Salvation, Effectual Calling, Predestination and Evangelism

I tell you yes, for herein rests the power of the gospel. It does not ask your consent; but it gets it. It does not say, will you have it? but it makes you willing in the day of God's power....The gospel wants not your consent, it gets it. It knocks the enmity out of your heart. You say "I do not want to be saved" ; Christ says you shall be. He makes your will turn round, and then you cry, "Lord save, or I perish!" Ah, might heaven exclaim, "I knew I would make you say that" ; and then He rejoices over you because He has changed your will and made you willing in the day of his power. If Jesus Christ were to stand on this platform tonight, what would many people do with Him? If he were to come and say, "Here I am, I love you, will you be saved by me?" not one of you would consent if you were left to your will. He Himself said, "No man can come to me except the Father who hath sent me draw him." Ah! we want that; and here we have it. They shall come! They shall come! Ye may despise us; but Jesus Christ shall not die for nothing. If some of you reject Him there are some that will not. If there are some that are not saved, others shall be. Christ shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hands. Iain Murray, The Forgotten Spurgeon, p. 93