JESUS INVITES YOU TO COME TO HIM

 
AUGUST 3

JESUS INVITES YOU TO COME TO HIM
 
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are
  heavy laden, and I will give you rest." 
Matthew 11:28.
 
Jesus has all power in Heaven and in earth, and
  he employs his power to save sinners.
 
Believe this, and you cannot doubt his ability to save you;
  yet you may question his willingness.

   "Will he save me?
 
He invites you to come unto him.
  You are not at rest.
    You do not enjoy inward satisfaction.
      You are a stranger to the repose of the heart.
 
To just such Jesus speaks,
   "Come unto me, all ye that labour and
    are heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
 
You feel an inward thirst for something you have not,
  a restless desire to obtain what you do not enjoy.
 
 Jesus addresses you in this state, he invites you:
   "If any man thirsts, let him come unto me, and drink."
 
But if you feel nothing, if you are as hard as a stone,
  as cold as ice,
   as sinful as Manasseh,
     as near perishing as the dying thief,
       still there is an invitation for you:
 "Whoever will, let him take of the water of life freely."
 
You see you may come,
  you ought to come,
   for you are expressly invited to come.
 
The invitation Jesus sends you is sincere,
   it is earnest, it is an expression of the tender pity
      and deep love of his heart.
 
Reader, Jesus is robed in robes of mercy,
   in him all fullness dwells,
    he possesses all you need to render you holy
     and happy for time and eternity,
     and he invites YOU to come,
     and receive freely.
 
Can you refuse him?
 
 Will you put away his invitation from you?
 
This is judging yourself unworthy of everlasting life.

This is to choose death in the error of your way.

This is loving darkness rather than light,
  because your deeds are evil.
 
Still, at this moment, after all the past, Jesus says, "Come."
 
"Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord:
  though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow;
  though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool!"

                                             Isaiah 1:18.

James Smith 1855