Discussing Destiny: All the Father Gives Me Will Come

In "Unless the Father Draws Him," we discovered that in John 6:41-45 Jesus said that nobody can come to Him unless the Father "draws" him, using a word ἕλκω (helkuo) which carries a certain meaning. As Peter "drew" his sword, as fishermen "draw" their nets and as an archer "draws" a bowstring, so also does the Father "draw" people to His Son. It is not an invitation or a calling, it is a forced move. I pointed out that many people fail to recognize that there are some passages in Scripture, like this one, which are not easily "dealt with," and which must be taken seriously. Let's return to the text of John chapter 6 and take a look at another.