John 6: 60-71
ABLE TO LAST: COMMITMENT
Pstr Manolito Ramos
Joh 6:60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they
had heard this, said, This is a hard saying; who can hear it?
Joh 6:61
When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them,
Doth this offend you?
Joh 6:62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man
ascend up where he was before?
Joh 6:63 It is the spirit that
quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing the words that I speak unto you, they
are spirit, and they are life.
Joh 6:64 But there are some of you that
believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not,
and who should betray him.
Joh 6:65 And he said, Therefore said I unto
you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.
Joh 6:66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no
more with him.
Joh 6:67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also
go away?
Joh 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall
we go? thou hast the wordsof eternal life.
Joh 6:69 And we believe and
are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.
Joh
6:70 Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is
a devil?
Joh 6:71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he
it was that should betrayhim, being one of the twelve.
Two Attitudes that PMR Noticed w/in the week:
1.) Impatient
2.) Imbibing
Christian Race
1.) Patient
2.) Personifying
“Christianity is a marathon and not a race.” So run with Endurance.
Grey headed people as they grow old.
1.) Tested by Times – Psalms 37:5 (David)
Psa 37:5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.
2.) Tried to Strength – Joshua 14:11 (Caleb)
Jos 24:11 And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.
3.) Deepened by Experience – Genesis 30:27 (Laban)
Gen 30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake.
CONTEXT: The Disciples are Tested by Jesus’ Teachings.
1.) Meat for the Belly – v.52 – (the disciples thought)
2.) Meat for Eternity- v,48, 51 (what Jesus meant)
WHY PEOPLE CAN’T MAKE A COMMITMENT AND LAST LONG?
1.) Lack of understanding to true plans of God. V.60
a. Jesus wants people to absorb Him. V-56
b. The Disciples
i. A Hard Saying. V.60
ii. Complaints. V.61 – we question the power of God
2.) A life that’s fleshly in motivation. V.63
a. Church is used for Spiritual Reformation
i. It takes time and money (against Work)
ii. Interferes with leisure and rest
iii. Competes with personal ambition
3.) A lost of belief. V.64
a. Check: Why is one cold in Christ?
i. Are you saved and elected? V.65
ii. Are you still walking with God? V.66
4.) A look to other alternatives. V.67-68
a. They think God is not enough
b. God is absolute and there should not be an alterntive
(Thou shalt have no other God)
INTEREST – we pursue as long as it is convenient
COMMITMENT – we pursue even it isn’t convenient
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