As we approach Resurrection Sunday, itÂ’s imperative that we understand the sacrifice that was resurrected. The Son of God was a treasure that had to be broken before He was offered. The bruising of that body was for the healing and salvation of the nations. The gore of His mutilation is not where we are to glory. No! No! We glory in the virtue – supernatural virtue – that streams like a river from every wound. That “Holy Thing,” His total life, the very temple of His sinless body was so Holy that to touch His seamless robe in faith was to encounter supernatural power that immediately broke the power of disease. The words that came from His lips are described as a “two-edged sword” and are so powerful that demons or devils were driven into swine and then into the bottomless pit. He had but to speak and dead men stood up alive and were returned to their families.

We must come to a fresh revelation of this “Holy Son of God.” The angel, announcing to Mary, assured her that this miracle of her Son was not ordinary. “The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” (Luke 1:35) The words, “that Holy Thing,” are breathtaking words. The Son of the Living God had stepped out of the realm of His Father’s eternal presence and was even at that moment moving into the reality of flesh, and she confirmed it by stating, “… Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word.” (Luke 1:38a) God, in His Son, had come to dwell with men.

Within days after He was baptized by John and met the fallen Prince of Darkness in the wilderness, He went into the synagogue at Capernaum. Men had not yet recognized His Divinity, but fallen angels remembered Him from before they were cast out of Heaven. Listen! “And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.” (Luke 4:33-34) That devil said, “I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God.” What a confession from a demon, who was now a devil destroying men!

The body of Jesus Christ was so holy, so possessed of the Divine that it would not corrupt as it lay in Joseph’s tomb awaiting His ascent out of Upper Sheol. At Pentecost Peter proclaimed, “Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.” (Acts 2:27) His dead body was so sinless without a First Adam nature and still possessing a fragment of Divine Blood that the process of decay could not occur in the corpse. That sinless frame, that Holy Thing, was waiting for Resurrection morning when the Only Begotten Son stepped out of Hell’s region of the righteous and arose from the dead.

When the woman with the issue of blood had lost all hope of human aid and her wealth was depleted, she determined to touch the hem of this Holy ManÂ’s robe. Faith had found a soul that knew He was the Son of God and knew that in Him was healing for her dreaded disease. Her heart said, “… If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.” (Mark 5:28) This Son of God did not see her in her approach, but knew faith had found its mark. “And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?” (Mark 5:30) This Divine Son of God was already a sacrifice on the road to Calvary and virtue – divine virtue – was awaiting the touch of faith. That stream of virtue is still flowing unhindered from the pages of the Holy Scripture. “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.” (Hebrews 13:8)

The Second Adam came to reverse every power of the First Adam’s fall. The First Adam made every man a sinner, but the Second Adam provided every man the hope of cleansing. We cannot condemn every man with Adam One unless we are willing to offer every man the hope of Adam Two. Every disease known to man has issued from the fall of Adam One. Even so, the healing of every disease issues from Adam Two. The Apostle Paul has confirmed it. “And so it is written, the first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.” (I Corinthians 15:45-49)

The fullness of the Gospel has come to be of short supply among the professing church. It is not to be so among the “Salty Saints.” The sacrifice has been rent on that dreaded hill called Calvary. The virtue from His sinless and broken offering is still the source of supernatural grace and healing. Do not be hindered by the doubting multitude, but come as you are to Him as He is. The Word of God is still His flesh and bones, and He lives in every page. “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us …” (John 1:14)

There is no room in the kingdom of God for anyone but children. The arrogant, self-sufficient, highly confident, self-righteous, unteachable, self-made, and determined go-it-alone crowd need not apply. Jesus said it well and fully beyond argument. "Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein." (Mark 10:15) Multitudes have turned from the straight way at this altar and either found another Gospel or turned from the faith completely. This is the dividing point for eternal salvation. Our highly intellectual world has devised many systems of doctrines to placate the unbending flesh, and only eternity will reveal the hopelessness of it all.

"Never man spake like this man." (John 7:46b) The words of the Son of God were divine truth that cannot fail. The only man or woman who can approach the cross are those who agree and accept the helplessness of all flesh to save. As long as we hold one glimmer of thought that our goodness, worth, and works can have one ounce of bearing on our salvation, there will be no salvation. The fallen nature of all flesh demands that we approach the Father in total assurance that Jesus’ Blood alone redeems from sin. There is nothing to add, and any effort to do so renders all hope in vain. "The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." (Psalm 34:18) This is the great office of the Holy Spirit to convict the unsaved sinner so that he declares himself utterly lost unless and until he puts absolute trust in Jesus Christ.

A great word in the Bible that has been miserably misunderstood is the word, "Believe." It has been reduced to a form of the intellect with a little bit of heart. The true definition of "believe" is abandonment to the all-consuming merits of the bleeding Savior on the cruel cross. "Believing on the Son of God" is the idea of a man seeking goodly treasures, who, when he discovered that one treasure, sold all that he had and bought it. When a person "believes" in the Lord Jesus Christ, he is confessing that all values and joys of life are found only in Him. It is a radical surrender to Him, completely forsaking of all except as it is now pleasing to Him. Like a child, we cling to nothing else but Him alone; and all other aspects of life are weighed in the balance of His will and purpose. When the Bible says, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house," (Acts 16:31) this is what our Father means.

It is so easy to be religious on the surface and unchanged in the heart. That is why Jesus Christ made this startling pronouncement. ". Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein." (Mark 10:15) There are dear souls reading this Salty Saints that have been religious all their lives, but never truly born again. You can judge that by great truth from the Lord. Is He Lord of all or is He just one of your many interests? Did you bring your own agenda and plans into your religious commitment or did you abandon everything to become totally dependent on Him? Do you seek His will before you make one solitary plan? A disciple of Jesus Christ is not his own, he has been bought with a price. He has a plan for your life that has been created for you on the highest possible level. Our Great God is building His kingdom on this earth and for all eternity, and He wants you in His plans.

Now, we understand why a newborn believer is instructed, "As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby." (I Peter 2:2) This strikes our self-sufficient generation as hard and demeaning. Why would the Lord demand that I become as a "child" and then call me a "babe" in need of "growing"? We all are born sinners, and we do not have any capacity to make spiritual choices. We do not have any Biblical values to bring into the Christian walk and life. Every saint must begin as a spiritual infant receiving Christ as a child and then beginning the wonderful walk that starts at ground zero growing into a mature saint representing Jesus Christ in a hostile environment. You will never be sorry that you humbled yourself and started on the journey of your spiritual life. It’s a "trip!"