...at me. What I say can make me no worse than I am by nature, according to his theory. John vi, 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." But how does the Father draw people to Christ...

...discourage not yourselves by self-imposed restrictions. True, lower down in this chapter we read, " No man can come unto Me except the Father which hath sent Me draw him." But this is God's side of the matter, for " it is not of him that willeth, nor of him...

...come, and he believes he will not be cast out, because Christ will not deceive him. Then he reads, "No man can come unto me. except the Father which hath sent me draw him." And thus he traces his conviction of sin and helplessness, his need of a growing faith...

...us what flesh cannot do. " No man can come unto Me, except it were given unto him of My Father : " " No man can come unto Me, .except the Father Which hath sent Me draw him :" " It is the Spirit that quickeneth ; the flesh profiteth nothing : The words that I...

...DECEMBER 15x11. Christianity recognises necessity in the doctrine that devotion depends upon grace. " No man can come unto me except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him" (John vi, 44). And this agrees to the fact, that volition without motive is impossible,...

...helplessness that he cannot take a single step alone. Therefore, when the Lord Jesus Christ said, " No man can come unto Me, except the Father which hath sent Me draw him," He spoke from His own knowledge and from the personal experience of all who spiritually...

...and drink, saying, " Whosoever will let him come and take the water of life freely," and yet says, " No man can come unto Me except the Father which hath sent Me draw him." The angels on His nativity sang, "Peace on earth;" one of His very names even being,...

...regard to the offence of the cross. He said to the unbelieving Jews: "Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come unto me except the Father which hath sent me draw him." To his disciples he said : " If it were not so, / would have told you." And to perplexed...

...thoughts, Jesus pauses in His discourse, and fixing His eye upon them says, " Murmur not among yourselves ; no man can come unto Me, except the Father which hath sent Me, draw him." For the moment the murmuring is checked, and Jesus goes on to repeat again and again...

...passage, man's natural helplessness and inability to repent or believe. We find our Lord saying, — " No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath 'sent me draw him." Until the Father draws the heart of man by His grace, man will not believe. The solemn...