Acceptance of the Gospel

Wayne Anderson

Gospel "Good News" • Sermon • Submitted 2 years ago

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Introduction

Gospel “Good News”

Restored Relationship with God

Restored Relationships with Others

Restored from Personal Brokenness

Light to the Dark

Clean to the Unclean

Comfort to the Broken

Forgiveness to the Sinner

The Need to accept the truth of the Message and Jesus as our personal Savior.

Context

Miracle of feeding 5,000. (6:1-15)

Walks on water to get to other side of the Lake. (6:16-21)

John 6:22–24 (ESV)

22 On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

The crowd that was present for the feeding of the 5,000, found Jesus.

The Work of God (John 6:25-29)

John 6:25–29 (ESV)

25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” 28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

Work for food that endures to Eternal life. (25-27)

Jesus is going to lead this crowd in a conversation towards his mission of giving eternal life.

Jesus understands why they are coming to see Him. (John 6:26 “Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.”)

Jesus’ teaching - Work for food that endures to eternal life.

God declare’s to Israel.

Isaiah 55:1–3 (ESV)

1 “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. 2 Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. 3 Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.

Jesus offer’s to Samaritan Woman

John 4:13–14 (ESV)

13 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Same here in our text.

John 6:27 (ESV)

27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”

Compares food that perishes and needs to be replaced (Physical), with food that endures or eternal (Spiritual).

eternal life—The quality of life that Jesus gives his disciples and unending life with God given to those who believe in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. (Gangel, Kenneth O. John. Vol. 4. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2000. Print. Holman New Testament Commentary.)

Son of Man - Messianic title found in Dan 7:13-14.

Will give to them.

The Father has set his seal of approval on the Son.

What do we need to do to receive it? (28)

John 6:28 (ESV)

28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?”

Works of God

“When Jesus told the crowd they should work for the food that endures to eternal life, they asked him, ‘What must we do to do the works God requires?’ They wanted to know what works (pl.) God required of them, probably referring to some form of Torah obedience, so that they might qualify for the gift of the food that lasts for ever.” (Kruse, Colin G. John: An Introduction and Commentary. Ed. Eckhard J. Schnabel. Second edition. Vol. 4. London: Inter-Varsity Press, 2017. Print. Tyndale New Testament Commentaries.)

What do we have to do to receive this bread that endures?

This is the work of God (29)

John 6:29 (ESV)

29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

“Jesus answered, ‘The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.’ The work (sing.) that God requires of humanity is very simply stated: to believe in the one he has sent.” (Kruse, Colin G. John: An Introduction and Commentary. Ed. Eckhard J. Schnabel. Second edition. Vol. 4. London: Inter-Varsity Press, 2017. Print. Tyndale New Testament Commentaries.)

Believe - to believe to the extent of complete trust and reliance—‘to believe in, to have confidence in, to have faith in, to trust, faith, trust.’ (Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida. Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 375. Print.)

“Just as He graciously fed them the bread, and all they had to do was receive it, so He wanted to give them eternal life, but they instead thought they must work for it.” (Wiersbe, Warren W. Wiersbe’s Expository Outlines on the New Testament. Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1992. Print.)

Jesus emphasizes that they need to believe in Him.

Work of God: to believe in the one Sent.

The Bread from God (John 6:30-36)

Crowd Question Jesus (30-31)

John 6:30–31 (ESV)

30 So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ”

Ask for a sign.

Sign - an event which is regarded as having some special meaning—‘sign.’ (Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida. Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 442. Print.)

Like Moses did with the Manna.

Exodus 16:14–15 (ESV)

14 And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground. 15 When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.

Exodus 16:35 (ESV)

35 The people of Israel ate the manna forty years, till they came to a habitable land. They ate the manna till they came to the border of the land of Canaan.

Jesus addresses their Challenge (32-33)

John 6:32–33 (ESV)

32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

God gave the bread from heaven. (32)

Just as it was God who gave the Manna, it is God who is giving this bread that endures to eternal life. (33)

“...He who comes down from Heaven...”

The bread is given by someone from Heaven.

Crowd’s response (34)

John 6:34 (ESV)

34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”

Acknowledges Jesus as the one to give that bread of life.

Asks for the bread.

Jesus if the Bread of God (35-36)

John 6:35–36 (ESV)

35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.

I am the Bread of Life

Eternal life is not something Jesus gives, but is found in relationship with Him.

See the connection with John 6:33 “For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”.

John 17:3 (ESV)

3 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

Whoever comes/believes will receive

Come - to move toward or up to the reference point of the viewpoint character or event—‘to come, coming.’ (Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida. Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 192. Print.)

Jesus emphasizes that they need to believe in Him.

Work of God: to believe in the one Sent.

Bread of Life: is coming/believing in Jesus

The Will of God (John 6:37-40)

Jesus has come to Do the Will of God (37-38)

John 6:38 (ESV)

38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.

Jesus came to do God’s will not his own.

The will of God for Jesus (37, 39)

John 6:39 (ESV)

39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day.

John 6:37 (ESV)

37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

God’s will for Jesus (37; 39)

Father will give those who believe in Jesus to Him. (Bold)

Jesus will be faithful to receive them and raise them up. (Italicized)

God’s will for everyone (40)

John 6:40 (ESV)

40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

Everyone who looks to the Son and Believes in Him...

Look - to observe something with continuity and attention, often with the implication that what is observed is something unusual—‘to observe, to be a spectator of, to look at.’ (Louw, Johannes P., and Eugene Albert Nida. Greek-English lexicon of the New Testament: based on semantic domains 1996: 278. Print.)

Will have eternal life and Jesus will raise them up on the last days.

Jesus emphasizes that they need to believe in Him.

Work of God: to believe in the one Sent.

Bread of Life: is coming/believing in Jesus.

Will of God: Is to give eternal life to all who believe in the Son.

Summary Proclamation

The Work of God is to believe in Jesus

The Bread from God is Jesus who gives eternal life.

The Will of God is that all who believe in the Son will have eternal life.

Gospel is the good news of God’s plan of redemption accomplished in the person and Works of Jesus. What God accomplished in Christ is to be accepted by faith.

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