He Came to Save Sinners

 
SOME people think they must be good before the Lord Jesus will have anything to do with them. But this is not so.
There was a little six-year-old girl who said the same prayer every night. It was one her mother had taught her. But one night, after she had finished her prayer, she asked if she could say one of her own. What do you think she said? “Dear Jesus, please love me when I’m naughty, too.” Wise little girl! She knew what she needed. But she didn’t know that that is just what Jesus does. He loves us when we are naughty, though He doesn’t love our sins, and He makes us feel ashamed and sorry when we’ve done wrong. He loves us freely, and forgives us. That is why we love Him in return. “While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Romans 5:88But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. (Romans 5:8).
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