“I am the bread of life.
He who comes to me will not hunger and he who believes in me will not thirst ever again.
All the Father gives to me will come to me.
And the ones who come to me I will not cast out.
Because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.
This is the will of him who sent me: that all those of his he gives to me, I will not destroy but I will raise them up on the last day.
This is the will of my Father: that all who behold the Son and believe in him will have eternal life and I will raise them up on the last day.”
Only Jesus can satisfy the longings and desires of our hearts. Nothing else that we pursue will ever stave off our hunger or quench our thirst. Those who come to him and believe on him will be satisfied starting now and moving into eternity. This coming and believing is not a one time act but a continual present coming and believing on Jesus. To be satisfied in Jesus is to spend all of life pursuing and following Jesus with everything that we are.
In the context of this passage Jesus has many followers pursuing him for his blessings. They had eaten of the miraculous loaves and fishes and are seeking more food. Jesus rebukes them for they do not seek Jesus for who He is but only seek the blessings and comforts that they want from him. They see Jesus but they do not believe on him. Shortly after this passage he will drive them away using violently offensive language. Those who see Jesus but only pursue him for the blessings they want from him will be cast off.
But those who do make pursuing Jesus their life long passion are those who the Father has given to Jesus. Those the Father gives do come to Jesus and pursue him personally and intimately for his sake not the blessings. Notice that those who the Father gives will come. There is no question. The Father’s giving them into the hand of the Son will result in their coming to pursue after Jesus.
Those who continually pursue after Jesus need not fear being cast off. The Father has given them to Jesus and he will not forsake them.
Jesus is utterly selfless. He so communes with the Father that he can continually throughout the Gospel of John make this statement. His own will is not his purpose; only the will of him who sent him. As his disciples we must also be selfless. As our Lord did not pursue his own way, we must submit ourselves to Jesus who has sent us. To pretend to pursue Jesus while seeking our own benefits and will is to show that we do not know Jesus.
This is the twofold repeated will of God the Father. That those he gives to the Son or those who behold the Son and believe on Him; those (negatively) will not be destroyed or (positively) will have eternal life; and Jesus himself will raise them up on the last day. This is the Kingdom and Covenant that Jesus was sent to establish. Here is our hope and our salvation.
Notice this is the Father’s will that he sent the Son to accomplish. The Gospel of Jesus is not that he has to convince the Father to save the church. The Gospel of Jesus is that the Father sent the Son for the purpose of bringing salvation. The Father is the initiator of the Gospel. The story of the Kingdom of God is always of the Father pursuing a people for himself.
Our hope and salvation is a result of seeing Jesus for being our all-satisfying desire and pursuing him personally and intimately. This seeing and believing is a gift from the Father to the Son. As we pursue Jesus he even now gives us life and shields us from destruction with the final promise that he will personally raise us up in the end.
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John 6:34-40 Translation and Observations
by damoxan
He who comes to me will not hunger and he who believes in me will not thirst ever again.
All the Father gives to me will come to me.
And the ones who come to me I will not cast out.
Because I came down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.
This is the will of him who sent me: that all those of his he gives to me, I will not destroy but I will raise them up on the last day.
This is the will of my Father: that all who behold the Son and believe in him will have eternal life and I will raise them up on the last day.”
Only Jesus can satisfy the longings and desires of our hearts. Nothing else that we pursue will ever stave off our hunger or quench our thirst. Those who come to him and believe on him will be satisfied starting now and moving into eternity. This coming and believing is not a one time act but a continual present coming and believing on Jesus. To be satisfied in Jesus is to spend all of life pursuing and following Jesus with everything that we are.
In the context of this passage Jesus has many followers pursuing him for his blessings. They had eaten of the miraculous loaves and fishes and are seeking more food. Jesus rebukes them for they do not seek Jesus for who He is but only seek the blessings and comforts that they want from him. They see Jesus but they do not believe on him. Shortly after this passage he will drive them away using violently offensive language. Those who see Jesus but only pursue him for the blessings they want from him will be cast off.
But those who do make pursuing Jesus their life long passion are those who the Father has given to Jesus. Those the Father gives do come to Jesus and pursue him personally and intimately for his sake not the blessings. Notice that those who the Father gives will come. There is no question. The Father’s giving them into the hand of the Son will result in their coming to pursue after Jesus.
Those who continually pursue after Jesus need not fear being cast off. The Father has given them to Jesus and he will not forsake them.
Jesus is utterly selfless. He so communes with the Father that he can continually throughout the Gospel of John make this statement. His own will is not his purpose; only the will of him who sent him. As his disciples we must also be selfless. As our Lord did not pursue his own way, we must submit ourselves to Jesus who has sent us. To pretend to pursue Jesus while seeking our own benefits and will is to show that we do not know Jesus.
This is the twofold repeated will of God the Father. That those he gives to the Son or those who behold the Son and believe on Him; those (negatively) will not be destroyed or (positively) will have eternal life; and Jesus himself will raise them up on the last day. This is the Kingdom and Covenant that Jesus was sent to establish. Here is our hope and our salvation.
Notice this is the Father’s will that he sent the Son to accomplish. The Gospel of Jesus is not that he has to convince the Father to save the church. The Gospel of Jesus is that the Father sent the Son for the purpose of bringing salvation. The Father is the initiator of the Gospel. The story of the Kingdom of God is always of the Father pursuing a people for himself.
Our hope and salvation is a result of seeing Jesus for being our all-satisfying desire and pursuing him personally and intimately. This seeing and believing is a gift from the Father to the Son. As we pursue Jesus he even now gives us life and shields us from destruction with the final promise that he will personally raise us up in the end.
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