Ten months down and two months to go and you have read the entire Bible. Congratulations and finish well - even through the holidays.
Jesus said, "The work of God is this: believe in the One He has sent." Then Jesus went on to say, "No one can come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me draws him...no one can come to Me unless the Father has enabled him."
Do not let your framework of understanding the Bible (dispensationalism, Calvinism, Arminianism, etc.) affect the way you read this text of the Bible (or any Biblical text for that matter). Instead, let the text inform (or reform) your framework. Don't explain away the plain meaning of the text to have it fit into your framework.
This text is clear - God the Father is the initiator in any relationship between God and man. If God does not draw you, you will never believe. Now, go find in the text the answer for your next natural question - "Does God draw all?"
Well, here is a starter "Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots." What do you think Jesus means?
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