Charles Spurgeon Commentary John 6:45

"It is written in the prophets, And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard from the Father, and hath learned, cometh unto me." — John 6:45 (ASV)

It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God.

Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

Nobody else will come to Christ; there is no real Christian in the world who is not of God's making. A Christian is a sacred thing; the Holy Spirit has made him so. It takes as much of God's omnipotence to make a believer as to make a world; and only He who created the heavens and the earth can create even as much as a grain of true faith in the heart of man.

It is written in the prophets, and they shall be all taught of God.

Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

This was, in effect, saying, "The Father has never taught you. You have learned nothing from him, or you would come to me; but in your rejection of me you prove that you are strangers to the grace of God."

It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God.

Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

So, plainly, he said to them, "You have not been taught of God; the Father has never drawn you, otherwise you would have received me."

So does the brave Champion thrust the naked sword of truth into their very souls.

It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God.

Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

Beware, dear friends, of any learning Christ, except by divine teaching, for what we learn merely from the lips of our fellow men will never be vitally learned or really understood.

We must all be taught of God; and so we will be if, indeed, we are among those whom the Father draws towards Christ. All his teachings draw that way. When they are taught into the inner man—not so much to the mind as to the soul and heart—then we know the truth indeed.