THE GRACE OF THE LORD

          We can never truly worship unless the Lord wills it . How can a blind man ever catch hold of a man who can see unless the tatter either calls out to him or gives him his own hand ? Our attention is always concentrated on the world and it's passing show . We are , so to say , entirely world-oriented . Only the Lord's mercy and grace make us God-oriented .
     Christ says , that man is by himself powerless to realize God . He can only do so with His grace .   "Therefore said I unto you , that no man can come unto me , except it were given unto him of my Father ."
                                                                                                                                   -- ( John 6/65 ) .
     And again He says : --  " No man can come to me , except the Father which hath sent me draw him ."
                                                                                                                                  -- ( John 6/44 ) .
     Christ says , that he prays only for the disciples whom the Lord has allotted to Him, and not for the whole world .   " I pray not for the world , but for them which Thou hast given me ; for they are Thin ."
                                                                                                                                   -- ( John 17/9 ) .
     And --  " A man can receive nothing , except it be given him from heaven ." -- ( John 3/27 ) .
          They take back to their real Home those who are blessed with His grace . Christ saying, " I in them , and thou in me , that they may be made perfect in one ; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them , as thou hast loved me ."  --  ( John 17/23 ) .
     Again He says , .... " And I give unto them eternal life ; and they shall never perish , neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand ."    --  ( John 10/28 ) .