Flee to Christ JESUS today, “The LORD our righteousness!”

The Bible tells us there is only one way of salvation for sinners the way of God’s free, sovereign grace in and by the Lord Jesus Christ.  Jesus Christ crucified is the only way of forgiveness of sins and righteousness before God.  The Lord Himself said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me” (John 14:6).  Peter said, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).  The Bible tells us God commands sinful men to seek salvation by seeking Christ, for He is salvation (Isa. 45:21-25; 55:6-7). 

We know all who truly seek Him will find Him (Matt. 7:7-8).  The Bible also tells us sinful men by nature will not of their own wills seek the Lord (Psalm 14:2-3; Rom. 3:10-12).  The Bible tells us any sinner who truly seeks the Lord has been given a new heart, a new spirit, and a new will by the Holy Spirit as He makes the Gospel “THE POWER OF GOD unto salvation to everyone that believeth” (Rom. 1:16).  Those who seek the Lord and find Him are submitted to Him as their righteousness by which God justifies them (Rom. 10:4).  What should we do with what the Bible tells us?  Some say, “Well, if I can’t seek the Lord of my own free will, there’s nothing I can do. If God is going to save me, He will, no matter what I do.” This is sinful man presuming upon God and tempting Him.

It is man trying to play God because “the secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law” (Deut. 29:29).  Ask your­self, “As a sinner without hope in and of myself, do I see my need of Christ for all salvation, forgiveness, righteousness, eternal life, and glory?  Do I desire salvation through Him and His righteousness alone?” If you do, consider this “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled” (Matt. 7:6). How are they filled? They are filled with Jesus Christ by His Spirit and His Word so as to believe and rest in Him. How do we know this? We know this because the Bible tells us so, and the Bible is God’s Word of salvation (2 Tim. 3:15)!


-preacher Bill Parker

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