FREE HEART X-RAY
by James D. Cox
Surely you will not be one of those insane persons who refuses to believe this straightforward report and thus reject the treatment offered you.
After a careful review of millions of cases like your own, your specialist has determined that you have a deadly heart disease, fatal to all who do not seek and receive treatment. The remedy is costly, in fact, out of the reach of the most wealthy, so it has been made available to all free of charge. It is a PROVEN REMEDY, demonstrated in the laboratory of human experience and it is as ancient as the disease itself.
God, the great heart analyst and diagnostician, who alone has X-Ray vision, . . . looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand and seek God. THEY ARE ALL GONE ASIDE, they are ALL TOGETHER BECOME FILTHY: THERE IS NONE THAT DOETH GOOD, NO, NOT ONE." (Psalm 14:2-3) God's universal investigation has revealed that "the HEART is deceitful ABOVE ALL THINGS, and DESPERATELY WICKED: who can know it?" ( Jer. 17:9 ) Though this disease is not to be seen except in God's inspired X-Ray ( the Bible) its symptoms are very evident: "From within, OUT OF THE HEART OF MEN, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things COME FROM WITHIN and defile the man." ( Mark 7:20-22)
This heart disease is the source of the world's troubles. It is the direct cause of all moral and spiritual corruption, and brings about the breakdown of lives, homes, and nations. Indirectly, it has brought God's curse upon even the natural realm in which we live. ( See Gen. 3:17, Rom. 8:19-23) Consequently, ALL GOOD is done by those ALONE who have been cured of this deadly malady. WHEN HEARTS ARE RIGHT, DEEDS ARE RIGHT ALSO! "Make the tree good, and his fruit good. . . . A good man out of the GOOD TREASURE OF THE HEART bringeth forth good things . . ( Matt. 12:33-35)
No change of diet, or environment or pattern of exercise will effect this cure. Filter all that seems to be harmful from what you read, see and hear and your heart remains the same. Change your associations or clothe yourself with religious membership; rid yourself of whatever you esteem to be bad habits and behaviour ( if possible!!! ) and take on all the exercises of charitable deeds and religious rigor —Your heart goes untouched by these!
YOU NEED A HEART OPERATION! — A PURIFICATION, A CLEANSING! And since the heart we are dealing with here is not physical but rather the heart of the inner, spiritual man, this cleansing MUST BE DONE BY THE FAITH OF THE OPERATION OF GOD!
In the journal of case cures, given by the GREAT PHYSICIAN, JESUS CHRIST, we read of one Lydia ". . . whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul." By this hearing of the WORD OF GOD she was numbered with Cornelius, a Roman Captain, who also heard the word of the GOSPEL and BELIEVED! What did these heart patients hear and believe? For Cornelius it was: "To Christ give all the prophets witness that through his name, whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins!" For Lydia it was the same message spoken to another resident of that city, the Philippian Jailer, "BELIEVE ON THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND THOU SHALT BE SAVED." All such believers have their hearts purified by faith. ( Read Acts Chap. 10, and 15:6-11; 16:12-34 )
We who provide you with this brief resume of God's full report, given in the Bible, have the love of God "shed abroad in our hearts" and desire to be of further help to you.