Just as I am

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Just as I am, without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bid’st me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come! I come!
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Just as I am, and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot;
To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
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Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt;
Fightings within, and fears without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
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Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind;
Sight, riches, healing of the mind;
Yes, all I need, in Thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
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Just as I am, Thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because Thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
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Just as I am, Thy love unknown
Has broken every barrier down;
Now, to be Thine, yea, Thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
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Daniel Etim Akpakpan

Olodi Apapa, Lagos State, Nigeria

It is quite wonderful to know how much Christ loves us and has become a lense of God by which He sees us just as we are not for sin but part of His Son (Jesus) eyeball. Why should I condemn myself when even Christ receive me the way I come. I am so touch by this song. God bless Elliott, God loves me and God saves the federal republic of Nigeria. Amen.


thompson okoduwa

Kubwa, Abuja, Nigeria

Each time I listen to this song, it lifts my spirit because I never knew God could pardon all my wrongful deeds and still give me such peace as though I've never sinned. If God could touch me, He could touch you as well. Only open up your heart for Him to come in. You haven't gone too far from His presence that His hand of mercy can't reach you.


Esther Lee

Folsom, CA, United States

This song is unbelievably comforting.


Shanta M

California, United States

Amen Lord just as I am no masks walls or covers You know me better than I know myself. While we were yet sinners You died for us Lord just as we are You cleanse us with Your blood. Not for making us better but to saturated us with Your life. We need You, You are all-inclusive, You possesses everything we need. Oh Lord I come, I come just as I am. Oh Lord I can't change myself so You sent Your love and grace to save me. I enjoy this song so many times I get caught up in trying to be the best me before God. I can never be the best-perfect just in myself-Praise the Lord Christ fills all in all.


Mrs. Kathleen Knowles

I call this my hymn. I dedicated my life to Jesus in 1958 at a Billy Graham rally and this was playing as I walked forward.


Cicy Zhao

Amen! Lord Jesus, You just take me just as I am. So many times, I feel like there is no hope in me, so sinful and rebellious, but You take me JUST AS I AM, it is your love taking care of my broken heart. Thank you, Lord Jesus!


Grace

Taiwan

After moving back to Taiwan from the States for six months, I find myself still struggling and having hard time living in this old, yet new environment, so familiar yet so much like a stranger to me. This song draws me back to my spirit where there I can come to my dear Lord with nothing hiding and holding back... He knows my feelings and He cares for me as usual even though He sometimes has to correct and pour us from one container (place) to another one... Lord, whenever and whatever there is something going on, draws my heart to You.


Anonymous

Cape Town, South Africa

I just heard this song 5 days ago in church on my 20th birthday and it really touched me aspecialy the words "O Lamb of God, I come, I come".I did not know it nor have I ever heard of it and I did not have a hymn book to sing along but I just had to go and look it up. I must say I am very glad that I did. Sometimes I feel so unworthy to enter into God's presence but now I really know that I should come "Just as I am". God does not expect anything else. As a matter of fact He does not want anything else, He wants the real you so that He can change us and therefore His name alone be glorified.


Raymond Leung

Australia

I learned this song when I was about 10. First it was in Chinese; and after 40 years, now I sing it in English. No matter the place and time, it always reminds me what is the pride of human beings, and I am still just as I am before Him.


Avilie Sekhose

Nagaland, Kohima, India

It is a very touching song and I believe it will also touch the heart of many souls.

We should simply come to the Lord without any way. Hymns, #1048 says, "Just as I am ... / O Lamb of God, I come! I come!" Every morning come to the Lord: "Lord, I come just as I am. I do not know how to pray. I come as I am, in my situation, not knowing. You know. It does not matter how I feel; it is up to Your leading." Every day come to the Lord in this way.

God is Spirit; hence, our contacting and absorbing Him do not depend on our words. Some people utter many words when they pray, but their words are like sounding brass or clanging cymbals; they do not have much value before God. We may not say anything when we come to God, but our whole being, including our heart, should face God. While we look to God, we may sigh and confess that we are incompetent, weak, unable to rise, unpresentable, and thirsty and that we lack words for the gospel and are not inclined to fellowship with the saints. We should lay our inner condition before God and even tell Him that we are short in every matter. No matter what our inner condition is, we should bring it to God. There is a hymn that says, "Just as I am" (Hymns, #1048). This means that we should come to God just as we are without trying to improve or change our condition. Our attitude when we come to God should be to come just as we are.

In England in the early 19th century there was a woman who had Christian parents and who for years had longed to be saved. She went to hear this and that preacher and visited churches and chapels in her search for salvation, but all in vain. One day she wandered into a little chapel with no real expectation in her heart, for she was almost in despair. She sat down at the back. The speaker was an elderly man. Suddenly in the middle of his address he stopped and pointing his finger at her said: 'You Miss, sitting there at the back, you can be saved now. You don't need to do anything!' Light flashed into her heart, and with it peace and joy. Charlotte Elliott went home and wrote her well-known hymn: 'Just as I am, without one plea ... O Lamb of God I come.' Those words have pointed to countless sinners the way of humble access to God through the blood of Christ. Yes, we dare to say to-day, to every one of the inhabitants of Shanghai or of any other city, that they can come to Him and be saved just as they are.

I repeat these incidents just to emphasize that what the sinner cannot do the Saviour is at hand to do for him. It is for this reason that we can tell people that they need not wait for anything, but can come to Him immediately. Whatever their state, whatever their problem, let them bring it and tell it to the Friend of sinners.

I like the song we sang today. It says, "Just as I am...I come! I come!" [Hymns, #1048]. I have told you before that this hymn was written by a woman in her twenties. She said that she had the sense of sin since she was very young. She wondered how a person like herself could face God. To her this was impossible. She visited many churches and talked with many pastors. She asked them questions and tried to find out from them how she could be saved. This went on for seven or eight years. Many told her that she had to do better before she could believe in Jesus. Others told her that she should pray more and study the Bible more. Still others told her to do good and perform noble deeds, or to do this or do that before she could believe in the Lord Jesus and be saved. As time went by, she found herself worse than before. In the end, she met an old preacher. She asked the old man what she must do before she could be saved. The old man put his hand on her back and said, "Go to God just as you are." She jumped up and asked, "Do I not have to do better, make more progress, and improve more before I can believe in the Lord Jesus?" The old man said, "There is no such need. You can come just as you are." On that day, she became clear and realized that she could come to the Lord just as she was.

God knows that we are sick. This is why He sent us the Doctor. Friends, have you ever been sick? Suppose I have a fever of one hundred five degrees. If I ask the doctor to come, will he say that he will come when the temperature drops to one hundred three? The sicker I am, the faster the doctor will come. If a person's temperature is ninety-eight degrees, the doctor may say that since it is only ninety-eight degrees, there is no need to go. The more serious your illness is, the faster the doctor will come. The woman admitted that she was a sick person and that Jesus Christ is the Physician from God who came to heal her. Not long after she returned home, she wrote this hymn: "Just as I am...I come! I come!"

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