Human nature cannot endure to hear that it must be saved by simple Faith in the Person, Blood and Righteousness of the LORD JESUS CHRIST Himself. Your Soul must come directly in personal contact with The Lord Jesus Christ through Faith in His Blood. You can only be made nigh to God through JESUS' BLOOD. The carnal mind has no appetite or time for the Gospel of Christ, for the carnal mind rails and kicks against the free Gospel, that glorifies God alone. Human nature desperately pleads for human goodness. What self-righteous man calls "good" is utterly despicable to God. The top and bottom of the whole matter is for you to "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ." Be nothing, be nobody, only trust Christ Jesus. Never believe in yourself at all, always and only believe in CHRIST JESUS.
The most moral and upstanding sinner you know, as well as the most wretched and debauched, the most depraved and forsaken; all Sinners no matter what their condition may be, they are all the same in God's sight; they need Christ Jesus the Lord. If you receive what you truly deserve at the Judgment to come, based on your own merits, you shall be driven from the presence of God and cast into the lake of fire. Human merit cannot help save you from your Sins one bit. Every day your Soul exists in the bond of iniquity and the gall of bitterness without Jesus Christ and every hour that goes by brings you nearer to deep despair and Hell Fire.
Cleave to the LORD CHRIST CHRIST
with purpose of Heart!
The very best of your works are only dung and filthy rags which will land you in hell the moment you stop breathing and blinking. Look only to Christ's RIGHTEOUSNESS for your Salvation. JEHOVAH gave up His dear Son for sinners: Herein is Love, not that we loved God, but that God loved us, and sent His Son to be the Propitiation for our sins. Propitiation means that JESUS fully Satisfied the Divine Justice of God and paid the full penalty for your sins with His sinless bloody death on Calvary's Cross.
The Gospel of the Grace of God is this: God is now able, without injustice, to deal with sinners in pure Mercy, for JESUS' sake. God can now justify ungodly sinners, Apart from a man's sins or merits, because all their sins were laid upon God's dear Son, JESUS CHRIST, Who offered up His own self to Divine Justice as a complete Satisfaction (e.g., ATONEMENT, PROPITIATION, SURETY), so that God can now be Rich in Mercy and forgive ungodly sinners freely, for CHRIST'S SAKE alone. Believe in Christ, and nothing else but Christ; Christ Only, without any religiousness or ceremonies; Christ Only, without any philosophy, Christ Only, without amy human merit.
Think of your current condition without Christ like this: You are standing over the mouth of hell right now on a single plank, and that plank is rotten. You are hanging over the imminent eternal damnation of hell on a single rope, and that rope is frayed, snapping, and almost ready to come apart. You are like a deaf ice skater doing tricks on a frozen pond, but the skater cannot hear the ice is cracking and ready to give way at any time. This rotten plank, cracking ice, and frayed rope are pictures of you clinging to and relying on your own righteousness. It will not end well for you; for trying to establish your own righteousness is the dark path that leadeth to swift, everlasting destruction, that will soon come upon you. Do not glory in your own goodness, frames, or experiences. Wake up Now! May the Holy Spirit deal with you and cause you to perceive your deadly state and gently turn you from darkness to LIGHT, and from the power of Satan unto God.
Believe on the LORD'S Christ, the whole Christ of God, and nothing else but CHRIST JESUS. Only Christ's Blood can satisfy the unrelenting JUSTICE of JEHOVAH. You are guilty as Sin, and without Christ as your Advocate, a deadly tribunal awaits you in the world to come. Only Christ's Precious Blood can Atone for human sin. Only bring Christ with you to the Judgment, only bring His Blood and Merits for ONLY they can Defend you. Nothing will content God's wrath but His Son alone. None but Christ can save guilty sinners. It is safest for you to trust altogether to the Blood and Righteousness of Christ. When you look it all over, no sinful man be quite sure that he has done enough good works to save his own soul.
There is only one HOPE for a guilty sinner from JEHOVAH'S Justice, and that is in the Precious BLOOD of the Man of sorrows Who was acquainted with grief, Who gave His back to the smiters, and His cheeks to them that plucked off the hair. As long as you cling to your own righteousness, you will never be able to enter in at the STRAIT GATE, the NARROW WAY, the DOOR which leadeth unto Life Eternal.
There is really no other Hope for you, but Christ Himself. Your own merits are the termites in your Soul, that will bring your house crashing down in the end. No person that rested in Christ alone was ever ashamed of his Hope, and never shall be. The sure Foundation is only found at the Cross of Calvary. The Lamb of God will never fail you. Lean upon nothing but Faith in JESUS and His divine Blood Atonement. Your Soul can never Live by your own merits. Depend wholly on the Great Sufferer, whose name is WONDERFUL. It is just as possible for you to be saved by your own cursing and swearing, as by the merits of your own works. Your good works have a rotten odor in the nostrils of God. All of our best actions are tainted with sin and selfishness.
Simply cry out, "God be merciful to me a sinner!", and rest your Soul on Christ alone. The perfect character and sinless nature of the Lord Jesus Christ shuts our mouth to our own self-righteousness, and compels us to flee to Him in deep contrition for Mercy. Trust and glory in Christ only, and may your righteousness be banished forever. Never look within yourself for help, there is no merit in you, Look to the Lamb of God. Wandering, foul, miserable sinners are welcome and invited to come unto JESUS, not because you are good, but because you are evil and hopeless.
Your only claim is your poverty. You are morally sick with Sin. Only be willing to receive what JESUS most freely gives. Trust your Soul with Christ, or you will lose your Soul forever. God does not ask you for any good works; God ask you to trust His Son's perfect works. You must Receive everything from Christ: your righteousness is doubly evil. As a sinner, you must trust the sinner's Substitute who died in your place. Cry our for Mercy now: O God, save my Soul, receive me graciously, love me freely, for JESUS' sake. Faith in JESUS' Blood saves your Soul in an instant. Believe in Christ at once, and your Soul is safe Forever and Ever.
Your vain attempts to merit acceptance with God only increase your guilt and unworthiness. Strive and labor all you want after a righteousness of your own, but it will only bring you to more confusion and condemnation. All good things can only come to you by Christ's RIGHTEOUSNESS. You deserve no good thing, but JESUS deserves it All, and He says,"Set all my RIGHTEOUSNESS to that poor sinner's account." You may use Christ's name at the Bank of Heaven freely, and God will give you His favor and mercy, because of JESUS' sinless living, bleeding, dying, rising from the dead for your Soul. God will freely give you All things for Christ's sake. Do not go to anybody else but Jesus for the free forgiveness of sins. Your Soul's only Hope lies in what Christ has done, stick to that, and add nothing to what JESUS has done. JESUS is my All, I am Complete in Him forever, I need not add anything to His Great Bleeding LOVE. Christ Jesus Alone supplies all my Soul's needs. Christ Jesus' Righteousness brings my Soul Life Eternal freely. The way of Salvation is this: Believe on the LORD JESUS CHRIST.
You are simply bidden to trust in JESUS. Go directly to God in secret, own your vile sin of unbelief, for it is your greatest Sin against God. Humble yourself; do not try to pretend you are good in any way, for that would be fatal. Confess your sins and guilt; you are clearly guilty. Don't try to urge your own merit upon God. Your best course is to cast yourself on the Mercy of Christ. Sit down and think over the many ways you have done wrong, failed to do right, and sinned against God. All sinners including you, that have no merit whatsoever are invited and welcome at the Cross now. The Unsearchable Riches of Christ are available now for Free at the Cross, but only for bankrupt guilty sinners.
