OUTLINE:

Gill on Jn 6:29
“Jesus answered and said unto them, this is the work of God,… The main and principal one, and which is well pleasing in his sight; and without which it is impossible to please him; and without which no work whatever is a good work; and this is of the operation of God, which he himself works in men; it is not of themselves, it is the pure gift of God.”

MacArthur on Jn 6:40
This verse emphasizes human responsibility in salvation…Intellectually harmonizing the sovereignty of God and the responsibility of man is impossible humanly, but perfectly resolved in the infinite mind of God.

Balance Statement
Not once have I stated from this pulpit that man is somehow not responsible to God to believe. Holy Scripture says he most certainly is if he’s ever going to be saved! The same Holy Scripture states that it is God’s sovereign choice to save whomever He chooses!

The Nature of Creatures
Creatures have an irresistible urge to do whatever they are naturally inclined to do.

The Miracle of Being Born-Again
God alone has the ability to put a wolf in the grave and raise it up as a sheep!!! That’s a miracle, my friends.

Jn 6:63
It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

Lk 6:43
“For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit.”

God Enables Us
God the Holy Spirt is the one who regenerates us. Since we are born spiritually dead, then this is very good news, indeed! However, for the person still clinging to their idol “free will”, this is very bad news!

Pastor John Piper on Jn 3:8
“And when you hear Jesus say, ‘The Spirit blows where it wills,’ don’t hear him taking from you the will that you treasure, but hear him giving to you eyes to see Christ as your treasure.”

Ro 9:20
But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?”

Grace is not a slave to what man thinks is “fair”.

Man’s Perversion of God’s Grace
Man, in his fleshly desire for control, supposes (wrongly) that he is able to seize God’s grace (as he would any object) and then USE it as a means to his own ends, even supposing he can put God to task with it!

Grace is not a slave to what man thinks is “fair”.