The Invitation of Christ
John Owen imagines Christ’s invitation for us: “Come I entreat you; lay aside all procrastinations, all delays; put me off no more; eternity lies at the door.”
British Puritan writer and theologian, John Owen (1616-1683) described the invitation of Jesus to respond in personal faith:
This is somewhat of the word which he now speaks unto you: Why will ye die? Why will ye perish? Why will ye not have compassion on your own souls? Can your hearts endure, or can your hands be s…
