Send for the Advocate

How can a man be truly prepared to meet his Maker?  This is the chief question. All sinners are rebels and enemies to God by nature. The sinner's battle with God is hopeless. Be wise - ground your weapons, yield-submit-surrender, for resistance is vain. All men are hopeless sinners awaiting the great Judgment, the Judge is ready, prepare to meet Him. Sooner or later, you must stand before the Judge of all the earth. All the evidence is against you. The right way to prepare to meet this Judge is to plead Guilty. You have sinned, confess your sins. Jesus is the only Advocate you want; He's the only Lawyer you need; He wins all His cases at the Bar of Judgment in the sky.  Call upon Jesus the Righteous Advocate, and He will represent you in the courtroom of Heaven pro bono (free of charge due to your poverty).

Go now and leave your case in the hands of the great Advocate. When a guilty man has an advocate, he does not go and do his legal business himself; he refers everyone to his advocate. So, I must refer you to my Advocate, Christ Jesus the Lord; go and settle my account with Him, for He has undertook my business. He said that He would defend me if I would trust Him, and I do trust Him, so I must refer you to my Advocate, he can settle with you, for I cannot.

What preparations can a sinner make to meet God? Sit down and investigate your case. You have no excuses or alibis. You cannot escape with promises of future improvement. You have gone astray willfully and wickedly, and you will do it again. Your sin is obnoxious to God, and from a sinner comes nothing but sin. An evil tree can only bring forth evil fruit. You can never do anything that is pleasing to God until you are first reconciled to Him through His Son's Precious Blood. Never set up a defense that is based upon yourself. A really guilty man will seek out the very best Advocate he can find to plead his case. There is an Advocate, His name is Christ Jesus, send for Him. You are a prisoner waiting in the death cell. Call on JESUS to be your Intercessor and Advocate. He will undertake your case. Only He can plead the case for your guilty soul, and be your Daysman to speak with God on your behalf.  Jesus will be your Advocate, for He has said, "Him that cometh unto Me, I will in no wise cast out."

Entrust your case to JESUS, appeal directly to Him, say, "Jesus, undertake my case." Engage the services of the heavenly Counselor. His services are absolutely free. Cry out to Him from your death-cell, "JESUS, please have mercy on my guilty soul!" Just put it all in His hands, and you will be set free at once. This heavenly Advocate will plead for you like no other. Take up your true position as a sinner, own your liability and sinfulness. Plead honestly and plainly, plead Guilty. Make a full confession. Your sins are staring you in the face. You're as guilty as Sin. Heartily acknowledge your guilt before God.

Sin is an evil and damning thing. You are a poor miserable soul who has utterly ruined yourself with your sinning. Divine Justice demands satisfaction for your sins. What can be done for your lost soul? Plead guilty with a broken and contrite spirit. All your hope lies in JESUS' divine Mercy, for you have no merit. Lost and undone must be your cry. O have mercy upon me a miserable sinner. Let the Great Counselor enter a plea for you, which will bar all Judgment against you. JESUS knows how to plead for the removal of all your charges and punishment. Only He can address the infinite Majesty of God for you. Do you intend to dare the day of Judgment without an Advocate and a Friend?

Your sins had wrote your death warrant and placed you low in the prison house of Satan. You sit there in the darkness of your sin as miserable as could be, guilty and condemned.  But Christ Jesus came and sought you, He brought you His salvation; JESUS bids you leave your lonely dungeon of sin, He cried down through the bars into your dungeon of blindness and ignorance, He says, "Poor sinner, I died for you, if you will simply trust in My Blood and Righteousness alone, I will stand down there where you are, behind the bars of sin; I will become your Substitute; I will become the guilty sinner; and all your guilt shall be imputed (charged) to My account; I will die for it, the wrath of God will roll over Me instead of you, I will suffer for your foolishness; I will take all your sins upon Me and suffer the consequences for them." Cry up to Him through the darkness, "O God be merciful to me a sinner, I am so lost and helpless, I am vile, I am a guilty sinner that deserves hell fire, but Lord Jesus please save me, I depend only on Your Precious Blood that you shed for me on Calvary's Cross!"

Then in mercy He reaches down and pulls you out of your dungeon of misery. Then Jesus asked for your filthy rags of sin, and you hand them over to Him. In matchless Love, He strips Himself of His Robe of Righteousness, and says, "There, put it on; you shall be considered as if you were Christ; you shall be the Righteous one. I will become Sin for you, so you can become Righteousness. I will take your place, so you can take Mine." Then in matchless mercy, He casts around your shoulders His glorious robe of Perfect Righteousness. And now, is there no sin charged to your soul’s account? Oh no, none whatsoever, all your sins are forever on Christ; and all His Righteousness is forever on you.

Then the voice of Divine Justice thunders from the Throne of God, "Bring forth the guilty sinner!" The poor sinner is brought forth from his death cell. But who does the executioner lead forth? Lo and behold, it is the Advocate - the Incarnate Son of God - Christ Jesus - the Crucified Creator.  Jesus stands in the sinner's place, condemned, and under the wrath of God. Then Justice cries, "Bring forth the Righteous, the perfectly Righteous One." Whom do I see? Lo, the blood-washed sinner is brought forth. Justice says, "Is he perfectly Righteous?" JESUS says, "Yes he is. Justice, you can never touch him. What I did on Calvary is his, what he did has now been laid on Me; My Righteousness is his; and his sins are Mine."

You, the sinner, stand in the dock guilty before God, you are condemned to die an eternal death for your sins against your Maker. You are about to be taken away to eternal Death. You are a guilty criminal deserving to die, for you have been a heinous villain in God's sight all your days. But just before you're about to be taken away, the Holy but Merciful Judge asks the court whether there is any possible plan whereby the prisoner’s life can be spared. Then, up stands the Gracious Advocate who is Himself pure and perfect, and has known no sin, and by the allowance of the Merciful Judge, for that is necessary, the Innocent Advocate steps into the dock, and says, “Consider Me to be the guilty prisoner; pass his death sentence on Me, and let Me die in his place. Reckon the prisoner to be Myself. I deserve a reward for what I have done; but instead, reward this sinner as if he had done My good deeds, and punish Me as if I had committed his sins.” The Advocate pleads earnestly, “The sinner deserves to die; but let Me die in his place, and let him be clothed in My Righteousness.”

Divine Justice cries, “Where is the sinner? I must have him, for he is a sinner, and he must perish for his crimes against his Creator.” Then Christ Jesus comes forward, and asks Divine Justice, “Whom do you seek?” “The sinner!” answers Divine Justice. Then said Jesus, “He is not a sinner any more; he was once a sinner, but he is Righteous now, he is clothed in My Righteousness from head to toe.  If you seek the sinner, take Me instead.” “What!” says Divine Justice, “Are you the sinner?” “No, not the sinner, but I am the sinner’s Substitute; all the sinner’s guilt has been imputed to Me; all his unrighteousness is Mine, and now all My Righteousness is now his; I, the Savior, am the sinner’s Substitute; take Me, and let the sinner go free eternally.” Divine Justice accepts Christ's Substitution and Precious Blood; Divine Justice takes the Savior, crucifies Him, nails Him to Calvary's Cross, and Christ's Atonement pays the sinner's Debt in full. The curse of Sin fell upon the head of Jesus, and the Blessings of God fell upon the guilty sinner, for Jesus' sake.

Here are some of the Heavenly Advocate's arguments for the guilty sinner that comes to Him for mercy: "O Father, I have paid the sinner's penalty, he shall have My Righteousness, and I will have his sins. I went up to Calvary's Cross and stood and died in this sinner's place, and now that poor sinner has committed his awful case into My hands. He has pled *Guilty*, and he has thrown Himself upon Me calling out for your Mercy. I have suffered for all his crimes against You. I bore all Your punishment and satisfied your Divine Justice on his behalf. Please spare this sinner for My sake, because My Blood was shed for him. I claim by My Blood that he can go free for My sake. I will be held fully responsible for all his sins. Charge all his sin debt to My account, I am willing and able to pay his entire sin-debt and penalties. I am content to undertake all his punishment to save him from Your divine wrath. My Father, treat Me as if I were this sinner; and treat this sinner as if he were Me. Smite Me as sternly as You please, for I will bear Your wrath willingly, so your grace and mercy can be extended to this guilty sinner, and so that Your Divine Justice may be satisfied completely through My Precious Blood. Father, have pity on this sinner, for I have obeyed Your Law perfectly on his behalf, I have kept every jot and tittle, and now the Righteousness which I achieved, I have given it all to Him freely, for all that I am is now his. My Righteousness is now his righteousness, and now he stands accepted in the Beloved for My sake. O Father, in your wrath remember Mercy."

Then fiery Divine Justice drew his sword, and went out after the sinner, to find him and slay him. Justice’s sword thirsted for the blood of the one who had committed the crimes against the divine Law; Justice said, “He is a sinners; I will have him, I will thrust this sword in his heart, for he is a rebel, and must perish.” Then Christ Jesus came forward, and asked him, “Whom seekest thou?” “The sinner!” answered Justice. Then said Jesus, “If you seek the sinner, here am I.” “What!”said Justice, “are you the sinner?” “No, not the sinner, but I am the sinner’s Substitute; all the sinner’s guilt is imputed to me; all his unrighteousness is mine, and all My righteousness is his. I, the Savior, am the sinner’s Substitute; take Me and let him go free.” Then Divine Justice accepts the Substitution; he takes the Savior, crucifies Him, nails Him to the Cross of Calvary.

Then the Almighty Judge says, “I should condemn you sinner — My divine justice must punish all sin and your sins against Me.” But then, you cry out to the Just Judge, "Have mercy on my dying soul, for I have put all my trust on Christ Jesus the sinner's Substitute. God be merciful to me a sinner and save my soul for Jesus’ sake!" Then Christ the great Advocate comes in, puts you aside, and stands Himself in your stead. When the plea is demanded, Christ cries, “Guilty!” He takes your guilt to be His own guilt. When the punishment is to be executed, Christ steps forth, and says, “Punish Me, I have put my Righteousness and Glory on this guilty man, and I have taken this condemned man’s sins and guilt upon Me. Punish Me, and consider this sinner to have been Me. Let him go free and live eternally in Heaven; let Me suffer his misery and death. Let Me endure this sinner's curse, and let him receive all My blessings. Let Me suffer as a sinner in his place, and let him be spotless and innocent before Your Throne in the robes of My Righteousness. I have paid this sinner’s debt in full, so now the Law and Justice must let him go free forever.”

Then the Great Judge says to you, I will have mercy upon you and spare you only for Jesus' sake; My heart longs to have mercy on you. My Justice says ‘smite,’ but My Love holds back My hand, and says, ‘spare, spare the sinner for Jesus' sake!’ Oh! sinner, my heart has devised the plan of salvation; my Son, the pure and perfect One shall stand and die in your place, and be accounted guilty, and you, the guilty one, shall stand in my Son’s stead and be accounted Righteous!”

Be wise now - Send for the Advocate and leave your case in His hands. Only His pleading shall prevail for you. Mercy rejoiceth against Judgment.

It's All About *Him*

But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name.  His disciples believed on Him.  And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:  That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.  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.  He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because He hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.  Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him whom he hath sent.  And this is the will of Him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.  And many of the people believed on Him, and said, When Christ cometh, will He do more miracles than these which this man hath done?  As He spake these words, many believed on Him.  And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen Him, and it is He that talketh with thee. And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped Him.  And many believed on Him there.  To Him give all the prophets witness, that through His name whosoever believeth in Him shall receive remission of sins.  Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins:  And by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.  Then came she and worshipped Him, saying, Lord, help me. When he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped Him.  But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on Him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead. And he said, Lord, I believe.  And he worshipped Him. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped Him that liveth for ever and ever.  For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed.  We love Him, because He first loved us.  It's all about *Him* (The Lord Jesus Christ Himself), you see; not you, or your religious nonsense. ;)

Now Listen Carefully

People in America today are so distracted by the devil's amusements, philosophies, religions and other deadly distractions and damnable delusions.  This lost, barbaric American society today does not value human life at all; but they care deeply about their pets, or a whale, or an owl, or a manatee. Meanwhile, they won't think twice about slaughtering unborn babies by the thousands every day and selling their body parts for profit. And then at the same time, they'll go to great extremes to get rid of the death penalty for heinous murderers, and they'll go all out to save the life of a condemned murderer on death row, that took an innocent human life in cold blood. The liberal news media and the demon-crats want to save the most heinous monsters alive and kill the most defenseless and innocent creatures still in the womb. Are you part of that crowd?

For your soul's sake, listen carefully now - your eternal destiny is at stake.  You need to face the issue of your soul's salvation.  There are only two classes of people in this world today, saved and lost, righteous and wicked, blessed and cursed.  Which is your crowd?  There is no middle ground.  The lost worldling lives only for his next paycheck, promotion, partner, or party.  Jesus said, "He that is not with Me is against Me." It is impossible to be neutral with Jesus Christ, God Incarnate.  You are either His friend or His enemy.  God won't just keep putting up with anything from you; recompense is coming, His longsuffering will soon run out for you.  Sin is a dark and crooked path which sinners take of their own choosing which leads to ruin and destruction.  Sin will take you farther than you want to go, keep you longer than you want to stay, and cost you far more than you ever want to pay.

Religion makes you feel decent while you're on your way to Hell; the Gospel makes you feel sinful and miserable and then shows your need of a bleeding Incarnate God. Repent or perish, receive Christ Jesus, or you'll have to go to the Lake of Fire. The world laughs at the word - Sin, but sin is no laughing matter.  Fools make a mock at sin.  Evil human nature doesn't want to be bothered in its darkness and love of sin.  What have you done personally with Jesus Christ?  His blood is on your hands until you trust Him.  If you reject Jesus Christ, you are a deliberate rebel against God Almighty, and God will only put up with so much from you.  There are some insults that love won't stand, and you've insulted a holy God all of your life by rejecting His Son.  You better tread carefully as you insult God's Son and do despite to the Holy Ghost.  Sinfulness, self-righteousness and sluggishness keep men from coming to Christ.

While you remain lost, all of the cards of the universe are stacked against you.  If you go to Hell, don't blame anybody, because God warned you.  If you wake up in Hell, take it like a man, because you knew better, you didn't have to go.  You have to intentionally kick over God's warnings and barriers to go to Hell.  You better watch how you act toward God and His Spirit.  The Bible is a holy book, and you are naturally bad and have a bent toward evil, and that's why you don't read or enjoy the Bible. You are against the Bible, because the Bible is against you and your sinning.  Rebel sinners don't like being told how to think and act.

Whosoever shall call upon the name of Allah, Mohammed or Buddha, shall remain lost and die in their sins; but Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ in truth shall be saved from the love of sin here in time and the wrath to come on sin out in Eternity. 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 (present tense) on him. *Acts 16:31; Romans 10:13; John 3:36; I Thessalonians 1:10*

You are either on the road to Heaven right now, or on the road to Hell.  That is a hard thing to get sinners to face today.  You can be as good as you can be, and yet still go to Hell.  Going to Heaven depends on how good Jesus is, not how good you are.  You don't want to take any chances with your immortal soul.  You will be not be here on Earth much longer.  You are only a heartbeat away from Eternity, and you have to live somewhere as long as God lives.  It is a terrible thing to be unsaved, and to be lined up against Almighty God.  If you haven't been born again by the Spirit of God, you are lost right now.  You can't clean yourself up; you must look to Jesus by faith to clean you up inwardly with His own Blood.  Education, religion, money or culture will not make any difference when it comes to your sin.

A man may be a kind, modest, refined, cultured, religious and respectable gentleman, but if he is not born again from above, the only thing between him and Hell is a heartbeat.  You need the Cross and the Lamb of God between you and Hell.  You had better not take any chances, and above everything else, you better play it safe with your soul. You don't have plenty of time.  Your chances of being saved are passing by every day you live. If you have the Lord Jesus Christ, you have everything that is worth having in time and Eternity.

You must die and face God, and a wise man prepares for the inevitable.  If you die unprepared and unregenerated, all your sinning, wasted years, and every wrong you've ever committed in secret will be brought up at the Judgment.  All you can do to prepare to meet God is to trust your soul wholly with the Lord Jesus Christ.  You don't have to die and face God all alone. It is the saddest thing in the world for a man to have a chance to be saved from his sins, and then turn away from it.  If you live this life and die without Jesus Christ, you will be an absolute failure for all Eternity.

Jesus was so misunderstood while He was here on Earth, and He is still understood.  Jesus was the Friend of sinners; He was so approachable; anyone could get to Him. You can get to Him today by faith in His atoning blood.  He was in the world, and the world was made by Him, and the world knew Him not. *John 1:10*  But one day He was nailed to a Cross to pay for our sins.  The modest and pure Savior hung on the Cross naked in shame and disgrace, with a howling mob all around Him cursing and mocking Him till His last breath.  The soldiers that nailed Him were at the foot of the Cross gambling for His garments. Jesus died in naked shame, so you could have a spotless robe of Righteousness to wear in Heaven at the Judgment.  If you live in sin, love your sins, reject Christ, and then die in your sins, you will have to pay for your sins for all Eternity.

Every day you are gaining momentum on the downward road of your sinful ways, and it is getting harder and harder for you to put the brakes on.  You are wasting your short life on the devil and sin.  Don't put trusting Jesus Christ off any longer, stop playing around with your sins.  Stop messing around with God, Eternity, the Judgment, and the eternal destiny of your soul.  If you were to die today, would you go to Heaven or Hell?  If you die an atheist or a religionist, you will go to straight to Hell like a bullet.  Salvation is priceless; Salvation cost Jesus Christ His life; you cannot earn the forgiveness of your sins.

God is Love, but He is also Holy and Just.  God's Holiness and Justice demand punishment for every sin ever committed by you.  But God's divine Love provided a way out of the eternal punishment that your sins deserve without violating divine justice.  The LORD will never do wrong or overlook your sins in order to keep you out of the Lake of Fire.  God may have been merciful and longsuffering to you for many years while you have been sinning against Him and rejecting His Son, but you still remain condemned until you come to the Cross as a sinner.  God's Love is only found in Christ's Atoning Blood, and apart from that you are alienated from God, a child of wrath, and God is angry with you every day.

It was the Love of God that sent Christ Jesus, God manifest in the flesh, to the Cross to suffer the vengeance and retribution due to your transgressions. In order for you to be saved, and to be given the Righteousness of Christ; the Son of God had to bear your sins in His own body, and become the personification of Sin itself. *II Corinthians 5:21* All the curse and wrath of God that should have fallen upon you as a sinner, fell upon Jesus instead.  He suffered the punishment due to your sins on your behalf.

If you will come to God as a lost sinner under the condemnation of God, turning from your sins to Jesus, forsaking your own self-righteousness, and simply receiving Christ Jesus and trusting to His Precious Blood as the payment for your sins, you can be saved from the wrath to come.  If you are in Christ, you are under God's Love; if you are without Christ, you are under God's wrath.  *John 3:36* The Love of God sent Jesus to Calvary's Cross to die for your sins, so that God's divine wrath could be eternally satisfied.  Repent and look to the Lamb of God before death surprises you.

Now listen carefully - The Gospel is so simple that most people stumble over its simplicity and freeness.  Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (God manifest in the flesh bled and died for your sins, He was buried, and rose again the third day), and you shall be saved from the love of sin and the wrath to come.  Ask the Lord Jesus Christ to cover your soul with His Precious Blood, and He will take all your sins away.  Oh, be saved today!

And They Remembered

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.  If I do not remember thee O LORD, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.  Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.  Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to Thy mercy remember Thou me for Thy goodness' sake, O Lord.  I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember Thy wonders of old.

And they remembered that God was their Rock, and the high God their Redeemer.  O remember not against us former iniquities: let Thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low.  Remember God's marvellous works that He hath done; His wonders, and the judgments of His mouth.  I remembered Thy judgments of old, O Lord; and have comforted myself.

I have remembered Thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept Thy law.  I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Thy works; I muse on the work of Thy hands.  Draw me, we will run after Thee:  we will be glad and rejoice in Thee, we will remember Thy love more than wine: the upright love Thee. When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord Jesus Christ.

Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?  And Peter remembered the word of Jesus.  Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?  Remember Lot's wife. And the dying thief said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.  And they remembered Jesus' words.  Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept My saying, they will keep yours also.  Remember the poor.

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father. Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel.  Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.  Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.  And they remembered that God was their Rock, and the high God their Redeemer.

The Nitty Gritty 2

The Lord Jesus Christ is never precious to anyone but real sinners who sense their danger and their need of the forgiveness of sins. Christ Jesus gave Himself for our sins, not our merits. Go to God in secret, plead your need, plead for mercy through Jesus' innocent blood in Jesus' name. Don't say anything about your merits, the less said about your goodness the better. Your character is as bad as it can be, only plead for mercy. You are in need, awful need, because you are such a sinner, and that makes your need all the worse. You don't need "a" righteousness, you need "THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD" - Jesus Christ Himself. You can't change yourself, only the Holy Spirit can do that - you need a new heart, and a right spirit. You need a total change, you need everything, for you have nothing but sin and misery. Your need is great.

When you go to God, ask for mercy, not for justice. You don't want to get what's coming to you, you want Mercy. You can never deserve divine Mercy. This is the way to plead - God be merciful to me a sinner, for Jesus' sake. The moral and the dissolute sinner, both must be saved the same way - by free mercy through Jesus' blood, not human merit. Out of the way sinners, outrageous, scarlet sinner are welcome at the Cross. Faith is trusting - trusting wholly upon the person, work, blood, merits, and power of the Son of God. The ground of real salvation is the merits of Christ - what Christ is, and what Christ has suffered. Give up laboring to save yourself, fall back upon the Finished Work of Jesus Christ and find real rest for your soul. God's grace or man's merit, faith in Christ, or faith in Self.

This is the way - Repent and be converted, leave sin, quit Self, trust in Christ alone. Lay your poor sinful heart at the feet of the Savior. Come to God on the free terms of Jesus' free love. Come on to the Cross if you wish to have your sins forgiven freely. Plead not merit, but mercy. Say, "Lord Jesus, I am sin, but you are Righteousness; I am hell, but you are Heaven." Repentance is to be sorry for your sins, changing your mind about your sins, and hating your sins, mourn over your transgressions before the offended God, and sincerely forsaking them with deep and hearty regret. He that confesseth and forsaketh his sins, shall find mercy. There is no merit wanted of you, there is no previous goodness required to qualify you, for Christ died for the ungodly. Then, why not you? The Blessed God came from Heaven and became a Jewish man, and as a man He took man's grief and sins upon Him, and went up to the Cross loaded with all human sin, and there suffered in our place, to make Atonement for our guilt. Don't trample the bleeding love of Jesus.

God is holy and a consuming fire. He dwells in unapproachable light, He is so holy that He cannot stand to look upon Sin. God is a thrice-Holy being - Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Man on the other hand is sinful, wicked, and everything but holy. Man is estranged from his Maker. We cannot approach or satisfy God in our own righteousness. For this reason we must have a Sinless Mediator who is as perfect and holy as God who can go between a sinner and God. We need Someone who can fulfill the divine Law's holy demands on our behalf, and appease the wrath of God in our place. Jesus has done all this for us on the Cross. He accomplished holiness and satisfied divine justice in our stead and leads us into the presence of God, that we may enjoy Him without fear and condemnation. 

 Now understand - Only take Christ with you when you approach God. First, you must admit that you're inadequate and a sinner, but human nature doesn't like this, so it will concoct excuse after excuse to duck and dodge the truth of the Gospel, because human nature loves sin and wants to do its own thing. Not merit, but demerit is all that you can boast of; not reward, but wrath. Men who have no merits can easily receive the free gift of God. Jesus Himself is the Gift of God to the guilty sinner. You cannot procure eternal life by any merit of your own. You can't do anything to merit the Son of God's salvation.

Away with your works, Salvation must be a gift, for Jesus is The Gift. You cannot earn inestimable things such as pardon, sonship, eternal life, and heaven. Christ is All. What can a sinner bring to Christ?  Everything is in Christ. Come to the Cross for a broken heart. A true sense of need, guilt, and inability is the Holy Spirit's work. True repentance and faith comes from God's grace. Human nature says, "Oh, but I must be something." But you must be nothing. You cannot drill this fact into men's brains or fix it into their proud hearts. Human nature clings to human merit and self-righteousness; human nature must be something, feel something, or do something. Away with self altogether, subside into nothingness. When the human mind is all chaos and darkness, only then the Spirit of God moves and is sure to work.  

Go directly to Jesus through faith in His blood, just as you are; for you will never make yourself better. by self-help you will only be worse in the future, but never better. Go to Jesus now, just as you are, go to to the Cross and buy eternal life and the forgiveness of sins without money or merit. We can only approach God by the perfect merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. We cannot approach the Holy God in our merit. We come to God only by the virtue of Jesus' Infinite Merit. Human nature is sure to boast, but salvation is all of faith in Jesus' atoning blood, so we cannot glory in self. True faith is humble, and ascribes all praise to God. Jesus is most precious to the sinner with no works, no goodness, no merits, nothing to recommend them. A man will never need Christ as long as he has enough in himself.

The Nitty Gritty 1

When it comes to religion today, many people tend to want to dilly-dally around and attempt to blend in and just play church and go through the motions. But please remember this:  religion is reliance. Your religion is whatever or whoever you are relying on to get you past the grave and death and that will allow you to see God Almighty’s face with favor. So let’s just skip the chitchat and let’s get down to the Nitty-Gritty of life and death and Eternity.

All men are lost and on their way to judgment, because all men are sinners in the sight of God. The human race is rushing down a slippery precipice toward destruction. God says: “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way.” (Isaiah 53:6) It is because men are lost that Jesus Christ came to save them. The Bible says: “The Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” (Luke 19:10) Jesus still saves lost sinners who have need of His forgiveness.

Now the reason men are lost is because they have sinned against God and His law. I have sinned, you have sinned, and all mankind has sinned. Your own conscience accuses and condemns you every day about your sins. The fact of the matter is, you are without excuse. You have transgressed the laws of God (by cursing, lies, thefts, laziness, gossip, lustful thoughts, wandering eyes, unclean imaginations). You have broken God’s commandments, and you must give account. You know perfectly well that you are unfit to face a holy God. There is no one who has lived a sinless life from start to finish except for Jesus Christ. The Bible says, “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” (Romans 3:23) “There is none righteous, no, not one.” (Romans 3:10) “Christ died for the ungodly.” (Romans 5:6) “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” (I Timothy 1:15)

You’re not a sinner because you sin; you sin against God, because you’re a sinner. Your very nature is sinful to the bone marrow. Your whole life is just one long SIN until you are born again by the Spirit of God.  You were born in sin, and you were shapen in iniquity. You started going astray as soon as you understood good and evil, and you have been going astray ever since. You may say, “I am not a great sinner. I am better than so and so.” What difference does that make? If you have sinned, you have sinned. One cancer will kill you. One sin will bar you from Heaven’s gates. “The wages of sin is death.” (Romans 6:23) “Ye must be born again.” *John 3:7*

Suppose you could do some great thing, which I am sure you cannot, and it were possible that you could from now on be perfect, and never sin again in thought, word, or deed; how would you be able to atone for your past sins? Future obedience cannot make up for your past transgressions. If you go back through your life, I am sure your memory will condemn you. Oh yes, the sins of your youth may well frighten you, those sins in the dark; those sins against your friends and parents; those sins against light and knowledge; those sins of body; those sinful words and thoughts. You may have forgotten many of them, but God has not. Look at the entire list! They are all there, all logged into God’s eternal books concerning your secret and open life, not one of them is forgotten – all your sins will be read against you in the Day of Judgment. You need Someone to take your place.

There is no hope for those who die outside of Christ. All whose names are not in the book of life will be lost, and lost forever. My friend, will you be there? If you have not trusted Christ, the wrath of God abides on you now. You may not believe it now, but you will experience reality sooner or later. Death is sure – you cannot escape. Therefore, trifle not. Your doom is sure, if you reject Christ’s free salvation and shed blood. If you go on as you are at enmity with God, there is no hope for your soul, and the lake of fire will be your eternal destiny. Eternity is long, hell is real.

If you have not received the Lord Jesus Christ as you own personal Savior, then you are guilty of the greatest sin a man can possibly commit; for you have spurned the love and mercy of God; you have refused His pardon; you have ignored His dear Son; you have turned your back on Jesus Christ Himself. My friend, please stop rejecting Christ. Receive Christ Jesus while you have life and breath and health to do so. Turn from sin.

Here’s the Good News:  The only wise Creator God was manifested in the flesh as a Jewish man, He lived a sinless life, and then He died to satisfy God’s wrath for the sins of every man.  The invisible Creator God became a visible Jewish human being in the manger of Bethlehem-Judah.  He bore your sins in His body on the tree, He became Sin for your soul's sake, He paid the consequences and full penalty due to your sins while He suffered on the Cross of Calvary.  After that, He was buried in a borrowed tomb, and then He rose again the third day from the dead, and now He lives forevermore at the right of God. 

You are in awful debt to God because of your sins against Him, but a precious Friend paid your sin debt with His own life's blood. If you will only receive His payment freely, you can be freed from your sins' curse today. Trust to Jesus’ atoning blood; don’t plead for your own goodness. Your self-righteousness only stirs up God’s wrath toward you more. Your own works can never help save you. If your Salvation is connected with your works, clergy, water, a building, ordinances, sacraments, and other religious nonsense, you are lost and still in your sins with no hope.  Put aside your futile efforts to be your own savior. Stop struggling, only trust Jesus' finished work now. You cannot be your own doctor; turn your sin-sick soul over to Jesus and let Him heal it with His bloody stripes.  

There are no religions that can help save you from the danger of your sins. Only a Person can save you, the God-man, the Lord Jesus Christ Himself.  Read the Book of John and Romans in the Holy Bible until you run into the Lord Jesus Christ.  Go directly to the Cross with childlike Faith, look completely to the bleeding Lamb of God dying in your place and suffering your punishment. Salvation is found by looking to His sinless life, His wounds, His blood, His suffering, His burial, His resurrection, His ascension, His eternal life, His mercy and grace. Jesus satisfied God’s holy demands (divine justice) and paid it all for you, and you must receive Him freely. “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.”

God’s Salvation is a free Gift; mercy divine cannot be earned by human nature.  The only way to avert the divine justice that your sins justly deserve is by Faith in the Blood of the Son of God.  There is no way to merit the forgiveness of sins, for Christ Jesus is Priceless.  Salvation cost God His own Son, and God’s own blood was shed for your Salvation through the person of Jesus of Nazareth. Trust your guilty soul with Jesus Christ at once. Only His Precious Blood can bring peace to your troubled conscience and end the strife within your soul.  Lean your entire soul on Him and you are safe. It is either salvation or damnation; the choice is yours. You will either receive or reject Christ, neutral you cannot be. You alone must answer for your own soul. Listen, Jesus is tenderly calling to you now. He longs to save you. Jesus shed His life’s blood for you and bore the penalty for your sin. Dear friend, this is the Nitty-Gritty of life. Jesus made a full and complete Blood Atonement for all human sin, which satisfied God’s divine justice and met the needs of sinful man. How about it friend, are you going to trust Jesus, or yourself.  Jesus paid it all, and He wants to save you now. Simply trust to God Incarnate's Precious Blood, trust His grace, look to the bloody Cross of Christ alone. We beseech you to trust Christ Now.

Some Noble Attributes

* Remember and Retain God in your knowledge daily

* Humility, Deference, Integrity, Godly Sincerity, Honesty, Personal Private Purity, Truthfulness

* Thankfulness, Gratitude, Considerate of others, Merciful, Helpful

* Gentleness, Graciousness, Submissive, Sensible, Faithfulness

* Servant, Sympathetic, Kindly Mannered, Forgiving, Affable, Humble Thankfulness

* Diligence, Activity, Industrious, Thrifty, Generosity, Earnest care for others

* Prayerfulness, Watchfulness, Tenacity, Gracious Gratitude

* Acknowledgement of God the Father, Adoration of Jesus Christ, and Ascribing the glory to the Holy Ghost.

* Prayerful Dependence on the Holy Spirit; ask the Holy Spirit to make all things you say and do alive.

* Live to the glory of God so that Christ Jesus Himself may have the preeminence in all things.

* Hearty affection and gratitude towards the Savior for His Substitutionary Sacrifice for your personal sins satisfying the divine justice of God and securing your soul's eternal safety.

* Walking humbly with God, Acknowledging God's favor, Being thankful for all of God's blessings, Depending on God's grace, Behaving with purity, humility, and modesty among men.