A well-known servant of God was giving an address to Christians. There was at least one in his audience, who, when he came in, was outside the blessing that believers enjoy. He had been long troubled about his soul, but as yet had found no rest nor peace.
But after this service he went to speak to the preacher, his face glowing with the joy of salvation. The minister needed not to inquire whether he had found peace, but simply asked: "How did you get it?" "All the time I've been trying to enter in at the saint's door! While you were speaking I saw my mistake, and entered in at
`THE SINNER'S DOOR'!”
Is not this the difficulty of many? They want to enter by the saint's door. They believe they can make themselves a great deal better. They break off evil habits. They become religious. They are outwardly moral and respectable; but they know they are not good enough in themselves. They cannot go in. They strive desperately to fit themselves to enter by the saint's door instead of coming just as they are, and going in by the way which God, in His rich grace, has opened for the vilest and most unworthy.