Some years ago a postman found a letter in his big bundle addressed to “Any sinner in Horton.” He didn’t know what to do with the strange letter, so he offered it to the postmaster, and then to all his fellow postmen, but none of them wanted it. Then he took it from door to door on his rounds, causing some people to become quite angry. They didn’t think he should even offer them such a letter. Nobody wanted it, not even the postman himself, so it was sent to the dead-letter office.
If you had lived in Horton, would you have said, “I’ll take that letter, for I know that I am a sinner in the sight of a holy God?” Perhaps you could add, “But as I have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ, I now am a sinner saved by grace.”
Remember, the man who was justified in the sight of God was the man who said, “God be merciful to me a sinner.” If you have never kneeled in the presence of God and owned yourself as a helpless sinner, DO IT NOW.
ML 07/09/1950