Author: michael

John 7:25-36 25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah? 27 But we know where this man is from; when the Messiah comes, no one will know where he is from.” 28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “Yes, you know me, and you know where I am from. I am not here on my own authority, but he who sent me is true. You do not know him, 29 but I know him because I am from him and he sent me.” 30 At this they tried to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him, because his hour had not yet come. 31 Still, many in the crowd believed in him. They said, “When the Messiah comes, will he perform more signs than this man?” 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him. 33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the one who sent me. 34 You will look for me, but you will not find me; and where I am, you cannot come.” 35 The Jews said to one another, “Where does this man intend to go that we cannot find him? Will he go where our people live scattered among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? 36 What did he mean when he said, ‘You will look for me, but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am, you cannot come’?”

Some people in Jerusalem saw Jesus preaching in the temple, but the Jewish leaders didn’t say anything, then they said, “Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah?” It’s not so, the Jewish leaders wanted to arrest Jesus, but they didn’t do anything, because his hour had not yet come. They only knew that Jesus was the son of Joseph the carpenter, and they did not believe that he was the Christ or Messiah sent by God the Father. What does Christ mean? Christ or Messiah means the anointed one, the one anointed by the Spirit of God, the Savior. The Old Testament prophesied the coming of Christ. Micah 5:2 prophesied that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Matthew 2:23 tells us that the Lord Jesus grew up in Nazareth of Galilee. These Jews did not know the Old Testament, so they did not know where Christ came from. When Jesus said that God the Father sent him, they didn’t believe. Jesus did many signs and wonders, they still didn’t believe. But there are many people who saw many miracles Jesus performed and they believed. Jesus also prophesied that he would return to God the Father who sent him soon, that is, he would be crucified on the cross, resurrected three days later and ascended to heaven, and returned to God the Father, he came down from heaven as man and would return to heaven. They didn’t understand what he said. I hope that those who have not yet believed, believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Lord and Savior of our lives.
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John 6:60-71 60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” 61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? 62 Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! 63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. 64 Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. 65 He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.” 66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. 67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.” 70 Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” 71 (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)

Last time we talked about the Lord Jesus is the bread of life, and whoever eats this bread, eats His flesh and drinks His blood has eternal life. The Lord Jesus means spiritually, that is, to receive His life and to have His life in us. Jews understand from human point of view, so they could not accept it. The Lord Jesus said, “Does this offend you? Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! ” What does this mean, that means they will find it more difficult to accept. Why? Before the Lord Jesus was crucified, the high priest asked him if he was the Christ, the Son of God. “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.” (Mark 14:62) The high priest said that he had been blasphemy, and he would be condemned to death. So when the Son of Man Jesus said he would ascend to where he was before and that he is the Son of God, the Jews would be offended even more, thinking that this was blasphemy. The Lord Jesus continued: The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life. The Lord Jesus spoke the words of God the Father. It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ The Lord Jesus is the Son of God, He knows everything, and He had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. Because of the Lord’s words, many disciples stopped following Him. When the Lord asked the twelve disciples, “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Peter answered, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” Peter believed that the Lord Jesus is the Son of God, the Messiah, the Savior of the world .
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” (Acts 4:12)
There is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we are saved. Other religions cannot save people. There is no way to eternal life, only Jesus has the words of eternal life. But one of the twelve disciples, Judas, was the devil, and later he betrayed Jesus. I hope that more people will believe in the Lord and follow the Lord, because only He has the words of eternal life.
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John 6:41-59 ⁴¹ At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” ⁴² They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?” ⁴³ “Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. ⁴⁴ “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. ⁴⁵ It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. ⁴⁶ No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. ⁴⁷ Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. ⁴⁸ I am the bread of life. ⁴⁹ Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. ⁵⁰ But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. ⁵¹ I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”  ⁵² Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” ⁵³ Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. ⁵⁴ Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. ⁵⁶ Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. ⁵⁷ Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. ⁵⁸ This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” ⁵⁹ He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

Last time we talked about the Lord Jesus is the bread of life, today we will talk about the second part. When the Lord Jesus said that I am the bread that came down from heaven, the Jews said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph?” They looked at the Lord Jesus from the human point of view, they didn’t know that the Lord Jesus is the Son of God, he descended from heaven, became flesh, and came into the world as a man. The Lord Jesus went on to say that no one can come to him unless God the Father who sent him draws them, those who come to him, believe in him have eternal life. The ancestors of the Jews ate the manna in the wilderness, the physical food still died. The Lord Jesus is the bread of life, the spiritual bread, Whoever eats this bread will never die. When the Lord Jesus said: unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. The Jews understand it from human point of view, thinking that this is cannibalism. Life is in the blood, to eat the Lord’s flesh and drink the Lord’s blood is to receive his life, and to have his life in us. In this way we abide in him, and he abides in us. We will live forever if we eat the bread that came down from heaven.
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John 6:24-40 24  24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus. 25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?” 26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” 28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” 29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” 30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.” 35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”

We studied earlier that the Lord Jesus fed five thousand people, and the crowd came to him later. The Lord Jesus said: you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. The Lord Jesus is the Son of God and He knows everything. Then he said: Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life. The food that spoils is the physical food, and the food that endures to eternal life is the spiritual food, which is given to us by the Lord Jesus, the Son of Man. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval. When the Lord Jesus was baptized, a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” This is the seal of approval from God the Father. When people asked what must they do to do the works God requires, the Lord Jesus replied: “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” Believing in the Lord Jesus sent by God is doing God’s work. In the Old Testament when Israelites were in the wilderness, God gave them manna from heaven to eat. In the New Testament God gave spiritual food from heaven. Jesus said: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. ” The Lord Jesus is the spiritual bread, the bread of life, he is the source of life, he is the fountain of the living water. With him in our lives, with him living in us, and the Holy Spirit living in us, we Read more

John 6:16-21 16 16 When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, 17 where they got into a boat and set off across the lake for Capernaum. By now it was dark, and Jesus had not yet joined them. 18 A strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. 19 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus approaching the boat, walking on the water; and they were frightened. 20 But he said to them, “It is I; don’t be afraid.” 21 Then they were willing to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat reached the shore where they were heading.

Last time we talked about the Lord Jesus feeding five thousand people. After he sent the crowds away, he went up to the mountain alone to pray. He was there at night. Here we see the importance of prayer. The disciples got on the boat and crossed the lake first, a strong wind was blowing and the waters grew rough. When the disciples saw Jesus walking on the water and getting closer to the boat, they were afraid and thought it was a ghost. Jesus told them not to be afraid. When the disciples took Jesus to the boat, the wind stopped, and the boat immediately reached the other side, this is another miracle. No one has ever walked on the water. The Lord Jesus walking on the water manifests his divinity.
The following is another scripture passage about the Lord Jesus calming the storm:
23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Lord, save us! We’re going to drown!” 26 He replied, “You of little faith, why are you so afraid?” Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. 27 The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!” (Matthew 8:23-27)

Here it says that the Lord Jesus and his disciples were on the boat and encountered a furious storm, but Jesus was sleeping. The disciples woke him up and cried for help. Jesus calmed the storm immediately and once again demonstrated his divinity. When we have difficulties and needs, we can pray to God, pray to the Lord Jesus. He will answer our prayers and help us.
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John 6:1-15 1 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. 3 Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. 4 The Jewish Passover Festival was near. 5 When Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He asked this only to test him, for he already had in mind what he was going to do. 7 Philip answered him, “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” 8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, spoke up, 9 “Here is a boy with five small barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will they go among so many?” 10 Jesus said, “Have the people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down (about five thousand men were there). 11 Jesus then took the loaves, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted. He did the same with the fish. 12 When they had all had enough to eat, he said to his disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over. Let nothing be wasted.” 13 So they gathered them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who had eaten. 14 After the people saw the sign Jesus performed, they began to say, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” 15 Jesus, knowing that they intended to come and make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.

Jesus feeding five thousand people is the only miracle recorded in all four Gospels. Here it says that many people followed Jesus because they saw the miracles he performed on the sick. Here, the five thousand people do not include women and children, there will be many more people if women and children are included. Philip said: “It would take more than half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for each one to have a bite!” The Lord Jesus fed five thousand people with five small barley loaves and two small fish, and the disciples filled twelve baskets with the left over. The Lord Jesus gave thanks before distributing the bread. This is also what we do every day before meal, that is, pray and give thank. When the crowd saw the miracle performed by Jesus, they said, “Surely this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.” Moses predicted in the Old Testament about the coming of the Prophet, the coming of the Lord Jesus.
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