Who Comes To Christ?

No one comes to Christ Jesus unless the Father draws them.

(Matthew 6:44)

This is an extremely important reality.

In His three and one-half years upon this earth

Christ Jesus did not draw a single person to Himself,

His Father did by His Holy Spirit.

Christ Jesus Himself, drew no one to Himself by Himself.

No one came to believe in Christ Jesus

Except that the father had drawn them.

This reality has tremendous implications for Evangelism today.

An Evangelist or Christian can proclaim the Word of God

But the Father alone, by the Holy Spirit, can draw the hearer to His Son.

The Father can draw people to His Son

Who have never heard an Evangelist or a Christian proclaim the Word of God.

This is a supernatural reality; an example of the Sovereignty of God.

When I came to believe in Christ Jesus I did not know a single Christian.

The Father came to me Sovereignly, had me look at the Scripture where Christ Jesus said He was the Way, the Truth and the LIFE,

At that moment I knew that this was the Truth

And I believed by the Power of God's Spirit;

God's Spirit spoke to my spirit so strongly,

I knew what He spoke was the Truth.

Since God is no respecter of persons [Acts 10:34],

We can understand that the Father visits every single person

And gives them the opportunity to receive His Son.

Every person that ever lived was visited by the Father

And given the opportunity to receive His Son, Christ Jesus.

Why then do so few become true believers in the Lord?

Christ Jesus' Parable of the Sower explains this:

'A farmer went out to sow his seed.

As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path,

And the birds came an ate it up.

Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil.

It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow.

But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered Because they had no root.

Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants.

Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop--

A hundred, sixty or thirty times what as sown.

He who has ears, let him hear.' (Matthew 13:3-9)

The disciples came to Him and asked,

'Why do you speak to the people in parables?'

He replied, 'The Knowledge of the Secrets of the Kingdom of Heaven

Has been given to you, but not to them.

Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance.

Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

This is why I speak to them in parables:

'Though seeing, they do not see;

Though hearing they do not hear or understand.

In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah:

'You will be ever hearing but never understanding;

You will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

For this people's heart has become calloused;

They hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes.

Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears,

Understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.'

But blessed are your eyes because they see,

And your ears because they hear.

For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous men

Longed to see what you see but did not see it,

And to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

Listen then to what the parable of the sower means:

When anyone hears the message about the Kingdom

And does not understand it,

The Evil One comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart.

This is the seed sown along the path.

What was sown on rocky places is the man who hears the Word

And at once receives it with joy.

But since he has no root, he last only a short time.

When trouble or persecution comes because of the Word,

He quickly falls away.

What was sown among the thorns is the man who hears the Word,

But the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke it,

Making it unfruitful.

But what was sown on good soil

Is the man who hears the Word and understands it.

He produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.

(Matthew 13:10-23)

Only those who have responded to the drawing of the Father

Are those who have good soil; soil to receive and retain the sown Word.

This is far beyond intellectual assent, this is a heart felt reality

That becomes more real to those who receive it, than the world around them.

The world around us is passing away [1 Corinthians 7:31].

Those who have good soil understand this reality.

Everything around them is temporary,

“Sound an fury amounting to nothing.” (Macbeth)

“Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.

“Utterly meaningless! Everything is meaningless.” (Ecclesiastes 1:2)

What is evil is called good and what is good is called evil. (Isaiah 5:20)

There is a way that seems right to a man the end thereof is death.

(Proverbs 14:12)

Faith and Faith lived out is all that matters.

Today, the world is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)

America is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.

Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!

Father, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!