“It is written in the prophets, and they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.” John 6:45. What a promise! There is nothing haphazard, nothing left up to man to figure out; not resting on our wit, our wisdom, nor our ability to somehow reason our way to God, but grounded wholly in Christ who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. John 14:6. No exceptions, no uncertainties, every one of the elect shall be taught by God. God alone is the Teacher, Christ alone is the Way, and every one taught of the Father shall come. Here is the immovable ground of our consolation, not man’s attempt to puzzle out the gospel, but the eternal promise of God’s distinguishing grace in Christ. II Timothy 1:9.
When Scripture says that God’s people are “taught of God,” John 6:45, it does not imply that every saint becomes a skilled theologian, able to frame every truth in precise words. Rather, it means that the Spirit has written the truth of Christ on their hearts, so that when the gospel is proclaimed, they know it to be the voice of their Shepherd. John 10:27. It is a knowledge of recognition in distinction from a knowledge of articulation. In other words, the Spirit-taught “yes” in the believer’s soul will always align with the truth of Christ, even if they may lack the vocabulary to express it. The Spirit’s teaching ensures recognition of the truth, beyond human vocabulary. John 16:13. Salvation is in Christ, not in the measure of our comprehension, and yet that true knowledge, however simple, always has Christ as its content and boundary. MPJ