The Pulpit Commentary - John 6:44
The Father draws the soul to Christ. We have to acknowledge a debt of gratitude to God, first for giving and sending his Son to be our Saviour, and then for guiding us unto his Son, in order that in fellowship with him we may experience the blessings of salvation. For in these two ways does the Father furnish us with a complete display of his love; in these two ways does he completely secure our highest good. I. THE DRAWING OF THE SOUL BY THE FATHER . 1 . The soul... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - John 6:43-44
Jesus answered £ and said to them , Murmur not among yourselves ; or, with one another . He had searched out a deeper reason for their murmuring than their probable involuntary ignorance of certain miraculous facts. No man can come (is able to come) to me except the Father, who hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day . In the previous utterance "all" which the Father "gives" to the Son "comes" to him, reaches him, enters into close relationship with... read more