Riff's Christian Journal

Part 4: Irresistible Grace

This post could very well be the shortest of all the post on the 5 points of Calvinism. Why? Because of this saying of Jesus, “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

Notice, Jesus said that ALL whom the Father gives to me WILL come. There are no conditions put on this. He doesn’t say “all whom the Father gives to me will come, if they choose to do so.” He just simply says ALL, who are drawn, WILL, come to Me. That basically settles it.

If you remember from verses 44 and 65 of John 6, Jesus said that NO ONE CAN come to me unless the Father gives them the ability to do so; read them for yourself. So, if no one can come of their own will, unless they are drawn by the Father, they will never come to Jesus, and ALL whom the Father draws, or gives, to Him WILL come to Him.

In short, only those whom the Father draws to Jesus are the only ones who will have the ability to come to Jesus and ALL whom the Father draws WILL come. That is what Irresistible Grace is all about. Man of his own will would never choose to come to Jesus, and only those whom the Father draws, or applies grace, will come and submit to Jesus as Lord and Savior.

Basically Irresistible Grace is the act of God calling those who will be saved and in receiving that call they cannot resist, because it is God’s will for the elect to be saved. Yes, there is an external call given to all mankind but there is also an inner call given only to the elect and this call cannot be resisted. Other verses you can look at are:

1. Romans 9:16
2. Philippians 2:12-13
3. John 6:28-29
4. Acts 13:48
5. John 1:12-13

In conclusion, no one can come to Jesus unless they are inwardly drawn by the Father and ALL whom the Father draws will come and be saved. Since it is God’s will for the elect to be saved they cannot resist His calling. It is not that He draws them against their will but He does make them willing to respond, and they do.

In the next and final post we will look at the P of T.U.L.I.P. which stand for Perseverance of the Saints. And, as we have seen from the previous 4 posts, we will stay in John 6 to see how this is possible and what Jesus has to say about it. Should be an interesting read.