Receive Him
“This Man receiveth sinners” (Luke 15:2).
“And He [Zacchaeus] made haste…and received Him joyfully” (Luke 19:6).
“Christ also received us to the glory of God”
(Romans 15:7).
If we receive Christ, He will receive us: “As many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name” (John 1:12). King David received Mephibosheth to his royal table as one of the king’s sons. “As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king’s sons…So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king’s table; and was lame on both his feet” (2 Samuel 9:11,13).
The sinner is brought into a far superior relationship through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. We are received into the royal family of heaven by the “King of kings, and Lord of lords” (1 Timothy 6:15), and we shall enjoy His royal bounty and pay homage to Him in that wonderful, heavenly city forever. Have you received Him?
