TOPIC: IN OR OUT DOOR TEXT: John 6:37-40 Intro: We have just read one of the most profound passages

in the Bible today. These verses contain truths that will never be fully comprehended by the mind of man until we stand complete in His image in glory. In these verses short verses there are 110 words. 98 have just one syllable. Eleven have two syllables. One has three syllables. Jesus uses the simplest language possible, yet He teaches us a truth that is so deep that no man who has ever lived can comprehend it completely. Still, it is truth so simple that even small children can grasp the heart of it. In these verses we find yet another invitation from our Lord. It is an invitation designed to inspire confidence. These words speak of the confidence that rested within the heart of our Savior as He looked toward Calvary. These words speak of the confidence that sinners can have as they see the horror, and understand the penalty, of their sins. These words speak of the confidence that can be possessed by the saints of God as they journey toward their home in Heaven. This is The Invitation Of Confidence and it has much to say to us today. Lets take some time and consider together the great blessings that our Savior has embedded for us in His words.

THE GIFT The first part of verse 37 tells us about the Fathers gift to the Son. This gift is given to Jesus as His reward for all that He suffered here on earth. This gift is the proof and the promise that His mission into this world was not in vain. all that the Father giveth me The word all signifies no universal restriction be it by race, age, knowledge, gender, beauty, size, voice, possessions etc. That word speaks all of those who would ever place their faith in Jesus for salvation. If you are saved, or if you will ever be saved, you are Gods gift to His Son! You are Gods love gift to Jesus for coming into this world and dying on the cross. From my perspective, that doesnt seem like too much of a gift. I know what I was when the Lord found me, Rom. 3:10-23. And, I am pretty sure that you werent much better than I was! Being saved is a much much privilege. God is the One behind the gift. Yet, the entire Trinity is involved in this great gift of salvation. The Father gave us to His Son in eternity past, Eph. 1:4. Jesus died for us when He went to the cross, John 15:14-16. The Holy Spirit drew me to Jesus and saved me when I was a sinner, John 6:44; 65. No one simply chooses to be saved; they are chosen! No one just comes to Jesus Christ of their own free will. The sinners will is fallen and he is incapable of coming to Jesus on his own. The sinner cannot respond to Jesus unless Jesus first comes to the sinner. Left to himself, the lost sinner will always seek the things of the world and of the flesh, Eph. 2:23.

MANS RESPONSIBILITY that whosoever will may come! Salvation is based on Gods choice. Salvation is a matter of grace and He saves whomsoever He will! But, there is also no denying the fact that man is responsible to believe in Jesus and to receive Him as Savior. Here is the truth; if anyone is saved it will be because of Gods free grace. God will get all the glory! If anyone goes to Hell; it will be their own fault! They will have no one to blame but themselves. God makes a universal offer of salvation to all people. Those who will not come to Jesus will never be saved. That is the bottom line!

II. v. 37b

THE SAVIORS GRACE

him that cometh to me him or one or whoever emphasises that salvation is a personal thing. The phrase cometh to me is also essential. It declares the way of salvation! Being saved is not about joining a church, being a better person, stopping sinning, or doing good things. Being saved is coming to a Person. Being saved is about coming to Jesus Christ by faith. That phrase is explained in verse 40: every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may have everlasting life describes the plan of salvation. All you have to do is see Jesus for Who He is and place your faith in Him. When you do that, He will save your soul. Once you see Jesus as He is, your identity becomes clear to you. Remember Isaiah. So being saved is not some difficult, mystical process. You dont have to pray through to be saved. You dont have to memorize the sinners prayer. You dont have to walk the Roman Road. I will in no wise cast out He has the power to reject but He will not reject anyone. To cast out is synonymous to expel or drive someone away. Once expelled, you have no right to re-apply to the company. They are violent words! The lost sinner need never fear coming to Jesus: He will not drive them away! Regardless of where the path of life has taken you, Jesus will not turn you away if you will come to Him.

He doesnt care what you have done. He doesnt care who you are. He promises you that if you will come to Him, He will not turn you away from His offer of salvation. Your past sins, present condition and your future failures are no hindrance to His saving grace. He will not turn you away, but He will save your soul.

Case Analysis: When Jesus was here in earth, He raised three people from the dead. He
raised the daughter of Jairus, Mark 5:41-42. He raised the widow of Nains son, Luke 7:1115. He also raised Lazarus, John 11. Each of these individuals was dead. No one was deader than the other. The only difference was in the degree of their decomposition.

The same is true when it comes to lost sinners. Every lost sinner is dead in trespasses and sin, and none is deader than another. The lost church member is just as dead as the drunkard, the harlot or that good old redneck boy. If they are lost they are all dead.The only difference in them is the degree of their decomposition. While the lost church member is dead is just as dead as the drunk, the drunk smells worse! His sins have worked more corruption in his life than they have in the life of the lost religious person. So, it doesnt matter who you are or where youve been. If you are lost, Jesus will save your soul if you will come to Him by faith. That is His promise! He will not cast you out! Life Application: Never write-off anybody. Once the person moves to Jesus he becomes totally new. TWO WILLS. SALVATION GUARANTEED A. v. 39-40a Confirmed By His Plan Gods plan is to save the sinner by grace through faith. When lost people come to Jesus for salvation, God will save them. When He saves them, He saves them for time and eternity. It is the Fathers will that Jesus should lose nothing. The word lose has reference to being lost in Hell. When Jesus saves a soul, the saved person will never, ever be lost again! Jesus said that this was the Fathers will. There are two Greek words translated will in the New Testament. One is the word boulomai, pronounced boo-lomahee. This word refers to a wish or a fond desire. The other word is the word qelema, pronounced thel-ay-mah. This word refers to what one has determined will be done. The boulamai is a hope so thing while qelema is a divine, sovereign declaration of that which will come to pass! God does not just hope that none of His people will be lost. He has declared that not a single one of those He has saved by His grace will ever be lost! God did not send Jesus to this world to live and die so that some people might be saved, if they can hold out. God sent Jesus here to die for His people so that everyone who looked to Jesus by faith for salvation would have the guarantee of eternal life. That is His plan! B. v. 40b Confirmed By His Promise may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day What a promise! Jesus tells all those who trust Him that they are safe in this world and in the world to come. If you are saved, you are saved forever! Call it once saved always saved. Call it eternal security. Call it eternal life. Call it anything you want to, but when you are saved, you can never be lost again. The Bible is very clear about that. Consider the following verses: We are kept by His power 1 Pet. 1:5 We are promised everlasting life John 3:16; John 5:24 (Ill. 11 times!) We are promised eternal life John 10:28; 1 John 2:25 We are promised that we will never perish John 10:28

We are promised that we cannot be plucked out of His hand John 10:2829 (Ill. Pluck = To seize or carry off by force)

There are many more, but you get the picture! When He saved us, He did so forever! Praise His name! By the way, if you ever do lose your salvation, you can never be saved again, Heb. 6:4-6! C. v. 38 Confirmed By His Performance It is Gods will that we will never be lost again. It is the Saviors promise that we will never be lost again. These things are guarantee by the Saviors performance. When Jesus came to this world, was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life and died on the cross, He did those things to purchase our salvation. When He died on the cross, Jesus was able to declare It is finished, John 19:30. That simply means that He perfectly completed the task that had been assigned to Him. He came to this world to pay our sin debt and He did just that. He came to this world to shed His blood so that Gods wrath might be turned away from all those who receive Jesus and He did just that, Rom. 3:25; 1 John 2:2; 1 John 4:10. (Ill. Propitiation = Satisfaction Jesus satisfied the just demands of a holy God and now all those who receive Him as their Savior are guaranteed eternal life!) Now, if you want to miss hell and go to Heaven, you must come to Jesus! If you want your sins to be forgiven, you must come to Jesus! If you want to be saved by the grace of God, you must come to Jesus!

BENEFIT OF SALVATION Eternal blessing: John 6: 40. Earthly blessing: 1. Security (in and out) John 10. 9. 2. Pasture: giving us daily benefit of life..phil 4.19, psalm 23.

QUESTIONS 1. Have you come to Jesus? 2. Have you remaining in door or are you still outside 3. Whose will do you pursue every second of your life.