John 6:37 All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out. f God: — I. GOD'S GRACIOUS PURPOSE. 1. God the Father is the prime Mover in the scheme of redemption. Beware of regarding the Father as an enemy and the Son as a friend. The Father's love is perpetually magnified in Scripture. 2. The Father hath given His Son a multitude which no man can number. 3. This gift was a very burdensome one to the Son. A ransom must be paid and satisfaction given. 4. The acceptance of the gift was most willing, for the Son gave Himself to receive it (Ephesians 5:25). II. THE ARTICLE OF THE COVENANT which secures the actual union of His people to the Redeemer. "Shall come unto Me." 1. What is meant by coming to Christ? (1) Seeking, implying a sense of need, danger, misery, condemnation, ruin. (2) Finding, including an enlightened understanding, and the revelation of the Saviour as suited to the sinner's necessities. (3) Appropriation. 2. The instrument of calling sinners is the Word, the Law with its warnings and threatenings, the gospel with its invitations and promises. 3. The effectual agent is the Spirit. We preach like Ezekiel to dry bones until the heavenly breath breathes upon them. III. THE PROMISE. "Him that cometh," etc. The preacher's commission is as unlimited as this promise. "Go ye into all the world," go. 1. Our encouragement to go forth under this commission is drawn from our knowledge of God's purpose. This assures us that our labour shall not be in vain. 2. No degree or kind of guilt will be a bar to the sinner's reception if he will but come. 3. Surely then the expostulation is timely, "Why will ye die?" (1) Why go on in ways you know to be ruinous? (2) Why keep away from Jesus when you are sure of a welcome? 4. Whose fault will it be if you perish? Yours, not God's. (W. Hancock, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.WEB: All those who the Father gives me will come to me. Him who comes to me I will in no way throw out. |
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