Are you lost? Are you guilty?
Are you condemned by God's holy law? Are you perishing with the plague of sin
in your heart? Would you be saved? This is the one thing you must do - YOU
MUST LOOK TO CHRIST. He says, "Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the
ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else" (Isa. 45:22). It
will do you no good to look to yourself. Look away from yourself to Christ. It
will do you no good to look to man, religious leaders, the church, or even
doctrinal truth. There is no salvation here. Look away from all these things,
and look to Christ alone. Those Israelites in the wilderness (Num. 21:6-9) were
not saved by looking at their wounds. They were not saved by looking to Moses.
They were not saved by looking at the pole Moses held in his hands. They were
saved by looking to that brazen serpent. Even so, we are saved by looking to
Christ.
SALVATION COMES TO A MAN'S
HEART BY LOOKING TO CHRIST. Our Lord said, "As Moses lifted up the
serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life" (John
SALVATION IS CONSTANTLY
LOOKING TO CHRIST FOR ALL THINGS. We who believe run the race that is set
before us by faith, "Looking Unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our
faith" (Heb. 12:2). We look to Christ for a continual supply of grace. We
look to Christ alone, continually, for our acceptance with God. We look to him
as our Advocate, our Righteousness, and our Propitiation. We never cease to be
poor sinners, looking to Christ. We never hope for acceptance with God upon any
grounds other than Christ.
SALVATION IS COMPLETE WHEN
WE SHALL LOOK TO CHRIST AND SEE HIM AS HE IS. "Beloved, now are we the
sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that,
when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is"
(I John 3:2). It is written of all God's elect, all who were redeemed by Christ
and regenerated by the Holy Spirit, it is written of every sinner who looks to
Christ - "They shall see his face" (Rev. 22:4). This is heaven! This
is glory! This is eternal bliss! We shall see the Lord Jesus Christ himself,
face to face! God help you to look, both now and forever. "THERE IS
LIFE FOR A LOOK AT THE CRUCIFIED ONE!"