These words are a paraphrase of what my high school coach told my Mom when she was presenting the gospel to him. He felt that he wasn't living a good enough life to try to be a Christian. How tragic! Have not we Christians failed in presenting to those around us who we really are and what the good news of the Bible really is!
I wish I could find the quote from Vernon Mcgee but I can't. What he said was basically that sinners are the only group for which God made any arrangement. Guess what? If you're a sinner, then there is good news for you! If you're not a sinner, then I know of no plan of salvation or good news for you.
Sinners Jesus will receive;
Sound this word of grace to all
Who the heavenly pathway leave,
All who linger, all who fall.
Sing it o'er and o'er again;
Christ receiveth sinful men;
Make the message clear and plain:
Christ receiveth sinful men.
Come, and He will give you rest;
Trust Him for His word is plain;
He will take the sinfulest;
Christ receiveth sinful men.
Now my heart condemns me not,
Pure before the law I stand;
He who cleansed me from all spot,
Satisfied its last demand.
Christ receiveth sinful men,
Even me with all my sin;
Purged from every spot and stain,
Glory I shall enter in.
Erdmann Neumeister (1671-1756)
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