Warm greetings, friends, near
and far. The Lord Jesus Christ be magnified
forever and ever. His loving kindnesses, tender
mercies, and compassions are new every morning. Great is His
faithfulness. His mercy endureth forever. This is Sinner Saved coming at
you with the following short evangelistic gospel message,
and God willing, this broadcast will reach you, Lima Charlie,
loud and clear. It is my hope and prayer unto
God Most High, the only Holy Father, that His only begotten
Son, Christ Jesus, the Lord our righteousness, be greatly exalted,
that His everlasting gospel be clearly proclaimed, that the
pride of mere flesh and blood men be humbled. And that His
elect saints be greatly encouraged, cheered, and comforted in these
evil and perilous days. Please consider having paper
and pencil handy to jot down the scriptural references for
your own follow-up study. And so we begin with the weekend
gospel message to follow for all hands. Heads up! Please find
enclosed encouragement in so great salvation by the perfect
and finished work of our Lord Jesus Christ in saving poor,
needy, and wretched sinners by His sovereign free grace. That
is to say, Almighty God in His unmerited favor to save me and
you from our sins and from hell. Jesus bore the wrath of God. How blessed are those whose sin
and guilt are fully washed away. They need not fear the wrath
of God when comes the judgment day. Vindictive justice fell
on Christ, who for the guilty died, and by His bloody sacrifice
poor souls were justified. Tis with the death of Christ
the Lord that God is satisfied. The Savior magnified the law
when on the cross He died. Since Jesus bore their load of
guilt upon the rugged tree, the ransomed of the Lord are safe
for all eternity. How can we know that Jesus died
and suffered in our place? Tis in this way, if we by faith,
the Son of God embrace. Honoring Jehovah. It is written
in Isaiah 44, 8. Is there a God beside me? Yea, there is no God, I know
not any. says our great and mighty Lord
God Himself. He is the eternal and the self-existent,
the omniscient, the omnipresent Being. If I paused for one moment
over this statement, I trust it will be successful in drawing
our spirits to regard the glory of the being we are meant to
worship. He is the eternal God. From everlasting to everlasting,
thou art God, omniscient, pervading everything on earth, penetrating
the recesses of every heart, omnipresent about our path and
about our bed, about our lying down and our rising up. owing
his being to none, and all beings owing their existence to him,
giving an account of none of his matters, glorious in holiness,
fearful in praises, doing wonders, doing whatsoever seemeth to him
good in the armies of heaven and among the inhabitants of
the earth, none can stay his hand, or say to him, What doest
thou? Or, What are you doing? You can't
say that to the Most High God. That message was from old-timer
preacher Joseph Irons, year of our Lord 1848. There is but one
Savior. If you look to your repentance
and faith for acceptance with God, you will die in your sins."
I hope that statement grabs your attention. Men tend to run to
repentance or faith as the foundation and assurance for their salvation
instead of fleeing to Christ Himself. They look to what they
have done, felt or experienced rather than looking to the Lord
of glory. This is a fatal mistake. To be
sure, I would never minimize the importance of true repentance
toward God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. How merciful of
the Lord that He grants us repentance to turn from our idols and dead
works and gives us faith to embrace the Lord Jesus Christ as our
prophet, priest, and king. Still, neither repentance nor
faith are saviors. There is but one savior from
sin, and his name is Jesus Christ. He is the only mediator between
a holy God and sinful men. He alone bore the sins of his
people and endured the wrath of God in their stead. Christ satisfied offended justice
by his substitutionary sacrifice. Full and free salvation is to
be found in Him. When conscious of and troubled
by guilt and sin, I must not retreat to my experience or my
repentance and faith for comfort and assurance, but to the Blessed
Redeemer Himself. My refuge and hope is not in
what I have done or experienced. My refuge and hope is that person
whose name is Jesus Christ and what He has done for undeserving
sinners like me. The Lord will provide. Do you trust
the Lord Jesus for the salvation of your soul? Do you rest upon
Him in His perfect obedience unto death for your salvation?
Do you believe He will grant to you what He has promised to
everyone who believes Him, everlasting salvation and a heavenly inheritance
that will never fade away? By the grace of God and the witness
of the Spirit, I trust you can answer, yes I do, to these questions. Well then, if you can rely upon
Him for these great things, is it not reasonable to trust Him
for the other things of this life? His constant presence and
the daily necessities of life? Remember the words of Romans
8, 32. He that spared not his own son,
but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also
freely give us all things? The Lord provides for the birds
of the air and the beasts of the field. He even pours out
daily supplies of temporal mercies upon those who despise and blaspheme
his holy name. Will He not then take care of
His beloved people, His offspring, His redeemed ones? When we fret
and worry about daily issues, we act as though our Father will
neglect us. How utterly foolish it is to
doubt the tenderness, kindness, and loving care of our covenant
God. The Lord Jesus says in Mark 6.32,
Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these
things. And also the Lord Jesus says
in Matthew 6.33, Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His righteousness,
and all these things shall be added unto you. Outstanding message
from preacher Jim Byrd of 13th Street Baptist Church located
in Ashland, Kentucky, USA. Glory be to God the Father! Glory
to the Eternal Son! Sound aloud the Spirit's praises! Hail the glorious Three-in-One! May the grace of Christ our Savior
and the Father's boundless love, with the Holy Spirit's favor,
rest upon us from above! Thus may we abide in union with
each other in the Lord and possess in sweet communion joys which
earth cannot afford. Thanks we give in adoration for
the gospel's joyful sound. Let the fruits of thy salvation
in our hearts and lives abound. That was an old gospel hymn entitled
Jesus Calls Us. Set your affection, a reading
from Colossians 3.1, set your affection on things above, not
on things on the earth, for ye are dead and your life is hid
with Christ in God. There are a lot of things going
on in the earth. Wars, natural disasters, disease,
economic trials, and the list goes on. All of these things
have a great effect on those living on the earth. Tell a dead
man about these things and it has no effect. Flatter him and
he is not affected. Threaten him and he is not affected. The dead have no concern over
the affairs of this life. The believer is dead and his
life hid with Christ in God. That being the case, we should
not be affected by the things going on on this earth any more
than the dead in their graves are. We are risen with Christ. Therefore, we are to seek those
things which are above where Christ sitteth on the right hand
of God. See Colossians 3.1. Behold, I am vile, Job 40 verse
four. This was Job's reply after listening
to almighty God describe the majesty of his glorious character. This is good ground to be placed
upon because it is only when we hear God speak as God and
reveal himself to us as God that we know something of our own
sinful character. Please see Isaiah six verses
one through five. However, according to the statement
of scripture in Job 1 verse 1, God said that Job was perfect
and upright and one that feared God and hated evil. How can Job
be perfect and vile at the same time? Job was a believer like
Abraham, David, and all other believers who are made righteous
and considered perfect only by receiving a justifying righteousness
through the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ. Friends, please
see 1 Corinthians 1.30. There is in every believer two
natures, that spiritual nature when we are made new creatures
in Christ, 2 Corinthians 5.17 and 2 Peter 1.4, and the old
ruined and vile nature we receive by natural birth in Adam, Romans
5.12. The spiritual nature cannot sin,
1 John 3, 9. And the old nature cannot produce
anything but sin, Romans 3, verses 9 through 12. The believer is
painfully aware of his sinful and corrupt nature and grieves
over his sin. However, he never makes the corruption
of his heart an excuse for the corruption of his life. We should
never use our fallen nature for a reason to sin. Galatians 5
verses 13 through 17. Because of our indwelling sin,
it is a daily miracle that we continue and persevere in faith. 1 Peter 1 verses 3 through 5.
The enemy would be much easier to fight off if he did not have
an ally on the inside. One of the worst fears the believer
has is the deceitfulness of his own heart. See Psalm 140, Jeremiah
17 9, and Mark 7 21. We carry within us an infamous
traitor to our own soul. Beware when he speaks to you
of trusting others rather than the Lord Jesus Christ alone.
And heed the warning of scripture, 1 Corinthians 16.22. Beware when he says to you that
sin can be put away and we can be justified apart from the substitutionary
sacrifice and blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. And heed the warning
of scripture. 1 John 1 7. Beware when the old
nature raises its ugly head and says that the gospel of grace
is only for the theologian and the intellect. And heed the warning
of scripture. Galatians 1 verses 7 through
9. Beware when the old nature says that those sitting, partaking,
and believing a false gospel are saved. And heed the warning
of Scripture. 1 John 5 11 12. Beware when the
old nature says to you that it does not matter how I live, how
I act, and what I say. And heed the warning of Scripture. Ephesians 4 verses 17 through
24. Beloved friend, the old nature does not grow weaker as the new
man grows in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The old nature remains a powerful enemy to our soul and an ally
to the devil. Great is our Lord Jesus Christ
and greatly to be praised. Take heart, friends. Our mighty
and glorious King of glory is inbound for his afflicted saints. Even so, come quickly, Lord Jesus. Maranatha.