Morning, June 6
Go To Evening Reading
“Behold, I am vile.”
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? 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.
“Not the righteous, not the righteous;
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 tonight 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.