Here we have a beautiful picture of how careful God is to take care of every detail concerning our salvation, right up to the time of the return of Christ. While Jesus talked to the people they asked Him for a sign so they could see it and then believe that He really was who He claimed to be.
vs. 30 They said therefore to Him, "What then do You do for a sign, that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform?
In other words perform a trick for us teacher. Our forefathers had bread rain down from heaven. If you are from God then make bread fall from Heaven.
vs. 31 "Our Fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'HE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.'"
Jesus makes sure they realize that it was God who gave their forefathers the bread and not Moses.
vs. 32 Jesus therefore said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.
vs. 33 "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."
Jesus tells them God sends not only Manna from heaven but true bread and this bread doesn't feed just a few but gives life to the whole world. Obviously Jesus is talking about Himself. And He plainly tells us that in vs. 51 where He says, "I am the living Bread that came down out of Heaven,"
vs. 34 They said therefore to Him, "Lord, evermore give us this bread."
If you have bread that gives life we want some. This could come in handy.
vs. 35 Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall not hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
Jesus is doing the same thing He always does. He brings His teachings down to the mere basics of salvation. And here He does it again. He explains that He is the life giving bread that not only satisfies hunger it quenches thirst. About now they are probably saying something like, yeah this is unusual bread. They didn't have the full picture like we do now, so Jesus kept on explaining.
vs. 36 "But I said to you, that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe.
You see me and your eyes make it difficult for you to believe what I am telling you. So Jesus goes on explaining and the next four verses is where we will focus the most of our time. The next four verses could easily be misread but when we look at the big picture of what Jesus is telling us, it is such an awesome reminder of how powerful God is and how every detail is important about our salvation.
vs. 37 "All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.
Jesus is talking about souls, salvations. Everyone, every person that God gives to Jesus to become a follower or a believer in Him will not be turned away. John 3:16 ...that whosoever will believe in Him shall be saved, John 3:17 God sent His son...that the world through Him might be saved, John 10:9 I am the door, if any man enter in, he shall be saved, Acts 2:21 and Romans 10:13...whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. Jesus does not pick and choose who gets saved its our choice our free will. In 2 Peter 3:9 it says that the Lord is long suffering toward us and is not willing that any should perish but all should come to repentance. John 6:37 is a wonderful promise of security to us. It is not a guess, it is not a contest, it is not limited to certain members only but heaven is available to anyone who comes to the Father through the Son.
vs. 38 " For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.
So what is the will of God for Jesus?
vs. 39 " And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given to Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day.
Well this has to beg the question, what is it that Jesus could lose. Are we still talking about salvation? Is this a verse that some could use to say, "See a person can lose his salvation.” Well it might appear that way, but we will have to look at this verse closer. The key to this verse is the word "lose". The tense of this word suggests a simple undefined action of something at a set time, yet undetermined and not repetitive. So obviously this verse is talking about a losing of something in the future at a time yet unknown and occurring only once. If this verse were talking about people losing their salvation it would have to be an action that was complex because it would have to have occurred to more than one person. It would not be a set, undetermined time. It would be several instances and it would be repetitive. This verse is referring to that day when Jesus returns. Matthew 24:36 "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone." It is an undetermined, set event that is non-repetitive and Jesus plainly said that he would raise it up on the last day. So if this verse is not talking about salvation then what is it talking about. Could it be that people lose their salvation on the last day? No, because it says that Christ will raise it up on that last day. Who will Christ raise up on the last day? I Thes. 4: 16-17 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God; and dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and thus we shall be with the Lord. Those not saved, will be raised for judgment and those saved will be raised to spend eternity in the presence of God. That is the beauty of verse 39, no one, not even one of the millions who have lived, died, decayed and returned to dust. None of the ones on the space shuttle that disintegrated on re-entry, none of the ones in Hiroshima, none, not one will be lost.
vs. 40 "For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him, may have eternal life; and I Myself will raise him up on the last day."
And everyone that has been given to Jesus as followers, none, not one will be lost, in what could, from a human perspective, be a day of total confusion. But not to the one, the only one who God could entrust, to handle such a feat, His beloved Son, in whom He is well pleased. In Him, and Him alone can God trust, to make sure that none are lost, forgotten or sent to the wrong place. What a wonderful picture of how we have nothing to worry about. Our salvation is secure.
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