The man who has come face to face with the living and true God develops a deep conviction of his own nothingness and sin; self-condemnation is a marked feature of him. He becomes aware of his own sinfulness, for divine and searching light has shone upon him.
Describing this experience Martin Luther said, “When a man like me comes to know the plague of his own heart, he is not miserable; he is misery itself. He is not sinful only; he is absolute sin itself.” And he realizes that a mighty work is necessary if he is to be saved and made right with God.
J. T. Mawson