“Come unto me.” — Matthew 11:28

The cry of the Christian religion is the gentle word, “Come.” The Jewish
law harshly said, “Go, take heed unto thy steps as to the path in which
thou shalt walk. Break the commandments, and thou shalt perish; keep
them, and thou shalt live.” The law was a dispensation of terror, which
drove men before it as with a scourge; the gospel draws with bands of love.
Jesus is the good Shepherd going before His sheep, bidding them follow
Him, and ever leading them onwards with the sweet word, “Come.” The
law repels, the gospel attracts. The law shows the distance which there is
between God and man; the gospel bridges that awful chasm, and brings the
sinner across it.

From the first moment of…

your spiritual life until you are ushered into
glory, the language of Christ to you will be, “Come, come unto me.” As a
mother puts out her finger to her little child and woos it to walk by saying,
“Come,” even so does Jesus. He will always be ahead of you, bidding you
follow Him as the soldier follows his captain. He will always go before
you to pave your way, and clear your path, and you shall hear His
animating voice calling you after Him all through life; while in the solemn
hour of death, His sweet words with which He shall usher you into the
heavenly world shall be — “Come, ye blessed of my Father.”

Nay, further, this is not only Christ’s cry to you, but, if you be a believer,
this is your cry to Christ — “Come! come!” You will be longing for His
second advent; you will be saying, “Come quickly, even so come Lord
Jesus.” You will be panting for nearer and closer communion with Him. As
His voice to you is “Come,” your response to Him will be, “Come, Lord,
and abide with me. Come, and occupy alone the throne of my heart; reign
there without a rival, and consecrate me entirely to Thy service.”

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Producer: Todd Adkins
Voice Artist: Ian Cullen