Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 6:44

"No man can come to me, except the Father that sent me draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day." — John 6:44 (ASV)

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

You did not expect the Saviour to say just that, did you? He always speaks the truth, even though he has to lay the axe at the root of the tree of self-confidence.

He does not seem to be encouraging his hearers, but rather to be repelling them. He was trying to show them the state in which they really were: they had not been drawn to himself, they were alienated from him; and they would continue to be at a distance from him unless God should interpose, and draw them to him.

No man can come to me, except the Father who has sent me draw him.

"You are not drawn to me; therefore it is clear that you are not the subjects of divine grace. You think you are judging me, but in so doing you are really judging and condemning yourselves."

Whenever men sit in judgment on the gospel, they soon let us know what kind of spirit possesses them. It is not Christ who is on his trial; it is they themselves. And when they rail at him, they only prove that the grace of the Father has never drawn them to him: No man can come to me, except the Father who has sent me draw him.