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When The Father Draws Us
When The Father Draws Us
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44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
This group was still very skeptical
They had seen the miracles
They had witnessed the feeding of the 5,000
Many had bee healed
Some still wanted more miracles
30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
Jesus in the previous text said he was the bread of life using a metaphor’ for bread
There was the revealing of truth of who he was
They clearly understood what he was claiming
41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. 42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
There are some being drawn to the Lord !
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
Regardless of where you are in your walk with the Lord, God is always making an effort to draw you closer to Himself.
helkeo - to pull out
To pull out of a container
God is pulling us out of the world to Himself
God is pulling us out to see Him
Drawing you to Him!
Young father
Moved to FT. Lauderdale
Lonely wife
Two children
No friends
Looking a searching for some meaning
Tried several churches
Airplane encounter
Transfer to NJ
Accepting Christ
God was drawing Himself to me
Illustration of drawing
He wants to have a strong, intimate, and personal relationship with you. He is very intentional when it comes to drawing us near to Him.
Out of a long list, these are four ways God draws us closer to Him:
God draws us near through His Word. We can encounter Scripture in many ways. For example, we could spend time reading the Bible on our own. We could hear teachers and preachers speak to us about the Word of God.
God draws us near through His people. We were not created to live the Christian life in isolation.
God designed us to live in relationship with other people, specifically with other believers, so that we can grow in our faith. When we have deep conversations about God with our friends and family, when we receive encouragement from someone, or when we hear testimony of God’s work in another’s life; we are being drawn closer to the Lord.
God draws us near through His Spirit. When you become a follower of Jesus, the Holy Spirit comes to live within you. He is a helper and a companion to you; He is with you at all times to give you guidance, wisdom, discernment, and direction.
When you feel the Holy Spirit tugging at your heart and you sense His prompting, that is God drawing you close to Himself. He wants to speak to you and lead you down the path He has for you.
God draws us near through our circumstances. When we go through difficult seasons in life, we often face disappointment, heartbreak, confusion, and pain. At times like these, we want to know that someone is there for us, caring for us, and encouraging us in the midst of this situation.
Because God wants us to know that He is our ultimate Comforter, He will often use trials and struggles to bring us back to Him, and draw us closer to Him. When we are walking closely with the Lord, the circumstances we are facing become much more bearable.
Illustration of drawing - ??
I. The Murmuring
I. The Murmuring
41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. 42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? 43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
Here he was, claiming to be “the bread which came down from heaven,” claiming, in short, to be from heaven, to be God—but how could that be?
They murmured because it did not line up with their beliefs
As I said last week Jesus is right in front of some waiting to be apart of their life but they can see Him because of their unbelief.
They made fun of it
The ridiculed it
They just did not want to believe
We often ridicule things we dont believe.
Auburn University - ridiculed evangelists at Haley Center
Many times a part of the drawing is the fact you murmur
3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
9 For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
“Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose Father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?” They murmured at him, John says.
Murmured - grumble and complain
This cant be true it Joseph’s son?
Interestingly, the word for murmured (gonguzo) is the same one used in the Septuagint for the murmuring of the children of Israel in the wilderness (see Exodus 16:2, 7, 8, 9, 12 and 1 Corinthians 10:10).
They Probably the Jews (doubtless, representatives of the dominant religious party) had been murmuring about what he had been saying before now murmuring at him.
Because of their belief - they could not see Christ and they murmured.
“We know who this man’s parents are” they said. “Joseph is his father. How can he say: ‘I came down from heaven’?” Evidently it was assumed that Joseph was the Lord’s father which, of course, made him an illegitimate child and the subject under the mosiac law of extreme religious discrimination.
Murmuring is the outward showing of unbelief.
II. The Migration - the Drawing
II. The Migration - the Drawing
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
This is the inner work of coming to Christ......
This inner working of christ draws men/women to Him
32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
He is calling
draw - hela ko - to draw out or up ...
God is drawing you or me up ...
he is doing the heavy lifting
No one can come to Jesus or believe on Him without divine help.
People are so ensnared in the quicksand of sin and unbelief that unless God draws them (cf. v. 65), they are hopeless.
This drawing of God is not limited to a few. Jesus said, “I … will draw all men to Myself” (12:32).
This does not mean that all will be saved but that Greeks (i.e., Gentiles; 12:20) as well as Jews will be saved. Those who will be saved will also be resurrected (cf. 6:39–40).
Key - read vs 45
6:45. In support of this doctrine of salvation by God’s grace, Jesus cited the Old Testament.
The quotation, They will all be taught by God, is from the Prophets, probably Isaiah 54:13, though Jeremiah 31:34 has the same thought.
This “teaching” of God refers to His inner work that disposes people to accept the truth about Jesus and respond to Him.
How Does God Draw Men to Christ?
In verse forty-five, Jesus reveals precisely how God draws people to Christ.
Quoting from the prophet Isaiah (Isa. 54:13) and possibly alluding to Jeremiah 31:34, the Lord employs four verbs to stress the personal volition of human beings and the method employed in their being drawn to him. They must be taught, hear, learn, and come.
To ignore these inspired words is exegetically dishonest.
Taught - drawing through teaching
The word has to do with “being taught, instructed” (Danker et al. 2000, 240).
In 1 Corinthians 2:13 it is employed of the teaching that ultimately originates with the Holy Spirit but is made known by means of words through men who convey the message — either those inspired originally or now by means of their words as recorded in Scripture.
Professor Merrill Tenney wrote: “Verse 45 indicates that God would do his drawing through the Scriptures and that those who were obedient to God’s will as revealed in the Scriptures would come to Jesus” (1981, 76; emphasis added).
Hearing - drawing through hearing
The word “heard” is important because it is preliminary to coming to Christ.
some hear some its just noise
In other words, it involves receiving information about something (cf. Danker et al. 2000, 38).
Learning - drawing through learning
Embraces the idea
It involves more than mere exposure to information. It embraces the idea of grasping the significance of what has been taught (Mt. 13:23).
Coming to Jesus
The fourth verb is “comes.”
Coming is not the result of divine compulsion.
It derives from a decision to surrender to the Savior.
God draws. People come.
Those who come, however, are those who have been taught, who have heard and learned.
Hence it is perfectly transparent that God draws sincere people by means of gospel instruction by which people are taught, hear, and learn.
In the final days prior to his crucifixion, Christ wept over the city of Jerusalem, lamenting the fact that though he had longed to gather them under his protective care, they would not (Mt. 23:37). There is a vast difference between “would not” and “could not.” However, if a stubborn person practices “I won’t” long enough, it can become “I can’t” (Jn. 12:39). See also John 5:40 and Revelation 22:17 for the matter of free will.
The inner working of God
Everyone who listens to and learns from God will come to and believe in Jesus.
6:46. Yet this secret teaching of God is not a mystical connection of people with God directly. Knowing God comes only through Jesus, the Logos of God (cf. 1:18). As one is confronted by Him and hears His words and sees His deeds, the Father works within him.[1]
Illustration of calling - lost looking for a signal
land fill out in the middle of no where in rural MD.
We had reading that may have been toxic ( we had been taught to recognize this) - this is a problem - Nitrus Oxide
I knew we needed help - I had had instruction about what to do if we had a bad reading
I had a problem
Need a signal from the phone to call in - i was searching for help due to instruction
I was searching for a signal - I walked around until i got a signal - i needed a signal
Not sure what I was going to hear but I was searching for a signal.
I was being drawn to find an answer
You are a drift not sure why but you are searching ....
You have had instruction
You have listened
Now its time to come
You know you have a problem
God is drawing you Himself ....
III. The Miracle
III. The Miracle
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. 48 I am that bread of life. 49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
Its a miracle its eternal-life!
The manna or bread of this world is temporary and will not last!
You fathers ate it and they are dead
Eternal life is a miracle - the bread of this world will not last
Jesus said i am the way the truth and the life ....
I got life -
vs 51 I can live forever
He who believes is in Greek a participial construction in the present tense, meaning that a believer is characterized by his continuing trust.
He has everlasting life, which is a present and abiding possession. Jesus then repeated His affirmation, I am the Bread of Life (see comments on v. 35).
6:49–50. Manna met only a limited need.
It provided temporary physical life. The Israelites came to loathe it, and ultimately they died. Jesus is a Bread of a different kind. He is from heaven and gives life. A person who eats of that Bread will not die.
6:51. Since Jesus is the Bread of Life, what does “eating” this Bread mean?
“Eating” the living Bread is a figure of speech meaning to believe on Him, like the figures of coming to Him (v. 35), listening to Him, (v. 45), and seeing Him (v. 40).
To eat of this Bread is to live forever (cf. vv. 40, 47, 50, 54, 58).
Jesus’ revelation about the Bread was then advanced in that not only is the Father giving the Bread (Jesus), but also Jesus is giving Himself:
This Bread is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. Salvation is by the sacrificial death of the Lamb of God (1:29). By His death, life came to the world.
The father draws
Is Christ drawing you?
You have been taught ?
You have heard?
it time eat the bread of life!