How do men replace Jesus? (John 6:66-68) I. Struggle (John 6:25-27) II. Show (John 6:28-29) III. Scoffer (John 6:30-32) IV. Self-gratification (John 6:34-36) V. Scholarship (John 6:42-47) VI. Slothfulness (John 6:60-61, 63-64)

1. How do men replace Jesus
John 6
66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more
with him.
67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68 Then Simon Peter answeredhim, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou
hast the words of eternal life.
How do men replace Jesus? (John 6:66-68)
I. Struggle (John 6:25-27)
John 6:25-27 25 And when they had found him on the other side of the
sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?
26 Jesus answeredthem and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me,
not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves,
and were filled.
27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which
endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you:
for him hath God the Father sealed.
Eccl 3:10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons
of men to be exercised in it. KJV
1Tim 4:7-8 7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise
thyself rather unto godliness.
8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto
all things, havingpromise of the life that now is, and of that which
is to come. KJV

2. 2Tim 2:3-5 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of
Jesus Christ.
4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life;
that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned,
except he strive lawfully.
Struggle
II. Show (John 6:28-29)
John 6:28-29 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we
might work the worksof God?
29 Jesus answeredandsaid unto them, This is the work of God, that ye
believe on him whom he hath sent.
2Kgs 5:11-13 11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said,
Behold, I thought, He will surelycome out to me, and stand, and call
on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place,
and recover the leper.
12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the
waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned
and went away in a rage.
13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My
father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest
thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee,
Wash, and be clean?
Jer 42:20 For ye dissembledin your hearts, when ye sent me unto
the LORD your God, saying, Prayfor us unto the LORD our God; and
accordingunto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto
us, and we will do it.

3. Luke 10:25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted
him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inheriteternal life?
Deut 18:18-19 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their
brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he
shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto
my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of
him.
Ps 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way,
when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put
their trust in him.
Struggle
Show
III. Scoffer (John 6:30-32)
John 6:30-32 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou
then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?
31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them
bread from heaven to eat.
32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave
you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true
bread from heaven.
John 12:37 But though he had done so many miracles before them,
yet they believed not on him:
Isa 5:18-20 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cordsof
vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may
see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and
come, that we may know it!

4. 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put
darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet,
and sweet for bitter!
Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your
eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowinggood and
evil.
Struggle
Show
Scoffer
IV. Self-gratification (John 6:34-36)
John 6:34-36 34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this
bread.
35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me
shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
Josh 24:17 For the LORD our God, he it is that broughtus up and
our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage,
and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in
all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through
whom we passed:
Josh 24:19-20 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot
serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will
not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.
20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will
turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done
you good.
John 4:15-17 15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water,
that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.

5. 16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither.
17 The woman answeredandsaid, I have no husband. Jesus said
unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband:
Struggle
Show
Scoffer
Self-gratification
V. Scholarship (John 6:42-47)
John 6:42-47 42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose
father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down
from heaven?
43 Jesus therefore answeredand said unto them, Murmur not among
yourselves.
44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw
him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every
man therefore that hath heard, and hath learnedof the Father, cometh
unto me.
46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath
seen the Father.
47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting
life.
Isa 29:11-12 11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the
words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is
learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is
sealed:
12 And the book is deliveredto him that is not learned, saying, Read
this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

6. Isa 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work
among this people, even a marvellous workand a wonder: for the
wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understandingof
their prudent men shall be hid.
Jer 8:9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo,
they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in
them?
Matt 11:25 At that time Jesus answeredand said, I thank thee, O
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these
things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealedthem unto
babes.
1Cor 1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,
and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.
1Cor 3:19 For the wisdom of this worldis foolishness with God. For it
is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
Struggle
Show
Scoffer
Self-gratification
Scholarship
VI. Slothfulness (John 6:60-61, 63-64)
John 6:60-61 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard
this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmuredat it, he said
unto them, Doth this offend you?
John 6:63-64 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth
nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are
life.

7. 64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the
beginningwho they were that believednot, and who shouldbetray him.
Eccl 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making
many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the
flesh.
1Cor 9:25-27 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is
temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown;
but we an incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that
beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by
any means, when I have preachedto others, I myself shouldbe a
castaway.
2Cor 6:4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of
God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
2Tim 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman
that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividingthe word of truth.
Heb 5:13-14 13 For every one that useth milk is unskilfulin the
word of righteousness: for he is a babe.
14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even
those who by reason of use have their senses exercisedto discern
both good and evil.
2Pet 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeingthat ye look for such things, be
diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and
blameless.