It delivers and draws to Himself !
One of The scriptures most corrupted by false teachers is that which makes Christ death a Saving Success for all whom He died, it is written Jn 12:32
32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth,
will draw all men unto me.
Now heretics tell us that this Truth here is not Salvation and Conversion, but only a making of all people to have a chance at getting saved, if they use their freewill ! The Truth of the matter is this, Jesus is stating what will be the end results of all for whom He died, they shall be converted to Him ! The actual drawing here is evidence of their being delivered from the power of sin. The word draw helkó:
properly, induce (draw in),
focusing on the attraction-power involved with the drawing.
metaphorically,
to draw by inward power, lead, impel:
The inward power is the Spirit of God !
Now we have a scripture that states what the Christ death should accomplish Lk 1:74
74 That he would grant unto us, that we being
delivered out of the hand of our enemies
might serve him without fear,
The word here delivered is crucial, its the greek word rhuomai and actually means:
to draw to oneself, i.e. deliver ,rhýomai (from eryō, "draw to oneself") – properly, draw (pull) to oneself; to rescue ("snatch up");
to draw or rescue a person to and for the deliverer.
So what this means, the ones as a result of Christ being lifted up, who are drawn to Him, they are and have been delivered and rscued by Him, they are saved by Him, evidenced by them being drawed to Him. Does it not say " will draw " denotes certainty, its a promise !
Its a future indicative active. The indicative means :
The indicative mood is a statement of fact or an actual occurrence from the writer's or speaker's perspective. Even if the writer is lying, he may state the action as if it is a fact, and thus the verb would be in the indicative mood. It may be action occurring in past, present, or future time.
Also its in the future tense which means:
Just like the English future tense, the Greek future tells about an anticipated action or a certain happening that will occur at some time in the future.
Its certain says Christ, all for whom I am lifted up in behalf of shall be rescued, delivered and drawn to my self. The word draw also means to persuade, which is bring to belief !
God the Father desrves the Credit for giving Christ to deliver His People Col 1:12-13
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Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light:
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Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
That word delivered is the same word used in Lk 1:74
74 That he would grant unto us, that we
being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might
serve him without fear,
The end result of Christ's redeeming death is serve God without fear !26