John 6:22-59
Big Idea: Jesus Satisfies Us By Graciously Giving Us Not What We Want But What We Need
Through Feasting On Jesus:
1) Receive grace even when seeking Jesus with wrong motivations (v. 22-27)
2) Receive eternal life through believing in the bread of life (v. 28-44)
God’s grace in our salvation:
1) Reconciliation: God’s grace sent Jesus (v. 32-33)
2) Initiation: God’s grace draws us to Jesus (v. 37; 44)
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love He predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of His will, to the praise of His glorious grace, with which He has blessed us in the Beloved. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace, which He lavished upon us.”
- Ephesians 1:3-8a
3) Salvation: God’s grace saves us through our belief in Jesus (v. 29, 35, 40, 47, 51)
4) Satisfaction: God’s grace satisfies His requirements for us through Jesus (v. 47-51)
5) Security: God’s grace secures us through Jesus (v. 37-40)
3) Receive mercy even when grumbling that Jesus isn’t sufficient (v. 41-50)
4) Receive abundant life through the sufficiency of the bread of life (v. 47-59)
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness for they shall be satisfied.”
- Matthew 5:6
“Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! Blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!”
– Psalm 34:8