Kingsport Sovereign Grace Church,
located at 905 Yadkin Street in Kingsport, Tennessee, would
like to invite you to listen to a message of sovereign grace
by their pastor, Gabe Stoniker. And now, Pastor Gabe Stoniker. If you would like to follow along
with me in your Bible today, I will be speaking to you from
John chapter 6. A few verses of scripture will
be our text in John chapter 6. And we'll begin the message by
reading those verses. It's going to be verses 37 to
40. So John six, verse 37, it says,
all that the father giveth me shall come to me. This is our
Lord Jesus Christ speaking. And 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. For 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." Some amazing statements have just been made
right there. Seven of them to be exact. Our Lord said seven
amazing statements. in those few verses that we just
read. For our message today, I want
us to go statement by statement. I want us to just focus on the
statements individually, and hopefully the Lord will allow
us to truly enter into it and get a hold of what he's saying. Now, our Lord said in verse 37,
again, it is the Lord Jesus Christ speaking, And he said, all that
the father giveth me shall come to me. All that the father giveth me
shall come to me. Do we hear what he's saying?
Do we really enter into what he's saying? All that the father
gives to me shall come to me. Everything he said that my father
has given me, all. everything is going to come to
me. What all has the father given
to Christ his son? What all has the father given
him? Well, in John 3, it says in John 3, verse 35, the father
loveth the son and hath given all things into his hands. All things, all things, just
name something. All things, all things pertaining
to salvation, all things pertaining to life, all things pertaining
to eternity, glory. The scripture says all the fullness
of the Godhead has been given to the person of the Lord Jesus
Christ. All things, everything in heaven,
everything in earth, everything. Let's look at a few of those
things specifically. Over in Matthew 28, it says in
Matthew 28, verse 18, Matthew 28, 18, Jesus came and
spake unto them saying, all power is given unto me in heaven and
earth. All power. All power, all authority. All control has been given to
the Lord Jesus Christ. Have we ever thought about that?
Who is controlling everything? Who is sovereignly in power over
everything? All power, all power. He is not a weak, helpless, passive,
dependent, DEPENDING ON SOMEBODY ELSE, SAVIOR LIKE MEN AND WOMEN
THINK HE IS. MEN AND WOMEN THINK JESUS CHRIST
IS HELPLESS WITHOUT THEIR POWER. HE'S TRYING TO DO SOMETHING IF
YOU WILL HELP HIM, IF YOU'LL LET HIM. THAT'S NOT THE CHRIST
OF SCRIPTURE. ALL POWER HAS BEEN GIVEN TO HIM. In John 17, he
said, power over all flesh has been given to me that I should
give eternal life to as many as thou hast given me. He was
praying to his father. The father has given all power
over all things to him, starting with all people, including all
people, all power over all people has been given to him. In John
chapter 5, it says in John 5 verse 22, and this is an important
verse. These two verses are very important.
It says, the Father judgeth no man. Let's listen to what our
Lord is saying right here. The Father judgeth no man, but
hath committed all judgment unto the Son. That all men should
honor the son, even as they honor the father. He that honoreth
not the son, honoreth not the father which hath sent him. All judgment. You think about
the judgment. People talk about the judgment.
We don't stand before God in the judgment. All judgment. IN THIS WORLD AND IN THE WORLD
TO COME HAS BEEN GIVEN TO CHRIST. JESUS CHRIST. ROMANS 14, VERSE
10 SAYS, WE SHALL ALL STAND BEFORE THE JUDGMENT SEAT OF CHRIST. CHRIST. SO ALL THINGS, ALL AUTHORITY,
ALL POWER, ALL JUDGMENT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO HIM. If you look at
Philippians chapter 2 there in your Bible, it says in Philippians
2 verse 9, And given him a name which is above every name, that
at the name of Jesus every knee should bow of things in heaven,
and things in earth, and things under the earth, and that every
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of
God the Father." All of that glory, all of that honor, all
of that praise has been given to Christ, the Lord Jesus Christ. Now, let's go back to our text
in John 6, and we'll see that all of God's elect have been
given to Christ. John 6, verse 37, it says, All
that the Father giveth me shall come to me, and him. Our Lord said, and him, meaning
him, her, them. all that the Father giveth me,"
every sinful but elect soul, every elect person that the Father
has given to me. The Father, God the Father, gave
Christ a particular group of people. That's what the Word
of God says. He gave Christ a particular people
in a covenant, in a promise of mercy and grace, a covenant that
was made sure by the blood of Christ himself, a covenant that
the promise of that covenant was built and stamped based on
the blood of Christ. This was a covenant to choose
and purchase and reinstate every soul that the Father selected
and gave to Christ. That's what the covenant of God
was. And this is the commandment, and this is the authority of
Christ our King. This is the promise, and this
is the comfort. to all of these chosen subjects. He said in John 6, 37, all that
the father giveth to me shall come to me. They will all come
to me. That's the commandment. His commandment
is come. That's the commandment and that's
the promise. That's the commandment of authority.
And that's the promise of comfort. All that the Father giveth me
shall come to me. What an amazing statement. Every
sinful soul that the Father has given to me, the Lord said, shall
come to me. Verse 37, he goes on to say,
all that the Father giveth me shall come to me and him that
cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out. That's a wonderful
statement. What is it to come to Christ?
You have heard men, I am quite sure, stand in pulpits and say
to you, come to Christ. Come to Christ, come to the Lord
Jesus Christ. What is it to come to Christ? Our Lord said, him or her that
cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out. So what is it to come
to the Lord Jesus Christ? Well, I'll tell you what it's
not. It's not to come to the preacher. That's not coming to
Christ. A lot of people think, well,
if I can just get to the preacher, I'll be saved. I need to talk
to the preacher. That's not coming to Christ. They asked John the
Baptist, they said, are you that prophet? He said, oh no, I'm
not that prophet. They said, what's your name?
He said, that's not important. He wouldn't tell him his own
name. He said, you don't need to come to me. Behold the Lamb. He pointed men to Christ. So
coming to the preacher, that's not coming to Christ. It's not
coming to the front of a church. Again, I'm sure you've heard
men stand in pulpits telling everybody, y'all need to come
down front. You need to come down to the front of the church.
That's not coming to Christ. There is just as much sin in
the front of the church as there is in the back of the church.
That's not coming to Christ. It's not to come to a resolve. People say, well, come to Christ.
You need to make a decision. You need to. That's not coming
to Christ. A resolve is not Christ. Turning over a new leaf, a new
leaf is not Christ. It's not to come to a correct
doctrine, although all of God's people will be led to a correct
doctrine. CORRECT DOCTRINE IS NOT CHRIST. THAT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW. PEOPLE
SAY, WELL, I'M GONNA HAVE TO COME TO ELECTION OR I'M GONNA
HAVE TO COME TO... WELL, GOD'S PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE
HIS WORD THAT HE CHOSE A PEOPLE TO SAVE. BUT DOCTRINE IS NOT
CHRIST. IT'S NOT TO COME TO BAPTISM. People think, well, if I'm going
to be saved, I have to come to the baptismal pool. That's not
Christ. Baptism is not Christ. It's not
to come to the commandments of the law. People think, well,
I need to come to Christ, therefore I better start obeying the law,
the book of the law. The law is good. David said,
oh, I love your law. But here's the fact of the matter.
The law is not Christ. It's not Christ. What is it to
come to Christ? Well, here in John 6, verse 44,
our Lord said, no man can come to me. No man can come to me
except the father which hath sent me draw him. Coming to Christ is the draw
of the father. That's the Father's doing. Coming
to Christ is the Father laying hold of a sinner, laying hold
of that sinner's heart, drawing the heart and drawing the spirit
of a sinner, bringing that sinner directly to his Savior, the person
of his Savior. Coming to Christ is a sinner
being drawn by the power of God to seek Christ to be his all. to see himself to be nothing,
I mean nothing, and to see Christ to be all. Coming to Christ is
a bride coming to her husband. Coming to Christ is a hungry
beggar being drawn to his bread. It's the father bringing the
heart of a sinner to a true, sincere belief and a true heart
trust on the person of the Lord Jesus Christ. It's a person,
you come to a person. It's a revelation of who he is
as his word declares him to be. In the word, we see a person,
seeing him. Not just what the imagination
of a person's mind has made up about him. Not just what someone
else has wrongly told another person about him. But it's a
true revelation from the Spirit of God to see Him as He is, as
the Word declares Him to be. And it's to fall in love with
Him as He is, to truly fall in love with Him and need Him and
desire Him. To come to Christ is to come
to God, the God-man, God Himself. John 1 says, In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. To come to Christ is to come
to God. If a man comes to Christ, he's come to God. What does the
Word of God declare about him? It says, God was manifest in
the flesh. This man, Jesus Christ, who walked
the earth, was God manifest in the flesh. The only spotless
man, the only perfect man, that was God in the flesh walking
this earth. He's the only one who can appease
God. He's the only one who can make
intercession to God for our sin because he's God manifest in
the flesh, the God man. What does this word declare about
him? It says he's the Savior. To come to Christ is to come
to a substitute Savior, the one who died in my place, the one
who died for me. To come to Christ is to come
to his sacrifice, not mine, but his. To come to Christ is to
come to his righteousness. That means his perfection, his
good works to God, not mine, but his. To come to Christ is to come
to him satisfying this law, not me, but him. That's what it is
to come to Christ. It's to come to his rest. It's
to come to the place that says, if he rested from all of his
labors before God, then I can rest in him. If he satisfied
God for me, then God is satisfied and I can rest too. If he finished
the work of my salvation, then it's done. That's what it is
to come to Christ. It's to come to rest and trust
in him. It's to come believing that the
Father has drawn you That's what it is to come to Christ. I come
knowing unless the Father draws me, I won't come. I come knowing
that I cannot come on my own. I come knowing that even that
is his work in me and for me. I'm looking to him, totally trusting
him. Verse 37, it says, All that the
Father giveth me shall come to me, and him that cometh to me
I will in no wise cast out. Our Lord went on to say, For
I came down from heaven. How wonderful. I came down from heaven. That's
what he told all who were there. And that's what he's recorded
in his word for all to read. I came down from heaven. Never
did our Lord hide who he was. He did not hide who he was. He
did not hide what he came here to do. He told exactly what he
came here to do. He told exactly who he came here
to do it for. THIS THING WAS NOT DONE IN A
CORNER, THE SCRIPTURE SAYS. HE SAID, I CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN. HE WAS NOT JUST BORN IN BETHLEHEM. PEOPLE THINK HE BEGAN IN BETHLEHEM. HE DID NOT. WAS HE BORN IN BETHLEHEM? SURE HE WAS. BUT HE WAS NOT JUST
ONLY BORN IN BETHLEHEM. HE WASN'T JUST THE SON OF A CARPENTER
AND HIS WIFE. He said, I came down from heaven.
What did you come down from heaven to do, Lord? Look at this, he went on to say,
I came down from heaven not to do mine own will, but the will
of him that sent me. He said, I didn't come to do
mine own will. I came to do the will of the Father, Him who sent
me. Over in Hebrews 10, it says in
verse 9, Our Lord said, Then said He, Lo, I come to do Thy
will, O God. He taketh away the first, that
He may establish the second. By the witch will, we are sanctified
through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily,
ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can
never take away sins. But this man, after he had offered
one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of
God." Why'd he sit down? because it was done. It was offered
and done. Verse 13 says, from henceforth
expecting till his enemies be made his footstool, for by one
offering he hath perfected forever them that are sanctified. What
did Christ come to do? Ask the average person that question.
Ask the average religious person that question. What did Christ
come to do? You'll hear things like this.
Well, he came to show us the way. No, he did not. I'm happy to tell you that's
not what he came to do. People will say, well, he came
to make salvation possible. No, he did not. I'm thrilled
to tell you that's not so. He did not come to make salvation
possible. He said, I came to do the will
of Him that sent me. What was the Father's will that
sent Him? Well, John 6 verse 39, it says, 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. He
said, this was the Father's will that sent me. This is what he
sent me to do. I came to lose nothing. That's what I came to do. I came
to lose nothing. Did he do it? Did he accomplish
what the father sent him to do? In John 17, he said, while I
was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name. Those that
thou gavest me, I have kept and none of them is lost. None. He came so that He might not
lose one soul that His Father gave to Him. Verse 40, He said,
And this is the will of Him that sent Me, that every one which
seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting
life. Christ came to secure eternity
for His people, and that's what He did. That's what he did. He secured eternity for his people. In John 10, verse 27, he said,
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me, and
I give unto them eternal life. Is that not wonderful? Eternal
life, and they shall never perish. Neither shall any man pluck them
out of my hand. Some people say, now you better
be careful, you'll lose your salvation. Not according to God
you won't. If God saved you, you're saved.
He said in verse 29, my father which gave them me is greater
than all and no man is able to pluck them out of my father's
hand. I and my father are one. What he's saying is the will
of the father, that's my will too, we're one. We're one. That will and desire is that
I give unto my people eternal life. So the end of verse 40,
he said, this is the will of him that sent me that everyone
which seeth the sun and believeth on him may have everlasting life
and I will raise him up at the last day. JOB SAID, I KNOW THAT
MY REDEEMER LIVETH, AND THAT HE SHALL STAND AT THE LATTER
DAY UPON THE EARTH. AND THOUGH AFTER MY SKIN WORMS
DESTROY THIS BODY, YET IN MY FLESH SHALL I SEE GOD, WHOM I
SHALL SEE FOR MYSELF, AND MINE EYES SHALL BEHOLD AND NOT ANOTHER.
HE SAID, I'M GOING TO SEE HIM MYSELF IN MY FLESH. Oh, my reigns within me are consumed
with earnest desire for that day. He said, I just can't wait
for that day. I cannot wait for that day. Seven amazing statements
that our Lord made in those verses right there. Seven amazing statements. These are statements that a sinner
can lay hold of and believe and trust and find comfort in. 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. For 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 every one which seeth the Son and believeth
on him may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the
last day. Does that not comfort your heart? Does that not give you peace?
Does that not cause you to cry, come quickly? That's what all
of God's people cry. When God comes and reveals the
glory of the gospel in the person of Christ, they cry, come quickly,
Lord. Come quickly. Draw me to yourself. Put this faith in me that causes
me to believe on you and trust you. The scripture says, faith
is not of ourselves, it is the gift of God. And if God gives
that gift, HIS PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE. THEY'LL LOOK TO CHRIST. THEY'LL
SEE HIM TO BE THEIR ONLY HOPE. MAY THAT BE THE CASE WITH US.
TILL NEXT WEEK, MAY THE LORD BLESS HIS WORD TO OUR HEARTS.
YOU HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO A MESSAGE BY GABE STONIKER, PASTOR OF KINGSPORT
SOVEREIGN GRACE CHURCH IN KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE. If you would like
a copy of this message or to hear other messages of sovereign
grace, log on to our website at ksgctn.org. If you would like to come and
worship with us, our service times are Sunday morning Bible
study at 10 o'clock AM, worship at 1045 AM and 6 o'clock PM,
Wednesday evening at 730 PM. Please tune in next week for
another message of God's free and sovereign grace.