Are you building upon your works at all? Are you placing your trust upon the words of man? Depend alone upon the perfect obedience and precious blood of Christ. My Salvation depends entirely upon the mercy and kindness of my God. A simple faith in the Blood brings the guilty soul nigh to Christ Himself. Depend upon His strength, ask for more faith, receive the Spirit of God. You can never think too well of Christ, or boast too highly of Him. Put faith in Jesus' ability, not yours. A sinner resting upon the Crucified Creator as his only Hope is truly blessed. Keep your faith fixed upon the Atoning Sacrifice of Calvary.
Your dirty hands may drop a letter that is stained into the post office box, but the stains on the letter will not hinder the delivery of that letter, for if there is a stamp on the letter, and it will go to its destination. Likewise, your dirty hands may drop a prayer before Christ's feet, but a dirty hand will not stop that prayer from being heard if there is this stamp upon the prayer - JEHOVAH JESUS' PRECIOUS BLOOD. God knows His Son's seal and stamp and only that stamp gives worth to your prayers. It is only the Blood of Jesus that will carry knee-mail to God's throne on high.
Faith in Christ must stay simple, depending upon Jesus only, a real active living practical faith, a witnessing faith, a purifying faith, a faith which worketh by love for Jesus' sake. I trust my soul solidly on Jesus. Trust Jesus as your personal sin-bearer, taking away all your iniquities. Look to Jesus bleeding as the Substitute for sinful man. Put all your dependence upon what He did, upon who He is, upon what He does and will do. Always remember - Never ever trust yourself.
Have done once and for all with self-righteousness and yourself, and rest with childlike confidence upon the finished work and Righteousness of Christ Jesus the Lord. Believing is to trust your soul with the Lamb of God. Faith in the Blood is the way to come to Jesus. Coming to Jesus means laying hold upon Jesus with the hand of faith, looking only to Him for eternal life, free pardon, immediate salvation, and for everything your soul needs. Salvation is to be delivered from divine wrath and the power of your natural sinful passions. Faith in the Blood is the connecting link between the lost soul and the living Christ. Believing on the Lord Jesus Christ will save your from Hell; to be assured of your Salvation will give you a heaven on Earth. Shall your will stand, or God's will? Christ is the Way you must walk, the Truth you must believe, and the Life you must receive.
Apart from Christ, we will wither spiritually like the branch that is severed from the vine. Faith in Christ is the sap we draw from the True Vine which gives us His strength, life, and fruit. Oh God, do your work, for You alone can do so effectively and effectually. The great magnet of Gospel attraction is Christ Jesus Himself. Turn your heart's eyes to the Cross, see your Creator bleeding His life away to pay for your sins' penalty. Faith is the oil which feeds the burning lamp. Faith is needed by the Christian like a car needs gasoline; faith gives us the energy to get down the road for our God.
Hell is sin on fire; if you will not let go of your sins, you will have to burn with them. Just like a foolish man who is so worried about his temporal belongings that he kills himself by trying to save a few of his favorite trinkets, and winds up dying in a house that is on fire. Escape from your sins before they burn you forever.
Is your soul resting and depending on the Lord Jesus Christ's Precious Blood with all your heart? Christianity is being close to Christ, an intimate relationship with His person, a sole dependence upon His merit, studying closely His character, desiring to commune with the Holy Spirit, looking to Jesus with eyes of faith. Cultivate a dependence upon Jesus' power and presence. Wait upon Jesus for strength and joy. Cultivate carefulness in regard to God's will for your life.
A simple childlike faith which rests entirely upon what the Lord Jesus Christ has done for sinners. Confidence in the goodness of God, a believing trustfulness in the good, great God. Put your own will in subjection to divine grace - the will and desire of God. More faith in Christ is the grand cure for spiritual weakness and apathy. Faith is the lily's root, and love is the lily's bloom and fragrance. Secret faith is the root of public piety and purity. Faith is the root, prayer is the stem, and love is the bloom.
Turn to Jesus and be joyful; if you will turn away from Jesus, you will be unhappy. The Holy Spirit makes a Christian in such a way that you cannot sin and be happy. Sin and sorrow go together. If you will have sin, you must have sorrow (guilt, emptiness, misery, wretchedness). Turn from sin to Jesus while you may. In hell there will be turning from sin, where the die is cast, and the road is chosen. Sin always leads to misery. To love God is Heaven, to hate God and love sin (immorality, dishonesty) brings Hell.
Eternal life never depends upon what we do, we need fresh spiritual help from above hourly. We need to spiritually download more faith from God to give us the strength we need to please God in this life. Leave the broken cisterns of religion, and come to the Water of Life Himself for a drink. Utter, absolute dependence upon the presence and blessing of God, and sincere, childlike faith in the risen Savior is key. Confidently depend the Spirit of God to help you in times of difficulty.
Depend upon the watering of the Spirit of God, the soul needs to be watered continually by the grace of God. The preaching of the Cross draws and saves the sinner. Christ's soldiers wear His uniform and crest, His crest is the Cross, the shield of faith, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Believing dependence upon Jesus, the living God, and earnest labors in the Gospel are sure to receive God's blessing. Put down sin, and lift up Christ, and Joy will surely follow. In all our efforts, always depend upon the Spirit's divine power and influence.
The way of Salvation is just this - resting alone upon Christ Jesus Himself, depending wholly upon His Blood. Neglecting Christ is the great damning sin of lost mankind. Have done with trusting and depending upon your own merits. Take Christ's works and merits. More confidence in the power of the Holy Spirit, more dependence in the consoling presence of Jesus Christ. Free pardon for all of your sins, justification faith in His Atoning Sacrifice, irreversible eternal life through trust in His bloody death. Acceptance with God depends solely upon simple faith in Jesus' Precious Blood. I am presently depending upon the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ as my only Confidence. Trust in Jesus is the fruit of the fear of God.
Christ-less, self-righteous religion is the most deceptive thing that ever came out of hell. For the record - I still believe in Christ Jesus and His bleeding love, no matter what this present evil world may say or think about Him. Trust Christ with your soul's eternal interests. Simply hang upon Jesus as a coat hangs upon a nail, having no other dependence. Christianity is to be Christ's servant; to do His bidding; to be His friend; to find your best delight in fellowship with Him. If you are guilty and defiled within, come now to the Cross by faith and freely receive Christ's Righteousness as your righteousness, and His Precious Blood for your cleansing.
Jesus is the Lord of my heart, the Guide of my actions, and the Delight of my soul. The Spirit of God is my Life as a believer in Christ here on Earth -- Prize the Holy Spirit beyond all price; look to Him with bowed head and reverent awe; rely upon Him with childlike, loving confidence; obey His faintest promptings; neglect not His still, small voice and inward whispers; seek His instruction and correction in the words of God; be ready to do His bidding; seek to know His will; ask Him questions; let His will be your law, not your own judgment and thoughts. The Holy Spirit and His fruit is the credentials of the Christian. Never ever trust yourself.
Is your soul resting and depending on the Lord Jesus Christ's Precious Blood with all your heart? Christianity is being close to Christ, an intimate relationship with His person, a sole dependence upon His merit, studying closely His character, desiring to commune with the Holy Spirit, looking to Jesus with eyes of faith. Cultivate a dependence upon Jesus' power and presence. Wait upon Jesus for strength and joy. Cultivate carefulness in regard to God's will for your life.
A simple childlike faith which rests entirely upon what the Lord Jesus Christ has done for sinners. Confidence in the goodness of God, a believing trustfulness in the good, great God. Put your own will in subjection to divine grace - the will and desire of God. More faith in Christ is the grand cure for spiritual weakness and apathy. Faith is the lily's root, and love is the lily's bloom and fragrance. Secret faith is the root of public piety and purity. Faith is the root, prayer is the stem, and love is the bloom.
Turn to Jesus and be joyful; if you will turn away from Jesus, you will be unhappy. The Holy Spirit makes a Christian in such a way that you cannot sin and be happy. Sin and sorrow go together. If you will have sin, you must have sorrow (guilt, emptiness, misery, wretchedness). Turn from sin to Jesus while you may. In hell there will be turning from sin, where the die is cast, and the road is chosen. Sin always leads to misery. To love God is Heaven, to hate God and love sin (immorality, dishonesty) brings Hell.
Eternal life never depends upon what we do, we need fresh spiritual help from above hourly. We need to spiritually download more faith from God to give us the strength we need to please God in this life. Leave the broken cisterns of religion, and come to the Water of Life Himself for a drink. Utter, absolute dependence upon the presence and blessing of God, and sincere, childlike faith in the risen Savior is key. Confidently depend the Spirit of God to help you in times of difficulty.
Depend upon the watering of the Spirit of God, the soul needs to be watered continually by the grace of God. The preaching of the Cross draws and saves the sinner. Christ's soldiers wear His uniform and crest, His crest is the Cross, the shield of faith, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Believing dependence upon Jesus, the living God, and earnest labors in the Gospel are sure to receive God's blessing. Put down sin, and lift up Christ, and Joy will surely follow. In all our efforts, always depend upon the Spirit's divine power and influence.
The way of Salvation is just this - resting alone upon Christ Jesus Himself, depending wholly upon His Blood. Neglecting Christ is the great damning sin of lost mankind. Have done with trusting and depending upon your own merits. Take Christ's works and merits. More confidence in the power of the Holy Spirit, more dependence in the consoling presence of Jesus Christ. Free pardon for all of your sins, justification faith in His Atoning Sacrifice, irreversible eternal life through trust in His bloody death. Acceptance with God depends solely upon simple faith in Jesus' Precious Blood. I am presently depending upon the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ as my only Confidence. Trust in Jesus is the fruit of the fear of God.
Christ-less, self-righteous religion is the most deceptive thing that ever came out of hell. For the record - I still believe in Christ Jesus and His bleeding love, no matter what this present evil world may say or think about Him. Trust Christ with your soul's eternal interests. Simply hang upon Jesus as a coat hangs upon a nail, having no other dependence. Christianity is to be Christ's servant; to do His bidding; to be His friend; to find your best delight in fellowship with Him. If you are guilty and defiled within, come now to the Cross by faith and freely receive Christ's Righteousness as your righteousness, and His Precious Blood for your cleansing.
Jesus is the Lord of my heart, the Guide of my actions, and the Delight of my soul. The Spirit of God is my Life as a believer in Christ here on Earth -- Prize the Holy Spirit beyond all price; look to Him with bowed head and reverent awe; rely upon Him with childlike, loving confidence; obey His faintest promptings; neglect not His still, small voice and inward whispers; seek His instruction and correction in the words of God; be ready to do His bidding; seek to know His will; ask Him questions; let His will be your law, not your own judgment and thoughts. The Holy Spirit and His fruit is the credentials of the Christian. Never ever trust yourself.
