“The Food that endures to everlasting life” John 6:26-58

“The Food that endures to everlasting life” John 6:26-58


INTRODUCTION

1. Strong Imagery used

a) Water

b) Bread/ Food

2. The Symbols represent much

a) The essentials of life

b) The satisfaction of the needs of life

 

THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND

26 Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me,

not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.

27 Do not labour for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life,

which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

28 Then they said to Him, “What shall we do, that we may work the works of God?”

29 Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He sent.”

30 Therefore they said to Him, “What sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do?

31 Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” John 6:26-31

1. Seeking the wrong things

a) Physical things

b) Things that do not last

2. Seeking the right things

a) The food that endures to everlasting life

b) The gift of everlasting life that the Lord can give

3. What is the thing that God desires

a) To believe

b) To believe in the Messiah God has sent

 

THE BREAD OF GOD

30 Therefore they said to Him, “What sign will You perform then,

that we may see it and believe You? What work will You do?

31 Our fathers ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

32 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the

bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

33 For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

34 Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”

35 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger,

and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. John 6:30-35

1. The Doubts that exist

a) In the Lord Jesus

b) In what He can do

c) A wrong understanding of the Scriptures

2. Dispelling Doubts with Truth

a) It is God who gave Manna from Heaven and not Moses

b) God has sent the Lord Jesus

i) As the bread of God

ii) As the True Bread

iii) As the Bread of life

c) All who come to the Lord would be gloriously blessed

 

A REALISTIC APPRAISAL

36 But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe.

37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.

38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

39 This is the will of the Father who sent Me,

that of all He has given Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.

40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees

the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6:36-40

1. Some will not believe

a) They will not accept

b) They will reject

2. Some others will believe

a) All who are given by God would come to the Saviour

b) All who come would not be turned away

c) No one who comes to the Lord would ever be lost

d) The believer will have everlasting life

e) He would be raised from the death on Judgment Day

 

CONCLUSION

1. To consider the Lord’s offer of eternal life

2. To call on the Lord for salvation

3. To continue walking with God faithfully

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