Infected With a Most Dreadful, Fearful, Soul-Killing Disease!

Infected with a most dreadful, fearful, soul-killing disease!

(James Smith, “God’s Remedy for Man’s Malady” 1849)

“From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, no spot is uninjured—but only wounds and bruises and putrefying sores! They have not been cleansed or bandaged or soothed with oil.” Isaiah 1:6

The whole race of mankind, in consequence of the fall, is infected with a most dreadful, fearful, soul-killing disease!

You are infected with it yourself!

It is in your nature, and its effects are manifested in your conduct! Its seat is in the heart—which has become deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked!

This malignant disease has spread over every faculty of the soul! The understanding is darkened—so that you cannot see your dreadful state! The conscience is defiled—and no longer warns of evil! The will is powerfully biased to evil—and chooses what God abhors! The affections are earth-bound—and set on forbidden things! The imagination has become sensual—and only employed in evil! The reason is debased—and calls darkness, light; and light, darkness! The memory is depraved—and has become a storehouse of iniquity! The whole soul is paralyzed, polluted, and diseased! Satan has got possession—and endeavors to lead you to hell in a false peace!

You are naturally . . .   unfit for heaven,   at enmity with God,   exposed to His wrath,   cursed by His law,   condemned by His word,   traveling to perdition,   and ripening for damnation!

You cannot . . .   deliver yourself from sin’s dominion,   cleanse yourself from inherent defilement,   or escape the righteous judgment of God, by anything that you can do.

You are . . .   without strength,   blind to your everlasting welfare,   and a hater of God!

You . . .   were born a sinner,   have lived transgressing,   and dying in such a state, will be banished into irremediable woe!

This is your state, reader—whoever you may be! This is your situation—however you may have lived! This is your condition—whatever you may think! Have you ever seen yourself in this situation? Have you ever felt this to be your case? Have you ever trembled on account of it—and sought a remedy? If not, this is the very worst symptom of your disease! You are . . .   insensible of your wretched condition,   under a spiritual derangement,   and madness is in your heart!

But if you have discovered your malady, if you have felt sin to be really a dreadful disease, if you are seeking for a remedy; then I rejoice in being able to direct you to one that is provided, which may be obtained freely, and will certainly heal you!
God, who is rich in mercy, for the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in sin—has devised a way in which He can manifest Himself as a just God and a Savior! He has provided a suitable and glorious remedy for lost, ruined, and undone sinners! This remedy will . . .   heal the wounded,   cleanse the filthy,   sanctify the unholy,   justify the condemned,   liberate the captive,   and save the lost!

It gives . . .   peace to the distressed,   direction to the perplexed,   riches to the poor,   sight to the blind,   hearing to the deaf,   strength to the weak, wisdom to the foolish,   and life to the dead!

A Brief Study on Sin (All Texts Straight from the Bible)

It is absolutely very obvious that we live in a sinful world. All the manifestations of sins are everywhere. There is no righteous, no not one. Every human being has been tainted by sin. In sin did our mothers conceive us. Surely, absolute justice will be given to us by God. There is no hope for us; only the Perfect Person—the God-man—the Lord Jesus Christ—He who paid the penalty of sin on the Cross of Calvary, can save us from the penalty of sin and the power of it.

We are so corrupted by sin, and we have sinned against the perfectly Holy, Just, and Righteous God. Even if an individual would weep tears as the volume of all the oceans, that will not be enough. Nothing can wash away our sins, only the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ.

“If I should wash myself with snow, and cleanse my hands with lye, yet You would plunge me into the pit,  and my own clothes would abhor me.” – Job 9:30-31

 “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace.” – Ephesians 1:7

Even people in  remote tribes, who are so far from civilizations knows this. They know that there exists the most Sovereign God, even though they did not have the complete knowledge of the YaHWeH of the Bible. They also know that there has to be an innocent sacrifice to cover their sins.

Repentance from sin and Trust in Christ is the only means of salvation for wretched sinners like us.

Sin is deadly! May God have mercy on us and deliver us from all evil.

Note: The first half of the video (0:00-11:22) deals on describing the nature, magnitude, effects, and cure of sin. The second part deals with sin in relation to Christians.  From 18:20 up to the last part, the video deals with the wicked.