7 Lessons from “Come Ye Sinners, Poor and Needy”

Come, ye sinners, poor and needy, weak and wounded, sick and sore;Jesus ready stands to save you, full of pity, love and pow’r.

Come, ye thirsty, come, and welcome, God’s free bounty glorify;True belief and true repentance, every grace that brings you nigh.

Come, ye weary, heavy-laden, lost and ruined by the fall;If you tarry till you’re better, You will never come at all.

View Him prostrate in the garden; on the ground your Maker lies;On the bloody tree behold Him; sinner, will this not suffice?

Lo! th’ incarnate God ascended, pleads the merit of His blood:Venture on Him, venture wholly, let no other trust intrude.

Let not conscience make you linger, not of fitness fondly dream;All the fitness He requireth is to feel your need of Him.

Date: 18^th century

Writer(s): Joseph Hart, a pastor of St. Congregational Chapel in London, where he served for 8 years

Inspiration for writing: During Passion Week (the week leading up to celebrating Easter), as he lived under spiritual stress, desiring his own sin to be gone from his life.

7 Lessons:

1. God is near the brokenhearted.

2. God possesses the character necessary for our comfort and protection.

3. The soul’s satisfaction can only be found in a relationship with God.

4. A broken and contrite man will not be despised but welcomed by God.

5. Don’t put on a relationship with the Creator.

6. The Son of Man was broken for us.

7. No other worldly figure or pleasure is worthy of our trust and admiration.