JESUS IS WILLING TO SAVE.

CHRIST ALONE
 
SEPTEMBER 6

JESUS IS WILLING TO SAVE.
 
If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 
…I will; be thou clean. Mark 1:40,41
 
Many profess to believe that Christ is able to save them,
 but question if he is willing;
  whereas they have no more reason to believe in his ability, 
  than they have in his willingness.
 
How do I know that Christ can save me, but by his word?
 
But the same word that tells me he is able,
  informs me with equal clearness that he is willing.
 
The poor leper might doubt it he would cleanse him,
  because he came to him uninvited;
  nor had he a single promise on which to rest.
 
Impelled by his distressing circumstances,
  he came at a perhaps;
  but he no sooner professed his faith
  in our Lord's power,
  than he received the assurance that he was willing,
  and instantly enjoyed the proof of both.
 
The heart of Christ has been set upon saving
  sinners from all eternity, and
  as soon as ever the divine arrangement would permit,
  he came into our world in order to do and suffer all
  that was requisite to save our souls from death.
 
While upon earth, he showed
  his sympathy with human suffering,
  his ability to deliver from all kinds of evil, and
  his readiness to receive and bless every applicant.
 
His heart was full of compassion and mercy;
  his hand was ready to help every one that applied to him.
 
This was for our instruction.
 
Surely he is not less willing to hear us for spiritual blessings,
  than he was those who applied to him for temporal blessings?
 
He cannot be backward to save from Hell,
  when he was so ready to deliver from disease and pain.
 
But we need not reason, for we have his word.
He says, "Whosoever will, let him come;" and,
"Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."
 
Reader, are you willing to be saved by Jesus?
 
If so, Jesus is willing to save you, and
  your willingness is a proof of his.
 
And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful?
how is it that ye have no faith? Mark 4:40.
 
 
 JAMES SMITH 1855