Some have found this out for themselves, and acknowledged it honestly to their eternal blessing. Hear how Job, the self-righteous man, finding out the truth about himself after most bitter experiences, addressed God, " I have heard of Thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth Thee. Wherefore I ABHOR MYSELF, and repent in dust and ashes." (Job 42:5, 6).
The prophet Isaiah exclaimed, " Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips... for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts." (Isa. 6:5).
The Apostle Paul testified of his own sinnership, " This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; OF WHOM I AM CHIEF." (1 Tim. 1:15).
In the face of all this testimony, what do we say of ourselves? But what does God, " the Judge of all the earth " (Gen. 18:25), say of us? We read, " There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one." (Rom. 3:10-12).
This is sweeping indeed, but it is what God says, and it is true. Do we say, "Amen " to this solemn indictment? This is the only way of blessing.