John 6
Drawn to Christ
Christ describes what it means to be drawn to Him (vv. 45-47). This is a very strong assurance to realize that when we have come to Christ we have come because of God’s love for us, and that He has drawn us to himself! The Jews knew what Moses wrote, but they did not really belie …
What’s Your Motive for Following Jesus
The sixth chapter of the Gospel of John is the setting for one of the great discourses of our Lord, “bread of life.†This discourse takes place in the synagogue at Capernaum. The people demanded that Jesus perform a greater sign than Moses (vv. 30-35). They must have felt that the feeding of …
Rejection by Many Followers
As the people began to understand Jesus’s teachings, they found them to be totally unacceptable. Besides the hostile Jewish leaders, many of the Galilean disciples turned away from Him. The popular enthusiasm for Jesus as a political Messiah (v. 15) was then over. They saw that He was …
Jesus Calms Their Fears
In the evening following the feeding of the 5000, the disciples got into a boat and left Jesus behind while they began to row toward Capernaum (vv. 16-17). As it became dark, a strong wind was blowing them off course (v. 18). Suddenly, to their amazement, they saw Jesus not far from the …
Philip Fails the Exam
There were great multitudes that followed Jesus everywhere He went because they did not want to miss the tremendous excitement of the “signs†which he did (vv. 1-4). They had just traveled along the northern shore of the sea of Galilee through rugged terrain to get to where He was. Jesus was …
Confusion of The Body And Blood of Christ
The Jews assumed that by virtue of their national origin and their religious works they were assured a place in the Kingdom. They thought they could manipulate the Messiah into adapting to their conception of the Kingdom. Quite the opposite was true. Entrance into the Kingdom is not …
The Reaction of The Jews
Jesus then rebukes the crowd for their lack of faith (v.36). They had the great privilege of seeing Him, and yet they refused to believe. It is evident here that seeing does not necessarily lead to believing. He goes on to explain that salvation involves both divine soverei …