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Who Wants Some Bread 3: Come & See Series
Contributed by Jody Vansickle on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: Part three of the three part series on The Four Images of Relationship that Jesus shares with us in John 6.
WHO WANTS SOME BREAD: Come & See John 6: 25- 40
Part three in a series on âFour Images of Relationshipâ Text: vv. 35-40
This morning we finish up our three-part series entitled, âWho Wants Some Bread: The Four Images of Relationship.â
⢠Image one was Jesusâ command for us to âwork for the food that endures for eternal life.â
⢠Then last week Jesus tells us how we must âbelieve in Him.â
⢠Now verses 35-40 give us the last two images of relationship: âComeâ and âSee.â (read vv. 35-40).
We are using these two images together because they are so often used together in Scripture as a witness!
⢠The words come and see are used together in 57 verses of Scripture (NKJV):
⢠35 times they are used together in the Old, 22 times in the New.
⢠Listen, as I read vv. 35-40 to the importance of the words âcomeâ and âseeâ to Jesus (read vv. 35-40)
I). Although the words âcomeâ and âseeâ donât appear together like they do in those other 57 verses of Scripture that we mentioned, the image of relationship with Christ is clear!
A). Working and believing in and for Christ is only a part of the Christian life.
⢠Jesus answers those who says, âSir, give us this bread always.â By stating, in verse 35, âI am the bread of Life.â
B). And we receive that bread by coming to Him! âWhoever comes to Me will never be hungryâŚâ
II). So letâs look at this image of âcoming to Christ.â
A). Jesus tells us, in verse 37 (read)
⢠There are two great truths for us to hold onto here:
B). First, that all who are drawn by the Father, through the Holy Spirit, will come to Christ.
⢠Look at v. 44 (read)
⢠Romans 8:14, âFor all who are led by the Spirit of God are children of God.â
⢠God sends preachers and evangelists today to proclaim His salvation, and He accompanies that preaching with the influence of the Holy Spirit.
⢠Those who yield to the wooing of the Holy Spirit are saved, those who donât are lost.
⢠So who is the Father trying to lead to ChristâŚwho is the Holy Spirit wooing?
⢠Is there an electâŚa selected number that will be saved? Of course not!
⢠2 Peter 3:9, âThe Lord is not slow about His promise, as some think of slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting any to perish, but all to come to repentance.â
⢠So God the Father is attempting to draw all of us to Christ through the Holy Spirit, the problem is we donât respond!
⢠Acts 7:51, âYou stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are forever opposing the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do.â
⢠So itâs not that God is calling us to come, the problem is we donât care and so weâre just not listening!
C). Second, those who do respond, Jesus will receive! (37b).
⢠Jesus says here, âAnyone who comes to Me, I will not refuse to save.â
⢠The Greek word used for âcomesâ (âcomethâ KJV) means âto arrive.â
⢠Wesley said it this way: âAll that feel themselves lost, and follow the drawings of the Father, and thus come to me, I will nowise cast out â I will give him pardon, holiness, and heaven, if he endure to the end.â
⢠So itâs more than just being willing to come to repentance, itâs those who actually come to Jesus.
⢠(EXAMPLE: sin: walking away form God, repentance: turning back to God, arrival: reaching Christ).
⢠That gets back to last Sunday where we talked about the image of belief and obedience!
⢠Jesus tells us in Matthew 10:22 & 24:13 that âHe who endures to the end (to his or her arrival to Christ) will be saved.â
⢠So, we not only have to turn to Christ, we must come to Christ.
III). Now letâs skip down to verse 40 and look at this final image of relationship: Seeing Christ. (read v.40)
A). What does it mean to see Christ?
⢠The Greek word used here for âseeâ is âtheoreoâ [theh-o-reh-o] which means âto discern or experienceâ.
⢠So a knowledge of Christ isnât enough â neither is a historical knowledge of Him (believing that Jesus actually lived).
⢠Itâs not even enough to believe that He is the Son of God! The Messiah! (Matthew 7:21, âNot everyone who says to me âLord, Lordâ will enter into the kingdom of heavenâŚâ)
B). To see Christ means to trust in Him for righteousness, forgiveness, and eternal life!
⢠We have to discern and experience Christ!
C). How does that happen? Weâve gone over the process all through this study the past 3 weeks: