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.”

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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…