John Milne on Sufficiency

John Milne, pastor in Scotland and great friend of Andrew and Horatius Bonar and Robert Murray McCheyne, dealt often with the issue of the common thought of earning one's salvation. On one occasion he dealt with this problem in the following way: "In seeking some recommendation in yourselves to come to God, you are dishonouring His justice in thinking you have anything fit for its acceptance, dishonouring His grace in thinking He cannot love and save freely, and dishonouring His Son's blood in thinking it cannot cleanse from all iniquity and make a full atonement."