Thursday, June 18, 2026
Come unto me
Paul Little believed, “Witnessing is the deep-seated conviction that the greatest favor I can do for others is to introduce them to Jesus Christ.” The Lord Jesus said Matthew 11:28-30 ESV - Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” The matter is urgent. The way to be saved is to come to Jesus. To come, to Jesus means to pray to him, to trust in him, to rely upon him. Each man who trusts in another may be said to come to that other for help. Thus to trust in Jesus is to come to him. In order to do this I must give up all reliance upon myself, or anything I could do or have done, or anything I do feel or can feel. Nor must I feel the slightest dependence upon anything that anyone else can do for me. That is what my Saviour means when he says, "Come unto me." The exhortation is very personal. "Come unto me," says he. Don’t come to ministers to consult them. nor come to sacraments to observe them, nor come to the Bible to study its teaching— He invites us saying, "Come to me." To trust in a crucified Saviour is the way of salvation. Some flatter their souls that they have ascertained the truth! But the fact is, it is not the truth which saves. It is the truth as a person—it is Jesus Christ who is the way, the truth, and the life, whom we need to apprehend. Our confidences must rest entirely upon him. "Come unto me," saith Jesus; Come unto me, and I will give you rest." The exhortation is in the present tense. "Come" now; do not wait; don’t wait to feel something, don’t wait until you feel you are fitter or better to come. He says Come Now! Don’t fiddle about! This invitation demands a spontaneous acceptance. Come just as you are. "Come unto me," says the Lord Jesus Christ. He does not say, "Come when you have washed and cleansed yourself." Rather you should come to be cleansed. He does not say, "Come when you have clothed yourself and made yourself beautiful with good works." Come to Him now as you are. "Nothing in my hands I bring: Simply to thy cross I cling." Why should you come to Him? I. HE IS THE APPOINTED MEDIATOR. "All things are delivered unto me of my Father." God, even the Father, your Creator, against whom you have transgressed, has appointed our Lord Jesus Christ to be the only way of access for a sinner to himself. He is no amateur Saviour. He has not thrust himself into the place or position on His own initiative. He is officially delegated. Christ is the only authorized person in heaven and earth who can save you. "There is no other name, given among men whereby we must be saved." II. HE IS A COMPLETELY ADEQUATE MEDIATOR, "All things are delivered unto me," he said, "of my Father.” You want pardon; it is delivered unto Christ of the Father. You want change of heart; it is delivered unto Christ of the Father. You want righteousness in which you may be accepted; Christ has it. You want to be purged from the love of sin; Christ can do it. You want wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. It is all in Christ. "It pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell." He is "full of grace and truth." III. HE IS AN INCONCEIVABLY GREAT MEDIATOR. Matthew 11:27 ESV - 27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. He is great, so good, so complete. No one knows him but the Father. He is too excellent for our puny understanding to estimate his worth. None but the infinite God can comprehend his value as a Saviour. Only the infinite can understand the infinite. "God only knows the love of God,"and only the Father understands the Son. IV. HE IS AN INFINITELY WISE MEDIATOR. He is a mediator who understands both persons on whose behalf he mediates. He understands you. He has summed and reckoned you up, and he has made you out to be a heap of sin and misery, and nothing else. The glory of it is that he understands God, whom you have offended. .. and he knows the Father. Oh! what a mercy that is to have one to go before God for me who knows him intimately. He knows his Father's will; he knows his Father's wrath. No man knows it but himself. He has suffered it. He knows his Father's love. He alone can feel it—such love as God felt for sinners. He knows how his Father's wrath has been turned away by his precious blood; he knows the Father as a Judge whose anger no longer burns against those for whom the Atonement has been made. He knows the Father's heart. He knows the Father's secret purposes. He knows the Father's will is that who ever sees the Son and believes on him shall have everlasting life. He knows the decrees of God, and yet he says, "Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give, you rest." V. HE IS AN INDISPENSABLE MEDIATOR. There is no other that can approach God. It is Christ for your Saviour, or no Saviour at all. Salvation is in no other; and if you will not have Christ, neither can you have salvation. John 14:6 ESV - Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Trust your souls with Jesus, and your souls are saved. He suffered in your place, he suffered instead of all that trust him. If you rely upon him by an act of simple faith, the simplest act in all the world, immediately you so rely you are forgiven, your transgressions are blotted out for his name's sake.
