Here is where God and human nature are at war; this is the central point of the quarrel. You want to be saved by something in yourself, or something from yourself, but God says that He will only save your soul by trusting in Christ's Blood ATONEMENT (Romans 5:11). Pride makes man want to do something, or be something to earn his own salvation, or to be saved in some wonderful way he has dreamed up out of his vain imaginations. By nature, every lost man and woman kicks against simply trusting in GOD'S BLOOD shed for the ungodly.
You must be willing to be saved from hell fire like the poor, good-for-nothing sinner you really are. You are a hopeless wretch in desperate need of the Savior. Your enmity to God is that you love the darkness of sin rather than the light of life, and you despise God's free way of salvation in Christ. You dislike God so much that you *will not* have heaven on Christ's plainest and simplest terms. You are so wicked inside, and so much at war with God, that you would rather go to hell than be saved God's way—that is what it boils down to, sir. You refuse to be at one with Christ by faith in GOD'S BLOOD; you will not lay hold on the incarnate God as living sinlessly, dying for your sins, and rising again from the dead on your behalf. You will not come to Christ that you might have His LIFE and LIGHT within you. Only the Holy Spirit can give your Soul a true Thirst for JESUS Himself, The Water of Life.
A drowning man naturally kicks and struggles, but if he just lies still, he can be saved by the lifeguard. When the lifeguard approaches the drowning man, if the drowning man will only be passive, he will be saved. Be passive now, and let Christ save your soul from the wrath to come. Be nothing, be still, and let JESUS regenerate and rescue your soul. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; Christ died for the ungodly; but God raised Him from the dead. Trust JESUS with your soul, rely upon Him wholly and alone, drop into His arms, and let Him bear all the weight of your sins and guilt. The Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, put away human sin by the sacrifice of Himself (*Hebrews 9:26*). With all thine heart, look to the Lamb of God for your sins' full remission and free forgiveness.
Send up a personal prayer to the personal Savior now: *"God be merciful to me a sinner, FOR JESUS' SAKE."* Trust in Christ alone for yourself, and this very moment all your sins will be put away forever. If you despise and refuse Christ, your soul will perish forever. It is hard for human nature to understand the Gospel of Christ, because the Gospel of God is so simple and so free. Human nature loves a way of salvation that is difficult; human nature naturally kicks at the Gospel of the grace of God because it is so easy—JESUS paid it all. Human pride wants getting rid of sin to be hard to understand, because it loves to sin. Human nature wants to live independently of God, and demands to have its own way. As long as you avoid Christ, the wrath of God presently abides upon you (*John 3:36*), and you are in the kingdom of darkness, continually under Satan's power and sway.
Only JESUS can save your soul from your love of sinning against God. The carnal mind plays stupid and pretends to not understand the Gospel, because the Gospel is very plain and so simple. The Gospel of Christ is so easy that even a little child can lay hold on it. The way of salvation by faith in GOD'S BLOOD is beneath the dignity of exceeding clever mankind. Trust now God's Son who died for ungodly sinners like you. There's nothing you can ever do to help save your soul; only Christ's sinless blood sacrifice of Himself can put away your guilt and sin burden. JESUS laid down His life for you—trust Him heartily. Christ's atonement satisfies JEHOVAH; you cannot.
Human nature would "give and do" anything to be saved. Forsake the vain idea of giving and doing; TAKE freely what JESUS offers to you Now. Have done with self-salvation, and simply let JESUS save your soul freely. Without Christ, your soul is dead in sins, perishing every day, and in imminent eternal danger of hell fire. Renounce all human works and outward forms of religion to help save your soul from sin. Face it: as a sinner, you cannot do any "good" thing in God's sight.
JESUS Christ Himself is the way of salvation (*John 14:6*). The Son of God left the glories of heaven, became a Jewish man, took upon Himself human flesh, yet God's blood rushed through His veins. JESUS lived a sinless, selfless life here on earth. In due time, Christ Jesus took upon Himself the sins of the whole world, and made atonement by laying down His life for you. The Lamb of God was crucified for guilty sinners, He was buried, and He rose from the dead; and now He is at the right hand of God. The only way to be delivered from your sins is by simply trusting in JESUS CHRIST alone.
God has set JESUS forth to be the Propitiation for human sin, and now whosoever believes in the Lamb of God has his sins put away at once, whatever the sinner may have done. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. The soul that would be saved from sin must trust and receive Christ's atonement; never believe in yourself at all. When you are born again by the Spirit of God, you are given the divine nature inwardly; then you begin to hate the sins you once loved and served, and you now endeavor to honor Christ who saved your soul. The top and bottom of salvation is simple reliance upon the finished atonement of the Lamb of God. This is the way of salvation: deliverance from sin through the precious blood of the crucified and risen Creator.
You must be willing to be saved from hell fire like the poor, good-for-nothing sinner you really are. You are a hopeless wretch in desperate need of the Savior. Your enmity to God is that you love the darkness of sin rather than the light of life, and you despise God's free way of salvation in Christ. You dislike God so much that you *will not* have heaven on Christ's plainest and simplest terms. You are so wicked inside, and so much at war with God, that you would rather go to hell than be saved God's way—that is what it boils down to, sir. You refuse to be at one with Christ by faith in GOD'S BLOOD; you will not lay hold on the incarnate God as living sinlessly, dying for your sins, and rising again from the dead on your behalf. You will not come to Christ that you might have His LIFE and LIGHT within you. Only the Holy Spirit can give your Soul a true Thirst for JESUS Himself, The Water of Life.
A drowning man naturally kicks and struggles, but if he just lies still, he can be saved by the lifeguard. When the lifeguard approaches the drowning man, if the drowning man will only be passive, he will be saved. Be passive now, and let Christ save your soul from the wrath to come. Be nothing, be still, and let JESUS regenerate and rescue your soul. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; Christ died for the ungodly; but God raised Him from the dead. Trust JESUS with your soul, rely upon Him wholly and alone, drop into His arms, and let Him bear all the weight of your sins and guilt. The Lamb of God, the Lord Jesus Christ, put away human sin by the sacrifice of Himself (*Hebrews 9:26*). With all thine heart, look to the Lamb of God for your sins' full remission and free forgiveness.
Send up a personal prayer to the personal Savior now: *"God be merciful to me a sinner, FOR JESUS' SAKE."* Trust in Christ alone for yourself, and this very moment all your sins will be put away forever. If you despise and refuse Christ, your soul will perish forever. It is hard for human nature to understand the Gospel of Christ, because the Gospel of God is so simple and so free. Human nature loves a way of salvation that is difficult; human nature naturally kicks at the Gospel of the grace of God because it is so easy—JESUS paid it all. Human pride wants getting rid of sin to be hard to understand, because it loves to sin. Human nature wants to live independently of God, and demands to have its own way. As long as you avoid Christ, the wrath of God presently abides upon you (*John 3:36*), and you are in the kingdom of darkness, continually under Satan's power and sway.
Only JESUS can save your soul from your love of sinning against God. The carnal mind plays stupid and pretends to not understand the Gospel, because the Gospel is very plain and so simple. The Gospel of Christ is so easy that even a little child can lay hold on it. The way of salvation by faith in GOD'S BLOOD is beneath the dignity of exceeding clever mankind. Trust now God's Son who died for ungodly sinners like you. There's nothing you can ever do to help save your soul; only Christ's sinless blood sacrifice of Himself can put away your guilt and sin burden. JESUS laid down His life for you—trust Him heartily. Christ's atonement satisfies JEHOVAH; you cannot.
Human nature would "give and do" anything to be saved. Forsake the vain idea of giving and doing; TAKE freely what JESUS offers to you Now. Have done with self-salvation, and simply let JESUS save your soul freely. Without Christ, your soul is dead in sins, perishing every day, and in imminent eternal danger of hell fire. Renounce all human works and outward forms of religion to help save your soul from sin. Face it: as a sinner, you cannot do any "good" thing in God's sight.
JESUS Christ Himself is the way of salvation (*John 14:6*). The Son of God left the glories of heaven, became a Jewish man, took upon Himself human flesh, yet God's blood rushed through His veins. JESUS lived a sinless, selfless life here on earth. In due time, Christ Jesus took upon Himself the sins of the whole world, and made atonement by laying down His life for you. The Lamb of God was crucified for guilty sinners, He was buried, and He rose from the dead; and now He is at the right hand of God. The only way to be delivered from your sins is by simply trusting in JESUS CHRIST alone.
God has set JESUS forth to be the Propitiation for human sin, and now whosoever believes in the Lamb of God has his sins put away at once, whatever the sinner may have done. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. The soul that would be saved from sin must trust and receive Christ's atonement; never believe in yourself at all. When you are born again by the Spirit of God, you are given the divine nature inwardly; then you begin to hate the sins you once loved and served, and you now endeavor to honor Christ who saved your soul. The top and bottom of salvation is simple reliance upon the finished atonement of the Lamb of God. This is the way of salvation: deliverance from sin through the precious blood of the crucified and risen Creator.
