And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
Who will come to Jesus? No lost man will - as Jesus Himself states (John 3:20). This is the conundrum that those who believe in decisional salvation face. They claim that any man can come to Jesus of His own “free will” even though it contradicts Jesus’ own words. Everyone who does evil hates the Light (Jesus) and will not come unto it.
Who will believe on Jesus? Certainly not any lost person who hates the Light (Jesus). God must do a work in a lost man to make him a believer (John 6:29) and then, and only then, will a formerly lost man believe. He believes, and accepts Jesus as his Savior because God has quickened his dead spirit and given him belief (Philippians 1:29).
Believing, repenting, and coming unto Jesus are all the results of God quickening the spirit in a lost man - not the cause. If man was required to do those things first it would make God a respecter of persons, i.e. He saves those who believe and doesn’t save those who don’t believe. (Acts 10:34)
So why tell a lost man to come when he can’t and won’t? What better way to prove to Christians that the natural man can’t do something than to tell him to do it? This is no different than a cop pulling over a drunk driver only to have the drunk driver say, “I couldn’t obey the law because I’m drunk.” He is still responsible, accountable, and guilty.
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