Coming to Christ

The difference between "coming to Christ," and "trying to come," has been frequently discussed. "Have you come to Christ?" said a minister one day to a thoughtful young man. "No; but I'm trying," was the answer. "And how long are you going to try before you come?" "I don't know; but I am doing what I can." "I doubt that; and besides, I suspect you are doing the wrong thing." "What do you mean?" "I mean that you are trying to do a work; and it is not by trying or by working that you are to be saved." "But does not Christ say, 'Come'?" "Yes, but He does not say, 'Try to come.' " "But am I not to try?" "No, you are to come; and your speaking so much about trying shows that you are bent on working, and that you suppose coming to Christ is a work to be done." "But how am I wrong in trying?" "Suppose I said to you, 'Trust me, and you shall have a gift from me next week,' would you say, 'I'll try'?" "No, certainly." "If you did, what should I suppose you meant?" "That I was not sure of you at all; and that I really distrusted you." "What then do you mean when you say, 'I'll try to trust Christ'?" "I suppose it must mean that I am not sure whether He is trustworthy." "Yes, it does mean that; and it means also that you imagine trying and trusting to be works which you have to do." "I see it." "I hope you do; but do consider what you really mean by that word try." As they were telling each other good-bye, the minister said, "Will you come and see me soon, and let me know how you are?" "I'll try to come some time." "No," said the minister; "you are not to try, but to come." He smiled as they parted, at the peculiar illustration which he himself had given of the difference between trying and coming.

Jesus says to you
"come unto me".  (Matt. 11:28) He also says that  if we come he will give us  eternal life. Jesus said in John 6:40 "And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life:"
He also said in John 6:37
"All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."
In John 14:6 He says
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

Would you humble yourself before God today and admit that you are a sinner before him and that you can not be right before him by any merit of your own? And will you than confess that Jesus died for you and that you need him in your life in order to be free from the burden and wages of sin? Than all you need to do is now before God come to Jesus asking him to come in.
See John 6:44, Romans 6:23 , John 1:12 and Revelation 3:20

God so loved the world that He gave his only begotton son ..

"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph 2:8,9

Matthew 11:28  Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Romans 6:23  For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

John 1:12
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God,
even to them that believe on his name:

Revelation 3:20  Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.

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