" So to receive means that you not only know him in the sense of recognizing him and acknowledging him, but you also receive everything and you delighted in the fact that the Son of God has come and done what he has done. Why do you receive him? There is only one answer. The only ones who receive Christ are those who see their need of him. Those who realize their own weakness, their own emptiness, their own sinfulness, take him as he is. They say 'He is just what I want. Someone must die for me. Someone must give me strength and power. He gives me all. "

― D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones , Born of God: Sermons from John, Chapter One