JESUS did not come to call those who were doing the best they could to merit His favor. He said Himself, “They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.” The Pharisees and scribes advertised the blessed Lord in the following words: “This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them;” and the Holy Spirit saith that “God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us;” and one who was “before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious,” found his greatest comfort in the fact that “this is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.”
Are you conscious that you are a sinner? and do you find that the poor publican’s prayer, “God be merciful to me a sinner,” suits you? Then that is your recommendation to come to Jesus; and be assured that He is waiting to welcome you. Only “come to Him just as you are.”