Look to Christ JESUS Alone

An old preacher once said, “False repentance damns many a sinner.”  Here is what he meant.  When men begin to see the enormity of their guilt and the fierceness of the wrath of God, they will run to anything for salvation, except to Christ the Lord.  They will even rely and depend upon their sorrow over sin, instead of looking to and casting themselves upon Christ the only Redeemer. 

I would never lessen the importance of repentance, but repentance is not our Savior.  Yes, we must be brought by the Spirit to turn aside from our idols, dead works and self-righteousness, but in leading us away from those things, the Spirit of grace causes us to turn to and look only unto Christ and His work of redemption for righteousness, salvation and everlasting life.  Be warned.  Do not look to or depend upon any religious action. 
 
Do not look to or trust in your repentance, or your faith; neither salvation or assurance is to be found in those things.  Do not trust your experiences or your feelings.  Paul said of those who are truly born of God, they “have no confidence in the flesh” (Philippians 3:3).  
 
Do not look to or depend upon your decision!  Do not look to or depend upon your prayers!  Do not look to or depend upon your Bible reading.  Do not look to or depend upon your tears! 

Look to the Lord Jesus Christ and depend upon Him Who alone satisfied all the requirements of God for the salvation of sinners by His substitutionary, justice-satisfying death upon the cross. In conversion, we look to Him alone.  “Look unto Me and be ye saved all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else” (Isaiah 45:22). 

We continue our life of faith by looking to Christ.  “Looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith” (Hebrews 12:2).  Someday in eternal glory, we will forevermore look upon His blessed face; then we shall “see Him as He is” (I John 3:2).    

-preacher Jim Byrd of Thirteenth Street Baptist church located in Ashland, Kentucky, USA
 
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