The Father Draws to the Son

The Father Draws to the Son

“No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him . . . .” John 6:44.

“All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.” John 6:37.

We want to win people for God, and all Christian congregations are striving to draw people to their meetings and to God by various arrangements—each of them as they themselves have experienced God and Jesus.

In all this labor, being busy with making arrangements for the purpose of drawing people in, they usually forget their own salvation, which is sanctification. No man shall see God without sanctification. Therefore the results are so meager despite the fact that large crowds often attend these meetings.

We must not forget that the Father draws to the Son!

“But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the Spirit of the Lord.” 2 Cor. 3:18.

The Father also draws to us—to exactly the same degree as we are changed into the image of the Son. For we have received the ministry of reconciliation, and we stand in Christ’s stead, as though God were pleading through us: be reconciled to God. 2 Cor. 5:20.

It doesn’t help much for us to draw in people if the Father does not draw them. The masses are tossed hither and thither, and if I can advertise with something that is great in the eyes of man, preferably with a “world-renowned evangelist,” I will most likely be able to gather crowds. But what is so great about drawing crowds which the Father is not drawing? At best they can be compared to a generation of vipers who want to flee from the wrath to come. Luke 3:7. And quite often they do not even want to do that; they only run after that which is great, after the advertisements of this world.

The only thing such people are fit for is religious denominations where there is strife and envy. And if they do not like the one group, they leave and join a different one.

“And the Lord added to the church daily those who were willing to be saved.” Acts 2:47. Let us be content with these—those who “are willing to be saved.” Among them is fellowship and blessing. If envy, respect of persons, a lording spirit, the “preacher’s itch,” etc., is revealed by the light of God, they are willing to be saved from it. Among them the race is not to gather the largest crowds, but a race after sanctification. Heb. 12:14. And all those whom the Father gives to them, they come to them, and they are not cast out. There certainly are not many who will allow themselves to be saved, but we leave the questionable honor of gathering large crowds to those who desire to make a fair show in the flesh. Gal. 6:12-13.

Only God’s eyes know how to find the upright among all the millions of people in the world. He is also mighty to gather them together. Therefore, if you have found the answer, hearken and be awake and walk circumspectly so that you can be ready to help people. You are not fit for the ministry if you walk around thinking about yourself and your own things. Prove those you meet—if they want to be converted. It could be your fellow employee, or a neighbor who is looking for true, godly fear. God draws him to you so you can help him. You never know who it might be—maybe it is someone whom you would despise after the flesh and push away. But follow Jesus—be changed into His image—and He will make you a fisher of men.