John 6:44

John 6:44. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

You did not expect the Saviour to say just that, did you? He always speaks the truth, even though he has to lay the axe at the root of the tree of self-confidence. He does not seem to be encouraging his hearers, but rather to be repelling them. He was trying to show them the state in which they really were they had not been drawn to himself, they were alienated from him; and they would continue to be at a distance from him unless God should interpose, and draw them to him.