Saturday, July 5

Our need of a Saviour

He who looks upon sin merely as a fiction, as a misfortune, or as a trifle, sees no necessity either for deep repentance or a great atonement.

He who sees no sin in himself will feel no need of a Saviour. He who is conscious of no evil at work in his heart, will desire no change of nature. He who regards sin as a slight affair will think a few tears or an outward reformation ample satisfaction. The truth is no man ever thought himself a greater sinner before God than he really was. Nor was any man ever more distressed at his sin than he had just cause to be.

— William S. Plumer, quoted by Robin Boisvert in
This Great Salvation
(Gaithersburg, Md.: Sovereign Grace Ministries, 1992), 20