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"Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out."
--John 6:37
No limit is set to the duration of this promise. It does
not merely say, "I will not cast out a sinner at his first
coming," but, "I will in no wise cast out." The original reads,
"I will not, not cast out," or "I will never, never cast out."
The text means, that Christ will not at first reject a
believer; and that as He will not do it at first, so He will not
to the last.
But suppose the believer sins after coming? "If any man sin
we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous." But suppose that believers backslide? "I will heal
their backsliding, I will love them freely: for Mine anger is
turned away from him." But believers may fall under temptation!
"God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above
that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way
to escape, that ye may be able to bear it." But the believer may
fall into sin as David did! Yes, but He will "Purge them with
hyssop, and they shall be clean; He will wash them and they
shall be whiter than snow"; "From all their iniquities will I
cleanse them."
"Once in Christ, in Christ for ever,
Nothing from His love can sever."
"I give unto My sheep," saith He, "eternal life; and they shall
never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand."
What sayest thou to this, O trembling feeble mind? Is not this a
precious mercy, that coming to Christ, thou dost not come to One
who will treat thee well for a little while, and then send thee
about thy business, but He will receive thee and make thee His
bride, and thou shalt be His for ever? Receive no longer the
spirit of bondage again to fear, but the spirit of adoption
whereby thou shalt cry, Abba, Father! Oh! the grace of these
words: "I will in no wise cast out."