Wednesday, January 28, 2015

John 6:41-71  As Jesus continues to talk about Who He really is and His mission, there is a sifting - the unbelievers, who are just looking for physical bread, pull away.  The only ones who will keep following Jesus are those who believe that He truly is the Bread of Life, the One who has the Words of eternal life.

Jesus emphasizes again that He is sent from the Father and that everything is according to the Father's will.  "No one can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws him.."  The greek word for draw is helko - which means to drag,  to take for oneself.
The Father sent the Son. (v29)
The Father gives out the true bread of heaven.(v32)
The Father gives the Son those who will come to Him. (v37)
The Father wills the Son to lose none of those He has given Him.(v39)
The Father draws or drags us to the Son. (v44)
The Father speaks and teaches those who will come to Jesus. (v45)
The Father grants believers to come to Jesus. (v65)

Jesus says, " As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me." (v57)  And then in verse 63 He says, " It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words I have spoken to you are spirit and are life."

The majority of the Jews listening to Jesus could not accept His teaching.  Those who could not receive His Words could not receive Him or the eternal life that He was offering.  Only those that believed that He is the "Holy One of God",  those who were willing to take Him in - consume the Living Bread - would be saved.  It is the work of the Father and the Son, and the Spirit together to bring us to eternal life.  Blessed trinity!

Father in heaven, hallowed be Your Name.  You have drawn us to Your Son.  You have granted us Life in Him. We are Yours and we praise You, Father, Son, and Spirit, for Your great Love and Salvation.  Be exalted !  Grant that others will come to the Son, please Father.  Drag them into Your Kingdom, to be received by Jesus, Who will never cast them out or lose them.  We pray for our family, near and far, to be among those who partake of the Bread of Life.  Amen.

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