"Whoever comes to me I will never cast out."

"Whoever comes to me I will never cast out."  John 6:37

“But I am a great sinner, you say.  ‘But I will never cast you out,’ says Christ.  But I am an old sinner, you say.  ‘But I will never cast you out,’ says Christ.  But I am a hard-hearted sinner, you say.  ‘But I will never cast you out,’ says Christ.  But I am a backsliding sinner, you say.  ‘But I will never cast you out,’ says Christ.  But I have served Satan all my days, you say.  ‘But I will never cast you out,’ says Christ.  But I have sinned against light, you say.  ‘But I will never cast you out,’ says Christ.  But I have sinned against mercy, you say.  ‘But I will never cast you out,’ says Christ.  But I have nothing good to bring with me, you say.  ‘But I will never cast you out,’ says Christ.”

-- John Bunyan, Works (London, 1861), I:279-280.  Style updated.

HT:  Dane Ortlund