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NASB | John 12:32 "And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 12:32 "And I, if and when I am lifted up from the earth [on the cross], will draw all people to Myself [Gentiles, as well as Jews]." |
Subject: Every single person? |
Bible Note: Dear Searcher, Jesus plainly states that "...I WILL draw all men to myself". He also said (John 6:44) that all that are drawn will be raised up on the last day. In John 6 He ascribes the drawing to the Father and in John 12 He ascribes the drawing to Himself. But but this seeming contradiction is easily cleared up by the His fact that Jesus and the Father are one. Matthew Henry puts it this way: First, It is Christ that draws: I will draw. It is sometimes ascribed to the Father (ch. 6:44), but here to the Son, who is the arm of the Lord. When Jesus says "I will" whatever it is that He does will happens. If He had meant by "all" every single person, then every single person would be raised up on the last day. This brings us to the age old problem of people who never have had the opportunity of hearing the gospel. Paul is quite bold in saying that these gentiles (the vast majority of mankind upto recent times) are without hope. "remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world." (Eph 2:12) Your thoughts? John |