JOHN
CHAPTER 6
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
STAGE
ONE: 
OBSERVATION
OF WHAT THE WORDS SAY
STAGE
TWO OF JOHN CHAPTER 6:
CORROBORATION
AND FURTHER COMMENTARY:
I)
[Jn 6:1-6]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS vv. 1-6
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
PARALLEL PASSAGES IN MATTHEW, MARK & LUKE
a)
[Compare Mt 14:13-16]:
b)
[Compare Mk 6:30-38]:
c)
[Compare Lk 9:10-13a]:
2)
THE TIME FRAME FROM CHAPTERS 5 TO 6 IS ABOUT 6 MONTHS JUST AFTER JOHN
THE BAPTIST WAS BEHEADED
a)
[Compare Mt 14:9-17]:
3)
THE PASSOVER IS IN VIEW IN THIS PASSAGE AND POINTS TO OUR LORD'S
SACRIFICE FOR SINS ONE YEAR LATER AT THE NEXT PASSOVER
4)
JESUS' QUESTION TO PHILIP WAS NOT FOR INFORMATION BUT TESTING HIM FOR
INSTRUCTION PURPOSES
a)
[Jas 1:2-4, 12]:
II)
[Jn 6:7-13]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS vv. 7-13:
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
PARALLEL PASSAGES IN MATTHEW, MARK & LUKE
a)
[Mt 14:17-21 cf Mk 6:37-44; Lk 9:12-17]:
III)
[Jn 6:14-21]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS vv. 14-21:
B)
CORROBORATION AND FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
PARALLEL PASSAGES IN MATTHEW AND MARK
a)
[Mt 14:22-32]:
b)
[Mk 6:45-52]:
2)
PASSAGES & COMMENTS ON THE PROPHET WHO IS TO COME INTO THE WORLD
a)
[Gen 49:8-12]:
b)
[Dt 18:15, 18]:
c)
[Jn 7:40-42]:
d)
[Compare Isa 9:6-7]:
IV)
[Jn 6:22-25]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
THE CROWD SEEKS OUT THE LORD AFTER MIRACULOULY FEEDING THOUSANDS
V) [Jn
6:25-26]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION AND FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
JESUS REBUKES THE PEOPLE FOR BEING SHORTSIGHTED: MATERIALISTIC &
TEMPORAL - LOOKING FOR A FREE MEAL & MISSING OUT ON ETERNAL LIFE
a)
[Compare Mt 4:4]:
VI)
[Jn 6:27]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION AND FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
OUR LORD REPEATEDLY DEMONSTRATED AND CLAIMED THAT HE WAS THE SON OF MAN
- THE ONE APPROVED OF BY GOD THE FATHER WHO WOULD RULE OVER AN
EVERLASTING KINGDOM
a)
[Compare Dan 7:13-14]:
b)
[Compare Jn 10:24-25]:
c)
[Compare Jn 4:25-26]:
d)
[Compare Jn 9:35-38]:
2)
JESUS TELLS THEM TO LOOK TO THE SON OF MAN, HIMSELF, NOT FOR PHYSICAL
FOOD THAT SPOILS, BUT FOR THE KIND OF FOOD THAT ENDURES TO ETERNAL LIFE
VII)
[Jn 6:28]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
THE PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN WORKS ONE MUST DO IN ORDER
TO OBTAIN ETERNAL LIFE
a)
[Compare Ro 10:2-4]:
VIII)
[Jn 6:29]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
1)
THE WORK OF GOD TO GET ETERNAL LIFE WHICH MAN MUST DO IS A PRESENT
MOMENT OF BELIEVING IN THE ONE GOD HAS SENT, JESUS CHRIST, TO PROVIDE
ETERNAL LIFE FOREVER
2)
THE PRESENT TENSE "THAT YOU SHOULD BELIEVE" SIGNIFIES THE SOLE
CONDITION REQUIRED OF MAN TO SECURE ETERNAL LIFE
3)
A ONCE FOR ALL TIME RECEPTION OF ETERNAL LIFE WHEN ONE BELIEVES IS IN
VIEW
4)
THE WORK TO INCORPORATE THE FOOD THAT ENDURES WITHIN ONE TO ETERNAL LIFE
IS SOLELY FOR ONE TO BELIEVE ON JESUS CHRIST RESULTING IN THE INTERNAL
RECEPTION OF JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF
5)
IN AN INSTANT OF TIME AT THE PRESENT MOMENT OF BELIEVING, ONE RECEIVES
THE FOOD WHICH ENDURES TO ETERNAL LIFE, JESUS CHRIST
6)
AN ENDURING FAITH IS NOT IN VIEW, BUT JESUS CHRIST,THE
FOOD WHO ENDURES IN THE BELIEVER UNTO ETERNAL LIFE IS
7)
ENDURING, I.E., CONTINUAL FAITH OR ANY CONTINUAL ACTION FOR THAT MATTER,
IS NOT IN VIEW NOR POSSIBLE WITH MAN IN ORDER TO ATTAIN
ETERNAL LIFE
a)
[Compare 1 Jn 1:8, 10]:
b)
[Compare 1 Jn 4:7-12]:
8)
ENGLISH AND FIRST CENTURY GREEK REQUIRES SPECIAL CONTEXT OR ADDITIONAL
QUALIFYING WORDS TO MAKE PRESENT TENSE ACTION CONTINUOUS THROUGHOUT THE
PRESENT - HENCE CONTINUOUS FAITH IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
a)
[Compare Hebrews 13:15]:
b)
[Compare 1 Thes 2:13]:
c)
[Compare 1 Thes 5:16-18]:
d)
[Compare Jn 3:16]:
9)
SINCE ETERNAL LIFE IS EVERLASTING BY DEFINITION THEN ITS POSSESSION AT
THE FIRST MOMENT OF BELIEVING IS AN EVERLASTING POSSESSION
10)
NO OTHER PASSAGE NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED IN ORDER TO PROVDE MORE
REQUIREMENTS OR CORRECTIONS OF WHAT JOHN 6:29 STIPULATESAS A MOMENT OF
FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
11)
TO BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST IS NO WORK AT ALL FOR AN INDIVIDUAL - SIMPLY
AN ACCEPTANCE OF THE WORK OF GOD THROUGH HIS SON WHO HAS DONE ALL THE
WORK TO SAVE ONE
a)
INTRODUCTION
b)
FAITH & WORKS ARE MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
i)
[Ro 4:4-5]:
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
JESUS SAID THAT THE "WORK" THAT ONE MUST DO FOR ETERNAL LIFE
IS TO EXERCISE A MOMENT OF FAITH ALONE IN THE ONE GOD HAS SENT: HIMSELF
a)
WORKS AND FAITH DEFINED
i)
WORK
ii)
FAITH
b)
WORKS AND FAITH ARE SEPARATE CONCEPTS ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE
i)
[Compare Eph 2:8-9]:
ii)
[Compare Ro 11:6]:
c)
CONCLUSION: FAITH ALONE IN CHRIST ALONE UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
i)
[Compare Titus 3:5]:
ii)
[Compare Ro 11:6]:
IX)
[Jn 6:30]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION AND FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
THE PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT JESUS CLAIMED TO BE THE "SON OF MAN",
THE ONE GOD HAS SENT, I.E., THE MESSIAH
2)
SO THEY ASKED FOR MORE MIRACULOUS PROOF SO THAT THEY MIGHT BELIEVE THAT
HE REALLY WAS GOD'S CHOSEN ONE, WHO HAD GOD'S 'SEAL OF APPROVAL' WHO
WOULD BRING THEM INTO THE KINGDOM
a)
[Compare Jn 10:24-25]:
X) [Jn
6:31]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
THE PEOPLE RESISTED TRUSTING IN HIM: THEY INFERRED THAT IF JESUS WAS
INDEED THE MESSIAH HE WOULD SHOW A SIGN GREATER THAN THE MIRACLE OF THE
MANNA FROM HEAVEN
a)
[Compare Ex 16:4]:
b)
[Compare Neh 9:15a]:
c)
[Dt 8:1-3]:
d)
[Compare 1 Cor 1:22]:
e)
[Compare Dan 7:13-14]:
f)
[Compare Isa 2:1-4]:
XI)
[Jn 6:32-33]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
MIRACLES COME FROM GOD, NOT MOSES OR ANY MAN. OUR LORD'S MIRACLES THUS
AUTHENTICATED HIM AS THE MESSIAH
a)
[Compare Jn 11:40]:
2)
OUR LORD REFERS TO HIMSELF AS THE ONE WHO CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, GOD'S
CHOSEN ONE: THE SON OF MAN
a)
[Compare Jn 9:35-38]:
b)
[Compare Jn 3:13]:
3)
JESUS REFERS TO HIMSELF AS THE TRUE BREAD, I.E., THE ONE WHO PROVIDES
ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH FAITH IN HIM
a)
[Compare Acts 16:31a]:
XII)
[Jn 6:34]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
THE CROWD WAS STILL LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO - TO EAT AND NOT SOMEONE
TO BELIEVE IN UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
a)
[Compare Jn 4:13-14, 39, 42]:
b)
[Compare 1 Cor 12:13]:
c)
[Compare Jn 7:37-39]:
d)
[Compare Eph 1:13-14]:
XIII)
[Jn 6:35]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION AND FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE - BELIEVE IN ME UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
a)
[Compare Jn 7:37-39]:
XIV)
[Jn 6:36]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
BUT EVEN THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN JESUS - MANY WOULD NOT BELIEVE
a)
[Compare Jn 10:31-39]:
XV)
[Jn 6:37]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION AND FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
ALL WHOM THE FATHER HAS CHOSEN TO GIVE TO THE LORD WILL INEVITABLY COME
TO FAITH IN CHRIST AND NEVER BE DRIVEN AWAY, ALL WILL BE SAVED
XVI)
[Jn 6:38-39]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION AND FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
THE WILL OF THE FATHER IS THAT NONE HE HAS CHOSEN WILL BE LOST
XVII)
[Jn 6:40]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
XVIII)
[Jn 6:41-42]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
THE JEWS WILL NOT ACCEPT WHAT OUR LORD IS SAYING - YET SCRIPTURE
TESTIFIES TO THE TRUTH OF WHAT HE HAS SAID
a)
[Compare Isa 7:14]:
b)
[Compare Isa 9:6-7]:
XIX)
[Jn 6:37-44]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
1)
THOSE THAT WERE GRUMBLING EVIDENCED UNBELIEF IN JESUS HENCE THEY DEFINED
THEMSELVES AS NOT HAVING BEEN DRAWN BY THE FATHER
2)
ALL WHO COME TO FAITH IN JESUS MUST BE DRAWN BY THE FATHER, (V. 44), AND
ALL WHO COME TO FAITH WERE GIVEN BY THE FATHER TO THE SON, (V. 37); AND
JESUS SHALL LOSE NONE OF ALL THAT THE FATHER HAS GIVEN HIM FOR EVERYONE
GIVEN BELIEVES IN JESUS AND SHALL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE AND BE RAISED AT THE
LAST DAY, (VV. 39-40)
3)
ALL WHO ARE DRAWN BY THE FATHER INEVITABLY BECOME BELIEVERS AND WILL BE
RAISED UP ON THE LAST DAY. BECAUSE NOT ALL WILL BELIEVE IN JESUS AND BE
RAISED UP AT THE LAST DAY SOME ARE NOT GOING TO BE DRAWN BY THE FATHER
4)
ETERNAL SECURITY OF THE BELIEVER IN VIEW IS BASED ON CHRIST'S PROMISE TO
RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY
5)
SINCE THE INHERENT NATURE OF BELIEVING IS FREE WILL, GOD'S DRAWING DOES
NOT FORCE MAN TO BELIEVE
6)
SINCE MAN'S CHOOSING TO BELIEVE IS IN VIEW WHICH BY DEFINITION IS
VOLITIONAL, THEN MAN'S CAPACITY TO COME TO JESUS BY FAITH IS IMPLIED.
YET THIS CANNOT OCCUR BECAUSE MAN WILL NOT BELIEVE UNLESS THE FATHER
DRAWS HIM, (v. 44).
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
NO ONE CAN TRUST IN CHRIST UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
a)
[Compare Ro 8:7-8]:
b)
[Compare 2 Cor 4:3-4]:
2)
ON THE OTHER HAND MAN DOES HAVE THE CAPACITY TO BELIEVE
IN JESUS CHRIST UNTO SALVATION AND THEREAFTER OBEY GOD BUT HIS INHERENT
SIN NATURE HAS TURNED HIS WILL AGAINST THE EXERCISE OF THAT CAPACITY SO
HE CANNOT BELIEVE & OBEY
a)
[Compare Acts 17:24-27]:
b)
[Compare Ro 1:18-23]:
c)
[Compare Jn 3:16-18]:
d)
[Compare Jn 12:37-40]:
e)
[Compare 1 Chr 28:9]:
3)
ALL MANKIND IS ALSO DRAWN TO GOD IN A NUMBER OF WAYS BUT NOT ALL WILL
RESPOND
a)
ALL MEN ARE DRAWN BY CHRIST WHEN HE WAS LIFTED UP BUT NOT ALL WILL
RESPOND
i)
[Compare Jn 12:32-33]:
ii)
[Ro 10:13]:
iii)
[Jn 2:24]:
b)
ALL MEN ARE DRAWN BY THE HOLY SPIRIT TO CONVICTION OF SIN AND JUDGMENT
AND THE NEED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT FEW RESPOND
i)
[Jn 16:8-11]:
c)
ALL MANKIND IS DRAWN BY CREATION AND THE ORDER IN WHICH IT EXISTS TO
BELIEVE IN THE CREATOR, BUT FEW WILL RESPOND
i)
[Compare Ro 1:18-23]:
ii)
[Compare Acts 17:24-27]:
d)
GOD PROVIDES THE GIFT OF FAITH FOR THOSE THAT CHOOSE TO TRUST ALONE IN
HIS SON ALONE UNTO ETERNAL LIFE
i)
[Compare Phil 1:29]:
XX)
[Jn 6:44-45]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
THE FATHER DRAWS MEN WHO AS A RESULT ARE TAUGHT BY HIM AND INEVITABLY
BELIEVE THE TRUTH ABOUT ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH HIS SON
a)
[Compare Isa 54:13]:
b)
[Compare Jer 31:34]:
c)
[Compare 2 Cor 3:12-16]:
XXI)
[Jn 6:46-47]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
OUR LORD AGAIN DECLARES HIS MESSIAHSHIP, HIS DIETY
a)
[Compare Jn 1:18 AMPLIFIED]:
2)
NO ONE HAS SEEN THE FATHER EXCEPT THE ONE WHO IS FROM GOD - WHO MUST BE
GOD HIMSELF, GOD THE SON
a)
[Compare Exodus 33:20-23]:
b)
[Compare Ex 24:9-10]:
c)
[Nu 12:5-8]:
d)
[Isa 6:1]:
e)
[Jn 1:17-18]:
f)
[Compare Dan 7:13-14]:
XXI) [Jn 6:46-47 cont.]:
B cont.)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY CONT.
3) "HE
WHO BELIEVES" = "HO PISTEUON" = "THE BELIEVING ONE"
= "THE ONE WHO IS THE BELIEVER"
XXI cont.) [Jn 6:46-47
cont.]:
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
4)
HE WHO IS A BELIEVER HAS FOREVER: EVERLASTING LIFE BECAUSE IT IS
RECEIVED IN THE PRESENT MOMENT WHEN ONE BECOMES A BELIEVER AND IT IS BY
DEFINITION EVERLASTING
XXII)
[Jn 6:47-51]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION AND FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE
a)
[Compare Ps 27:1]:
b)
[Compare Job 33:4]:
XXII cont.) [Jn 6:47-51
cont.]:
B cont.) CORROBORATION &
FURTHER COMMENTARY cont.
2)
THE TEMPORARY SUSTENANCE FROM MANNA VS THE ETERNAL LIFE VIA THE BREAD OF
LIFE, JESUS CHRIST
3)
"WHICH A MAN MAY EAT" CANNOT REFER TO PHYSICAL INGESTION OF
OUR LORD'S HUMAN FLESH
a)
OUR LORD WAS NOT OFFERING UP HIS BODY TO THE CROWD TO PHYSICALLY DEVOUR
AT THAT TIME. WHAT HE SAID WAS FIGURATIVE, NOT LITERAL
i)
[Compare Jn 6:34-35]:
b)
ONE IS BORN AGAIN IN THE SPIRITUAL REALM AS OPPOSED TO PERFORMING ANY
ACTION IN THE PHYSICAL REALM LIKE PHYSICALLY INGESTING BREAD AND WINE,
OR FLESH AND BLOOD
i)
[Compare Jn 3:5-6]:
c)
GOD'S WORD PROHIBITS THE INGESTION OF BLOOD OR HUMAN FLESH
i)
[Lev 17:10-12]:
ii)
[Ex 23:18]:
iii)
[Lev 3:17]:
iv)
[Lev 7:26-27]:
d)
AUGUSTINE DECLARED THAT OUR LORD WAS SPEAKING FIGURATIVELY AND NOT
LITERALLY RE: EATING OF HIS BODY AND BLOOD
XXIII)
[Jn 6:52-59]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
OUR LORD REPEATED WHAT HE HAD BEEN SAYING ALL ALONG, THIS TIME MAKING
THE FIGURE OF SPEECH EQUIVALENT TO TRUSTING IN HIM TO PROVIDE ETERNAL
LIFE, "WHOEVER EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD" EVEN MORE
GRAPHIC AND DIFFICULT TO ACCEPT FOR THOSE WHO CONTINUALLY REFUSED TO
BELIEVE IN HIM
a)
[Compare Jn 6:40]:
2)
EVEN TODAY THERE ARE THOSE WHO PONDER IF THE BREAD AND WINE OF THE
LORD'S SUPPER IS LITERAL FLESH AND BLOOD BECAUSE OF THE WORDS OF OUR
LORD IN JOHN CHAPTER 6 AND ELSEWHERE
3)
THE MESSAGE OF THE LORD'S SUPPER CEREMONY IS DIFFERENT FROM JOHN CHAPTER
6: IT IS NOT ABOUT HOW TO BE SAVED BUT ABOUT THE ALREADY SAVED
INDIVIDUAL REMEMBERING WHAT OUR LORD DID FOR THEM TO BE SAVED
a)
THE GOSPELS OF MATTHEW AND LUKE COMMAND THE ALREADY SAVED DISCIPLES TO
DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF OUR LORD'S FUTURE SACRIFICE FOR THEM ON THE
CROSS - IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE RECEPTION OF ETERNAL LIFE THROUGH HIS
SACRIFICE, NOT TO ATTAIN ETERNAL LIFE
i)
THE DISCIPLES JESUS ADDRESSED AT THE LAST SUPPER WERE ALREADY SAVED UNTO
ETERNAL LIFE EXCEPT JUDAS
i_a)
[Jn 13:5-10]:
ii)
MATTHEW AND LUKE'S ACCOUNTS SAY 'DO THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME' NOT DO
THIS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE ETERNAL LIFE
ii_a)
[Mt 26:26-28; Lk 22:14-20]:
b)
THE GOSPELS OF MARK AND JOHN DO NOT GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF OUR LORD'S
COMMAND TO DRINK THE WINE AND EAT THE BREAD AS A REGULAR CEREMONY TO
CELEBRATE IN THE FUTURE - NOR STIPULATE THAT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO ATTAIN
ETERNAL LIFE
i)
[Mk 14:22-25]:
c)
THE APOSTLE PAUL REITERATES THE SYMBOLISM OF THE BREAD AND WINE AND
APPLIES IT AS A RITUAL TO THE WHOLE CHURCH. HE DOES NOT MENTION THAT
THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO ATTAIN ETERNAL LIFE, NOR DOES HE STATE THAT THE
ELEMENTS ARE ACTUALLY TRANSFORMED INTO THE BODY AND BLOOD OF OUR LORD
i)
[1 Cor 11:23-29]:
XXIII) [Jn 6:52-59
cont.]:
B) CORROBORATION &
FURTHER COMMENTARY, cont.
4)
THOSE WHO PARTAKE OF CHRIST VIA FAITH ALONE IN HIM ALONE REMAIN IN HIM
FOREVER - AND HE IN THEM
5)
JESUS GAVE THIS DISCOURSE IN THE SYNAGOGUE IN CAPERNAUM
XXIV)
[Jn 6:60]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
FOR THE JEWS & MANY DISCIPLES THE ISSUE WAS ROME AND NOT ETERNAL
LIFE
a)
[Compare Jn 6:14-15]:
XXIV cont.) [Jn 6:60
cont.]:
B)
CORROBORATION AND FURTHER COMMENTARY, cont.
2)
THE MORE THAT ONE REJECTS WHAT OUR LORD SAYS, THE HARDER BECOME HIS
SAYINGS. THERE IS NO STRADDLING THE FENCE WITH GOD: TRUST ALONE IN HIM
ALONE OR YOU'RE ON YOUR OWN
3)
THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE SECRETS OF THE KINGDOM HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THOSE WHO
SEEK GOD, BUT NOT TO THOSE THAT DELIBERATELY TURN A DEAF EAR
a)
[Compare 2 Cor 4:3-4]:
b)
[Compare Mt 13:10-17]:
4)
THOSE WITHOUT THE SPIRIT CANNOT UNDERSTAND SPIRITUAL TRUTHS
a)
[1 Cor 2:14-16]:
b)
[Ro 8:6-8]:
5)
THE PARABLES AND SAYINGS OF OUR LORD WERE DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND FOR
THOSE WHO DID NOT SEEK HIM
a)
[Compare 2 Cor 3:12-18]:
b)
[Compare Jn 10:24-26]:
c)
[Compare Jn 8:47]:
XXV)
[Jn 6:61-65]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
OUR LORD REFERS TO HIS FUTURE ASCENSION - SOMETHING EVEN MORE DIFFICULT
FOR THE DISCIPLES TO COMPREHEND AT THAT TIME
a)
[Compare Acts 1:8-11]:
b)
[Compare Jn 3:10-15]:
2)
OUR LORD EXPLAINS TO THE DISCIPLES THAT HIS MESSAGE IS A SPIRITUAL ONE
NOT ONE TO BE TAKEN FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF THE PHYSICAL WORLD
XXVI)
[Jn 6:64-66]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
THE ISSUE IS ONE OF BELIEVING IN CHRIST AS SAVIOR - YET ONE OF GOD'S
ENABLEMENT
2)
FURTHERMORE, OUR LORD REITERATES THAT IT IS ONLY BY GOD'S ENABLEMENT
THAT ONE DOES COME TO CHRIST
a)
[Compare Jn 6:44]:
b)
[Compare 2 Cor 4:4]:
c)
[Compare 1 Thess 4:13]:
d)
[Compare Eph 2:11]:
e)
[Compare Phil 1:29]:
f)
[Compare Mt 16:16-17]:
g)
[Compare 1 Cor 1:26-31]:
h)
[Compare 1 Cor 2:13-14]:
i)
[Compare Luke 10:22]:
3)
OUR LORD KNEW WHO WOULD BELIEVE AND WHO WOULD NOT
a)
[Compare Jn 6:70-71]:
XXVII)
[Jn 6:66-67]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
MANY OF THE DISCIPLES CEASED TO FOLLOW HIM - HAVING REJECTED HIS MESSAGE
OF ETERNAL LIFE
XXVII cont.) [Jn 6:66-67
cont.]:
B) CORROBORATION, cont.
2)
ALTHOUGH CHOSEN BY OUR LORD, IT WAS ALSO UP TO EACH DISCIPLE TO CHOOSE
TO BE AND REMAIN A DISCIPLE - AN INEVITABLE CHOICE
XXVIII)
[Jn 6:68-71]:
A)
OBSERVATIONS
B)
CORROBORATION & FURTHER COMMENTARY
1)
JESUS IS THE HOLY ONE OF GOD, THE CHRIST - THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD WHO
HAS THE WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE. YOU BELIEVE THIS, YOU HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
a)
[Compare Mt 16:16-17]:
2)
JESUS CHOSE THE TWELVE AND THEY INEVITABLY REMAINED BUT ONE WHO WAS
CHOSEN TO BETRAY HIM
a)
[Compare Jn 13:18]:
b)
[Compare Jn 17:12]:
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