From the Pastor: Luke 15:2 “This man receiveth sinners.”
Can you see in this verse the great condescension of God? This Man, who towers above all other men, holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners, this Man receiveth sinners! This Man, who is none other than the eternal God, before whom angels cover their faces with their wings, this Man receiveth sinners! It needs an angel’s tongue to describe such a mighty stoop of love. That any of us should be willing to seek after the lost is nothing wonderful or marvelous because they are of our own race. But that He, the offended God, against whom the transgression has been committed, should take upon himself the form of a servant, and bear the sin of many, and should then be willing to receive the vilest of the vile, this is indeed marvelous!
“This Man receiveth sinners” not so that they may remain sinners, but he receives them that he may pardon their sins, justify them, cleanse their hearts, preserve their souls by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and enable them to serve him, to show forth his praise, and to have communion with him. None are so precious in Jesus’ sight as the sinners for whom He died. This fact is still most sure today, he is still receiving sinners. Would to God sinners would receive him.
Can you see in this verse the great condescension of God? This Man, who towers above all other men, holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners, this Man receiveth sinners! This Man, who is none other than the eternal God, before whom angels cover their faces with their wings, this Man receiveth sinners! It needs an angel’s tongue to describe such a mighty stoop of love. That any of us should be willing to seek after the lost is nothing wonderful or marvelous because they are of our own race. But that He, the offended God, against whom the transgression has been committed, should take upon himself the form of a servant, and bear the sin of many, and should then be willing to receive the vilest of the vile, this is indeed marvelous!
“This Man receiveth sinners” not so that they may remain sinners, but he receives them that he may pardon their sins, justify them, cleanse their hearts, preserve their souls by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and enable them to serve him, to show forth his praise, and to have communion with him. None are so precious in Jesus’ sight as the sinners for whom He died. This fact is still most sure today, he is still receiving sinners. Would to God sinners would receive him.
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