important question - How can I be saved from divine justice?  Tell me the old, old story of Jesus and His forgiving love.  The Good News about Jesus the Savior of sinners.  Christ is only able to save the guilty.  Look to Jesus' Precious Blood by simple faith.  Turn your eye to Calvary's Cross - see there the Victim of Divine Justice suffering for your transgressions in your place.

My sin has been laid upon Christ, He has completely bore the actual penalty due to human sin.  Christ's Righteousness is accounted mine through Faith in His Blood.  Christ took my sins upon Him, though in Him was no sin of His own.  He died for my sins, bearing the penalty for them.  The Ransom price for all my trespasses has been fully paid, I am set free from the Law and the Curse.  Jesus suffered all the terrible consequences of my sins.  My whole nature requires a radical change through the Holy Spirit.  What Christ did is now mine, and what I have done is now laid on Christ; His Righteousness is mine, and my sins are His.  The Law says be Perfect or be punished, but Grace says Jesus had done all for me, and now out of Gratitude to His great love for me, I thank and love Him.

Christ Jesus suffered it All in my place, God's divine wrath fell on Jesus as He was nailed to Calvary's Cross.  The penalty of Divine Justice was endured by the Lord Jesus Christ, so I could be forgiven freely and fully.  Christ bought my Pardon, I have no cure to fear the punishment of my sins.  I am cleared from all danger of any penalty resulting from my sins.  My sins and their penalty is gone forever because of Jesus' Atoning Sacrifice.  Jesus the God-man offered the complete Propitiation for my guilt. I'm only a sinner saved by Blood.

The Salvation of Jesus Christ is a salvation from the guilt, penalty, foulness, and degradation of Sin. If you come to Christ, you will come away from your sins.  The fear of the LORD is a departure from evil.  Repentance turns us from Sin, and Faith turns us to Christ.  The atoning bloody death of Christ is the great sin-killer.  Rest your guilty soul upon the merits of Jesus' doing and the virtue of His Blood.  Hunger after peace with God through the Blood of Jesus Christ.  Knock at Christ's for the living bread as a poor starving suppliant.

God the Father sent His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, into this dark world, and Jesus took upon Himself the sin of guilty mankind.  The Creator God took upon Himself human flesh in the person of Jesus of Nazareth.  He suffered in the place of the guilty, and now whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have Everlasting Life.  To believe is to trust, so trust your your sinful soul entirely in the hands of the Incarnate God.  The Cross was the execution of the righteous Judgment of God on Jesus Christ to pay for human sin.

Without Christ as your Savior, you will have to answer for all your own sins all by yourself, and bear your own punishment for all Eternity.  Every transgression of God's Law must be followed by punishment.  We should endure the punishment resulting from our disobedience.Your sins shall inevitably bring punishment upon you - you need a Substitute.  There is a Judge of all the Earth who must do Right.   Fear not just the punishment to come on sin, but Sin itself.  Seek the Holy Ghost to help you to strive against your sins.

Not your merits, not anything in you, but only this - Christ died for me; He loved me and gave Himself for me.  Come now to Jesus, cast yourself on Him, none of your self-righteousness or self-improvement is required.  Religiousness can never pay one penny of your sin debt. Human goodness can never help atone for any sin you have committed.  You have His Great Atonement to satisfy Divine Justice for you.  Confess your guiltiness, ask for Mercy, seek for Forgiveness, knock for Grace through the person and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.  The compassionate Savior will heed the sinner's cry.  After you are born again, you become Christ's property, His Blood purchases all of you, and you should live at His disposal.  True liberty is liking and doing what pleases God.  *II Corinthians 3:17*  Go and Serve Jesus with contagious joy.

Lust - Sin - Death - Guilt - Substitution - Punishment - Divine Justice Satisfied - Atonement - Hearing - Repentance - Faith - Forgiveness - Eternal Life - Gratitude.

Your Sins, Your Soul 5

Leave your soul confidently in the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh.  The life of God must be infused into your soul by the Holy Spirit by faith in Christ Jesus' Precious Blood.  Give earnest heed to the Gospel.  Your soul's salvation is of extreme importance.  Play not with your immortal soul, don't be careless and thoughtless concerning the realities of Eternity.  Seek Christ Jesus and trust to His Atoning Blood from your inmost heart and soul.  Human nature attempts in its own strength to achieve divine results.  Childlike helpless dependence upon Jesus Himself is key.  You are doing your soul serious mischief by neglecting Christ.  A simple trust in Jesus' Blood will secure for you a happy and safe immortality.  Trust to the Son of God, the Great Sin Forgiver. *Luke 5:23-24*

Your soul shall outlast the stars.  Be not rebellious, don't die in your sins and try to face God in your own righteousness.  You need God's Righteousness, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.  *Romans 10:3-4*  Stop ignoring and slighting Jesus Christ.  You need Salvation (divine deliverance) from the love of sin here in time and from Hell Fire out in Eternity.  By nature, you are shut up in the iron cage of sin, and only Christ can set you free from that cage.  This should be the sole object of your soul.  Make the crucified and risen Savior your soul's Restingplace.  Only the Blood of Christ can exterminate the sins in your life.  Sin can only be put away by an act of God's divine grace.  If you will trust to Christ's Blood alone, you are saved.  You can only be forgiven for Christ's sake.

When you trust to Christ's Finished Work, nothing can be laid to your soul's charge, and you are eternally forgiven.  Before God, your sins are laid on and punished on Christ, and your soul is eternally clear in the sight of God.  You are accepted before God for Christ's sake.  Your soul is made nigh by the Blood of Christ.  Nothing else but Jesus' Blood can end your guilt.  Leave all your sins with Jesus.  There is no Savior for your soul but the Lamb of God.  Come now, let us reason together, saith the LORD.  The divine Law is satisfied by Christ's Cross-Work.  Your sins are not too great for God's mercy.  Without Christ's Atoning Blood, your sins are unpardonable.

Either Christ must bear your sins for you, or your soul must bear them forever.  If you are troubled about your sins, come now to the Cross by faith.  Be done with all ideas of helping save your soul from sin.  Be willing to let Jesus have all the glory for putting your sins away.  Give up confidence in everything but Jesus Christ Himself.  Rely heartily upon Christ's Blood and Righteousness.  Run to the Savior for His Mercy now. Your sinful nature has polluted any so-called good deeds you have done in the past; there is absolutely no real Good in any of us, for we are all sinners.  There is none good but one, that is, God.  The Gospel is very humbling and the strait gate is not high enough for your head, and human nature doesn't like stooping.  Human nature doesn't like bowing before the Savior.  Fold the flag of sin.

Lean not upon thine own understanding.  Human nature wants freedom from Christ, and a wisdom apart from God.  The Wisdom from above is first pure.  Human nature remains unfulfilled and always searching, hopeless for it seeks not the Hope, Christ Jesus.  The carnal mind is ever learning but never able to come to the knowledge of the Truth.  Never trust your heart, for it will deceive you. *Jeremiah 17:9* You can't go wrong trusting the Lord Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, with your immortal soul.

No Trespassing!

As you drive down the road in the country, every once in a while, you will see a "No Trespassing" sign.  These signs are posted by landowners to warn people to stay off their property.  God's Ten Commandments are the spiritual "No Trespassing" signs that our Creator has posted to keep us safe and out of harm's way; and His Commandments are not grievous.

A trespass is an offense that injures another; trespass means to pass beyond, to cross a boundary line unlawfully; to intentionally violate any divine law or command; to intrude into a forbidden area, to go too far.  A trespass is any intentional violation of the moral Law.  Have you ever trespassed against God or man?  If so, you need a Savior, a Rescuer from the wrath to come on sin.

We have all committed felony trespassing in the sight of God.  The Bible calls us sinners, that is the same as calling us lawbreakers or criminals in the sight of God.  We're in trouble with the Law, that is, the Law of God.  If you violate a state or federal law, then the state or federal justice system will pursue you until you are convicted and pay for that crime.  When you violate divine Laws, then Divine Justice pursues you like a fugitive until you surrender to God at the Cross, where our trespasses are forgiven freely for Jesus' sake.

Until you surrender to the Lord Jesus Christ, you remain under divine condemnation and the curse of guilt, because the Laws of God have been broken by your soul.  Every sin you commit against God and man is immoral and illegal. *Matthew 6:14-15*  Until you have been Born Again, you remain dead in your trespasses and sins.  *Ephesians 2:1*  All of your trespasses must be forgiven, and forgiveness is not done by piecemeal; forgiveness is done all at once. *Colossians 2:13* Jesus laid down His own life and shed His atoning blood to pay for and forgive your trespasses against God. *II Corinthians 5:19*

You are a sinner (criminal, crook, culprit) in the sight of God. Your life is like a crooked piece of wire, and only God can straighten you out.  Your trespasses have directly attacked and offended the person of God; they have disrespected God, and crossed the moral line He has established, and you deserve to be punished.  When you begin to ponder sin in your heart, you are already guilty of sin.  Now understand - even the thought of foolishness is sin. *Proverbs 24:9* It is not just our outward actions that God sees and judges, but it is our inward thoughts and intents; again, God judges what goes on inside of your heart and mind. *Matthew 5:28* Most of all, your soul needs the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.

A man will always tell you what he hasn't done, but never what he wanted to do.  You have crossed the Line. *Ezra 9:15* You cannot defend yourself before God, and you cannot plead ignorance of the divine commands.  The sign says, "No Trespassing", but you walk right by it.  You saw the "No Trespassing" sign, but you intentionally climbed over the fence, and neglected the clear warnings of Scripture.  Human nature takes no notice of what God says.  The lost man goeth on still in his trespasses. *Psalm 68:21*  The carnal mind does not want God to interrupt its love for sin or put it any moral demands upon it.

Please don't toy with God, and don't trifle with your soul.  If you are still unconverted, you are currently under the pending consequences of your trespasses.  God says this to you:  "My Son bore your sins and died on the Cross to pay for them.  I punished Him, so you don't have to be punished.  Be wise - humble yourself and trust to His Blood and Righteousness, and then I will count His perfect life for yours, and I will count His payment for your payment.  But if you refuse and reject Him, I will do to you everything that I did to my Son on the Cross forever."

Do you argue for those things and philosophies that are in opposition to the Bible and the Gospel?  What's important to you?  What are you wrapped up in?  What controls your thoughts and impulses, and directs your steps from day to day?  What do you desire to do in secret?  Will you surrender to Jesus and let have rule over your heart and life?  When you are confronted with Christ Jesus Himself, what is your reaction?  What do you base your choices on?  Does the thought of giving up your favorite sins agitate you?  How interested are you in the Precious Blood of God manifest in the flesh?

This is your only offer of escape from your guilt.  Religion will never tell you this.  This is God's eternal Ultimatum to you.  Nothing else is on the table.  You must take the Lord Jesus Christ's Precious Blood as your Payment (Ransom) for your trespasses, or you'll have to pay for them yourself for all Eternity in the Lake of Fire.  The plain understandable Gospel is just too easy, too ABC, for self-righteous folks.  That's it; take it or leave it.  God won't choose you over His own Son.  But the carnal mind stubbornly says, "Well, I just think; well, the way I see it."

God's Wonderful Book Divine

What light is that shining so brightly for me?
That gives me such courage, the right way to be.
What hope for my trusting soul ever shall be?
God’s Wonderful Book Divine.

What hope for the traveler when strength’s almost gone?
That makes him determined to keep trodding on.
What sweet consolation from Heaven’s bright throne?
God’s Wonderful Book Divine.

What Chart can you trust as a guide for the soul?
When tempests would strand you on some dreadful shore.
What compass will point you to Heaven’s bright home?
God’s Wonderful Book Divine.

In case you were wondering of what Book I sing,
It's the same one the old-time revivals did bring.
It's the only one version authorized by the king,
God’s Wonderful Book Divine.

Chorus:
And I love the old Bible, the Precious old Bible.
A Light on my pathway to shine.
And it keeps me so happy,
Always so happy.
God’s wonderful Book Divine.

Deeper Than The Stain Has Gone

Dark the sin that soiled man's nature,
Long the distance that he fell.
Far removed from hope and heaven,
Near to deep despair and hell;
But there was a fountain opened,
And the blood of God's own Son,
Purifies the soul and reaches,
Deeper than sin's stain has gone.

Conscience of that deep pollution,
Sinners wander on out in the night;
Even though the Shepherd’s calling,
Still they fear to face the light.
Thus the precious consolation,
That should melt the old heart of stone;
This sweet balm of Gilead reaches,
O much deeper than sin’s stain has gone.

All unworthy, we who've wandered,
Where our eyes were wet with tears;
And we think of love that sought us,
Through the dreary wasted years;
Now we walk the holy highway,
With the pure in heart along,
Because Calvary's flow thus reaches,
Deeper than sin’s stain has gone.

When with holy throngs we're standing,
In the presence of the Great King;
And our souls are lost in wonder,
As the white-robed choirs shall sing;
Then we'll praise the name of Jesus,
With the millions 'round the throne;
Praise Him for the grace that reached us,
Deeper than sin’s stain has gone.

Chorus:
O, Praise the Lord for full salvation,
God still lives upon His throne
And I know God’s Blood still reaches
Deeper than sin’s stain has gone.

I John 1:9

I Am So Glad

I am so glad Salvation’s free to all who will receive it,
Glad that the news was brought to me, when I was lost and sad.
Praise His dear name, I can proclaim that truly I believe it.
For I am now His child I know, and I’m so glad.

I am so glad that I can tell to wayward souls the sweet story
Glad that by grace from day to day, a helper I may be.
Finding delight in service true, my soul is winning glory
Glory for Him who gave His life to rescue me.

I am so glad that all my heart to Jesus I have given
Glad that at eventide my soul to sheaves to Him may bring
I will be true until with all the happy throng up in heaven.
Sweeter in note the praise I give to Christ my King.

Chorus:
Glory, honor, be to His (Your) name forever
Never a greater Friend the sinful race has had.
Love Him and praise Him, Jesus the matchless Saviour
He has redeemed this soul of mine and I’m so glad.

I Chronicles 16:27

The Lifeboat

We’re floating down the stream of time, We have not long to stay;
The stormy clouds of darkness, will turn to brightest day.
Then let us all take courage, For we’re not left alone;
The Lifeboat soon is coming, To gather the jewels home.

Sometimes the devil tempts me, and says it’s all in vain,
To try to live the Christian life, and walk in Jesus’ name.
But then I hear the Master say, I’ll lend you a helping hand,
And if you’ll only trust Me, I’ll guide you to that land.

The lifeboat soon is coming, By the eye of faith I see
As she sweeps through the waters, To rescue you and me.
And land us safely in the port, With friends we love so dear.
“Get ready,” cries the Captain; “O look, she’s almost here.”

O now’s the time to get on board, While she is passing by,
But if you stand and wait too long, You shall forever die;
The fair is paid for one and all, The Captain bids ya come,
And get on board the Lifeboat, She’ll carry you safely home.

Chorus:
Then cheer, my comrades cheer, Our trials will soon be o’er,
Our loved ones we will meet, will meet, upon the golden shore.
We’re pilgrims and were strangers here, we’re seeking a city to come,
The Lifeboat soon is coming, To gather the jewels home.

Revelation 22:17

God Saves Old Sinners

The drunk on the street, the rich in the palaces,
The poor and unlearned, and the man of degree.
They all have a soul, in need of salvation.
And they all have to come by Calvary.

Was I so bad, that I needed forgiveness?
And was I so wrong, I had to be redeemed?
Well, I wasn’t a thief,
Yet, I lived in sin’s prison,
So I was as lost, as a sinner could be.

Chorus:
I am so glad, God saves old sinners.
I’m thrilled and amazed, How He sets them free,
But the biggest surprise in redeeming old sinners,
Is that He would save an old sinner like me.

Luke 18:13

Keep In Touch With Jesus

Would you be a victor, over every foe,
Conquer every trial in this old world below.
Overcome temptations, that each day you meet,
Keep in touch with Jesus, He will keep you sweet.

Many hearts are broken, often aching breast,
Waits the message spoken, that will give it sweet rest.
You perhaps can bring them, joy and peace complete
Keep in touch with Jesus, He will keep you sweet.

Would you be a blessing, all along the way,
Would you be possessing, perfect love each day.
Just let the Holy Spirit, overcome defeat,
Keep in touch with Jesus, He will keep you sweet.

Chorus:
Keep in touch with Jesus, though the path be dim,
Let no cloud nor shadow sever you from Him,
Joy or sorrow greet you, friend or foe you meet,
Keep in touch with Jesus, He will keep you sweet.

Ephesians 4:32

The War Within

America Bless God

Throughout America you see the phrase “God Bless America” printed on everything from billboards to T-Shirts to license plates.  God has truly blessed America from sea to shining sea and from border to border.  But remember, The United States of America was started by our founding fathers as “One Nation Under God.”   They desired our nation to be a God-honoring Christian nation.  It is high time for “America to Bless God” and thank Him for all His blessings to us.  Our freedoms come only from the living God, not our military and economics.  Who or what are you trusting to keep our country free?  Only God can keep America safe.  Please take a few minutes and read some quotes from our founding fathers to see why God has blessed America in the past:

"It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible." -George Washington | "The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth:  that God governs in the affairs of men.  And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire cannot rise without His aid?" -Benjamin Franklin | "The Bible is the Rock on which this Republic rests." -Andrew Jackson | “The Bible is the best of all books, for it is the Word of God and teaches us the way to be happy in this world and the next.” –John Jay | “The Bible makes the best people in the world.” "The reason that Christianity is the best friend of Government is because Christianity is the only religion that changes the heart." “The Bible is the source of liberty.” -Thomas Jefferson | Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD. *Psalms 33:12*

“To the kindly influence of Christianity we owe that degree of civil freedom, and political and social happiness which mankind now enjoys…Whenever the pillars of Christianity shall be overthrown, our present republican forms of government, and all blessings which flow from them, must fall with them.” -Jedediah Morse | "I believe the Bible is the best gift God has ever given to man.  All the good from the Savior of the world (Jesus Christ) is communicated to us through this book." -Abraham Lincoln

“The Bible is the only correct map of the human heart that ever has been published.  All systems of religion, morals, and government not founded upon the Bible must perish, and how consoling the thought, it will not only survive the wreck of these systems but the world itself. "The Gates of Hell shall not prevail against it.”  My only hope of salvation is in the infinite transcendent love of God manifested to the world by the death of His Son upon the Cross.  Nothing but the Blood will wash away my sins.  I rely exclusively upon it.  Come, Lord Jesus!  Come quickly!” –Dr. Benjamin Rush | “The Bible is the best book in the world.” -John Adams | “I have for many years made it a practice to read through the Bible once a year.” –John Quincy Adams | “On the mercy of my Redeemer I rely for salvation and on His merits; not on the which I have done in obedience to His precepts.” –Charles Carroll

Righteousness exalteth a nation:  but sin is a reproach to any people. *Proverbs 14:34*  | George Washington told a gathering of Indians, “You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ.  These will make you a greater and happier people than you are.” | “Men, in a word, must necessarily be controlled either by a power within them or by a power without them; either by the Word of God or by the strong arm of man; either by the Bible or by the bayonet.” -Robert Winthrop | “We have been the recipients of the choicest bounties of Heaven. We have been preserved these many years in peace and prosperity. We have grown in numbers, wealth and power as no other nation has ever grown. But we have forgotten God." –Abraham Lincoln

"It cannot be emphasized too clearly and too often that this nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ.  For this very reason, peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here.  The Bible is worth all other books which have ever been printed. An appeal to arms and the God of hosts is all that is left us.  But we shall not fight our battle alone.  There is a just God that presides over the destinies of nations.  The battle sir, is not of the strong alone.” –Patrick Henry |  You may wonder what these founding fathers were trusting when they passed on into Eternity.

Here’s The Bottom Line:  You will only live a few years on earth and then you must die.   You must enter eternity and give account to God for all your sins (open and secret).  There is no turning back.  It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.

You have sinned.  Sin is a disease of the heart and soul of man.  Sinful thoughts, words, and deeds are only the outward eruption from a terrible inward disease.  On a daily basis, you transgress and break God's commandments through your thoughts, words and deeds.  One breach of God's law, no matter how small it is, brings death to your soul.  Sinner friend, your secret sins such as sinful desires, idle words, self-will, licentiousness, gluttony, gossip, lies, foolishness, indulgence, laziness, pride, sexual lust, self-love, showing off, high looks, fornication, wasting of time, concupiscence, self-glory, self-admiration, self-importance, conceit, vainglory, unclean thoughts, and imaginations stir up and incite the wrath and justice of Almighty God toward you.  You are dead in trespasses in sins and currently under the wrath of God.  *Flee from the wrath to come.*   God is angry with the wicked every day.  Stop rejecting Christ now.

The sins of the tongue also condemn all of us (e.g., lies, boasting, exaggeration, misrepresentation, insinuations, gossip, distorting facts, covering up truth, deception, backstabbing, degradation, and perversion of meaning).  Only one sin will damn your soul to a devil's hell.  And all of your goodness, sincerity, and religion can never wash away the deep stain of sin from your soul.  If you die in your sins, you will suffer the wrath of God as long as God lives.  Your religion is not 'worth' going to hell over; you cannot escape God's Judgment by your own good works.  Don’t try to wash yourself so you can come into heaven respectably.

The hardest thing for a man to do is to give himself over to Christ Jesus just as he is – a filthy sinner.  You cannot do yourself any good.  If you are waiting to get ‘all right,’ so you can go to God "all right,” you will be waiting for a million years.  God alone can make the sinner right.  No sinner ever made himself right with God.  You haven’t any time to lose.  How many more days are you going to spend in 'blatant' rebellion against God and His gospel?  Throw your sins and your 'love for sin' overboard, or your sin will sink your soul into hell.  You must turn away from your sin – Repent.  You are on the very edge of eternal despair.  Your real problem is your sin, and all of man’s education and science have no answer for your sin problem.  Do you sense your sin and the danger your sin has brought you into?

A few questions for the self-righteous:  Is part of your Salvation left up to you?  Do you deserve to be saved?  So now, have you lived it up to this day?  Are you ready to bet your soul on your works?  Have you been born twice?  Do you still owe God some righteousness?

You cannot help save yourself no matter how hard you try.  Every man at his *best state* is altogether vanity.  Human nature is evil to the core.  You need to be regenerated (born again), not just religion-ated.  The flimsy shack of your religious "self-righteousness" you are 'hiding out' in will be blown away one day by the storm of God's judgment and wrath.  Your good works are no good, period.  Your self-righteousness and your own goodness will damn your soul forever.  The best you can do will land you in hell.  No religion on the face of the earth can set you free from sin - it takes a Person – the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.  Hell is still real and hell is still hot.  Fear God and depart from evil.  The greatest evil you can commit is trying to *improve on* what the Lord Jesus Christ has finished.  He cried from the cross right before He gave up the ghost, "It is finished."  No man is ever satisfied with himself until he is saved from his sins.  Christ receives only sinners into heaven.  By grace are ye saved through faith.   If you’re lost, Jesus is the way.

Man's own view of his nature is positive and good, but God says you are evil and love darkness rather than light.  What a sinner calls "living a good life," God calls "a refuge of lies."  If you reject or neglect Jesus' finished work, you will damn you own soul.  If you try to add or improve on Jesus' finished work, you will cut your own soul's throat.  Trusting in your church or their baptism or their teachings is like sticking a shotgun in your soul's mouth spiritually, and pulling the trigger.  The end of a life of sin only leads to a lonely deathbed, a Christless grave, and eternal hell fire.  Only Jesus can satisfy your thirst.

The Good News:  Out of pure love for sinners, God became a Jewish man, and His name was Jesus of Nazareth.  The Lord Jesus Christ was God manifest in the flesh, He was virgin born, lived a sinless life, magnified the Law perfectly, He became Sin for you, He bore 'your' sins in His own body on the tree, and then laid down His life, He suffered the FULL wrath and justice of God on Calvary's cross for your sin.  He died in your place and went to and through hell for you.  He then conquered death and rose from the dead the third day.  Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.   Christ died for the ungodly.   Are you lonely today?

Right now, *turn* from your sin and the love of sin and self.  Look unto Jesus, repent and trust in Him.  Turn or Burn.  Throw your entire sin burden on the Lord Jesus Christ – He bore your load of sin on the cross.  Exchange your entire sin debt (filthy rags) with Jesus, and He will give you His Righteousness, the best heavenly robe.  Simply let Jesus’ Finished Work ‘cover’ your soul and He will Rescue your soul from God's wrath.  Only JESUS can pardon your sin debt with His Precious Blood.  Only God's Precious Son can make you *100% Righteous* in the sight of God.  *Flee from the wrath to come.*

What can wash away your sins?  Nothing but the Blood of Jesus; What can make you whole again?  Nothing but the Blood of Jesus.  You must trust in the literal Precious Blood of Jesus 'plus nothing.’  Trusting in the Blood plus 'anything else' (including good works or baptism) will inevitably result in your damnation in the lake of fire forever.  This is the bottom line, the final word, the rest of the story - The Gospel of the Grace of God.  *Flee from the wrath of God to come on your sin.*  Today, hide your soul in The Lord Jesus Christ.  Drop all your sins, flee for your life, escape to the bloody Cross of Calvary by faith, and be saved right this moment.  Right now, you can put your hand on eternal life, if you will just stretch it out.  God is ready to save you.  Don’t wait any longer; yield yourself into God’s arms of mercy right now.  God will save you only for Jesus' sake.  Ye must be born again.

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Christ Jesus, God Incarnate, through His own blood Atonement has offered a sure Satisfaction (Propitiation) to Almighty God for human guilt and sin.  God will only forgive human sin through childlike faith in the atoning Sacrifice of Jesus Christ Himself.  Atonement by Blood, Redemption by Substitution, and Justification by Imputed Righteousness is the Gospel message.  Christ taking the sinner's sin, and the sinner taking Christ's Righteousness. Human sin being put away by Christ being punished in the place of the ungodly sinner.  A sinner cannot add anything to Christ's finished, complete, perfect Atonement.  The vital message of the Gospel is the Ransom of a Savior's atoning blood.

Christ's innocent, sinless life and blood atoned for all my sins.  The troubled mind of the convinced sinner is led to hope for an Atonement.  God cannot pardon me without punishing my sins.  Christ paid my debts; He died for me.  He offered up Himself for me.  All my sins are forgiven for His name's sake.  The precious truth of Substitution, Christ dying instead of me.  Entrust your soul to Jesus Himself, and you'll be saved until Forever runs out, that's a long time.  The very central point of the Atonement is Christ's Precious Blood and Perfect Righteousness. The Atonement is the kernel of the Gospel.

You know you have sinned against God, your virtues cannot atone for your vices. If a soul sins but once, it must die forever, unless you have Someone to take away that sin. Human nature thinks it can be good enough to help save itself. Human nature ignorantly believes in part self-salvation and part Christ-salvation. Self-righteousness insults the Savior's Finished Work. The evil spirit of self-righteouseness kicks at the free gospel.  The carnal mind loves the praise of man, not the praise of God. God is infinitely just and holy, He is the Judge of all the earth, and He must punish every sin.  All the times you have been up to no good, God was watching and listening. You have had a mad career as a sinner in the sight of God. Confess your wrongdoing and guilt.  Get alone somewhere and make a detailed confession of your transgressions.  Be thoroughly earnest in seeking God for mercy through Christ's name and blood.  Cry to Jesus to rescue you from your sins. Call out to Jesus for mercy now.  Trust the Savior and His great grace.

The great flood of God Almighty's wrath was heading toward me, but Jesus stood in my place, and let it flow over Him, so I could be spared.  He suffered for me, and then put me into the place of acceptance with God, and saved me from the wrath to come. It was an absolute certainty that our sins must be punished, so Jesus took the just punishment of our evil deeds.  The moral and refined man must be saved the same way as the depraved and debauched (By Jesus' Blood and Grace).  Come to Jesus now by faith in His blood, and take the Water of Life freely.  Jesus took your sins upon Himself, and suffered sin's dread penalty. Confess your sins, and by faith lay them upon Jesus as your Sacrifice and Sin-Bearer, and you are born again.

What is Salvation?  Being saved by the grace of God from going down to Hell where you belong, being redeemed from the love to sin, being rescued from the punishment of sin, and being delivered from the power and bondage of sin.  Christ Jesus died for me, He suffered in my place, He took my sins and guilt upon Himself, and then bore all my sins' punishment.  The new birth and free salvation boggles the carnal self-righteous mind.  You must be born again, regenerated, and converted by the Holy Ghost Himself.  You need a real change of heart and life.  To neglect Christ is disastrous, and to reject Christ is fatal.  Will you leave your sins and go to Heaven, or keep your sins and go to Hell?  Flee the wrath to come, fly to the Cross (Christ's Atoning Work) for refuge. Impure thoughts are the sparks of sin, sinful deeds are the flame, and the inevitable consequences of sin is Hell Fire.

The sources of evil - neglecting the Bible, becoming lax in private prayer, growing more covetous, being tighter in fist, getting more worldly, speaking less about Christ and more about vanity, mixing with bad company, vile friends and associations, letting things go amiss on the job, falling out with someone and not forgiving them, becoming resentful and bitter, murmuring and disputing, and such like; these things will bring you into a lean state spiritually.  Secret sins will make you miserable and sorrowful. Secret sinful practices will ruin you in soul and body, in time and eternity. There is no worse crime that rejecting Christ.

The atheist will not come to Christ, mainly because he doesn't want to give up his sins and become pure and lowly.  The pure Gospel threatens the atheist's favorite sins.  The atheist refuses to be made true, good, and right in God's sight.  Evolution is a delusional lie that arrogant sin-loving people use as an excuse to reject Christ, so they can continue on in their darkness and sins.  The atheist desires to be his own god, and prefer his sins and to follow after their own devices.  The atheist's longs after some private evil, this is what keeps him from coming to Christ. The atheist thinks he can sin against God with impunity, but God will certainly punish all iniquity.  The chief goals of the atheist is the praise of man, to enjoy and lift up himself, and to damn his own soul. The atheist's chief aim in this life is to get money, make a name for himself, and to labor and scheme for more of this world's delusive dream.

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Only the Holy Ghost can convince a man that he is a lost sinner, and that he cannot help save himself.  Only the Holy Ghost can regenerate a sinner and give him eternal life.  Eternal things must come from the Eternal God Himself.  You are as bad as bad can be, you are what the Bible calls a sinner.  If you think you are good enough by nature, then you do not the need the Savior. Forgiveness is only needed by guilty men.  The Holy Ghost must give the sinner the repentance and faith he needs as well.  You must come to Jesus as a sinner, and nothing else.  Never try to plead any sort of goodness or qualifier with God, for you have none.  The carnal mind does like this fact.

If a heinous criminal is on death row in a condemned cell, and it is time for him to die, and a message comes to him that the governor has freely pardoned him, that man would be a fool to reject the governor's mercy.  The Gospel is the message of pardoning mercy from the Governor of the universe - Christ Jesus Himself, do not reject the Heavenly Pardon.

Jesus has done everything necessary to make it possible for a sinner to be saved freely. The guilty need free mercy first.  Go now to your knees, plead guilty before God, and then plead for Mercy through Christ's atoning blood.  Religionists try to prove their worthiness to God by their continual doings.  If you are not saved, you are lost. If you have not been freely forgiven by Christ, you are condemned already.  Unless Christ Himself saves and forgives you, you shall abide in condemnation forever and ever. Many men think and hope that Jesus Christ will help them save themselves, but that is only religious delusion.  Incline your ear unto Wisdom, apply your heart to Understanding.

Christ died for the ungodly, not good and dignified religious folks.  Jesus came to save the condemned enemies of God.  That's what you are on your very best day in your best Sunday go-to-meeting clothes.  Wake up, and take up your condemned position this very moment.  Accept God's grace which He freely offers to sinners through the finished work of His dear Son.  Self-righteous religionists always try to muddle the Gospel, so they can bring attention to themselves, and make a quick buck off misguided superstitious sinners.

Lead sinners to look to Christ alone for all their Salvation.  There's not one good thing within you that can help you escape divine justice.  All your hope lies in the Crucified Creator.  Give up all hope in your own doings, resolves, and goodness.  The hardest thing for any man to understand is that he cannot please God at all in his natural sinful state.  Your own evil nature can never help you, only destroy you.  Look away from yourself to Christ Jesus alone - this is the way of Bible Salvation.  Take the safest and wisest way - come directly to Jesus as a sinner, and bypass all this world's religious nonsense.  I am a sinner, and Jesus is the sinner's Savior; I trust my guilty soul into His hands.  I am a sinner, and I must be saved entirely through the free mercy of God in Christ Jesus, and I trust to Jesus to save me a sinner.

You are in a terrible fix today without Jesus Christ.  You are absolutely bankrupt spiritually.  You are now in nakedness, filthiness, and spiritual death, and in desperate need of the Savior's tender pity and mercy.  You are in debt over your head with God, and you cannot atone for even one of your sins with all your doings.  Only Jesus can give you a clear discharge of all your debts against God.  Needy penniless sinners look to Jesus for mercy, and their debt is freely forgiven.  As long as you understate your real condition, there will be no cure for your sinfulness.  Admit plainly that you are the worst, and then you are no longer deceived.

Never think that Christ came to save those who are doing their best, or as long as you do this or that.  For if you think that way, you are lost.  Lord Jesus, save me, for I have sinned. I am guilty Jesus, I accept your Mercy freely.  My complete trust is in Jesus, and my eternal salvation is secure in Him. It will be your safety to trust only to Jesus Himself.  This Gospel is true for it glorifies Christ, and give Him all the preeminence.

Christ did not come to save men who meet Him half way with their own doings.  Bible Salvation is not half from Christ, and half from man.  Confess now you have broken God's Law and deserve His eternal punishment.  Jesus' Salvation is for the guilty only.  God's free mercy will lead the saved soul to love, fear, and honor the LORD out of gratitude.  The saved soul strives to avoid sin by the grace and help of the Holy Spirit.  Save me, O God, from my hateful sins, for Jesus' sake.

God will meet you as a lost, guilty, and condemned sinner, have mercy on you, forgive all your sins, and receive you graciously through the person of Christ Jesus.  I am only a sinner saved by Precious Blood.  Right now, on the spot, confess your sinfulness to God. There is abundant evidence from your past that you are a sinner.  Confess that you are a sinner with your heart, not just with your mouth.  Real sinners are very rare things today.  Real Salvation is available 24/7 to real sinners.  Get down to business with Jesus as a sinner, and you will find Help.  Real sinners have broken God's Law and neglected His Son, and they know it, and they cannot say a word against divine justice, for they know they are guilty indeed.  Only Christ can prepare your soul to enter Eternity safely.  Rest right now on the finished Salvation provided to you in Christ Jesus.

The top and bottom, the beginning and end of all my Hope lies in this, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, and I trust myself as a sinner with Him.  Christ Jesus died for the ungodly, I am ungodly, so I just rest in Him.  There is no way to the forgiveness of sins except through faith in the shed blood of the Lamb of God. The sinner that comes to Jesus for mercy, He will in no wise cast out.  Bid farewell to all your self-trust and self-righteousness.  Cast your weary soul on Jesus now.

The Gospel takes away all false hopes, and makes you out to be the sinful nothing you really are, and then the Gospel points you directly to the Lamb of God for the free and full forgiveness of all your sins.  Christ Jesus must be first, midst, last, and everywhere for your Salvation. Jesus suffered in my place, the Just for the unjust, so He could bring me to God.  Sinner friend, will you have Christ today?  I will, whether you will or not.  Come along now to Jesus, take from Him what He freely gives to sinners - Eternal Life, Forgiveness of Sins, Everlasting Consolation, and Good Hope through Grace.

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The Gospel is for sinners only.  Sinners are in an awful condition spiritually.  Every sinner needs saving from divine justice.  You may have a fine idea about yourself, but you're in a mess spiritually.  You may think you're pretty good and have not done anything that is really that bad. You have sinned against God, and can't unscramble those eggs you have broken.  You have broken the Law of God, that makes you a sinner, and as a sinner you are in a very dangerous and terrible condition, from which nothing can save you but Christ Jesus Himself.  It is a grave peril to be an unsaved sinner here on earth.  You have broken your Maker's commands all through your life.  You have neglected God's will and rejected His Son, this is a crying evil in the sight of God.

Your heart chooses the wrong and leans to evil.  Your mind does not love God; you care most about yourself, not your Maker.  Your soul is in a sin-diseased state.  The sins you have committed have defiled and polluted your soul, and left you in spiritual darkness and death.  The thrice-holy Creator hates sin in a way that cannot be conceived by man.  God abhors sin with all His holy nature.  Sin is obnoxious to God's sensitive pure nature.  The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the Lord Jesus Christ.  God's divine nature delights in everything that is good, and abhors everything that is evil. Sin is in you and on you right now, and God cannot tolerate you in His presence.  Your impure thoughts, idle words, vile lustings, and evil deeds have condemned you in God's sight.

Every sinner not currently saved by Christ Jesus is in a deadly condition.  You are unable in your own way to escape from your sins or the wrath and punishment which is due to your sins.  You cannot put away your past sins or pay for your future sins against God.  Jesus did that on the Cross.  The secret sins of your youth, manhood, and old age will be judged in the last day. No man can escape the damnation of hell by religious accomplishments or human goodness.  The unregenerate sinner is in a terrible condition every day he lives here on earth.  Without Jesus Christ, you are in big trouble with God.  You are awfully and infinitely lost since it took an infinite Savior to offer a sinless Blood Atonement in order to save sinners from the wrath to come.

Christ's Great Salvation is meant for men who are sinners, and none else.  The real meaning of being a sinner is not known and truly realized until God the Holy Ghost reveals it to a man.  Fools make a mock at sin.  They make light of sin.  They jest at their sinful actions and the sins of others.  They make a mock when someone reproves them for their sins, and scoff at those who admonish them.  They laugh at Eternity and the awful judgment to come.  They make light of Jesus' Precious Blood.

Christ Jesus made His soul an offering for human sin, to make satisfaction and Atonement for my sins.  Unsaved men prefer their own efforts to the Sacrifice and Satisfaction of Jesus Christ's Blood.  Self-righteous folks have a notion that Jesus came into the world to save respectable people.  According to them, Jesus came to save people who do their best in attending worship, in giving, in paying their own way, and doing their best sincerely.  They believe they can get right and stay right in hopes of this helping them at the Judgment in some way.  They do not throw Jesus out, He is always in their counterfeit gospel in some way or another.  They partly save themselves, and partly Christ saves them; they think have two saviors, but they wind up with none. They don't think they can do it all, they suppose Jesus will come in at the end and make up the difference at the Judgment they could not accomplish, and that He will turn the scale in their favor since they did their best in their religiousness.  They try to mingle their own doings with Christ's perfect Righteousness, and damn their own soul to Hell.  Their trumpet gives an uncertain sound, and they leave lost men confounded and condemned.

You see this is the problem - the self-righteous religionist supposes that there must be something that comes from the sinner to recommend him to God.  They do not understand that God sent His only begotten Son to bleed and die in order to save men who God views in the base and horrible character of sinners.  You see, men are only evil; there is no good in any man on the face of this earth, and God will only have mercy on a sinner for Jesus' sake alone.  This scriptural truth is impossible for the carnal self-righteous mind to understand and accept.

Only sinners are the objects of Christ's free Salvation.  None but helpless sinners need saving.  Every man through his sinning has ruined and condemned himself.  None but the guilty need the glad tidings of free pardon and saving grace.  Guilt must be admitted in order for mercy and pardon to come to the sinner.  The innocent man does not need Christ's Mercy.  All sinners by nature are dead within spiritually, and they are the enemies of God.  Sinners are debtors to God, and when they acknowledge they have nothing to pay, only then will Jesus freely forgive all their debt.

Jesus only came to save guilty sinners.  Consider closely His sufferings for sinners like you - the bruisings and wounds of the scourge, the pricks of the thorns on His brow, the bleeding stripes on His back, the prints of the nails in His hands and feet, His pierced side, His Precious Blood.  Jesus suffered unspeakably on account of your sins against God.  The Cross is only a piece of jewelry or a religious relic to most folks today.

Look now to the dreadful tree where God Incarnate bled away His life for your guilty soul.  See there the Substitutionary Bloody Sacrifice of God manifest in the flesh who was punished for human sin which He bore in His own body on the tree.  The pardon of sins and peace with God come only through faith in the Savior's atoning blood.  The Christ of God was punished in the sinner's place at Calvary.  His shameful bloody death was for my sins.  Jesus loved me, and gave Himself for my sins.  The Lamb of God yielded Himself unto death for my soul.  Now always remember - The Gospel is only for the ungodly.

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By nature, you directly oppose yourself to God and Christ.  You set yourself against the name of Christ.  You directly attack the person of God by blaspheming His holy name with your thoughts and words. You have said foul things about God's Son as well.  The blasphemer always challenges God's justice, vengeance and wrath to come on human sin.  You have cursed many times with foul oaths using God's name in vain.  You have hurt God by blaspheming His Son's name.  The atheist tries to stifle his consicence by pretending to believe there is no God, and that he came from a monkey, and will die like a dog.  Your conscience tells you that God is just.  You expect to be punished for your sins, that is why at times you have frightening premonitions about the after life and the coming judgment.

You have learned over the years how to sin brazenly with a high hand.  You now delight in the sins of other people as well.  You roll sin under your tongue as sweet candy.  You have led others into sins and vices.  Turn ye, turn ye, for why will ye die in your sins?  Why will you lose your soul and perish without Christ Jesus?  In Christ's Blood there is a full, free, perfect, irreversible pardon for all your sins.  The hand of God's forgiving love is still extended to the penniless hand of submission.  Be ye reconciled to God through the bloody death of the Lord Jesus Christ, God in human flesh.  It is a high sin to reject Christ.  The man Christ Jesus receiveth sinners - this is the Gospel motto.

You have sinned against much light, after having a knowledge of the way of truth, and have wickedly turned aside to crooked paths.  I beg you to turn from your sins to Jesus Christ.  You have the light, but you shut your eyes against it.  When you sin, you sin with atrocity, because you know better.  You know the right, yet you choose the evil.  Your conscience is growing harder and more seared.  You secretly indulge in sins against God and others.  Only Christ's atoning blood can satisfy divine justice and rescue you from eternal destruction.  You must get a clear divorce from your sins, humbly ask God for the gifts of repentance and faith in Jesus.  The love of sin dies where Christ is present.

From childhood to youth, from youth to manhood, from manhood to old age, you have sinned right on.  You still go on in your wickedness, despising God, and hating free salvation through Christ.  To be saved means to have our old thoughts made into new ones, to have our old dirty habits changed into new pure habits, to have our old sins pardoned, and to have Christ's Righteousness imputed to your soul, and to have peace with God.  To be saved is to be rescued and delivered from the wrath, curse and perdition due to our sins.

You have a ready perception of right, you are fully aware of what you are doing is a sin against God.  You have spurned the forgiving love and longsuffering of God.  Here is life and death - If you despise and reject Christ, there must be eternal death for you.  If you avoid the love and mercy found only in the Blood of Jesus, an angry God shall meet you at death and find you in your sins, and there will be no hope for you.  How much longer will you go on in your sins and remain without Christ?

You are an enemy to God and to your own self.  God help you to repent.  Mercy and grace is set before you today in the Blood and Righteousness of Jesus Christ.  The gate of Mercy is wide open now, you have been invited.  You will now be without excuse in the day of judgment.  You are bidden to come to Jesus by simple faith in His atoning blood now.  With the Gospel, all is pure mercy and love undeserved to the very worst of sinners.  Only Jesus is able to rescue a sinner from destruction. The person and work of the Savior is all my Hope.

The God of the Old Testament was manifest in the flesh as Jesus of Nazareth in the New Testament, and He died for the sins of the whole world.  Now mark it down, the man Christ Jesus who came into the world to save sinners was God Incarnate.  The gracious Redeemer came from Heaven to redeem guilty men from their sins.  The eternal, infinite, matchless, omnipotent Son of God is my only Ransom from eternal punishment.

Christ Jesus, the Son of God, left the high throne of glory and stooped to be born in Bethlehem's manger.  He was an infant, then He grew from boyhood to manhood.  He lived a sinless life in service to those around Him.  He was oppressed and despised by the religious crowd, and rejected by the common man.  He was mocked, scorned, and jeered, because He was so good and kind and true.  The mighty God, Christ Jesus, died because of your sins.

A true look to Christ Jesus by faith will beget genuine saving Faith in your soul.  You may be religious and moral, but you are still a sinner dead in trespasses and sins.  Christ Jesus came into the world to save you.  Those who despise and reject Christ and refuse to repent, and arrogantly choose their own self-righteousness over His Righteousness will surely perish.  If you despise Christ, you despise your only mercy, and there remains no other way of salvation for you.  Give your soul over into Jesus' hands for safekeeping.  The blood of Jesus must be applied to your guilty soul, sprinkled on your defiled conscience, and take away your sins forever.

I am a sinner, so Christ died for me.  Jesus loved me so, and He has forgiven me so.  I have trusted Christ, so Christ has saved me.  I am a poor sinner, but Jesus died for me.  He loved me and gave Himself for me at Calvary.  I am believing and trusting in Jesus as the Anchor of my soul.

Seek God's mercy though the Precious Blood of the Lamb of God.  Love, mercy, and invitation to come to Jesus is still offered to you today.  Behold, now is the day of Salvation.  Come to Jesus now by childlike faith in His most precious blood.

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Be wise now - come before God in real earnest in Jesus' name.  Say this, I need the Savior's Blood to wash my sins away, I need the Holy Spirit Himself to renew my inward nature, I need the whole Godhead to come and fill me and bless me for Jesus' sake.  I want Jesus Himself in my heart, nothing short of Him will satisfy me.  Jesus is the Great God who became the Great Savior who saves by His Great Grace and Blood.  My eye is fixed on the Lord Jesus Christ now.  He is my Sin-Bearer and Substitute, I trust to Him, and in Him alone.  Look away from your sinful misery to the sinner's Savior.  I am a nothing and nobody, weak and unstable as water, utterly impotent, absolutely unworthy, and in need of the Savior's mercy.  I am a poor unworthy sinner who owes everything to the grace of God, and what I do for God must be done through His Spirit's power.

You need an Atonement by Blood, for you are guilty in the sight of God, there is no hope for you ever coming to God except by Christ's Bloody Sacrifice. You have sinned, you have done those things which you ought not to have done, and you have left undone those things which you ought to have done.  There are no secrets with God, He sees everything, everywhere, all the time.  Whether your sins are open or secret, many or few, they require the Atoning Sacrifice of Christ.  The Gospel comes to deal directly with your sin problem; you cannot get rid of your sins apart from the Blood Atonement of the Lord Jesus Christ.  The putting away of the sins of the most moral person who ever lived still requires the Propitiation of the Son of God.

All men have evil hearts and sinful habits.  In every sinner there are the black spots of the love for sin, the forgetfulness of God, a dislike to God, and an alienation from God.  The only way to get these sinful spots out of the heart requires the divine operations of the Holy Spirit.  No man can make his own heart clean in the sight of God.  It is clearly impossible for a man to change his evil heart.  An honest man or practiced criminal are all in the same boat, it is equally impossible for either of them to make his heart right in the sight of the all-seeing God.  The removal of sins from the soul is beyond human power, you need the work of the Spirit.  There is no difference, all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God. Confess and acknowledge that your own righteousness is nothing but dung and filthy rags, and that there is absolutely nothing in you that can merit anything from God.

Realize that God has put His Son in your place, God laid your sins on Jesus, and God smote Jesus with the punishment that you ought to have received.  Jesus willingly became your Substitute.  Accept what Christ endured for you, and trust to His Blood with all your heart.  You must, in fact, change places with Christ - let Jesus stand in your place and be reckoned as the sinner, so you can stand in His place and be looked upon by God as if you are like His Son, absolutely and perfectly righteous without sin, only because of what Jesus has done for you.  Jesus puts on our guilty rags, and we put on His innocent robe of Righteousness.  True faith forsakes its own righteousness and appropriates to itself the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ.  This is God's grand plan of Salvation.

This is the one way of eternal life - you must first acknowledge yourself to be sinful, to be nothing, and then take Christ Himself to be your All in All.  Sense your sinfulness and misery, and by a simple act of faith in Christ's Atoning Blood, receive Christ into yourself by faith to be your Righteousness, and then you can safely face a holy God with all your guilt.  This being done, you are accepted in the Beloved. All who believe in Christ are justified from all things they have done, all who trust in Christ have everlasting life, and they shall never perish.  Self-righteousness and good deeds, you will have to take all those rags off.  It is a fatal and eternal mistake for you trust in anything you have done to help save your soul from the wrath to come.  Your abilities, education, culture, religion, works or wealth will count for nothing in the matter of Salvation; they are all empty vanity.

The gate of Salvation is widely open to you now. There is one Medicine for every sinful disease, one Savior for every sinner, one Blood for all iniquities, one Salvation to rescue the guilty, one Righteousness to cover your naked soul.  Believe on Jesus and be saved, look to Him and live, trust yourself to Christ now, rest in His Atoning Blood and Justifying Righteousness. You must be justified freely without any human merit, freely by God's Grace, not an act of justice, but an act of Mercy makes sinners just in the sight of God. Human nature ignorantly thinks that every man can and should be his own savior.  Boasting will creep in if it can, human nature is prone to boasting.  Boasting in self is common sin of the human race.  Quit your own works, and give yourself up entirely to Christ.

It is the duty of the needy sinner to ask for grace and mercy at the Savior's hand. *Job 22:21; Isaiah 55:6-7* A good beggar will be rolling in the riches of Christ.  The bread of heaven, the water of life, good things and gladness are always available to needy sinners.  You gain everything from God only by begging.  Poor, destitute soul take to the business of begging.  All that I have obtained from Christ came to me by begging.  You will sign your own death warrant and dig your own grave if you trust to your own self-righteous efforts.  Grace, mercy pardon, heaven, and eternal life are available now at the Throne of Grace.

You may begin begging immediately.  A good beggar is one who has nothing left, his clothes are rags, his shoes are worn out, his pockets are empty, his stomach is growling. A lost sinner is in utter destitution.  You need no preparation to ask for Mercy, nothing is to be done in order to prepare you for the Mercy of Christ.  Attempt not to better yourself.  Come to the Cross now in your foulness, loathsomeness, misery and wretchedness.  Your unfitness is your fitness.  Your inward spiritual poverty fits you for Christ's divine Charity.  Your sickness fits you for the Physician.  You begin nothing fits you to have Christ as your All in All.  Your starvation fits you for the Bread of Life. Take to begging at the feet of Jesus, and you will be rich towards God.  Lord Jesus, look on worthless me, listen to my sighs, hear my cries, have mercy on my guilty soul, cleanse me with your Precious Blood.