An Irishman who sought to be saved by his own goodness was constantly harassed by Satan. At last he discovered his totally lost condition and owned it before God. Then he took his Bible and went into a quiet corner of a field. As he searched God's holy Word, longing to know how he could obtain forgiveness, he read the Scripture: "For when we were yet without strength, in due time CHRIST DIED FOR THE UNGODLY." Rom. 5:66For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. (Romans 5:6).
Accepting it for himself, he leaped in the air, and clapping his hands exclaimed, "Christ died for the ungodly! Christ died for the ungodly!”
His face beaming with the light of God's grace, he cried, "That's me! That's me! DO YOU HEAR THAT, DEVIL?”
There and then he rejoiced in Christ as his Savior.
"Christ died for the ungodly!" Therefore He died for me and for you, oh fellow-traveler to eternity. But His death will avail you nothing unless you take your rightful place and believe the good news. What the Lord Jesus did and suffered has satisfied all God's holy claims. No good works to do―no debt to pay―nothing meritorious is necessary on your part.
Forgiveness cannot be obtained on the ground of your doings. The work that saves was accomplished at Calvary, and no efforts of your own can procure the pardoning mercy of God.
Unsaved reader, take your place among the "ungodly." Believe on that blessed One who died for all your crimson sins, and be saved for eternity.
"I seek no other argument,
I want no other plea;
It is enough that Jesus died,
And that He died for me.”