Filthy Rags

From: Echoes of Grace: 1942

A highly moral and religious young man, trusting in his own righteousness, was asked what he would do if a heap of filthy rags were put down on the floor of his well-ordered shop.

"Kick them out," he replied emphatically.

"And yet you think that God will accept your righteousnesses, which He compares to filthy rags." (Isa. 64:6⁶But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. (Isaiah 64:6).) His countenance fell, and his mouth was stopped. God says that "Salvation is not of works, lest any man should boast." Eph. 2:9⁹Not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:9).

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Echoes of Grace: 1942

• January

• Comedy - Tragedy - Eternity

• Butterfly, The

• Wonderful Promise, A

• Filthy Rags

• Sight of a Bible, The

• Suddenly

• Cherries on a Dead Stick

• February

• "Religion without Christ!"

• "To Him That Worketh Not"

• Treasure

• Devotedness Pays

• Folly of Half-Trust, The

• "He That Believeth Hath"

• Love of Christ, The

• March

• Power of the Word of God, The

• "Forever With the Lord"

• "Why Didn't I See It Before?"

• Unread Letter, The

• Nobleman's Daughter or Christ for Me, The

• Extract: The Heavenly Calling

• "He Loved Me, and Gave Himself for Me" Gal. 2:20

• April

• "What Shall I Say to Him?"

• Backslider Restored, A

• Peddler's Song, The

• "Hath Everlasting Life"

• Impending