Whosoever Desires

Revelation 22:17 And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.”

A great little devotional that I read said: One could not imagine a more clearcut invitation to receive God’s free gift of eternal life than this final climactic invitation of the Bible. That anyone who is thirsting for “the water of life” may come and drink freely, for Jesus said in John 7:37, “If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink”. Whosoever desires may come! “There is no respect of persons with God, and the Scriptures abound with “whosoever” assurances. 

“Whosoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life” – John 3:16. “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved” – Romans 10:13.

“Whosoever lives and believes in me shall never die” – John 11:26.

 “Whosoever believes in him shall receive remission of sins” – Acts 10:43.

“Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God” – 1 John 4:15.

1 John 2:1-2 “My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.”

Romans 5:18 “Therefore, as through one man’s offense judgment came to all men, resulting in condemnation, even so through one Man’s righteous act the free gift came to all men, resulting in justification of life.”

Such promises as these (and many more in the Word of God) make it very clear that the substitutionary death of Christ is sufficient to “take away the sin of the world, that salvation and eternal life are offered as a free gift of God’s grace to anyone who will accept it, and that anyone whosoever desires may come! It is only the voluntary act of our own wills that is required. It is sad, indeed, that there are many of whom Jesus must say: “You will not come to me, that you might have life”. Romans 6:23 explains, “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Jesus Christ is the gift of redemption, salvation and eternal life in heaven. Whosoever desires, accept God’s gift. That is the “good news” of the gospel.  Tell everyone.

1 John 5:12-13 “He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life. These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.”

Be blessed.