Human Need Is Indeed Great

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Some have found this out for themselves, and acknowledged it honestly to their eternal blessing. Hear how Job, the self-righteous man, finding out the truth about himself after most bitter experiences, addressed God, " I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth Thee. Wherefore I ABHOR MYSELF, and repent in dust and ashes." (Job 42:5, 65I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. 6Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. (Job 42:5‑6)).
The prophet Isaiah exclaimed, " Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips... for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts." (Isa. 6:55Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. (Isaiah 6:5)).
The Apostle Paul testified of his own sinnership, " 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." (1 Tim. 1:1515This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (1 Timothy 1:15)).
In the face of all this testimony, what do we say of ourselves? But what does God, " the Judge of all the earth " (Gen. 18:2525That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? (Genesis 18:25)), say of us? We read, " There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one." (Rom. 3:10-1210As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: 11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. 12They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. (Romans 3:10‑12)).
This is sweeping indeed, but it is what God says, and it is true. Do we say, "Amen " to this solemn indictment? This is the only way of blessing.