I haven't changed the meaning.
You translated the Greek word but gave no explanation as to why you think it defeats my view or why it even matters to our discussion. As I say, before we can properly understand verse 40 we need to consider verses 36 and 37.
John 6:36-37
36 But I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe.
37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.
Keep reading the context and pay attention to the conjunction: "
For."
John 6:40 For [
Lord Jesus now identifies who the Father gives to the Son] this is
the will of the one who sent me, that
everyone who sees the Son,
and believes in him, should
have eternal life; and I will
raise him up at the last day.
Question: God
gives to the son
who?
Answer: Those who believe.
The
will of God is that "
everyone" who
sees the Son, and
believes in him, should
have eternal life.
Verse 37 contrasts with verse 36 and explains why some people believe in Jesus while others don't. According to verse 37, those who trust in Jesus are the ones given to him by the Father. In contrast, those who have seen Jesus but still don't believe in him are not part of the Father's chosen group.
"
Verse 37" says nothing about believing.
John 6:37 states: All those the Father
gives me will
come to me. He who
comes to me I will in
never cast out.
Question: Who does the Father
give to the Son
? What does Lord Jesus say
?
For the
will of God is that "
everyone" who
sees the Son, and
believes in him, should
have eternal life (vs. 40)
The believers are, therefore, the
"everyone" whom God grants
to come to the
Son.
What is the factor that determines the outcome? Being Called.
Exactly.
Everyone is
called to Christ Jesus by the Gospel so that
whoever believes in him
has eternal life. That is
the Will and
Good Pleasure of God.
1 Corinthians 1:21 (EWEB) 21 For seeing that in the wisdom of God, the world through its wisdom didn’t know God, it was
God’s {{{
good pleasure}}} through the foolishness of
the preaching to save those who believe.
John 6:40 For [
Lord Jesus now identifies who the Father gives to the Son] this is {{{
the will}}} of the one who sent me, that
everyone who sees the Son,
and believes in him, should
have eternal life; and I will
raise him up at the last day.
God always leaves the choice to believe or to refuse His grace completely on each individual, and many do refuse God's gracious invitation - even many within God's elect people Israel. Lord Jesus came to save the Jews first, but most of them refused.
Matthew 22:3 (NIV) He sent his servants to those
who had been invited to the banquet to tell them to come, but
they refused to come.
2 Thessalonians 2:10 (NIV) They perish because
they refused to love the truth and so be saved.
Acts 7:51 (WEB) 51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always
resist the
Holy Spirit!
A sinner passes out of
death onto
life (
regeneration)
by faith, not so he can believe.
John 5:24 (WEB) 24 “Most certainly I tell you, he who
hears [listens] my word and
believes him who sent me
has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has
passed out of death into life.
I told you, the Lord mentions good soil, which by definition is cultivated soil. His meaning depends on a common understanding of farming practices.
Lord Jesus mentions other places the seeds fell too.
In his Parable of the Sower, Lord Jesus is not talking about
farming practices; rather, he is talking about a farmer who is sowing the seeds, and the results of the seeds depending on where they land.
That is all he is addressing in his Parable, just as Lord Jesus
explains three times in "
Matthew 13:18-23," "
Mark 4:13-20," and "
Luke 8:11-15."
In Lord Jesus
own interpretation of "The Sower" he does
not describe farming practices such as:
- buying seeds,
- cultivating the soil,
- fertilizing,
- pulling the weeds,
- watering, or
- harvesting.
That was
not the purpose for his
Parable of the Sower. Just
accept what Lord Jesus explains as the meaning of the Parable without adding your own assumptions. All Lord Jesus meant for the Parable regards the
sowing of the seeds and the
result.
That is it.
On the contrary, our disagreement centers on your interpretation of the scriptures.
Earlier you said I was not interpreting, but just quoting Scripture. Now you say your disagreement centers on my interpretation.
Yes, I
quoted the Scriptures for you, and I
introduced those Scriptures, giving attention to
Greek Grammar and
Context as appropriate. I did not have to interpret anything because the Scriptures I quoted are
plain to understand.
The Gospel revelation is already
revealed and
fully explained in writing by the command of God so as to give
complete understanding - no need to add your assumptions, as if you can improve on God.
Romans 16:25-27 (NIV) 25 Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with
my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the
mystery hidden for long ages past, 26 but
now revealed and
made known through the
prophetic writings by the
command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to
the obedience that comes from faith — 27 to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.
Ephesians 3:8-9 (NIV) 8 Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ, 9 and to
make plain to everyone the administration of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.
No need to reinterpret what God already fully revealed to give us understanding.
1 Corinthians 4:6 (NIV) 6 Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, “
Do not go beyond what is written.”
I already showed you that the scriptures promise eternal life to those whom God has chosen. You seem to like Peter, so let's look at Peter again.
1 Peter 1:3-4
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Question: Peter wrote those words of encouragement to
who?
Answer: Peter wrote and addressed those words of encouragement to
those who believe - the chosen by the
grace of God (
Romans 11:4-5) that is
accessed by our faith (
Romans 5:1-2;
Romans 4:16).
Peter offered
no guarantee that the called and elect would remain faithful; so that is all in your imagination.
1 Peter 1:10-11 (WEB) 10
Therefore, {{{
brothers and
sisters}}},
be more diligent to make your calling and
election sure. For
if you do these things, you will never stumble. 11
For thus you will be richly supplied with the
entrance into the Eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 3:17 (WEB) 17 You therefore,
beloved, knowing these things beforehand,
beware, lest being carried away with the error of the wicked,
you fall from your own steadfastness.
Born Again
A sinner passes from
death onto
life (Born Again)
by faith.
John 5:24 (WEB) 24 “Most certainly I tell you, he who
hears [listens] my word and
believes him who sent me
has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has
passed out of death into life.
The sinner receives the
Spirit to give him
life inside (
Born Again)
by faith.
John 7:37-38 (WEB)
38
He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from
within him will
flow rivers of living water.” 39 But he said this about
the Spirit, which
those believing in him were to receive.
