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Show Jesus says: "I am irot come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." Matt. 9; 13. " This man ( Jesus Christ) receiveth sinners and eateth with them." Luke 15; 2, (see the entire chapter); also, I Tim. i; 15. 13. " I could not be saved now." You can if you are willing, fpr God says: " I have laid help on One that is mighty." Ps. 89; 19. " He is able to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by Him." Heb. 7; 25. " Let him that is athirst come, and whosoever will let him take the water of life freely." Rev. 22; 17. " Come, for all things are now ready." Luke 14; 17. 14. " I do not know how to come." " Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you." James 4; 8. He says : " Ask and ye shall receive." Luke II; 9. That is coming. He says: " If vce confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." I John i; 9. Honest confession to God is coming to Plim. " He that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that Pie is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him." Heb. i i ; 6. Believing is coming. Here are three things in this coming to God : 1. Asking, Luke l i ; 9. 2. Confessing, I John i; 9. 3. Believing, Heb. I i ; 6. 1"he publican prayed : " God be merciful to me, a sinner." Luke 18; 13. That instant he was saved, (i.) He asked; (2.) He confessed; (3.) He believed. This is coming to God. The thief on the cross prayed : " Lord, remember me when Thou comest iT,to_ Thy kingdom." Luke 23; 42. That instant he was saved, for he asked, confessed ( his need of remembrance), and believed. The publican came, the thief came, Saul, the persecutor, came, the jailer came. You can come.. " Can you be honest with God ?" " Yes." " Can you tell Him the truth about yourself?" "Yes." " Can you ask Him for mercy in the name of Jesus Chiist?" " Y e s . " This is coming to God, and we have the word of the Son of God for it that " Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out." John 6; 37. Now that God has shown us how to come, let us come, and in God's way. CAUTIONS. "Several persons should not talk, one after another, with the same inquirer. Do not offer a book instead of God's word. Do not ask a soul to wait until to-morrow. Do not manufacture hopes for inquirers. Do not offer comfort to impenitent souls. Do not fear to be thorough. Do not give too many passages of scripture. Do not fail to pray with an inquirer, if possible. Do not be controversial, but prayerful. Do not fail to believe for immediate results. |