Consider the Encouragements in Seeking His Salvation

Such assurance is given to those who go on to “seek Him with the whole heart“. To seek to know Him, so we might believe on Him. Such assurance is given as: “Those that come unto the Father by Me, I will in no wise cast them out.” “Though your sins be as scarlet, you shall be made white as snow.” “I will remember (your sins) no more.“

But this all starts with conviction of sin. If the Holy Spirit has begun this good work, take courage, for so much of the world’s multitude is permitted to just simply go on their way. Remember, God’s redeeming grace and love in Christ is free and sovereign (i.e. God is not obliged in any way to give it); and it is altogether without any worthiness in those who are objects of it. But they cannot be made sensible of this redeeming grace until they are sensible of both their unworthiness and God’s eternal wrath.

We would not be so bold to say, that if this time of conviction passes, there is NO HOPE. But we do say with the Word, you have NO PROMISE OF ANY OTHER TIME OF HOPE. Behold NOW is the day of salvation. That is why the prophet says, “Call upon Him while He is near.“

Set yourself, not to hinder and quench the Spirit’s work, but to that which would further and enhance it and lead to your salvation. Give yourself to prayer, bare your breast to further convicting work that the Spirit might be pleased to give. Place yourself under such preaching that would further that good work and bring you to cry out to the Savior like the blind man: “Thou Son of David, have mercy on me.” When He has so done, sight has come, sin is forgiven, do as Paul says in Eph. 2:10 “Walk in those good works which God has before ordained that you should walk in them.“

Jonathan Edwards