"Behold, I am vile."—Job 40:4.
NE 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? and 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.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!"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 "believest on Him
who justifieth the ungodly thou art saved." Oh! may the Holy Spirit give
thee saving faith in Him who receives the vilest.
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