There is no need of human merit at the Cross, there is no need of delay. Christ's Cross and Passion, His Precious Blood, death, burial, resurrection, ascension and intercession, and Second Coming is the Good News. The Creator was here on earth as a creature; the Creator who made heaven and earth, without whom was not anything made that was made. He was formed in a Jewish virgin's womb, He was born in Bethlehem, and cradled where the oxen fed. The self-made man always worships and adores his creator very earnestly, and the self-saved man intensely glorifies the savior that saved him. Jesus is unspeakably good. The Incarnate God upon the Cross, the sinless Substitute atoning for human guilt, the bloody Sacrifice satisfying divine vengeance to deliver rebellious sinners. Only Jesus can save you daily from the desire to sin.
Look away from self, and deal with Jesus Himself distinctly and directly. Where Christ is remembered, sin is revolting and repulsive. Always out-and-out for Jesus Christ. The bloody death of the Incarnate God for ungodly rebels. I'm counting on the blood of Jesus Christ to save me from Hell Fire. Jesus loved me and gave Himself for me. We love Him, because He first loved us. He must increase, but I must decrease. Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God, was the One Sacrifice for every man's sins. There is no putting away of sin without sacrifice, there is only one Sacrifice that can put away sin, and that is Jesus Christ the Righteous. He is divine, yet human, the Son of God, yet the Son of man. He yielded us His perfect life, the Just for the unjust, the Sinless for the sinful, that He might bring us to God, and reconcile us back to God's favor. Whosoever believeth in Him shall live forever. Human nature seeks after earthly status, stuff, personal recognition, money, reputation, worldly gain, self-pleasure, carnal pleasure, carnal ease, luxury, and lust. Resist the temptation to do it your own way, to be proud, and self-willed. The emptiness and restlessness of human nature can only be satisfied by Jesus Christ Himself.
Any sinner, the world over, who will trust Himself to Christ, shall be saved. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life. *John 3:16* That is the Gospel story. The Incarnation of the Infinite Invisible God who made all things. He that is God was made flesh. Christ Jesus is God manifest in the flesh. *John 1:14* The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, that He might save us from our sins. Jesus bore the vengeance due to our sins and guilt. God Incarnate suffering in the sinner's place. Believe in Jesus, trust God in human flesh, trust Him who bled to death for you upon the Cross, and paid the full Ransom for your sinful soul. Trust Jesus now with your soul. Trust Christ for yourself. God Almighty was here in human form, He came into the world to save sinners.
Jesus really died for guilty men. Jesus bore the consequences of my sin. The Incarnate God who loved me and gave Himself for me. The Incarnate God, the Bleeding Lamb, the full Atonement paid for human sin. Now by faith take the Son of God who became a Jewish man, living, dying, bleeding, risen, ascending, and interceding. You have personally sinned, and you must personally take Christ. When you are personally thirsty and hungry, you must personally drink and eat. Receive Christ Himself into your innermost self. You must come to the Savior personally, receive Him, be saved by Him, or eternal ruin and doom is certain. Take Christ to be yours personally. Think much of Christ's person, He was as human as we are, yet divine as God. Think much of His incarnation, His life, death, resurrection, ascension, and intercession. Feed upon the truth of Christ's incarnation and Atonement. Christ's flesh and blood is our soul's sustenance. The Creator of the world did walk upon this globe. * I Timothy 3:16* Jesus is Incarnate Wisdom. Rest in Christ's Blood and Righteousness for everything.
The great Substitution of Christ for sinners. The God-man has made a complete Atonement for our sins. God Incarnate did bear my sins in His own body on the tree. Jesus still saves miserable undeserving sinners. The Son of God was made flesh for sinful man's sake. Trust in God Almighty in the bleeding Lamb of God. God hung on the Cross in the body of Jesus of Nazareth. He that believeth on the Son of God hath everlasting life. Trust in the infinite Invisible Creator. The poor give their time, and the rich give their money to try and save themselves. Rely upon the Invisible, expect the unexpectable. Think only of the one truly good man, Jesus Christ, the Lord from Heaven, the Son of God, who became a man that He might save and bless His enemies. You're a sinner lost and ruined by your sin, and only the Savior can help you.
There is One who is God as well as man, the Savior who descended from heaven to earth. He became a poor man and lived in the midst of human sin, and was despitefully scorned and scourged. God in human flesh, bleeding, dying, bearing the penalty of human sin. He presented Himself freely as our Sacrifice. Don't trample on His blood, or despise His cross. A faith-look to God in human flesh crucified for sinful men. Feed on His Incarnation and Atonement. *John 6:51-57* Entrust, deposit, commit your soul into the hands of the Savior. He alone can save souls from sin. Human nature prefers its merits to Christ's merits. The little puny human mind can't understand an Infinite Being who has no beginning or ending. Trusting the bleeding Savior alone. Personally trust yourself with Christ as the Sacrifice for your sin.
