"He chose the lowly things of this world." -I Corinthians 1:28Walk the streets by moonlight, if you dare, and you will see sinners then. Watch when the night is dark, and the wind is howling, and the picklock is grating in the door, and you will see sinners then. Go to the nearest jail, and walk through the cell blocks, and notice the inmates with heavy overhanging brows, people whom you would not like to meet at night, and there are sinners there. Go to reformed schools, and note those who have betrayed a rampant juvenile depravity, and you will see sinners there. Go across the seas to the place where a person will gnaw a bone upon which is reeking of human flesh, and there is a sinner there. Go where you will, you don't need to ransack earth to find sinners, for they are common enough; you may find them in every lane and street of every city, and town, and village, and hamlet. It is for such that Jesus died. If you were to single out for me the grossest specimen of humanity, who, nevertheless, had been born of women, I still would have hope for him because Jesus Christ has come to seek and save sinners. Love which singles out an individual has picked out some of the worst to be made the best. Pebbles-in-the-brook grace turns into jewels for the royal crown. He transforms worthless dross into pure gold. Redeeming love has set apart many of the worst of humankind to be the reward of the Savior's passion. Effectual grace calls forth many of the vilest of the vile to sit at the table of mercy. Therefore, let none despair.
Reader, by that love looking out of Jesus' tearful eyes, by that love streaming from those bleeding wounds, by that faithful love, that strong love, that pure, disinterested, and abiding love; by the heart and by the gentle pity of the Savior's compassion, we appeal to you not to turn away though it were nothing to you; but believe on Him and you shall be saved. Trust your soul with Him and He will bring you to His Father's right hand in glory everlasting.
Morning & Evening, Charles H. Spurgeon
