"The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise." (Psalm 51:17)
A broken and contrite heart is one that is broken in pieces and ground up. Not of much worth, is it? What is it good for? Nothing.
And that is why it appropriates Christ, who is of infinite worth, a sacrifice that is always acceptable to God; having nothing in itself, but trusting wholly in Christ.
He is the surety of the new covenant, and so when He comes He will say, "Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice." (Psalm 50:5)--Present Truth, June 10, 1897--Psalm 51:17.