June 6 Morning Devotional | A Cheering Word for the Lost | Morning and Evening by Charles Spurgeon

Morning, June 6 | “Behold, I am vile.” —Job 40:4

This Morning's Scripture Reading: Job 40:1-5

Then the Lord said to Job,
“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
Let him who reproves God answer it.”
Then Job answered the Lord and said,
“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
Once I have spoken, and I will not answer;
Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”

Devotional Video Transcript:

One cheering word for you, poor lost sinner! You think you must not come to God because you are vile. Now, there is not a saint alive on earth who has not felt this way. If Job, and Isaiah, and Paul were all obliged to say “I am vile,” oh, poor sinner, would you be ashamed to join in the same confession? If divine grace does not eradicate all sin from the believer, how do you hope to do it yourself? And if God loves his people while they are yet vile, do you think your vileness will prevent his loving you?

Believe in Jesus, you outcast of the world’s society! Jesus calls you, and such as you are.
“Not the righteous, not the righteous;
Sinners, Jesus came to call.”
(Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched by Joseph Hart 1712-1768)
Even now say, “You have died for sinners; I am a sinner, Lord Jesus, sprinkle your blood on me.” If you will confess your sin you shall find pardon.

If, now, with all your heart, you will say, “I am vile, wash me,” you shall be washed now. If the Holy Spirit shall enable you from your 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!”
(Just As I Am, Without One Plea by Charlotte Elliott, 1836)
You shall rise from reading this morning’s devotion with all your sins pardoned. Though you did wake this morning with every sin that man has ever committed on your head, you shall rest tonight accepted in the Beloved. Though once degraded with the rags of sin, you shall be adorned with a robe of righteousness and appear white as the angels.

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