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Serious Objections

Text: John 6:30-31

SERIOUS OBJECTIONS

The multitudes were not prepared to accept the word of the Lord Jesus Christ. They raised serious objections.

“Therefore they said to Him,
‘What sign will You perform then,
that we may see it and believe You?
What work would You do?
Our fathers ate the manna in the desert;
as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’’”

John 6:30-31

1. The multitudes challenged the statements of Jesus

a) They raised two questions.

i) What sign do You perform then that we may see it and believe You?

ii) What work do you do?

b) The sign of feeding the five thousand.

i) This was obviously not enough for the multitudes.

ii) A moment ago, they were so sure that Jesus would prove to be a worthy king.

iii) Now, they were challenging Him to perform more signs before they could believe Him.

c) The works of Jesus had obviously been discounted.

i) The healing of the lame

ii) The opening of blind eyes

iii) The restoring of hearing to the deaf

iv) The casting out of demons

v) The raising of the dead

d) The above should have been more than enough “proof” that Jesus was the Saviour and Lord.

2. The multitudes were enamoured of Moses

a) They were actually comparing Jesus with Moses.

b) They believed that Moses gave their forefathers bread from heaven.

c) They even cited the Scriptures to the Lord Jesus to prove the greatness of Moses.

d) The word “He” was a reference to Moses as far as the multitudes were concerned.

e) Suddenly they were not so impressed with this miracle of feeding the five thousand!

经文：约翰福音6：30-31

严重的反驳

众人不肯接受主耶稣所说的话。他们提出了严重的反驳。

“他们又说：‘你行什么神迹，叫我们看见就信你？你到底做什么事呢？ 我们的祖宗在旷野吃过吗哪，如经上写着说：‘他从天上赐下粮来给他们吃。’’”

《约翰福音6：30-31》

1．众人挑战耶稣的说法

a）他们提出两个问题

i）“你行什么神迹，叫我们看见就信你？”

ii）“你到底做什么事呢？”

b）给五千人吃饱的神迹

i）显然，众人还不满足

ii）不久前，他们还肯定耶稣配被称为王

iii）现在，他们却挑战耶稣，要祂行更多奇迹让他们相信

c）耶稣做的事很明显的被忽视了

i）医冶瘸腿的人

ii）使瞎子重见光明

iii）让耳聋的恢复听觉

iv）撒走恶魔

v）使死人复活

d）以上所述应该足够的“确证”耶稣是救世主。

2．众人对摩西的仰慕

a）他们居然把耶稣和摩西相比

b）他们认为摩西从天上赐下粮给他们的祖先

c）他们甚至用经文向耶稣证明摩西的伟大

d）对他们来说，“他”这个字是指摩西。

e）怱然间，他们没把给五千人吃饱的神迹放在眼里！