By Pastor Dr. Aggrey Soyekwo
John 6:37 "All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away." - NIV
Jesus was engaged in a long discussion with the Jews as He challenged their religious beliefs and their doubts about Him. This is one of the statements He made. In it, we learn that none of us comes to God on our own, although we make the decision to do so. It is God Who draws us to Himself through Jesus Christ. Apostle Paul said no one can call Jesus Lord except by the Spirit (1 Cor 12:3).
Those who genuinely come to Christ, trusting Him as Saviour and Lord, have the assurance that they will never be cast away. This gives eternal security to all in Christ that they will not be lost. As Jesus prayed before His departure from earth, He told the Father that He had lost none of those the Father had given Him except the son of perdition (Judas Iscariot) as foretold (John 17:12). He protected and presented them to the Father. He is the good Shepherd of His sheep. Praise God.
God is committed to keep those in Christ safe and firm, not to cast any away and never to be lost as long as they remain in Him. It is His joy to do so, because they are His treasured possession, the reason He came to seek and save the lost. We can thus reject any lies of the devil that God might change His mind and throw us away. Only purpose to abide in Him.
Hebrews 7:25 "And so he is able, now and always, to save those who come to God through him, because he lives for ever to plead with God for them." - GNB
Shalom children of God.