Careless or Caring?

Primarily, there are two groups of people in this world:  the Careless and the Caring.  The Careless could "care less" who they trouble, burden or take advantage of.  The care-less are always trying to find some way to take advantage of those who care and have big hearts.  The Care-less wolves are always preying on the Caring sheep.  The Caring folks need to pray for discernment from God, so they can see who is care-less and who is actually helpless and truly in need of their time and resources.  Care-less people love and abuse the "gimmee" something for nothing government programs (entitlements) while the "Caring" pay taxes and bills and selflessly provide for their families.

Careless (or) Caring;
Thoughtless (or) Thoughtful;
Taker (or) Giver;
Heartless (or) Concerned;
Arrogant (or) Humble;
Crafty (or) Transparent;
Selfish (or) Generous;

Which group are you in today?

The Dark Side

You may be admired by many publicly. You may do great things in your little world. You may work hard, pay your bills, and love your family. You are indignant at the sins of others, but indulgent about your own sins. "Faults in others I can see, but thank God there's none in me." You may carry on your life as good as you can, maybe even better than most of those around you. But still every man is like the moon and has a dark side that he doesn't show to anyone. You have a dark side called Sin that you don't want anyone to know about, but it's still there.

Harsh reality is always better than false hope. No one ever taught you to do wrong, because by nature you are wrong with God. You are a sinner, and Christ is the Savior. Destruction and misery are the paths you choose naturally, and there is no real fear of God before your eyes. But you are accountable to the God who made you. By nature, you are under sin, the Law, and the wrath of God. Because of your sinfulness and self-righteousness, you are in desperate need of a Savior. You are as bad off as you can possibly be. Your good works are like Monopoly money, they're good for nothing, but playing a game. You need to stop playing the game of Self-Righteousness, and hazarding your immortal soul. Life is so short, be wise, entrust your priceless soul to Jesus Christ while you still can.

You have a deadly sin nature within you that just won't go away, a stubborn attitude that hates the true and living God, and refuses to acknowledge, adore, and glorify your Most High Maker - The Lord Jesus Christ. Human nature always thinks you get salvation the old-fashioned way, that is, you earn it. All human religion teaches works-based salvation. But your works can never earn your favor with God. There is none righteous, no, not even one, and that includes you as well. God is no respecter of persons; all men are the same in the sight of God - SINFUL. No one can ever deserve to enter the holy presence of God. You can never work hard enough to be as righteous as God is. There is only one Perfect human being - His name is Jesus of Nazareth.  You can never sacrifice enough to do better than Christ did on Calvary's tree.  The Precious Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ is only thing that will reverse the Curse of sin that is upon your soul. *Galatians 3:13*

Now understand - You have no goodness or righteousness in you at all. You think there's something good deep down inside in you that you can build on, but that is only self-delusion. If a man thinks himself to be something, when he is NOTHING, he deceiveth himself. There is nothing you could ever do to please God, or escape the wrath of God that currently abides on you (John 3:36). God will never save you for the sake of anything you will ever do; God only saves sinners who reject themselves, and rely on the person, blood, and finished work of Jesus Christ. You are dark, lost, and wretched until you simply confide in Jesus Himself. Sin never glorifies the God of heaven who is holy and good. God is truth, and you are a lie, the Bible says so.

You have a root problem called Sin. You cannot unscramble the eggs of sin you have broken and mixed all throughout your life. Because of your sins, you are completely dead spiritually and your soul and spirit are separated from the life of God - Jesus Christ. It only takes one pin to burst a balloon, and it only takes one sin to damn your soul to Hell. Just one little lie or lustful look will land you in lake of fire. And remember, religious pride will damn you quicker than carnal worldly pride. There's nobody so good that doesn't need to be saved, and there's nobody so bad that can't be saved. Men measure themselves by one another, but God measures you by His perfect standard, the Lord Jesus Christ. God will judge you according to truth, according to your deeds, and according to the Gospel.

But there's hope for the vilest - in tender mercy, The Lord Jesus Christ, God in human flesh, came to your rescue. The Creator of the ends of the earth came down to earth to bleed and die especially for your sins. Jesus died in your place, and as a Substitute, He suffered the wrath of God your sins deserve. The sinless blood Sacrifice (Atonement) of Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, satisfied the justice of God due to your sin. Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, especially you. He paid the complete ransom in full, because there is nothing in you to offer God. All you have to offer God is your sin. God's salvation is only given to ungodly sinners FREELY for Jesus' sake. Look to the Cross to Jesus the God-man dying in your place.

Your self-righteous deeds and dirty thoughts in God's record book justing waiting to condemn you at the Judgment. Jesus lived a sinless and fulfilled the divine Law perfectly for your sake. You have no righteousness at all, there must be a free transfer of God's Righteousness into your soul from Jesus Christ through simple faith (that is, reliance and trust in Christ Jesus Himself alone), or you will be surely damned. By trusting Christ, your soul will be credited with the Righteousness of Christ through faith in His Blood, and immediately all of your sinfulness is put away forever as far as the east is from the west. You won't just be forgiven but RIGHTEOUS. Surrender to the Gospel - trust Jesus as if your soul depended on it, because it does. The Gospel is the free gift of God. You must be IN CHRIST to please God. Outside of Christ, you will remain miserable and condemned. You will go to Heaven when you die because you trusted what Jesus did for you, not what you did for Him. That is the Gospel Message.

The Gospel will either save you (I Corinthians 15:1-3) or judge you (Romans 2:16). The same Jesus who wants to be your Savior will one day be your Judge, if you do not allow Him to be your Savior. You're going to meet Jesus Christ. You will either meet Jesus Christ in Salvation here in Time, or you will meet Him in judgment in Eternity. The Gospel will either redeem you or condemn you. Christ Jesus is the Judge (Acts 17:31). Jesus died in agony and blood for you on the Cross. All of your secret sins will be judged by Jesus Christ if you do not trust HIM. All the skeletons will come out of the closet at the Judgment (Hebrews 9:27). The Man Christ Jesus must either save you or judge you (John 5:22). God's eye sees through all the things that you decorate yourself with. God still saves the "down and out" and the "up and out".

You are on the very brink of the grand discovery of eternal life. Come to Jesus Christ right now for the free pardon of your sin. Planning to go the dentist, doesn't get rid of your toothache. You must personally go yourself to the dentist, and yield yourself over to him, and let him take the pain away. This is also true with Salvation. You must truly, wholeheartedly, actually and personally go directly to Jesus Christ, yield yourself over to Him, and receive *HIM* into your lost soul, and He will take your sin away (John 1:29). Call upon the name of Jesus in truth. Only the Lord Jesus Christ can save you through His precious blood. Trust Christ at once, and He is yours forever. There is soul-saving power in the name of Jesus Christ. Just trust Christ's blood alone right now. Rely only on the Son of God who now lives in Heaven, who died for sinners, and is risen from the dead, and now saves all sinners to the uttermost that come unto God by Him.

Whatever your sinful condition may be, if you trust your soul to the Lord Jesus Christ now, you shall be saved, and saved forever. Poor burdened soul, simply stand still where you are, and look to Calvary's Cross, and as you look with the eye of faith, you will lose your burden of sin and guilt. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you are a saved man instantly. Inwardly trust in the Lamb of God, heartily rely upon the blood once shed for ungodly sinners. Renounce your self-righteousness, repent and give up your sins, seek Christ Jesus, trust your soul only to Him. Trust Jesus quietly, humbly, simply, immediately. Trust Him to save you from the power, dominion, and love of sin, and He will do it. Trust Christ alone to overcome the evil you have to fight with within and without. There is hope for your sinful soul, if you will simply trust the sinless, wounded, bleeding, loving, dying, risen, living, coming Savior.

VAIN RELIGION

Do you have a religious spirit, or a contrite spirit?  Is your religion in vain? *James 1:26* What do you glory in, and who do you draw attention to? Now listen closely; vain religion is the stuff you do that makes you 'think' you're better than someone else.  Most people today are following ‘vain religion’ only because they saw someone else do it that they admire or look up to in their religious clique.  These kind of people are religious parrots, repeating what they hear, and doing what they see; they are just playing 'follow the leader' religiously.  These people never really pray, or truly love the Bible, love people practically, worship the Lord privately, or have a real heart relationship with God.  Vain glory is the driving motive behind vain religion.  In religion you have to come to a place, but in Christ you must come to a living Person which is God Incarnate, Christ Jesus Himself.

Religion is temporal; Salvation is ETERNAL. 

Religion is from beneath; Regeneration is from above. 

Religion is from man; Salvation is from THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 

Religionists are always pulling attention away from Jesus, overemphasizing something else, and they desire to be vindicated in their conceited positions. Self-importance always drives the superficial convictionite.  They want to sell their own conceits to you; they say, "You ought to have what I have."  The Holy Spirit will lead you to testify of Jesus and to glorify and exalt Him with your behavior and conversation.  The apostles always underscored a crucified and risen Christ.  Any religious activity that underscores anything but the CROSS is a phony.  You will never go astray into heresy if you keep that in mind.  Any religiousness that turns you aside from the Cross and twists you up to magnify something else is counterfeit.  O vain religionist let go of those things which you think make you acceptable in the sight of a thrice Holy God.

Keep your attention focused on the living Person of Jesus Christ.  The New Testament emphasis is on the Precious Blood and Perfect Righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, not religious signs, gifts, convictions, ceremonies, places and days, sacraments, rites, ordinances, or dos and don'ts.  It's as clear as day in the Holy Bible.  Jesus is the only WAY to the Father. Redemption/ATONEMENT is Finished, there is no other price to pay.  Always, always turn the spotlight on Jesus.

Now listen closely -- A real religionist will think and sometimes even say something like this:  "I prayed to God, and He told me that you should be doing this or that. You cannot be right with God like me if you don't do this or that.  You've got some sin in your life, and you will never have the victory I have until you are right with God like I am. If you would just love the Lord like I do, He would bless you like He does me.  God is going to judge you if you don't start living up to my expectations."

Mark it down--A person that says they are right with God is probably the person that is the least right with God.  A real Christian has to get right every day, because we are always wandering and straying in thought, word or deed in some way or fashion.  A man that doesn't struggle with his thought life, or speech, or actions has never been born again, because after the new birth, a conflict with sin begins within the soul of the believer.

The vain religionist will also pronounce God's judgment on you - they will say something like this, "God is going to let something bad happen to you if you keep on doing what you are doing."  They try to use fear tactics and religious mind games on the simple to get them to do this or that. This type of religionist is a proud knucklehead who is trying to play "God" and mess with your mind, so you will follow them, and not JESUS.

Many people today think if they are of a certain denomination that they have a monopoly on God and Truth somehow, and because they are a part of that certain church group, that makes them better than other sinners around them.  This is vain religious delusion from human nature and Satan.  Some people today think just because they carry around a certain version of the Bible, which they rarely read or obey at all, that this particular Bible makes them better than some other Christians right down the road.  This is very vain religion in God's sight.  Self-righteous religion always isolates people, and they don't reach out to the lost. Don’t be naïve, ask God for discernment and a perceiving heart.

Most all the people that are steeped in 'vain religion' are religiously retarded.  Religionists are not spiritual at all; they do not try restore the fallen with a spirit of meekness. They come across as being super spiritual and are demeaning. *Galatians 6:1-2* You can walk up to them, look them in the eyeball, explain to them plainly that they have the wrong attitude and a bad religious spirit, but it is just like telling a retarded person that they're retarded, they just don't get it!  They won't receive the plain truth of scripture.

The Pharisees practiced religious extortion on the people of their day, by threatening to put people out of the synagogue if they believed on Christ.  The self-righteous religionist thinks if you don't believe the way they do, they will ostracize you from their clique, and cut off your access to "god".  They actually think that their church and water and wafers help gain you access to God.

Jesus was meek and lowly in spirit, not proud and religious.  He was a friend of sinners, He loved all His neighbors, even those that weren't just like Him. Jesus loves me, only because He loves me.  Jesus still loves me, even when I am nothing like Him.  Religious leaders don’t want you to think for yourself, or think independently or rationally.  They love playing the ‘conviction’ game; this is their way of subtly saying to others, ‘I am so much better than you, and one of these days you might reach my level of spirituality.”

Quite a few people today 'think' just because they wear a particular wardrobe (dress, suit, tie, head covering, etc.) that these outward garments somehow commend them to God, and they 'think' they are better than some Christian that doesn't dress like them.  You can’t join their church, and be right with their god, and be in fellowship with them, unless you follow their particular dress code and religious commandments and rules.  These types of people look down on those that wear pants, shorts, necklaces, have tattoos, or have televisions in their home; these religious people care nothing about the soul underneath these clothes and jewelry.  This is pure religious pride and hypocrisy, and it is an abomination to God. *Proverbs 16:5; 21:4*

So many people today think just because they have certain convictions and maybe they don't smoke, or chew, or run with those that do, that this gives them more grace from God or access to God.  But remember, God is no respecter of persons.  God looks on the heart, not on the outward appearance, and a proud religious heart is always an abomination to the Lord.  Now don't forget, vain religion is the stuff you do that makes you 'think' you're better than someone else.  If what you're doing is causing a self-righteous and judgmental spirit to rise up in your mind about others, it is all vain puffed-up religiousness.  These religionists and convictionites have no tolerance for anyone questioning their convictions.  This pharisaical strictness grieves the Spirit of God.  You cannot grow in the grace of God by increasing your number of convictions; it is all chaff, and not wheat in God's sight.

But take diligent heed; The Lord is nigh unto them that be of a contrite spirit.  And a person with a contrite spirit always has the worst thoughts of himself, and the best thoughts about others.  This is the mind of Christ, not religion.  The contrite spirit will never look down on someone just because they don't go to their church, or dress the way they do, or carry around the same Bible they do.

Most churches today, even those of the same denomination don't have any real fellowship with one another, because the church leadership is deathly afraid they might lose one of their religious proselytes to another church or denomination down the road, and lose face or money.  If these people truly loved the Lord Jesus Christ, they wouldn't act like this at all.  There is no unity at all today with churches in communities and cities in America.  Everyone puts up walls, and protects their little groups, and the work of the Lord and the increase of the kingdom goes nowhere.  Most of these churches are 'cultish' are just a house of cards waiting to be blown over by Satan's attack.

There are some people out there today that think they are better than most, because their children are home-schooled or attend a Christian school, and not public school.  A certain school doesn’t make anyone more spiritual; it may make them more civil, but never more spiritual.  Many people twist and stretch the meaning of particular verses in the Bible and make up a cockeyed conviction, and through pride, they think everyone should follow it.

Now mark it down, vain religion always leads people to forsake and avoid a person after that person leaves their religious clique. People that leave their religious group are always wrong in leaving, they are not right with their god, and are out in Egypt, and even backslidden and evil.  If someone leaves your church, it should break your heart, and you should try to maintain a connection with that person, to see if they need help in any way, if you really love them.  But if you're religiously vain, their soul means nothing to you, you just want their physical attendance at the religious get-togethers at your religious community center.

In the Bible, this kind of nonsense is called the works of the flesh, jealous rivalry, spiritually comparing and competing with one another, and having a judgmental and critical spirit about others that aren't just like you.  The Bible calls this emulation in Galatians 5:20.  The Southern US used to be the Bible belt, but now it is the church belt.  Church membership and attendance now matters more than Bible-doing throughout the week.  The spirit of emulation is so rampant in American churches today; you can feel it coming off the people when you walk in their church, and you're not dressed like them, or do not have the same haircut, or the same convictions, or a different Bible in your hand.

Emulation always leads to hypocrisy and this grieves and quenches the work of the Spirit in the church today.  Everyone should have their own God-given convictions, and if your convictions are from the Spirit of God, they will not cause you to look down on, or avoid others that are not just like you.  Most of these people are eat up with conviction after conviction, and they try to manipulate and press their ways on young Christians like it is gospel.  They strain at gnats of religious convictions and swallow the camel of pride. These types of religionists Say and Do Not. See Matthew 23:3-4. Beware of any religious group that tries to control your personal behavior in great detail (what you wear and eat, where you work, and how you conduct your family relationships).

Is your religion in vain?  I sure hope not.  Are you building with wood, hay, and stubble?  If you are, repent as soon as possible of your foolishness, and ask God for a contrite spirit, and then you will not look down on those that are not just like you.  Don't ever forget--A person that says they are right with God is probably the person that is least right with God.  God's so good.

Don't Miss the Boat!

In Genesis Chapter 6, Noah's Favorite Sermon was "Don't Miss the Boat!" He continually issued the call in his day for a voluntary evacuation from sin and the present evil world. Today in 2010, Christ Jesus Himself is the only Ark of Safety that can deliver every sinner from the coming storm of Divine Wrath (I Thessalonians 1:10) on human sin. A lost sinner can't sense his danger, and the signals of the coming Storm, because he is blind and dead in his sins. The distracted sinner cannot feel the winds of judgment or the thundering of God's vengeance in the distance. The Storm is coming, it is worse than anything you've ever encountered. Your soul will soon suffer a catastrophic blow. Conditions in your life are deteriorating.

The Storm is approaching quickly, seek The Shelter, prepare to meet thy God. You need to be scared, and you need to get out of your sins right now. This is a threat that you've never faced before. Anyone who opts to remain in his sins will be on his own. The shacks of evolution, religion or self-righteousness will not be able to withstand this Storm. These are false refuges. Evacuate from Self immediately, and flee into Christ Jesus. Only Jesus saves from sin. Many people in New Orleans that ignored the continual warnings to evacuate ended up dying in Hurricane Katrina. Don't continue to take careless risks with your soul. Wise people keep a close eye on the storm.

Every lost sinner loves and trusts something more than Jesus Christ and the Bible. So the sinner will end up losing his soul and going to hell. The lost sinner has a miserable existence here on earth indulging in his sins, and he will have a more horrifying existence in Eternity suffering for his sins. Christ died for ungodly sinners; and 'good' people go to hell. There's no such thing as a 'good' sinner. If you love your sins, you will lose your soul.

You need to find THE safe place to hide your soul immediately. You should be deeply concerned, but sin has lulled you into a suicidal slumber. Don't try to ride this Storm out in your own righteousness. I have news for you, if you try to ride this Storm out, it will be the biggest mistake you've ever made. Everybody needs to leave their sin and self-righteousness immediately. This is the real deal. You need to really pay attention now - Do not play around, do not linger any longer in your sins. Get out - we beseech you - we beg you - get out now. We want 100% evacuation.

You are facing imminent danger. You're between The Rock and a hot place. The Rock is Jesus Christ, and the hot place is hell fire. You have less time than you think - take heed to the evacuation order from God's word. You are in death's target zone. Don't take a foolish risk with your eternal destiny. Eternal ruin is hanging over your head. Stop flirting with disaster. Certain death awaits you. The imminent peril of death is brewing now on your horizon. You don't know what you are dealing with. There is a serious threat to your soul's safety - it is called Sin. This may be your final call for 'voluntary evacuation' before the Storm of God's wrath barrels down on your soul. It's only going to get worse for you if you procrastinate and reject Christ. Sin is nothing to gamble with.

A wise man always prepares for his inevitable journey. Come thou into the Ark with nothing of your own. The gangplank is still open to all needy sinners. Come into the ARK OF SAFETY (Christ Himself) while you still can. Divine Justice is awaiting you. Procrastination is perilous. One day it will be late. Come to the Cross now, trust Christ, Rest in His Righteousness, Rely on His Blood.

Beware of Human Nature

Human nature will never change, because it is dead in trespasses and sin. All public schools have replaced the Bible and prayer with evolution and rap music. The NEA also has a religion they teach in all their federal schools called "Evolution".  The "Origin of Species" is their Scriptures, and Charles Darwin is their false prophet. This monkey-man religion guarantees permanent moral degeneration. They believe they came from a monkey and die like a dog. You see, all animals are "amoral". All human beings know that great truth: animals are amoral. Animal have no conscience about moral rights and wrongs. In their inhuman nature as beasts or fish, or fowl, or cattle, or domesticated pets, they are true to their 'natures'. All animals have the same three goals in life as any atheist does, with no variations:

Self-preservation: "Me first, you next. The world owes me a living. If you offend me, I can have you arrested for hating me. I will support any government that will give me special care, especially free health care and housing. I will go along with any government as long as it tolerates taxing others to support Me."

Self-propagation: Since this is an animal drive that all animals have by instinct, it is proper for me to use it any way I want to use it because I am an animal according to Darwin.

Self-gratification: I should be allowed to do anything that my flesh enjoys or 'feels comfortable with'. This would include being warm in the winter, cool in the summer, having spending money, eating all I want, viewing pornographic material, and yielding to, accepting, and respecting sex perversion.

These are all animal "drives". These are all taught in school systems today as the ONLY way MAN can "Progress" and solve his eight main problems: Religious disunity, poverty, war, natural disasters, lethal diseases, famines, crime, and death.

In the whole history of 'man' - man has never solved one of these eight problems permanently. The Holy Bible was written by man's Creator to prove that 'man' will never solve those problems without supernatural help from God, even if he makes 'changes' and 'progress' and discovers inventions, cures, innovations, breakthroughs, and advanced technologies. Human nature is vain and wants to be noticed.  The Bible's picture of 'man' is negative from head to toe. Modern man's picture of himself is always good. But in the Bible, man's imagination is corrupt (Genesis 8:21), his heart is deceitful (Jeremiah 17:9), his feet are always wandering from God (Romans 3:15), his mouth is filthy and his lips are rotten (Romans 3:13), his eyes are lustful and no good (II Peter 2:14), his ears are bent to listen to evil (II Timothy 4:3-4), man cannot discern between right and wrong, or love and undeserved mercy (Romans 1:32; 2:4; Ecclesiastes 8:11). All of man's ancestors were all born unclean (Job 14:4; 25:4; Romans 5:12; Eph 2:1-3), and man is so rotten and sinful within at his first birth that his Maker requires that he must be born all over again within the right way (John 3:3-7; I Peter 1:23).

The world's solution to this: Get rid of every Bible and every born-again Christian on earth that believes the Bible, so that 'man' can progress! Get rid of that awful Book that tells us about our sins, and get rid of those bigoted people who love that Book and hate humanity. This is what lost, educated sinners call "Progress." This is the evolutionary 'road map' that is being taught in every federal school in America. The majority of modern education is aimed at producing amoral animals (Proverbs 30:11-14; II Peter 2:12), and getting rid of or changing what God said in His Book. This is the great American nightmare. We now have in America three generations of these progressive human beings running the White House, State Department, Congress, courts, news media outlets, colleges, and universities. These places are all filled with people that believe you came from a monkey. They want to make the world a better place to go to hell from, without JESUS CHRIST and THE HOLY BIBLE. We are now at the pinnacle of man's evolutionary progress which has finally been achieved by "Change." It was achieved by changing the Bible and moral values slowly one law at a time.

Human nature will never change on its own. It will always rebel against the Creator and will inevitably end up in the Lake of Fire. Human nature rejects what God said in Genesis 3, and it always responds to positive change immediately. Human nature always uses human wisdom as an alibi to reject Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 1:21). Human nature has not changed one inch since Adam lost his divine nature in Eden. Modern religious man says we are all made in the image of God, but that's a lie. We are all made in the image of ADAM (Genesis 5:3). And unless you are born again in Christ, and renewed by the Holy Ghost, you will never ever be changed. (II Corinthians 4:4; Titus 3:5; Colossians 3:10). The New Birth creates "a new creature" (II Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15) with a spiritual divine nature from God Himself (Romans 8:9-11). Human nature is a diabolical nature from Satan. Modern technology and science will never change or improve one characteristic that marks human nature. The Creator of all things told you in His BOOK that human nature is completely corrupt (Romans 3), and how it got that way (See Genesis 3), and the Creator also told you how to escape the damnation that human nature deserves (See John 3). Human nature will never change unless it goes directly to the Cross and repents and trusts the Merciful Creator that died for sinners.

RECEIVE THE ATONEMENT

This is the secret that the world religions desperately tries to hide from poor, lost sinners. The word ‘Atonement’ in the Bible means ‘Satisfaction.’ Men and women all over the earth are searching for something that will satisfy the righteous demands of Almighty God’s law and justice. This is why all men fear death – their conscience is troubled and they fear the judgment of God on their sin. But only one thing will SATISFY God - the Blood Atonement of His Son – the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible says, “we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by Whom we have now received the Atonement.” *Romans 5:11* The only way a sinner can joy in God and be satisfied is to ‘receive’ the Atonement as a free gift. Many roads lead to Hell, but Faith in Jesus’ shed Blood is the only way to Heaven. The Precious Atoning Blood of Jesus Christ completely satisfied God's divine justice for me.

God is absolutely holy, pure and good, and He is angry with sinners daily because of their sins. God is Righteous, and He hates unrighteousness. Man because of his sin is unholy, depraved, and unrighteous, and he provokes God’s anger daily with his willful and deliberate sinning. A sinner will not seek an Atonement for his sins until the Holy Spirit through Divine Grace makes him conscious of the fact that he is sinful, truly an enemy of God, unable to save himself, and under the wrath of God. God’s anger will only be appeased when the rebel sinner meets God where God’s own innocent Blood was shed. God’s Blood was shed on the Cross of Calvary by Jesus Christ and the Blood Atonement is the only way to restore the spiritual relationship between God and a sinner. Your Sin disturbed your relationship with God, and only God’s Blood shed by Jesus of Nazareth can restore it. Your must rest and repose your entire confidence upon Christ’s Blood. Only Christ's shed blood can appease the wrath of God that abides on the lost sinner. *John 3:36*

The Bottom Line: You cannot right your wrongs against God; you need Christ's Blood Atonement. Death is certain for you, there is no escape. There is a quarrel and conflict between God and you. You sin and break God’s law innumerable times daily. You have an unrighteous and wicked opposition to God because His words and ways are too pure, too just, and too holy for you. Your sinful nature despises and resists Christ's pure, sinless nature. You have lied, stolen, cheated, taken advantage of others, rejected Christ, lusted, and cursed. Your guilty conscience condemns you all the time. The wrath of God abides on you now. *John 3:36* But there's Hope, for Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners just like you. God became a Jewish peasant, and His name was Jesus Christ. Jesus lived a sinless life in perfect obedience to God’s Laws. He knew you couldn’t live the Law, so He did it for you. Then, Jesus died for your sins on the Cross. He endured the divine vengeance and justice of God that was due to your sins. He Satisfied the demands of the Law and justice of God by suffering the wrath of God in your place and then He rose again the third day from the dead. You must put your trust in what JESUS did for you, and stop trusting in yourself or your religion. Jesus gave Himself ‘for you.’ You can be at-one with God today through the At-one-ment.

Your good works are no good. The very best you can do will land you in Hell. The sins you love or the religion you are trusting are not worth going to Hell over. Flee the wrath of God to come on sin. God is ready to pardon you today if you will meet Him at the Cross. Just look unto Jesus, only His Precious Blood (the Atonement) can wash your sins away. Don’t try to save yourself. Simply and wholly place your trust in what Jesus did ‘for you.’ Simply ask Jesus to save you by His grace and blood today. Jesus only saves lost sinners that realize they are hopeless and hell-bound.

Christ Jesus still invites you to "Come" to Him today. *Matthew 11:28* Receive Christ’s Atonement freely. You cannot buy it, make it, earn it, complete it, or add anything to it, you must receive it. “It is Finished.” Jesus Christ gave Himself for your sins, not your goodness. Christ died for the ungodly, not for good people. Bad people don’t have to go to Hell, and good people can't go to Heaven. Christ rejecters go to Hell, and ungodly sinners that look to Jesus Christ alone for their Atonement go to Heaven. You cannot make ‘atonement’ for your sins by your own goodness, merits, morality, or religious efforts. Life is Short, Death is Sure, Sin the Curse, Christ the Cure. Choose Christ, not sin; Take Him, not self. Receive Him into your heart.

Come sinner, you that are laboring and heavy laden. Leave your religious labors. Leave your self-reliant efforts. Leave your sins. Leave your presumptions and guesses. Leave your superstition and religious nonsense. Leave all in which up to now you have trusted, and come to Jesus! Don't look back; come to the Cross as a lost sinner. Rely solely upon the Savior. Look unto Him and His Precious Blood to cleanse your heart from sin. Come to Him who bore the load of your past, present, and future sins upon the Cross of Calvary, where He was made to be Sin for you. *II Cor 5:21* Come to Jesus, God's divinely appointed Substitute and Sacrifice for guilty sinners like you. Rely upon Him. Trust in Him as having suffered in your place. Look to Him for the payment of your sin debt which is due from you to the wrath of God. This is how you can you Satisfy God – the only way.  No wrath from God remains against the sinner that trusts in the Blood Atonement of Christ.  Jesus has risen from the dead and is alive right now; call upon His name; come to Him personally through trusting in His blood to save your soul.

Salvation is contained in one word: "Come!" Repentance takes place when you leave the place where you now stand. As a lost sinner you are standing underneath a spiritual ton of bricks called Sin and the wrath of God. Come to the Cross, kneel there as an empty sinner and be saved. Faith comes when you put your trust and reliance upon the Lord Jesus Christ as your Blood Sacrifice (Atonement) for sin. Come now. Not tomorrow, or next month, or next year. Your delay will only make your sin burden heavier and more dangerous. Flee to the Cross now, fall down flat at Jesus feet, and let Him lift off your sin load. Weary sinner, rest and recline upon His promise now, and let your soul rest in Him. Come now! By an instantaneous act of faith you will obtain instantaneous grace and peace. Come and rely upon Jesus, and He will give you rest. Absolute confidence in the Christ's Precious Blood Atonement will save your guilty soul from your sins. The Lord Jesus Christ is the Propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. Joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the Atonement. Satisfaction will immediately follow your unfeigned faith in the blood of the Crucified One.

The Brevity of Life

Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Surely every man is vanity.

Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. Our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death. We all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.  Remember how short my time is.  

Man that is born of a woman is of *few* days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them.  The time is short.  What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave?

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow.