It is not enough to perceive the loving-kindness of God, to see the benevolence, the fatherly tenderness, of His character. It is not enough to discern the wisdom and justice of His law, to see that it is founded upon the eternal principle of love. Paul the apostle saw all this when he exclaimed, "I consent unto the law that it is good." "The law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good." But he added, in the bitterness of his soul-anguish and despair, "I am carnal, sold under sin." Romans 7:16, 12, 14. He longed for the purity, the righteousness, to which in himself he was powerless to attain, and cried out, "O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from this body of death?" Romans 7:24, margin. Such is the cry that has gone up from burdened hearts in all lands and in all ages. To all, there is but one answer,

"Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." John 1:29.

Go on to God showing Jacob that Jesus is the one answer to the longing of our soul...

White, Ellen Gould: Steps to Christ. Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1892; SC 19.1

• Will all who say "Lord, Lord" be saved?
• What do even the demons say about Jesus, and why is that not enough for salvation?
• Going beyond a desire for forgiveness, repentance is the longing for purity. Who can give us this purity?