I Am Vile

"Behold, I am vile."   [Job 40:4]

One cheering word, for you, poor lost sinner!  You think you should 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, will 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 Him from loving you? Believe on 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.”  Say even now, “You have died for sinners; I am a sinner, Lord Jesus, sprinkle your blood on me;” if you will confess your sin you will find pardon. If, now, with all your heart, you will say, “I am vile, wash me,” you will be washed now. If the Holy Spirit shall enables you to cry from your heart.  “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!"  You will rise from reading this morning’s portion with all your sins pardoned; and though you woke this morning with every sin that man has ever committed on your head, you will rest tonight accepted in the Beloved; although you were once degraded with the rags of sin, you will be adorned with a robe of righteousness, and appear white as the angels are. For “now,” mark it, “Now is the accepted time.” (2Co.6:2)  If you “..believes on Him who justifies the ungodly,..” you are saved. ( Rom.4:5)  Oh! may the Holy Spirit give you saving faith in Him who receives the vile. Hallelujah, amen ... God bless
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Morning - Charles H. Spurgeon