The Resting Place

Life is very short, death is very near to you every day, Eternity is forever, your soul is immortal, you have sinned against God, God is just, He must punish all your sin. Who will answer to God for your sins? The Lord Jesus Christ or You?

Let your faith (trust) find a resting-place at the Cross of Christ. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. Don't EVER trust in yourself, your works, or your religion. By grace are ye saved through faith, and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works, lest any man should boast. Trust only the Bleeding Substitute; His bleeding wounds will take away your guilt freely. God became a man so He could suffer in your place. Jesus took all the blame for your sins – He bled and died for your sins, only God's blood can take away your death-fears and doubts. Christ died for the ungodly. 

 Jesus came to save lost and ungodly sinners, He shed His precious blood especially for you, for you His life He gave on Calvary's Cross. Only Christ’s Righteousness will deliver you from the eternal death you richly deserve. The Law of God demands righteousness from you, but you’re nothing but a sinner on your very best day, and you haven't a speck of righteousness to offer God, because you are a sinner indeed in thought, word, and deed. Your self-righteousness is damnable, and your self-indulgence is deadly and ruinous. Never trust yourself, only trust Christ Himself.

And they departed from the mount of the Lord three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.  

Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places.  

My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. But JESUS says, Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I AM meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.

In Christ you will find forgiveness, reconciliation, salvation, and atonement. Come now, believe in Christ, exercise real reliance on His precious blood shed for ungodly sinners. Think of Him, desire after Him, seek Him, trust Him. Come as an empty sinner to a full, suitable, able, and willing Savior. Venture your soul upon Him alone, trust in Him for righteousness, life, and salvation. This is a kind invitation to lost sinners from the Savior who is willing to save, ready to to give relief from sin's burden and guilt, and give peace to distressed minds. 

You are laboring in the service of sin and Satan. You are weary of sin's bondage, and laden with guilt and iniquity. You are so burdened with a heavy load of unforgiven sins. Don't die unsaved, unconverted, and unforgiven. Your conscience is under the iron yoke of the law, you're trudging along with a load of silly superstition and human tradition to the Lake of Fire. You will have never rest in your spirit until you find Jesus Christ.

Religion may leave you outwardly clean but still inwardly guilty. Come to Christ aright, come as an empty sinner to a full and able and willing Savior, trust in Him wholly for real righteousness, life, and salvation. Come to Christ at the Cross, lay down your deadly burden of sin at His crucified feet, look only to Him, lay hold of Him by faith in His person, blood, righteousness, and atoning sinless sacrifice. Peace of conscience, ease of mind, saving of the soul through Christ Jesus' pardoning grace, free justification by the righteousness of Christ, full atonement of ALL your sins by His bloody sacrifice, eternal life through His resurrection. Truly sensible sinners seek rest at the foot of the Cross.

Salvation's work is finished once and for all by Christ Jesus. That is why salvation is a free gift, because you can't ever earn it. Are you there yet? Have you come to the place where you see that you cannot make it with your religion and self-righteousness? Religion is man's way of trying to justify himself by his own works, and rejecting what Christ did for him. Salvation is trusting Christ what did for you, because you know you can't work your way to heaven. Religious people think they can help Christ out, or make it to heaven without Christ. But always remember - You are so rotten and sinful and no good that Someone (God in the flesh) had to bleed and die in your place so you could make it to heaven by simply trusting Him. 

 Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners - Christ died for the ungodly. There's not a just man upon the earth, which doeth good and sinneth not, every man in his best state is altogether vanity, all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior from sin, eternal death, wrath, and hell fire. Trust only what Christ has done for you, Confide in His sinless blood atonement to save your soul from the love of sin. You must trust Christ's righteousness and reject your own self-righteousness. Have you done that yet? Behold, now is the day of salvation. When are you going to trust Christ Himself with your soul?

Christ is risen from the dead, and He is living in Heaven now, come to Him for free righteousness that will satisfy the holiness of God. All you have to offer Christ are your sins, and all He wants to give you is His perfect righteousness. Come now to Christ as a sinful soul, He will never cast out. He will take away your guilt with His blood. Come directly to Jesus and exchange your sins for His righteousness. Lean with all your heart and soul on Christ, trust His promises to save you, plead His precious blood - and He will save you freely and instantly. Life eternal is found only in God's Son (I John 5:11).

The Main Matter

Beware of that sin which you deliberately commit. Sin always ruins those who practice and love it. Beware that ye forget not God. Sin is a present certainty, it is a deadly reality, it exists in your thoughts, words, and actions - just ask a Judge or your mother or your wife, they'll tell you. The world makes Sin look beautiful and attractive, but it leaves you with bitter memories and an aching heart. Sin says it will answer and fulfill all your longings, cravings, and dreams, but it only dooms and damns you at the last. A little sin will never stay little. Sin deceives every man. Sin always complicates life. Sin always leaves you worse than it found you. Sin seduces you into thinking that what it is leading you into will satisfy you. Every atheist is hardened daily by the deceitfulness of sin. Imams, iftar dinners, ramadan, allah, the qur'an, the hadith, sharia law, 'aqueeda, and muhammad ibn abd allah only lead miserable sinners right off into the Lake of Fire.

Turning from sin is the main matter. Sin says you have plenty of time to repent. Sins says, you will be able to justify what you are doing - you can escape the consequences of your sin.   Sin promises pleasure, but it brings misery. Sin promises temporal profit, but it brings eternal loss. You think you can quit or repent of your favorite sin at your own will, but you can't. Sin makes you weak, a failure, and guilty. Sin promises satisfaction, but it brings unrest. Sin says your particular sin is not that bad. Sin promises freedom, but it only enslaves and brings death. Sin appears fair, but is vile; it appears pleasant, but is destructive; it promises much, but delivers nothing. 

Sin promises you popularity, but it brings loneliness and separation. Sin will tell you that you're different, and that the sin you are indulging in won't harm you. Others will fall but you won't, you know when to quit. The end of a life of sin is eternal torment in the Lake of Fire forever and ever. Just now simply believing on the Lord Jesus Christ is the main matter. Submission to the Gospel, Pleading Christ's Blood, and praying directly to Jesus Christ for mercy is the main matter. 

You have one soul, one body, and only one life - trust them all into the hands of Jesus Christ. Enthrone God in your life, seek to do His will first by trusting His Son with your sinful soul. You can only be reconciled to God by faith in the death and blood of His Son. From the heart believe that Jesus IS the Son of God, and that He died upon the Cross for sinners like you, believe that He can and will save you, trust Him to save you now.

It's not your attainments, it's Christ's Atonement. It's not your merits, it's Christ's Precious Blood.  It's not your tainted works, it's Christ's finished sinless work. It's not your trying, it's trusting Christ Himself. Without Christ's protection, you will have to endure the wrath of God and be separated from the love of God for all Eternity. Evolution is make believe and phony. Man loves the ways and wages of sin. Many today have an educated head and an empty heart. Every man by nature is born in sin and a child of the devil, and if you're not Born Again, you'll have to go to hell with your daddy the devil (John 8:44). 

 The main matter is simple faith in finished work of Jesus Christ - God manifest in the flesh. Sin will make you a miserable flop and leave you defeated and doomed. The accusations of your conscience haunt you every day. Depend on Christ for all things, and on Self for nothing. The Holy Ghost shows to you the rottenness and emptiness of sin. Trusting Christ Jesus' Precious Blood alone - this is the main matter. Atheists trust self, Christians deny self. Atheists trust Darwin, Christians trust Christ Himself. The only object of true faith is Jesus Christ Himself.

The one thing, the main thing, the only thing is that you cleave to Jesus Christ through thick and thin, through foul and fair, up hill and down hill, in the night and in the day, in life and in death, in time and in eternity; that you do steadfastly believe that Jesus of Nazareth who died upon Calvary's Cross is the Messiah of God (God manifest in the flesh), the Son of God, and that He was sent to cleanse away iniquity and bring perfect Righteousness to unrighteous men. All your hope and trust must be fixed in Him. Get to your knees, beg hard of Jesus, seek Him with the whole heart. Lean all your soul's weight on Christ now. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. To believe is to trust and simply rely on Jesus Himself, His shed blood and perfect righteousness. When you believe on HIM, you are saved forever.

When No One Is Watching

Your "heart" is what you really are when no one is watching. Out of the heart comes every sin against God. The idol of 'evolution' was manufactured down in the heart of darwin. And now millions of atheists worship that idol. The atheist wants his own way and his own will. The true condition of the human heart is reflected in the Scriptures, that is why the sin-loving atheist hates the Bible. The atheist is self-promoting (arrogancy, self-centered ambition, envious, suspicious, malicious), self-deceived (lies against the truth, don't tell me the truth about myself), and short-sighted (worldly, earthly, the nasty now and now). The atheist's life is full of scheming and he is focused on his things and stuff (neighborhood, job titles, cars, designer labels, degrees).

The atheist's bitter rival is The Lord Jesus Christ, not Christians. The atheist says, "I didn't get a fair shake, I should have been chosen for that, I deserve better than this, I am better than them." The atheist tries to explain away the Bible and shut the thoughts of God out of his mind. The atheist refuses to retain the person of Jesus Christ in his knowledge. Christ is The Wisdom of God. The atheist abandons, rejects, and ignores the wisdom of God. The atheist says, "Exalt yourself, justify your sins, neglect Christ, reject the Cross, trust in yourself." The wisdom of this world shuts out God, never looks up, horizontal living-never vertical, who cares, God who?. The world has wisdom, and the devils have faith. But God is not the origin of worldly wisdom or the object of worldly faith. The wisdom of the majority is never the wisdom of God. The tide of Eternity will soon wash the sand castle of evolution away. There is a way which seems wise unto a man, but the end thereof is the way of death.

You are, what you are, alone. Reputation is what you are in public in the sight of man, character is what you are in private in the sight of God. The answer to your sin problem is not within you. The atheist knows there is something beyond this life, but he quells his conscience. Only the blood of the Crucified Creator can atone for and take away your sins, and secure eternal salvation and give everlasting life to you freely. The preaching of the Cross is to them that perish foolishness. Christ Jesus was crucified to pay for your sins and satisfy the wrath of God due to your sins. The modern Christ, the moral man, the good example, the great teacher, the positive thinker, the compassionate helper of the 21st century church cannot save a lost sinner. Economics, family counseling, social issues, and humanitarianism is not the answer for lost souls. The rebel sinner tries to hold God accountable, but God, the Judge (Acts 17:31), will soon hold him accountable. Readjust your thinking and living to the Bible's thoughts. Self-sufficiency and spiritual blindness is the end of neglecting Christ.

Modern, clever, polished falsehoods damn the soul. Sin causes a man to lie, blame others, fear, and be confused and ashamed. Confusion and corruption is the end of worldly wisdom. Sin becomes more and more acceptable when the Truth and Wisdom of God is forgotten. There is hope, there is hope, Christ died for sinners. Video games, fornication, violence, terrorism, crime, and STDs are the results of a God-forgotten society. 145 people died from the H1N1 virus - that put the world into a panic. But syphilis will infect 12 million people, chlamydia will infect 90 million people, and gonorrhea will infect 30 million people this year - but the world doesn't say a word. There is no excitement or warning against this sinful activity.

The world says BE SAFE when you sin; but the GOSPEL says come on to Christ (Matthew 11:28) and BE SAVED from your love of sin (Romans 6:6-7). The atheist grows more confused and corrupt every day he lives without Christ. The Blueprint to life eternal is the Bible, the Master Builder is Christ Jesus. If you try to build your own life, it will end up collapsing on you at Death. Be wise now, say 'YES' to Christ Jesus, be ye reconciled to God through faith in the shed Blood of Jesus Christ. Trust the Gospel, Christ died for your sins, He was buried, and rose again from the dead the third day. Receive Christ Himself into your heart - the core of who you really are. The tide of Death will soon sweep over your life, ensure you are prepared to meet your Creator who died for you. There is hope, there is hope, Christ died for sinners.

Proclaiming The Cross!

Always Remember - No sinner can ever deserve anything but Hell, including you. All sinners are out-and-out rebels against God, they are presently under the wrath and judgment of God, and lost in the darkness of unbelief. Sin only leads to delusion, hopelessness, despair, and perversion. Christ crucified bore your sin and curse, and He is the only acceptable Savior from the wrath of God (John 3:36). Every human religion of good works and moral potential is nothing but a false confidence which leads men down to Hell where they belong.

Sinners simply refuse to surrender to the Son of God. By nature, man within is dead and lost and totally unable to do anything about it. The devilish snare of *human pride* will finish off every sinner in the end. Sin is so horrible and hateful that it took the death of God's own Son to put it away. God the Father forsook His Son in the darkness on Golgotha's hill, because all human sin was laid on Jesus on Calvary's Cross.

You are now dead in your trespasses and sins, and your soul is perishing without the living Savior. In Hell, you will lose your soul, and all the good things you have had here on earth, all sense of your loved one's presence and love, all your spiritual, physical, and mental well-being, all enjoyment of created things, all carnal ease and friendships will be taken from you, and in their place will be nothing but loneliness, pain, horror of spiritual darkness, and an Eternity of agony in the Lake of Fire.

 You are currently playing fast and loose with Sin, and you will soon wake up in Hell without the Savior who died for you. The New Birth (John 3:7; I Peter 1:23) is absolutely necessary for your salvation. Jesus died to rescue ruined sinners from the judgment to come. Human effort and potential is good for nothing. Stop living as if your salvation depends upon you. Jesus loves sinners, ONLY because He loved us so. Jesus doesn't love us because of anything good in us, but today He loves us, because He has done so much for us. The people you love the most are the ones you have done and sacrificed the most for.

Bearing your shame, and scoffing rude, in your place condemned Christ stood, He sealed your free pardon with His most Precious Blood. The *CROSS* is the sinner's only Confidence before a holy God. Christ substituted Himself upon the Cross especially for your sins. Jesus took the death you should die - and now He is mighty to save. Because the sinless Savior died, your sinful soul can be counted free, for the just God is satisfied to look on Christ's Blood and freely pardon you. O vain man, be wise!!! Trust only to Christ's Blood and Mercy. Cry out from your heart today, "God be merciful to ME a sinner!"

To preach salvation by good works is to flatter people and so avoid opposition. To preach salvation by grace through faith in the finished work of Jesus Christ is to offend people and so invite opposition. All human beings are the enemies of God, under His just judgment, and if they are left to themselves they will remain hopelessly lost in sin. And Christ crucified who bore their sins and curse and wrath is the only available Savior. Earthly religion always emphasizes human potential and human ability with Christ mixed into the message only to boost and inspire religionists to greater human endeavor and betterment. The former is the way to be faithful, and the latter is the way to be popular. It is impossible to be faithful to the message of the Cross and be popular simultaneously. We mustFlee to the Cross, Follow the Lamb, Fight the good fight. You can only be helped when you are humbled.

Nowadays men care very little about their soul. All men have real *sin trouble* and the only Person that help any sinner with sin is God Himself who was manifest in the flesh - Jesus Christ the Righteous. Some troubles in this life your mother can help you with, or your principal or teacher, or the police or a doctor, but when you have *sin trouble*, you have real trouble that only GOD can help you with. Sin trouble is a spiritual type of thing, no doctor, or pill, or program can help you with your inward sin problem. 

No lawyer, or preacher can help you either, you're going to have to get help directly from your Crucified and Risen Maker. You must go to straight to Jesus Christ, or your sins will drag right into the pit of hell when you die. Your greatest necessity is a personal Savior from your own personal sins. Old sinful habits die hard, if you don't take them to the Savior, they will doom you. The world's system wants to erase the thoughts of the God of Bible from your mind and life. Sin is repulsive, and men love it. Men fear everything but sin.

A man's own iniquities will eventually enslave and control him, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. The Blood of God that flowed from Christ's veins is the only antidote for your sin problem. The blood of Jesus Christ God's Son cleanseth us from All Sin. *I John 1:7* Sin is like a python that slowly wraps around you and constricts your mind, squeezing the life right out of you. Sin always complicates life. One night of sin, can put you in a wheelchair for rest of your life; two nights of sin, might make you bed-ridden and put you in hell. If you love sin and hate Jesus Christ, you love death. Human nature does not find sin repulsive, men drink down iniquity like water. But the wages of sin is still death. You have ignored, slighted, and cussed Jesus Christ all your life for no good reason.

Fools make a mock at sin. You don't think that your sin is going to get a hold of you, and then one day you find you are bound by it. What you think you have under control, will soon control you. And then you'll wake up some day, and say to yourself, "I'm tired of this, I'm tired of my lack of self-control, I'm sick and tired of my selfish sinful nature dictating to me, I want to regain control of myself, I want to rid myself of these old shackles, I'm going to get loose, I'm tired of this misery and brokenness", and then you'll groan and struggle in your own self-will, and your sin will take you down even deeper. You'll want to get loose from your sinfulness, but only Jesus Christ and set you free. Jesus said, "He that committeth sin, is the servant of sin." *John 8:34* Mark it down - Without Jesus Christ, you will remain a slave to your sin. If you have trouble with sin, no one can help you but God, that is, Jesus Christ. *John 1:27*

You say, "Well, I know when to quit. Well, a little bit won't hurt. Everybody does it these days." Yeah, but after a while, it won't be a little, it's going to be a lot. And a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump, and a little sin won't stay little. You can't quit your sin, and your sin will soon get you. Like a vehicle, you are gaining speed in your sin, and you're going to want to stop one day, but you will crash and burn trying to stop. Your Sin affects you and those around you. Christ died for the ungodly; He came not to call the righteous, but Sinners to Repentance. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. *I Timothy 1:15*

Today, the word *SIN* is not found anywhere in any textbook from K5 through college. But the first thing they give you when you get to prison is the Holy Bible. The State is pretty hypocritical: they keep the Bibles out of public school, but put them in the jail cells. And you can be sure, *your sin* will find you out. Beware - If you keep playing with sin and messing around, your sin is going to fix you for good. Sin trouble will soon bring you low; it's just a matter of time. Sin will soon strike you with its deadly bite. But remember - Christ Jesus, God in human form, came into this world and died for your sins - He is risen from the dead and alive forever more. 

Only the two-edged sword of the word of God can take head off of that deadly serpent within you called Ssssssin. Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. Plead the Blood of Jesus and the mercy of God right now. Real salvation will give you a holy fear and hatred for sin. Beware of sin just like you would beware of a king cobra or black mamba. Jesus Christ is seeking you and He is out for one thing - to save your soul - He created you, He died for you, and He doesn't want you to perish. You take Him, He'll take you. Give your soul over to Jesus Christ now, or you will lose it.

Never Forget! 9/11/2001

Tuesday, 9/11/2001

* 5:33-5:40 am - Hijackers Mohamed Atta and Abdulaziz al-Omari drive their rented 2001 Nissan Altima to the nearby Portland, Maine International Jetport Airport, entering its parking lot at 5:40 a.m. The FBI will later seize their car there.

* 5:45 am - Hijackers Mohamed Atta and Abdulaziz al-Omari pass through airport security in Portland, ME (Portland International Airport). These hijackers flew from Portland, ME to Boston, MA on Colgan Air Flight 5930, and then boarded American Airlines Flight 11.

* 6:18 am – President George W. Bush goes for a four-mile morning jog in Sarasota, FL.

* 7:49 am - American Airlines Flight 11 departs Boston Logan Int'l Airport.

* 8:14 am - United Airlines Flight 175 departs Boston Logan Int'l Airport.

* 8:20 am - American Airlines Flight 77 departs Washington Dulles Int'l Airport.

* 8:42 am - United Airlines Flight 93 departs Newark Int'l Airport.

* 8:46:30 am – American Airlines Flight 11 (Boeing 767) (76 passengers, 11 crew, 5 hijackers) out of Boston (Logan) headed to LAX, crashes into the northern side of WTC North Tower 1 (with antenna) at about 466 mph, tearing a gaping hole in the building and setting it afire. Hijacker Mohammed Atta flew AA Flight 11.


* 8:55 am – White House Chief of Staff, Andy Card, informs President Bush of WTC crash.


* 9:03:02 am – United Airlines Flight 175 (Boeing 767) (51 passengers, 9 crew, 5 hijackers) from Boston (Logan) headed to LAX, crashes into the WTC South Tower 2 at about 590 mph and explodes. Both WTC buildings are burning. Hijacker Marwan al-Shehhi flew UA Flight 175. Three children died on UA 175 (ages 2, 3, and 4).

* 9:30 am - President Bush addresses the nation from Emma E. Booker Elementary School in Sarasota, FL.

* 9:37:46 am – American Airlines Flight 77 (53 passengers, 6 crew, 5 hijackers) out ofWashington, DC (Dulles) headed to LAX crashes into The Pentagon in WDC. Hijacker Hani Hanjour flew AA Flight 77. Five children died on AA 77.

* 9:43 am – The White House and The Capitol are evacuated and closed.

* 9:45 am - U.S. airspace is shut down by the FAA. The groundings of all civilian aircraft will last until September 14.

* 9:57 am – President Bush departs from Florida aboard *Air Force One*.


* 9:57 am - Onboard United Airlines Flight 93, passengers Jeremy Glick, Tom Burnett, Todd Beamer, and Mark Bingham revolt, charge the hijackers, break into the cockpit, and disrupt the hijacking. "Are you ready, OK, let's roll!"

* 09:59:04 am – WTC South Tower 2 collapses 56 minutes after being struck, plummeting into the streets below. A massive cloud of dust and debris forms and slowly drifts away from the building.


* 10:03:11 am – United Airlines Flight 93 (33 passengers, 7 crew, 4 hijackers) out of Newark, NJ headed to San Francisco crashes into a field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania (near Shanksville), 80 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. Hijacker Ziad Samir Jarrah flew UA Flight 93.
 UA Flight 93's target was the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC.

* 10:10 am – The Pentagon (west side) collapses.


* 10:28:25 am - WTC North Tower 1 collapses after 1 hour and 42 minutes from the top down as if it were being peeled apart, releasing another tremendous cloud of debris and smoke.


* 11:45 am - President Bush arrives at Barksdale AFB, LA aboard *Air Force One* and addresses the nation.

* 1:44 pm – The Pentagon sends two US Navy aircraft carriers, USS George Washington (CVN-73) and USS John F. Kennedy (CV-64), to protect the New York coast. 


* 2:50 pm - President Bush arrives at Offutt AFB, Nebraska aboard *Air Force One*.

* 5:20 pm – WTC Building 7 (47 stories) collapses.

* 6:35 pm - President Bush arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, MD aboard *Air Force One*.

* 6:54 pm – President Bush arrives at the White House aboard *Marine One*.

* 8:30 pm – President Bush addresses the nation from The Oval Office, saying, "Thousands of lives were suddenly ended by evil", and asks for prayers for the families and friends of victims."These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve," he says. The President says, “The U.S. government will make no distinction between the terrorists who committed these acts, and those who harbor them.”

* 2,977 killed (including 19 suicide hijackers)


- New York City: 2,349 civilians, 343 FDNY Firefighters, 23 NYPD Police Officers, 37 Port Authority Officers.

- The Pentagon: 125 Civilians and Military Personnel

- Shanksville, PA: 44 Crew and Passengers

- 4 Airliners: 253 Crew and Passengers

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/fox-news-flashback-911-as-it-happened-on-air-in-1834-powerful-moments/

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* May 2, 2011 - Usama Bin Laden killed by SEAL Team Six in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

* Sep 10, 2011 - UA Flight 93 Memorial Ceremony President George W. Bush Speech:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=488PgNH4IuM

9/11/2011 As It Happened

Remain Vigilant America!

Don't take Radical Islamic Terrorists lightly; they still want to destroy you and our Free country.

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The Cross

The "CROSS" is the short term in the New Testament Scriptures for the "substitutionary suffering" and "vicarious Blood Atonement" of God manifest in the flesh, Jesus Christ. Draw near to the Crucified God, plead His Blood. Every sinner must be saved by Faith in God's Blood. Your sin is the root of all your problems. Sin poisons your soul every day; your sins will destroy you if you die in them. Sin cannot be freely pardoned without a Blood Atonement. Your soul will never have a moment's peace until you simply trust Christ's substitutionary bloody death. Give up your sins, or you will lose your soul in the Lake of Fire. Turn your heart's eye to the Cross. Never trust yourself. Let all your hope be fixed on Christ's Blood. Play it safe - Put your soul in Christ's care now. Leave all your soul's daily concerns and eternal interests in Christ's hands. Your main business is to trust your soul on the fact that Christ died for sinners like you, and is now risen from the dead. If you can point to any good thing in you, you are a lost man. Give a true faith look to Jesus who died upon the Cross as the sinner's Substitute. Look away from all other confidences, and rely only upon the sufferings and bloody death of the Incarnate God.

Christ Jesus has finished the Atonement. He paid the full Ransom price to set sinners free from their sins. He has completed the Redemption with His own blood. Christ's Blood Atonement for ungodly sinners is the Backbone of Biblical Christianity. The Substitutionary Cross Work of Christ is the foundation of true Theology. Meditate upon Jesus' sufferings, think much of His Redemption by Blood.  The free forgiveness of human sin is only through simple faith in Jesus' Precious Blood. Without the shedding of blood there is no remission of human sin. Jesus laid down His life and poured out His own blood for your sinfulness. Only the Holy Ghost can give you a sense of your sinfulness and need of the Savior. The forgiveness of sin can be enjoyed by any sinner who looks away from himself to Jesus' five bleeding wounds. God laid your sins upon Him, and treated Him as the guilty one, and let the Just die for the unjust, so you could be freely saved by His rich grace and precious blood.

Faith is a renouncing of self, and a trust in Christ, dependence and simple reliance upon Jesus Himself. Faith is a heart belief that Jesus is the Savior of the entire world, and that He is the Atonement for human sin. Faith is a heart-trusting in the Finished Cross-Work of Jesus Christ to save you from the love of sin. You cannot trust yourself and trust Christ too. The worldly religions will always teach you to rely upon yourself in part and upon Christ in part, but Christ will never be a part Savior. It must be ALL, or nothing with Christ. As long as you cling to any of your works, you are in utmost danger. Trust your soul to Christ now, and you are safe. The Gospel invitation is to all sinners who thirst for forgiveness and freedom from sin. No sin against God can be pardoned without the Propitiation through Christ's Precious Blood. Fix all your trust upon Christ's atoning blood. Place your entire trust in the person and name of Christ.

The lost Christ-rejecting sinner crucifies the Son of God afresh every day. The Victim is Jesus Christ, the hammer is their hard heart, and the nails are their dirty rotten sins. Behold the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. They've turn Jesus down before, and if they continue to love their sins, they'll turn Him down again. Jesus saved others, Himself He could not save. Jesus, the King of Glory, became sinful man's Substitute and made a perfect and full Atonement for human guilt. Redemption by Blood is the only way of Salvation.

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. There is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved from the love of sin. There is no remission of sins without the shedding of God's blood. Full and free salvation is only found in the wounds of Jesus Christ. God had to become a man, because it was man that committed sin, and it was a man who must make an atonement for sin to the injured law of God. Fallen man was the offender, and the Offended One had to become a man to save the offender.

As in one man (Adam), the whole human race died in sin, and in another man (Christ Jesus) the human race must be saved and made alive. Dwell on this truth, let it sink into your mind and heart. Jesus stooped from the highest throne in glory down to the manger of Bethlehem. Jesus came voluntarily to save sinners. The Creator, the King of kings, the mighty God, the Great JEHOVAH voluntarily, cheerfully descended so that He could bear your sins, and yield Himself as a bloody Sacrifice for your sins. Jesus was the innocent Victim of your guilt and the divine Vengeance your sins deserve. Jesus became a substitutionary Sacrifice for ungodly guilty sinners, especially you. He came to this earth to give His soul and body as a Ransom for sinners, He gave His very self for you. He came here on purpose to lay down His life for you. Fix your thoughts on His five bleeding wounds. Jesus is the Savior of the world; He is the Atonement for human sin. Trust the Lord Jesus Christ, the Crucified Creator, with your soul.

Lend Me Your Ear

The root principle of human nature (practical atheism) is Me first, and you last - dog eat dog. The first of law of human nature is self-preservation. What every man or woman really wants is Someone who would love them enough to die in their place. Every woman wants a man who will die to provide for or protect her. All that every man dying in a hospital tonight wants is a few more weeks or years of physical LIFE on this sinful earth. God knows what you need, and He was willing to pay the price for all your sins in the person of Jesus of Nazareth. Your sins murdered Jesus Christ; He cried out from the Cross, "Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do!" Your Creator understands your Need (the forgiveness of sins), and He laid down His life for you so you could be forgiven Freely. Jesus couldn't save Himself, and save others too. If Jesus saved Himself, He couldn't save me. Jesus took the punishment that I ought to have paid in Hell. Human reason can't figure out what happened at Calvary (an innocent man left all alone to die for His enemies).

A loving God let an innocent man die for His enemies on Calvary's Cross, so bad people like us could be saved from the love of sin and the wrath of God. God could have stopped Calvary, but He didn't. Many things that are reasonable to the carnal mind are not true at all. The carnal mind thinks that there are some people that are too bad to go to Heaven, and some people that too good to go to Hell. Man's carnal reasoning just doesn't work at Calvary. Human reason thinks, "If I follow my conscience and religion, I'll be all right, and surely God wouldn't let those people that have never heard the Gospel and trusted Jesus Christ go to Hell." Carnal man tries to pay for his own sins by doing penance, and doing self-righteous works to make amends for his past evil. Modern man says, "I will work at it objectively, and think about it rationally, and I will reach the wrong conclusion."

Inside of every problem, there are ten little problems struggling to get out. The darkest hour is not just before dawn, it is just before pitch blackness. Face it - God knows something you don't know.Experience won't solve all your problems either. Men cannot bring peace on earth, because they have no peace within their hearts. Men don't learn from suffering. Suffering can't solve the problem of human nature. Pain sometimes magnifies Self. The main reason any man goes to Hell is Self. Your mind is always stuck on your Self. The carnal mind says, "I'm right, and God is wrong." Many times suffering leads to blasphemy. The lost thief on the cross blasphemed Christ till the minute he died. Every unsaved man in his sins is separated from God right now. If you had to face God for everything you've thought, said, and done in just the last 24 hours, you'd go to Hell like a bullet. Lost people are always trying to convince you that you're good, because they want to believe they are good enough to face God, without Jesus Christ.

God says to every sinner, "Here friend, if you want a free ticket to Heaven, my Son bled and died for you, your sin debt is all paid for, now you can be freely forgiven on the spot by simply trusting what My Son did for you. All you have to do is just take it Freely, you can't earn it." Self-righteous proud man says, "I don't want it." God says, "Why not?" The man says, "I don't like you, I love my way, my sin, and my pride, If I trust your Son, it might cost me a buck or my reputation." God says, "I have shown my true interest and love for you, I laid down My life for you on Cross, and took the punishment due to your sins in your place, just take this Free Gift that I've earned for you." The man says, "That's OK, I'll do it myself." God says, "OK then, you'll have to burn forever, and your damnation will be just."

When a man rejects Christ, he doesn't sin against a preacher or a church. Remember, God's Son died for you. Your Crucified Creator has a bone to pick with you. Human nature says, "Exercise your will, and be responsible for your own actions." But you must face the real issue. The real issue is Self-Righteousness. If you die in your sins without Jesus Christ, you'll receive the due reward for your deeds. You'll get what's coming to you. If a man is drowning, he doesn't make terms, he grabs whatever is thrown at him. A man that is drowning will grab at anything that floats by. He doesn't question a lifeline that is thrown to him, he takes whatever he gets. Proud hearts and stubborn wills love sin more than Jesus Christ.

The main reason why every self-righteous man remains lost and hopeless, is because he's still telling God how he's going to do it, and when he's going to do it, and under what conditions he's going to do it, and he's not going to get saved unless it matches his conditions. Self-righteousness is what damns a man. In due time, you will have to personally die and face Judgment. God be merciful to me a sinner. I have a dire need for your Son now. There must be no intermediates between you and Jesus Christ. For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave Himself a Ransom for all sinners. Instant, infinite, irreversible salvation is available to you from Jesus Christ Himself now. Christ's bleeding love for sinners is pure and free. If you take Jesus, He'll take you. Lord Jesus, I'm a sinner for sure, I'm at end of my rope, I've got Hell coming, I deserve to be damned, but Lord Jesus you're the perfect Savior who died for my sins, Lord will you please remember me, and save me through your Precious Blood.

Growing In Grace

* Resisting and striving against my sins

* Doing right, loving mercy, walking humbly with God

* Forgiving and forbearing

* Resigning to the providence and chastening of the Lord

* Being good to God

* Not wasting time at work

* Humble adoring gratitude and joyful thanksgiving

* Childlike confidence in God

* Helpless dependence on Christ

* Delighting in whatever God's will

* Denying self daily

* Seeking God's smile all the day long

* Wanting to know Christ more, and be more like Him

* Using time wisely, spending money wisely

* Quietly yielding, calmly obeying, sweetly resigning

* Departing from iniquity

* Being a cheerful giver

* Wanting to learn the Bible

* Maintaining a good conscience and good conversation

* Winning souls to Christ alway

* Thinking much of Christ's Greatness, and my nothingness

* Raising my children right

* Arguing less with my spouse

* Determined to read the Bible more, pray more

* Repenting of all known sins

* Give more and more

* Supporting missions

* Longing for the Rapture

It's Still the Precious Blood

Human blood gives your body temporal human life. God's Precious Blood gives your soul eternal abundant Life.  The very source of your daily physical life is blood. All men live here on earth with the same blood, and all men must be Saved from their sins by the same blood. Your human blood is the only thing that links your body and soul together right now. The blood of Jesus Christ is the only thing that can link your soul and God together forever. The blood of Jesus Christ, God's Son, cleanseth us from ALL SIN.  The Blood of Christ bothers and upsets the atheist's ungodly carnal mind. You have no merit to save yourself. Your sin offends God. God's doesn't require any of your goodness, for you have none, you are a sinner. Human boasting is all excluded at the Cross. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. The people that miss Heaven are the ones that think they deserve it, and the ones that go to Heaven are those that realize don't deserve it. To come to God with your good works is to suggest that your sins are not all that bad.  How much do you value the Precious Blood of Christ?

Think just for a minute of the worst sin you've ever committed in your life. The awful secret sin you don't want anyone to know about, and that you hope no one never finds out about. All of us sinners can call one of those to mind. Those shameful sins that our conscience so often washes back up on the shore of our mind. Only the Blood of Jesus Christ can take that secret sin off your record with God. God will judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to the Gospel. The Blood of Jesus Christ is so offensive to modern atheistic man. Jesus shed His blood to keep sinners out of Hell. Atheists are self-worshipping, self-loving, self-adoring humanists. It offends atheists that anyone would suggest that their crimes and sins against their Maker are so great and evil that they would require the Blood of God to be shed to pay for them. God is so holy that even your least sin so offends Him that is requires the Greatest Payment - His Son's own Blood. God hates your sins, do you?

Every man is a sinner. Your sin is very offensive to God. Every one of your sins fly in the face of a holy God, the Creator. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I am a sinner indeed. I will trust Jesus' blood to save me from my sins. I rest on His Atonement which He has offered for me. Be wise - Believe in Christ as a Victim for your sins. Jesus didn't stay dead. Christ is risen from the dead, He is alive right now, and able to save any sinner to the uttermost that come unto God by HIM. Your soul has sin on it, and only the Blood of God can put it away. Your sins can only be forgiven through simple faith in the Precious Blood of Jesus Christ. You can't cleanse yourself from your sins. Your good works only make your sin stains worse and worse. Free justification through faith in the atoning Sacrifice of Jesus Christ is the only way. The blood of Jesus Christ will change your rebellious heart, and save your lost soul.

Man's views and opinions are only superstition and idolatry. The Blood of Jesus Christ is one and only acceptable offering that satisfies the demands and justice of God to pay for human sin and make an Atonement so that sinful man and a holy God could be reconciled together. The Blood of Jesus Christ is the still the only answer for your guilt. There's nothing as rare and valuable in all the universe than sinless Blood, and it came from the veins of Jesus Christ. Jesus shed His precious blood in exchange for your soul. God gave His best (His Son) for the worst (all of us). See John 3:16-36. Human nature will believe anything and everything but the Bible. Human nature downplays guilt, sin, the grace of God, and the Bloody Sacrifice of Christ Jesus.

Jesus' Blood still saves ungodly men from the love of sin. Your greatest need right now is Faith in His Blood (Romans 3:25). Sin's debt is fully paid by the Lamb of God's Blood. Only a sinless Man can save sinners. Only one Man was good enough to pay for your sins - His name was Jesus of Nazareth. The Lamb of God bled for your sins. No verse in the Bible says that Jesus saves from Hell, Jesus saves from Sin now. Your best is not good enough to save you. You can never be righteous enough to earn heaven. There's a holy God that your sin has offended, and it's going to take a perfect blood Sacrifice to satisfy the wrath of God towards 'your' sin. God requires the Best, and the Best is the Lamb of God. You can get out of debt, by borrowing more money. You can get out of your sin debt, by doing your best, your best is sinful in God's sight. Sin is such a heinous thing in God's sight, that only His Son's Blood is an acceptable Payment.

Consider your ways, fear Christ Jesus (Matthew 10:28), take heed to yourself, be careful that you don't damn your soul to Hell by neglecting Christ's Precious Blood - the only cure for your deadly sin problem. There is a world to come. If you die in your sins, after this life will come the Judgment and then eternal wrath and misery. If you perish in your sins, on your own head will be your doom. If you die without Christ, it will be own fault. Your conscience warn you of this, and the Bible confirms it. If you reject Christ, you are your own destroyer. You must be saved by free grace, and not by your own merits. If you continue to love and refuse to trust Christ, there is no mercy. Outside of Christ, there remains nothing for you but the fearful looking for of judgment and of fiery indignation. Jesus suffered bitterly and bled to death to save sinners just like you. Trust His Blood implicitly to save you from the love of sin now. Looking to Christ alone will save you from your sinful habits.

See Acts 20:28; Romans 3:25; 5:9; Ephesians 1:7; 2:13; Colossians 1:14, 20; Hebrews 9:12, 14, 22; 10:19; 12:24; 13:12; I Peter 1:2, 1:18-19; I John 1:7; Revelation 1:5; 5:9; 12:11.

The Real God

You don't need a god you can see - you need the real God who can always see you (Proverbs 15:3). By nature unregenerate man exchanges the truth of God for a lie, and worships created things and not their good and holy Creator. The atheist doesn't know himself, so he can never know his Maker. The atheist's pride keeps him from bowing down to worship the Crucified Creator in humble grateful adoration, with a joyful but tender fear. Atheists adore the wisdom of men, Christians adore the wisdom of God. Only the wounds and blood of Jesus can cure you of the love of sin. 

The main consideration with atheists is, what they shall eat, or what they shall drink, or how they shall be clothed, and they are always watching to see what is the best way to go in reference to temporal matters. The atheist lives for the shadows and bubbles of time. The atheist desires to be his own savior and god - this is Satanic. The atheist fears the moral effect that the word and Gospel of God may have on his immoral soul, he desperately hugs his sins which he has lived in and loved for years. Self-exaltation is the atheist's main object of life, and self-preservation is his main motive.

Come over to the winning side - Believe the simple and wondrous story of the Cross - How that the God of heaven became a man who lived and loved, and then bled and died to save sinners; Christ the Son of God was crucified, buried, and raised from the dead; Jesus of Nazareth is the one and only Messiah. Free grace, eternal dying love, and the free pardon of sin by divine blood is the essence of the Gospel. Jesus was tender and kind, and willing to live and die for others. Why won't you trust your soul with HIM and become absolutely dependent upon His grace? 

If you continue to reject Christ, it is absolutely certain you must perish in the Lake of Fire. Stop listening to Satan's lie - Evolution. The self-made man will never worship and adore His Creator. The Christian adores the Son of God, he reverences and remembers the word of God. The New Birth (John 3:7) is absolutely necessary, and it is absolutely impossible to you, unless the Spirit of God regenerates you. Come to the Cross and find mercy in the Blood of the Redeemer.

The atheist exalts man, but the Christian exalts the God-man, the Lord Jesus Christ. It is absolutely useless to trust your good works to merit your salvation. Your good works are less than useless. If you would be save by works, you must be absolutely perfect, and you know that is impossible, for you are a sinner. Look only to the Great Sin-Bearer who made a full, complete, eternal, and absolutely acceptable Blood Atonement for human sin. Exalt only the merits of Christ Jesus. 

None can forgive sins save the Son of God alone. Resign your soul absolutely into Christ's merciful hands. You must believe the Gospel Medicine to be the only thing that can heal your sinful soul, then you must personally take the Heavenly Medicine, and actually swallow it down into your soul by simple faith and trust in the Crucified and living God - Jesus Christ. Believing only in Christ is the great and main thing. True and hearty repentance of sin is a true token of genuine faith in the Savior.

The main plan is believing on Christ Jesus unto the salvation of your immortal soul. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I am a sinner, Lord Jesus, and by faith I lay hold on you, and trust you alone to save me. I know that you bid sin-burdened souls to come to you, and I am a sin-burdened soul; so, Lord, I come, I hang only upon your gracious invitation in Matthew 11:28, "Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." 

The main point is that you receive Jesus Christ, Himself (John 1:12). Humbly ask Christ to give you what you really need - His forgiveness. Faith in Christ is your greatest need beyond everything else. The moment a sinner believes and trusts in the crucified Son of God he is pardoned at once, he receives salvation in full through Christ’s blood.

The presence of God [the Holy Ghost] is absolutely essential for the salvation of lost sinners, and the edification, instruction, growth, and perfecting of believers. The main object of our life should be the winning of Christ to our soul and the winning of other souls to God. Have good and great thoughts of Christ, and you shall find your troubles lessening, and your sins disappearing! The main strength of the Gospel is to GLORY ONLY in the cross of Christ. Human morality is of no account and dangerous. The main and only way to overcome the fear of death is to believe firmly and continually in the Blood of the Crucified and Risen Lord of glory - Jesus Christ. Christ Jesus really, actually, and truly lives today to save sinners to the uttermost.

Think on These Things...

You're not here on earth by chance, but by God's own choosing. You did not invent yourself, you had no part in your own creation. You were intricately made in your mother's womb by the wisdom and mercy of Jesus Christ Himself. The good hand of God formed you to be the person you are. JEHOVAH created you at the exact moment He required, and He placed you in this point in history, so that you could know His Son by Grace through Faith in His shed Blood. And then after you have been born again, you could glorify your Maker and exalt His Son, and in the strength of God's grace you should get up every day and go out and be good, that is, be a blessing to those around you by doing good works heartily as to the Lord, and for Jesus' sake alone. Only God's free grace and can produce true goodness.

On your very best day you are an unprofitable wretch, all of your very best endeavors up against God's holy standard of Perfection, that is, Christ's Righteousness, are only filthy rags and dung. Just humble yourself and face the facts: You are absolutely morally bankrupt and spiritually busted. You have no goodness of your own you could ever appeal to as a means of acceptance with God. That's where God's grace comes in: The Lord God Almighty Himself came to earth in the Person of Jesus of Nazareth (II Corinthians 5:19-21). He obeyed the divine Law in its perfection, He lived a perfectly holy life, He died in the place of lawbreaking sinners, He bore our sins and dealt with all of God's wrath on Calvary's Cross, He shed His innocent blood for His sinful enemies, He secured free and eternal salvation for those who will simply believe on Him. 

Christ Jesus came down to earth in kindness and love to save your sinful, miserable, wretched soul from the hell you deserve. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. This is God's commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment (I John 3:23). Come to Jesus, rely entirely upon His most precious blood and God's grace to save your soul, and then live your life entirely to God's glory.

The Safest Place: *In Him*

IN HIM was life; and the life was the light of men. That whosoever believeth IN HIM should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth IN HIM should not perish, but have everlasting life. Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified IN HIM. I find IN HIM no fault at all.

Through His name whosoever believeth IN HIM shall receive remission of sins. For IN HIM we live, and move, and have our being. How shall they believe IN HIM of whom they have not heard? IN HIM shall the Gentiles trust. But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we IN HIM; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him. For all the promises of God IN HIM are yea, and IN HIM Amen, unto the glory of God by us. For God hath made JESUS to be Sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God IN HIM. For we also are weak IN HIM, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you. According as He hath chosen us IN HIM before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love. And be found IN HIM, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. For it pleased the Father that IN HIM should all fulness dwell. As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye IN HIM. Rooted and built up IN HIM, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. For IN HIM dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete IN HIM, which is the head of all principality and power.

God is light, and IN HIM is no darkness at all. But whoso keepeth His word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are IN HIM. He that saith he abideth IN HIM ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. And now, little children, abide IN HIM; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at his coming. And ye know that Christ Jesus was manifested to take away our sins; and IN HIM is no sin. Whosoever abideth IN HIM sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen Him, neither known Him. Hereby know we that we dwell IN HIM, and He in us, because He hath given us of His Spirit. And this is the confidence that we have IN HIM, that, if we ask any thing according to His will, He heareth us. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know Him that is true, and we are IN HIM that is true, even in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

When you get close to Death's door, there's going to be two things you're going to need most:  The Precious Blood of God manifest in the flesh, and the Presence and Comfort of the Holy Ghost. When you are nearing Death's door, you'll find out for sure who your friends are then.  So if you're lost in your sins right now, be wise, and get really familiar with the Precious Blood and Holy Spirit way ahead of time.

Especially For You

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners - He bled, died and rose again from the dead especially for you. The way of sin and destruction is always easy. The way to Hell is downhill; and the way to the bottomless pit is easy travelling. Remember - to do wrong will always be easy while man's carnal nature is what it is. Men can always find, someway or another, the means to rebel against God. Man can always find a way to sin against God. The evil brain of the atheist is double-quick in devising, the depraved heart is swift in apprehending, and sinful hands are always ready in carrying out any and every scheme of disobedience to God's law and will.

The Gospel is only intended for real sinners, that is, ungodly guilty folks. You are a sinner to the bone marrow, you've ruined yourself through your sinning. A sinner has nothing good in himself at all, it's pitch black dark inside the soul of a lost man until Christ is received into the heart. Arrogant human nature thinks it's pretty good in some ways, but this is only a proud delusion. You think you are somebody and that you can merit something with God, but only Christ can merit salvation for you. God will only save your foul soul for Jesus' sake. Stop quarreling with your Maker. Every sinner needs the Savior right now. Simply be nothing, and let Christ be everything. If you sense your need of the Savior, Simply Believe on His Atoning Precious Blood. Rest wholly and simply on the saving grace which is in Jesus. Atonement through the Sinless Bloody Substitute is the way to Glory.

Christ Crucified is the only remedy and medicine for your sin-sick soul. Simple faith in the atoning blood; humble simple dependence upon Christ Himself. Here it is - Jesus calls me, I come to Him; Jesus died for me, I trust Him, and He saves me. Bread is yours by simply chewing and swallowing; Christ is yours by simply believing and receiving Him into your heart. Rely on the Great Soul-Saver - Christ Himself. The man who refuses to come to Christ, that man has a righteousness of his own which he loves and trusts. Trust only the merits of Christ's Precious Blood and Rightoeusness. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. Christ is all you need. Good works come from the Holy Spirit, not sinful man. Good works don't produce eternal life, they are only living proof you have received Christ's eternal life.

Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners - He bled, died and rose again from the dead especially for you. Only Jesus can save you from the love of sin. The real reason any man rejects Christ is because they are living an unclean life, and they don't want to give up their evil ways. Truly repent of your former sins. Flee for Shelter under Christ's blood. The best time to trust the Blood of Jesus Christ is always right now. Jesus is all a sinner needs. Free pardon, gracious acceptance, full remission, salvation for the guilty is available now at the Cross. Forsake your self-righteousness and trust Christ's righteousness and blood right now.

Persuaded and Directed

And Abraham said unto the rich man in hell, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. And Paul reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. And Paul went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. And when they had appointed Paul a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. For I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that Christ Jesus is able to keep that which I have committed unto Him against that day. These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being His counsellor hath taught Him? Now God Himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes!

Here is the tender persuasion and direction of the Gospel: You have absolutely nothing to do in the matter of your salvation, but to humbly accept in faith the one sinless offering made once for all by God manifest in the flesh - Jesus Christ. Cast your deadly doings down at the foot of His Cross; cease from all your own works; cease from your own righteousness; cease from resting in your religious performances. Cease from all this, and in simple faith accept, receive, take hold of, the Divine finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ. God wants no sacrifice from you; God asks for no other atonement but His Son's; God looks for nothing on your part to propitiate His wrath towards you, or present you with acceptable in His sight. The Lord God is only satisfied with the Divine finished work of the Lord Jesus Christ, with His sinless obedience, and with His Precious shed blood. And now if you sense the burden of sin on your soul, and abjure and renounce all your own doings, and rest in the finished work of the Lamb of God — the one eternal redemption that Jesus has offered, God the Father will love and embrace you, and take you into an everlasting covenant. All is done! Christ Jesus has done it all, Christ has suffered all, and all He asks you is in faith to receive His glorious and sinless blood sacrifice; simply believe in *HIM*, and be saved now.

Christ Jesus' blood atonement is finished and whosoever tries to add to that must surely expect eternal doom. You cannot make recompense for your sinful offenses. “It is finished.”The recompense for all human sin has been made already at Calvary's Cross by the Lamb of God. You can never gain a righteousness in which God will accept such a wretch as you. “It is finished." A perfect Righteousness has been wrought out already by God's Son and is now available to you as a Free Gift if you will take it without any payment of your own. You have no need to trouble yourself about adding to Christ's Righteousness. "It is finished." Jesus came to save poor despairing wretches that deserve death and damnation. You cannot escape from sin, and you cannot be saved from its punishment in your own goodness. Dear Sinner, the way of salvation has already been finished once for all. Simply trust to Christ's Finished Work and your soul is eternally safe. Human nature hopes that God will accept it, if it does some things, forgetting that the way of acceptance with God is already finished. God does not accept men because of any anything they do or feel, but simply and only for what Christ did FOR THEM on Golgotha, and that is finished. Let not your heart be troubled - Jesus has done it all. Human nature thinks that you must be this, and attain to that, and then you may be assured that you are saved. But you can only be assured of Salvation - if you simply believe in what Christ Jesus has done for you long ago on Calvary's Cross. You are full of imperfections, but God does not regard your imperfections, but He covers them all with Christ’s righteousness. You cannot be what you should be, yet God does not look at you, as what you are in yourself, but as what you are in Christ.