Good News for Sinners
“This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief”—1 Tim 1:15
Did you buy a newspaper today my friend? If so, you probably read about world, national, and local news. It is possible that when finished reading, you had mixed emotions. Despite the effects of your reading, you believed the credibility of the newspaper publisher’s articles, didn’t you? However, with the next issue, it is possible that you read a conflicting report of the same information. How reliable is the news? Can it always be trusted? We would like to answer in the positive, but I’m afraid all of us have to admit that the newspaper’s reliability and the contents of the articles have many flaws.
Today we come to you with a message which is so reliable that you can hang the whole weight of your soul on it; its contents are so precious and valuable that experience of this message will make you spiritually rich and prepare you to meet God. [more…]
Go To Jesus
What is the one specific cry of a truly spiritually regenerated and awakened soul? Is it not for JESUS, the bread of life? Most assuredly! Go to the sinner bowed beneath the weight of the law, to the man awakened to a conviction of his sinful and lost condition, who has been brought to know the nothingness of his own righteousness, and ask him, ‘What will make you happy?’ Bid him go to his religious duties, to his sacraments, to his church, to his minister. Oh, how bitter will be his reproof—“I asked you, as a starving man, for bread, and you give me husks. I need Christ—I need to know that my sins are pardoned—that my transgressions are blotted out—that I am an accepted, forgiven child of God. And nothing short of this will meet my case. [more…]
From The Fullness of Christ by Octavius Winslow
