A man who was anxious about his soul’s salvation was talking with a Christian. He told him that he felt he was bound by a chain and could not go to God.
“Eh, man!” exclaimed the Christian. “Why do you not go chain and all?”
That was good advice. If you feel that the chain of your sins binds you and that you cannot break it, bring the chain with you and throw yourself and your bonds at the feet of the Saviour. He can set you free. He is the Saviour.
He does not tell you to save yourself and then to come to Him. He tells you to come to Him for the salvation of your soul.
He does not tell you to wash yourself from your sins. He has died that He might cleanse you, and if you come to Him, He will make your sin-stained heart as white as snow and make you fit for the glory of God.