DRAWING THE SINNER TO JESUS
Once the Holy Spirit starts to move in an effort to try and get someone to accept Jesus, something very profound will start to happen next. The Bible tells us that one of the main jobs of the Holy Spirit is to bring “conviction” to the sinner.
God the Father will draw the sinner to Jesus through the Holy Spirit. The verse below specifically tell us that no one can come to Jesus to receive His gift of eternal salvation unless God the Father first starts to draw that person to Him. And how does God actually “draw” this sinner to Jesus? We will be looking at some verses that show us exactly what is occurring when God starts to move in on someone in an effort to try and get them saved and set free from their bondage.
John 6:44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Matthew 5:6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
My dear friend as much as I want to approach you with the great love of God, I want to, at the same time, open up your heart for the conviction of the Holy Spirit, all for the sake of your salvation. For this reason I don’t even give a list of sinful deeds, not even the most gruesome sins such as rape, homosexuality, mass murder or a list of witchcraft as in the New Testament. Please bear with me through this chapter. This book is not meant to condemn people, but to open up their hearts to receive Jesus Christ as their Saviour.
Micah 3:8 But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.
2 Corinthians 7:8 For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it-- though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while. 9 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us. 10 For godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
What this means is that we cannot begin to accept Jesus Christ as our personal Lord and Saviour unless we can see and realize that we are truly sinners in need of a Saviour. If we cannot see and admit that we are truly sinners, then a person will not be able to see the need to accept what Jesus did for him when He died on the cross.
John 16:6 But you are filled with sadness because I have told you all this. 7 Let me assure you, it is better for you that I go away. I say this because when I go away I will send the Helper to you. But if I did not go, the Helper would not come. 8 "When the Helper comes, he will show the people of the world how wrong they are about sin, about being right with God, and about judgment. 9 He will prove that they are guilty of sin, because they don't believe in me. 10 He will show them how wrong they are about how to be right with God. The Helper will do this, because I am going to the Father. You will not see me then. 11 And he will show them how wrong their judgment is, because their leader has already been condemned. 12 "I have so much more to tell you, but it is too much for you to accept now. 13 But when the Spirit of truth comes, he will lead you into all truth. He will not speak his own words. He will speak only what he hears and will tell you what will happen in the future. 14 The Spirit of truth will bring glory to me by telling you what he receives from me. 15 All that the Father has is mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will tell you what he receives from me. 16 "After a short time you won't see me. Then after another short time you will see me again." 17 Some of the followers said to each other, "What does he mean when he says, 'After a short time you won't see me. Then after another short time you will see me again'?
And what does he mean when he says, 'Because I am going to the Father'?" 18 They also asked, "What does he mean by 'a short time'? We don't understand what he is saying." 19 Jesus saw that the followers wanted to ask him about this. So he said to them, "Are you asking each other what I meant when I said, 'After a short time you won't see me. Then after another short time you will see me again'? 20 The truth is, you will cry and be sad, but the world will be happy. You will be sad, but then your sadness will change to happiness. 21 "When a woman gives birth to a baby, she has pain, because her time has come. But when her baby is born, she forgets the pain. She forgets because she is so happy that a child has been born into the world. 22 It is the same with you. Now you are sad, but I will see you again, and you will be happy. You will have a joy that no one can take away. 23 In that day you will not have to ask me about anything.
And I assure you, my Father will give you anything you ask him for in my name. 24 You have never asked for anything in this way before. But ask in my name, and you will receive. And you will have the fullest joy possible. 25"I have told you these things, using words that hide the meaning. But the time will come when I will not use words like that to tell you things. I will speak to you in plain words about the Father.
It is the work of the Holy Spirit to open up that person’s mind and heart. Once that person’s mind and heart has been properly opened up – then the Holy Spirit can start to work with them to show them that they are truly a sinner, and that there is no saving grace for them in the natural sinful state in which they were born into this world with.
The Bible is emphatically clear that every single one of us, with no exceptions, has been born into this world in sin and in iniquity. In other words, we have all been born into this world from our mother’s womb with a sin nature ingrained in us.
Although we are clothed with the flesh by our mothers, we have the sin nature from our earthly fathers. Also for this reason a Jew must have a Jewish father to be a Jew. We know Jesus was the adopted son of Joseph from the tribe of Judah. (Heb 7:14) As a result, we know Jesus was born sinless and that God is His Father and He is the righteous Son of God, made in the image of God. Jesus was born from God clothed with the flesh from His mother, a Jewish Levite. (Luke1:5&36) So we know the body of Jesus served as the temple of God and He is our High Priest. (Heb 5:10)
The Bible says that all men and all women have sinned and have fallen short of the glory of God. Now because of this sinful state and nature that we have all been born into this world with, it now becomes the work of the Holy Spirit to enlighten us and to show us the real truth of the matter.
The Holy Spirit will now start to convict the sinner. He will show the person what a sinner they have been all of their life. He will show and point out certain sins of their past and present and how these sins and behaviors are totally unacceptable in the eyes of God the Father. He will also show them how powerless and helpless they really are in their natural state and that they are not able to pull themselves out of their sinful state by self effort.
Once you begin to see what a hopeless and miserable sinner you really are and that you do not have the power or capacity within your own being to change yourself for the better, then you will become open to receiving the truth of the Gospel.
Once you fully see and realize that you have been born into this world as a sinner and that you have been living all of your life as a sinner, then you will be ready to accept God’s free gift of eternal salvation through His Son Jesus Christ and His sacrificial death on that cross. Then you will see that it is the grace, mercy, love, and goodness of God and Jesus that will save you from yourself and set you free from your sinful state.
You will see that God the Father is now willing to grant you a pardon and make a way of escape for you from the eventual fires of a real, live, living hell if you are willing to believe on His Son Jesus Christ and His death on the cross.
No matter what has happened to you in your past, no matter how many sins you may have committed, and no matter how bad and how vile some of those sins may have been, any kind and all kinds of sins – God can fully forgive you of all of your sins. Whoever you are, if you have some bad addiction as a stronghold over you, Jesus can set you free.
The following powerful Bible verses is showing us that we have all been born into this world as corrupt sinners – and that having true sorrow and a repentant heart will be the key to being able to receive God’s gift of eternal salvation through His Son Jesus Christ and lead you to be become born again.
2 Corinthians 7:10 “For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation …”
Acts 3:19 “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.”
Luke 13:5 “I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish.”
Psalms 51:5 “Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me.”
Romans 3:23 “… for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God …”
Romans 3:10 As it is written: “There is none righteous, no not one …”
Isaiah 64:6 “But we are all like an unclean thing, and all our righteousness are like filthy rags; we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind …”
Now I am sharing the truth of His Word with you: it’s the gift of the Holy Spirit to those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ that He washed all their sins away on the Cross, all your sins forever, your past , present and even your future all your sins from the day you become a born-again believer.