ANYONE WHO COMES TO CHRIST JESUS WILL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE
A Sunday Message
SEEKING THE PROVISION, NOT THE PROVIDER
The multitudes sought him with passion after the miracle of the loaves. They want more miracles. They want more bread. They saw Jesus as someone who can provide for them always. That is why they came. They said, ““Sir, give us this bread always.” (v.34)
The world is full of people who seek Jesus only as a breadwinner. They pursue the provider simply for the sake of His provision. When God is just a supplier in our hearts, we demean His majesty by treating Him as nothing more than divine utility. This reveals the heart of selfishness rooted in sinful pride.
Religions that inspire divine recognition but highlights human merit is the face of this ungodliness. God will have nothing to do with this kind of “self-centered” spirituality because it tramples on the glory of His grace.
JESUS IS THE BREAD OF LIFE
The declaration of Jesus was stunning. He said, “I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” (v. 35). In effect, He is declaring Himself as THE ONLY ONE WHO IMPARTS AND SUSTAINS LIFE FOREVER. No earthly bread or water can do this. No religion on earth can provide anything like this.
So great is our inability to sustain our lives and provide to maintain it forever that we would have thought that no human being will ever dare to reject Jesus, the Bread of Life, and His gift of ETERNAL LIFE.
Unfortunately, EVERYONE WILL.
ON THEIR OWN, EVERYONE WILL REJECT CHRIST
The multitudes have seen the signs and wonders that attest to who He is and were exposed to the power of God through the miracles that Jesus did. They personally heard the Words of God. They have seen God in the flesh and His divine works. But they still refused to believe in Him. All that matters to them is what they want. Jesus is nothing more than a benefactor.
You do not come to Him just for the provisions. Nor only for the blessings. Not even because of the hope of forgiveness and your salvation alone. Because if you do my beloved, Jesus is no more than a commodity to you. If it is so, woe to you. It is an unmistakable sign that you have not been drawn by the Father. I can only plead for your soul. I can only implore for God’s mercy to allow His Spirit to perform an irresistible work of grace to your unredeemed soul.
When the Lord said, “But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe”, He is revealing something staggering here. He is exposing the truth that NO MAN has the capacity to willfully come to Him. Even if they hear the words of God or seen His works. They will still refuse to believe.
ROMANS 3:10-11
”As it is written: “NONE IS RIGHTEOUS, NO, NOT ONE; NO ONE UNDERSTANDS; NO ONE SEEKS FOR GOD.”
The lion CAN eat grass. But it WILL NOT. The lamb CAN eat meat. But it WILL DESIRE NOT. ANY human being CAN COME TO CHRIST JESUS and ACCEPT HIM as the greatest treasure and Lord of life. But left on our own, NONE OF US WILL.
Not even one. All men are so depraved that there is not a true and slightest righteous desire to come to Him. To come JUST FOR HIM. Every man’s natural heart is so laden with ungodliness and captivated by the slavery of sin that to desire Jesus is as unnatural as a lion yearning for grass or a lamb naturally craving for meat. Every man will be ACCOUNTABLE to God because he WILLFULLY rejected Him. God will be JUST to condemn everyone who DELIBERATELY refused Him.
ONLY THOSE DRAWN BY THE FATHER WILL COME TO JESUS
JOHN 6:44
“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 6:65
And he said, “This is why I told you that NO ONE CAN COME TO ME UNLESS IT IS GRANTED HIM BY THE FATHER.”
No man WILL INTENTIONALLY ACCEPT Jesus to be his most important possession above all else.
No man WILL DELIBERATELY DESIRE Jesus to have Lordship and rule over his entire life.
No man WILL CONSCIOUSLY RECOGNIZE Jesus as the consummation of truth and the apex of all knowledge enough to passionately seek Him.
No one, EXCEPT THOSE IN WHOM THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS ALREADY PERFORMED THE ENTIRELY IRRESISTIBLE WORK OF THE NEW BIRTH so that, as the result of the miracle, the spiritually blind eyes of the natural man are opened to see God’s truth and the totally depraved will of the sinner is turned about to enable him to embrace Jesus Christ as his Savior. The Lord Jesus proclaimed,
“ALL THAT THE FATHER GIVES ME WILL COME TO ME, and whoever comes to Me I will never cast out.” (v.37)
YOU WILL KNOW IF THE FATHER HAS DRAWN YOU TO CHRIST
My beloved, if you are so fascinated at the glory of Jesus Christ enough to cause an undeniable desire to love Him, it means the Father has already drawn you.
If you are so captivated by God’s daunting holiness enough to feel so ashamed and humiliated by your sinfulness leading to genuine repentance, it means the Father has already drawn you.
If you are so adulated at His mighty sovereign rule as Lord of all, enough to willfully surrender to His Lordship, it means the Father has already drawn you.
That is WHY you COME to Him when you learned about His Gospel. You come not just for the ‘bread’ He provides but because HE IS the Bread of Life. In coming, you are believing Him, and in belief, you come to Him. So enthusiastic are you to have Him that you will never allow anyone (or anything) to hinder your advance toward Him. And you come to Him FOR HIM and for Him alone.
ANYONE WHO COME TO CHRIST WILL BE SAVED
Beloved, ANYONE who comes to Jesus WILL NEVER BE CAST OUT.
Any man who comes to Christ believing that He is the Son of God, who is God’s provision for the salvation of your soul, WILL HAVE ETERNAL LIFE. This is the GLORY OF THE SON in the salvation of those whom God has chosen before time to be a people that will belong to Him forever.
JOHN 17:1-3
“When Jesus had spoken these words, He lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; GLORIFY YOUR SON THAT THE SON MAY GLORIFY YOU, since You have given Him authority over all flesh, TO GIVE ETERNAL LIFE TO ALL WHOM YOU HAVE GIVEN HIM.
And this is ETERNAL LIFE, that THEY KNOW YOU the only True God, and JESUS CHRIST whom you have sent.”
May those who have been drawn by the Father to the Son live a life that honors Him.
Pastor Jay-R Remorosa
PERSONAL PRAYER
Heavenly Father, I come to you with a contrite heart. Broken in spirit because of the knowledge that I am desperately incapable to even desire You and genuinely seek You apart from the inner work of Your Spirit.
I am earnestly thankful to You for the grace of your undeserving love. You have chosen to irresistibly call my heart to willfully believe in my Lord and Redeemer, Jesus Christ. It is this merciful act of Your sovereign will that has saved me when I surrendered my life to the Lordship of Your Son in sincere repentance and earnest faith.
Father, may I declare this awesome truth to my world. That you are inviting anyone to come to Christ, the Bread of Life. Those who will come will receive Christ, the Eternal Life. They will never be cast out.
May I live a life of thankfulness and joy because of the marvelous grace that I have received out of your merciful hand. May I offer a life that is worthy of the sacrifice of your Son as long as I live.
To you be the Glory and the Honor forever.
In Jesus Precious Name. Amen.