SORRY<\/p>\n
When we think of conviction of sin, we usually think of strong feeling of guilt or remorse over things we have done. But when the Lord tells us what true conviction of sin is, He says \u201cof sin, because they believe not on me\u201d (John 16:9). The sin of sins is to not trust Christ for salvation. You have experienced Holy Spirit conviction when you see the wickedness of attempting to come into God’s presence any other way than the way of Christ alone<\/p>\n
Todd Nibert.<\/p>\n
Sin Blotted OUT!<\/p>\n
\u201cI, even I am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake and will not remember thy sins\u201d (Is.43:25).<\/p>\n
There are many glorious things written within the covers of this
\nmarvelous book; we love His doctrine and His ways, His miracles and
\nwords of infinite wisdom. We find such comfort and peace in the sweet
\ntruths of the gospel of the glory of our God. I do find myself however,
\nleaning and constantly returning to the bold and arresting statement of
\nIsaiah\u2019s notation! Perhaps it is because I never get away from the sin
\nwithin, the sin tugging and stirring in this flesh; perhaps it is the
\nsoul cheering truth of the Christ who by Himself has thusly blotted out
\nall my transgressions that trouble me so. Perhaps it is the pure, simple
\nand unerring words of His Spirit telling me and everyone for whom Christ
\nwas \u2018made sin\u2019 that God in His justice will never ever lay my sins to my
\naccount! Blotteth out: that is erased, wiped away, dealt with in that
\nperfect and righteous substitute the Son of His Love! Blotteth out!! I
\nthink I have, by His grace, found a lively and good word for my soul\u2019s
\nneed this day, what about you sinner, what about you?<\/p>\n
Drew Dietz<\/p>\n
Is There Any Real Hope For Real Sinners?<\/p>\n
Is there any real hope for real sinners? I know that men and women who
\nthink of themselves as good moral people have no problem in this matter.
\nThey think they are okay. They look upon their good works, their
\nreligious devotion, and their moral integrity with much approval. In
\ntheir proud self-righteousness they presume that God owes them something
\nand that he will accept them. They are highly offended when they are
\ntold by a plain spoken preacher that they are sinners and that their
\nsupposed righteous deeds are filthy rags, abominable in the sight of
\nGod. I am not speaking to you of good people”.<\/p>\n
I am speaking to you men and women who know yourselves to be guilty
\nsinners before a holy God. You have no good deeds to boast of. Your life
\nis as vile as your heart. You are an outcast of society. Both your
\nfamily and friends avoid your company. You are so abominably evil that
\nyou can hardly endure living with yourself. You know that you are guilty
\nbefore a holy God. You know that if you had your just reward from him,
\nyou would be in hell. Is there any real hope for real sinners like you
\nand me?<\/p>\n
I know that we have no hope in ourselves. We have all tried religious
\ndecisions and moral reformation. But these things cannot atone for our
\nsins. These things cannot silence our guilty consciences. Preachers tell
\nus to join the church, or start living right, or start serving the Lord.
\nYou may have tried it all. But the fact remains that you cannot do
\nanything that God will accept. You may have joined the church and become
\nreligious, but your conscience still torments you. You have no peace
\nwith God. Is there any real hope for real sinners?<\/p>\n
Yes, blessed be God, there is real hope for real sinners like us! That
\nHope is the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God. He came to this earth to
\nbe the Friend of sinners. He came to be the sinner’s Substitute before
\nGod. As the Substitute for sinners, the Lord Jesus Christ lived in this
\nworld accomplishing a perfect righteousness, the only righteousness
\nwhich God will accept. Then he willingly laid down his life in the place
\nof sinners at Calvary. As the Substitute for guilty sinners the Son of
\nGod took our sins upon himself, and in his death he paid the penalty due
\nunto us. Now it is promised that all who believe on him shall be saved
\nand have everlasting life. “He that believeth on the Son hath
\neverlasting life” (John 3:36). That includes both you and me. If we, as
\nguilty sinners, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as our only Savior, our
\nonly Righteousness, and our only Pardon for sin, we shall be saved!<\/p>\n
Jesus Christ is the only One who gives real hope to real sinners. I
\ntrust him. Most gladly do I trust Christ. I have no righteousness but
\nhis righteousness. I have no cleansing from sin but his blood. I have no
\npardon but his pardon. I have no acceptance before God but Christ. I
\nhave nothing to plead before God but this, Jesus Christ lived and died
\nfor me. Though I am a real sinner like you, I have a REAL HOPE BEFORE
\nGOD. My Hope is Jesus Christ the Lord. And HE GIVES HE REAL PEACE BEFORE
\nGOD. Will you trust Christ alone? THERE IS REAL HOPE FOR REAL SINNERS IN
\nCHRIST.<\/p>\n
Don Fortner<\/p>\n
The Call of the Sinner<\/p>\n
When the Lord came to His disciples on the dark stormy sea he saw them
\n\u201ctoiling in rowing\u201d. He saw their fear and futility against an angry sea
\nand a contrary wind. They needed to be saved!<\/p>\n
He came there on purpose to save; but He made like He would pass by. Is
\nthis not the case of every sinner the Lord saves? He makes like He will
\npass them by then listens close for their call. It is exactly this
\nexperience that causes us to call on Him. One thing I know by experience
\nis that no true sinner will ever let Him pass by. He will cry, plead,
\nand fight his way through the press but he must and will reach the
\nSavior. His call is not a call of discussion or option but of
\ndesperation. It is now or never \u2013 life or death \u2013 Heaven or Hell. He is
\ndone with the oars, done with the storm, and done with the darkness.<\/p>\n
In the midst of it all he sees the Lord and while he is able to see he
\ncalls.<\/p>\n
Darvin Pruitt<\/p>\n
TRUE Righteousness<\/p>\n
Most modern preachers are preaching against sin without declaring the
\ntrue nature and character of God, and it just comes out as dos and
\ndon\u2019ts and decisions and reformations. The whole process is merely
\nperipheral. Their message reaches only to that which they have done; and
\nconsequently, that which they can change. They have never seen what they
\nare; and that which no man can change. Such religion breeds
\nself-righteousness and makes converts who do not need the full, free
\njustifying righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n
Just give them a plan, a proposition, a few things to do, a few rules to
\nfollow, a few commandments to keep, and they rest very comfortably. You
\nwill hear them talking about free grace, but all the while they are
\nthinking about what they have done or are doing; and this is contrary
\ntoo grace! TRUE grace brings a TRUE knowledge of God, a TRUE knowledge
\nof self (sin), and leaves the sinner\u2019s attention focused upon TRUE
\nrighteousness, righteousness through the doing and dying of the Lord
\nJesus Christ, righteousness which is obtained through faith alone\u2014a
\nsinner trusting Christ!<\/p>\n
Maurice Montgomery<\/p>\n
The Word of truth works the Righteousness of God in a sinner causing us
\nto look nowhere else but to the Lord Jesus Christ our Righteousness. The
\nnatural man, in the filthiness and naughtiness of the flesh, never has,
\nnor ever will, produce the Righteousness of God.<\/p>\n
By the Word of truth the believer knows that even though we were elected
\nunto salvation in Christ before the world began, we were born into
\nbondage to our own spiritually dead flesh and spirit. The Word of truth
\nwill not let the believer forget, that in the deadness of our flesh all
\nour righteous works were only dead fruit (Ro 7: 4-6.) Sin, having
\ndominion over us, would not allow us to deny the flesh by looking to
\nChrist alone but made us constantly defend the flesh–dead fruit. By the
\ndominion of sin, all we could do was think evil, say evil and do evil by
\nthinking, saying and doing everything for the cause of our dead
\nflesh–dead fruit. In this dead state, when our guilty conscious got the
\nbest of us, the dominion of sin caused us to look to that same dead
\nflesh in an attempt to make self more acceptable to God–dead fruit. We
\nattempted to clean a dirty floor with a dirty mop. The dominion of sin
\nwould not allow us to look to the Lord our Righteousness and confess
\nthat in our flesh is no good thing (Ro 8: 5-14.)<\/p>\n
Through the Spirit of God, the Word was engrafted within us and gave us
\nspiritual life (v18, 21.) By the Word of truth, God’s holy law threw a
\nspotlight on our persons (our old man–our flesh and our old dead
\nspirit) and said, “Behold, sin!” (Ro 7: 7-13.) In the new spirit of
\nmeekness given by God, we put our hands over our mouths and became swift
\nto hear. Christ our King entered in shedding his love abroad in our
\nhearts so that the hatred for God in our old man no longer reigns within
\n(Ro 8: 1-4; Col 1: 11-14.) With new eyes we discovered that when Christ
\nwas made sin and died in the flesh, we died in the flesh. Our body of
\nsin was buried in the ground. The Holy Law of God released all claim on
\nus. Therefore, being raised to newness of life with Christ, we regard
\nour old man as dead and buried. We no longer worship God in the flesh
\nbut in spirit and in truth (Jn 4: 23, 24; Col 1: 21, 22; 2: 8-14; 3:
\n1-4.) We are still in this dead flesh, (and too often still look to it)
\nbut sin has no more dominion over us to keep us from trusting Christ our
\nall. Before the all-seeing eye of God, our life is hid in Christ.
\nTherefore we no longer look to our dead body for proof of righteousness
\nor for proof of liberty as do the legalist, the antinomian and all dead
\nreligionists tittering somewhere between the two. Instead, BELIEVERS
\nLOOK TO CHRIST FOR ALL.<\/p>\n
Clay Curtis<\/p>\n
The Conviction Of Judgment<\/p>\n
John 16:11<\/p>\n
Looking upon my own heart, in the light of God’s Word, I am thoroughly
\nconvinced of my own depravity, quilt and sin before God. I know that I
\ndeserve his infinite wrath. Looking upon that Man in heaven who is God,
\nwho once was made to be sin for sinful man and is now freed from sin, I
\nam thoroughly convinced that his righteousness is infinitely meritorious
\nand sufficient to give all who trust him eternal, immutable acceptance
\nwith the holy God. And looking upon Christ’s conquest over satan by his
\ndeath upon the cursed tree, I am thoroughly convinced of judgment. This
\nis the work of the Holy Spirit. When he saves a sinner he convinces him
\nof sin, righteousness and judgment. This conviction of judgment is
\nthreefold.<\/p>\n
GOD WILL JUDGE ALL SIN (Acts 17:31). As the Lord God judged satan for
\nsin, casting him out of heaven, binding him by the cross of Christ, and
\nsentencing him to everlasting destruction in hell, so he will judge the
\nsins of all men and women in the last day. None shall escape the justice
\nand wrath of almighty God. “The soul that sinneth, it shall die!”<\/p>\n
GOD’S JUDGMENT OF MEN FOR SIN IS JUST. Sin is more than an act. It is a
\nprinciple of enmity against God in the heart of every man. It is treason
\nagainst the King of heaven and malice against our Creator. It is an
\ninfinite evil. The goodness and justice of God demand that wickedness be
\nput out of the earth and that sinners be punished with everlasting
\ndestruction (Psa. 11:4-7). Should God punish me forever in hell, he is
\nperfectly just to do so. Should he punish you forever in hell, he is
\njust. We deserve eternal damnation.<\/p>\n
HOWEVER, FOR GOD’S ELECT JUDGMENT IS OVER! The Lord God judged our sins
\nin his Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. He made his dear Son to be sin for us
\nand punished us for sin, to the full satisfaction of justice in his
\ndarling Son. The proof that judgment is over for the believer is the
\nfact that Christ has taken satan into captivity, delivering us from the
\nfear of death (Heb. 2:15).<\/p>\n
If you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, you have nothing to fear from
\nGod, his law, or his justice. Your sins are forever forgiven. You have
\nbeen made perfectly righteous in Christ. You are complete in him. And
\nfor you judgment is over.<\/p>\n
Don Fortner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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