Sermon Tone Analysis

! Introduction:

the Jews asked Jesus: “how one may do the work of God and Jesus said”, (6:29, 35, 40, 47).

So here & throughout the Gospel of John, everlasting life is directly related to your believing in Jesus Christ.

Four times in this chapter Jesus relates everlasting life to believing in Him.

The word “believe” is used around 99 times in the Gospel of John.

Most definitely there can be no question as to the fact that the Bible teaches that our salvation is dependent upon our believing in Jesus Christ.

But when Jesus said that /everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day,” The Jews then murmured against Him, because He said,  “I am the bread which came down from heaven.”

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     Now remember these are the same people that Jesus fed with the 5 loaves & 2 small fish & afterward they wanted to make Him their king by force.

Then they sought for Him the next day because they were hungry.

But Jesus sought to take them from the material real to the spiritual realm.

From the bread that they had eaten to the true bread which God has given man, that if a man eats he will never hunger again (v.35).

And he tried to being them over to the spiritual realm to receive the gift of God, the gift of eternal life that came from the bread that God has sent from heaven which Jesus said “I am” that bread from heaven (v.35,48,51).

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The Jews Rebelled Against The Claims Of Jesus (41-43).

/a)        /The Jews Then Murmured Against Him (v.41).

1)        /Murmur/ refers to “griping, complaining, grumbling”.

This word is derived from the sound made when murmuring or muttering in a low and indistinct voice with the idea of complaint.

A private conversation, in a sort of whisper or low voice with differences of opinions and disputes about those opinions.

Numbers 11:1 says, “And /when/ the people complained, it displeased the LORD… and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them.

(a)      John 7:12-13 says “there was much complaining among the people concerning Jesus.

Some said, “He is good”; others said, “No, on the contrary, He deceives the people.”

(b)      Many complained of Jesus when He healed a blind man on the Sabbath.

They said, “This Man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath” (John 9:16).

(c)      Others said, “He has a demon and is mad.

Why do you listen to Him?” (John 10:20).

(d)      The Pharisees complained against Jesus because He, not only received sinners, but also ate with sinners (Luke 5:27-31; 15:1-2; 18:41).

(e)      Jesus reached out & touched those whom no one else would (Mark 1:40-41)

2)        The radically disagreed with Jesus’ claim that He had come “down from heaven.”

The basis of their problem was the fact that they knew His father & mother (v.42) 

/b)        /Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know (v.42)?

1)        There Was A Similar Statement Made In Matthews Gospel (Matt.13:54-58):

When He had come to His own country, He taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this /Man/ get this wisdom and /these/ mighty works?

Is this not the carpenter’s son?

Is not His mother called Mary?

And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas?

And His sisters, are they not all with us?

Where then did this /Man/ get all these things?”

So they were offended at Him… /and /He did not do many mighty works there …  except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed /them./

And He marveled because of their unbelief (Mark 6:5-6).

2)        Making Judgments On /Incomplete/ Information.

(a)      /This Is Something That We Are All Guilty Of At Sometime Of Another/.

We say things like: /“well it looks like it” “well it sure appears to be” “well I’m almost positive.”

/It is a tragic mistake to misjudge a person because you don’t have all the facts.

That is exactly what was happening with Jesus (v.42).

(b)      /He Was //Not //The Son Of Joseph (Matthew 1:18-25).

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1.         Jesus Is Never Called The Son Of Joseph, & Joseph Is Never Called Jesus’ Father.

Joseph is not mentioned in Mary’s song of praise (Luke 1:46-55), & Joseph is called the husband of Mary (Matt.1:16).

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Had Jesus been conceived by the act of a man, whether Joseph or anyone else, He could not have been divine and could not have been the Savior.

His own claims about Himself would have been lies, and His resurrection and ascension would have been hoaxes.

And mankind would forever remain lost and damned.

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3.         Matthew 1:20 - Emphasizes The Supernatural Character Of The Whole Event.

The angel addressed Joseph as son of David.

Even though Jesus was not the real son of Joseph, Jesus was his legal son.

His Father, in actuality, was God, who conceived Him by the Holy Spirit.

But His royal right in the Davidic line came by Joseph.

4.         As if to reinforce the truth of Jesus’ divine conception, the angel tells Joseph that she will bear a Son (v.21).

Joseph would act as Jesus’ earthly father, but he would only be a foster father.

Luke’s genealogy of Jesus through Mary’s line accurately says He was “/supposedly/ the son of Joseph” (3:23, emphasis added).

5.         For Christ to become man was humbling enough.

For Him not to be recognized as the Messiah must have been even more humbling.

He performed miracles and taught authoritatively, yet these were typical responses that He had: \\ /“Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?

How does He now say, ‘I have come down out of heaven’ ?”  /(John 6:42).

Because their minds were darkened by their sin, & they did not have all the facts, they were judging by only what they knew.

They treated the King of kings not only like a man, but also like the worst of men—a common criminal.

3)        Many Today Still Judge Jesus Christ Without Having All The Facts. 

(a)      The only facts some people have are the facts that are told to them by the enemies of Jesus.

They have not examined all the evidence for themselves, they only repeat what someone else had said about the Bible.

(John 20:24-29)    

(b)      Other people have made wrong judgments because those who say they know Jesus didn’t act in a Christ like way.

(c)      But there is not excuse for bad judgments, its up to you to determine what are the facts about Jesus Christ & the /only way you can do that intelligently is to study the Bible.

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(d)      They were ignorant of the incarnation (Rom.1:3-4;

9:5; Gal.4:4).

/c)         /Jesus appealed to the crowd & said, “do not murmur among yourselves” (v.43).

1)        The Lord knows when we are complaining, there is nothing hidden from His sight (Heb.4:13).

What a lesson for us all: “Be still, and know that I am God” (Psalm 45:15).

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A Person Must Be Drawn By God (44-46).

/a)        /No one can come to me unless the father who sent me draws him (v.44)

1)        /God Draws All Men To Himself/,/ But Not All Will Come./

(a)      The World (John 1:29; 3:17; 1 Tim.1:15; 1 John 2:2)… Whoever, whosoever (John 3:16; Rom.10:9-13; Rev.22:17)… All (Matt.11:28-30;

Rom.5:18; 8:32; 2Cor.5:14-15;

1Tim2:4,6; 2Pet.3:9),

& Everyone (John 10:16; 11:52; Heb.2:9; 5:7,9; Rev.14:6-7)

(b)      Man’s resistance is seen in the word /draw/.

The word “draw” has the idea of both initiative and rebellion, of constraint and resistance.

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For example: the pulling in of a net loaded with fish involves both actions of pulling and resistance (John 21:6); a person being dragged to court encounters both actions of pulling and resistance (Acts 16:19).

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The Holy Spirit can be /resisted/ (Acts 7:51; Neh.9:30-31), /grieved /(Is.63:10;

Eph.4:30), and /quenched/ (1Thess.5:19)

3.         It takes both the drawing of God & the responding of man in order to be saved.

No man can come unless the father draws him, & no man is saved unless he comes.

2)        /Jesus Said He Will Draw All To Himself (John 12:32)./

(a)      He did not mean everybody will be saved because some will be lost (John 5:28-29).

(b)      How Does Jesus Draw All To Himself?  Jesus puts the emphasis on His redemptive death (John 12:33).

His death will draw all men unto Him.

Those who believe will be saved.

Those who reject Him will be lost.

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By His death, He was able to go to the Father & send the Holy Spirit (John 16:5-11).

2.         His prayer “Father, forgive them” (Luke 23:34) did not go unanswered.

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One of the thieves who had been jeering Christ turned to faith in Him (23:43).

b.

The men who had beaten and crucified Christ turned to Him (Matt.27:54).