One who was anxious about his soul’s salvation was telling his troubles to an old Christian Scotchman.
“I feel like I’m bound with a chain, and I can’t seem to go to God,” he told old Scotty.
“Eh! Mon,” exclaimed Scotty, “then why don’t you go to Him chain and all!”
That was good advice. If you feel that the chain of your sins fetters you and that you cannot break it, bring the chain with you and cast yourself at the feet of Jesus. He can set you free, for He is both Savior and God.
He does not tell you to save yourself and then come to Him. He calls you to come to Him for the salvation you need. He does not tell you to cleanse yourself from your sins and make yourself fit for His holy eyes.
He has died and shed His blood so that He might cleanse us from all our sins and make us whiter than snow—fit for the glory of God’s presence.
“I, even I, am the Lord; and beside Me there is no savior ... . I, even I, and He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.” Isaiah 43: 11, 25.
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