Long, Long Ago

Christ Jesus created, owned and ruled the entire universe, but He was born in a cattle-shed in Bethlehem-Judah 2,000 years ago. Long, long ago, in a stable at night, it was cold, dark, and damp, they were surrounded by the stench of animals and manure. The inn was overcrowded that night; there was no room for Jesus. The hearts of men are overcrowded today; there is still no room for Jesus. Jesus’ first crib was a borrowed feed trough. The animals there in the stable that night loaned their home to their Creator. Jesus stooped very low to die for despicable sinners like us. Though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich. He humbled Himself and put on the rags of humanity. He lived a life of abject poverty, submission, subjection, perfect obedience, and selfless love. He was born to be the final sacrificial Lamb for the sins of the whole world.

Christ Jesus, the King of Heaven, left glory and His royal throne on purpose. He was born to die so that sinners could be saved from God’s wrath and have eternal life. He came from Heaven to earth, so we could go from earth to Heaven. He was born of a Jewish peasant, a virgin named Mary; He was born so low and destitute. He went from riches to rags, so we could go from rags to riches. He borrowed everything He had through life. The holy child Jesus was nursed by Mary, and baby Jesus learned to walk and talk just like we did. God Himself became a poor man. The Infinite became an infant, The Holy One of Israel became a human, the Most High God became a man, and the Creator became a creature. Immanuel, God with us, came to this sin-cursed earth to die so we could be with God in Heaven. Jesus carried the rugged Cross from Pilate’s judgment hall through the streets of Jerusalem as the cruel mob hooted at Him. He was brutally nailed to the Cross; the soldiers nailed Him there in your place, so you could be saved by God’s redeeming grace.

Long, long ago, there on the dark hill called Calvary, Jesus willingly bled and died for dying sinners. No greater love for mortal man has ever been known. The heart of the Atonement is that the pure, spotless, sinless Savior bore our sins (John 1:29) and became Sin for us (II Corinthians 5:21; Galatians 3:13). He suffered the wrath of God that was poured out on human sin when He was nailed to the Cross for hours and hours and then at the last, He cried, “It is finished.” Christ on the Cross was the bleeding God dying in the place of sinful man. Jesus satisfied the justice of God and paid your sin-debt in full. Then they took down His broken body from the tree and carried Him away and placed Him in a lonely, stone-cold tomb. The Jewish and Roman authorities thought they done away with Jesus once and for all. But three days later, on the most glorious Sunday morning ever, the stone was rolled away and the Lord Jesus Christ arose victoriously over death and hell. Then forty days later, Jesus ascended into Heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

The Word was God and He was made flesh; the eternal God condescended to earth. (John 1:14) Christ was more than just a baby in a manger that people think about at Christmas and Easter, He was fully God and fully man. Christ is both God and man, and He is the only One able to reconcile your soul to God. Christ represents us as a man and redeems us as God. (See Matthew 1:18,23; Isaiah 7:14; Luke 1:31-35; I Timothy 3:16). Christ’s sinless obedience to the law of God and His atoning blood sacrifice as a man was required to redeem sinful, fallen man. Jesus Christ was born sinless and lived a sinless life, and then He suffered the death penalty for the whole world through His bloody death, and then He came back to life and gloriously resurrected. Jesus bore the wrath of God for your human sin. Your sins are infinite because they were committed against an infinite God and it would take an infinite amount of time to pay the penalty, so God became a man to bear the weight of your sin against an infinite God. Only God could pay this infinite penalty - Christ was fully God and fully man.

Christ Jesus came to Earth to bear the sins of the whole world, it pleased the Father to bruise Christ, God laid on Jesus the iniquity of us all, you sins were placed upon Him, Christ bore in His human body on the Cross your weight of sin. He was wounded for your transgressions; He was bruised for your iniquities. Eternal Death was the wages due for your sin, and He paid the death penalty that your sins deserved, He bled and died for you personally. Because Christ is God, He was able to pay the penalty for all your guilt, and then He rose from the dead, and now He offers to you to full and free forgiveness of sins and eternal life freely. Jesus offers salvation freely only to ungodly sinners, to all hopeless wretches that stop trusting themselves and what they are doing, and trust completely in His penalty-paying sinless, blood sacrifice to save their soul.

Christ came to bleed for your sins and die the death you deserved for sinning against a holy God. The Lawgiver came to die for the lawbreakers. For God so loved the world of sinful men that He gave His only Son on Calvary’s Cross. He came to bring God’s bleeding love and the new birth to fallen man. Jesus was born to die on Calvary’s Cross for us vile and rebellious sinners, He was born to set sinners free, Jesus was God Himself in human form with God’s blood flowing through His veins. The death of Christ the Lord was for your immortal soul. It took God’s divine love to save helpless and ungodly sinners like us.

Pride and the love of sin makes the heart incapable of repentance, but the Holy Spirit comes with His power to persuade. Turn to God, that is repentance unto life.  Humbly ask God for faith, repentance and remission, and then gratitude. Genuine Repentance that comes from God causes you leave where you walk, stand and sit spiritually - in darkness, ignorance, indifference, self-righteousness, and the love of sin.  Divine Faith, a gift from God, leads to you come to a childlike reliance in the true and living God, The Lord Jesus Christ.  Freely take from Jesus His mercy and pardon that comes to us all through Faith in His Blood.

Now, Jesus will save all sinners to the uttermost that come unto God through Him. We deserve to be damned; we have willfully and wickedly offended and sinned against God. We cannot help save ourselves. We can only ruin and imprison our souls, but we could never rescue and redeem our souls. Your sins cannot escape unpunished, so let Christ answer for your sins. Christ Jesus is living right now and is seeking you. Most sinners today either hate Christ or ignore Him, but few trust HIM. The very wisest thing you can do is seek mercy from Jesus Christ in prayer. “Great God, save me, I'm a self-ruined sinner! Save me, forgive me, have mercy upon me! I renounce all my merits for I have none; I deserve to be lost and damned; but Lord, please save me now, for Christ’s sake.”

The Voice of Faith

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man (or woman) availeth much. Prayer is the voice of Faith earnestly seeking to obtain Mercy and Help from The Almighty - The Lord Jesus Christ. It's never too early to pray, and it's never too late to pray. When in doubt, always send a knee-mail to God and seal it with Jesus' name and blood.

This Man

And when Jesus was come into His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? Is not this the carpenter's son? is not His mother called Mary? and His brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? And they were offended in Him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in His own country, and in His own house.

And when the sabbath day was come, Jesus began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing Him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto Him, that even such mighty works are wrought by His hands? The Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. If we let Him thus alone, all men will believe on Him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.

But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas. And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. And the dying thief said, we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. And when the centurion, which stood over against Him, saw that He so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. But this man, because He continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. Wherefore He is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for His own sins, and then for the people's: for this He did once, when He offered up Himself. But this man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till His enemies be made His footstool.

For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave Himself a Ransom for us all, to be testified in due time.

The News Media

The mainstream news media - an endless loop of vain deceit, democrat cheerleading, distraction from truth, hype, socialism promotion, devilish sway, dissimulation, mindless chatter, divisiveness, falsified polls and statistics, inciting of fear, profane babblings, immoral brainwashing left-wing propaganda, vain talkers and deceivers, censorship, deception, and self-affirmation.

Desires After God 2

The divine nature given to us by the Spirit of God pines after God, longs for Christ's presence, and sighs for the comfort of the Holy Ghost.  The carnal man doesn't sigh after heavenly things.  We need a real hunger after God and His holiness.  The pure desires are infused into us by the Holy Spirit after He regenerates us.  These desires are increased by the Holy Spirit, instruction in righteousness, and communion with Christ.  We sigh and long to be where Jesus is, and desire to be more like Jesus - tender, loving, brave, prayerful, compassionate, obedient, meek and lowly, self-sacrificing.  Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, aiming only at His glory and honor.  Lord, please give me an all-consuming desire for the glory of God.

Sin cripples the desire for holiness and purity, and dampens the aspiration after goodness and godliness.  Leave the world, take up your cross and follow Jesus, forsake the pursuit of vanity, lay hold on eternal life.  Stop wasting your thoughts upon the cares of time; think more about the matters of Eternity.  Why will you continue to be companions with those who love sin and mock God and whose cause is evil?  Why will you continue to neglect Christ and remain an enemy of God and exist here in time in a lost state?  Desire to love to Christ's glory.  My ambition is to serve and please Christ.  If we could we would live without sin, for we hate and loathe iniquity.

Without a saving interest in Christ Jesus, your soul is lost to all Eternity. Put your soul into the eternal custody of Christ.  It is a matter of first priority to acknowledge Christ, that He is God manifest in the flesh, crucified and risen from the dead.  Acknowledge Christ by receiving Him as your Substitute and Redeemer, trust to His Blood and Righteousness, owning Him as your Salvation, your only Hope, and your closest Desire.

Remain deeply grateful for Christ's Atoning Sacrifice.  Spiritual, intense, fervent, thoughtful.  Build your life on the Rock of Christ's Love - sincerity, pure desire, the work of the Holy Spirit, and be not deceived.  Desires after holiness, self-denial, communion with God.  Self-righteous human nature measures itself by the law of God, and other vain traditions set up by lost religionists.  I desire to know God's will and do what He bids me to do. My highest honor is to be a servant of Christ.  It is for Jesus that I live, and His glory is my highest aim.

Are you God's servant?  A servant does not do his own will or wishes. A servant takes his orders from his master's mouth and eye. Have you submitted your will to God's will?  Are you no longer controlled by a proud and high spirit?  My lifework is to win men and women to faith and obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ.

My heart is full of loving devotion to Christ Jesus. My heart pants and has an earnest desire for Christ's coming.  A good soldier contends earnestly for the Faith, and fights incessantly against his own sins, evil habits, proud thoughts, and corrupt desires.  Your soul can never find true Rest in baptism or ceremonies.  That is like looking for diamonds in a dunghill.  Special gratitude for Jesus.

Ask the Holy Spirit to soften your heart, guide your judgment, direct your will, give you more repentance.  I pant to have God's own Spirit in my soul and His dear Son in my heart.  Tender conscience, desire after Christ, appetite for the words of God, love for grace, useful servant, led by divine impulses, sensitive to Spirit's leading.  Lord Jesus, all my desire is before Thee.

Intense desire and longings for the glory of God.  Seeking after more light and the fruit of the Spirit, sincere interest in divine things, worship God in all simplicity and earnestness of spirit.  Give over to Jesus all of your mental faculties, passions, desires and ambitions.  Ask the Spirit of God to increase your longings after the world to come.  Prepared hearts, longing appetites, holy aspiration, pure desires.  My great longing is to be set free from sin and self.  Hearty, earnest, intense longings after purity.

My worst problem and trouble are my own sins which are a daily plague and burden.  Sorrowing over sins against God, inward conflict with self, hungering and thirsting after righteousness, joyous gratitude.  Let gratitude permeate your entire life and faculties through and through.  Let gratitude compel you to do all for Jesus' sake.

Have you good thought for all but the Best person who died for you?  Have you admiration for Obama, Hillary, or Trump but none for Jesus?  Have you kind thoughts of gratitude for friends of yours, but none for the Best Friend a sinner could ever have? What can I do today to show Jesus my gratitude?  Think soberly of Eternity, and think seriously of the world to come.  Love of sin, indifference, careless, covetous, worldliness, give no thought to eternal matters, excusing sin.  Seeking the Lord Jesus fervently and frequently. Father, glorify Jesus' name today through my thoughts, words, and deeds.  Humble faith, fervent love, adoring gratitude.

Desires After God 1

Our personal, private prayers in Jesus' name are simply longings and desires after the living God Himself. These inward desires for God's fellowship and presence, and longings for His blessing and divine aid are given to us by the Holy Spirit after we believe on The Lord Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit bestirs in us the impulse to pray and express thanks and praise to God. The divine nature given to us within when we were born again sighs and pines after Christ. No prayers, no life; no seeking, no strength. As soon as a baby is born, he is instantly crying for his mother's comfort and care.

Whatever your desires are, 

that's what your soul is.

Behold - A Bible Word

I want to call your attention today to a little Bible word - Behold.  In the Bible, the word Behold is put there by the Holy Spirit to draw your heart's focus and mind's attention to a great spiritual truth which you need to hear and understand.

Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. *Psalm 51:5*  Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. *John 1:29*  Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me. *Revelation 3:20* And the Lord said unto Ananias, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth. *Acts 9:11*  Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord Jehovah is my Strength and my Song; He also is become my Salvation. *Isaiah 12:2*  Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. *Jeremiah 7:8*  Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. *Matthew 1:23* Behold, now is the accepted time; Behold, now is the day of Salvation. *II Corinthians 6:2*  Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. *II Corinthians 5:17* And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints. *Jude 1:14* Behold, He cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see Him, and they also which pierced Him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of Him. Even so, Amen. *Revelation 1:7* I am He that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I AM alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. *Revelation 1:18*  And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in Righteousness He doth judge and make war. *Revelation 19:11*  And, behold, I come quickly; and My reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be.  *Revelation 22:12*

Noah's Daughters-in-Law

For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark.

And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.

Noah had a wife and three sons, and his three sons were married.  Noah's three daughters-in-law had to forsake their families and go into the ark, or they would have perished in the flood.  A choice had to be made. The daughters-in-law's families probably thought they were religious nuts by marrying into Noah's family first of all, and then they ended up following Noah into the ark.  Noah's three daughters-in-law probably pleaded with their parents, siblings and friends to enter the ark with them, but their family members and friends did not take heed to Noah's warnings of the flood that was coming.  The daughters-in-law may have said, "We're planning for the worst, we're not going to take a chance with our souls.  If Noah is wrong about the storm, then we will be safe, but if he's right, you all will be dead outside the ark. We're going to play it safe inside the ark with Noah. Please come in the ark with us, please, please!"  The same thing was true for Noah's wife's family and friends.  It probably stunk in the ark, because of all the animals; but it was safe in the ark.  In Genesis 7:1, God invites Noah to "come" into the ark:  “Depart” is the word of justice and judgment, but “Come” is the word of mercy and grace.

Noah's daughters-in-law's family members may have came by the ark each of the last seven days while they were sitting in the ark with Noah and his family were waiting for the door of the ark to close. Their families may have called to them and asked to come out of the ark, and quit acting so crazy, and stop letting Noah's message of doom influence you so, you are embarrassing and shaming us; this is so absurd."

They thought Noah was a lunatic and a madman.  The saying in those days was probably, "You're about as crazy as Noah!"  They were always despising him and cracking jokes about old Noah down at the bars and down at the churches.  But the flood silenced their jests and ridicule of Noah. You see, Noah wasn't an educated theologian with his religious garb on walking around shaking people's hands on Sunday trying to make a buck and a name for himself.   Oh no, Noah was a preacher of righteousness every day of the week, and he preached what God told him to say while he worked in the shipyard building the ark for no pay.  Noah bore the reproach of God's message of judgment on this world; Noah was faithful and true to his Creator to the end, no matter the cost.  The professional shipbuilders of Noah's day probably found fault and criticized his ark's plans and design and laughed and said, "Hah! If a flood does come, that piece of junk will never float or sail.  That old wooden box you're building Noah will be your coffin!"  Today is the day of Salvation; Be ye reconciled to God; Humbly believe in Jesus now, and be saved through childlike Faith in His Blood.

There may have been some folks in Noah's day, that actually respected Noah, and they came and listened to his sermons from time to time.  But at the last, when they were invited into the ark, they said, "Well, maybe later, I need to study it some preacher.  I'm taking this matter into very serious consideration, I'm not going to go into the ark just yet, maybe next Sunday I'll join Noah's crowd.  You see, My buddies and I have a card game next Saturday night that I must attend."

Good intentions and good works never saved anybody.  It all hinges on this one matter, inside or outside the ark: you're either inside the ark with a thousand imperfections, but altogether saved; or your'e outside the ark with a thousand good works, but in the end all outside the ark were drowned without a single exception!

Almost persuaded to be a Christian is like the man who was almost pardoned, but he was hanged by his neck on the gallows; kind of like the man who was almost rescued by the fireman, but he was burned up in his house. A door that is almost shut is open, and a man that is almost honest is a crook, and a man that is almost saved is still lost.  Why halt ye between two opinions?  Here is a rule without exception:  all out of Christ are lost; all in Christ are saved; all unbelievers will perish; and all believers will be preserved in Christ. Be wise - give your soul, your sins, your heart, and your body over completely to the Lord Jesus Christ right now.

Noah was a just and perfect and righteous man before God in that wicked generation, and he found grace in the eyes of the LORD.  Noah had a good testimony before the ungodly, in private with his family, and in his heart where God could see it all.  Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him.

Noah's closest friends that didn't hearken to him perished just outside the ark.  There was none that understood; there was none that sought after God; there was no fear of God before their eyes.  They would not come into the ark that they might have life. They loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil; they would rather perish in their sins than go into the ark.

The workmen that assisted Noah in building the ark perished as well.  They helped Noah cut the trees, saw the wood, lay the keel, frame the ark, mix and apply the pitch, and they watched the animals get on board, and then they wished Noah and his family well as they went up the gangplank; but they never walked up the brow themselves and got onboard. You see, you can help out down at the church, join the church, even get baptized, get your name on the roll, but that doesn't mean you are truly safe and sound IN CHRIST.

Noah didn't make many friends and he had very few converts (just seven), because his message was so narrow-minded and negative.  The ungodly would say, "Noah, you just think your way is right and everybody else is wrong. Well, we have our faith, and you have yours, so quit judging us with your hell fire and damnation preaching. There's many ways to heaven; we're all working to get to the same place."

All the scientists, philosophers and religionists were swept away in the flood, just like the illiterate and unchurched.  No matter who or what you are in this world - Ye must be born again before you enter the world to come.  Hell is for those who knew God's will and did it not (neglected and rejected Christ); and Hell is also for those who would not know, but who lived and died willfully ignorant of the things of God (never paid Christ any mind at all, lived in total disregard of God).  If you know right from wrong, and if you can understand the gospel of Jesus Christ, at your peril do you reject it, and at your peril do you neglect it!

The flood did not care if your were a prince or pauper, governor or beggar, religious or profane; the flood didn't care if you lived in a hut or in a palace - all were taken away.  The doubters and mockers of Noah also perished in the deep.  And those who tried to build their own boat, because they didn't believe in the finished work of Noah, yes, all their boats sank to the bottom in the storm.  But God remembered Noah, and only the Ark weathered the flood and landed safely on Mount Ararat.  You must personally find refuge in the finished work and person of Christ Jesus.  If your heart is trusting in Christ Jesus Himself, come what may, you are safe; but if you rest not in *Him*, come what will, you are lost.

I am sure those young ladies were mocked and ridiculed for hearkening and forsaking all (family, friends, possessions, reputation) and hearkening to Noah's prophecy.  Now understand - The flood was no respecter of persons; the ark was an absolute (just like the Cross today), and the only way to escape the flood (the wrath of God on human sin).  Christ Jesus suffered the flood of God's fierce wrath when He dying by inches on the Cross. *Psalm 88:16-17*

But on that final day, right before the rain starting falling, the door of the ark was lifted and shut up without man's help while Noah and the others were inside with the animals.  The daughters-in-law's family members outside probably thought to themselves, "Who just lifted up, closed and sealed that enormous door on the ark?" The Bible says that the Lord shut Noah's family in the ark. *Genesis 7:16* The unseen hand of the Almighty closed the door on the ark.

Noah faithfully and compassionately warned the ungodly to flee from the wrath to come for 120 years.  Remember that, they rejected Noah's message for 120 years. Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he; but the ungodly were not so.  Your religiousness can never purchase you an escape from hell fire.  The grace and justice of God are no respecters of financial state, educational level, religious sect, rank or status.  Be wise - simply believe in Jesus as a poor guilty sinner, and look to the Lamb of God - His Blood (Precious, Innocent, Atoning, Forgiving Blood) - for all your Salvation. Trust only to Jesus, or you'll drown in the lake of fire despite your baptismal regeneration (magical water), good works (self-righteousness), and sacraments (idolatry and superstition).  If you're no good, come on to the Cross without delay.

The daughters-in-law were safe inside when the rain started falling; they probably wept when the rain started pelting against the top and sides of the ark.  And once the ark started moving and floating away, the daughters-in-law probably sorrowed over their families that were all swept away and drowned in the torrential downpour of rain.  Their parents and siblings and friends should have listened and entered the ark, but it was too late.

Sin-loving worldlings are neglectful of their souls, busy about fleeting vanities, but negligent of eternal verities. Human beings are indifferent concerning their souls' safety.  Like dead fish, they must go with the stream; for they have not the power of the living fish to swim against the current. They are earnest about their physical life and well being, but their souls are always put last and least. If a man thinks he is going to burn up in a house, he will try to get out and cry out desperately for help.  If a man is drowning, he will kick and struggle to stay alive. If a man gets sick, he will get to the doctor, and find out the best advice and care that will help him recover, and his physical life be spared.  And yet the safety of his soul seems to be a matter of no importance at all. Your soul is your true self, and your body is simply a garment that you are a wearing, a house that you are residing in for a short time.  But the tenant (your soul) residing inside that house (your flesh) is sick and dying while you try to keep the outside in good shape.   Your soul must live forever in another world. The Creator was made flesh to redeem sinful men, and now whosoever trusts in Him shall be saved from the love of sin.

Carelessness and indifference concerning your soul, an evil heart of unbelief, mindless procrastination, vain worldliness, gluttony, drunkenness, lust, money-making, and the love for your sins will be your tragic demise. Get education, get money, get cars and houses and clothes, strive to obtain a respectable title and position in this life, enjoy wining and dining, and then wind up in Hell where you belong. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!  Prepare for the inevitable Eternity that lies before you.

It's still not too late for you to enter the Ark of Safety that is available today to shelter your immortal soul - His name is the Lord Jesus Christ.  Christ Jesus, God manifest in the flesh, is the only One who can protect your soul from the wrath to come on Sin.  Christ died for the ungodly; It is Finished; Through His Blood - go to God manifest in the flesh in all your sinfulness, without attempting to make yourself better first, and cast yourself upon His infinite mercy through the person and blood of Christ Jesus.

The Ungodly

The ungodly are those folks that could care less about what God thinks, says, sees, hears or feels.  There is no fear of God before the ungodly's eyes.  The ungodly do not care if they hurt or offend God with their thoughts, words or actions.

The ungodly forget God, and could live without Him.  The ungodly is content without God.  The saved soul is awakened and rejoices in God.  The regenerate soul is drawn to God, and seeks to be like the Lord Jesus Christ, and to be filled and led by the Spirit of God, and desires to please and honor God.  Religion wants your to patch ups fictitious righteousness.  Christ died for the ungodly; He gave Himself for our sins; He through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God; He gave Himself a Ransom for us all through a pure act of gracious mercy.

Christ is nothing to the ungodly; they take no heed to the Gospel's tender call.  The Lord Jesus Christ must come to your rescue - be wise - Call upon His name in truth. If you reject Jesus, you will die in your sins and surely perish.  The ungodly don't give Eternity a second thought, and they never search the Scriptures.  The ungodly take no heed to the warnings of the wrath to come; they give no heed to the words of God, and see no need to depend upon God.

God has had patience with you for many years now.  Your sins and Christ-rejecting unbelief has provoked God to wrath towards you.  Reckless, heedless, indifferent, neglectful rebels will be banished from the presence of God.  The great Gospel fact is that whosoever looks to the Lord Jesus Christ through faith in His Blood, that man's soul shall be saved, forgiven, rescued, redeemed, born again.  Self-righteous men try to merit salvation by their own works.  They prefer to do this, that, and the other.  Self-righteous human nature prefers any other mode of Salvation except for faith in Christ Himself.  Men want to fix themselves, and try to make their own progress by good resolutions.  Never build your eternal hopes on anything you have done or will do.

If you die in your sins without Christ, you will beyond hope of rescue.  Never look anywhere for Salvation but to the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.  Leave off going about to establish your own righteousness and to find some  other way of peace with God.  The Cross is the only way; put your sole trust in Jesus.  Stop closing your eyes to the Truth, and stop hiding your eyes from the light of the Gospel.  Look to Jesus and trust to Him with all your heart.  It's heart unbelief that damns the soul, that chooses to be saved by works, and is indifferent altogether about whether or not they are saved.  Human nature says, "I will not have this Man to reign over me."

Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord?

[Jesus on the Cross] He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in His law doth he meditate day and night. And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.  Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.  For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.  For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness.

But to him that worketh not, but believeth on *Him* that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.  For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.

For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.

And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?  God spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked.  But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.

For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.

The truth that God will punish the ungodly is without an exception; the fact that all who are outside of Christ shall perish is a fact without an exception; and the truth that all who are in Christ shall be saved from the wrath to come is also without an exception.

And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him.  But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

The ungodly forget God, and could live without Him.  The ungodly is content without God.  The saved soul is awakened and rejoices in God.  The regenerate soul is drawn to God, and seeks to be like the Lord Jesus Christ, and to be filled and led by the Spirit of God, and desires to please and honor God.  Religion wants your to patch ups fictitious righteousness.  Christ died for the ungodly; He gave Himself for our sins; He through the Eternal Spirit offered Himself without spot to God; He gave Himself a Ransom for us all through a pure act of gracious mercy.  Christ is nothing to the ungodly; they take no heed to the Gospel's tender call.  The Lord Jesus Christ must come to your rescue - be wise - Call upon His name in truth. If you reject Jesus, you will die in your sins and surely perish.  The ungodly don't give Eternity a second thought, and they never search the Scriptures.  The ungodly take no heed to the warnings of the wrath to come; they give no heed to the words of God, and see no need to depend upon God.

God has had patience with you for many years now.  Your sins and Christ-rejecting unbelief has provoked God to wrath towards you.  Reckless, heedless, indifferent, neglectful rebels will be banished from the presence of God.  The great Gospel fact is that whosoever looks to the Lord Jesus Christ through faith in His Blood, that man's soul shall be saved, forgiven, rescued, redeemed, born again.  Self-righteous men try to merit salvation by their own works.  They prefer to do this, that, and the other.  Self-righteous human nature prefers any other mode of Salvation except for faith in Christ Himself.  Men want to fix themselves, and try to make their own progress by good resolutions.  Never build your eternal hopes on anything you have done or will do.  If you die in your sins without Christ, you will beyond hope of rescue.  Never look anywhere for Salvation but to the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.  Leave off going about to establish your own righteousness and to find some  other way of peace with God.  The Cross is the only way; put your sole trust in Jesus.  Stop closing your eyes to the Truth, and stop hiding your eyes from the light of the Gospel.  Look to Jesus and trust to Him with all your heart.  It's heart unbelief that damns the soul, that chooses to be saved by works, and is indifferent altogether about whether or not they are saved.  Human nature says, "I will not have this Man to reign over me."

Your Majesty

Now be wise - Be always Looking to the Cross of Christ, heartily Trusting to His Person and Precious Blood, Rejoicing alway in His Resurrection, and Waiting expectantly for His imminent return, and Joy will surely follow.

Thine, O Lord Jesus Christ is the Greatness, and the Power, and all the Glory, and the eternal Victory, and the excellent Majesty: for all that is in the Heaven and in the Earth is Thine; Thine is the Kingdom, O Lord Jesus, and Thou art exalted as Head above all.

The Lord Jesus Christ being the brightness of His Father's glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, The Lord Jesus Christ sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

Your Majesty, may all the Glory and Honor and Blessing be to *You* Lord Jesus.

Marvellous Works

Take a few minutes today and admire the wonderful things that JESUS has made around you - be ye thankful, and don't ever forget *Him*. Remember His marvellous works that He hath done. I have tasted that He is Gracious, and have wondered at the gracious words which proceed from His mouth. O Lord Jesus, be merciful unto me, take away all my iniquity, be Thou my Arm in the morning, and my Salvation in the evening, please lift me up and set me Free. For You are my Maker, Who giveth me songs in the night, and that unburdens my heavy heart. I have found The Ransom in Your Precious Blood. You have dealt Mercifully and Graciously with me for so many years, You are so Longsuffering, very pitiful, and of great Kindness. O Lord Jesus, I will paise Thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are Your works, and that my soul knoweth right well. Great and Marvellous are Thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are Thy ways, Thou King of saints. O Lord Jesus Christ, You are so gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in Mercy. Your Name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

He loved me and gave Himself for me - 

WORTHY IS THE LAMB!

God's Math

-- The Divine Equation --

The Forgiving Mercy of God the Father +

Faith in the Precious Blood of The Lord Jesus Christ +

and The Regenerating Work of The Holy Spirit =

Immediate Forgiveness of Sins
and Irreversible Eternal Life.

They don't teach God's Math 

in any college or university today.

Hurricane SIN!

It has been awhile since the USA has experienced a large hurricane along her shores - This year it is Hurricane Matthew.  The photo to the right is a shot of Matthew from space (shaped like a skull).  Prior to these huge storms, government officials plead with residents to flee the path of the storm in order to avoid death or injury. They cannot stress it enough, that if you are in the projected path of the storm, you must take precautions now. Don't wait, don't delay, prepare for the worst, take the storm seriously, listen closely and follow instructions of your local officials, and obey evacuation orders.

Today, on behalf of the Lord Jesus Christ, we have a special message concerning the dangerous eternal threat of Hurricane SIN.  This is like no storm you've ever encountered or heard about before.  We're concerned about those souls that have decided to continue to remain in their natural state loving their sins and trusting their self-righteousness.  This is a dreadful mistake.  This is not hype and we're not kidding.  We cannot overstate the danger of this storm. You need to head for the only safe spot now, that is, The Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Unfortunately, sin damns lost souls every day.  Do not assume you can survive the wrath of God if you choose to stay in your sins. There will be overwhelming divine justice and a heartbreaking loss of your soul.  Based on everything we know, SIN will damn you forever and ever.  The Lord Jesus Christ does not want you to be part of the destruction left in the wake of the storm called SIN.  There's no reason to procrastinate, it just doesn't make any sense.  People just do not seem to be getting it, and they are not leaving their sins.  I'm not saying this to be dramatic or theatrical:  This storm will damn you - there are no excuses - Get Out of your Sins and into Christ.  Failure to adequately Shelter in Christ will result in loss of your soul and immense eternal suffering.  If you're reading this, and you're in your sins, Get Out!  Are you willing to take a chance to risk your soul?  Are you willing to take a gamble with your eternal destiny?  That's what you're doing.  If you're reluctant to be saved from your sins, think about all the souls that have already been damned by neglecting and rejecting Christ.  Time is running out.  You could be among those numbers soon if you do not take this warning seriously.  

A deadly, damning storm is brewing on every man's horizon and it passes over man's soul, that is the storm of God's Wrath on Sin which will be a Category 10 storm which destroys everything in its path, it is the mother of all storms. This is the monster storm, this is the real deal, this is a big, deadly, and dangerous storm. The Holy Ghost has declared a State of Emergency for your soul. The best wisdom is to prepare for the inevitable. Please heed this warning. Waiting until the last minute is not a smart thing to do - this is life threatening. Head for the only Shelter from God's wrath - Christ Jesus Himself - Hide in Him now. *John 3:36*

Get out of harm's way - use your common sense, be smart, heed the call, be sensible, use your head, think soberly, prepare now, for your sins will damn you if you die in them. The calm before the storm makes people complacent and lethargic. It is high time to get focused. Do not panic, call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am telling you now - the calm before death is deceptive. But this storm of divine justice is approaching your sinfulness quickly, it will only get worst with time, the intensity of sin's temptation, deceitfulness, and hardening is tricking you into trying to ride life's storm out in your own strength. Sin will cause your life to start going downhill fast when you least expect it. *Ecclesiastes 8:11*

Hurricane Sin along with God's divine wrath is the worst possible storm you can imagine - it is headed your way at a fast pace. This storm will soon pass directly over you. It is growing more powerful every day and will only continue to intensify. Hurricane Sin is an imminent threat to you. Your inward corruptions, filthy thoughts, and evil desires are continually surging in your soul. Every sinner is residing in the path of certain death. Remember - All sinners that need assistance can be picked up by Grace and brought to the Red-Cross Shelter free of charge. Do not try to hunker down in your own self-goodness. Your rickety shack of self-goodness will not endure the gale force winds of God's divine wrath and vengeance on your sins. Abandon your own righteousness immediately. Your puny dams and levees of vain religious pretence will be useless against this storm.

You have paid no attention to many calls for evacuation from the Holy Ghost in the past. Men are naturally careless and insanely suicidal pertaining to their soul's eternal safety. Vain human nature causes you to take risk, to be careless, procrastinate, and love the forbidden. You need to find THE safe place to hide your soul immediately, that is in Christ. Your soul is in jeopardy.  You are facing serious eternal danger. If you die in your sins without Christ, death will be a sudden and catastrophic disaster.  Proud human nature defies the imminent wrath of God Almighty on Sin, and remains in the path of the coming storm.  Be wise - flee from the wrath to come, come to Jesus now and trust in His sheltering love.

Sin threatens your life and soul. A full-scale evacuation has been ordered for all sinners to leave their sins. You should be deeply concerned, but sin has slowly lulled you into a suicidal slumber. Get out of your sins now - head for higher ground - to Calvary's hill where the Heavenly Lamb of God was slain for your sins. If you reject Christ, you will inevitably suffer the consequences.  You need to be scared, reconsider your actions, you need to be concerned, do not play around, heed this warning, do not linger in your sins. Get out now, your window of opportunity is closing very rapidly, this is not optional, it's time to get out, in fact, it is way overdue, if you stay in your sins, you do it at your own peril - we beseech you - we beg you - get out now.

You're already feeling the winds and outer bands of judgment in your conscience, and you are hearing the distant thunders of divine wrath in your soul's ears. The storm of death and Hell is closing in on you fast and it will be devastating to your soul. Your worries are now rising up in your mind and the dread of death is looming. Death is threatening you; it is near at hand and is likely to occur at any moment. Don't try to ride out this storm. Flee from the wrath of God which is coming on sin. Your sinful condition is deteriorating daily. You're between the Rock and a hot place. The Rock is Jesus Christ and the hot place is Hell Fire. Which way will you choose? You have less time than you think - take heed to the evacuation order from God's words. Sin leads to eternal devastation. The gentle whisperings of Calvary are calling to you flee to Safety.

Your body is reaping the effects of your past sins and your health will soon begin to severely weaken. Your soul has been declared a disaster area by the law of God. You are inundated with the threatenings and warnings of your conscience. You think you are safe just the way you are, but your religious delusion and selfish pride has made insanely suicidal. You are in death's target zone. Don't take a foolish risk with your eternal destiny. The world and the pride of life have made you complacent. In your sins, eternal destruction is inescapable and very close to you. Flee to the only safe place for your guilty soul at Calvary's Cross - the Mighty Refuge. Total devastation is just around the corner. You are under the gun - death will soon bear down on you. Prepare for the worst. The Shelter of God's Forgiveness is open to all lost and hopeless sinners now. Flee into the covert of Christ's blood now. You must leave your favorite sins voluntarily.

You have become unconcerned, jaded, and blase' because you've heard about Jesus and the danger of death many times. You may have become uninterested because of your frequent exposure to Bible truth. I cannot over emphasize the peril you are facing without Christ. Eternal ruin is hanging over your head. Stop flirting with disaster. Certain death awaits you. The imminent peril of death is brewing now on your horizon. You don't know what you are dealing with. There is a serious threat to your soul's safety - it is called Sin. This may be your final call for 'voluntary evacuation' before the Storm of God's wrath barrels down on your soul. It's only going to get worse for you if you procrastinate and reject Christ. One day soon it will be too late to flee the storm.

The tempest of death is closing in on you - Head for the Shelter now. This storm will certainly overtake you if you tarry in your sins. It's time for prayers and pleading with God for mercy. Your condition is the worst-case scenario. You are facing a potential catastrophe. The most important message I can send to you is this: Don't take the storm of Sin lightly. Satan tempts you to ride the storm out and party hard. Sin is nothing to gamble with. Christ died for miserable sinners like you and me, He will receive you into His Shelter at the Cross today - don't look back, turn away from your dead works and favorite sins, flee for your life to Christ Himself. There is no other place to hide from the Storm of Eternal Death. Flee now to Safety at the Bloody Cross before time runs out. Look only to the Cross of Christ. Depend upon nothing but Christ and His finished work on Calvary's Cross.

The Blood of Christ is gently calling you to Calvary's Cross today. But your self-righteousness says, “I must bring some good works with me to the Shelter.” Listen to the Blood as it speaks to you! It says, “Sinner, I am full of merit and righteousness: why do you bring your works here?” “Ah! but,” you say “I have too much sin.” Listen to the still, small voice of the Blood: as it falls from Calvary's Cross, it cries, “being now justified by My blood you shall be saved from wrath through Me.” “Ah! but,” you say, “I know I am too guilty to come.” Listen to God's Blood! “Though your sins be as scarlet I will make them as wool; though they be red like crimson, they shall be whiter than snow.” “Oh no!,” you say, "I have such little faith.” O hearken to the Blood! “The bruised reed I will not break, and the smoking flax I will not quench.” “No, but,” you say, “I know God will cast me out, if I do come.” Just listen closely to the blood! “Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.” “No, but,” you say, “I know I have so many sins that I cannot be forgiven.” But the Blood says, "I will cleanse you from all Sin."

Now, hear the Blood once more, listen closely, “The blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanseth us from all sin.” Come, poor sinner, cast your lost soul at the foot of the Cross, simply rely on God's truth and mercy. Away with your good works and all your vain trustings! Lie simply flat on the sweet promises of Christ. Trust Jesus' Precious Blood now and forever; and when you put your trust alone in Jesus, in His most Precious Blood, He shall speak eternal peace to your soul and conscience. Plead Christ’s blood alone, not your merits.

A receiving faith comes from the Holy Spirit and it is the vital point, Christ-trusting faith is absolutely needful for your soul to obtain eternal life – Christ must be your all in all. “To as many as received Him.” Have you ever received Him, the Lord Jesus, the real Christ? Do you talk to Him? Do you know Him? Is He your companion? Is He a friend of yours? Is your sin pardoned? Is the law satisfied? Are you prepared to die and meet your Maker face to face? If you have received a personal Christ by confiding, trusting, and depending upon Him, your sins are gone forever and you soul is safe and sound.

Always say, "Yes!" to Jesus, and "No!" to self and sin. Just do the right thing – trust Christ – live to glorify Christ! There is a God, He is real, He is always looking at you with His holy gaze, He is always thinking of you, He is a very present help, He is always observing you, He is always listening, He is God Almighty, you are always in His presence. The Bible cannot be bribed, it cannot be resisted, it cannot be escaped, and it will never be changed - we be very careful to be right with the Scriptures. Be always looking to Christ's Cross and waiting for His coming. Lord Jesus, please take the helm, direct my ways, my steps, my paths, my heart into the love of God.

Dear Lord, help me to think soberly from day to day, quicken me, make me holy, earnest, loving souls, cheerfully obedient, gentle yet courageous, pleased with Your will, trustful, denying self, brave, consecrated, teachable yet firm, dependent, and Christ-like. Help me to be grieved when I grieve You. Help me to trust your Precious Blood, rely on your Promises, depend on your Spirit, always look out of myself, and always look to the Bleeding, Living, Interceding Christ of God.

Holy Spirit, please work in me, keep me pure in thought and deed for Jesus' sake. Lord, salt my eyes and tongue, keep my thoughts clean, and may my words few and graceful. The Bible disturbs our selfish routine, wounds our pride, exposes our sins, demands obedience, saves our soul, and exalts Jesus Christ. The finished work of Christ for us is our only hope for eternal life, and the work of the Spirit in us is our only hope of a pure life. Let God be Magnified – All the Glory be to Christ alone.

Take Special Care Of Your Soul

Men today care about everything but their soul; they care much about their hair, teeth, complexion, weight loss, cell phone, automobile, wardrobe; everything and anything but their soul.  You better be wise and take special care of your soul.  Time is hastening on, life's sun is quickly setting for you.  It's high time you put first things first.  *Matthew 6:33; I Corinthians 15:3*  The sands of time are sinking fast for you, and when your hourglass has run out, you won't get another chance. It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the Judgment.  Take special care of your soul - for your soul is your true ego, your real self, your immortal being which will out-last time.

Your deteriorating flesh will soon die and be dropped into a grave, but within your flesh, you have an immortal soul which shall outlive the stars. Sin and Death runs in your family. Most men want to live as long as possible, so they can enjoy this life without God while indulging in their pride and sins. But without Jesus Christ, your death bed will be so lonely and frightening. You must soon bid this temporal world goodbye, and you must deal with an angry God that you have ignored and insulted, and whose Son you have slighted and rejected.

The main reason any man goes to Hell is because he has little thoughts of Christ Jesus and what He has done for sinners.  Don't make light of Christ Jesus your Crucified Creator. The grim reaper will come to visit you personally when the death's cold sweat is beading on your brow. You will see Death itself face to face, and you will shudder in terror. You will have no Christ to shelter your soul from hell’s unquenchable fire. You may laugh about the realities of eternity now, but you won't when it comes time for you to die and go the way of all the earth. Consider your way; it is time to seek the Lord. Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near. Acquaint now thyself with Christ and be at peace.

The gentle kindness of Almighty God sent Jesus Christ here to earth to die for your sins. The Blessed God in the person of Jesus Christ in the fulness of time was born of a Jewish virgin. He came into this world for one reason - to be the Substitute for sinners.  By the grace of God, Jesus tasted death for every man.  Christ took upon Himself human sin, He went up to the Cross loaded with your sins, and there He suffered in your place to make amends for your guilt. The vengeance of God against human sin was poured out upon Christ, He suffered eternal death on the Cross so that lost sinners might not die in their sins. 

The Lamb of God was slain in your place. Jesus provided satisfaction to the injured and broken law of God. The despised and crucified Christ is the only source of the sinner's salvation. Come to Jesus not to do, but to have all done for you. Not to merit salvation, but to receive it as a gift of God's free favor. Come just as you are, altogether without anything to plead before God. God in everlasting love gave His Son to die for the ungodly.

Believe in the great Propitiation which Jesus offered for your sins. You have nothing to trust to but Christ Himself. Wholly, solely, heartily, and entirely fix your hope on the Blood and Righteousness of Jesus Christ whom God has set forth to be the Propitiation for human sin. Pardon is given freely through the Savior's Precious Blood, graciously granted without human works. Simple faith in Jesus who loved you and gave Himself for you. Look to Jesus for all. Firm reliance on Christ. Cease from your own works and your own righteousness, stop resting in yourself. Be still and Rest upon the Savior, let Him be all your salvation and your only Safety. The way of Salvation in Christ is by heavenly mercy, not human merit; by faith, not works; by divine grace, not human efforts. Simple faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ is the way to Glory.

You must die – it is inevitable; you will not be late for your appointment with death and your Maker. What will you do then without a Savior? You will desperately need Him then. Your soul will soon float down the black stream of death, and then over the roaring brink of eternity into the Lake of Fire to burn forever. There is a Hell, and you are headed there without Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. Life is short, eternity is long. You think much about your work, career, income, pet, pleasures, retirement, but rarely about your priceless soul. 

Your soul should have your most serious and best thoughts continually. You should seek above all things that your soul may prosper and be in health, and that your inner man be in a living state. The neglect of Christ has brought your soul into a most hazardous condition. If you continue to reject Christ, your soul will inevitably spend eternity in the Lake of Fire. At the White Throne Judgment your soul will stand quivering on the brink of the dark bottomless pit. Each time your heart beats your soul is brought nearer and nearer to eternity. If you lose your soul, it will be lost and damned forever. Ye must be born again. Plunge your soul in the Blood of the Lamb of God by faith.

If you continue on in your sinful way, your soul will perish forever in everlasting burnings. The things of time are not worth the things of eternity and Heaven. You will soon lie down in torment in the flames of Hell. Do not risk your soul's eternal welfare. Come and humble your soul at Jesus' feet. Look to Calvary’s Cross alone; Turn your eye to the Bleeding Lamb of God. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. Don't run the risk of an eternity of woe for an hour of sinful pleasure. God has continually spared your life in His tender mercy. God could have let your soul descend into Hell years ago, but here you are still breathing God's air on His earth. You laugh and jest while your soul is in eternal peril. Satan is waiting to pounce on you, the Law is ready to condemn you, your sins are as black as hell, God's wrath abides on you, Hell is waiting to devour you. Believe in Jesus Christ, that is, look to His dear Cross, trust your soul with Him alone. Trust in Christ, He will never deceive you. Take special care of your soul. Look carefully to your soul's eternal needs, not just your body. Seek ye out of the book of the Lord and read.

Where will you spend forever? Deep down in your heart, you fear dying and facing reality, your conscience continues to prick and alarm you. You are so vile and sinful, but Christ died for ungodly sinners. As long as you continue to be self-righteous and self-sufficient, your soul in extreme danger of Hell fire. Sinner friend, don't mess around and ruin your soul forever. Come now, believe only in Jesus Christ, you cannot pay your redemption money, you cannot get your soul out of pawn with your own works, don’t bring a single penny with you, bring none of your counterfeit money to pay for your soul. Christ paid all the money for your soul long ago with His own blood on Calvary's tree. Find all your salvation in the veins of Jesus, God manifest in the flesh. The Blood of Jesus Christ alone will cleanse you from all sin. The Blood that flowed from the veins of the Incarnate God, Jesus Christ, is your soul's only hope. Christ finished salvation on Calvary; look to Him alone, and you are saved. Trust your soul with Christ; He will save you. Don’t be a fool and bet your immortal soul on some religious nonsense – go directly to Christ Jesus Himself, the living Savior, and ask HIM to save your soul.

True faith in Christ is when you have no faith in yourself at all. Atonement for human sin is the work of Jesus alone; He doesn't need to be aided by you at all. Believe will all your heart that the Man Christ Jesus who died on Mount Calvary was God, and that He took your sins upon Himself and died in your place. Humbly yield to Christ, submit to His Righteousness, abhor and reject your own righteousness. Put all your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ; let Him sprinkle your soul with His Precious Blood. Ask Christ's Spirit to come and dwell in your mortal body. Christ was punished for 'your sins,' if you trust Christ's atoning Blood, God cannot punish the same offense twice. Believe in Christ; cast your soul on the Blood Atonement that Jesus made for you; Trust your soul with Jesus Christ, and He will save it. Take special care of your soul. Seek Him, Pray to Him, Call upon Him, Trust to Him.