MORE GRACE PLEASE

Always be asking the Father for more Grace to help in time of need. Use your brain for the main reason it was made by God: Think more of JESUS CHRIST; Ponder well His Precious Blood. Awaken to your sinful condition, Engage all your energies, and Flee into Jesus' bosom for Safety. Always be seeking divine aid from JESUS. Be pleased with the Person who pleases the Father - His Dear Son. Keep to the simplicity of the glorious Gospel message of the Cross of Calvary. Whosoever believeth in Christ Jesus is not condemned. Simply trust in the Innocent Blood of the Crucified Creator - Emmanuel, God with us. Faith in JESUS' blood is the necessary and essential ingredient. 

I beg you to truly grasp this precious golden sentence: Ye must be born again. The bleeding, suffering Lamb of God is my Soul's precious Refuge and Ransom. Behold and Receive the Precious Lamb of God. Full perfectness in Christ. I beg you to pay attention and hear God's words today. I beseech you now to come to the Christ Jesus. Keep your desire and affection fixed on JESUS. Simply let His Precious Blood wash your Soul, Let the Righteousness of Christ cover and justify your Soul. Christ is my Sure Salvation, Only Hope, and fondest Desire. Sincerely believe on JESUS with your heart, not nominally. May your Soul be saved beyond all risk through faith in JESUS Himself. Entrust your Soul's eternal future with the one Mediator between God and men, Christ Jesus Himself. 

By nature, you are ungodly, that means you simply leave God out of your life; then You begin to sin knowingly against your conscience and God; then You begin to scorn Christ and blaspheme God rebelliously and hatefully. First, You consider sin; then You are deceived and enslaved by sin; then You become comfortable with sins and enjoy sinning, You have pleasure in unrighteousness, you love sin. First, You listen to sin; then you intentionally choose and practice sin; and then You begin to be comfortable with sinning, and begin to defend and make excuse for sinning. Walk-Associated, Stand-Identification, Sit-Fixated. Awaken from your Sin Coma: Your Soul needs the divine transfusion of the Spirit of God through the Words of God. Your Soul must first be throughly cleansed by the Blood of Christ, and then your mind renewed day by day, and your spirit refreshed daily. Just like taking a bath or shower, you must personally take a spiritual bath willingly by the washing of water by the words of God. You can't get clean by hearing others teach and preach. You will either be Blessed by the Righteousness, or you will eventually Perish in your self-righteous sinfulness. 

Come to JESUS now for Rest; Leave your self-righteous labors behind; Leave your self-reliant efforts; Leave your sins and presumptions; Leave every-thing you are trusting, and come straight to JESUS. Spend your time very wisely: Contemplate Calvary, Consider the suffering of the Lamb of God, and then rely upon JESUS as your Substitute, trust in HIM as having sufferer in your place, Look out of yourself to JESUS and His Atonement for full payment of your sin debt which is due from you to the fierce wrath of Almighty God. Come to childlike Faith upon JESUS' person, blood and righteousness. Only JESUS' atoning blood gives immediate rest and peace freely to the guilty Soul. Grace shall be with all Souls that love the Lord Jesus Christ Himself in Sincerity. 

Much prayer for Souls, Desire to bring sinners to JESUS. Keep to the Holy Spirit for power to overcome evil with good. Keep to the Gospel; Tell out the Gospel. Only The Holy Spirit can make my natural darkness flee. The great object of my faith, thoughts, ambition, motives, and actions is JESUS only. Get close to Christ, be calm and at peace, enjoy His Rest. The wisest Soul always stays nearest to JESUS. The Grace of God will cause you to thirst, pant, and long after Christ. 

THE PEACEMAKER

Peace is a state of harmony, tranquility, and freedom. Every sinner is born an enemy of God, and by nature is at war with God. The carnal mind is enmity against God. You are alienated from God, and you are the enemy of God in your mind by wicked works. Whosoever is a friend of the world is the enemy of God. The worldling will try anything to obtain peace of mind, but they avoid and reject the one thing that actually works: believing and receiving JESUS CHRIST into their innermost heart. 

First of all, you need peace with your Maker. The Troublemaker is your sinful nature, and the PEACEMAKER is EMMANUEL, God with us. The Way of Peace you have not known. Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Your carnal sinful nature is striving against the will and mind of the God of Love and Peace. You need The Peacemaker to come between you and God. There's only one PEACEMAKER for your Soul: His name is CHRIST JESUS. JESUS drank the cup of God's fierce wrath and indignation on the CROSS, so you could Freely take His cup of Blessing and Salvation. He gave up Everything, so you could have Everything. If you are tired of Sin, come now to JESUS for PEACE and REST. Endless bliss or Ceaseless woe in Eternity; Chaos or Peace here in time; it's your choice today.

Peace I leave with you, My Peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Now the Lord of Peace Himself can give you Peace always by all means.

You need to come to terms and hold personal peace talks with JESUS as soon as possible, the sooner the better. If you don't, you're fighting a losing battle every day. Lay down deadly weapons (love for sin, self-righteousness, ungodliness) and surrender to JESUS CHRIST. The Grace of God brings Life and Peace; pills and liquor never will. Listen to and receive The Gospel of Peace from Jesus Christ Himself. Come to the Cross, and make a lasting Peace Deal with the Lamb of God. Nothing short of JESUS' Atoning Blood can bring Peace from God to your Soul. Therefore being justified by Faith, we have PEACE with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with God. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but Righteousness, and Peace, and Joy in the Holy Ghost. JESUS must first be the King of RIGHTEOUSNESS in your heart, and then He will be the King of PEACE.

Be wise now: Seek the PEACEMAKER, come now and reason together with Him, and make Peace with God through Faith in the PRECIOUS BLOOD of The Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. JESUS is God manifest in the flesh, Who offered up Himself without Sin, suffered Divine Justice, and bled and died in your place to pay the Penalty for all your deadly sins. He shed His own life's Blood to spare your guilty rebellious Soul from the wrath to come. Eschew evil, and do good; seek PEACE with God: ensue HIS DEAR SON. Simply let JESUS be your PEACE, let the PEACEMAKER, The King of Peace, rule in your heart. 

Now remember, nothing short of a divine miracle from the Holy Spirit can effect Salvation in your Soul. Christ died for the ungodly transgressor, that's You. Let JESUS' Precious Blood wash and pardon your Soul, and let His Righteousness cover and justify your Soul. Save yourself so much trouble: Nothing can truly satisfy your weary Soul, but to know and follow JESUS CHRIST. Get still, Get small; Listen to the Holy Spirit's still, small Voice. Quit your sinning and selfishness, and sincerely trust and humbly follow the Lord Jesus Christ.

PRECIOUS CRUMBS

Human nature loves accolades, awards and trophies. Human nature tends to get focused on self, worries, frustrations, problems, discouragement, struggles, circumstances. Faith in Jesus Christ is absolutely necessary; you can't truly Live without Faith in HIM. Faith in JESUS comes from the Holy Spirit; Faith in the Son of God can grow, and Faith in CHRIST can become Great. Apart from Faith in JESUS' Precious Blood there is no Salvation for your Soul. Doubts and unbelief are the very opposite of Faith. Without Faith, it is impossible to please God. Faith is only as good as the object. If the object of your faith is dead, you will have a dead faith. Faith in JESUS is a Living and Lasting Faith, for He is Alive and Eternal. Sincere Faith in JESUS must grow. Lord, increase my Faith. 

Living faith in JESUS will never be dead and fruitless. Faith in JESUS gives you strength and joy. Faith is Planted in your heart by the Holy Spirit, and then cultivated, and then Faith grows. No Faith (Mark 4:40), Little Faith (Matthew 6:30), Great Faith (Matthew 8:10; 15:28). Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. The divine nature doesn't live by feelings, but by Faith. Little faith is worried about things, not about character and pleasing God. Little Faith is anxious about drinking, eating, dressing, and circumstances. She was a Gentile, and she had never been to a Baptist church, and she never read a King James Bible, but she still had Great Faith. The object of her Faith was Great; His name is JESUS. We should never be satisfied with little faith. Faith in Christ can become Great. 

Great Faith overcomes obstacles: first yourself, then people around you, and finally the LORD Himself. Rocks in the path only help you climb. You must overcome yourself first; never keep your eyes on yourself. The first problem is always yourself. Never expect any merit or help from yourself. Look out of yourself to JESUS only. Get your eyes off yourself and on JESUS. Never try come to JESUS through any merit of your own. Come to JESUS through Faith in His Atoning Blood. People around you will sometimes be a hindrance and obstacle, just like the disciples. Never keep your eyes on other Christians. The biggest problem is yourself, the next problem will be other Christians, and then your problem will become God; His silence and rebuke. Abraham was his own worst enemy, then Lot troubled him, and then God told Him to sacrifice Isaac. 

The Lord's silence can be discouraging; His rebuke can be offensive. The woman of Caanan kept on beseeching JESUS, and kept on coming to JESUS. But Jesus rebuked her, and called her a Gentile dog. But she humbled herself and agreed with JESUS. The Bible rebukes our pride. Great Faith doesn't waver, but remains focused on JESUS. Faith doesn't argue with the LORD's will or words. Great Faith must be exercised, or an evil heart of unbelief will overcome you. Fix your Faith in JESUS' words and purpose, not in your feelings or merit. Let the children first be filled. (See Mark 4:27) Faith lays down at the LORD's feet and waits patiently to enjoy His precious crumbs. 

Great Faith is not offended by the LORD's silence or rebuke, or other people's actions. Faith stays and prays, Faith accepts the Lord's words, Faith accepts your position. Don't go through this life unbelieving. Fix your Faith in God's words, not your feelings, put faith in His purpose not others, place Faith in His grace and mercy, not in your merit. Living Faith grows and can become great by overcoming obstacles, exercising, and laying hold on His words. Don't be detoured by yourself, others, or your feelings or circumstances. Keep your eyes on JESUS; Looking only unto HIM Who is the Author and Finisher of our Faith. Do not seek great knowledge or compassion seek Christ who gives us Great Faith. Great Faith in The Great Savior. 

And from thence He arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but He could not be hid. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of Him, and came and fell at His feet: the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought Him that He would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. And she answered and said unto Him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs. And He said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. Mark 7:24-30

Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto Him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But He answered her not a word. And His disciples came and besought Him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. But He answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Then came she and worshipped HIM, saying, Lord, help me. But He answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs. And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table. Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. Matthew 15:21-28

THE *REAL* ISSUE 5

For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing. You must have no confidence in the flesh, that is, human goodness. Jesus said, I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. There is none righteous, no, not one. Every sinner on Earth needs Righteousness, and there is only Person in the universe that can give you RIGHTEOUSNESS, and make you RIGHTEOUS.

Human nature is grossly ignorant of what God's RIGHTEOUSNESS, HOLINESS, and GLORY actually is, which is the Person of JESUS CHRIST. Human nature blindly and stubbornly goes about to establish its own righteousness, trying to amends its ways, by religion, repentance, or reformation of its doings. Your so-called good deeds will never make you acceptable and justified with God. Jesus Christ is the Personification of RIGHTEOUSNESS; He must make you Righteous in the sight of God. Never rest upon or trust in your deadly doings, or trust to your feelings for Salvation or Justification. For if you do so, you will certainly die in your sins and perish forever. To think you can help save yourself in any way is a damnable notion and error. The Sun of RIGHTEOUSNESS hung on the Cross in gross darkness, so your heart could be made Righteous and be filled with the Glorious Light of His Gospel.

Never endeavor to reform your life, or amend your life, by your own merits. The perfect Righteousness of Jesus Christ must be imputed (transferred) to your guilty soul by a divine miracle and work of the Holy Spirit called Justification. You must trust in the finished Righteousness of Jesus Christ, and rely upon the work of the Holy Spirit to make you Righteous and bring your Soul into a saved and safe state. Safety is of the LORD JESUS CHRIST. Never try to blend or weave your own filthy rags of self-righteousness into Christ's glorious robe of Righteousness. Never try to affix the Precious Jewel of Christ's Righteousness to your swine snout. 

Cast off and throw away all of your own righteousnesses (they are covered in your filth), Submit to Christ, and be Freely clothed with the Best Robe, the perfect and complete garment of Christ's RIGHTEOUSNESS. This is the Priceless Wedding Garment that must cover your Soul out in Eternity at the coming Judgment. By your own merits and performances, your Soul can never earn or deserve God's Mercy, Grace, and Salvation. You must be Regenerated within, that is, Born Again by the Spirit of God. Salvation must be wrought in your Soul by the power of the Holy Ghost, and you must be made a new creature, and freely given a new heart, life, desires, appetites, thoughts, and brand new clothing, that is, a new robe of RIGHTEOUSNESS.  The Savior takes off our grave clothes and then covers us with His Grace Clothes. The most wonderful change imaginable you will ever experience within your heart is the New Birth from the Spirit of God. 

Create in me a Clean heart, O God, and renew a Right spirit within me. Your old heart is a leaky and defiled receptacle, therefore you must be given a new heart before JESUS will pour His free Salvation into You. The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

Come to your senses now: By nature, you are in your sins and condemned already, and only the Grace of God can truly awaken you to your ruined state, and persuade you to Flee to Christ for Safety. All the Salvation of a sinner is dependent solely upon the Lamb of God. In a nutshell, Simply be Nothing, and let JESUS be your All in All. Just as you Commit your case to the LAWYER, and Commit your Money and Valuables to the BANKER, and Entrust your Safety to the PILOT, and Hand over your body to the SURGEON; likewise; SUBMIT AND COMMIT your helpless Soul entirely to the SAVIOR. Your naked Soul must be completely covered and wrapped in the fire-proof RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST JESUS, for HE is GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH.

Please come now absolutely naked to JESUS CHRIST. Have zero pride in your own filthy rags, for they are defective and damning. In your very best state, you are altogether guilty and exceeding sinful. Ask God to give you ears to hear, eyes to see, and the hearing of Faith. Look solely to CHRIST JESUS, never look to yourself or religionists. Count all your self-righteousness but dung, and Flee now to Christ for His RIGHTEOUSNESS, simply trusting only in HIS PRECIOUS BLOOD from His own heart, or you will surely perish. 

Be wise now, consider God's Infinite Holiness and Divine Justice. Be mindful of the Purity and Demands of God's Law, for it condemns the guilty sinner to eternal Vengeance. Be aware and conscious of Christ Jesus who came into the world in the form of a man, being made of a virgin peasant Jew named Mary, made under the law, and was perfectly obedient to the divine Law, and offered up HIMSELF without ever committing any sin before God. But Christ Jesus became Sin for us, the Father laid on Him your iniquities, He drank the cup of damnation for you, and JESUS bore full penalty and punishment due to you for breaking all of God's Laws, He suffered, bled and died as your Substitute and Redeemer. Remember now, You can only accepted, pardoned, and perfected by God through Christ's RIGHTEOUSNESS. Only Christ's RIGHTEOUSNESS can place your Soul in an eternal safe state both now and out in Eternity. 

KINDS OF FAITH

• Dead Faith - James 2:17,20,26
• No Faith - Matthew 17:17; Mark 4:40; Deut 32:20
• Little Faith - Matthew 6:30
• Visible Faith - Matthew 9:2; Hebrews 11:1
• Saving Faith - Romans 3:25
• Strong Faith - Romans 4:20
• Grounded and Settled Faith - Colossians 1:23; 2:7
• Stedfast Faith - Colossians 2:5; I Peter 5:9
• Most holy Faith - Jude 1:20
• Growing Faith - II Thessalonians 1:3
• Unfeigned Faith - I Timothy 1:5; II Timothy 1:5
• Praying Faith - James 5:15
• Purifying Faith - Acts 15:9
• Precious Faith - I Peter 1:7; II Peter 1:1
• Great Faith - Matthew 8:10; 15:28; Luke 7:9

JOY UNSPEAKABLE

Contrite and humble spirit

Receiving in God's Righteousness (Perfected)

Accepting Christ's Blood Atonement (Pardoned)

Behold the Lamb of God; Looking unto JESUS

Having no confidence in the flesh; Confiding in Christ

Simplicity of the Gospel

Supremely happy to follow JESUS

Gladly resign from sinning against God and grieving the Holy Spirit 

Love the Lord Jesus Christ with Godly Sincerity

Submissive acceptance of Christ's Righteousness

Worship God in the spirit, Rejoice in Christ Jesus

Glorying in the Cross; Mind heavenly things

Resting in Christ's Finished Work

Willing and Obedient Heart

Walking in the Fear of the LORD; 

Comfort of the Holy Ghost

Departing from evil; Uprightness of heart with God

Joy Unspeakable and Full of Glory

Calm Contentment 

Come boldly unto the Throne of Grace

Let your requests be made known unto God

Spend and be spent for the Gospel 

Let not sin reign, Let the Peace of God rule

Nothing without His Smile

Peace in Believing

Communion of the Holy Ghost

Honest and good heart

Exercise thyself unto godliness

Serving the LORD with gladness

Be ye Thankful

Depart from iniquity, Deny ungodliness and worldly lusts

Humble yourself under the mighty hand of God

Cast all your care upon JESUS

Longsuffering with Joyfulness
Yielding spirit
Cheerful giving

Patient cheerfulness

Submission to God's providence
Submissive mind

Meek and lowly in heart

Father, glorify Thy name

All things work together for good to them that love God

The LORD giveth, the LORD taketh away

Good is the word of the LORD which He has spoken

Nevertheless not my will, but Thine be done

Forgiving and Forbearing one another
Acquiescence to God's divine will

It is the LORD: Let Him do what seemeth Him good
Willing to follow
Willing mind

Sweet confidence in God's exceeding precious promises

Thou maintainest my lot
Humble reliance in the Mercy of God
Strength in helplessness
Joy in submission
Rest in full resignation to God's divine will
Peace in full surrender

WILLING HEARTED

And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again. 

Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. Take ye from among you an offering unto the Lord: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the Lord; gold, and silver, and brass. And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the Lord’s offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the Lord. The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the Lord, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the Lord had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses.

He offered up Himself.

If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord. Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the Lord, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate.

Praise ye the Lord for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the Lord. And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts. And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment. 

And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the Lord? 

Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel, and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king’s work, offered willingly. Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the Lord: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. 

He offered up Himself.

And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the Lord; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valour. And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered. And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord. And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land.

For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves. For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate. Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind. 

The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.  

Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

He offered up Himself.