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10Jesus said, “Have the
people sit down.” There was plenty of grass in that place, and they sat down
(about five thousand men were there).
11Jesus then took the loaves,
gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.
He did the same with the fish.
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24Once the crowd realized
that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and
went to
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25When they found him on the
other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
26Jesus answered, “Very truly
I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs
I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
27Do not work for food that
spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will
give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
28Then they asked him, “What
must we do to do the works God requires?”
29Jesus answered, “The work
of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
30So they asked him, “What
sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?
31Our ancestors ate the manna
in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
32Jesus said to them, “Very
truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but
it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
33For the bread of God is the
bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34“Sir,” they said, “always
give us this bread.”
35Then Jesus declared, “I am
the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever
believes in me will never be thirsty.
36But as I told you, you have
seen me and still you do not believe.
37All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I
will never drive away.
38For I have come down from
heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.
39And this is the will of him
who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.
40For my Father’s
will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have
eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
41At this the Jews there
began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from
heaven.”
42They said, “Is this not
Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say,
‘I came down from heaven’?”
43“Stop grumbling among
yourselves,” Jesus answered.
44“No one can come to me
unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will
raise them up at the last day.
45It is written in the
Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.
46No one has seen the Father
except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.
47Very truly I tell you, the
one who believes has eternal life.
48I am the bread of life.
49Your ancestors ate the
manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
50But here is the bread that
comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die.
51I am the living bread that
came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is
my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
52Then the Jews began to
argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
53Jesus said to them, “Very
truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his
blood, you have no life in you.
54Whoever eats my flesh and
drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
55For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
56Whoever eats my flesh and
drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.
57Just as the living Father
sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one
who feeds on me will live because of me.
58This is the bread that came
down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this
bread will live forever.”
59He said this while teaching
in the synagogue in
60On hearing it, many of his
disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
61Aware that his disciples
were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?
62Then what if you see the
Son of Man ascend to where he was before!
63The Spirit gives life; the
flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the
Spirit and life.
64Yet there are some of you
who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did
not believe and who would betray him.
65He went on to say, “This is
why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father
has enabled them.”
66From this time many of his
disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
67“You do not want to leave
too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.
68Simon Peter answered him,
“Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
69We have come to believe and
to know that you are the Holy One of God.”
70Then Jesus replied, “Have I
not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
71(He meant Judas, the son of
Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)
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1)
Are verses 10,
11 and 24 included in VisionCasting-John6.1-15 and VisionCasting-John6.16-24?
o Yes.
2)
Why are verses 10,
11 and 24 included here?
o They are included here to provide continuity of
context.
3)
According to
verse 25 what did the crowd ask Jesus when they found him on the other side of the
lake?
o They asked him when he got there.
4)
According to
verse 26 with what level of certainty did Jesus speak?
o Jesus spoke with the certainty of truth.
5)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 26 did the crowd come looking for him because they thought
that he was God in having performed a miracle and why?
o No, they came looking for Jesus.
o Because
o They
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Ate the loaves.
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And had their
fill.
6)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 26 what was the crowd’s focus when they came
looking for him?
o They focused
§
On their physical
needs.
§
Not on Jesus as God.
7)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 27 how did he steer the crowd away from their obsession
with receiving physical food from him?
o They should not work
§
For food that
spoils.
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But for food that
endures to eternal life.
8)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 27 who would give the crowd food that endured to eternal
life if they worked for it?
o The Son of Man would.
9)
What kind of food
was the crowd working for on the other hand when they looked for Jesus because they ate the loaves and had their fill?
o They were working for food that spoils.
10)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 27 what is the basis that he could give the crowd food that
endured to eternal life if they worked for it?
o It is because God the Father had placed his seal of
approval on Jesus.
11)
What was God’s
seal of approval on Jesus that the crowd that was working for food that spoiled
could relate to?
o Jesus’ sign of feeding five thousand.
12)
What had the
crowd done right and not done right in their search for food?
o They had done the right thing in coming to Jesus.
o On the other hand they were
looking for the wrong thing in expecting food that spoiled from him.
13)
According to verses
27 and 28 what were the works the crowd was referring to when they asked Jesus what
they must do to do the works God requires?
o They were referring to what they must do to in order to work for food that endures to eternal life.
14)
What misunderstanding
might the crowd have concerning food that endures to eternal life, given that they
were fixated on making Jesus king so that they would
have their fill always?
o They thought Jesus meant an uninterrupted supply of loaves
of bread that lasted forever.
15)
According to verses
28 and 29 what was Jesus’ reply when the crowd asked him what they must do to
do the works God requires?
o Jesus said that the work of God is to believe in the one
he has sent.
16)
Who is the one
God has sent?
o Jesus is.
17)
How could the
crowd work for food that endures to eternal life, given what Jesus said in verse
29?
o They could work for food that endures to eternal life
by believing in Jesus.
18)
Who is ‘He’ that the
crowd was referring to in verse 31 in
light of what Jesus said in verse 32?
o They were referring to Moses.
19)
According to
verses 30 and 31 what did the crowd demand that Jesus should do as a sign to
incline them to believe that God had sent
him?
o Jesus should give them bread to eat.
o Just as
o Moses gave their ancestors manna to eat in the wilderness.
20)
According to
verse 30 how did the crowd emphasize their demand for a sign from Jesus?
o They emphasized their demand by making it twice.
21)
What was the
approach the crowd was using in order to get Jesus to
give them bread?
o They were trying to manipulate Jesus into giving them
bread.
22)
What was the tug
of war between Jesus and the crowd?
o Jesus required that the crowd believe in him in order to receive food that endured to eternal life.
o The crowd demanded that Jesus give them bread.
o That
o They might believe him.
23)
What does it mean
‘as it is written’?
o It means ‘as it is written in the Old Testament of the
bible’.
24)
What did the
crowd say in verse 31 is the bread from heaven?
o Manna is the bread from heaven.
25)
What was the manna
regarded as in the Old Testament of the bible, given Exodus 16:13-31?
o Manna was regarded as bread from God for the
Israelites.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Exodus 16:13-31 that says,
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13In the morning there was a
layer of dew around the camp.
14When the dew was gone, thin
flakes like frost on the ground appeared on the desert floor.
15When the Israelites saw it,
they said to each other, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. Moses
said to them, “It is the bread the Lord has given you to eat.
...
31The people of
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26)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 32 who is and who is
not the giver of bread from heaven?
o It is not Moses who had given the ancestors of the crowd
the bread from heaven.
o But it is the Father who gave them the true bread from
heaven.
27)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 32 and 33 what is the true bread from heaven?
o The true bread from heaven is the bread of God that
§
Comes down from
heaven.
§
And gives life to
the world.
28)
According to
verse 34 what did the crowd ask Jesus to do for them?
o They asked Jesus to repeatedly and
continually give them the bread from heaven.
29)
What kind of bread
did the crowd continue to ask Jesus for regardless of his ongoing effort to
steer them away from food that spoiled and why?
o They continued to ask Jesus for bread that spoiled.
o Because
o They wanted Jesus to repeatedly and
continually give them the bread.
30)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 35 who did he declare himself to be?
o Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life.”
31)
How did Jesus’ declaration
of himself echo the way God described himself, given Exodus 3:14?
o Jesus referred to himself using the verbiage God did in
the form of ‘I am’.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Exodus 3:14 that says,
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14God said to Moses, “I am
who I am. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I am
has sent me to you.’”
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32)
What is the
current count of the ‘I am’ declarations Jesus had made in the current gospel
account?
o This is the first declaration.
33)
What is the
change in the focus of the attention of the crowd that Jesus was trying to
bring about?
o Jesus was trying to change the focus of the attention
of the crowd
§
From bread that
spoils.
§
To himself.
34)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 35 what is the consequence
for those who come to him and believe in him?
o Whoever comes to Jesus will never go hungry.
o And whoever believes in him will never be thirsty.
35)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 35 what did he mean?
o Jesus meant that he forever
§
Satisfied the
hunger in the souls of those who came to him.
§
And quenched the
thirst in the souls of those who believed in him.
36)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 35 how could the crowd receive the bread of life?
o They could receive the bread of life.
o If
o They
§
Came to Jesus.
§
And believed in him.
37)
Who after all is the
bread that endures to eternal life?
o Jesus is the bread that endures to eternal life.
38)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 36 what was his judgment of the crowd?
o They had seen Jesus.
o And still they did not
believe.
39)
What was the
evidence that they still did not believe?
o It is because they continued to ask Jesus for bread
that spoiled.
40)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 37 what will all those the Father gives him do?
o They will come to Jesus.
41)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 37 how will he deal with those who come to him?
o Jesus will never drive away those who come to him.
42)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 38 where has he come from?
o Jesus has come down from heaven.
43)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 37 and 38 what is the reason he will never drive away
those who come to him?
o It is because Jesus has come down from heaven
§
Not to do his will.
§
But to do the will
of God who sent him.
44)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 39 and 40 what is the will of God who sent him?
o The will of God is
§
That Jesus shall
Ø
Lose none of all
those God has given him.
Ø
But raise them up
at the last day.
§
And that
Ø
Everyone who
looks to Jesus and believes in him shall have eternal life.
Ø
And he will raise
them up at the last day.
45)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 39 what will he do in order not to lose anyone God has given him?
o By raising them up at the last day.
46)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 40 under what condition will he raise a person up at the
last day?
o Everyone who
§
Looks to Jesus.
§
And believes in
him.
o Shall have eternal life,
o And he will raise them up at the last day.
47)
How did Jesus sum
up the purpose of his telling the crowd to not work for food that spoils, but
for food that endures to eternal life by believing in him?
o It is for the purpose of receiving eternal life.
48)
According to
verse 41 why did the Jews begin to grumble about Jesus?
o It is because Jesus said that he is the bread that
came down from heaven.
49)
According to
verse 42 what was the basis of the Jews’ grumble?
o Jesus’ claim that he came down from heaven sounded ludicrous to them.
o Since
o They knew him
§
Who is the son of Joseph.
§
And whose father and mother they also knew.
50)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 43 what did he tell the Jews to do?
o Jesus told them to stop grumbling among themselves.
51)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 44 under what condition can a person come to him?
o A person can come to Jesus.
o Only when
o The Father who sent Jesus draws him.
52)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 44 what will he do for the person who comes to him?
o Jesus will raise them up at the last day.
53)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 45 what is written in the Prophets?
o ‘They will all be taught by God.’
54)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 45 what will those who have heard the Father and learned
from him do?
o They will come to Jesus.
55)
But why would
some not come to Jesus if they were all taught by God?
o It is because not all who were taught by God
§
Heard him.
§
And learned from
him.
o Those who
§
Had not heard God.
§
And had not
learned from him.
o Were not drawn to Jesus by him.
56)
Why did the Jews in
verse 41 begin to grumble about Jesus?
o It is because they had not been drawn to Jesus by God.
57)
Who is the one in verse 46 that is from God?
o Jesus is.
58)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 46 who is the only one that has seen the Father?
o No one has seen the Father except Jesus.
o Only he has seen the Father.
59)
Did the Jews
think that Moses saw the Father and why, given Numbers
12:5-8?
o Yes, because per Numbers 12:5-8 the Lord said
§
That he spoken
with Moses face to face.
§
And that Moses saw
his form.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Numbers 12:5-8 that says,
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5Then the Lord came down in a
pillar of cloud; he stood at the entrance to the tent and summoned Aaron and
Miriam. When the two of them stepped forward,
6he said, “Listen to my
words: “When there is a prophet among you, I, the Lord, reveal myself to them in
visions, I speak to them in dreams.
7But this is not true of my
servant Moses; he is faithful in all my house.
8With him I speak face to
face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against
my servant Moses?”
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60)
But did Moses
really see the Father and why, given John 1:18, Deuteronomy
5:1-4 and Exodus 19:16-20:19?
o Per John 1:18 no one including Moses has ever seen God
except Jesus.
o Per Deuteronomy 5:1-4 Moses depicted the meeting
between the Lord and the Israelites as the Lord speaking to them face to face.
o Even though
o Per Exodus 19:16-20:19 it is not what we would
normally consider as speaking face to face personally.
o So Moses’ speaking with the Lord face to face and seeing
his form is not necessarily what we would normally consider as speaking face to
face personally.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 1:18 that says,
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18No one has ever seen God,
but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship
with the Father, has made him known.
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· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Deuteronomy 5:1-4 that says,
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1Moses summoned all
2The Lord our God made a
covenant with us at Horeb.
3It was not with our
ancestors that the Lord made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are
alive here today.
4The Lord spoke to you face
to face out of the fire on the mountain.
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· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Exodus 19:16-20:19 that says,
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19:16On the morning of the
third day there was thunder and lightning, with a thick cloud over the
mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast. Everyone in the camp trembled.
19:17Then Moses led the
people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the
mountain.
19:18Mount Sinai was covered
with smoke, because the Lord descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up
from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently.
19:19As the sound of the
trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and the
voice of God answered him.
19:20The Lord descended to
the top of
19:21and the Lord said to
him, “Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see
the Lord and many of them perish.
...
20:18When the people saw the
thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they
trembled with fear. They stayed at a distance
20:19and said to Moses,
“Speak to us yourself and we will listen. But do not have God speak to us or we
will die.”
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61)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 47 who has eternal life?
o The one who believes has eternal life.
62)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 48 what did he again declare himself to be?
o Jesus again declared that he is the bread of life.
63)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 49 what happened to the ancestors of the Jews who ate the
manna in the wilderness?
o They died.
64)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 50 what happens to anyone who eats the bread
that comes down from heaven?
o They will not die.
65)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 51 how did he point to his origin using the “I AM" declaration?
o
Jesus said, “I am
the living bread that came down from heaven.”
66)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 51 what happens to anyone who eats the living
bread that came down from heaven?
o They will live forever.
67)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 51 what would he give his
flesh that is the living bread for?
o Jesus would give his flesh for the life of the world.
68)
According to
verse 52 what did the Jews begin to argue sharply about among themselves?
o They argued how Jesus could give them his flesh to eat.
69)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 53 what would they miss unless they ate his flesh and drink
his blood?
o They would have no life in them.
70)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 54 what is his promise for those who eat his flesh and
drink his blood?
o They have eternal life.
o And Jesus will raise them up at the last day.
71)
When is the last
day?
o The last day is the day.
o When
o Jesus returns.
72)
What does verse 53
tell us about the relationship between eating Jesus’ flesh and drinking his
blood, and having eternal life?
o Eating Jesus’ flesh and drinking his blood is a necessary condition for having eternal life.
73)
What does verse 54
tell us about the relationship between eating Jesus’ flesh and drinking his
blood, and having eternal life?
o Eating Jesus’ flesh and drinking his blood is a sufficient condition for having eternal life.
74)
What do verses 53
and 54 together tell us about the relationship between eating Jesus’ flesh and
drinking his blood, and having eternal life?
o Eating Jesus’ flesh and drinking his blood is a
§
Sufficient
.
§
And necessary.
o Condition for having eternal life.
75)
What does eating Jesus’ flesh and drinking his blood being a
sufficient and necessary condition for having eternal life mean in plain
English?
o It means that
§
Eating Jesus’ flesh.
§
And drinking his
blood.
o Is the only indicator for having eternal life.
76)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 54 and 55 why would those who eat his flesh and drink his blood
have eternal life?
o For Jesus’ flesh is real food.
o And his blood is real drink.
77)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 56 what is the relationship between him and those who eat his
flesh and drink his blood?
o Whoever
§
Eats Jesus’ flesh.
§
And drinks his blood.
o Remains in him, and he in them.
78)
What is the
consequence for a person to remain in Jesus, given John 15:5?
o The disciples will bear much fruit.
o If
o They remain in Jesus and him in them.
o Apart from him they can do nothing.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 15:5 that says,
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5“I am the vine; you are the
branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart
from me you can do nothing.
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79)
Did Jesus really
mean eating his flesh and drinking his blood
and why?
o No, it is to be taken symbolically.
o Just as
o Jesus being the vine and the disciples being the
branches is to be taken symbolically.
80)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 57 what is the relationship between him and the living
Father?
o Jesus lives because of the living Father who sent him.
81)
Why does Jesus live
because of the Father, given Hebrews 1:5?
o Jesus lives.
o Because
o The Father begot him.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Hebrews 1:5 that says,
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(ESV)
5For to which of the angels
did God ever say, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”?
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82)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 57 what is the consequence for one to feed on him?
o The one who feeds on Jesus will live because of him.
83)
What is the
reason the one who feeds on Jesus will live?
o We are going to find out later.
84)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 57 what is the resemblance between the two relationships?
o Just as the living Father sent Jesus and Jesus lives
because of the Father.
o So
o The one who feeds on Jesus will live because of Jesus.
85)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 57 how does life propagate?
o Life propagates
§
From the Father.
§
To Jesus.
§
To those who feed
on Jesus.
86)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 58 who is the bread that came down from heaven?
o Jesus is.
87)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 58 what is the contrast between manna and the bread that
came down from heaven in terms of efficacy for effecting longevity of the
partaker?
o Ancestors of the Jews
§
Ate manna.
§
And died.
o But whoever feeds on the bread that came down from
heaven will live forever.
88)
According to
verse 59 where did Jesus give his teaching?
o In the synagogue in
89)
According to
verse 60 what was the reaction of many of
Jesus’ disciples to his teaching?
o They grumbled that it was a hard teaching.
o That
o No one could accept.
90)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 61 and 62 how did he address the grumbling of his
disciples?
o Jesus challenged them
with the reality that they would not be offended.
o If
o They saw him ascend to where he was before.
91)
Where was Jesus
before?
o Jesus was in heaven before.
92)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 63 what is the contrast between the Spirit and the flesh?
o The Spirit gives life.
o The flesh counts for nothing.
93)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 63 what are the words he had spoken to his disciples full
of?
o They are full of
§
The Spirit.
§
And life.
94)
To answer the
question raised earlier, what is the reason the one who feeds on Jesus will
live?
o To feed on Jesus in the current context is to believe Jesus’
words that are full of the Spirit and life.
o The one who believes Jesus’ words that are full of the
Spirit and life will live.
95)
According to
verse 64 why did Jesus say that some of his disciples did not believe?
o It is because Jesus had known from the beginning
§
Which of them did
not believe.
§
And who would
betray him.
.
96)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 65 what is the reason for the unbelief of some of
his disciples?
o It is because the Father had not
enabled them.
97)
According to
verse 66 what did many of Jesus’ disciples
decide to do from that time on?
o They
§
Turned back.
§
And no longer
followed Jesus.
98)
What were many of
Jesus’ disciples rejecting when they stopped following him because they could not
accept his teaching?
o They were rejecting Jesus’ words.
99)
What was the value
for Jesus to continue to spend time on training disciples who rejected his words
and why?
o There was no value at all.
o because
o It would be a complete waste of Jesus’ time and effort.
100) What did Jesus do to his disciples?
o Jesus sifted them.
o So that
o Those who rejected his words stopped following him.
101) What were Jesus’ disciples rejecting when they
rejected Jesus’ words?
o They were rejecting
§
The Spirit.
§
And life.
102) According to what Jesus said in verse 67 what did he
ask the Twelve about?
o Jesus asked them.
o If
o They wanted to leave too.
103) According to verse 68 what was Simon Peter’s reply?
o He said that they had no one else to go to.
o Since
o Jesus has the words of eternal life.
104) According to verse 69 what did Simon Peter say the disciples had come to believe and know
about Jesus?
o They had come
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To believe.
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And to know.
o That Jesus is the Holy One of God.
105) What was a practical reason Jesus sifted
his disciples so that not many of them
remained except the Twelve?
o Jesus could then focus more of his time and effort on
training the Twelve.
106) According to what Jesus said in verse 70 what is the
reality about one of the Twelve that he had chosen in contrast to what Simon
Peter said?
o One of them was a devil.
107) According to verses 70 and 71 who was a devil that Jesus
was referring to and why?
o Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, was a devil.
o Because
o Though one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.
108) Why did Jesus choose someone who would betray him,
given Philippians 2:8?
o It is because Jesus obeyed the Father’s will for him
to die on the cross.
· The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Philippians 2:8 that says,
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8And being found in
appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death—even
death on a cross!
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109) What should we learn from Jesus’ remark that one of the
Twelve was a devil in response to Simon Peter’s vouching
for the faith of the Twelve?
o We might be surprised later.
o If
o We vouch for other people’s faith in Jesus.
110) Was Jesus intentional in causing the Jews to grumble
about his saying that he is the bread that came down from heaven and why?
o Yes, because Jesus was putting a stop on their effort
to make him king by force.
111) Was Jesus intentional in driving away many of his
disciples and why?
o Yes, all that needed to happen for them to stay on was
for Jesus to explain the symbolism of his words.
o But he did not.
o Because
o He had not chosen
them.
o Furthermore he needed to focus on training up the Twelve.
o That
o He had chosen.
112) What is the spectrum of the status of belief in Jesus
that we have seen so far in the current gospel account?
o Some believed and persevered in their belief such as
eleven out of the Twelve.
o Some had doubt but later believed such as Nicodemus.
o Some claimed to believe but had not repented such as
the crowd in
o Some refused to believe and wanted to kill Jesus such
as the Jewish leaders.
o Some refused to believe and shared in the wickedness
of those who wanted to kill Jesus such as the former invalid and Judas.
o Some believed for a time and then stopped believing
when sifted by Jesus.
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John 6:25-71
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