If anyone wills to do His will, he shall know concerning the doctrine whether it is from God or whether I speak on my own authority.”  Joh. 7:17

Please notice two things:  The Lord doesn´t say, ”If anyone can do His will…”, but “if anyone wills.  The second thing is the promise:  “…he shall know….”  In the Danish rendering it suggests “he shall experience…”

I vividly remember what happened at a meeting once on the west coast of Norway.  An elderly gentleman got up and addressed the unbelievers with the following plain words:  “If you don´t get saved tonight, it´s because you don´t want to!”  That he repeated twice.  A young girl broke down in tears that night. “Yes, it´s because I don´t want to”, she sobbed.  However, she came with her “I don´t want to” to Him, who will never, by no means, cast out anyone who´s coming. (By the way that girl later became my wife!)

Now what about you?  Oh, I meet a lot of respectable, religious people who do want a little religion and church and song and music, but they don´t really mean business and so they never make a genuine experience with our Lord Jesus Christ.

However, it´s still possible for the honest seeker to pray the old prayer,  “Lord, I´m willing to be made willing!”  This is  a prayer The good Shepherd and the Savior of your lost soul will always hear.

-jn-

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