A servant of God was giving out the gospel in a certain hall. There was at least one in his audience who, when he came in, did not know the Lord Jesus Christ as his own Savior. He had been troubled for a long time about his soul, but had found no rest nor peace.
But after this service he went to speak to the speaker, his face glowing with the joy of salvation. The preacher did not need 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.