Unless The Father Has Enabled Them

John 6:37,39,44,63-65 – All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away… And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day… “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day…The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.”

2 Corinthians 3:6 – He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant—not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Application:

• ·         The Spirit who “gives life” writes the law inwardly “on tablets of human hearts”.
• ·         God’s action, not ours, is primary in salvation, and Christ’s mercy is unfailing.
• ·         People do not come to Christ strictly on their own initiative; the Father draws them.
• ·         True believers will persevere because of Christ’s firm hold on them.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV