In God's invitation to salvation, all people are welcomed to come to Him without pretension or requirement for prior purification. Jesus extends this invitation in Matthew 11:28, promising rest to the weary, and it is echoed in Revelation 22:17, where the Spirit and the bride together call out to anyone who is thirsty. The prophets and apostles reiterate this message, as seen in Isaiah 1:18, where God invites sinners to reason together with Him, and in James 4:8, where believers are encouraged to draw near to God. John 6:37 also assures that those who come to Jesus will not be turned away.
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The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.
“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.
Everyone the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will never drive away.
Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
But God proves His love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD.
being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.