Looking to Jesus

We take the call of God - "Look to me and be saved, all you ends of the earth" - as being the voice of the Son in particular.

We then consider the command given, a looking that involves turning from everything else as a means of being saved, and fixing one's attention on something definite and particular.

Then there is the object identified: "Look to me." Christ calls for a saving look at himself as the crucified one, as the only Saviour of sinners, in all the fulness of his saving capacity, and not to ourselves, other men, or any creature or invention of men.

What is the purpose intended? It is that we might be saved, rescued from wretchedness and wandering, brought certainly, immediately and totally into the kingdom of God by one saving look at Jesus Christ.

Finally, we see the promise extended: the invitation is universal, the offer is free. The church should not limit the offer of salvation when Christ does not, but should declare Christ's willingness and ability to save all those who come to him. This is the Jesus to whom sinners must look: they must not doubt, but obey, and leave the saving with God.