A Little Truth (1)

We must declare the simplicity of the Gospel in plain English.  Simply have done with all reliance upon yourself, that is, have done with confidence in anything but the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and rest alone with undivided confidence in Him, and in what He has done. Rely with all you have upon the finished work of the crucified and risen Savior of the world.  The atoning blood of Jesus is still a sinner's only hope.  The great object of God the Father is to glory His dear Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and God glorifies His Son by having mercy upon sinners.  Simply rely and depend upon the Precious Blood of the Lamb, that is all.  Human guilt deserves condemnation, and sin-loving rebellion demands punishment.  Don't dare try to add to the Blood or Jesus Christ, or you are sinning against His all sufficient sacrifice, and damn your own soul.

Self-righteousness, self-salvation, superstition, idolatry, the love of sin, and rebellion against God is deeply ingrained in human nature.  Humbly receive the mercy of God through the bloody sacrifice of Christ Jesus by simply depending on Him.  Saving faith is only wrought by the Holy Ghost.  The first indicator of true Bible faith is when a man gives himself up entirely to Christ Jesus and lies back and rests on Him alone for all his salvation.  Bring no good works, efforts, or merits to Jesus by way of recommendation.  Trust entirely to Jesus, cast your soul upon the eternal merits of the great Substitute who suffered on account of your sins when He was nailed to Calvary.

Have done with your self-righteous working and come to the Cross trusting.  Saving faith believes what God has revealed in Scripture concerning Christ Jesus, God manifest in the flesh.  Faith believes that Jesus was God's Son, that God sent Jesus into the world to save sinners, and that He became the Substitute to divine justice for all sinners.  Here I stand as a sinner guilty before God, and confess that I deserve to die and go straight to Hell for sins; but The Lamb of God which was slain represents in His sufferings and blood what my sins deserved from God.  Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; I am a sinner for sure; Jesus died for me, I trust to Him, He is my Substitute, I am depending only upon Him to save my guilty soul,  and now I am clear before God.  God's divine justice cannot condemn me to eternal death, because Jesus has already suffered death for me.  Saving faith first receives the scriptural truths of God, and then focuses on the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ, and then places implicit reliance upon the Righteousness and Blood of the Lamb of God.

Christ Jesus the Lord honestly followed, obeyed and served in simplicity, without show or form.  Eternal life is only given freely sinners who receive Christ Jesus by an act of simple faith in His precious blood.  Please do not bring anything with you to the Blood of the Cross, such as human merit or preparation; only bring your sins with you to the Cross, and nothing else.  You don't do or give at the Cross, you only take and receive.  There is absolutely nothing for you to do or to be in order to receive the free forgiveness os sins.  You can immediately obtain all the merits Christ's great Blood Atonement of Calvary by a childlike faith in that Atonement.

After you are born again, cultivate simplicity and sincerity in all you do for the Lord Jesus.  When you meditate upon the Lamb of God, you are occupying your mind with the grandest subject of thought in the universe.