Summary
John Bunyan's reflection explores the doctrine of radical grace through the lens of biblical characters known for their sin and spiritual failure—including Mary Magdalene, Zacchaeus, the thief on the cross, and the prodigal son. The author emphasizes that despite personal unworthiness and a self-assessment as worse than these biblical examples, God's response to genuine repentance is not rejection but joyful reception and restoration, drawing on the parable of the prodigal son (Luke 15) to illustrate divine mercy that supersedes human depravity.
I am Magdalene, I am Zacchaeus, I am the thief, I am the harlot, I am the publican, I am the prodigal, and one of Christ’s murderers; yea, worse than any of these; and yet God was so far off from rejecting of me, as I found afterwards, that there was music and dancing in his house for me, and for joy that I was come home unto him.
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