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OUR DAILY  BREAD 	               Saturday,  February 12,1994 
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READ: Luke 18:9-14

	          "For Sinners Only"

		The tax collector...  beat  his  
		   breast,  saying,  "God,  be
                     merciful to me a sinner!" 
		          - Luke 18:13

An article in "The Grand Rapids Press" described a woman who
overcame her drinking habit- but only after she admitted she
had a problem. She said the "emotional moment" came when she
brought herself to say, "I'm Betty and I'm an alcoholic."

She had been saying that her slurred speech, drowsiness, and
other problems were due to the medication she was taking for
a chronic ailment. But the family knew the  real  cause  and
confronted  her.  As  a  result, she finally faced up to her
problem. Before that, she was a hopeless case. But when  she
said, "I am a alcoholic," there was hope for a cure.

It's much the same way with salvation. As long as  a  person
makes   excuses   for   his  sinful  behavior,  he'll  never
experience deliverance.  It's only when he admits, "I  am  a
sinner  and  cannot  save myself," that the Lord will rescue
him from sin and its  awful  consequences.   The  proud  and
boastful  Pharisee  in Luke 18 was lost.  The tax collector,
however, acknowledged his sinfulness and "went down  to  his
house justified" (v.14).

If you have never done  so  before,  admit  your  guilt  and
receive  the Lord Jesus as your Savior.  Remember, salvation
is for sinners only.

Author:  Richard W. De Haan

	Naught have I gotten but what I  received,  
	Grace  has  been bestowed  it since I have believed; 
	Boasting excluded, pride I abase- 
	I'm only a sinner saved by grace!   -Gray

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY 
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Jesus can change the foulest sinner
      into the finest saint.

The Bible in One Year:  Leviticus 11-13


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