No Man Can Come To Me, Except . . .

No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. - John 6:44

    Man can not—God shall! The things which are impossible with men are possible with God (Lk 18:27). Those that come to Christ are identified in the Scriptures as the elect, the chosen, the saints, the redeemed, the called, the sheep, the children of God, just to mention a few. There is one thing very noticeably common to each one; it is the Lord that gives them these titles. With each title is the revelation of the truth that salvation is a work of God, not of man. We can see as well that the great work of salvation is a complete and everlasting work. Therefore, even our coming to Christ is the result of God bringing us to Christ, otherwise we would not come. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day (Jn 6:44).

    Coming to Christ is simply believing on Him, bowing to Him, trusting him and committing ourselves to him for time and eternity. Where faith, submission, trust and commitment is not everpresent in the heart, there is no coming to Christ. All of the above is given to us of God in regeneration. Now, there is one ingredient upon which everything in salvation is dependent upon and is born of—love! The Lord hath appeared of old unto me, [saying], Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee (Jer 31:3). We love Him, because he first loved us (1 Jn 4:19).

    The child of God keeps coming to Christ because he loves him, loves his Word, and loves his people, those who are the body of Christ.