Matthew 16:26) For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his soul? Think seriously as I try to write about your soul concerns one more time this side of eternity. Yes, there are a thousand and one reasons why people are not saved—and we’re looking at it from the human standpoint, I know. But the underlying reason in each case is that they simply do not see themselves as lost, helpless, needy sinners. “For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.” (Luke 19:10). If a man truly sees himself lost and at his wit’s end, he will be dropping every excuse, avoiding every hindrance, separating from every friend, breaking off every habit, leaving everything in the world behind—and that sinner will be looking to CHRIST alone. Christ came to save only lost sinners—the whole don’t need the Great Physician, but those who are conscious of their sin-sickness. You’ve got to be a candidate for salvation, and a man who can prop himself up and go on in his critical spirit is never going to be saved. You’ve got to be a guilty sinner, and, man, I don’t mean you will need to go out and sin some more. You are guilty, already guilty, already judged, already condemned, already on the death row, in the condemned cell, awaiting execution. Do you see it? Do you tremble when you hear a little shuffling of feet behind you, thinking it is the executioner coming to take you to the gallows? Are you fearful of the consequences of your sin? You have sinned; you are guilty; don’t deny it, but face it. “The soul that sinneth, it shall die.” That’s you. That’s me. May God awaken us and strip us and bring us before Him as beggars, as objects of mercy! -Wylie Fulton via Michelle Round
Posted on: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 15:47:30 +0000
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