Christ Jesus is going to get all the Glory in the end, so you might as well get use to it. We need to start practicing now what we'll be doing in Heaven for all Eternity, and that is glorifying the Lamb of God that redeemed His enemies to God by His own Blood. Mary, Muhammed, the Pope, Buddha, Dalai Lama or Joseph Smith are not mentioned at all in Heaven. Only the Lamb of God receives worship in New Jerusalem. Unregenerate men esteem not Jesus Christ, and that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
No man can ever approach and worship the living God except by Blood, and that Precious Blood was shed by Jesus Christ Himself, God Incarnate, on the Cross of Calvary. The saints in Glory Land are always celebrating the Lamb's sufferings and bloody death. They are always ascribing to the Lamb His worthiness. They praise Him for His mighty Power to save, for the Riches of His Grace, for His matchless Wisdom, for His helping Strength; they Honor His glorious Name, and Bless Him for His pardoning Mercy.
Jesus was God as well as man, and His innocent Blood paid the full price to God's divine justice for my sins. Jesus Himself really bore my sins in His own body, and then He endured the wrath of God which I deserved. Jesus, who knew no sin, was made to be Sin for me, so that I could be made the Righteousness of God in Him. He gave to divine justice all that was due to it. Jesus offered perfect amends to divine justice for all the injury I have done to the honor of God by my sins. On the bloody tree, Jesus rendered an infinite recompense to God's incensed Justice and injured Holiness. There was a literal and actual Substitution of the Just for the unjust to bring me to God.
Rest assured, there is no meeting with the God of the Bible on our part except through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Almighty God without the Lamb is a terror to the carnal mind of sinful man. Our God is a consuming fire. *Hebrews 12:29* God in human flesh, Jesus Christ, is the only way to safely approach the Judge of all the earth. *John 14:6* Do not attempt to have an audience with God based on your imaginary human goodness. Human nature always tends to trust in some doings or feelings of its own to gain favor with God. This is a deadly delusion that comes from the carnal mind of every man. Jesus said, "No man cometh unto the Father, but by Me."
Salvation first of all in the Bible is through a Lamb, but it can't just be any Lamb, it must be the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. But not even that will do it; Jesus must be your Lamb. You must receive Jesus to be your Lamb. A lamb is meek, defenseless, pure, white, and sinless. A lamb is born to die. Jesus was sinless and humble. Jesus had no pride in Him; no pride of birth, education, or reputation. He was meek and lowly in heart. Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, was the only sinless man that ever lived on this Earth. Men always have something good to say about themselves; pride damns every man. Human nature is self-righteous. This is the condemnation of this world - God sent one sinless Man into this world, and sin-loving men don't want Him. If you want to do Right, you will trust Jesus Christ. Turn everything off, and listen to your conscience and thoughts, face what's in your heart. If you neglect Christ, you don't want to do Right. If you want to live a good life, you won't reject Jesus Christ.
Jesus is the Door; you have to go straight through Him. *John 10:9* Never attempt to speak with God based on your own doings. Not without blood, get this Truth in your soul. *Hebrews 9:7* There can be no terms of peace between you and God without Blood. Never trust to your self-attainments or self-improvements - they are all a rotten staff, and if you lean on them, you will fall off into Hell one day.Worthy is the Lamb that was slain!
Salvation first of all in the Bible is through a Lamb, but it can't just be any Lamb, it must be the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. But not even that will do it; Jesus must be your Lamb. You must receive Jesus to be your Lamb. A lamb is meek, defenseless, pure, white, and sinless. A lamb is born to die. Jesus was sinless and humble. Jesus had no pride in Him; no pride of birth, education, or reputation. He was meek and lowly in heart. Jesus Christ, God manifest in the flesh, was the only sinless man that ever lived on this Earth. Men always have something good to say about themselves; pride damns every man. Human nature is self-righteous. This is the condemnation of this world - God sent one sinless Man into this world, and sin-loving men don't want Him. If you want to do Right, you will trust Jesus Christ. Turn everything off, and listen to your conscience and thoughts, face what's in your heart. If you neglect Christ, you don't want to do Right. If you want to live a good life, you won't reject Jesus Christ.
Jesus is the Door; you have to go straight through Him. *John 10:9* Never attempt to speak with God based on your own doings. Not without blood, get this Truth in your soul. *Hebrews 9:7* There can be no terms of peace between you and God without Blood. Never trust to your self-attainments or self-improvements - they are all a rotten staff, and if you lean on them, you will fall off into Hell one day.Worthy is the Lamb that was slain!
I am unworthy in myself, but accepted in the Beloved, for Jesus' sake. There is no mode of standing before God without Blood. I am guilty in myself, but received, blessed, and loved because of the person, work, and Blood of Jesus Christ. Some men think they are closer to God than others because they feel they are right with God by their actions; they feel more sanctified than others, because they have been active in religious service, or because they know much Bible, or because they belong to a certain denomination or particular church. But these types of people have only been bewitched by their own self-righteousness - they are delusional for sure.
There is no sort of true fellowship or communion with God except through the Blood Atonement. God only loves sinners because of His Son's most precious Blood. If you want to pray, praise, serve, or worship God, it must be by BLOOD alone. *Colossians 1:20* Through Jesus we have access by one Spirit unto the Father - through Jesus only. You cannot think too highly of Jesus. You can never think too much about Him. Let your esteem and estimate of Him grow and grow. Jesus purchased (redeemed) me with His own Blood. Hallelujah, what a Savior! *Colossians 1:14*
There is no sort of true fellowship or communion with God except through the Blood Atonement. God only loves sinners because of His Son's most precious Blood. If you want to pray, praise, serve, or worship God, it must be by BLOOD alone. *Colossians 1:20* Through Jesus we have access by one Spirit unto the Father - through Jesus only. You cannot think too highly of Jesus. You can never think too much about Him. Let your esteem and estimate of Him grow and grow. Jesus purchased (redeemed) me with His own Blood. Hallelujah, what a Savior! *Colossians 1:14*
Free grace and bleeding love is the only way of access to God. Natural goodness and religious ceremonies only block the doorway to God. I am accepted in the Beloved based on the merits of God's own Son, and in no other manner. Jesus is the Propitiation for my sins. Satan and his religionists are very crafty; they lead many people away from plain saving truth by subtle means. My first and chief need is the Blood of Jesus Christ. *Hebrews 9:14* Worthy is the Lamb!
Every day I must prize the redeeming Blood of Jesus more and more. I am not my own, I am bought with a Price, I belong to Jesus now; adoring gratitude is all that makes me want to live a more pure and honorable life for Jesus. Loathe yourself, cleave to Christ. *Luke 9:23* Nothing but the Atoning Sacrifice can ever satisfy God. *I John 2:2* There is no respect of persons with God; and God accepteth no man's person. The only Person God respects and accepts is Christ Jesus; Hide in Him and you are accepted. The Blood of Jesus Christ - this is the main point upon which your faith must rest. Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree. Christ died for the ungodly. If you do not know the Blood, you know nothing at all.
Every day I must prize the redeeming Blood of Jesus more and more. I am not my own, I am bought with a Price, I belong to Jesus now; adoring gratitude is all that makes me want to live a more pure and honorable life for Jesus. Loathe yourself, cleave to Christ. *Luke 9:23* Nothing but the Atoning Sacrifice can ever satisfy God. *I John 2:2* There is no respect of persons with God; and God accepteth no man's person. The only Person God respects and accepts is Christ Jesus; Hide in Him and you are accepted. The Blood of Jesus Christ - this is the main point upon which your faith must rest. Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree. Christ died for the ungodly. If you do not know the Blood, you know nothing at all.
The glory and delight of my life is to magnify Christ and His Blood. Christ Jesus, God manifest in the flesh, was crucified for sinners to save them from the wrath of God. Worthy is the Lamb! God forbid that I should glory, save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus ransomed me from the power of sin and Satan. Jesus has redeemed me from the curse of the Law. Full and rich grace is available now to the guilty through Jesus' five bleeding wounds.
Christ is a lock without a key until you know Him as your Sin-Bearer and Substitute. Atonement by Blood and Free Grace are the key notes of the Gospel. Unto the guilty man that believes, Jesus is Precious. Don't be satisfied with anything short of the finished work of Jesus Christ. Self-righteous, sin-loving human nature abhors the thought of Atonement, Substitution, and Regeneration by Free Grace. If you are wrong on the Atonement and Free Grace, your thoughts and actions are all wrong and backward and diametrically opposed with God. You cannot be saved by any preparation or merit of your own. Jesus is the sinner's Ransom. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created.
Christ is a lock without a key until you know Him as your Sin-Bearer and Substitute. Atonement by Blood and Free Grace are the key notes of the Gospel. Unto the guilty man that believes, Jesus is Precious. Don't be satisfied with anything short of the finished work of Jesus Christ. Self-righteous, sin-loving human nature abhors the thought of Atonement, Substitution, and Regeneration by Free Grace. If you are wrong on the Atonement and Free Grace, your thoughts and actions are all wrong and backward and diametrically opposed with God. You cannot be saved by any preparation or merit of your own. Jesus is the sinner's Ransom. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for Thou hast created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created.
By nature, you are sinful and fallen, every part of your inward nature is perverted and vile. Life here on earth without Jesus Christ is a breathing death. You can never please God in your natural state, you must be Regenerated by the power of the Holy Ghost. *I Peter 1:23* I cannot flatter you as long as the wrath of God abides on you. *John 3:36* Without Christ, God will curse your blessings; and the curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked. The plowing of the wicked is sin, and whatsoever is not of Faith is sin. The Gospel comes to unmask you, and reveal to you what you really are on the inside. Why do you hesitate and continually refuse to believe on Jesus alone? If you wish to forsake your sins, forsake them NOW. If you would have mercy from God through Jesus Christ's Blood, believe on Him NOW. The only time any sinner is saved from his sins is NOW, not tomorrow. God help you to come to Jesus Christ by childlike faith NOW.
The wicked shall be turned into Hell; they shall go away into everlasting punishment; and whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. Sin has made you sick from head to toe inside. If you die in your sins, you will be fixed in your everlasting state, you will not be able to Repent in the hereafter, it will be too late. All your awful guilt and filth need Christ's Great Atonement. You are dead in trespasses and sins, and corrupt and condemned before God. There is none righteous, no, not one.
The Gospel want to kills your sins, but you want to save them. Your most secret acts and thought life are all known to God. You and your love for sinning must part. You have been in love with your sins for a long, long time, and now you have to break it off with them. You and your sins must separate, or you and God will never come together. A child of God cannot love a sin, no more than a Jew can love Hitler. Sin is out to kill you every day. Sin is the enemy of your soul. You will be damned if you continue to love sin. If you hug your sins in secret, they will condemn you before God. To be born again is just as necessary for the moral as for the debauched man; there is no difference. Self-righteous religiousness is just as damning as whoremongering and lasciviousness.
The Gospel want to kills your sins, but you want to save them. Your most secret acts and thought life are all known to God. You and your love for sinning must part. You have been in love with your sins for a long, long time, and now you have to break it off with them. You and your sins must separate, or you and God will never come together. A child of God cannot love a sin, no more than a Jew can love Hitler. Sin is out to kill you every day. Sin is the enemy of your soul. You will be damned if you continue to love sin. If you hug your sins in secret, they will condemn you before God. To be born again is just as necessary for the moral as for the debauched man; there is no difference. Self-righteous religiousness is just as damning as whoremongering and lasciviousness.
The bubble of human glorying must always be burst with the sharp pin of the Gospel. God is Everything, man is nothing. Christ Jesus died, He rose again, He intercedes, He is coming again - Trust to Him. The vital, practical, immediate thing you need is Faith in Jesus' Precious Blood, humbly ask the Holy Spirit for Faith. Free Grace, Simple Faith, Hearty Repentance, Atoning Blood, Immediate Pardon, Everlasting Life. Ye must be converted and born again. You need to get a personal hold on Christ for yourself. Have you had the Blood of Jesus applied to your soul by the Holy Spirit? Today, you shall either willfully reject or cheerfully accept Jesus Christ. One day soon you'll stand before your Maker, the books shall be opened, and every thought, word and deed of yours shall be read out before an assembled universe. Sin is a deadly evil and your unbelief and Christ rejection is the sure destroyer of your soul. No preparations on your part are needed; you can't help yourself at all. Jesus will cast out none that come unto Him. Come at once to Jesus, and He will surely receive you. *Soli Autem Crucis*
After you trust to Jesus alone, give Him all the glory for His great Atonement and perfect Finished Work, and always remember that you are only perfect in Christ Jesus and accepted in the Beloved, only for Jesus' sake. At the same time, yield to and obey the Holy Spirit, and remember you will never be perfect in holiness, and acknowledge it is the Spirit's work alone that sanctifies and that work will be carried out all the days of your life. Seek to win and save souls, to edify the saints, and to encourage Christians to work for Christ. Worthy is the Lamb!
