You may be admired by many publicly. You may do great things in your little world. You may work hard, pay your bills, and love your family. You are indignant at the sins of others, but indulgent about your own sins. "Faults in others I can see, but thank God there's none in me." You may carry on your life as good as you can, maybe even better than most of those around you. But still every man is like the moon and has a dark side that he doesn't show to anyone. You have a dark side called Sin that you don't want anyone to know about, but it's still there.Harsh reality is always better than false hope. No one ever taught you to do wrong, because by nature you are wrong with God. You are a sinner, and Christ is the Savior. Destruction and misery are the paths you choose naturally, and there is no real fear of God before your eyes. But you are accountable to the God who made you. By nature, you are under sin, the Law, and the wrath of God. Because of your sinfulness and self-righteousness, you are in desperate need of a Savior. You are as bad off as you can possibly be. Your good works are like Monopoly money, they're good for nothing, but playing a game. You need to stop playing the game of Self-Righteousness, and hazarding your immortal soul. Life is so short, be wise, entrust your priceless soul to Jesus Christ while you still can.
You have a deadly sin nature within you that just won't go away, a stubborn attitude that hates the true and living God, and refuses to acknowledge, adore, and glorify your Most High Maker - The Lord Jesus Christ. Human nature always thinks you get salvation the old-fashioned way, that is, you earn it. All human religion teaches works-based salvation. But your works can never earn your favor with God. There is none righteous, no, not even one, and that includes you as well. God is no respecter of persons; all men are the same in the sight of God - SINFUL. No one can ever deserve to enter the holy presence of God. You can never work hard enough to be as righteous as God is. There is only one Perfect human being - His name is Jesus of Nazareth. You can never sacrifice enough to do better than Christ did on Calvary's tree. The Precious Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ is only thing that will reverse the Curse of sin that is upon your soul. *Galatians 3:13*
Now understand - You have no goodness or righteousness in you at all. You think there's something good deep down inside in you that you can build on, but that is only self-delusion. If a man thinks himself to be something, when he is NOTHING, he deceiveth himself. There is nothing you could ever do to please God, or escape the wrath of God that currently abides on you (John 3:36). God will never save you for the sake of anything you will ever do; God only saves sinners who reject themselves, and rely on the person, blood, and finished work of Jesus Christ. You are dark, lost, and wretched until you simply confide in Jesus Himself. Sin never glorifies the God of heaven who is holy and good. God is truth, and you are a lie, the Bible says so.
You have a root problem called Sin. You cannot unscramble the eggs of sin you have broken and mixed all throughout your life. Because of your sins, you are completely dead spiritually and your soul and spirit are separated from the life of God - Jesus Christ. It only takes one pin to burst a balloon, and it only takes one sin to damn your soul to Hell. Just one little lie or lustful look will land you in lake of fire. And remember, religious pride will damn you quicker than carnal worldly pride. There's nobody so good that doesn't need to be saved, and there's nobody so bad that can't be saved. Men measure themselves by one another, but God measures you by His perfect standard, the Lord Jesus Christ. God will judge you according to truth, according to your deeds, and according to the Gospel.
But there's hope for the vilest - in tender mercy, The Lord Jesus Christ, God in human flesh, came to your rescue. The Creator of the ends of the earth came down to earth to bleed and die especially for your sins. Jesus died in your place, and as a Substitute, He suffered the wrath of God your sins deserve. The sinless blood Sacrifice (Atonement) of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, satisfied the justice of God due to your sin. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, especially you. He paid the complete ransom in full, because there is nothing in you to offer God. All you have to offer God is your sin. God's salvation is only given to ungodly sinners FREELY for Jesus' sake. Look to the Cross to Jesus the God-man dying in your place.
Your self-righteous deeds and dirty thoughts in God's record book justing waiting to condemn you at the Judgment. Jesus lived a sinless and fulfilled the divine Law perfectly for your sake. You have no righteousness at all, there must be a free transfer of God's Righteousness into your soul from Jesus Christ through simple faith (that is, reliance and trust in Christ Jesus Himself alone), or you will be surely damned. By trusting Christ, your soul will be credited with the Righteousness of Christ through faith in His Blood, and immediately all of your sinfulness is put away forever as far as the east is from the west. You won't just be forgiven but RIGHTEOUS. Surrender to the Gospel - trust Jesus as if your soul depended on it, because it does. The Gospel is the free gift of God. You must be IN CHRIST to please God. Outside of Christ, you will remain miserable and condemned. You will go to Heaven when you die because you trusted what Jesus did for you, not what you did for Him. That is the Gospel Message.
The Gospel will either save you (I Corinthians 15:1-3) or judge you (Romans 2:16). The same Jesus who wants to be your Savior will one day be your Judge, if you do not allow Him to be your Savior. You're going to meet Jesus Christ. You will either meet Jesus Christ in Salvation here in Time, or you will meet Him in judgment in Eternity. The Gospel will either redeem you or condemn you. Christ Jesus is the Judge (Acts 17:31). Jesus died in agony and blood for you on the Cross. All of your secret sins will be judged by Jesus Christ if you do not trust HIM. All the skeletons will come out of the closet at the Judgment (Hebrews 9:27). The Man Christ Jesus must either save you or judge you (John 5:22). God's eye sees through all the things that you decorate yourself with. God still saves the "down and out" and the "up and out".
You are on the very brink of the grand discovery of eternal life. Come to Jesus Christ right now for the free pardon of your sin. Planning to go the dentist, doesn't get rid of your toothache. You must personally go yourself to the dentist, and yield yourself over to him, and let him take the pain away. This is also true with Salvation. You must truly, wholeheartedly, actually and personally go directly to Jesus Christ, yield yourself over to Him, and receive *HIM* into your lost soul, and He will take your sin away (John 1:29). Call upon the name of Jesus in truth. Only the Lord Jesus Christ can save you through His precious blood. Trust Christ at once, and He is yours forever. There is soul-saving power in the name of Jesus Christ. Just trust Christ's blood alone right now. Rely only on the Son of God who now lives in Heaven, who died for sinners, and is risen from the dead, and now saves all sinners to the uttermost that come unto God by Him.
Whatever your sinful condition may be, if you trust your soul to the Lord Jesus Christ now, you shall be saved, and saved forever. Poor burdened soul, simply stand still where you are, and look to Calvary's Cross, and as you look with the eye of faith, you will lose your burden of sin and guilt. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you are a saved man instantly. Inwardly trust in the Lamb of God, heartily rely upon the blood once shed for ungodly sinners. Renounce your self-righteousness, repent and give up your sins, seek Christ Jesus, trust your soul only to Him. Trust Jesus quietly, humbly, simply, immediately. Trust Him to save you from the power, dominion, and love of sin, and He will do it. Trust Christ alone to overcome the evil you have to fight with within and without. There is hope for your sinful soul, if you will simply trust the sinless, wounded, bleeding, loving, dying, risen, living, coming Savior.
