Gems from March 5, 2005
March 5
"But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that He by the grace of God should taste death for every man." (Hebrews 2:9)
When a soul is awakened to the realization of his sins, is not his first effort, the natural effort, to turn over a new leaf, forsake his sins, and so get into the presence of God without them? But this can never be done. Whenever one meets God for the first time, he will find himself in his sins in His presence. Nobody ever met Him in any other way.
God picked out the best man on the earth, and that was Job. The Lord said, "Hast thou considered My servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man?" There was not one like him, and God says it; but when Job finds himself in the presence of God, what does he say? "I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes." (Christian Truth - Vol. 13)
N.J. Hiebert # 2179
