Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling.
Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading?
Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing.
O for the wonderful love He has promised,
promised for you and for me.
Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon.
Pardon for you and for me.
In spite of Jesus’ urgent call to come home many do not answer this call.
We observe this because many do not worship Him anymore, do not read His word, do not communicate with Him in prayer, and use His and His Father’s name as swearwords. His rules are not adhered to. Some commit murders, thefts take place all the time. Sexual mores are disregarded
continually. Prostitution in many forms is practiced. A nearly unlimited amount of pornography is available. Sin in all its forms is rampant.
In spite of all this the song reads:
“Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon.
Pardon for you and for me.”
The only way we can and will receive this pardon is by accepting that Jesus paid our (my) penalty.
If we say that we don’t need it, are not interested in it or will come at a later date we should ask ourselves what the consequences are.
He who is “tenderly calling you” makes you aware of those consequences.
In the 1990’s the expression WWJD (what would Jesus do) was often used.
To find out about the consequences of not answering His call we could use the acronym WDJS (what does Jesus say).
Many of Jesus sayings are recorded in the gospels.
Jesus always invites us to believe that the restoration of our relationship with God will be restored through Him.
Jesus also says that the result of not believing this will be that our
relationship with God is not restored, we are rejected by God
One of the clearest examples is the parable in Luke 16: 16:31named:
“The rich man and Lazarus.” When you read this do not come to the conclusion that the rich man is rejected because of being rich. Listen to Abraham’s advice for the brothers to stay out of that “place of agony.”
Obviously the rich man did not listen to Moses and the prophets.
One more parable Jesus told among the many that are recorded, is the one of the farmer who had sown wheat in a field, an enemy sowed weeds in the same field. At harvest time the weeds were taken out first and burned. (Matthew 13:24-29.) And it’s explanation in the verses 36 to 43.
Are you part of the wheat or are you a weed?
Just in case you are one of the ones who have decided to come to God at a later date, I read a bumper sticker that says:
“Some people want to get their account with God straightened out at the
eleven’s hour, unfortunately many of them die at 10.30”
Curious about the lyrics of “Sinner, come home!”? you will find them on the internet.
