Sharing the gospel of Christ is the duty of every christian. We are to tell others about the Lord and his goodness so that they have the same opportunity that we had to come to know him as Lord and Savior in their lives. Satan would have you believe that you are not worthy of God's grace, but Satan is a liar and the father of lies.
John 8: 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
Many believe that they need to get their lives in order before coming to Christ, but God does not expect you to fix everything. He tells us to come to him all who are heavy laden and he will give us rest.
Mathew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
We can't fix things by ourselves. While the words "Come just as you are" are not found in the bible, there are many scriptures that show us that God does indeed want us to come to him just as we are and allow him to heal our broken hearts and make us whole. Following are just a few scriptures that teach us that God wants us to come to him just as we are. They don't teach us that we need to get our lives in order. They don't teach us that we have to stop all of our bad habits before coming to him. They simply teach us to "COME"
Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered:
Isaiah 1:18 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.
Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.
Satan would have you to believe that you need to make yourself worthy before coming to God, but the truth is that you will never be worthy. If we could make ourselves worthy then Christ would have died in vain. His GRACE would not be needed, but thank God we are saved by GRACE and not by making ourselves worthy.
I invite you today to come to Christ. Talk with him and get to know him. He loves you just as you are. If you come to know Christ and find that you are not content in your relationship with him, then I promise you that Satan is standing close by and will be happy to take you back. The bible tells us to taste and see that the Lord is good. Forget about trying to make yourself worthy and just kneel and talk it over with him. Get a taste of Christ's goodness.
Psalms34:7 The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.
8 O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
9 O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
10 The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
Kathy Wellman
RE: King James Bible
