trying to find His way
“The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life.” (John 6:63) It is not just words that make a difference, but the Spirit and life in those words.Wedding vows are nothing apart from the willing spirit of the one making them.And their words are just words until they bring them to…
“For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.” (John 6:65) These words sound gross and barbaric, if you only read it literally.Jesus is once again using extreme language (hyperbole) to make a point.God’s love is not just an idea or concept, it is very real and tangible.Israel needed physical food and water…
“Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.” (John 6:45) The Father-heart of God is constantly calling out to us to come home.This is true for everyone, whether they realize it or not.Some people are desperate to find their way home, but they don’t know the way.Some people, like the Jews,…
“Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.” (John 6:35) Jesus talks about “coming” and “believing” as the same thing.Many people came to Jesus, does that mean they believed in Him?Yet the religious leaders came too, and they did not believe.The difference is in how they came:…
“Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.” (John 6:27) The food Jesus is talking about is not eternal life.This food starts in this life, with endures into the life beyond.Eternal life is a gift Jesus gives, but this food is…
“Then they were willing to take him into the boat…” (John 6:21)
“Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.” (John 6:15) Jesus proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God!And yet, when the people wanted Jesus to make Jesus king, he withdrew.Notice that it was ‘by force’ that they wanted to do this.They began…
“If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me.” (John 5:46) Moses was wrote a lot of things, and not all of them about clearly about Jesus.But there are some verses that point more clearly toward a messianic saviour.Consider Genesis 3:15, Genesis 49:10 and Deuteronomy 18:15.Other hints include the blessing for the nations, the Passover…
“You study the Scriptures diligently because you think that in them you have eternal life. These are the very Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.” (John 5:39-40) These words have transformed my understand of the Bible.I used to focus all of my attention on the Bible.Now I use…
“He has given him authority to judge because he is the Son of Man.” (John 5:27) For the Jews, the Son of Man was the promised human Messiah.God promised this serpent-crushing seed of the woman (Genesis 3:15).Daniel had a vision of this beat-defeating Son of Man (Daniel 7:13-14).Jesus as a human did not have this authority, it was…