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Just As You Are!

Do you believe that you can’t come to the Father because you’ve made such a mess of your life, that He would turn you away?

Beloved, Jesus died for you — just as you are!

Romans 5:8
But God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.

2 Corinthians 5:21
For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.

He is waiting with His arms stretched out, calling for you to come to Him; calling you to come home, just like the words in this hymn speak.

“Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, calling for you and for me; see, on the portals He's waiting and watching, watching for you and for me. Come home, come home; you who are weary come home;

Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, calling, O sinner, come home! Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading, pleading for you and for me? Why should we linger and heed not His mercies,
mercies for you and for me?”

His Words in the passage below speak of His desire for those who are weary and burdened with the weight of their sin, and the cares of this life to come to Him for rest!

Matthew 11:28
Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

A great exchange happens when we come to the Father through Jesus for salvation. We surrender our lives to Him, and we receive forgiveness, and eternal life!

Beloved, God loves you! He didn’t come to condemn you, but to give you eternal life!

John 3:16-17
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.

Let me close with the story of the woman who wrote the song, “Just As I Am”, that is so often sung as an invitation for people to come to the Father, through Jesus for salvation. Here’s her story, taken from the book, ‘Then Sings My Soul.”

She was an embittered woman, Charlotte Elliott of Brighton, England. Her health was broken, and her disability had hardened her. "If God loved me,” she muttered, "He would not have treated me this way."

Hoping to help her, a Swiss minister, Dr. Cesar Malan, visited the Elliotts on May 9, 1822. Over dinner, Charlotte lost her temper and railed against God and family in a violent outburst. Her embarrassed family left the room, and Dr. Malan was left alone with her.

“You are tired of yourself aren’t you?” he asked. “You are holding to your hate and anger because you have nothing else in the world to cling to. Consequently, you have become sour, bitter, and resentful."

What is your cure?" asked Charlotte. His reply — “The faith you are trying to despise."

As they talked, Charlotte softened. "If I wanted to become a Christian and to share the peace and joy you possess," she finally asked, "what would I do?"

“You would give yourself to God just as you are now, with your fightings and fears, hates and loves, pride and shame."

"I would come to God just as I am? Is that right?"

Charlotte did come just as she was, and her heart was changed that day. As time passed she found and claimed John 6:37 as a special verse for her life!”

John 6:37
All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.

Will you come to the Father, beloved? Will you surrender all that you are to Him, and rest in His grace and love today? He won’t turn you away!

He is calling — Come unto Me just as you are!
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