As a kid in church I remember singing a song called—“softly and gently Jesus is calling”. It was a beautiful song but there was one line that went, “… Jesus is pleading… Pleading for you in for me.“
Is it true that Jesus pleads for sinners to come home?
Matthew 11:28 Come unto Me
Thank you Ralph. Does the response have a reference (or perhaps these are yours words? Thanks.)
I wonder about that too. Seems it is more a command though. Pleading earnestly could have the intensity of a command. I think Peter preached, commanding all to repent, and then Paul said in Corinthians, we appeal to you, some translations say beseech or pray. Its a good question. I love that hymn. Sang it many times and wondered about it in more recent years
He wants all men to come unto a knowlege of the truth and be saved. The great commission command that the message brought to all nation making disciples.
God the Father did it in the Old Testament and Jesus told people to repent and the apostles told people to repent so I think it’s pretty clear that the answer is yes
Yes
Yes, it’s true. Christ begs, calls, draws, convicts, gives grace to, or whatever else it takes to bring people into a relationship with Him, short of forcefully altering their will.
Paul, writing in the Spirit, said that, as ambassadors for Christ, God was making an appeal through them, BEGGING people on Christ’s behalf to be reconciled to God (2Corinthians 5:20). Why would God make this appeal, BEGGING people to be reconciled, if He unconditionally elected them for salvation and was going to regenerate them irresistibly? Why would God BEG people to be reconciled if He didn’t really want them to do so? Why would God BEG people to be reconciled if He was not going to enable them to?
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