01 February 2010

JW: who needs a redeemer?

A brief quote that stood out to me, from John Wesley's treatise on original sin:

'This is a fundamental truth; none will come to Christ as a Redeemer until he is thoroughly convinced he wants a Redeemer. No man will ever come to him as a Saviour, till he knows and feels himself a lost sinner. None will come to the "Physician" but "they that are sick," and are thoroughly sensible of it; that are deeply convinced of their sinful tempers, as well as sinful words and actions.'

2 comments:

Timothy Miller said...

Reminds me of Matthew 5:3

Jeff Rudy said...

Yep. I agree. Important that this notion begins the Sermon on the Mount, eh?