MAKE MENTION

Who are you following with your mind and heart? Who are you mentioning and emphasizing with your tongue? What voice are you listening to, and what spirit is persuading you?  Your mind is dwelling on something. Gird up the loins of your mind, and be Sober. What is your your Mind's fixation, your Soul's passion, and your Heart's obsession? Your voice is harping on something or other; you are underlining something with your speech and doings. You are declaring something fervently.

Be Wise: Make mention of JESUS and His RIGHTEOUSNESS, MERCY, and LOVINGKINDNESS only; For HE is The Living and True God. Extol and honor The Everlasting KING of heaven. Don't be babbling about some false, dead god; make no mention of other gods and vain idols invented by this evil world, neither serve them. Pay close attention to what a man is underlining with his speech and deeds.

There's only one God of heaven; He is the only wise God: Praise the LORD JESUS CHRIST, Call upon His name, Keep not silence, Declare His doings, Publish the Gospel of Christ; Make mention of HIS Name in Truth and Righteousness. Exalt The Name which is above every name; JESUS, The Lamb of God Himself.

Who are you trying to bring people's attention to with your life? Who has the Preeminence in your thoughts, intents, and actions? Always be asking the Holy Spirit for His divine aid and guidance in prayer, in witnessing, in everything. Come boldly unto the Throne of Grace, and Behold The Lamb of God! 

What are you Mentioning today?

"ONLY"

Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and HIM only shalt thou serve. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 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. 

And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only. Be not afraid, only believe. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety. He only is my rock and my salvation; He is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from HIM. I will go in the strength of the Lord God: I will make mention of Thy righteousness, even of Thine only. 

Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.

To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords. Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. 

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. 

To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for Thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

*IN THE KNOW*

I am the Good Shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of Him, and He would have given thee living water. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.  Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made that same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins. 

Because HE hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised Him from the dead. That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. 

He that hath the Son hath Life, and he that hath not the Son of God hath not Life. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 

Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. 

The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men. For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them. 

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. 

That I may know HIM, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death. Hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him. Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour. For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 

Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers. Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto HIM against that day. Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. From a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 

My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard HIM ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 

But I know Him: for I am from Him, and he hath sent me. Then said they unto Him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.  If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 

And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given 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.

THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL

The Glorious Gospel of Christ is your only Hope in this present evil world. The LovingKindness and Mercy of God in Christ Jesus is commended and extended to you only at the Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. Your many Sins hang about your neck like a weighty millstone; you sit in the darkness of the prison house of Sin, despairing in the dreadful shadow of death. Your Soul's dire necessity is Christ Jesus Himself, nothing or no one else with ever Satisfy you deep within. May the Holy Spirit be merciful and bring God's Grace to you, and may He begin His secret work within you. Sin is a dark path that leads to a dead-end of Misery and Destruction. Your ways are unequal with God, and your sinful mind is against the God of heaven. If you get the Justice you deserve, you will surely be Doomed and Damned. This very moment, your Soul desperately needs the Precious Blood and Perfect Righteousness of Christ Jesus. 

God be merciful to me a sinner, for Jesus' sake, this must be your only plea. Your Soul is despairing without Christ. But you would rather starve and go to Hell, than take the Free Bread of Life from Jesus' merciful hand. You need to let JESUS argue your case before God, for you are Guilty for sure. Until your heart is filled with divine Mercy from JESUS Himself, you will continue on in your confusion and despair. The Grace of God must first make your Soul feel the need for Christ's great Salvation. You can find Mercy in Christ at the Cross today. Entreat the God of heaven for the forgiveness of your sins through the innocent blood of His dear Son. 

This is the Glorious Gospel Way: God delights in Mercy, but He only gives guilty sinners peace, pardon, reconciliation, and renewal through the LAMB OF GOD which taketh the Sin of the world. God delights to forgives sinners, but only Jesus' sake. The work of God's grace make you realize your sinfulness, cause you to become uneasy and fearful of the wrath to come which you justly deserve. God's Grace helps you to perceive your sinful state, and creates a deep thirst within you, which your righteousnesses and religiousness can never quench. God be merciful to me a sinner through Jesus' precious blood, that was shed for guilty wretches like me. Pray for Mercy from God through the Precious Blood, or you will surely perish. Your self-righteousness is absurdity and wretched rags in the sight of God. 

Do you really believe you're a sinner? Do you believe you've broken God's laws, and you are a good-for-nothing offensive rebel against God's divine justice? Do you believe and sense in your conscience and heart you have broken all of God's commandments, and deserve eternal punishment on account of your thoughts and deeds? Are your sins a weary burden you carry about with you daily? Does your Soul need saving from the deadly plague of Sin? Do you believe that Christ Jesus can put all your sins away through His Precious Blood? Now remember, You cannot save yourself; you must trust JESUS to save you completely without your any of your righteousness. None of your self-righteousness can you bring; forsake your deadly doings; simply come to Christ's Cross and cling to Christ for Mercy from God. 

You have sinned; you know you have, from your childhood even until this very day. You will sin even more before you fall asleep tonight. There is an evil nature and tendency ingrained in your nature called Sin, that continues to lead you to lie, lust, hate, cheat, defraud, and reject Christ. Have Mercy on your Soul, come to Christ for Safety and Rest. When you Reject Christ and put Him off, you actually murder your own Soul; because He is the Only Remedy for your deadly Sin problem that is plaguing you continually. You have been foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating others. Your sins have left you debauched in mind and defiled in your Soul. Sins are like grains of sand, they don't seem like much from day to day; but when you put them all together, they are a very heavy bag of damning guilt on your Soul's back. You are a poor sinner, and nothing at all; and if you want to be saved, Jesus Christ must be your All in All. 

Hear the Glorious Gospel and take heed to it; Glad Tidings of Free Forgiveness of Sins through the Mercy of the Lamb of God. Personally embrace the Savior by Faith, and He will give you Relief from the guilt of all your transgressions. It pleased God the Father out of infinite Mercy to lay your sins upon His Son, the Substitute and Sinless Sacrifice for human sin. Jesus Christ took the full load of your sins up to the Cross, and then suffered for them, and carried them away forever, and now God can be Just, and yet the Justifier of ungodly Souls, just like You. 

The Lord Jesus Christ is the Bread of Life. You put bread in your mouth every day, you taste and chew it, and swallow it down into your digestive tract, and that bread become part of your body, nobody can take it away. You become one with the bread eat each day. Even so, by Faith believe on Jesus Christ, and receive Him into your immortal Soul, and JESUS will become yours forever, so that no one can HIM from your very Soul; He will course through your being all of your days. Your Soul will dwell quietly and peaceably in Christ. Salvation's perfect work was FINISHED when Christ offered up HIMSELF on the Cross: He loved you and gave Himself for you. Faith in the Atonement by Precious Blood, and in the real and literal Substitution of Christ for you. Jesus died, the Just for the unjust, to bring You to God through faith in His sinless blood. The Lamb of God's substitutionary Atonement is your Soul's only Hope in this world today. 

Be s sensible Soul, embrace JESUS with your Soul, and receive the Savior into your Heart, Look away from everything that is within you and LOOK to Jesus Christ, trust only to His suffering, bleeding, and dying on Calvary's Cross where He became Sin for you. Trust your whole Soul with Jesus Christ. The Water of Life, JESUS CHRIST, is given freely to poor needy sinners. Are you such a sinner? Right now, your Sins are either on You, or on Jesus Christ. Yield to the Holy Spirit, turn from Sin to God, and Simply Rest on Christ and His finished work alone, Rely on His RIGHTEOUSNESS, and you are Safe forever. You are sin-bent and hell bound. Simple faith in Jesus, Complete Reliance on His sufferings and Precious Blood is the Remedy for your Sin problem. You cannot change your inward sinful nature, but there is a Person who can.  JESUS' sin-atoning work on the CROSS is your only hope of acceptance before God. Let the light of the Glorious Gospel of Christ shine into your Heart today.

God, be Merciful to me a sinner. Lord Jesus, Please give me a true interest and sincere belief in You, Help Thou me for I am in sin trouble, Hear my prayer, Change my heart, Turn me to You, and I shall be turned, Have Mercy upon my sinful Soul, Take away all my iniquities, Lead me to Calvary, Have Mercy upon me, Grant me your Salvation freely, Please save me Now from the wrath to come, Create in me a clean heart through your Atoning Blood, Receive me graciously through Your Atonement, Give me your Grace, I need real Faith in You, give me Faith in your Precious Blood.

LISTEN UP!

Who you actually listen to in this life is highly important. Words are like food, and your Mind is the mouth of your Soul. Be careful about what you let the world put in the mouth of your Soul. The devil wants to listen down to him. The world wants you to listen around to them. But what you really need to do is LISTEN UP to THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 

First of all, you need to ask God to incline your heart to listen to HIM. Because without the help of the Holy Spirit, you cannot spiritually hear at all. We are all born deaf to God, and the Holy Spirit must open our ears to hear. We cannot hear God one bit until we receive Christ Jesus and we are Born Again of the Spirit of God. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

Incline your ear, and come unto ME: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. Incline my heart unto Thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel. Give ear, O my people, to My law: incline your ears to the words of MY mouth. I have inclined mine heart to perform Thy statutes alway, even unto the end. 

Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. 

My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding. My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. 

But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do; but they did them not. But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. And the Lord hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 

Keep Looking unto JESUS, 

and LISTEN UP to HIM!

SALT AND LIGHT 4

Seek ye the LORD JESUS CHRIST while HE may be found, call ye upon HIM while HE is near. Break with your selfishness and sins, receive Christ Jesus by faith deep in your heart. Be filled with the Spirit of God; Be a well of water springing up into Everlasting life; my cup runneth over. Do all things without murmurings and disputings. In lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Abounding in the work of the Lord. Ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. Faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto ALL the saints. Not to just the saints that believe exactly the way you do, but Love and Faith toward the Lord Jesus and toward ALL the saints. 

Look inwardly; remember your own sinfulness; repent and forsake sins; Look outwardly; Realize the wretchedness all around you and have compassion toward lost Souls, and Look upwardly, and never forget the Love of God in Christ Jesus. Trust and obey JESUS, and seek Him for the strength and discipline needed to follow HIM closely. What are you following? Who is running your life? What are you spending your days and energy on? 

Whosoever believeth on JESUS, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. That ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Do not be a man pleaser; Please God with your thoughts, actions and reactions. Let your chief concern be this: Contrary winds and raging floods will inevitably come to your family, marriage, business, health, finances, employment, ministry; be wise, prepare for these boisterous winds by being rooted and grounded in Christ, and be founded upon the ROCK. The Holy Spirit is the divine Wind of God, Who blows and helps us endure the contrary winds. Do not be carried about by worldly winds, but let God plant you deeply in Christ and let your heart's roots cling to the ROCK. 

Keep your heart set on Christ, and walk humbly with thy God, so you will not be rooted up by every wind of doctrine and worldly spells. If any man thirst, let him come unto JESUS, and drink, yea, drink abundantly. Be led of the Spirit; Walk in the Spirit; Take Christ's yoke upon you; Let the Spirit of Christ lead you in the will of God and control your impulses. I am the Vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in ME, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without ME ye can do nothing. And of JESUS' fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to Whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

SALT AND LIGHT 3

The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. In prayer is where our mind, heart, and will is conformed and transformed to God's will and purpose. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. God's kingdom and will begin to happen in our earthen vessel. Come to God in prayer through Jesus with a penitent heart, surrendered will; Think of God's greatness, thank God  for His Son and Goodness, Sense and appreciate God's Love and Mercy, let your Heart be warmed and prepared by the Holy Spirit to face daily circumstances. It is the highest privilege and opportunity to commune with Christ and seek God's face and fellowship.

God will hear your fervent plea and give your heart comfort; His Grace is sufficient for you. The LORD is Good, a strong hold in the day of trouble, and He knoweth them that trust in HIM. Pray without ceasing: Depend upon God all the day long; Confess your sins; Ask God for grace and strength to do right and please HIM; Cast all your care upon Him; Pour all your praise on Him. In prayer is when your heart is after God's own heart. Persistent disobedience results in misery; Consistent obedience to Christ leads to peace and blessing. Remain little in your own sight. The bird is free in the air, the fish is free in the sea, and the Child of God is free in the will of God, as he hears, understands, receives, and keeps God's words. Wisely help and lead Souls out of sin's captivity with the Gospel of the Grace of God. 

A little folly, little leaven, little slumber, little foxes, little horn, little member, little fire: little things can lead to big trouble. *Ecclesiastes 10:1; Proverbs 6:10; Song of Solomon 2:15; Daniel 8:9; I Corinthians 5:6; Galatians 5:9; James 3:5*

Will it be said to you, "Depart from Me, I never knew you," OR "My sheep hear My Voice, and I know them, and they follow Me"?

You have broken the Laws of God and violated divine Justice all through your life, and you need to be forgiven and redeemed from your Sins. External religiousness will only leave you more LOST and confounded. If the Holy Spirit has made you restless within and burdened over your sins against God, don't keep kicking against the pricks. If your heart is desiring peace and pardon and favor with God, you need JESUS' Precious Blood and Perfect Righteousness. Christ Jesus' Precious Blood freely provides your Soul Pardon, and His Perfect Righteousness freely provides your Soul Perfection. Admit to God that you a guilty sinner deserving His eternal wrath. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. JESUS didn't die for His sins; CHRIST for your sins against God. The only way for you to Avert the imminent damnation of your Soul is to renounce/reject your righteousness and receive Christ's Righteousness. JESUS was absolutely sinless in thought, word and deed; and He offered up Himself, and shed the Blood of God on the Cross of Calvary to Atone for your transgressions. He rose from the dead the third day according to the Scriptures. Your superficial morality and dead works cannot help save you at all. JESUS is able to save sinners like you to the Uttermost that come unto God by JESUS, seeing He ever liveth to make intercession for them. Truly receive Christ Jesus into your heart, right now, and receive Eternal Life and Forgiveness of Sins from HIM freely. 

*A-S-K*

Ask, and it shall be given you; 

Seek, and ye shall find; 

Knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 

For every one that Asketh receiveth; 

and he that Seeketh findeth; 

and to him that Knocketh it shall be opened. 

*Matthew 7:7-8* 

* ASK: When the Holy Spirit begins to move, and makes you aware of your sinfulness and conscious of your dire need for Mercy, Grace and the Forgiveness of sins; you will begin to sincerely inquire about JESUS. A man who is truly lost will humbly ask for directions. When you are convinced by the Holy Spirit of your lost ruined state, you will get to the Physician. If you're lost, ask a Christian where JESUS may be found. Ask JESUS Himself how you can find Him. Keep asking around. Read the Book the John, Read the Book of Romans until you bump into JESUS, that's where you'll find HIM every time. Ask God where you can find His dear Son. If any Soul lacks JESUS, let him ask of God. Look up to JESUS; Look to the Lamb of God; Look for divine Help from above. Nicodemus was up in the middle of the night inquiring about JESUS, he found out where JESUS was, and sought HIM out. *John 3:1-3* If you truly want Salvation, you must go straight to the SOURCE.

* SEEK: Seek JESUS in the Book of the Lord, Look for HIM in the Scriptures, Seek Him in prayer, Seek Him at the CROSS, Seek Him through childlike Faith in His Precious Blood. If you are truly looking for JESUS, you will surely find Him. Asking leads to action (Seeking), Seeking leads to Persistence (Knocking). Seek ye First the KINGdom of God, and His Righteousness (JESUS CHRIST). The diligent woman found the lost coin. *Luke 15:8* JESUS is a Rewarder of them that diligently seek HIM. Diligently seek His face, and you will find HIM. Friendly Reminder: Your mind was made to seek and meditate on JESUS; Your Heart was made to Love JESUS; Your Soul was made to worship JESUS. At Christ's Hospital, Free admission is given to the Sick who Seek HIM.

Abound in supplication and pleading to God. In the quietness of your heart, speak with God concerning your needs; Humbly beg JESUS to grant your requests and desires. Concentrated active pleading with the LORD daily. Seek JESUS with your thoughts, consideration, meditation; Study JESUS closely in the Scriptures; Diligently listen to the words of the Truth of the Gospel attentively and heartily; Pay great attention to the word of truth, the truth of the gospel, the gospel of your salvation. Only the Grace of God can bring your Soul the Blessing of Eternal Life. Come boldly unto the Throne of Grace, that you may obtain Mercy, and find Grace to help in time of need. Ask as a beggar petitions for his alms. The lips ask, the Soul seeks, the Heart knocks. Begging is a very profitable trade at the Throne of Grace. Seek Mercy at God's hands through JESUS CHRIST, and you will get a positive reply.

* KNOCK: The squeaky wheel gets the grease; the poor and needy Soul gets the Savior. JESUS is the DOOR of Mercy that leads to Eternal Life and Acceptance in the Beloved. Knock on HIM with all your heart, and He will open Mercy's Door to you. Persistently knock on JESUS; He is the DOOR OF MERCY, show Him your sincerity, and He will open unto You, and give you Eternal Life freely. As a beggar knows to do: be sure to knock on the RIGHT DOOR. Blind Bartimaeus kept on knocking and the DOOR opened. *Mark 10:46-52* The Syrophenician woman kept on knocking and the DOOR cracked open. *Mark 7:24-30* The hungry man kept on knocking on the DOOR, until he got the bread he desperately needed. *Luke 11:5-13* Humble sincere persistence gets the DOOR OF MERCY open. If you really want in the DOOR, you'll get in, there's no doubt about it.

If the Holy Spirit has brought you under a sense of your sinfulness and danger, If you are not content to go to Hell, and you want JESUS CHRIST; If you want to be washed in the Precious Blood; If you want Eternal Life, I beseech you to Knock, Knock, Knock. That's right, the Goods are just inside the Door: Knock at the Door of Mercy as a poor man knocks at a warm house desperately seeking shelter on a cold snowy night; he knocks as if he does not get in, he will perish in the blizzard. The LORD must open the Door. Jesus said, Him that cometh to ME, I will in no wise cast out. 

SALT AND LIGHT 2

Man is his very best state is altogether VANITY; and the LORD JESUS CHRIST is always Altogether WONDERFUL. Man is nothing in reality imagining vain things, filled with idle dreams, empty conceits, carnal tendencies, lascivious indulgences, corrupt inclinations, sheer-delusion, and make-believe righteousness. Beware of the pride of life, the lust for rank, the desire to make a name for yourself, the craving to hoard and be tight and greedy with your finances, the hope of temporal evil gain, the desire to please men, and not God. Carnal reason, boasting and wisdom leads you into a deadly dead end. Depart from evil; do not dilly-dally with sins. Are you seeking the Holy Spirit's strength and fighting against your besetting sin? Come now penitently and submissively to Christ; He is only Hope in this world and in the world to come. 

Human nature has a propensity for forgetting God, immorality, ingratitude, and folly. The reason you hate and constantly question the HOLY BIBLE is because it clearly forbids sinful pleasures such as lust, fornication, adultery, lasciviousness, pornography, uncleanness. Wisdom from above leads you first to be Pure; and only Christ can give you true Purity. When you fear God, you will eschew evil, depart from the snares of death, and flee to Christ for eternal Refuge. The more a man gives himself to immoral darkness, the more he will avoid and hate the light of the Gospel. Each hour and day you continue in loving your sins and rejecting Christ only brings you into more darkness, misery, hardness of heart, and difficulty of change. When the moral brakes are taken off, and the sin engine is running hot downhill, the Soul is in imminent danger. Hell is selfishness on fire; the lake of fire is separation from the presence and goodness of God, perdition is an eternity of hatred of God, the fires of lust, the worm of despising God, wickedness and wretchedness for evermore. The Soul without Christ has a inner fever hot after sinning, very thirsty, dried up with evil desires, and inflamed with evil lusts. 

Outside of Christ's protection, sin is working in you to damn you, you are under the motions of sins: obstinate will, darkened judgment, depraved affections, selfish desires, evil thoughts, foul motives. The LORD JESUS CHRIST sees you all time, He is reading your heart, He knows your secret thoughts and intents, He hears the words you speak and do not speak, and records them all in preparation for Judgment day. All of your imaginations, inward depravity, lusting, desires, anger, envy, pride, and rebellion is being transcribes each and every day. Prepare to meet thy God: only Christ Jesus can expunge your crimes against God. Your unchecked temper leads to evil anger, your lusts to evil longings, and your heart to evil covetousness, pride and rebellion. If you have not spent your life on JESUS CHRIST, and planning to spend the rest of your life on HIM, you have and will squander your life on nonsense and folly and wind up losing your Soul in the end.

The way to Hell and eternal ruin is very easy, just keep on doing what you're doing, and you will inevitably wind up in Hell. One Soul perishes by debauchery, another may perish by respectability, and another may be doomed in his religiousness. One Soul may be lost in the bar drinking his Jack Daniels, and another Soul may be lost in a pew playing church, relying on his own righteousness and self-decency: the devil doesn't care how you go to Hell; as long as you to neglect Christ, the devil is happy. JESUS and what He has done for you, this is your Soul's only Hope of Escape from the damnation of Hell. 

This is the way of Wisdom: Lie down in surrender at JESUS' feet, believe He will save your Soul from the love of sin, and trust your Soul in His hands, or you will surely lose your Soul forever. Hang upon JESUS closely like a baby clings to his mother. Since I cannot save my Soul, I fall into Christ's arms and plead His tender mercy. Ceasing to rely upon anything of my own, I just Rest upon HIM entirely. There are a thousand and one ways to Hell, but there in only one WAY to Heaven: the Man Christ Jesus. Be reasonable and sensible, have mercy on your Soul: Come into personal contact with the living God, right now, by faith in JESUS' Precious Blood.

Walk in Christ's meekness, lowliness, holiness; live in submission to Him all through your day, enjoy His peace. Be wholly submissive to the Lamb of God; heartily adoring HIM. This is honorable usefulness, to be lowly and useful for JESUS' sake. Learn that in self-sinking and self-denying your real usefulness will be found in Christ. For JESUS' sake, gladly bear the brunt of poverty, sickness, slander, persecution, bereavement, temptations, reproach. Simply trust in JESUS alone at this moment; then respect the LORD by departing from known evil, and freely give holy reverent adoring gratitude to the Blessed Redeemer. 

SALT AND LIGHT 1

The carnal man's imagination is his damnable inspiration. Human ability is nothing more than puffed up inability. Human nature makes a god out of its own thoughts; man's thoughts of who God is are far from being correct. Please remain conscious of your own incompetence and inability. The person who does things without Christ will end up doing absolutely nothing in the long run. The man who preaches without the Holy Spirit's divine aid cannot help anyone at all. Human ability without the grace of God is a vain show. 

The natural man lives to please himself, gratify his flesh, and is mostly concerned his own self-preservation, greed and health. The Soul without is always miserably deluded and wretched. Self-sufficiency is inefficiency. Carnal fancies, worldly glory and frivolities, human honors, useless amusements, vain conceits and self-reliance are only empty chaff. The Soul who thinks little of sin, thinks little of Christ. 

The fulness of Self is double emptiness. Human nature is formed by culture and custom, ruled by the fear of man and observation, restrained by selfish ulterior motives, governed by the love of human approbation. Worldlings prize and cling to their vain, temporal toys. Gossip is a sin which picks holes in everybody and everything. The carnal wise man attempts to set up his own imaginations as truth. The world's god is a god who has no justice or righteousness, their god takes sin lightly, and does not hold man accountable for sinning. The person who God truly uses will be so emptied out, that he will wonder how God could ever use him in the least degree. 

The natural man minds earthly things. Carnal wisdom and legal effort is vanity. Only the Holy Spirit can draw you away from sinful pleasures and self-righteousness. The Soul without Christ is bewitched with folly. Worldlings do not want anyone disturbing their conscience, interfering with their dirty habits and deadly addictions, or dislodging their selfishness. The filthy lusts of this present evil world only lead to unclean passion, filthy desire, and the grieving of the Holy Spirit. 

Sin is a deadly inward plague, a constant threat and burden. Your sins pervert your judgment, pollute your imagination, and cripple your strength. Seek peace with God through the Precious Blood of Christ. Lean all your Soul's weight on the Person of Christ Jesus and His Precious Blood. Beware of a dead faith which doesn't look to Christ as the Propitiation and Atonement for human sin. Believe heartily in JESUS as the Propitiation for your sins. Come to the Lamb of God at once and by faith personally lay your hand on Christ and let Him take your sins away by identification, confession, acceptance, and transference. By faith grasp JESUS CHRIST with a simple childlike faith in HIM alone. 

Simply be a truster in God, a believer in Jesus, and a dependent upon the Holy Spirit. Calm Resignation and Full submission to the will of God. Entire submission to the Righteousness of Christ, Sweet delight in God's will, walking in the Spirit tenderly, submissively, and quietly. Cheerful submission to the Father's divine discipline. Gladly bear ill treatment, slander, ridicule, insult, and injury without resentment, revenge or retaliation. 

JESUS should always be in our thoughts, desires, intents, spirit and Soul. Filthy, arrogant, obsene, boastful, cruel, slanderous, unreliable, deceptive, unchaste, impure words should not come from the mouth of a child of God. The quitting of Self, the abhorrence of sins, the clinging to the LORD. Lay hold upon God's words, and cling to the Person of Christ by Faith. Regrets for sinning, desires after His holiness, trustings in Christ, hoping in His mercies. Showing a long face, pining over your troubles, grumbling over self-pity, disputing over nonsense, and whining over your losses - this never honors God the Father. Domestic cares, endless chores, bodily pains, and daily frets never end. 

Is what you are doing consistent with the will of God and pleasing to Christ? Your Soul needs eternal mercies more than time mercies. Cry out sincerely to God for inward purity. Attempts after holiness, longings to overcome sins, sighings for deliverance from inward corruption. Loathing and grieving over your Sins, and confessing and forsaking your Sins. Be sick and tired of Sin, and loathe selfishness. Make JESUS CHRIST the center and master of every situation you may encounter, seek Him and plead with him in that capacity. JESUS constrains us with His mighty Love, leads us in golden fetters, as joyful captives of His wonderful Grace. Behold JESUS' great Love, and how He stooped to become Sin for us, to become a Curse for us on the Cross.

THE *REAL* DEAL

Now understand, Listen closely: The LORD JESUS CHRIST is the real Savior for real sinners, Who really bled and died for your Real sins, and He was really buried, and then He really rose again from the dead on the third day according to the real Scriptures, and He is really alive right now at the right hand of God, and really able to save your Soul to the uttermost, if you will simply and really come unto God by HIM. God really wants to save you from the wrath to come, and you really need to believe on the person of JESUS CHRIST. Rejecting Christ spells DOOM for your Soul. Never forget: JESUS' Precious Blood is the only Real Cure for your personal Sins against God. JESUS Himself really bore your Sins in His own body on the tree, so that your real Soul could be freely Ransomed and Redeemed. JESUS really became Sin on the Cross for your lost Soul's sake. Your Soul needs real RIGHTEOUSNESS, and only JESUS CHRIST can freely give it to you. You need a real miracle to occur within your heart. If your Soul needs urgent Divine Care, seek and receive the Lord Jesus Christ. You must really, truly, literally receive Christ into your own heart by Faith in His Blood that was shed for your transgressions. Look to JESUS, and really Live. You need to be really changed deep within. The Great Convincer and Converter, the Spirit of God, is the miracle worker. May the Holy Spirit help you to really realize your own sinfulness, mortality, and immediate need for Christ. Life is really tough, but its even tougher if you reject Christ. If you keep neglecting and rejecting JESUS CHRIST, you will really go to Hell, no matter what the professor or the pope says.

DO YOU PRAY?

Do you ever pray? Do you neglect talking and communing with God? Is it a burden for you to spend time with God? Are you God's friend or his enemy? Do you ever take time to speak with God through your day? Do you sincerely love God? 

If you had a son who lived in your house, and you kindly fed him and clothed him, but your boy told his friends at school, "I never spend time with or speak to my father; my father speaks to me, but I ignore him, I never listen to him: I live in his house and take advantage of all the good things he provides me, but I don't think about him, and I treat him as if he were dead." This unthankful son has an animosity toward his father. Likewise, if you live without speaking to God, or you neglect listening to Him speak to you through His words, your heart is surely dead in sins, dead to God, and you have a carnal mind which is enmity against God. Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon HIM while He is Near. 

And suppose you were separated from your father, and he wrote you comforting and encouraging letters, but you never opened them and read them. You took no notice of his love, and did not bother to read his messages to you. You received many letters, but you had nothing to do with them. Maybe you and your father are enemies, and there is no affection in your heart towards him. But your father's letters were seeking peace with you, and he desired to do you good. Your father's letters said if you are ever in need or danger, that he would help you. They were kind and affectionate letters seeking reconciliation between the two of you. The letters were meant to benefit you, but you didn't care about them, even to open them. If this is the case, then you must despise your father heartily for some reason. 

But think about it friend, this is your very conduct towards the letters to you from God found in the Holy Bible. The blessed Holy Bible is filled with love letters to you from God Himself, He is the Great Father, yet you do not read them or care about what He says to you. There must be enmity in your heart toward God. Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read.

OUT OF DANGER

Is your Soul in Christ right now, and Out of Danger? Pride is a cunning evil that hides in every heart. Let no man deceive himself. Only the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ can overcome human pride. 

Until you trust Christ with your Soul, you are in yourself, you are in sins, and therefore condemned already and the wrath of God abides on you presently. Only the Grace of God through the Holy Spirit can awaken you to your ruined condemned state. First, you must be convinced, and only the Spirit of God, the great Convincer, can lead your unregenerate heart to know your true condition before God, lead you to confess your sins and own your crimes, and gently guide you to the feet of JESUS; Who is the reasonable, gracious Savior of sinners. Trust alone to His Precious Blood and Righteousness, and JESUS instantly become the cleft of the ROCK, where you safely hide from the coming storm of divine vengeance justly due to your sins. Like the manslayer in Joshua's day who was pursued by the Avenger, you are not Out of Danger until you pass through the gate of the city of refuge. Until you are completely enclosed by the LORD JESUS Himself, your Soul is still in Danger. Inside the walls of the city of refuge, the manslayer was secure, and within the Savior's wounds and righteousness, you are Safe. Trust only in the RIGHTEOUSNESS that was wrought out for your Soul by Christ Himself. Only look for Salvation by Christ, not by yourself. Only by the obedience by the Lord Jesus Christ can you be made Righteous. The Soul that truly believes in the Lord Jesus Christ, that very moment is in Christ. Humble simple dependence upon JESUS places your Soul forever where you are covered completely by His merits and blood, and forever Safe. Noah's dove was never secure and restful until she rested her feet on the hand of Noah, and then Noah pulled the dove into him inside the ark. If your wings are tired, rest upon Christ, and let Him pull you into Him. Hide safely in Christ; there is therefore now no condemnation to the Soul which is in Christ Jesus. Whosoever believeth on the Lord Jesus Christ hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation. These are golden words, dear words from the Lord Jesus Christ Himself, believe in them, treasure them, rejoice in them for evermore. Come to JESUS now, and Rest your mind, Calm your heart, and Refresh your soul.

You must personally believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, get your sins taken care of, deal with JESUS personally, receive Him inwardly by Faith in His Blood. Rely implicitly upon Christ Himself, and be freely clothed in His RIGHTEOUSNESS, or you will surely perish in your sins and be doomed eternally. If you trust in any of your human righteousness and slight the Righteousness of Christ, your Soul will perish. Until you are in Christ, your Soul is not OUT OF DANGER. Throw your helpless Soul into the arms of the Lord Jesus Christ, and believe on Him with ALL your heart. 

Have you ever been Changed? If you are divinely Changed within by the Holy Spirit, you will be supernaturally Changed at the Rapture by the Lord Jesus Christ. 

But please do not deceive yourself, and think you have believed on Christ, unless you find the effects, evidence, and fruits of true Faith within yourself. Faith in His Precious Blood transforms and renews the Soul. Faith without works is dead; Now Faith is the Substance of things hoped for, the Evidence of things not seen. The Substance is the Divine Fruit of the Holy Spirit, the Evidence comes from the True Vine and produces Fruit through us, and is the proof of sincere Faith of Christ, not just a nominal profession of Christ. Abide and yield to the Holy Spirit. Living Faith purifies and sanctifies the Soul. When the Spirit of Christ wroughts within you the great Salvation of JESUS, and infuses within you His divine nature, you will come Alive, begin to eat, begin to talk, begin to glorify Christ out of gratitude to His goodness to you. Only JESUS is Author and Finisher of Faith and Salvation. For 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. For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. Salvation is a miracle from Christ that He works within you, He brings your Soul from disgrace into His GRACE.

Let the mind of Christ be in you; Jesus humbled Himself. The heart of man has many kinds of Pride.

- Pride of Birth and Heritage: Is not this the carpenter's son?

- Pride of Wealth: The Son of man hath not where to lay His head.

- Pride of Race: There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. 

- Pride of Religiousness: Ye must be born again. Without Me ye can do nothing. The true worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth. I count them but dung.

- Pride of Respectability: Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?

- Pride of Personal Appearance: He hath no form nor comeliness.

- Pride of Reputation: Jesus was a friend of publicans and sinners.

- Pride of Learning and Education: How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?

- Pride of Position and Superiority: I am among you as he that serveth.

- Pride of Fame and Success: He came unto His own, and His own received Him not. He made Himself of no reputation. 

- Pride of Ability: I can of Mine own self do nothing.

- Pride of Self-Will: For I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me.

- Pride of Intellect: As my Father hath taught Me, I speak these things.

There never was not an atom of pride in the heart of the Lord Jesus Christ. Beware of the deadly serpent called Pride. Never pat yourself on the back. *Proverbs 27:2* Pride brought the people of Babel low, when they tried to build and do things without God. They said, "Let us make us a name", they wanted to be Somebody, but they were confounded, scattered, and brought low. Pride always brings tragedy in the end. Always ascribe to JESUS All the glory and credit; Praise JESUS for all things, and not yourself. 

Religion will never save your immortal Soul from sin's penalty; only Christ's Blood and Righteousness can save your guilty Soul. Religion is on the outside, Salvation is deep within the heart. Religion is temporary; Salvation is Eternal. Religion is physical; Salvation is spiritual. Religion is natural; Salvation is supernatural. Religion is what man does to try to justify himself before God; Salvation is what Christ has already done for us to justify us freely through His precious blood in the sight of God. Religion leads to self-righteousness, pride, and vain glory; Salvation leads to contriteness, repentance, Christ's Blood and Righteousness, meekness, lowliness, and sincerity. There are many, many religions here on Earth; but only one Salvation comes from above, through the name of JESUS CHRIST. Religion is sinking sand; Salvation is founded on the sure Foundation that is laid, which is JESUS CHRIST Himself. See Matthew 7:22-23 Look it up: Many wonderful works cannot save. 

You can never go to Heaven without JESUS CHRIST deep inside in your heart. Where will you be when you get where you are going? If you faced death today, where would you go? Have you made sure preparations to enter Eternity by committing your Soul to Christ Himself for safekeeping? *II Corinthians 6:2; Proverbs 27:1; Psalm 90:12* Be ready to meet your Maker at any time. Please don't gamble with your Soul. The wages of sin is eternal death, but the gift of God is Eternal Life through the Lord Jesus Christ. Your Soul is afflicted with the terrible disease called Sin which will result in Eternal Death unless you Submit to the only Cure for Sin. Sin is the most fatal plague of the human heart, and Christ Jesus' Precious Blood is only Cure for Sin. Submit to JESUS, for He is the only Cure for your Sin. What you do with JESUS CHRIST in this world will determine where you go in the world to come. JESUS will not save you against your will, but He will act according to your will. 

Friend, What's really going on today in this world around you? Here's what going on: The prince of the power of the air, Satan, is doing all he can to get you to forget, neglect, reject, or avoid Jesus Christ, so that you will not put your Faith in His Precious Blood. Satan and his servants are striving and working around the clock to distract and deceive you, and persuade you to believe anything and everything, but Christ Jesus Himself. Your Soul is in a miserable, wretched, dangerous state without Christ. Never depend upon your own righteousness, good works, self-reformation, or inherent goodness. There is none that doeth GOOD, no, not one. 

Seek the Lord Jesus Christ by spending time in the Bible and in prayer; May the Holy Spirit help you to truly understand the Bible, ingest God's words way down deep inside; Let God's words take root in your inward parts, Love God thoughts, and obey them. Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ shall be saved. Personally accept Christ's way, receive HIM into your own heart. Never trust in your human accomplishments or experiences, simply trust to Christ Himself, that is, trust Who He is, What He has done, What He can do for you. 

Your stove must be preheated before you use it to cook; likewise your heart must be warmed by the Holy Spirit through God's words and effectual fervent prayers and supplications, or you can do absolutely nothing. 

AS A LITTLE CHILD

JESUS said, "Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the Kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein." Humble dependent Trustfulness upon the KING, The Father and His Son.  Will you ignore, oppose, or accept this Truth? The way you enter, grow, and reach out in the Kingdom of God is this: plainly and clearly become as a little child. First, You must become as a little child inwardly, and be born again of the Holy Spirit. You must become childlike, not childish. You must come to JESUS His way, not your way. As a baby needs their mother most of all; likewise, your Soul needs JESUS CHRIST.

Naaman, the Syrian general, had to humble himself, take off all of his military regalia, strip down, and dip in the muddy Jordan river. Elisha told him to go jump in the river; this was a very offensive message, but Naaman humbled himself, and he was cured. Nicodemus was a religious boss, but he humbled himself, came to JESUS by night, laid aside all of his religious rank, and realized he must be born again. Nicodemus realized all of his religiousness was vain and hopeless. JESUS must increase, but I must decrease. Religion says, "If you want to get in, you have to qualify based on what we think." The Almighty God humbled Himself, and became a Jewish child at Bethlehem-Judah.

The world says, "When my children are old enough, they will decide on their own what they should eat, and when they need to brush their teeth and go to bed, and when they need to wash and groom themselves, and when they need to learn to read and write, and when they need to learn about and believe on JESUS. I will let them make up their own minds in due time."

Your outlook in life must be focused; your eye must be single and aimed at the Son of God, or you will be full of darkness. Be Wise NOW, Look unto JESUS alone and receive HIM. 

The world worships greatness (but JESUS became poor), bigness (but JESUS became a baby), power (but JESUS was crucified through weakness), prestige (but JESUS was born in a manger and lived in obscurity), position (but JESUS became a servant), publicity (but JESUS made Himself of no reputation). May the Holy Spirit awaken and enable you to simply become as a little child and freely enter the Kingdom of God today through childlike faith in LORD JESUS CHRIST Who loved you and gave Himself for your sins.