John 6: 44 Commentary

John 6:44
“No one CAN COME to Me unless the Father who sent Me DRAWS him; and I will raise him up on the last day.”

Jn6:44 is one of the most RIPPED-out-of-Context verses Calvinist use to promote their false doctrine of “Unconditional Election”. Let me help this site REFUTE them, as it makes God a “Respetor of persons” which the Scriptures indicate He is NOT.

This verse shows how lethal Sin really is. Man will not seek after God without FIRST being DRAWN by Him. But God doesn’t just DRAWN a few, the Scriptures indicate that ALL PEOPLE will be DRAWN;

John 12:32
“And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will DRAW ALL PEOPLE to Myself.”

So back to John 6:44, “No one can COME to me unless the Father DRAWS him, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
To FULLY understand this verse even further we need to look at what it means to be DRAWN and what it means to COME;

John 6:35
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; he who COMES to Me will not hunger, and he who BELIEVES in Me will never thirst.”

John 6:37
“All that the Father gives Me will COME to Me, and the one who COMES to Me I will certainly not cast out.”

John 6:40
“For this is the will of My Father, that EVERYONE who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”

John 6:45
“It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall ALL be taught of God.’ EVERYONE who has HEARD and LEARNED from the Father, COMES to Me.”

It is NOT those that are DRAWN who are raised on the last day, but those that COME. God DRAWS ALL by TEACHING ALL, but it is those that BELIEVE, HEAR, LISTEN & COME to the Father that are Raised on the last day.

But what about Jn 6:65?

And He was saying, “For this reason I have said to you, that no one can COME to Me unless it has been GRANTED him from the Father.”

God gives those who BELIEVE over to Jesus, those who BELIEVE are GRANTED by the Father to COME (v37) to Jesus for Eternal Life.

By apollos6640 (wrote 15 Bible Commentaries - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 6/25/2011 23:18 pm

Therefore no man can make the decision to accept salvation without first being drawn in by the Holy Spirit to do so. Too bad for those who are cursed 10 generations because of the sins of their ancestors or undiscovered tribes living in remote areas who die never even hearing about salvation.

By Moises (wrote 1 Bible Commentary - permalink to this Commentary)
Posted on: 12/28/2009 19:12 pm