Berachah Living Light Ministries

so sweet an invitation demands a spontaneous acceptance. come just as you are. “come unto me,” saith christ. he does not say, “come when you have washed and cleansed yourself.” rather should you come to be cleansed. he does not say, “come when you have clothed yourself and made yourself beautiful with good works.” come to be made beautiful in a better righteousness than you can wear. come naked, and let him gird thee with fine linen, cover thee with silk, and deck thee with jewels. he does not say, “come when your conscience is tender, come when your heart is penitent, when your soul is full of loathing for sin, and your mind is enlightened with knowledge and enlivened with joy. but ye that labour, ye that are heavy laden, he bids you to come as you are. come oppressed with your burdens, begrimed with your labours, dispirited with your toils. if the load that bends you double to the earth be upon your shoulders? just come as you are. take no plea in your mouth but this—he bids you come