Jesus, I come to Thee.
All responsible people are in bondage to sin at one time or another: Gal. 4:3
But coming to Jesus makes us free from the bondage of sin and death: Rom. 6:17-18
Thus, we can come out of sin and into Christ Himself: Gal. 3:26-27
II. Stanza 2 teaches us that we come to Jesus out of loss into the gain of His cross
Out of my shameful failure and loss,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the glorious gain of Thy cross,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of earth’s sorrows into Thy balm,
Out of life’s storms and into Thy calm,
Out of distress to jubilant psalm,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
We must count all things as but loss for Christ: Phil. 3:7-8
This glorious gain is made possible by the cross of Christ: Gal. 6:14
Thus we can come out of distress to the jubilant psalm of rejoicing in the Lord: Phil. 4:4
III. Stanza 3 (not in our book) tells us that we come to Jesus out of pride into His will
Out of unrest and arrogant pride,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into Thy blessèd will to abide,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of myself to dwell in Thy love,
Out of despair into raptures above,
Upward for aye on wings like a dove,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Arrogant pride is something that will keep us out of heaven: Prov. 16:18
Coming to Jesus demands submitting our wills to His as He did to the will of the Father: Lk. 22:42
Only in this way can we proceed upward on wings like a dove to find rest: Ps. 55:6 (note: aye is pronounced like “eye” when it means yes, as in voting or sailor talk, but is pronounced as a long “a” sound when it means ever, as it does in this song)
IV. Stanza 4 (3 in our book) says that we come to Jesus out of fear of the tomb into the joy of His home
Out of the fear and dread of the tomb,
Jesus, I come, Jesus, I come;
Into the joy and light of Thy home,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
Out of the depths of ruin untold,
Into the peace of Thy sheltering fold,
Ever Thy glorious face to behold,
Jesus, I come to Thee.
The Bible speaks of the fear and dread of the tomb or death: Heb. 2:14-15
But coming to Jesus brings us into the light and joy of the hope of eternal life in His home: Tit. 1:2
There, we shall behold His glorious face forever and ever: 1 Jn. 3:1-2
CONCLUSION.: The Old Testament prophesied that the Messiah would come to preach good tidings to the poor and proclaim liberty to the captives (Isa. 61:1). The New Testament then unfolds the plan of God in Christ to save sinful mankind by His mercy (Tit. 3:3-5). If I find myself lost in sin, my response to God’s wonderful call should be, “Jesus, I Come.”
