John 6:30-33 They said therefore to him, What sign show you then, that we may see, and believe you? what do you work?… I. Christ Is the bread of God in His personal Divine life (vers. 32-40). 1. The typical and the true bread of God (vers. 32, 33). 2. The false and the true appetite for this bread (vers. 34- 38). 3. The liberating and quickening operation of this bread (vers. 39, 40). II. Christ GIVES the bread of life in His giving up of His flesh in His atoning death (vers. 41-51). 1. He gives it not to murmurers, but to those who are drawn and taught of the Father (vers. 41-47). 2. He gives it with the full partaking of eternal life (vers. 48-50). 3. He gives it in giving Himself (ver. 51). 4. He gives it in giving His flesh for the life of the world (ver. 51). III. Christ INSTITUTES the meal of life in making His flesh and blood a feast of thank-offering to the world (vers. 52-59). 1. The offence at the words concerning the flesh of Christ (ver. 52). 2. The heightening of the offence by the fourfold assertion concerning the flesh and blood of Christ (vers. 53-56). 3. The ground of this assertion; the life of Christ is in the Father (ver. 57). 4. The conclusion of this assertion (vers. 58, 59). IV. Christ TRANSFIGURES the meal of life into a meal of the Spirit (ver. 60-65) — 1. By His exaltation (ver. 62). 2. By His sending the spirit (ver. 63). 3. By His word (ver. 63). 4. By the excision of unbelievers (ver. 64). (J. P. Lange, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? |
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