Theologicalmeditations

You should know that it is a sin, a grievous sin, if you do not come when God invites you (Matt. 11:28), loudly calls you (Isa. 55:1), commands you (1 John 3:23: “This is his command, that we believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ”), threatens you (John 3:36: “The wrath of God remains on him”), begs you (2 Cor. 5:20: “As though God were pleading through us, we implore you ...

That, then, is how we are by nature, until God begins to work in us. It is no small thing to contend with God, to spit in the face of his Son and to charge full tilt at him like frenzied beasts. Consider for a moment how he chooses to approach us. He pleads with us—with us who have offended him, who are his enemies, who deserve to be struck down and destroyed! Yet he begs and ur...

God earnestly wants to save and bless lost people through this Redeemer. This earnestness of God is beautifully shown in the following ways. First, God extends the free offer of grace in Christ without distinction to all people who are brokenhearted and truly seek him (Isa. 55:1; Matt. 11:28; Rev. 22:17). The end of those who positively respond to his offer is wonderfully blesse...