John 6 - Exhortation

themes:

themes:

Bread of life

Raise up at the last day

Jesus losing nothing

Life through belief

Coming to Jesus/being drawn to Jesus

The Father giving disciples to Jesus

The identity of Jesus (this is what is really at stake in this chapter)

Giving (God giving disciples to Jesus, Moses giving bread, Jesus giving life etc.)

The other gospels all

Possible exhortational ideas:

Why do we come to Jesus? (People came to have their immediate physical needs met, not realising there was a deeper meaning. What does this look like for us?)

Trace “the lost” through the gospels. Matt-Luke use this terms frequently and in many different ways. John uses it almost exclusively with reference to Jesus’ disciples. And always connected with what God has given him. In what way might Jesus “lose” us, and how do we prevent that?

Jesus as the “bread of life”. What did this mean to those who first heard him? What significance does it have for us?

The link - Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? .

Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread,

and your labor for that which does not satisfy?

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles, 2016), .