Jesus sinners doth receive;
Oh, may all this saying ponder
Who in sin's delusions live
And from God and heaven wander!
Here is hope for all who grieve - Jesus sinners doth receive.
We deserve but grief and shame, Yet His words, rich grace revealing,
Pardon, peace, and life proclaim.
Here their ills have perfect healing
Who with humble hearts believe - Jesus sinners doth receive.
Sheep that from the fold did stray
No true shepherd e'er forsaketh;
Weary souls that lost their way
Christ, the Shepherd, gently taketh
In His arms that they may live - Jesus sinners doth receive.
Come, ye sinners, one and all,
Come, accept His invitation;
Come, obey His gracious call,
Come and take His free salvation!
Firmly in these words believe: Jesus sinners doth receive.
I, a sinner, come to Thee
With a penitent confession;
Savior, mercy show to me
Grant for all my sins remission.
Let these words my soul relieve: Jesus sinners doth receive.
Oh, how blest it is to know:
Were as scarlet my transgression,
It shall be as white as snow
By Thy blood and bitter Passion;
For these words I now believe: Jesus sinners doth receive.
Now my conscience is at peace,
From the Law I stand acquitted:
Christ hath purchased my release
And my every sin remitted.
Naught remains my soul to grieve - Jesus sinners doth receive.
Jesus sinners doth receive.
Also I have been forgiven;
And when I this earth must leave,
I shall find an open heaven.
Dying, still to Him I cleave - Jesus sinners doth receive.
This is the theme of today's reading. See how our Lord seeks out the man and woman in the garden. See how he proclaims the curse and ultimate destruction of the serpent. See how he curses the earth and observes that the man and woman will live and toil on this earth but they will not die for their sin - he has provided salvation. See how those who flock to Jesus receive what they need, rather than merely what they ask for. See how Jesus gathers people to himself, to serve him - even those who are outcasts in any good society. See how Jesus knows that it is the sick, those like us, who need a physician, not the healthy.
Jesus Sinners Will Receive - text by Erdmann Neumeister 1671-1756, tr. The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941.
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