You put a knife into her hand, and tell her to stab that babe to the heart. The child cannot resist, and she has quite sufficient strength in her hand immediately to stab it to its heart. But she is quite correct when she says she cannot do it. Simply because she is that child's parent she feels she cannot kill it. It is even so with a sinner.
Man is by nature blind within.
The Cross of Christ, so laden with glories, and glittering with attractions, never attracts him, because he is blind and cannot see its beauties. I ask, do you find your power equal to your will. But, again, there is another argument. Now, a sinner is said to be dead in trespasses and sins. Well then, if I cannot save myself, and cannot come to Christ, I must sit still and do nothing.