Turn with me, if you would, back
to John chapter six. John six, I see this message
as a continuation of the Bible study that we just had. John six, let's read verse 37
together. Our Lord Jesus Christ said, All that the Father giveth me
shall come to me, and him that cometh to me I will
in no wise cast out. I want to declare a message of
sovereignty and comfort. according to the word of our
Lord himself. He said, all that the father
giveth me shall come to me. And him that cometh to me, I
will in no wise cast out. I was talking with Brother Angus
Fisher. As I just mentioned to you, we
were able to meet and talk there at the conference. And he was
telling me about some new people who were coming to the
congregation there in Australia and how encouraged he was by
it. And I asked him if he knew of
any other congregations there in Australia that preached and
believed the truth of God's absolute sovereignty in all things, sovereignty
in salvation, sovereignty in everything. And he said, no. But he said, if they are there,
I know the Lord is gonna call them out and make them known. If there are men and women there
who do believe on the truth of God's absolute sovereignty, he
said, I know the Lord's gonna call them out and make them known. And to that, I said, you're right. You're exactly right. And thank
God, thank God for that. All that the father has given
to Christ shall come to Christ. Aren't you so glad for that? There is great comfort in that
sovereignty. That's a sovereign statement. All that the Father has given
to Christ shall come to Christ. There's so much comfort in that
sovereignty. God is a sovereign God. Oh, I want all men to know this, all
men and women to know this. I really do. God is a sovereign
God and His grace is sovereign grace. There's no chance with
God. Our God doesn't attempt anything.
He doesn't try anything. He doesn't throw anything. He's
not a fisherman seeing if he can hook something or hook somebody.
Our God is a sovereign God and His grace is sovereign grace.
Why do we call it sovereign grace? Why do we call it sovereign grace?
It's because that's what it is. That's why we call it that. That's
what it is. God's grace to sinners, His kindness,
His favor, His love, His gift. God's grace to sinners is sovereign
grace. What does sovereign mean? A sovereign is one who holds
the highest position. in authority, in control. To say that God is sovereign,
what that means is, it means God Almighty is God Almighty. That's what it means. Almighty. It means he is the one who has
the right and the ability to do what he wants with whoever
he wants. No one can stop him or question
what he's doing. And the sooner we find that out
about him, the better off we'll be. Honestly, if he would reveal
that to us and we would find this out about God, the better
off we'll be. Our dear brother Henry Mahan,
whenever he first heard the truth about God, he was sitting in
a conference and there was a man preaching named Rolf Barnard and Rolf In the middle of his
message, he was sitting on the front row. And Rolfe called him out and
said, stand up. And he stood up. He said, can
you quote Romans 8, 28 for me? And he said, I think I can. He
said, quote it. He said, we know that all things
work together for good to them that love God. And he sat down.
He said, well, that's part of it. Do you know the rest of it?
He said, well, I think I do. Stand up and give us the rest
of it. So he stood up and said, we know that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them who are the
called according to his purpose. At the very moment that he said
purpose, Ralph Barnard started screaming at the top of his lung.
Purpose. Purpose. Purpose. All things on purpose. With God,
everything is purpose. Purpose. He's not trying. He doesn't have a wonderful plan
for anybody's life. He has a glorious purpose. It's all on purpose. He said,
son, if we ever learn anything about God's purpose, we'll learn
something about God. We'll learn something about salvation.
We'll learn something about the gospel. Purpose. He does what He wants with whom
He wants. We would all be wise to find
this out about Him. The only way we will is if He
sovereignly reveals it to us. May He sovereignly reveal it
to us. Turn with me over to Daniel chapter
4. Daniel chapter 4, just after Ezekiel. This is where King Nebuchadnezzar
learned something of God's sovereignty. Verse 29, Daniel 4 verse 29, it says, at
the end of 12 months, King Nebuchadnezzar walked in the palace of the kingdom
of Babylon. And the king spake and said,
is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of
the kingdom by the might of my power and for the honor of my
majesty? And that's what man naturally
thinks concerning himself. Look at what I have done. I got
saved. I decided to accept Jesus into
my heart. I, I, I. Verse 31. While the word was in the king's
mouth, there fell a voice from heaven saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar,
to thee it is spoken, the kingdom is departed from thee. And that's
what God says to every soul that He speaks this to. Your glory
that you see in yourself is about to depart from you. Verse 32,
They shall drive thee from men, thy dwelling shall be with the
beast of the field, They shall make thee to eat grass as oxen. Seven times shall pass over thee
until thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of
men and giveth it to whomsoever he will." This was the purpose
that God was revealing to Nebuchadnezzar. He said, I'm going to bring you
down. And he does, he brings his people down. And he said,
I'm gonna do this that you might know that I give this to whomsoever
I will. Verse 33, the same hour was the
thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar and he was driven from men and
did eat grass as oxen and his body was wet with the dew of
heaven till his hairs were grown like eagle's feathers and his
nails like bird's claws. And at the end of the days, I,
Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding
returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High." I didn't bless
myself anymore. I blessed the Most High, and
I praised and honored Him that liveth forever, whose dominion
is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom is from generation
to generation, and all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing,
and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven and
among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay his
hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? At the same time my reason
returned unto me, and for the glory of my kingdom, Mine honor
and brightness returned unto me, and my counselors and my
lords sought unto me, and I was established in my kingdom, and
excellent majesty was added unto me. Verse 37, he said, Now I,
Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven,
all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment, and those
that walk in pride he is able to abase. After Nebuchadnezzar
saw his sovereignty, he cried, he does what he wants with who
he wants. No one can stop him. No one can
question him. No one can reject him. Don't we sinners cry, thank God. No one can hinder him in any
way, shape or form. Why? Because he's sovereign. It's because He's sovereign.
Look with me at Isaiah 46. Isaiah 46 verse 9 says, Remember the former things of
old for I am God and there is none else. I am God and there's
none like me. Declaring the end from the beginning. And he has. He has declared the
end and he did that from the beginning. There are no surprises
with God. Declaring the end from the beginning
and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying,
my counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure, calling a
ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel
from a far country, yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring
it to pass. I have purposed it, I will also
do it. He said, if I say it, it's going
to be done. That's just how it is. Look at
Isaiah 43. Isaiah 43 verse 10. You are my witnesses, saith the
Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and
believe me, and understand that I am he. Before me there was
no God formed, neither shall there be after me. I, even I, am the Lord, and beside
me there is no Savior. I have declared and have saved,
and I have showed, when there was no strange God among you,
Therefore, you are my witnesses, saith the Lord, that I am God. Yea, before the day was, I am
he, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand. I will
work, and who shall let it? He said, I will do my bidding,
and no one will stop me. I get permission from no one. People foolishly say, and I'm
not trying to be mean, I'm honestly not, but it's just so. People
foolishly say, men stand up in pulpits and so foolishly say
to people, won't you let God? How absurd. How ridiculous, how
foolish. HE SAID. NO ONE WILL LET HIM
DO ANYTHING. HE GETS PERMISSION FROM NO ONE. WHY? BECAUSE HE'S SOVEREIGN. THAT'S THE REASON WHY. HE IS
GOD ALL MIGHTY. TURN WITH ME OVER TO PSALM 115. Psalm 115 verse 1 says, Not unto
us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto Thy Name give glory, for
Thy mercy and for Thy truth's sake. Wherefore should the heathen
say, Where is now their God? Where is He? Verse 3, Our God
is in the heavens. He hath done whatsoever He hath
pleased. He hath done whatsoever He hath
pleased. That's sovereignty. God can do
whatever He wants to do because He's sovereign. Now, what did He want to do? He can do whatever He wants to
do because He's sovereign. What did He want to do? What
did it please the Lord God to do? Well, according to His Word,
it pleased Him to choose a people to save. You talk about thank God. It pleased Him to choose a particular
people to save. And it pleased Him to give every
one of those people to the Lord Jesus Christ. And then it pleased Him to give
the Lord Jesus Christ, He chose a people and He gave them to
Christ. And then it pleased Him to give
the Lord Jesus Christ to the cross of Calvary. To give Himself as a ransom payment
for the sin of all of those particular people. Christ made that payment with
all of those particular people in Him. And with all of their sin being
dealt with by God Almighty. I'm telling you outside of Christ,
we do not want to go stand before the judgment throne of God Almighty. We can't enter into the horror
of what Christ endured. But that's what a man or woman
will endure outside of Christ. Christ received what was owed
to His people. Thank God with all of the sin
of God's people being dealt with and put away in Him, it pleased
Him to gather every single one of those people to Himself to
give them life. to give them peace, to give them
hope, to give them deliverance, to give them safety, to give
them freedom, to give them rest. That's what it pleased Him to
do. Let me show you that over in Romans 8. Turn with me over
to Romans 8 and we'll see that that's what it pleased the Sovereign
God to do. Romans 8 verse 29, it says, For whom He did foreknow, that
word foreknow means elect. God elected a people to save. And just run with me to a couple
of verses here. Look at verse 33. It says, Who
shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? God has an elect
people. Look with me at chapter 9 verse
11. It says, For the children being
not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the
purpose of God, according to election, might stand not of
works, but of him that calleth. Elect, election, Look at chapter
11 verse five, Romans 11 verse five says, even so then at this present
time also there's a remnant according to the election of grace. Verse seven says, what then?
Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for but the
election has obtained it and the rest were blinded. So God
has an elect people that He chose to save. And it's a people that
He foreknew. That means knew before. Set His love and affection on
them before the foundation of the world. Back in chapter 8.
Back in Romans 8. Verse 29 says, Whom He did foreknow, He also
did predestinate. to be conformed to the image
of His Son by way of the operation of redemption. And the Father
did that so that Christ might be the firstborn among many brethren. Verse 30 says, Moreover, whom
He did predestinate, them He also called. He predestinated
them to Christ. to bring Him to Christ. And them
He also called in Christ. And whom He called, them He also
justified by Christ, by the cross of Christ, by the suffering,
by the punishment, by the death of the Lord Jesus Christ. And
it says, whom He justified, them He also glorified. He raised
up by the resurrection and life of the Lord Jesus Christ. Verse
31 says, What shall we then say to these things? If God be for
us, who can be against us? What shall we say to these things?
The answer is nothing. If God be for us, who can be
against us? The answer to that is nobody. He's the sovereign God. And if
He accomplished all of that for us, nothing and no one is capable
of opposing that accomplishment. Not even me. I can't even ruin
it for myself. People are always saying, you
better stop or you're going to lose your salvation. Not according
to the sovereign God. He said that they're in my hand.
I'm in my Father's hand. Nobody's taking them out. Our
purpose to save them, none of them are lost. Verse 32 says, he that spared
not his own son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall
he not with him also freely give us all things? Who shall lay
anything to the charge of God's elect? It's God that justified,
nobody can even accuse. Who is he that condemneth? It's
Christ that died, yea rather that is risen again. who is even
at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for
us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation,
or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril,
or sword? As it is written, for thy sake
we are killed all the day long. We are accounted as sheep for
the slaughter. Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors
through him that loved us. For I am persuaded that neither
death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers,
nor things present or things to come, nor height, nor depth,
nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the
love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. God accomplished
a work of salvation for a particular people and that work is finished. That salvation is complete. And
this is how you can tell who he accomplished it for. Every
one of them, all that the father gave to Christ
shall come to Christ. Every one of them shall believe
on Christ. Every one of them shall bow the
knee to Christ, the high King of heaven, the high King of them.
Everyone will hear the voice of Christ. Everyone will fall
in love with Christ. Everyone will follow Christ,
every one of them. Every one of them. Now with me
back to John six, I'm almost done. John 6, verse 37. All, and that means all, thank
God. All that the Father giveth me
shall come to me. Not some of them, All of them. If we belong to Him, we're coming. No questions asked. No doubt
about it. We're coming. Come unto me and be ye saved. That's not an offer. That's a
command. It's a command to all of God's
people. They are all going to be brought by the Spirit. They're
going to be led by the Word. They're coming. Verse 37 says,
all that the father giveth me shall come to me. God does not beg his people. Do we want to know whether or
not we're hearing the voice of our God? God does not beg his
people. If we hear the command of his
word to sinners, then we're hearing the voice of the Lord our God. He does not beg His people. He
sovereignly lays hold and brings His people by powerfully, irresistibly
drawing His people to Himself. With His cords of love, He sovereignly
draws His people to Himself. We read this in the Bible study.
Our brother read it just a minute ago, but look at verse 44 again.
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. That's how
men and women come to Christ. God sovereignly draws them to
Christ. And when God purposes to draw
a sinner to Christ, that sinner had better get ready because
he or she is coming to Christ. When sinners come to Christ,
this is what they find. They find that their just God
is also their Savior. Isn't that glorious? Our just
God is also the one who saved us. They find that their judge
is also their advocate. That's glorious. The one who
all judgment has been given to is also the one who says, I paid
for that. They find all their peace, all
their assurance, all their security, all their righteousness, all
forgiveness, hope, acceptance, grace, mercy, everything. And it's because they find this
right here. Verse 37 says, all that the father giveth me shall
come to me and him that cometh to me, I will in no wise cast
out. I will not leave you. I will not forsake you. I will
own you. I will have you, I will keep
you, I'm not ashamed to call you mine. If we have a heart
to come to Christ, the true Christ, I don't know who God gives this
heart to, so we preach it to all men and women. But I tell
you this, if God gives us a heart to come to the sovereign Christ,
The true God, God manifest in the flesh. If we have a heart
to come to the Lord Jesus Christ, that is the father drawing us
to him. The father draws us to him. That's
the father drawing us to bow to him. That's the father drawing
us to worship him. If we have a heart to worship
him. for who He is and what He's done. That's the Father drawing
us. And if the Father draws us to Christ, then let's take comfort
in this right here. He will in no wise cast us out. I love those three words, in
no wise. For no reason, under no circumstances
We will never be able to alter or change the purpose of our
sovereign God in the salvation of our souls. He will in no wise
cast us out. Let me close with these verses.
Verse 38, he said, I came down from heaven not to do mine own
will, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the father's
will, which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me,
I should lose nothing. but should raise it up again
at the last day. And this is the will of Him that
sent me, that everyone which seeth the Son and believeth on
Him may have everlasting life. And I will raise Him up at the
last day." Thank God for His sovereignty in giving us and
bringing us to the Lord Jesus Christ. Hear His voice. Obey His drawl. Come to Him. He won't cast you out. He will
not cast you out. He'll give you rest. All right.