He takes them from the dunghill—
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He takes them from the dunghill—and wears them as jewels in His crown!
"This Man receives sinners!" Luke 15:2
Observe the condescension of this fact. This Man, who towers above all other men—holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners—this Manreceives sinners! This Man, who is no other than the eternal God, before whom angels veil their faces—this Man receives sinners!
It needs an angel's tongue to describe such a mighty stoop of love! That He, the offended God, against whom the transgression has been committed, should take upon Himself the form of a servant, and bear the sin of many, and should then receive the vilest of the vile—this is amazing indeed!
"This Man receives sinners!" Not, however, that they may remain sinners—but He receives them that He may pardon their sins, cleanse their hearts by His purifying Word, preserve their souls by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit, and enable them to serve Him, to show forth His praise, and to have communion with Him.
Into His heart's love, He receives sinners. He takes them from the dunghill—and wears them as jewels in His crown!
He plucks them as brands from the burning—and preserves them as costly monuments of His mercy! None are so precious in Jesus' sight—as the sinners for whom He died!
He opens the golden gates of His royal heart, and receives the sinner right into Himself! There was never such a reception as this!
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