“This man receiveth 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
Man receiveth sinners. This Man, who is no other than the eternal God,
before whom angels veil their faces-this Man receiveth sinners. It
needs an angel’s tongue to describe such a mighty stoop of love. That
any of us should be willing to seek after the lost is nothing
wonderful- they are of our own race; but 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 be willing to receive the vilest of the vile, this is marvellous.

“This Man receiveth sinners”; not, however, that they may remain
sinners, but he receives them that he may pardon their sins, justify
their persons, cleanse their hearts by his purifying word, preserve
their souls by the indwelling of the Holy Ghost, 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, takes them from the
dunghill, and wears them as jewels in his crown; 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.
When Jesus receives sinners, he has not some out-of-doors reception
place, no casual ward where he charitably entertains them as men do
passing beggars, but he opens the golden gates of his royal heart, and
receives the sinner right into himself-yea, he admits the humble
penitent into personal union and makes him a member of his body, of his
flesh, and of his bones. There was never such a reception as this! This
fact is still most sure this evening, he is still receiving sinners:
would to God sinners would receive him.

On this day...

• Revelation 1 - 2023
• Lamentations 5 - 2023
• All Believers Are Not Alike - 2011
• Does the church we attend look like this army? - 2011
• Caught in a doctrine of passivity - 2011
• The Success of the Ministry of the Gospel, Owing to a Divine Influence - 2011
• Go to Him just as you are--and receive from Him all you need! - 2011
• Christ's Agony - 2009
• Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God - 2009
• A Divine and Supernatural Light - 2009