Jeremiah 2:35. Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me.
The most guilty people are often the most self-righteous. The sinful nation, which ought to have pleaded guilty, here says, "Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me."
Jeremiah 2:35. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
That is the great abuse of quarrel between God and men. Many a man still says, "I have not sinned," although God’s law condemns him, and the very office of the Saviour proves that the guilty one needed to be saved by One who was almighty. Self-righteousness is a thing which God utterly abhors.
Jeremiah 2:35. Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me.
The most guilty people are often the most self-righteous. The sinful nation, which ought to have pleaded guilty, here says, "Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me."
Jeremiah 2:35. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
That is the great abuse of quarrel between God and men. Many a man still says, "I have not sinned," although God’s law condemns him, and the very office of the Saviour proves that the guilty one needed to be saved by One who was almighty. Self-righteousness is a thing which God utterly abhors.