John 6  Jesus heals the sick,  feeds the 5000 with 5 loaves and 2 fish.. and then He walks on the water to meet the disciples in the middle of the lake while a strong wind is blowing, immediately taking them to their destination.  They are seeing His glory manifested in many ways.. but there is more that Jesus wants them to receive.. and to believe... the Truth of who He is.

It starts with a discussion about why the people were seeking Him.. Jesus says they are preoccupied with the physical food, when they really needed eternal food for life.  "Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man shall give to you, for on Him the Father, even God, has set His seal."  ( v27)
When they ask how to work ( be occupied) with the works ( the labor/ occupation) of God,  Jesus tells them to believe "in Him whom He has sent." (v29)

This leads to a discussion about bread..
Jesus gives a challenging message about this:

First of all, it was not Moses that gave the manna.. It was the Father in heaven.
The Father gave not only the manna.. but He gives the "true bread out of heaven". 
"For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." 
"I am the bread of life; he who come to Me shall not hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst." ( v35)
"I am the bread of life." (v48)
Manna was temporary bread.. for those who ate it died later. (v49)
But ,"This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die" (v50)
"I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever; and the bread also which I give for the life of the world is My flesh." (v51
"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves." (v53)
"He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life and I will raise him up on the last day." ( v54)
" For My flesh is true food and My blood is true drink." (v55)
"He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me and I in him." (v56)
" 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. This is the bread which came down out of heaven; not as the fathers ate, and died, he who eats this bread shall live forever." ( v57-58)
" It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life." (v63)

Woven in throughout this message about true bread, Jesus makes some challenging declarations:
"All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out." ( v37)
"No one can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day," (v44)
"For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me, unless it has been granted him from the Father. " (v65)

"Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me." ( v45b)

There is a choice to be made by those who were listening to this message from Jesus .
They needed to decide whether to believe or not.
They needed to decide if physical bread was more important than spiritual bread.
They needed to decide if they would eat this bread of life.
They needed to choose the words of eternal life.. or walk away.

The choice would not be easy.  It is only by the Father's work that anyone can come to Jesus.. to believe, to receive, and to have eternal life in Him.  It is the Father's will that "everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him, may have eternal life;"  But, we must make the choice with certainty and abandonment.. to eat and drink of Jesus!

Father, draw us . Fill us. Teach us. Help our ears to hear and our hearts to understand Your Word.
Help us to believe and to choose life in Jesus, our Lord. Amen.