Captain Dunlop was a Canadian missionary. Riding on horseback through a Quebec forest one day, he saw an Indian's cabin. Fierce dogs barked and tugged at their chains. If he called, would the Indian be friend or foe?
As he stood wondering, the door opened, and the Indian's son appeared. He came to the missionary and spoke kindly to him. He told him that his father was a kind and friendly Indian, and wished him to come in.
Captain Dunlop believed what the son said about his father and was no longer afraid.
Have you believed what God's Son has said about His Father? The Son of God came from the Father's side in heaven to tell us that His Father loves us. Indeed, "The Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world." 1 John 4:1414And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. (1 John 4:14).
Our guilty feeling may make us afraid, for truly God is holy and we are sinners.
Reader, if you are lingering undecided at mercy's gate, come in. Christ is the Way, Christ is the Door. Come just as you are. Do not try to make yourself more acceptable to God. Came with all your crimes. Come with your broken vows. Come with your lost opportunities. Come with your hardened heart. Come with your crushing burden of sins. Came to Jesus, come now, just as you are. He will receive you.