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Lesson 6 · November 6, 1909

The Bread of Life

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Lesson Scripture: .

Lesson Helps: chapter 41; Sabbath School Worker.

Place: Capernaum.

Persons: Jesus; the disciples; the people.

Questions

  1. 1.The next day after the feeding of the five thousand, what did the people do? To what place did they go in search of Jesus? When they found Him what question did they ask? .
  2. 2.Why did Jesus say they were seeking Him? What did He exhort them to do? . Note 1.
  3. 3.What question did they ask in reply? How did Jesus define the work of God? .
  4. 4.What did they ask as evidence that they might believe? What scripture did they cite as proof of their position? What explanation did Jesus give of the bread of life? . Note 2.
  5. 5.On hearing His words, for what did they ask? .
  6. 6.What did Jesus declare the bread of life to be? What did He say would be the experience of those who believe on Him? Who did He say would come to Him? For what purpose did Jesus say He came into the world? What is the will of His Father? .
  7. 7.Concerning what did the Jews murmur? What argument did they advance as an expression of unbelief? .
  8. 8.Who only did Jesus say could come to Him? To what scripture did He refer them? Who alone has seen the Father? .
  9. 9.How can everlasting life be obtained? What further explanation did Jesus make concerning the bread of life? For whom did He say this bread was given? .
  10. 10.What statement seemed especially hard for the Jews to understand? .
  11. 11.What further light did Jesus give concerning eating His flesh and drinking His blood? . Note 3.
  12. 12.Where was Jesus teaching at this time? .
  13. 13.What did the unbelieving Jews say concerning the things they had heard? .
  14. 14.In response to their murmuring, what questions did Jesus ask them? .
  15. 15.What contrast is drawn between the flesh and the spirit? What did Jesus say His words were? With what did He charge those who had heard His words? What statement is made concerning the foreknowledge of Jesus? . Note 4.
  16. 16.As a result of His teaching, what did many of His followers do? . Note 5.
  17. 17.What searching question did He ask His disciples? .
  18. 18.What was Peter's reply? .
  19. 19.What sad announcement did Jesus make concerning one of His disciples? Of whom did He speak? .

Notes

1. Having seen His wonderful miracle, the people were following Jesus hoping to receive some temporal benefit. But Jesus sought to turn their minds away from the perishing things of life by pointing them to the true bread, which if they would eat, they would live forever.

2. "They had already seen the miracle of the five loaves, and did not believe; and it was impossible for them to see anything more descriptive of unlimited power and goodness. Even miracles themselves are lost on persons whose hearts are fixed on the perishing things of the world, and whose minds are filled with prejudice against the truth. Their argument seemed to run thus: Thou hast, we grant, fed five thousand men with five loaves and two small fishes; but what is this in comparison with what Moses did in the desert, who for forty years fed more than a million persons with bread from heaven? Do something like this, and then we will believe on Thee, as we have believed on Moses."—Dr. Adam Clarke.

3. "To eat the flesh and drink the blood of Christ is to receive Him as a personal Saviour, believing that He forgives our sins, and that we are complete in Him."—.

4. "The words I have spoken." , A. R. V. Not some new point of doctrine I am about to reveal, but the words I have just spoken concerning My being the living bread, they are eternal life. There is eternal life abiding in these words for us at this time.

5. "By the public rebuke of their unbelief these disciples were still further alienated from Jesus. They were greatly displeased; and wishing to wound the Saviour and gratify the malice of the Pharisees, they turned their backs upon Him, and left Him with disdain. They had made their choice,—had taken the form without the Spirit, the husk without the kernel. Their decision was never afterward reversed; for they walked no more with Jesus."—.

Bible texts in this lesson

John 6:22-71 · John 6:22-25 · John 6:26 · John 6:27 · John 6:28 · John 6:29 · John 6:30-33 · John 6:34 · John 6:35-40 · John 6:41 · John 6:42 · John 6:43-46 · John 6:47-51 · John 6:52 · John 6:53-58 · John 6:59 · John 6:60 · John 6:61 · John 6:62 · John 6:63-65 · John 6:66 · John 6:67 · John 6:68 · John 6:69 · John 6:70 · John 6:71 · John 6:63

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