Saturday, July 16, 2011

Bible Truth #77 - John 3:27

To this John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.

No matter what a man may want, or ask for, He can receive ONLY what is given him from Heaven. An even bigger problem for the Arminian is that a lost man does not want the Light because he hates it and loves darkness (John 3:19-20). So unless a lost man receives faith from God to start with, he will never believe. And those to whom God gives faith, they WILL believe because God works in him to MAKE him believe (John 6:29), and they WILL come to Jesus (John 6:37).

At Judgment Day, there will even people who prophesied, who cast out demons and performed miracles, all in the name of Jesus but what will Jesus say to them? GO TO THE LAKE OF FIRE!!! (Matthew 7:22-23) These people did NOT receive grace, faith, belief, or repentance from Heaven because they were not chosen to receive those gifts.

Think about that, they believed in Jesus so much that the demons were fooled and were subject to them. But it didn’t improve upon their relationship with Jesus one bit, did it? Because they had dead spirits, everything they did, they did in the flesh. And as Jesus said in John 6:63 the flesh counts for nothing. They that are in the flesh can NOT please God (Romans 8:8). Please consider that... these people were prophesying (including preaching, teaching, reproving, refuting, comforting others) in Jesus’ Name, casting out demons in Jesus’ Name, and doing many other wonderful works in Jesus’ Name, but it didn’t please God because it was done in the flesh and counted as nothing.

God does not draw everyone because Jesus raises up EVERY man God draws (John 6:44), NOT every man who accepts the drawing.

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