Not Good Enough?

“. . . I will arise and go to my father, and I will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and against thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. . .”  Luke 15: 18,19 Not so long ago I was at a Bible discussion class where the question was raised whether to complain that we are nor good enough for the free grace in Christ Jesus was really humble confession, a godly attitude toward the grace of life, or whether this was, at bottom, not...