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Bro.Jim,
Here are my explanation of the verses:
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"
Exposition:
"No man can come to me" -- Man because of his sinful nature does not come to God. He he inclined to sin. By his sinful nature, he cannot come to God. His sinful nature pulls him to sin. He cannot come apart from the grace of God.
"...except the Father which hath sent me draw him...." ---- Man under divine grace and the influence of the Holy Spirit can or has the ability to come to Jesus. There are now 2 influences in his life, the influence to sin due to the depraved nature and the influence of the Spirit. Because he has the depraved nature, he has the ability to sin and to refuse the invitation of the Spirit to come (Revelation 22:17). Because of the grace of God and the invitation of the Spirit, he has the ability to come. Thus he has the choice which influences he is going to decide to obey. Depraved sinner under the influence of the Holy Spirit has the freewill to repent and believe.
"...and I will raise him up at the last day" -- Believers will certainly be resurrected.
John 6:37
"All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will no wise cast out"
"All that the Father giveth me shall come to me...." --- Yes this is a fact that all that the Father gives the Son shall come to Him. It does not say all that the Father gave the Son, shall come to Him. The Father gives to the Son those who humble and believes in Jesus through His word. Then with the aid of the Spirit, they come to Jesus.
John 17:2
(John 17:2 KJV) "As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him."
"As thou hast given him power over all flesh...." Jesus has power over all flesh. All flesh refers to all, not just some men. He has the power to punish the unbelievers and to save the believers. He has the power to give eternal life to those the Father has given him. The Father has given to the Son the believers and so Jesus is only going to give eternal life to the believers not the unbelievers. Some folks teach that Jesus is going to give eternal life to the unbelievers so that they can believe, but the passage does not say that.
I am neither an Arminian nor Calvinist, but a Baptist and a Biblicist. I do not know Arminius and have not studied his teachings. I have heard many times a Calvinist define Arminianism, and based upon their definitions, my beliefs in the Bible do not fit either Calvinism nor Arminianism but there are some areas in which Calvinism and Arminianism agree with the Bible. Whenever, Arminianism and Calvinism agree with the Bible, those are the points only where i found it acceptable for i am neither a Calvinist nor Arminian but a Biblicist and a Baptist.
In HIm,
Edwin Jardinel