這個短語的來源應該追溯到衛理公會教派剛剛傳到美國的年代。衛理公會教義中把耶酥基督描述成一位就在人們身邊的形象而不是遙不可及的角色，深得人心。一大批頗具魅力的布道士在全國游說演說，所到之處"拯救"人們。這些巡回傳道者在營地集會中富有激情的號召大家"走近耶酥"（"come to Jesus"）, 告誡那些罪人如果他們不知悔改，將遭到詛咒。走近圣壇-走近基督-從人群中走出來承認自己的罪過，接受拯救。
"The come-to-Jesus moment for me in my understanding of all this came back in 1990," says John Perry Barlow, the retired Wyoming cattle rancher and digital guru who is co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. (Washington Post, November 2000)
The come-to-Jesus meeting took place on May 25 at a skybox at Nashville's football stadium, where Gore had gone for a publicity event. He told Coelho that he needed to "work on your relationships." (Newsweek, November 2000)
He'll be meeting with his advisers there, but already they have said this is not a "come to Jesus" meeting, Tony. No plan for any woodshed scoldings. (Carl Cameron, reporting on G.W. Bush's primary loss in New Hampshire, February 2000 on Fox news)
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