If you'd like to follow along,
I'm gonna be in John chapter six. John chapter six. Now I'm just gonna read verses
43 to 45, but we're gonna be bouncing around this whole chapter. John chapter six, verse 43. Jesus
therefore answered and said unto them, murmur not amongst yourselves. No man can come to me except
the Father which has sent me draw him, and I will raise him
up at the last day. As it is written in the prophets,
and they shall all, they shall be all taught of God. Every man
therefore that hath heard and hath learned of the Father cometh
unto me. Now my title for this message
is Draw and Come. Draw and Come. Just to be specific about it,
we tell people, we tell people to come to Christ because we
want you to come to Christ. We are told in the scriptures
to come to the Lord Jesus Christ. And by God's grace, we will continue
to tell sinners to come to Jesus Christ. But I can tell you this,
John chapter six fills me with great joy. It's one of my favorite
chapters of a favorite book in all of the scriptures. I mean,
this is like, this is right up there as far as I'm concerned
with Isaiah 53. Because there's just about everything
in here you need to know. and it's from the lips of our
Lord Jesus Christ as recorded in the book of John. These are
the words of Jesus Christ. What I say don't matter, what
he says matters. What I say matters only if I'm
saying what he said, what his word is. But here it is, we are
to preach the words of the Lord Jesus Christ about coming unto
Christ. These are his words preaching
to the people. One of the miracles listed in
his words to the disciples of John the Baptist when John the
Baptist sent his disciples to him, he said, what? Tell John the Baptist, tell him
the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the
deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the gospel is preached unto
the poor. Let me tell you something right
here. In John chapter six, Christ preached the gospel. He preached
it plainly, and well, when you get to the end of the chapter,
you see a whole bunch of people turned away and went backwards,
walked no more with him. But that's later on. But here
it is, there is good news of the Lord Jesus Christ. The gospel
of the Lord Jesus Christ is found in John chapter six. Just think
about it. In this chapter, we are told
of the work of God. And we're told twice about the
will of God, the will of the Father, by the lips, by the voice
of our Lord Jesus Christ. And there are things in here
about the child of God, the good news of the Lord Jesus Christ
to the child of God. I just wrote some of them down
here. In verse 37, he says the child of God is given to Christ. In verse 39, he says, talks about
the child of God is preserved by Christ. In John 6, 44, which
we just read, the child of God is drawn to Christ by God. Verse 44 also says, the child
of God shall be raised by Christ. In verse 45, we are instructed,
the child of God is instructed by Christ, by God. And in verses
35 and 57, you can see that the child of God is satisfied by
Christ. So I mean, you've got so many
things in this book, in this chapter, in this book, but what
I wanna talk to you about today is the father draws and you come. It's in that order. Draw and
come, that's what it is. He draws and you come. Verse
44 says this, and this is the way he starts it out. No man
can come unto me. But we're told to come. We're
told to come. But Christ said it himself. These
are his words. No man can come unto me. This
is a fact of the natural man. The natural man, says it in 1
Corinthians, does not receive the things of the Spirit of God.
Wait a minute, he goes on further, he says, He cannot know them. Cannot. An inability. He cannot know the things of
the Holy Spirit. And it explains a little further.
It says the things of the Spirit of God are foolishness to the
natural man. I was there at one time. I didn't think anything about
Christ. well, nothing good, didn't care anything about Christ. The
natural man cannot know them. The natural man, what he does
know, he thinks is foolishness. Oh my. Because it tells us the
things of the Spirit of God are spiritually discerned, spiritually
discerned. Now listen, and this is just
before what I just read, okay? What did Christ tell some of
these people that he had been preaching to, right? Matter of
fact, where is it? Verse 35, Jesus said unto them,
I am the bread of life. He that cometh to me shall never
hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst, right? The satisfaction of the child
of God is in Christ. We are satisfied with Christ.
You come, you'll never hunger, and if you believe, you'll never
thirst. But, the very next verse, verse
36, look at this. But I said unto you that ye also
have seen me, and believe not, and believe not. The Lord of
Glory was right there preaching the absolute truth to these people. They saw him, they heard him,
but they didn't see him and they didn't hear him with the eyes
of faith. Then he says this, you've seen
me and believe not, all that the Father giveth me shall come
to me. Oh, I like that. And him that
cometh to me, I will in no wise cast out. And then he tells us
of the will of the Father. I'm gonna tell you something.
When Christ said, but I said unto you that ye also have seen
me and believe not, those are some very, very scary words. I don't wanna hear that. I don't
wanna hear that. I put that right up there with
those, what is it, Mark 7. or excuse me, Matthew 7. Matthew
7. Verse 21, not everyone that saith
unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but
he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven, many
will say to me in that day. Many will say unto Christ in
that day. Lord, Lord. Have we not prophesied
in thy name, and in thy name have cast out devils, and in
thy name done many wonderful works? And then, and then will
I profess unto them, and these are four words I never wanna
hear, I never knew you. I don't wanna hear that. I do
not wanna hear that. What do you say? Depart from
me. Ye that work iniquity. Oh my. Those that prophesied
in his name, cast out devils in his name, and yet he never
knew them. Mm. I'm gonna tell you something,
folks. That's scary. That's scary. And so is this,
that ye also have seen me, and believe not, and believe not. We are in a world surrounded. We are in the world, we're not
of the world if you're in Christ. But we are in that world surrounded
by unbelievers. But this, these are people who
thought they had some kind of hope. They prophesied in his
name, supposedly. Not well, maybe, I don't know.
We cast out devils in your name. And he said, I never knew you,
I never knew you. Oh my. There are those who saw
and heard our Lord Jesus Christ. You've seen me and believe not. Oh my. But then he says, like
I said in verse 37, all that the father gave to me shall come
to me. It's on 645, again, it's written
in the Prophets, and they shall all be taught of God. Here's
the thing, every man therefore that hath heard and hath learned
of the Father cometh unto me. Oh my, and I'll raise him up. I'll raise him up. And here's
the thing, what's the difference? No man can come unto me, come
to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him. Draw him. And I'm gonna tell
you, every one that the Father gave
to Jesus Christ, the Father is going to draw him. This is where
the difference lies. There are those. and we're surrounded
by them, that have seen, but they don't believe. They have
this word in their house, maybe in their hands right now, but
they don't believe. They don't believe him. They don't believe Christ. They
may believe their own Christ. I was listening to Henry on the
way up here. He says, oh, you got your Jesus, but this is the
Jesus of the Bible. This is the Christ of the Bible,
and his name is the Lord Jesus Christ, and never forget that,
because if he's not your Lord, he's not your Savior. I've heard
some silliness in my life, but possibly one of the most silliest
things I've ever heard, which is probably bad English, probably
the silliest thing I've ever heard is Make Jesus your Savior,
accept Jesus as your Savior usually, and then make him your Lord.
No, no, no, no, no. If he's not your Lord, he ain't
your Savior, because only the Lord Jesus Christ saves. And
that's whose name we are to call upon. That's who we're to come
to. Mm. but you can't come unless
the Father which has sent him draws you. That's what the book
says. Oh my. Oh, and he does. He draws his
people. Matter of fact, I remember Earl
talking about this years ago, and it was the first time I'd
ever heard that scripture. He said it actually means to
pull with resistance. That's us, folks. We're the resistant
part, okay? But it literally means drag,
drag. Oh, and where is it? I know I got it here somewhere. Wait a minute, let me find it.
It's in Jeremiah. Oh, no, it's Isaiah, not Jeremiah. What do you think? 31, Jeremiah 31, I was
right. The Lord hath appeared of old
unto me, saying, yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting
love. Therefore, with loving kindness,
have I what? Drawn thee, drawn thee. Oh, I like that, I do. I have loved thee with an everlasting
love. Therefore, I have drawn thee.
What? All that the Father gives to me shall come to me. Oh, my. I like that, I do. And I will raise them up. Christ said it. He that believes
has everlasting life. And you know who has everlasting
life? Christ, the ones that Christ
gives everlasting life. Father, you've given me power
over all flesh to give, what? Everlasting life. Eternal life. To as many as thou hast given
me. Mm, I like that, I do. Because here's the thing, folks.
When he draws, you come. When he draws, you come. You
understand? This is not a tug of war. where
you have two semi-equal sides and you're trying to, no. It's
the Lord in you. And you will lose every time. And thank God for it. Thank God
for it. Oh my. Christ Jesus is the bread
of life that satisfies. Those that come to him shall
never hunger. Those that believe shall never thirst. They have
everlasting life. And? just like I just read in
Jeremiah chapter 31 verse three. I knew I had it in here. This
is because of the love of God which is in our Lord Jesus Christ. What'd he say? Yea, I have loved
thee with an everlasting love. And what's that next word? Therefore,
that's right, therefore. Therefore, glad you paid attention.
Therefore, with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. And the love of God is in his
Son. The love of the Father is in
our Lord Jesus Christ. And he, the Father, gave all
his people to the Son. And he loves them in his Son. God loves us in Jesus Christ. Therefore, have I drawn thee. Oh, I like that. I'm gonna tell
you something, folks. The Lord, the Lord is good to
his people and is in Jesus Christ, in his Son. All the blessings
that we have are in Jesus Christ. And it says we have all spiritual
blessings in heavenly places, but it's in Christ. In love,
in love. All that the Father gave to the
Son are given in love. All that the Father gave to the
Son are drawn in love. All that the Father gave to the
Son are taught in love. All that the Father gave to the
Son are kept in love. And all that the father gave
to the son are raised up in love. And here's the thing, all that
the father gave to the son come to the son. Come unto me, come
unto me. Because I'm gonna tell you something,
folks, he repeated this verse, this part of this verse, in verse
65, of John chapter six. And he said, therefore said I
unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given
unto him of my father. Salvation by grace. It's the gift of God. Except
it were given unto him of my father, you will not come. You cannot come. But when the
Father draws, oh my, it's given unto you to come. I got a bit of a song here by John Berridge. Let me read this to you. No wit
or will of man or learning he may boast, No power of reason
can draw sinners unto Christ. So fallen is nature, such her
flaw, none come except the Father draw. I like that. Now his spirit
must disclose the deadly plague within, uncover all our woes
and show the man of sin. And feeling thus our ruined state,
we humbly fall at Jesus' feet. The comforter must teach the
Savior's toil and smart, when with conviction preach atonement
to the heart. Then sinners gaze with ravished
eyes and feast upon the sacrifice. So let my heart be drawn to Jesus
Christ the Lord and learn to feast upon his person and his
word. Feel sweet redemption through
his blood and give the glory all to God. I like that, I like that. None come except those the Father
draw. That's what John chapter six
is telling us. None can come, and we do come. What's the difference? The sovereign power, might, and
grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. This is the gospel, folks. Come to Christ, and you can't
come to Christ, but the Father will draw you to Christ. Oh my, I like that, I do. I remember reading this for the first time
and it stopped me in my tracks, verse 44. Wait a minute, wait
a minute. I believe you come, but I thought
it was because I came. No, that's not what it says.
It says no man can come. except the Father give it to
them, unless the Father draw you. And that's what it means. This is not, I know a lot of
people want to put it up to debate, but it's not up to debate because
Christ said it twice. Once is enough, but he said it
twice. No man can come unto me unless
the Father which has sent me draw him. No man can come except
to be given to him of my Father. Verse 66 says this. From that,
the word time is interpolated there. From that, many of his
disciples went back and walked no more with him. And Jesus turned
to his disciples and said, will you also go away? He didn't seem a bit concerned
these people left. That's because of John 6, 36.
But I said unto you that ye also have seen me, and believe not. So he looked at his disciples
and said, will you also go away? And Simon Peter answered, Lord,
to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal
life. And that's true. But Jesus also
said, have I not chosen you 12 and one of you is a devil? Oh
my. And that's also true. Oh my. Henry Mahan preached a
sermon on faith years ago, decades ago. And I remember that kind
of spooked me a little bit. He said, because false, a false
faith can persevere. And he used that example in that
view. They're gonna come to me in that day and say, Lord, Lord,
we did all this in your name. And he can say, I never knew
you. It's scary stuff, folks. Judas was there to the Last Supper. I'm glad my salvation rests on
Christ. Because if it rested on me, I'd
be in a world of hurt. Walter used to say, I'd be a
goner. I'd be gone. Oh, but it does
rest on Christ. That's what John six is about.
God will draw you and you will come. And not only that, if you
come, Christ will raise you up again at the last day. Oh, I
like that. And if you come to him, you'll
never hunger. And if you believe him, you'll
never thirst. Why? Because he's here and he's
here. Mm, I like that, I do. You understand what it said in
John 14, six. Jesus saith unto him, I am the
way, the truth, and the life. But he also said this. No man
cometh under the Father, but by me. By me, what? The Father draws and you come.
Oh, I like that. But without faith it is impossible
to please him. That's Hebrews 11, six. For he
that cometh to God must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder
of them that diligently seek him. Oh my. Faith, believing, is the work
of God. Where do you say that? I think
it says it in John chapter six. Let me see. And Jesus answered
and said unto them, this is the work of God that ye believe on
him whom he hath sent. This is the job of God. That's what that word means.
This is the doing of God that you believe. that you believe. Oh my. Tell you something folks,
the Father draws and you come and you're happy. Now the thing
is, how much of this do you know when it's happening? Maybe not
much. It may not be. But here's the
thing, Blessed is the man, this is from the Old Testament, blessed
is the man whom thou choosest and causest to approach unto
thee, that he may dwell in thy courts. We shall be satisfied
with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. What
do you see there? Same thing in the Old Testament.
He chose, he causes his people to approach. He causes and you
come. That's the good news back in
the Old Testament. It's still the good news in the
New Testament when our Lord Jesus Christ was here and it's still
the good news now. Salvation is by the sovereign
free grace of God. From beginning to end. From being
drawn to coming to being kept. Oh, I like that, I do, I do. Coming to Christ is the gift
of his drawing, his bringing in many sons unto glory. Oh, I do. So what do we have
to say? Come to Christ. Come to Christ. If you can, come to him. He'll
give you rest. He'll give you rest for your
soul. But he does say, if you're laboring or heavy laden, come
to me, and I'll give you rest. Oh yeah. He might just make you
laboring and heavy laden. Hopefully he will. That's part
of the drawing under Christ. By the Father. He draws, the
Father draws, and you come. And thank God for it. Thank God
for it. Our Heavenly Father, we're thankful
for this time and this place. Lord, oh my, you have done all
of our salvation. Your son, our Lord, has accomplished
a complete redemption, a complete justification, and has made us
in himself righteous. Oh my, you are so good to us
and we deserve it, not at all. Thank you, Lord, for everything
you've done and for all you're doing and for all you shall do.
Be with everyone here, me as we go forth, and be with everyone
who's not here that wanted to be. Bless them, Lord. In Christ's name we pray, amen.