The Bread of Life

Will will encourage that our church by March is doing well safe and sound and the managing to continue provided for by the gracious hand of God during difficult and challenging days. Thank you card from aunt Rose to beacon family. There are no words can express how grateful we are for all the prayers and thoughts of love that you have sent our way over these times of caring for my dear Bobby God's grace has been sufficient.

As he promises it will please continue to pray for us as I learn to live without him by my side. After almost 63 years.

Lots of love signed and wrote reading from Matthew chapter 18 verses 15 through 20.

Moreover if your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone if he hears you, you have gained your brother, but he will not hear. Take with you one or two more by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established and if he refuses to hear them tell it to the church, but if he refuses even to hear the church, let him be to you like a heathen, and the tax collector.

Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again I say to you that if two of you agree on earth concerning anything that they ask will be done for them by my father in heaven.

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there in the midst of them. Without getting into all the details of this particular passage which has some very, very strong instructions. One thing we can take away from it is how much significance. God puts upon the church of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The assembly of the saints in the he has invested us with more authority and more ability to accomplish his work. Then we generally understand, appreciate and exercise, but at the end of this passage, he has that familiar text that all of us probably know that were two or three are gathered together in my name there.

My mid, it doesn't take a large assembly to qualify, but it does take believers intentionally gathering together two or three of you believers gathered in my name, not just two or three believers to get together for a backyard cookout without any particular intention of worshiping Christ, gathering together in the name of Christ, but were even two or three believers gathered together intentionally for the purpose of worshiping Christ of assembling together as saints in honor of Christ to hear his word and to worship him. The promise is that I am in the midst of them.

This is one of the places it tells us that there is more of a more spiritual power in the gathering of the saints than in the saints, individually.

It is true that all believers are indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God, but he does not always come to us in the same measure in every situation.

We know that there such a thing as being indwelt by the Holy Spirit.

And then there's also such a thing as being filled with the Holy Spirit and greatly empowered by the Holy Spirit, and likewise there is a such a thing as being indwelt by the Holy Spirit of God as an individual believer. And then there is something else that were two or three are gathered together in my name. I am especially in that in that gathering in their midst. That's were missing in these days and I think all of us recognize that it is a great lack of longing for the day we can get back together and I hope this is causing us to appreciate the assembly of the saints all the more and to eagerly eagerly await the time when we can return to assembling and to be vigilant and faithful and and watchful on guard. During this time when we are unable to meet and therefore cannot receive the full benefit of meeting together, which we need for our strength for our progress in sanctification for our fortification against temptation.

Therefore, we need to be especially on guard many many of our people of expressed to me how much they missed the gathering of the saints in August 2 I think we all miss it and I am glad to hear those expressions of your missing. It must, however, insert this little admonition. In some cases, those who have expressed such a great longing for the gathering of the saints, and how much they miss it are in some cases, those who are not part particularly careful together when we can when we can and when you can. Some don't take it nearly as seriously except what is God's kind of like our health, we take it for granted until we lose it, and then we long for it back again. Would appreciate it more if it returns.

Likewise with the assembly of the saints. Sometimes we don't appreciate it. As we ought until it is taken away from us and then we realize how important it is. At least I trust we realize how important it is and I hope that this will help all of us to be more faithful, more intentional, more disciplined, more regular, more committed to the assembling of the saints.

When the time comes, you can gather together again when saints together meets God's goodness to declare the season will be sweet of Jesus be but there, and indeed he promises to be with us, shall we look to the Lord now in prayer.

Father, we bow the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. We acknowledge that you are King of Kings and Lord of lords. We acknowledge that we are sinners saved by grace and we are undeserving of the mercies that you have bestowed upon. We thank you for saving us. We thank you for preserving us. We thank you for placing us in a body of believers that is healthy, though not by any means, and we pray Lord that you will help us to develop and grow as we ought. We thank you father that the saints and beacon are missing the assembling together the ability to fellowship one with another and to join our voices together and praise in our hearts together in prayer and just to enjoy the assembly of the saints, and we long Lord for that day when we can do this again and pray that it may come soon.

We want to pray today for the family of Omar Riley, the mother of Marseilles councilman whose funeral was yesterday.

Pray that your piece will fill their hearts and they will know your presence and come. We pray today for missionary steward while Johannesburg is he is now officially on the list waiting for a donor who can provide a healthy liver for him, Lord, we pray that in your goodness you will bring that necessary organ to him quickly that this transplant may take place. Pray today for Drew Guthrie as she continues to battle cancer treatments and diesel Lord.

There are a host of beacon folks who are in need of your help, we commit them to you and we are confident that you will help us you have promised to do so. You said that you will never leave us nor forsake us, and we believe that you promised that all the things that you place in our lives are for good of those who love you and who are the called according to your purpose and we believe that as well. So, father, minister to the needs of our heart and cause our hearts to be attentive to your word as it comes to us today as we ask these things in Jesus name. My Bible is now open to John chapter 6 and I'm going to read an extended passage. I'd like to be able to read the entire chapter but I think that would be a bit a bit challenging since their 71 verses in John chapter 6, one of the longest chapters in the Gospel of John, but I'm going to read a portion of this bread of life discourse, beginning at verse 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. But I said to you that you have seen me, and yet do not believe all that the father gives me will come to me and the one who comes to me I will by no means cast out for I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me 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 I under 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. The Jews then complained about him because he said I am the bread which came down from heaven and they said is this not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know how is it then that he says I have come down from heaven.

Jesus therefore answered and said to them, do not murmur among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the father who sent me draws him and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, and they shall all be taught by God. Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the father comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the father except he who is from God.

He has seen the father. Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in me has everlasting life. I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness and are dead.

The I am statements in the Gospel of John are generally known and appreciated.

To some extent by most of God's people. The Greek term translated. I am a go a me is actually found 23 times in the Gospel of John, but there are seven significant passages where the term I am spoken by Jesus is used as a metaphor describing Christ's saving work Jesus said I am the bread of life.

I am the light of the world. I am the door. I am the good shepherd. I am the resurrection and the life I am the way, I am the vine today were taking the first of these, I am statements, the one that is found in John chapter 6 where Jesus said I am the bread of life, we will look first at the text.

Secondly, at the context and then thirdly of the sermon that Jesus preached around this text. And as I examine the text actually am going to divide the text into two categories, the primary text in John 635 and then seven parallel statements in other verse, the primary text of the one we think of. Most often we talk about this.

This statement by Christ, I am the bread of life is the one found in John 635 four Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall never hunger that he who believes in me shall never what do we say about this text we see first of all, that it was spoken to them, then Jesus said to them, and we have to searching the chapter to find out who that word them, refers to, and it doesn't take as long to find it. We find in verse 59 these things he said in the synagogue as he taught in Capernaum.

So Jesus said to them, that is, to the congregation that was gathered to worship on the Sabbath day in Capernaum when Jesus was there teaching them, some of whom no doubt were those who were present when the miracle of the feeding of the valve 5000 Took Pl. about the synagogue in Capernaum couldn't hold the thousands couldn't could probably not hold more than two or 300 and actually's been privileged to see the ruins of that synagogue and is a little hard to calculate ruins but anyway only a normal size congregation of people were there, many of whom consider themselves followers of Jesus Christ and yet before the sermon was over. The majority of those turned away from him. That's who he spoke this to looking at the text I see the principal statement, namely, I am the bread of life. Jesus speaking those words to the congregation said, I a.m. bread of life, thereby telling us that Jesus is like bread because this is a metaphor. You probably remember from your school days that a metaphor is a comparison using like or as. Whereas a simile is a comparison without the use of the term like or as. But this is a Mac metaphor. Jesus is saying I am like bread. I am the bread of life may be, since the warlike is used in the statement. We should call it a simile rather than a metaphor. But the the same idea holds that this is a this is a a picture this is a word picture this, a figure of speech so that when Jesus says I am bread. He obviously doesn't mean literal bread made out of flour and yeast in baked and 11 and I don't think any of us would presume that that's what he meant.

But it is important to understand that he's getting a point across.

By way of comparison, by way of analogy, Jesus is like bread that is to say that Jesus sustains life as physical bread sustains physical life so Jesus sustains spiritual life as physical bread or if we broaden the word bread to mean physical food as physical food is necessary to sustain physical life and without it, physical life will not continue. So Jesus is necessary to sustain spiritual life and without him spiritual life cannot survive the principal statement that is followed by a statement of appropriate action. Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life and then this he who comes to me shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst the appropriate action. He who comes to me. He who believes in me, who is it, to whom Jesus becomes the bread of life.

It is true that one of those ones who come to him who believe in him and because those things are put side-by-side. It's clear that they help explain one another. What does it mean to come to Jesus it means to believe in him. What does it mean to believe in Jesus means to come to him to come means you leave someplace and come to someplace else.

Obviously, again, were not talking about physical movement were talking about the coming of the heart, the coming of the soul, the coming of the inward man were talking about a spiritual action but it is a coming is a coming that leaves something behind in order to come to something else, something different to leave the world behind to come to Jesus to leave. In many cases our friends behind in order to come to Jesus to leave. In the case of these Jews a dead religion behind in order to come to Jesus. There is a departure. There is a leaving and sometimes that's very difficult and very painful.

But that is necessary to truly believe in Jesus, we must come from where we are in our sin are dark is our natural state and come to where he is the one who is able to give us life, the promised results for those who do, is that they those who come those who believe they shall never hunger.

They shall never thirst again word pictures, not physical hunger and physical thirst with spiritual hunger and spiritual thirst belongings of the solar often pictured this way in Scripture, the hunger of the soul.

The thirst of the soul and people try to satisfy that in myriads of ways but there's only one way that is effective like coming to Christ and coming to him alone belongings of the soul. The hungers of the soul true needs of the store are fully satisfied and nothing else is needed besides Christ. That's the primary text now.

I was struck in studying this passage this week by the number of statements in the passage that are parallel to this one in our text in verse 35 Jesus said I'm the bread of life that same statement is made over and over and over again, at least in one case in identical words and in most cases in slightly different words but in words that are so similar that we cannot help but recognize this is another way of saying the same thing.

So instead of there being one statement by Jesus that says I'm the bread of life.

It turns out that there are at least seven first one is in verse 33 for the bread of God said Jesus is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world the bread of life. We are told and that statement is a person not bread, but a person who comes down from heaven and a person who has the ability to bestow life that's followed by our text in verse 35 I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst. That statement following the one we saw in verse 33 identifies the person who comes down from heaven who is able to give life. Verse 33 does not identify that one. Just as for the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world but that's followed now by our text were Jesus says I am that one. I am the bread of God who comes down from heaven and he gives life to the world. Statement number three is verse 41 then the Jews complained about him because he said I am the bread which came down from heaven. They are quoting his words. There in the next one is in verse 48 were Jesus said I am the bread of life Word for Word exactly what we have in our text in verse 35 but it's not followed by the statement. He who believes in me, he who comes to me, but the preceding verse says essentially the same thing. Verse 47, most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in me has everlasting life. I am the bread of life and so this statement I am the bread of life.

Taken together with verse 47 is similar to almost essentially the same as the St. statement in verse 35.

Our text verse 50.

We have another repetitious statement. Verse 50. This is the bread which comes down from heaven that one may eat of it and not die. The bread which comes down from heaven that is emphasized several times throughout this passage and then verse 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever in the bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.

I am the living bread come down from heaven. That's in contrast with manna. Manna has come into this discourse because the Jews have brought it up, and will look at that in the moment and so Jesus says this is the bread which comes down from heaven and one may eat of it and not die.

He said earlier your fathers ate manna in the wilderness and our debt.

You have to think that through. That happened between hundred years before Jesus spoke these words obviously everybody who ate manna in the wilderness, has died of were talking about physical death, but as long as they hate the manna and sustain their physical life. So Jesus is clearly here not talking about physical death is talking about spiritual death. Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness.

Your fathers ate this miraculous bread that came down from heaven in the wilderness, but that was physical bread and sustain physical life, but most of them died without eternal life. Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which comes down from heaven that one may eat of it and not die.

I am the living bread which came down from heaven, and then again a similar statement in verse 58 this is the bread which came down from heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever. I was struck by the number of statements, the number parallel statements to this basic declaration. Jesus is the bread of life. I don't know any of the other IM statements in the Gospel of John, that have anywhere near this pattern.

This repetition of numerous statements that are so similar. So peril so that's the text. Secondly, and quickly will look at the context and it is not easy to look at it quickly, but it's hard for me to fully understand and fully explain this text without the context and I think because it is a long chapter and people find it difficult to work through the context that sometimes the main import of this text is is Mr. we don't want to do that. So I'll give you the context quickly and I'm talking now about the context of what took place before the sermon was spoken how the scene was set for the proclamation of the sermon this bread of life discourse is generally called we would probably say today, the bread of life sermon. There are two things that preceded it. In the chapter number one. A miraculous feeding a number to a miraculous return miraculous feeding was when Jesus and his disciples left the west side of the Sea of Galilee or Capernaum is and crossed over to the Eastern shore.

They were trying to get away to be alone, but the multitudes observed that they went there himself. They went in numbers around on the northern side of the sea by the traveled by foot on shore rather than crossing the lake of goodness or in the boat and they follow Jesus determined that they were not going to lose sight of him that they must be in his presence. And as they gathered together were taught by Jesus 5000 men plus however many wives and children came along, it became obvious that there was a need a physical need, a present need, because here they were many miles away from home many miles away from any town or village and after the passing of a few hours.

People need food and there was no food and so Jesus asked his disciples, Philip, in particular, what they could do to feed this multitude Jesus already knowing what he planned to do what he was teaching Philip something in Phillips that I don't know 200 denarii. I would be enough to feed this crowd even if we had someplace where we could buy it and then Andrew.

I think it was found the lad with the five loaves and two fishes and brought it to Jesus and the had the multitude sit down and orderly fashion. And Jesus multiplied the bread and the fishes and fed probably at least 15,000 people story is well known.

It was a miraculous supply and in the face of this great miracle.

This one Jesus, who was able to multiply the loaves and fishes sufficiently to feed multiplied thousands of people responsive. The crowd was very enthusiastic. They declared him to be the prophet verse 14 and the Messiah. Verse 50 verse 14 then those men when they had seen the sign that Jesus did, said this is truly the prophet which is to come into the world in reference to the prophet that Moses said that someday God would send a prophet like himself. He would arise from among them would be one of them and they should listen to him and they have been waiting for that profit to appear. Now Jesus feeds the multitude in the wilderness, and they conclude that he must be that profit spoken of by Moses and they evidently linked that profit spoken of by Moses with the Messiah. Not sure that all the Jews necessarily did, but verse 15 would seem to imply that therefore when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king departed again to the mountain by himself alone. The promised Messiah was to be a caring he was to be a king and David's line. He was to be a sunny descendent of David David's greater son. He was to be a caring and so recognizing him to be the prophet foretold by Moses. They also identified him as the curing the Messiah comes to sit on David's throne. And they were determined to take him by force in the making. McKay would like to elaborate on that bit of folly, but I don't have time. That's miraculous feeding. That's followed by what I call a miraculous return, and as you know, Jesus went up into the mountain to pray became dark Knight Phil disciples got into the boat that they had come across upon began to roll back across the Sea of Galilee, which is a pretty large body of water several miles across and somewhere out in the middle of that large lake, a storm arose. They were afraid the season fishermen were afraid because of the ferocity. The fierceness of that particular storm and as they were fearing fearful of perishing. Suddenly Jesus came to them walking on the water, calm their fears got into the boat and immediately the boat miraculously arrived at land.

It docked it Capernaum, even as the sea stopped its raging a miraculous return to Capernaum. During that nighttime expedition.

Christ came with the timely rescue, but this raised another another puzzle. Another question because the multitudes took note that the disciples got into the one available boat and left the shore. The western shore alone. But when the multitudes came to Capernaum following the next day they recognize the Jesus was present and they wanted to know how did you get you didn't get into the boat. You didn't come with us. How did you get here. Explain this and this sets up the sermon they were determined to get an answer to that question when they found him on the other side of the sea. They said to him rabbi. When did you come here and Jesus answered and said, most assuredly, I say to you you seek me not because you saw the sign, but because of the low and were filled. This gets is now into the sermon seen the context.

The context of the bread of life of the feeding of the multitude, which involves bread and references to Manna or least implied references to Manna which they bring up in their conversation and we see this miraculous crossing of the sea, where in both of these occasions.

Jesus shows himself to have divine power to be more than a man clearly and obviously more than a man. So now we have the setting for the sermon there gathered in the synagogue it Capernaum and Jesus begins with this blunt admonition I just read it to you and he said you not seeking me because you saw the signs that is that you saw the significance of the sign. Clearly they saw them they were there they saw and Jesus did. They ate the front of the Jesus multiplied what you mean, we didn't see the signs you saw but you didn't see you sought physically with your eyes but you didn't perceive you didn't understand the meaning of this. You didn't think about what does this mean what does this say about one who is able to multiply to create food out of where there is none.

And what does this miraculous transfer from the Eastern to the western side of the Sea of Galilee indicate about this one was able to do it. And Jesus says bluntly to them. Your religious activity is not for spiritual reasons. It's for self-serving purposes and he says don't seek material gain even folks.

Please understand this is a strong temptation and is a very common pattern among among the multitudes among people in this world, and among some no doubt you are listening to be now. It is very easy to enter into a religious connection, a religious group, a religious routine not truly from the heart, seeking God, but because one thinks there will be personal advantage for oneself here in life and that's what Jesus is accusing the Jews of nieces don't do that. Don't seek temporal gain rather seek eternal gain upon that. They inquired I'm just having I don't have time to read all these verses along long section but to that they respond by asking what are the right works. One of the works that we should do in order to please God and Jesus points them to the proper object of their faith. Verse 28 they said to him, what shall we do that we may work the works of God. Jesus answered and said to them, this is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he sent what work should you do to please God, believe in Jesus Christ. That's the most important work is the most important thing you can do to please God.

That's the most important thing you can do to establish a right relationship with God is the only thing you could do to establish a right relationship with God.

To believe in the son of God, whereupon disappointingly, they challenge him to do a greater sign. They said to him, verse 30. What sign would you perform that we may see it and believe you what work will you do, our fathers ate the manna in the desert as it is written, he gave them bread from heaven to eat, not what I just witnessed witnessed an incredible side and credible miracle but doesn't satisfy skeptics will never be satisfied no matter what is done, no matter what evidence is, they are given the unbelieving skeptic will never be satisfied and they demand a greater sign in the greater sign in the greater sign. This was the history of their relationship with him throughout his earthly sojourn and they point to the miracle where Moses gave manna to the to their forefathers in the wilderness there saying you miraculously fed 15,000 people. One time Moses fed. 2 million people daily for 40 years that was there challenge show was assigned similar to equal to or greater than one. Moses did, whereupon Jesus corrects their statement in their thinking, and he says it was not Moses but God, who supplied the manna the bread that came from Kevin.

That's something that's going to be repeated again and again the bread from heaven.

The man of the came from heaven was simply a picture of portrait or type an illustration of the true bread that comes from heaven.

The spiritual bread that comes from heaven who was none other than Jesus Christ, but was not Moses but God, who supplied the manna in the wilderness that came from heaven and it is not manna but Christ who is the true bread comes from heaven, whereupon they say Lord give us this bread sounds like a good request that would've been the highlight of the evangelistic service today, everybody would have a pronounced converted upon that they all asked for this bread.

Jesus came back with our text in verse 35 when he said I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall never hunger. He who believes in me shall never thirst. They said, Lord, give us his bread Lord nevermore. Give us this bread he comes back to say I am the bread. I am given to those who believe in me to come to me and I fully satisfy every spiritual need. But there follows in the next few versus several important mollification. I must read verses 36 and follow but I said to you that you have seen me, and yet you do not believe all that the father gives me will come to me and the one who comes to me I will by no means cast out for I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me 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 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 the last day.

One of these qualifications, the Jesus is saying, after stating on the bread of life.

He who comes to me will never hunger.

He believes in me will never thirst. What is he say well I'm summarizing what he said in these three statement number one physical relationship is not saving faith. You have seen me he says and yet you don't believe you better my presence. You have a personal relationship with me in these encounters. First, in the feeding of the 5000.

Secondly, here in the synagogue in Capernaum, you have a you know me in a personal way that most people have no opportunity to know me, but a physical relationship is not saving faith that so important how many people think the connection to a church is what guarantees them. Heaven, that means there saying, but it doesn't. How many people think because they were born into a family of Christians that they are therefore saved.

But that's not so physical relationship is not saving faith.

Furthermore, he goes on to say human decision is not saving faith require spiritual enablement.

Although the father gives me will come to me all that the father gives me will come to me. The father has to bring about the enabling circumstances, the change of heart. The creation of faith for person to be able to come to Christ human decision that is decision that arises only from the human heart without a work of the Holy Spirit of God saves a lot. You can make a thousand decisions for Christ and go to hell. The father sends his spirit to work in your heart bring you to repentance and faith then you will be saved. Furthermore, he tells us religious activity is not saving faith wires divine rescue takes someone coming down from heaven to to effect the rescue that is eternal salvation. It cannot be accomplished by anything hereupon her religious activity is not saving. Following that, we see that their unbelief is unmasked there.

Faith is shown to be deficient because they don't accept him. The Jews then complained about him because he said I'm the bread which came down from heaven they said is this not Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know how is it then that he says I have come down from heaven they don't accept the Jesus came down from heaven that is that he is God. They only accepted Jesus as a man, his father Joseph, his mother is very we know them well. You don't just think you do.

They don't accept it.

He came down from heaven when he says over and over in this passage is the one who came down from heaven.

He's obviously claiming to be God who is in heaven. Well departed. Things are in heaven. Is he one of the departed saints who died upon earth and went to heaven. Clearly not. Who else is in heaven. The holy angels are in heaven. Is he a holy angel clearly not. Who else is in heaven. Only one more God Almighty triune God and Jesus said, I have come down from heaven. I am Almighty God come down heaven and if you don't accept that will be saved if you believe in the man Jesus the teacher Jesus. The ethical teacher, Jesus, the miracle worker, Jesus anything about Jesus and only the doesn't rise above his humanity, the prophet Jesus if that's what you believe about Jesus that he was a man, a great man, the greatest of men but that's as far as your faith goes, you will die in your sin that's followed in verses 43 through 49 by a humbling declaration of faith is a gift from God. Jesus therefore answered and said to them, do not murmur among yourselves.

No one can come to me unless the father who sent me draws him and I will raise him up at the last day. Faith is a gift from God. Spiritual understanding is a gift from God. Verse 45. He quotes from the Old Testament about those who are taught of God and all who are taught of God come to him religious experience is not proof of salvation. Verse 49 your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness you.

You can't claim a greater religious experience than that Father's Day manna in the wilderness. There did they perished. Going to hell.

So what then are the evidences of salvation, one who is saved, believes the whole revelation about Christ who he is, who the Bible says he is who claims to be those who are saved believe the whole revelation about Christ. If you don't believe that you are no Christian number two. One who is saved accepts the difficult doctrines of the Bible without objection and they started objecting when Jesus gave doctrines that they weren't inclined to accept the went counter to their previous beliefs and concepts and understanding, and they weren't about to change tires to conform to his that was in evidence. There fundamental unbelief because an evidence of true salvation is that a saved one accepts difficult doctrines without objection may not understand everything but what is taught to them from the word of God. They accept life because they wanted the shape of Christ in the they hear his voice, and they know him in the following what is another evidence of salvation, the same person submits to the sovereign authority of Christ to things that are emphasized more than anything else in this passage number one. Jesus came down from heaven's claim to deity. Number two that salvation is dependent upon the activity of Almighty God.

Couple those two things together. What if you got Jesus is God and Jesus is sovereign salvation and those who are saved, except for the Bible teaches it clearly, those who are saved seek satisfaction in nothing more than Christ and Christ alone becomes very clear. That's the last part of the of the chapter when the disciples over 60.

Therefore, many of his disciples when they heard this said, this is a hard saying you can understand and then verse 66 from that time many of his disciples went back and walked with him no more.

They turned away. Then Jesus said to the 12. Do you also want to go away but Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go. You have the words of eternal life.

Also, we have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the son of the living God.

They accepted it.

They understood, but many did not. And so with this understanding, this background this context.

This sermon in mind, let's look once again at our text verse 35 Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall never hunger. He who believes in me shall never thirst. I am the bread of life. He who comes to me leaving behind the things I mentioned before, but also leaving behind any thoughts, reasonings, concepts, ideas that contradict the revelation given to us by God and his word, leaving all those behind whoever comes to Christ believing what he has said believing who he is and believing what he has said because of who he is, how can you reject the words that come from God Almighty claim to be the right relationship with God Almighty. He who comes to me shall never hunger. He who believes in me shall never thirst. And so I ask you is I unfolded this text today does this sermon encourage you in your profession of faith in Christ doesn't cause you to cling to Jesus Christ all the more if so, you no doubt have believed in him or is what I have said today offend you. Do you object to what I've said, you resist what I have said or leased part of what I've said. If so, then please realize your danger, the evidence would indicate that whatever you have. It is not saving faith.

It is some kind of religion. It may be religion that is acceptable to others.

That is acceptable to your family that is acceptable to your community that is acceptable to your background in your culture you may be a Baptist in a Bible believing Baptist church and the lost and on your way to hell because you will not submit to this one was God come from heaven. You will not submit to the authority of this one was God come from heaven.

You will not submit to the absolute sovereignty of this one was God come from heaven, and in which case you are in great danger you're in danger of eternal damnation, and I would admonish you to go to Christ in humility and ask him to give you a heart of faith for he can do that you can do that and he alone can do that. Go to him and asking for heart of faith for he said I'm the bread of life.

He who comes to me shall never hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst in their and their alone you find salvation your soul we come. Oh Christ to you too son of God and man by whom all things consist in whom all life began, and you alone.

We live and move and have our being in you are the way to God, your blood, our ransom paid you we face our judging maker, unafraid before the throne, absolved we stand. Your love has meant the laws demand, you are the living truth. All wisdom dwells in you, the source of every skill. The one eternal true great I am in you. We rest sure answer to our every request. You only our true life to know you is to live out to know you is to live the more abundant life that earth can never give a risen Lord. We live in you and us each day your life renew. We worship you Lord Christ our Savior and our king to you our youth and strength adoringly. We bring so fill our hearts that we may view your life in us and turn to you and another prayer break thou the bread of life Lord to me, as thou didst break the bread beside the sea, beyond the sacred page.

I seek the Lord, my spirit pants for the whole living word. Thou art the bread of life Lord to me by holy word.

The truth, it's safe with me, give me to eat and live with the above. Teach me to love thy truth for the Howard love all Sendai spirit. Lord now want to me that he may touch my eyes and make me see.

Show me the truth concealed within thy word that, in thy book revealed.

I see the bless thou the bread of life to me.

To me, as thou didst bless the lows by Galilee then shall all bondage cease all fetters fall and I shall find my peace by all.

Shall we pray for God. Take this word from thy word, and by thy spirit.

Cause it to live in the heart of everyone who is heard this message today, we pray. Now he who testifies to these things says, surely I am coming quickly, a man. Even so, Lord Jesus, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all