Pastor Vogel offers his devotional thoughts on one or two passages of Scripture.
Runs Monday – Friday
"All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away."
John 6:37
If a servant were obedient and had earned the approval of his master, it would be norma for his master to want him to stay. The master wouldn't be showing any special virtue by doing this. But if a master threw a good servant out of his house, that would be to the disgrace of the master, not the servant. On the other hand, if the servant was disobedient and yet the master kept him in the house, then that would be to the master's credit. So even if you fall and sin, Christ won't push you away. A mother would never want to get rid of a child because he was dirty, sick, or injured. ALthough a young child often misbehaves, no father would disinherit him or throw him out of the house for his bad behavior. The father would merely scold him, "If you want to be my child, then you better stop doing what's wrong. I will overlook it this time."
The Lord takes the same approach. He's saying, "I see that you don't believe. If anyone is going to have faith, I know that my Father must give it to him. If he gives you faith, then you will certainly be able to believe. Yet you want to by my master. You want me to be your student. That's not going to work. This shows that the Father hasn't called you. But others will come who will accept my message. These people may be weak and clumsy Christians. But if they only believe, I will never turn them away."
