COME, FOR HE IS READY TO PARDON

 

AUGUST 11

COME, FOR JESUS IS READY TO PARDON.
 
"Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. !" 

        Matthew 9:2
 
"And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. "

          Luke 7:48
 
You may have been a great sinner.
  You may have lived in sin for many years.
    You may think that no one ever committed so many,
       or such great sins as you.
 
It may be suggested to you that your sins cannot be pardoned.
 
But this is untrue. 

You may be pardoned.
 
Come to Jesus, and you shall be pardoned.
  He has said, "All manner of sin and blasphemy
            shall be forgiven unto men."
 
There is sufficient merit in his blood,
   there is sufficient pity in his heart,
    to secure the pardon of every coming sinner.
 
He still says, "Come now, and let us reason together:
   though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;
     though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool!"
 
He never refused to pardon a coming sinner,
  and why should he refuse you?
 
One of his titles is, "A GOD READY TO PARDON."
 
The testimony of David, who sinned so fearfully, is,
   "Thou, O Lord, art good, and READY TO FORGIVE; and
    plenteous in mercy, unto all them that call upon thee."
 
Call upon him, then.
  Confess your sins to him.
   Seek pardon from him.
 
And as surely as he came into the world to save sinners,
  as surely as he shed his blood upon the cross,
  as surely as he ever lives at God's right hand,
      so sure is it that you shall be forgiven.
 
He needs nothing to induce him,
    for he is disposed;
  he needs nothing to prepare him,
    for he is ready.
 
Come then to Jesus, because he is ready to pardon,
  and you need to be forgiven.
 
He will blot out your sins as a cloud,
   and your iniquities as a thick cloud.
 
He will cast all your sins behind his back.
  He will receive you graciously, and love you freely.
 
Come, O come to Jesus; he will wash you, and you shall be whiter than snow.
 
"hath no man condemned thee? 
She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her,
  Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. 
John 8:10-11

James Smith 1855