The gospel is very simply Jesus Christ, who among us is tired of hearing of the Lord Jesus Christ.
He is the Son of God, the Son of Man, sent into this world to be born of a virgin,
that He might be sinless, that He might be born under the law,
to keep the very law that you and I break day after day after day.
The perfect sinless Son of God has perfectly met all the requirements of God's law
and is ready to give His righteousness to us, that we would have a perfect standing before God,
that He went to a cross, there He was lifted up to die, there upon that cross the sins of
everyone who would believe in Him were transferred to Him, and Him who knew no sin,
God made to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God.
The great exchange of the cross, the worst about me, laid upon Him, the best about Him,
now to be laid upon me, as He shed His blood upon that cross, He reconciled sinful man to
holy God. There is no other way for us to have a relationship with an infinitely holy God,
except through the blood of the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ, and it was by His sin-bearing,
substitutionary, vicarious death upon that cross. It was as if He took sinful man in one hand and
holy God in the other hand and brought the two together through His death. By that death,
He satisfied the righteous anger of God and appeased His wrath towards all who would believe
in Him. There is now therefore no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
therefore being justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
It was through that death that He redeemed sinners out of the slave market of sin and
redeemed us out of the tyranny of Satan's grip upon our lives. It was by that death
that Jesus Christ has provided now salvation free for all who will call upon His name.
He was taken down from that cross. He said, it is finished, not I am finished, it is finished.
He had completed the mission of salvation that He had come into this world to accomplish.
He was buried in the rich man's tomb, and on the third day, by all the power that was
inherent within Him as the Son of God, He raised Himself from the dead. He came walking out of
that tomb a risen, living, victorious Savior. He ascended back to heaven, is now seated at the
right hand of God the Father, and whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be
saved. He is mighty to save unto the uttermost all who call upon Him. To call upon the Lord
Jesus Christ is to look away from yourself, to look away from religion, to look away from
your church, to look away from your denomination, to look away from your baptism and your church
membership and all of your good works, and to look exclusively to the Lord Jesus Christ.
He says, Him who comes unto me I will in no wise cast out. He loves to save sinners.
He is the friend of sinners. He came to seek and to save that which is lost. He came not for
the righteous. He came for those who are unrighteous. He is a good physician. He has
come not for those who are well, but for those who are sick. Will you tell Him this moment
what a sinner you are? Will you tell Him how sick you are by sin, that you're unable to save
yourself? Would you call upon Him, say, Lord Jesus, save me. I am a wretched, hell-bound sinner,
but your grace is being offered to sinners like me. If you would call upon His name
this very moment, I promise you by the authority of the Word of God that He will save you. He
will save you today. He will wash your sins away. You will be clean and pure from the top of
your head to the bottom of your feet. He says, Come let us reason together. Though your sins
be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be
white as wool. If you will call upon Him, He will give you His righteousness. It is a free
gift. There is nothing you can do to earn it. There is nothing that you can do to merit it.
He will clothe you with the perfect garments of His righteousness. And as God looks upon you,
there will be a covering for your sin. He will see only the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ,
covering the entirety of who you are, your sin-sick soul. You will find acceptance with God.
And one day when you die, He will take you into the very presence of the Father and present
you faultless before the throne of God. He says, I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father but through me. Peter said, There is salvation in no other name,
for there is no other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.
Paul says, There is one God and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus,
who gave Himself a ransom for all the testimony born at the proper time. If you turn away from
this free offer of the gospel, there is no hope for your soul. You will be trampling
underfoot the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. I want to say to you,
hell cannot be hot enough for you to hear this message, to hear this truth, and to refuse
the Lord Jesus Christ, who suffered and bled and died upon Calvary's cross to save sinners.
If you refuse the gospel, your blood is on your own hands, and you will suffer in hell forever
under the torment of the wrath of God. You will be among the torment of the damned,
and you will never find relief for your soul. But today the gates of paradise are swung
open to you, and you may come in and you may enter. And Jesus says, Come unto Me,
all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you
and learn of Me, for you will find rest for your souls. For My burden is easy and My yoke
is light. How hard it is for you to continue to live a life of sin, how glorious it would be
to come into the yoke of the Lord Jesus Christ and to receive His salvation.
This is a decisive moment in your life. You may never have an opportunity like this again,
where the gospel is so clearly being presented to you. And so I beg you, I urge you, if you
are not saved, if you are not committed to this moment, commit your life to Jesus Christ.
He will receive you, He will save you, He will wash you, and one day He will take you to heaven
where you will spend all eternity with Him. This is the greatest offer that has ever been made
to anyone on this earth. This is the glorious good news of salvation in Jesus Christ.
So I would urge you this moment, if you have never believed upon Jesus Christ in your heart
of hearts, to say, Lord Jesus, I am a sinner and you are a savior. I am a great sinner.
You are a great savior. And I now, this moment, as an act of my will, I commit all that I am
to you. If you have never done that, I would urge you to do so this very moment.
Thank you.