{"id":5628,"date":"2013-05-14T08:46:02","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/?p=5628"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:35:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T19:35:29","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-come-to-jesus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.blueletterbible.org\/blb\/2013\/05\/14\/what-does-it-mean-to-come-to-jesus\/","title":{"rendered":"What Does It Mean to “Come” to Jesus?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The following is taken from The Royal Invitatio<\/em>n, a new online devotional<\/a> available at the BLB. The Royal Invitation<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is one of five books contained in a collection written by\u00a0Frances Ridley Havergal<\/strong>\u00a0in the 1880s. This book embraces the many requests from God\u2019s word for us to \u2018come\u2019 to Him. (Click here for previous posts)<\/span><\/a>
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“Come unto Me.” (Mat 11:28)<\/span><\/p>\n

But what is ‘coming’?<\/h3>\n

What would you understand by it, if you heard the words “Come to me” for the first time? What does a little child understand by it (Matthew 11:25)? It is positively too simple to be made plainer by any amount of explanation. If you could see the Lord Jesus standing there, right before you, and you heard Him say, “Come!” (Mat 14:29) would you say, “What does ‘come’ mean?”<\/p>\n

Fear not, believe only, and\u00a0let<\/em>\u00a0yourself come to Him straight away! Take with you words and turn to the Lord: say unto Him, “Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously.” And know that His answer is, “Him that cometh\u00a0 to Me I will in no wise cast out” (Jhn 6:37).<\/p>\n

Give a quiet hour to the records of how others came to Him.<\/h3>\n

Begin with Matthew 8, and trace out all through the Gospels how they came to Jesus with all sorts of different needs, (Mat 9:10,\u00a014,\u00a018,\u00a020,\u00a028). Trace in these your own spiritual needs of cleansing, healing, salvation, guidance, sight, teaching.<\/p>\n

The disicples knew what they wanted, and they knew Whom<\/em> they wanted. And consequently they just\u00a0came<\/em> (Jhn 3:26).<\/p>\n

Ask the Holy Spirit to show you what you want and Whom you want, and you will talk no more about what it means, you will just\u00a0come<\/em> (Jhn 12:32). And then you will say, “Now we believe, not because of thy saying; for we have heard Him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.” And you will say, “My<\/em>\u00a0Lord and\u00a0my<\/em>\u00a0God” (Jhn 20:28).<\/p>\n

Jesus beckons, “Come unto me.” Will you come?<\/p>\n

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