I found a few lines the other day on this point that I thought very good. I will close with them:
“I would not work my soul to save,
For that my Lord hath done;
But I would work like any slave,
For love of God’s dear Son.”
[CHAPTER IV.]
GRACE ABOUNDING TO THE CHIEF OF SINNERS.
WANT to lay emphasis on the fact that God desires to show mercy to all. Christ’s last command to His disciples was, “Go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.” There may be some hearing me who have not received this grace, though it has often been pressed on their acceptance. One reason why many do not become partakers of this grace is that they think they can do better without it. The Jews said they were the seed of Abraham. They had Moses and the Law: therefore they had no need of the pardoning grace of God that Christ had come to bring. We read in the book of Revelation of a church that said it was “rich, and increased in goods, and had need of nothing.” That was the trouble when Christ was down here. Instead of coming to Him to be blessed, the people too often went away thinking and saying they had no need of His favor and blessing.