Wednesday, May 9, 2012

More thoughts on "Asking"

Many times in Scripture the sinner is told to come. In the last invitation in the Bible it says;

Rev 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.
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This is the proper order. We are told to come to Him, not Him come to us. I love the simplicity here. "come" and "take". Salvation is already freely offered. We must but in faith believe it is a valid offer and take it to ourselves. When someone gives us a birthday present do we need then to ask for it? To ask for that which in love is freely offered is to not understand the nature of the gift.

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