Jesus Is Drawing Us with a Cord of Everlasting Love
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Jesus Is Drawing Us with a Cord of Everlasting Love ㅡ
“The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.” (Jeremiah 31:3)
“He calleth His own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.... And the sheep follow Him: for they know His voice.”
The Eastern shepherd does not drive his sheep. He depends not upon force or fear; but going before, he calls them.
They know his voice, and obey the call. So does the Saviour-Shepherd with His sheep.
The Scripture says, “Thou leddest Thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.”
Through the prophet, Jesus declares, “I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee.” He compels none to follow Him.
“I drew them,” He says, “with cords of a man, with bands of love.” Psalm 77:20; Jeremiah 31:3; Hosea 11:4.
It is not the fear of punishment, or the hope of everlasting reward, that leads the disciples of Christ to follow Him.
They behold the Saviour’s matchless love, revealed throughout His pilgrimage on earth, from the manger of Bethlehem to Calvary’s cross, and the sight of Him attracts, it softens and subdues the soul.
Love awakens in the heart of the beholders. They hear His voice, and they follow Him.
(The Desire of Ages 480)
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