Sunday 1 July 2018

Can we come to God of our own volition?

No man can come to Me, except the Father which hath sent Me DRAW him. John 6.44.

No  man can come unto Me, except it were GIVEN unto him of My Father. John 6.65.

You would think that these two God breathed verses would settle the matter once and for all, but apparently not! Did Jesus mean what He said when He uttered these words, or are they to be interpreted in a different way?

And WHOSOEVER will, let him take the water of life freely. Revelation 22.17.

Does this verse contradict the aforementioned verses?

There are no contradictions in God's Book, if there is something that doesn't "square-up" it is only because of our inability to understand what is being taught in the Scripture of Truth.

The Gospel call is universal, for the Scripture says, God "commandeth All men everywhere to repent." Acts 17.30. But why don't "all men everywhere repent"?

The great commission in Matthew 28.18-20 enjoins the disciples to "teach ALL the nations", as indeed Jesus confirmed to them in Acts 1.8; "ye shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and unto the uttermost parts of the earth." (RV).

So, how does the "whosoever will" in Rev. 22.17 come to Jesus? This is the crux of the matter!
clearly, as John 6.44 affirms, it is the Father that DRAWS him!

Is this so difficult to understand?





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