...seek His blessing, which comes only by His appointed way 1 While the Saviour is stating the truth, " No man can come unto Me except the Father which hath sent Me draw him," He is setting before His true followers the encouraging and gracious fact that it is...

...foundation of the sinner's hope, exhibited as the pattern of his future life. Evening — Mr. Macdonald — John vi. 44, " No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him ". Sunday, 2oth. — Lecture. Psalm xxvii. 1-7. The subject primarily considered, as referring...

...may give " eternal life to as many as the Father hath given him." And he said in another place : " No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him." And : " All that the Father giveth to me shall come to me ; and him that cometh to me...

...Yet what saith our Blessed LORD ? " No man " (mark how emphatic, how all-embracing is the saying), "no man can come unto Me, except the FATHER which hath sent Me draw him." l Now this cannot mean merely that outward drawing which is granted by the calls of GOD'S...

...Son and believeth on him, may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day." In v. 44, "No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him, and I will raise him up at the last day." In v. 54, " Whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh...

...things to know and do God's will. And thus we arrive at the truth contained in our Lord's declaration, ' No man can come unto Me, except the Father which hath sent Me, draw him,' and cannot but admit the strict accuracy of the expression in the inspired narrative...

...the sense of invite, and hence cannot be compulsatory. We have this word explained by the Saviour: "No man can come unto me except the Father which hath sent me draw him." [Jo. 6. 44.] Now how is this drawing to be affected ? Read the next verse: " It is written...

...trembling, for it is GOD which worketh in you both to will, and to do, of His good pleasure." So our LORD, " no man can come unto Me except the FATHER, which hath sent Me, draw him." But we are to beware of whatiscalled irresistible grace. An irresistible grace supplants...

...instances might be adduced, such as ' Whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely.' ' No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me, draw him.' ' So run that ye may obtain.' ' It is not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth.'...

...trembling, for it is GOD which worketh in you both to will, and to do, of His good pleasure." So our LORD, " no man can come unto Me except the FATHER, which hath sent Me, draw him." But we are to beware of what is called irresistible grace. An irresistible grace supplants...