COME, FOR HE JUST SUITS YOU.

 

AUGUST 5


COME, FOR JESUS JUST SUITS YOU.
 
"It pleased the Father that in Him
   should all fullness dwell"      Colossians 1:19
 
Jesus is in every sense suited to the sinner,
  because he has all he needs, and
  has done all that is required for his justification.
 
Not only so, but he has the heart to give what he has,
  and to make over what he has done,
  to all who apply to him in faith.
 
Is your heart hard?    He can soften it.
 
Is your conscience guilty?    He can cleanse it from guilt.
 
Are your fears distressing?    He can dissipate them.
 
Is your unbelief strong?    He can conquer it.
 
Is your heart weak?    He can give you strength.
 
He has . . .
  a fountain, in which to cleanse you;
  a robe, with which to adorn you;
  wealth, with which to enrich you; and
  a glorious Heaven, to which he will introduce you!
 
He can supply every need,
  he can heal every disease,
  he can rectify every mistake.
 
Come, then, to Jesus; he will give you both grace and glory.
 
We need not enter minutely into any one's case or circumstances:
   the one question is,
           Are you a sinner?
If so, Jesus is exactly suited to your case.
 
          Are you desiring to be saved?
He is able to save you.
 
        Are you willing to be saved by him?
Then, he is willing to save you.
 
He has the mercy, the merit, and the power
  that are necessary to save sinners;
  and he delights to manifest his mercy,
    impart his merit and exert his power.
 
He needs no inducement — he has that in his own gracious nature.
 
He asks for no merits from you,
   for he gladly receives and
      perfectly saves the vilest of the vile.
 

None can be too vile for Jesus;
  none can be too weak for Jesus;
    none can be too empty for Jesus.
 
The viler, the weaker, the emptier the sinner,
  the more welcome to Jesus.
 
The vile sinner is just suited to the loving Savior; and
  Jesus the Savior is just suited to the lost sinner.
 
"Thou, Lord, art good, and READY TO FORGIVE, and
plenteous in mercy to all them that call upon thee" 
                                               Psalm 86:5

COME THEN TO JESUS

 

AUGUST 4

COME THEN TO JESUS.
 
"All things are ready:
    come unto the marriage feast!" 
        Matthew 22:4.
 
You have seen that he invites you.
 
Shall he invite in vain?
 
Right earnestly does he call to you . . .
  wondering as you are in sin,
  restless as you are in your soul,
  sinful as has been your life,
  and says, "COME UNTO ME."
 
It is in vain to go elsewhere.
 
He only has the true balm of Gilead,
  which will heal your hurt.
He only has the glorious righteousness necessary
  to justify your soul.
His blood, and his blood alone,
  will cleanse you from all sin.
 
Come to Jesus . . .
  let his breast pillow your aching head,
  let his arm support your sinking spirit,
  let his sweet voice calm your troubled passions,
  and let his love comfort your distressed soul.
 
Come to Jesus . . .
  he waits to receive you,
  he desires to bless you,
  he will rejoice to place you among the lambs of his flock.
 
Come to Jesus; he wishes you to come,
  he continues to send messages to encourage you to come,
  and when he sees you come he will be glad in his heart.
 
Blessed Savior!
  how long he has waited for you,
  how loudly he has called you,
     what patience he has with you!

Come, come to Jesus, that you may . . .
  rest from legal toil,
    drink of the fountain of his love,
      and enjoy true peace with God.
 
You must come or perish.
 
You must accept his invitation now,
 while he calls you to COME, or
  you will be obliged to obey his mandate
     when he bids you DEPART.
O the horrors of that hour!
   O the agony that will flow from that sentence!
 
Reader, shall it be pronounced on thee?
 
Wilt thou provoke him until he pro-nounces it?
 
Wilt thou oblige him to say to thee,
  before an assembled world,
 "Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire,
    prepared for the devil and his angels!"
 
"Let the wicked forsake his way, and
 the unrighteous man his thoughts: and
  let him return unto the Lord, and
  he will have mercy upon him; and
  to our God, for he will abundantly pardon." 
                                  Isaiah 4:7.

James Smith 1855

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

YOU NEED A SAVIOUR

 

AUGUST 2

YOU NEED A SAVIOR.
 
"The soul that sinneth, it shall die."

 Ezekiel 18:4.
 
"All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." 

Romans 3:23.
 
YOUR nature is corrupt, and it needs renewing.
 
Your sins are many, and they need pardoning.
  You cannot cleanse your heart or renew your nature.
  You cannot atone for your sins, or
   satisfy the claims of Divine Justice.
 
And yet, there is no admission to Heaven without holiness;
   for God's Word declares that
   "without holiness, no man shall see the Lord."
 
There is no standing before the Judge of all,
   or being acquitted by the God of the whole earth,
   without perfect righteousness.
 
Jesus can save you "by the washing of regeneration, and
   the renewing of the Holy Spirit."
 
Jesus has wrought out and brought in a perfect
  and all sufficient righteousness,
   which is placed to the account of every one
     that believes on his name.
 
You need just such an one as Jesus, and 

 without an interest in Jesus, 

  you must perish forever. 

  Sorrow for past sins is no atonement. 
    Amendment of life entitles to no pardon for the past. 
      Tears will never cleanse a guilty soul,
         nor will reformation justify a sinner before God.
 
Beloved fellow-sinner,
 you must be saved by Jesus,
 or perish forever.
 
Thy eternal destiny hangs on this,
  hast thou an interest in Christ,
     or hast thou not?
 
You need him, but do you feel your need?
 
You may be saved by him, but are you?
 
He is willing to save you, but have you tried him?
 
Eternal happiness or eternal misery depends on this.
 
May the Holy Spirit shew you your need of Jesus,
  quicken you to desire an interest in him, and
  lead you to his feet to confess your sins
    and crave for pardon.
 
Come to Jesus, for you deeply need him.
  
Come, and he will meet your case.
 
"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptance,
    that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners!"
                                               1 Timothy 1:15.

THERE IS A SAVIOUR

 AUGUST 1

Welcome to Jesus!

James Smith, 1855

 
THERE IS A SAVIOR.
"He shall send them a Saviour, and a GREAT ONE,
   and he shall deliver them." Isaiah 19:20.
 
Reader, here is good news for thee,
   good news from Heaven.
                          There is a Savior.
 
God has become man, that he may be the Saviour of his sinful creatures.
  He came into our world.
  He took our place.
  He became a sacrifice for our sins.
  He wrought a work, he offered a sacrifice,
     on the ground of which YOU may be saved.
 
No matter who you are, or what you are — Jesus can save you.
 
There are no limits to the merits of his blood;
   there are no exceptions in his invitations.
 
He has love enough to save you.
He has mercy enough to accept you.
He has merit enough to deliver you from all your sins, and
  to justify you completely and eternally in the sight of God.
 
He has power enough to subdue your iniquities,
  to conquer your foes, and
  to render you more than a conqueror.
 
Jesus is just suited to you — and you are just suited to Jesus.
  He can save you and render you eternally happy; and
  you can glorify his grace and praise his most blessed name forever.
 
Jesus can get honor by saving you, and
  you can get an eternal salvation from Jesus.
He sought the office of Saviour, and he obtained it.
He was named Jesus, because he came to save; and
  he has earned the name.
 
Remember, you need not perish, for there is a Savior.
 
You will not perish either because Jesus
  was unable or unwilling to save you.
 
He can save you without effort,
 he will save you with joy,
  if you will go to him.
He is God, and can save;
   he is God-man, and will save.
 
He says, "Look unto me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth;
  for I am God, and there is none else!"
 
 "I, even I, am the Lord; and beside me there is no Saviour."
 
"You shall call his name Jesus;
   for he shall save his people from their sins." 
                              Matthew 1:21.

Testimony of Christ to Christianity

 

Christ has come, the Light of the world. Long ages may yet elapse before His beams have reduced the world to order and beauty and clothed a purified humanity with light as with a garment.

But he has become:

The Revealer of the snares and chasms that lurk in darkness,

the Rebuker of every evil thing that prowls by night,

the Stillers of the storm-winds of passion

the Quickener of all the wholesome,

the Adorner of all that is beautiful,

the Reconciler of all contradictions,

the Harmonizers of all discords,

the Healer of diseases,

the Saviour from sin.

He has come;

the Torch of truth,

the Anchor of hope,

the Pillar of faith,

the Rock of strength,

the Refuge of security,

the Fountain of refreshment,

the Vine of gladness,

the Rose for beauty,

the Lamb for tenderness,

the Friend for Counsel,

the Brother for love.

Jesus Christ has trod the world. The trace of the Divine footsteps will never be obliterated. And the Divine footsteps were the footsteps of One who is Man. The example of Christ is such as men can follow.

On! until mankind wears His image.

On! towards yon summit on which stands,

not an angel,

not a disembodied spirit,

not an abstract of ideal and unattainable values,

but THE MAN JESUS CHRIST.

Peter Bayne

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