God Stretching Out His Hands to Men

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I said one night to a hard old sinner who had come on several occasions to the Gospel services, “Is it not time you turned to Christ for salvation?” He told me that he had done so that very night, and that he was a saved man. I asked him how he knew this; was it because he had determined to give up the drink and live a decent life? He said, “No, it was not that; but while you were preaching I thought I saw God holding out His hands to me and saying, ‘I will receive you just as you are.’ And I just came.”
God has given the abundance of the earth for the upkeep of your body, but for the salvation of your soul He has given His only begotten Son. “Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for Him hath God the Father sealed” (John 6:2727Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. (John 6:27)). “This is the work of God, that ye believe on Him Whom He hath sent.” (John 6:2929Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. (John 6:29)).