My Struggle
John 6:37 – “All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me; and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.”
So I would like to share with you the struggle I was having a few days ago. It is a struggle that arises up every once in a while in my life. It is similar to a struggle that drug addicts have with relapsing into drugs or alcoholics to alcohol. I have a tendency to fall into the struggle of doubt. This is not doubting who God is, but more like doubting if I belong to Jesus Christ as a Christian. Did I belive and place my trust in Him truly?
The truth is I have, but that doesn’t mean more that that He has died on the cross to save me. The reason I fall into this struggle of doubt so often is because I forget that it is not my belief or my repentance or my choosing that saves me, but it is Christ who saves me completely and fully by His grace. I have a tendency to want to take a part in it, so I try to find where I can do my part. I want a checklist of things to do, so that I can just check it all off. But the truth is salvation is nothing like that. It is a gift given to us by God. Today’s passage was a real encouragement to me, for it teaches me two things.
1) God will draw a person to Jesus Christ for salvation. When I frist became a Christian, I thought that my coming to Christ was a choice completely and fully of myself. I made the decision. I chose to believe. I turned to Him. But as I grew and learned more about Him and His Word, I learned that it was all Christ drawing me to Himself. It is as Jesus says later on in this passage, “No man can come to me, except he Father which hath sent me draw him…” (vs. 44). This reminder was such an encouragement because it reminded me that it is all because of Christ that I am saved. I had nothing to do with it. I accepted it, but that was it, and even the acceptance was through His drawing me to Himself.
2) Christ will in no wise cast out those who turn to Him. This was just a strong reminder of Romans 10:13 – “For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved…” How can we doubt that Christ will save us when He says that all who turn to Him, He will not reject. It even has one more fold application if you see the other versions, for it says that He will “never” cast out. As in, once saved, you will always be saved, even if you mess up.
Knowing how great our loving Father and Lord Jesus Christ is, how can we not seek to serve Him?
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