Coming to Christ
is trusting Him for salvation.
Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
will be saved.
Come to me, all who labor
and are heavy laden,
and I will give you rest.
Coming to Christ is the response of faith to the gospel. It is not a physical journey. It is the heart turning to Jesus and trusting Him. Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. Jesus invites the weary to come to Him and find rest. The one who comes is received. The one who believes has eternal life.
- Coming is the same as believing, calling, and receiving. The words describe one response from different angles.
- To confess with the mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in the heart that God raised Him from the dead is the way of salvation.
- The strong tower is the name of the Lord. The righteous run into it and are safe.
- The church is the company of those who have come to Christ and continue to follow Him.
He does not turn away the one who comes. The invitation is open. The promise is sure.
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden.
Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
will be saved.
Whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
- Coming to Christ is trusting Him, not merely approaching a place or a person outwardly.
- Jesus invites the weary and burdened to come and find rest.
- Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
- Whoever comes to Him He will never cast out.
- Confession of Jesus as Lord and belief in the resurrection are the biblical marks of coming.
- The name of the Lord is the strong tower the righteous run into.
- The Invitation – Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden.
- The Response – Calling on His name, believing, confessing.
- The Promise – Will be saved, will never be cast out, will find rest.
- The Object – Jesus Christ Himself.
- The Safety – The name of the Lord is a strong tower.
- The Company – Those who have come form the church.
- Matthew 11:28 – “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
- John 6:37 – “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.”
- John 6:35 – “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.”
- Romans 10:13 – “For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
- Romans 10:9-10 – “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.”
- Joel 2:32 – “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
- Proverbs 18:10 – “The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous man runs into it and is safe.”
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.
Coming to Christ is trusting Him for salvation. He receives all who come. The name of the Lord is a strong tower. Run into it and be safe.
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