God's Way Is the Only Way

"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool" (Isaiah 1:18).
This wonderful verse, which describes our salvation experience way back in the Old Testament, clearly brings out that when God invites us to sit down and reason things out with Him, He does all the talking and has all the answers. We really have nothing to say for ourselves. If we approach God full oaf self-justification, we will never be saved. The work of salvation is based upon God's satisfaction with the work of Christ on the cross, and it is only by God's grace and love that the offer of salvation is extended to us. Neither human reasoning nor human accomplishment play any part in the transaction.