Let these sayings sink down into your ears. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. Incline your ear, and come to JESUS: Hear, and your Soul shall Live. If any man Thirst, let Him come unto JESUS, and Drink. Listen closely to the Gospel Message: The Holy Spirit must apply the words of God to your Soul just like a healing salve is applied to wounds and putrifying sores. You can be told about the Gospel Medicine every week, but you must personally and willingly swallow the Gospel down into your own heart, by Faith, for yourself. You must be Converted and experience a Change/Turning of heart which is the working of the Holy Spirit.
The carnal mind seeks and grasps after promotion, pride of life, vain glory, power, mammon, carnal ease, the praise of man, love of sin, acceptance with worldlings, and getting along with the crowd.
I am a poor sinner, and nothing at all, and Christ Jesus alone is the sinner's Savior. JESUS is my sinful Soul's only Hope, Confidence, and Righteousness.
You must feel yourself a sinner by heart contrition, not by just religious head knowledge. Renounce everything about yourself, and Willingly give/commit your Soul up unreservedly into the hands of JESUS. Where there is true Saving Faith, there will be sincere obedience and the fear of God. May your Soul LIVE off the Son of God by Faith, eating His flesh, and drinking His blood: that is, Chew and swallow down this Gospel morsel by Faith in HIM - God manifest in the flesh shedding His precious blood to save guilty sinners. He that hath the Son hath Life; and He that hath not the Son of God, hath not Life.
Like a bedridden intensive care patient, all you can do is👀Look to the Physician for HELP. Your sin-sick Soul needs immediate Attention. Look Now to Jesus; Cling fast to HIM; Ask God for Grace and Faith to Believe; Receive His Tender Mercy and Take Hold upon His Free Grace; Cleave to the Lord Jesus with purpose of heart; Lay hold on the Lamb of God, for He will make you perfectly whole, and take away your sins forever. Without Jesus you can do Nothing. Jesus' Goodness and your Badness must meet together, One-On-One with JESUS Himself. The best Robe of Jesus' Righteousness and the golden Ring of His endless Love and Mercy JESUS will give you freely.
Jesus shows you His bleeding wounds and softly but powerfully whispers to your Soul, "Please let Me be all your Great Salvation!" Jesus' Free Grace is the Sure Foundation on which your poor weary Soul must fully Rest.
Your dry, empty, parched Soul (barrenness, proneness to evil, wearied, worried heart) is dying of thirst. Come to Jesus, for He is the Water of Life, never forget, from HIM your Soul can drink abundantly and freely. JESUS' bleeding wounds must pay your Soul's Ransom. It is impossible for you to be saved from sin without being Born Again of the Spirit of God. You can never add your righteousness to the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST. You are devoid of all goodness; you must make Christ your GOODNESS.
A wise man disclaims his own righteousness, and thinks nothing of it, and wraps himself up completely in the fire-proof Righteousness of Christ. Only your self-righteousness can damn your soul, and only Christ's RIGHTEOUSNESS can Save and Protect your Soul.
