"This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief."
Are we sinners today? Do we know ourselves to be such? If so, then let us take courage. Someone well said, "Take heart--you're worse than you think you are." The reason we can be encouraged is because Jesus came to save sinners, not good people. Good people go to hell. Bad people, redeemed by Jesus' blood, and made to love Him, and fear Him, go to heaven.
So, let us remember why Christ came: to save sinners. Let us be glad for this wondrous fact.
[Puritan quote of the day: "Thus God is said in Scripture to impute righteousness to them who believe, not because they have this right-
eousness in them, but because He reckons it as theirs, and reckons them righteous by it." --Obadiah Grew, in, "The Lord our Righteous-
ness"]
