Featured How are the lost "drawn" to Christ?

Scripturally, you're hard put to separate 'lost' from 'lost sheep', not goats.

 

Romans 9:6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel:

7 Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

8 That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.

Brother Glen

 

If you want to click on this link first,
https://www.fbcindependence.org/Bible-Studies

it will take you to an page
where you can find the title of this little .pdf workbook,
"The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit" by Ron Crisp

and then look up this chapter,
Chapter 10 - The Preparatory Work of the Holy Spirit in Salvation........25

it gives a great explanation that answers the O.P.,
"How are the lost "drawn" to Christ?",
but in a surprising way.

Because, as we will see:

"Death, sin, Judgment and Eternity are not Realities to the unregenerate
(Isaiah 28: 13-15).

13. "But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept,
precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line;
here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward,
and be broken, and snared, and taken.

14. Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men,
that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

15 "Because ye have said,
We have made a covenant with death,
and with hell are we at agreement;

"when the overflowing scourge shall pass through,
it shall not come unto us:

"for we have made lies our refuge,
and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:"

The "drawing" of the lost will include The Work of The Holy Spirit
in their "Awakening, Illumination,
and "CONVICTION OF THEIR SIN, FOR HAVING BROKEN GOD'S LAW.

Do you remember that Paul was talking about the Holy Spirit's Work
prior to his salvation, included the Direct Influence
that the preaching of the Word of God had him, when
the Holy Spirit used the law to convict Paul in his soul
that he was a sinner that WAS IN NEED OF A SAVIOR.

Romans 7:7 "What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid.
Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust,
except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.

8 "But sin, taking occasion by the commandment,
wrought in me all manner of concupiscence.
For without the law sin was dead.

9 "For I was alive without the law once:
but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.

10 "And the commandment, which was ordained to life,
I found to be unto death.

11 "For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me,
and by it slew me."

Galatians 3:22 "But the scripture hath concluded all under sin,
that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

23. "But before faith came, we were kept under the law,
shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

24 "Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ,
that we might be justified by faith.

25 "But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster."

So, it 'might be' surprising how instrumental and essential
that the preaching of the law and the Gospel is
in the Preparatory Work of the Holy Spirit
as He draws a lost soul to Christ. re: O.P.).

The Holy Spirit CONVICTED OUR LOST SOUL BY THE LAW,
TO "BRING US TO CHRIST".

When The Holy Spirit CONVICTED us of being sinners offending God,
we knew then, for the first time, that we were lost.

Galatians 3:24, "the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ".

con't: the outlined contents of the .PDF, there:

 

Then, there is some more good information on Common Grace before
and chapters about Regeneration and Assurance afterward:

Chapter 8 - The Work of the Holy Spirit in Common Grace – Part I ......20
Chapter 9 - The Work of the Holy Spirit in Common Grace – Part II .....22
Chapter 10 - The Preparatory Work of the Holy Spirit in Salvation........25
Chapter 11 - The Work of the Holy Spirit in Regeneration.....................29
Chapter 12 - The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit......................................32
Chapter 13 - The Work of the Holy Spirit in Assurance .........................

But this:
Chapter 10 - The Preparatory Work of the Holy Spirit in Salvation........25
has much more information under these abbreviated headings, below;

(of all the places that I should have cut & pasted the whole thing!!,
these are just portions of the info under these headings there.)

INTRODUCTION:

"Commonly there is a work preparatory to regeneration that takes place in the sinner’s heart. Because salvation is a moral as well as a legal work this is to be expected.

"Those who are to eternally enjoy the benefits of faith in Christ are first made to see their need of Him. The self-righteous spirit of man must be broken up that the Saviour may receive all the GLORY in salvation...."

I. AWAKENING.

"No one can overestimate the danger that unsaved men are in
(John 3:1.8, Hebrews 10:31), yet the Bible portrays them as asleep,
blind, dead and unconscious.

"Death, sin, Judgment and Eternity are not Realities to the unregenerate
(Isaiah 28: 15).

"Men slumber on the brink of Hell.

"In Awakening the sinner, God's Spirit Impresses upon the mind
the Reality of Eternity and Judgment.

"The sinner becomes aware that he is in danger of God's Wrath.

"Spiritual matters become important.

"Not everyone who is Awakened is then saved.

Some are lulled back to sleep by an Empty Profession of Religion
or the pull of the world. (Acts 24:25).

II. ILLUMINATION.

"While only the Regenerate are "renewed in knowledge"
(Colossians 3:10) yet the unsaved can receive a degree of enlightenment.

"When a sinner is under Conviction
he may be ignorant of the nature of faith,
but he sees clearly the danger of sin and the seriousness of Eternity.

"For the first time his soul becomes important.

"Does not all this require a degree of Illumination?

"Even the natural man can be made to fear Hell
and be concerned for his Eternal Welfare.

"This is of course different from the Light of Regeneration
that enables a man to love God.

"This Illumination then is simply a stirring up of man's natural mind
to see the danger of sin and Judgment."

III. CONVICTION.

While "Awakening" deals primarily with danger, yet
"Conviction" is the Work of God
whereby the cause of our danger is revealed.

"In Conviction a man is convinced and reproved
concerning his sinful condition.

"This alone can give the sinner a desire to know Christ,"
as Prompted by the Convicting Unction of The Holy Spirit...."

A. The Areas of Conviction - In John 16:8-11,
we find three areas wherein men are CONVICTED.

"1. Of sin - God Convicts men of great sins
they have committed (Acts 2:36-37)..."

"2. Of Righteousness -
Men are CONVICTED of the Righteousness of Christ,
and of their need of His Righteousness (Matthew 5:6).

"3. Of Judgment to Come - Judgment often has reference to rule.
Men are convinced that just as Satan will be vanquished,
so Christ is the Coming King, and that resistance is folly.

"The powers of evil have no chance for victory,
but all will ultimately stand before God.

"B. The Need of Conviction.

"1. Without Conviction men would not be ready
to admit their total defilement..."

"2. Conviction is Preparatory to Repentance.

"Godly sorrow (II Corinthians 7:10)
precedes Repentance which is a permanent change of heart
and mind about sin.

"C. The Means of Conviction.

"While Conviction is a work of God's Spirit,
yet He is Pleased to use certain Truths in this Work.

"Just as He often uses the Truth of God’s Wrath
to awaken sinners so in Conviction He uses:

1. The law (Romans 3:19-20; 7:7-13).

"Men commonly judge themselves by their neighbors' actions,
but in Conviction they see that it is God’s Glory they fall short of
(Romans 3:23).

"2. The Goodness of God (Romans 2:4).

"Many have testified that it was a view of God's Goodness
that convinced them of their sin.

D. The Earmarks of True Conviction.

1. Real Conviction causes a man to accept his guilt
(Psalms 51:4, Luke 18:9-14).

2. Real Conviction destroys self-righteousness
(Luke 18:9-14, Isaiah 64:6).

3. Real Conviction sees sin as being against God
(Psalms 51:4, Luke 15:18.)

4. Real conviction leads one to Christ,
rather than to worldly despair (II Corinthians 7:10).

"To see ourselves as we are is a prerequisite to seeing Christ.

"In the first four beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-6) our Lord explains
that only those who have experienced such Conviction
are truly blessed.

"IV. A DESIRE FOR THE MEANS OF GRACE.

"Before a soul is saved the Holy Spirit
will often produce within him or her a desire...to hear God's Word."

CONCLUSION.

"We hope that each student of God's Word can now clearly see
that the purpose of the Spirit's Preparatory Work in salvation
is to prepare the sinner to appreciate the Lord Jesus Christ.

"Every Work of the Spirit Leads the sinner closer to the realization
that Faith in Christ alone can save the soul."

 

??? Youre in a kosmos of your own Van. I've no idea how any of this responds to my comment.

 

Christ refers to them as SHEEP that are lost, not as goats that are lost.

6 My people have been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray; they have turned them away on the mountains; they have gone from mountain to hill; they have forgotten their resting-place. Jer 50

11 For thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I myself, even I, will search for my sheep, and will seek them out.
12 As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. Ezek 34

14 I am the good shepherd; and I know mine own, and mine own know me, Jn 10

24 But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Mt 15

5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into any way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans:
6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Mt 10

176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments. Psalm 120

4 What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
5 And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
6 And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and his neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost. Lu 15

 

Good grief, the point goes right over your CDS infected brain.

I'm not conflating anything. You're twisting the scripture. These are His sheep, not goats.

 

The 'lost sheep' in Jeremiah 50:6 are God's people.

 

The 'lost sheep' in all the passages I cited are God's people. Thus my original statement:

'You people' have gommed up the scriptural intent of the word 'lost' just as badly as you have the scriptural intent of the word 'saved'.

 

6 My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.

An interesting thought.

And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.

Deut 32:26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

Tell me when the remembrance of the house of Judah has ceased from among men? What year or century?

 

3 To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. Jn 10

4 and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? Acts 9

 

6 Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Mt 5