In this portion of the small series Jesus Teaches, Jesus Tells, Jesus Truth, Jesus Trust

Jesus Tells

I recently started a new online bible study with a Lutheran pastor and church members which came to me in that sideways way that the Lord provides – and this pastor is going through John 6, the Bread of Life series of scriptures.  We know that Jesus is TELLING the others in a slightly coded way – He is clear and yet it is clever enough that people have to figure this out too – that Jesus Himself is God and the Messiah – and the Bread of Life – even before Jesus has Risen (haha – I think that is too funny of a great play on words – but truth!!!) Truth is that people would be willing to believe after He was Risen but surely still skeptical now – and the people who are amazed and want to make Jesus their King – an earthly King – are not yet getting the part that Jesus is a Heavelnly Messiah that must go through some rough times (in other words His earthly life will soon be toast – LOL)…

Anyway – in our discussion of John 6, the pastor stated that the greek text of scriptures is much more indepth because honestly all the Greek does not translate – that so much more insight into the conversation back and forth between Jesus and these possible disciples can be found in their conversation (and surely it is right to say “you had to be there”)…  So now – where do we get our crumbs of understanding from? Well, from Jesus plainly TELLING us – that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life…

May we believe in our hearts and our souls and serve in all mind body and soul and know – Jesus tells us to KNOW HIM – we should and we shall.

Amen

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The Bread from Heaven – John 6:22-40 NKJV

On the following day, when the people who were standing on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other boat there, except that one which His disciples had entered, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with His disciples, but His disciples had gone away alone— however, other boats came from Tiberias, near the place where they ate bread after the Lord had given thanks— when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they also got into boats and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus. And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, “Rabbi, when did You come here?”

Jesus answered them and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

Then 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.”

Therefore they said to Him, “What sign will You perform then, 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.’ ”

Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

Then they said to Him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”

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. 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 at the last day.”