The Pity of God

...and have seen the end of the Lord; 

that the Lord is very pitiful, 

and of tender mercy. 

James 5:11

"The real problem in the world is how to get rid of sin. 

Everybody knows this away down in the heart. 

It is not information that we need; 

it is help. 

--When Christ found the impotent man at the pool of Bethesda, no amount of talk about his condition and how he came there would have availed, nor discussion about what he ought to do. 

The man was helpless, and could do nothing, and knew it. 

Christ gave him what he lacked,-strength and life. 

This was Christ's way. 

The scribes and doctors of the law followed Him about discussing technicalities, and reasoning among themselves; but those who wanted help received it.

 

--We to-day, of ourselves, are just where the impotent man was; helpless, unable to separate ourselves from the sin that holds us. 

We need that true sorrow and repentance for sin which shall make us long for this deliverance but we have not to reproach and condemn ourselves in the vain effort to work repentance so deep that God will pity us.....God's love and pity are already upon the sinner, and in Christ is provided the repentance to all who will look to Him." E.J. Waggoner