Riff's Christian Journal

The doctrine of election is quite divisive among all Christian religions.

They who believe in God’s choosing who will be saved, will say that if they had not been chosen for salvation they would never have been born-again for they had no desire to be saved.

On the other side, they who deny the doctrine of election, do so for they believe that God has given everyone the free-will to choose whether or not they want to accept or reject salvation offered by Jesus.

The question is who is right in their doctrine? The answer might be found in what Jesus taught in the gospel of John chapter six?

Read the following scripture verses to see for yourself, and may God give you understanding.

John 6:29

Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that you believe on him whom he has sent.

John 6:37

All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out.

John 6:38-39

For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. [39] And this is the Father’s will which has sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

John 6:44

No man can come to me, except the Father which has sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:65

And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

So, we see that believing in Jesus is a work done by God, not by man, and all in whom God chooses to believe in Jesus will come to Jesus. For it is the will of God that all whom He brings to Jesus that Jesus will loose of all whom the Father brings to Him.

Jesus further said that the reason for God working in man to believe, and to bring to Jesus, is that no one “can” come to Jesus unless God brings them. To reinforce this claim, Jesus lastly says that no one “can” come to Me unless My Father gives them the ability to come.

This is why we are saved by God’s Grace. For salvation is all of God.

These verses are very clear in what they say and it will take God to give you understanding to these statements. I pray that God is doing so at this very moment.

Believe not in your religion but in what Jesus says in Scripture.