Jesus continues His dialogue with the unbelieving crowd and emphasizes that belief is a must if they are to receive the 2 promises He makes to them.

1. Gospel of John
Jesus the God/Man
#14
Belief is a Must
Mike Mazzalongo
BibleTalk.tv

2. Review
• Jesus returns north to Galilee
• Performs 2 Miracles
- 5,000 fed
- Walking on water
• Dialogue with Jews in synagogue.
• People want to make Him King.
• Jesus declares His true identity.

3. His true identity as…
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Messiah – vs. 14
Son of Man – vs. 27
Father’s Seal – vs. 27
Sent by the Father – vs. 29
Son of God – vs. 32
Giver of Life – vs. 33
Bread of Life – vs. 35

4. Review cont’d
• Rejected by the People
• 2 Promises made:
A. All will be accepted
B. All will have eternal life.

5. 41 Therefore
the Jews were grumbling about Him,
because He said, “I am the bread that came down
out of heaven.”
- John 6:41

6. 42 They
were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the
son of Joseph, whose father and mother we
know? How does He now say, ‘I have come
down out of heaven’?”
John 6:42

7. 43 Jesus
answered and said to them, “Do not
grumble among yourselves.
- John 6:43

8. 44 No
one can come to Me unless the Father
who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up
on the last day.
- John 6:44

9. Believing means that you accept as
true the person, idea, or thing God
points to through teaching,
revelation or miracle.

10. 45 It
is written in the prophets, ‘AND THEY SHALL
ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD.’ Everyone who has
heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.
- John 6:45

11. 46 Not
that anyone has seen the Father, except
the One who is from God; He has seen the Father.
- John 6:46

12. 47 Truly,
truly, I say to you, he who believes has
48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your
eternal life.
fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they
50 This is the bread which comes down out
died.
of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.
- John 6:47-50

13. 51 I
am the living bread that came down out of
heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live
forever; and the bread also which I will give for the
life of the world is My flesh.”
- John 6:51

14. The basic elements of the Gospel:
1.
Belief that Jesus is the Divine Son.
2.
Trust that His sacrifice saves us.
3.
Obedience to His teachings.

15. 52 Then
the Jews began to argue with one
another, saying, “How can this man give
us His flesh to eat?”
- John 6:52

16. 53 So
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and
drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.
- John 6:53

17. 54 He
who eats My flesh and drinks My blood
has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the
55 For My flesh is true food, and My
last day.
blood is true drink.
- John 6:54-55

18. 56 He
who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in
57 As the living Father sent Me, and I
Me, and I in him.
live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also
will live because of Me.
- John 6:56-57

19. 58 This
is the bread which came down out of heaven;
not as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this
bread will live forever.”
59 These
things He said in the synagogue as He
taught in Capernaum.
- John 6:58-59

20. Faith’s 2 Physical Expressions:
1. Baptism
2. Communion

21. Lessons…
1.
You can only know Jesus by faith

22. Lessons…
2.
Faith is the key to spiritual
knowledge and wisdom.

23. Lessons…
3.
- Genuine faith is expressed by
converts through repentance
and baptism.
- By Christians through
communion.