“Men will not come to Christ unless He draws them. Sometimes, when I am trying to prepare a sermon to preach, I say to myself, ‘Why must I take all this trouble?’
If men were in their senses they would run to Christ without calling. Why must we put this business so temptingly? Why must we plead?
Why must we be so earnest? Because men do not want to come, not even to their own Saviour.
They do not wish to have their sins forgiven. They do not wish to be renewed in heart; and they never will come—no, not one mother’s son of them— unless he that sent Christ to them shall draw them to Christ.
A work of grace in the heart is absolutely necessary before the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus will be accepted by any one of us.
Jesus said, “Ye will not come to me that ye might have life.” What our Lord said is true to this hour; man has not improved an atom.
But, then, learn another lesson. If there is any man here that Christ is drawing, he need not say, “May I come?”
Of course you may, if you feel drawn to come. Are you coming? Come, and welcome.
Christ never yet turned away a soul that came to Him— not one. “Him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out.”
If He is drawing you, run, for you have Scriptural warrant for so doing. “Draw us: we will run after thee.”
If tonight you feel any kind of tugging at your heartstrings, do not stay a moment. Come along with you.
When God draws then is your time to move. What do the sailors say? “There’s a breeze, Jack. Ay, ay, boys. Up with the anchor. Now for every stitch of canvas. We can make headway now.”
Do you feel any kind of breeze? Is the breath of the Holy Spirit moving upon you in any degree?
Do you feel inclined to say, “I will go to Jesus”? Then, fly away with you, like a full-sailed ship before a fair wind; and by God’s help may you soon make the port of everlasting salvation.
Let us finish up by saying that, if Christ has said that He will draw, then He will draw tonight. The attractions of the Lord Jesus are continual: He draws, and He will always draw.
He is drawing now. Do not pull back, lest His drawing should cease, and you should perish; but rather let your heart sing:
“He drew me, and I followed on, Charmed to confess the force divine.”
Oh! Spirit of God, draw men to Jesus. This is the way of salvation: trust Christ, and you are saved.
Rely wholly upon what Christ is, and what he has done; and you are saved.”
–Charles H. Spurgeon, “The Marvellous Magnet,” in The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit Sermons, vol. 29 (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1883), 239–240.
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