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NASB | Psalm 51:2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity And cleanse me from my sin. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Psalm 51:2 Wash me thoroughly from my wickedness and guilt And cleanse me from my sin. |
Bible Question:
Hi I am new to the forum, but I need to know something. I have heard many people say "the bible says come as you are". Can any one help me out here. Is that really in the bible? I have looked and I can not find it. Maybe I am looking in the wrong place. |
Bible Answer: Hello mrt....,. Welcome to the forum. It is a great place to study and learn. Thanks for your question as well. rooted.. gave a good response. I just want to add a little to it that I hope will help. There has been a significant amount of discussion and even debate on this forum and other places involving particular use of language. I have been guilty myself of using "christianese". We grow up hearing a lot of things put in language that attempts to describe what we believe. The actual wording "come as you are" is not found in scripture to my knowledge. But the principle is definately there, as rooted pointed out. A way to look at this would be to ask, how are we to prepare ourselves to come to Christ? The answer is, we can't. There is nothing we can do to prepare ourselves to "come to Him". We have only one option, that is, to come as we are when He calls us. We don't prepare beforehand, reaching a point when we are ready. It is He who calls us 1 Cor. 1:9 Gal. 1:15 and many more It is He who enables us to hear the call and believe: Romans 10:17 Romans 12:3 Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Rom 3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: Rom 3:25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; Rom 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Rom 3:27 Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. When He calls, we can only come, just as we are. The good news is that He changes us. Sincerely, Jeff |
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