Yet There Is Room!

Come! hear the gospel sound-

"Yet there is room!"

It tells to all around-

"Yet there is room!"

Though guilty, now draw near,

Though vile, you need not fear,

With joy you now may hear-

"Yet there is room!"

God's house is filling fast,
"Yet there is room!"
Some guest will be the last,
"Yet there is room!"
Yes! soon salvation's day
To you will pass away,
Then grace no more will say-
"Yet there is room!"

"Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.  And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.  And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled." Luke 14:21-23.

     This is one invitation you do not want to turn down! God Himself is inviting you personally to His banqueting table! There is a seat reserved there with your name on it, just for you! All things are ready at this banquet, there is nothing left for you to do, but to come, just as you are!

     We may not realize this, but we are all poor, crippled, blind and lame when it comes to cleaning ourselves up, and making ourselves worthy of a seat at God's banquet table. Before we come to the Lord, we are all dead in our sins. "We are all infected and impure with sin. When we display our righteous deeds, they are nothing but filthy rags. Like autumn leaves, we wither and fall, and our sins sweep us away like the wind." Isaiah 64:6(NLT).

     It does not matter how you are living, or what you have done; there is forgiveness with God. "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16. The "whosoever" in that verse includes YOU! He is inviting YOU to His banquet table!

     We are now in what is called the day of grace. Grace is the unmerited favor of God towards us. Since we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God, none of us can make ourselves clean and pay the penalty for our sin debt. But Jesus, the Son of God, willingly came down to this earth and led a perfect, sinless, holy, life. Then He freely shed His  blood on the cross, and died to pay the debt we could never pay. We are saved by acknowledging to God that we are dead in our sins and on our way to an eternity in Hell, and believing that Jesus died to pay the penalty for our sin. Once we put our faith and trust in Jesus as our Saviour, as unworthy as we are, we are seen as pure, and clean, and righteous in the eyes of God. Because now, when God looks at us, He see's His Son, who is the sacrifice for our sin. This is the grace of God.

     But this day of grace that we are now in, will not last forever. One day, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is going to  come again, and call all believers, all who have trusted Him for their salvation, up into Heaven (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17). This will close the day of grace. That is what the hymn is speaking of when it says:

 Yes! soon salvation's day

To you will pass away,
Then grace no more will say-
"Yet there is room!"

     Also, if you die without trusting Jesus as your Saviour, you will spend eternity separated from God in Hell. "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." Hebrews 9:27. The judgement spoken of here, is facing God with no sacrifice for your sins. "The wages of sin is death" Romans 6:23a. The death being referred to here is eternal death in Hell.

     I pray that, right now, you will seriously consider these words. This is not bad news, it is declaring to you the good news of the grace of God! Please do not neglect this or put it off for another time. "Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." 2 Corinthians 6:2. You do not know what day will be your last, and where you will spend eternity is too important to neglect!

     So, back to the banquet table! God loves you so much, He is extending His invitation to you to join Him at His table! Right now you can be adopted into the household of faith and become a child of God. All things are ready, that is, Jesus shed His blood and died for you. Once you receive the free gift of salvation, you are washed, cleansed, and forgiven, and are now worthy to take your seat at His table!

"For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Romans 6:23.

     As long as we are in the day of grace, "there is room" for YOU!

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