Message Notes

SUNDAY SCHOOL SPECIAL 5 September 2021
Text: John 6:67-71
Subject: Evangelism
Focus: “The words of eternal life”

INTRODUCTION

1. A quick Review of the Task of Evangelism (John 6)

2. Problems that hinder people from coming to Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ:

a) A wrong Focus

i) Food

ii) The Physical/material realm (John 6:26-27, 34)

b) A wrong understanding of history

i) Moses

ii) Manna (John 6: 31)

c) Complaining/grumbling spirit (John 6:41, 61)

i) Fixed mindset

ii) Unable to understand the spiritual realm

d) Dropping out

i) This will happen to some (John 6:66)

ii) The Lord will not yield Truth for any reason

3. An important spiritual truth to note
God the Father is involved

a) Giving
He gives people to the Lord Jesus (John 6:37, 39)

b) Drawing
He draws (John 6:44)

c) Teaching
He teaches (John 6:45)

d) Granting
Granted by the Father (John 6:65)

4. Strong and Deep Christology

a) Believing in the Lord Jesus (John 6:29)

b) Coming to the Lord Jesus (John 6:37)

c) The Lord Jesus will give everlasting life (John 6:40, 47)

d) He will raise all believers (Resurrection) (John 6:40, 44)

e) The Bread of life (John 6:35, 48)

f) The living bread (John 6:51-58)

i) His body

ii) His blood

iii) Figurative language
To “partake” of the Lord Jesus fully

g) The word of the Lord Jesus

i) They are spirit

ii) They are life (John 6:63)

THE PEOPLE WHO LEFT

1. Many were leaving the Lord Jesus (John 6:66)

2. They had their own ideas:

a) About God

b) About religion

c) About life

d) About the Lord Jesus

3. They rejected what the Lord Jesus taught

a) They held to their own beliefs

b) They did not want to consider faith in the Lord Jesus

c) They left grumbling and complaining

QUESTION TO THE TWELVE DISCIPLES

1. The question posed to them
“Do you also want to go away?” John 6:67

2. This was an option offered

3. A decision must be made/given

THE ANSWER OF PETER

On behalf of the Twelve

1. Alternative?
“To whom shall we go?” John 6:68a

a) No alternative

b) No one like the Lord Jesus

2. Affirmation I
“You have the words of eternal life” John 6:68b

a) An appreciation of the teachings of the Lord Jesus

b) His words generate life

c) Faith in the Lord and Words results in everlasting life

3. Affirmation II
“Also we have come to believe
and know that You are the Christ,
the Son of the living God” John 6:69

A SAD COMMENT MADE

1. Chosen
“Did I not choose you, the twelve?” John 6:70a

a) Chosen

b) But not appreciated

2. The devil
“And one of you is a devil” John 6:70b

a) No faith

b) No regeneration

c) No life

3. Judas Iscariot
“He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon,
for it was he who would betray Him,
being one of the twelve” John 6:71

a) Being chosen is a privilege

b) One must walk worthy of God’s calling

CONCLUSION

1. Candid Examination of faith in the Lord

2. Contents of faith in the Lord to be listed:

a) Check

b) Confirm

3. Communication of our Faith to others

a) The task of evangelism

b) God the Father is involved