"Behold, I am vile."
Job 40:4
Job 40:4
One
cheering word, poor lost sinner, for thee! You think you must not come to God
because YOU are vile. Now, there is not a saint living on earth but has been
made to feel that he is vile. If Job, and Isaiah, and Paul were all obliged to
say "I am vile," oh, poor sinner, wilt thou be ashamed to join in the
same confession? If divine grace does not eradicate all sin from the believer,
how dost thou hope to do it thyself? If God loves His people while they are yet
vile, dost thou think thy vileness will prevent His loving thee? Believe on
Jesus, thou outcast of the world's society! Jesus calls thee, and such as thou art.
"Not the righteous, not the righteous;
Sinners, Jesus came to call."
Sinners, Jesus came to call."
Even
now say, "Thou hast died for sinners; I am a sinner, Lord Jesus, sprinkle
Thy blood on me"; if thou wilt confess thy sin thou shalt find pardon. If,
now, with all thy heart, thou wilt say, "I am vile, wash me," thou
shalt be washed now. If the Holy Spirit shall enable thee from thy heart to cry
“Just as I am, without one plea
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bidd'st me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come!"
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that thou bidd'st me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come!"
thou
shalt rise from reading this morning's portion with all thy sins pardoned; and
though thou didst wake this morning with every sin that man hath ever committed
on thy head, thou shalt rest to-night accepted in the Beloved; though once
degraded with the rags of sin, thou shalt be adorned with a robe of
righteousness, and appear white as the angels are. For "now," mark
it, "Now is the
accepted time." If thou "belie on Him who justifies the ungodly thou
art saved." Oh! may the Holy Spirit give thee saving faith in Him who
receives the vilest.
God
bless,
David
L. Wynn, Pastor
Pauline
B. Grant CME Church
“This
is the Potter’s House”
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