| Can’t Save Ourselves |
| The evangelist Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899), recounts the following incident: |
| “I remember a lady in the south of England who became quite angry when I made the statement: ‘None of this congregation will be saved until they stop trying to save themselves.’ |
| As soon as the service was over down the aisle from the gallery she came, and said to me, ‘You have made me perfectly miserable.’ |
| ‘Indeed,’ I said, ‘how’s that.’ |
| ‘Why, I always thought that if I kept on trying, God would save me some time, and now you tell me to stop trying. What then am I to do?’ |
| ‘Let the Lord save you,’ I replied.” |
| No, we cannot save ourselves! However the Bible clearly states, “Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save” (Isaiah 59:1). When we realize there is nothing we can do, then and only then will we turn to the Lord and let Him do the work. It is not a question of what we can do but, “Repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ” (Acts 20:21). |
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