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J. Vernon McGee · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Vernon McGee has an insightful comment - You see, He taught that He was God and that He came down from heaven. May I say to you, in this section here He is teaching His virgin birth. There are those who say the Lord Jesus never taught that He was virgin born. What do you think He is saying here, friend? The Jews understood what He was saying. They asked how this could be when they knew His father and His mother. Well, it's by the virgin birth. H A Ironside makes an interesting observation (Jn 6:41-56) - IT IS a very notable principle in connection with the ways of our Lord Jesus Christ with men that if a soul came to Him who was honestly, earnestly, seeking to know the truth, He undertook to make that truth just as simple as possible so that the wayfaring man could understand. On the other hand, if the Saviour presented something which was difficult for the natural mind to receive, and men, instead of recognizing their need and coming to Him for explanation, assumed a haughty, unbelieving attitude, He invariably seemed to make the truth more difficult instead of making it simpler. That is to say, if men will not have the truth of God when it is presented to them but deliberately choose to follow the path of error, they will be blinded to the very truth itself. This principle runs throughout Scripture. You remember how Pharaoh set himself against doing the will of God. We read that God hardened Pharaoh's heart. He confirmed the haughty king in his very wickedness. Later on, when the people of Israel chose the path of disobedience, God said, "I will choose their delusions." When we look on into the future to the day when the Antichrist, that last sinister enemy of God and man, shall arise, we are told that in that time if men receive not the love of the truth that they might be saved, God will send them strong delusion. Grumbling (1111) gogguzo means to murmur, mutter, make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath. In 1 Co 10:10 it is used with idea of complaint (cf Nu 11:1). Gogguzo is an onomatopoeic word derived from the sound made when murmuring or muttering in a low and indistinct voice with the idea of complaint. In short this word gives us a vivid picture to help us imagine this scene of religious hypocrites making audible expressions of their dissatisfaction with Jesus and His acceptance of a despised tax collector even to the point of willingness to fellowship over a meal with him! Philosophers also warned against grumbling, noting that one ought to accept whatever the gods and Fate would send. Webster's English Dictionary has this note on grumble - to complain in a low harsh voice and often in a surly manner <workers grumbling about the low wages. Synonyms include croak, grouch, grouse, grunt, murmur, mutter, scold; compare complain, bellyache, crab, fuss, gripe, holler, squawk, whine; groan, moan; complain, kick. Gogguzo - 7v in NT - Matt. 20:11; Lk. 5:30; Jn. 6:41; Jn. 6:43; Jn. 6:61; Jn. 7:32; 1 Co. 10:10 Related Resources: What are some Bible verses about grumbling? | GotQuestions.org How can we do all things without grumbling or disputing (Philippians 2:14)? | GotQuestions.org ED COMMENT: Gotquestions gives a good, Biblical answer, but I would emphasize the key point they touched on - What had Paul just commanded the saints to do in Phil 2:12+? Work out your salvation, a command in the present imperative (make this your lifestyle). And what is grumbling but "working out" one's salvation? (Clearly a rhetorical question). Note Paul quickly explains (see "for" - term of explanation at the beginning of Php 2:13NLT+ to tell them how they can accomplish supernaturally what is not naturally possible!) The key to not grumbling (present imperative with a negative see our need to depend on the Holy Spirit to obey) is learning to rely on the God's Spirit Who is at work continually in us giving us the "desire" and the "power" not to grumble! Beloved, there is no other way to not grumble! Paul gives Php 2:14+ as their "Pop Test" to see if they really understood what he had just explained in Php 2:13NLT+! How are you doing with the sin of grumbling? Free Pizza! I am the bread which came down from heaven. — John 6:41 Today's Scripture: John 6:25-41 Money is tight when you’re a college student. So when free food is available, students will show up anytime, anywhere. If a company wants to recruit new employees, it will entice young people on college campuses to come to a presentation by offering free pizza. Some students attend presentation after presentation—just for the pizza. The food in the present seems to be more important than the job for the future. Jesus fed a crowd of 5,000, and the next day many searched for Him (John 6:10-11,24-25). He challenged them: “You seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled” (v.26). It seems that the food was more important to some of the people than the everlasting life Jesus offered in Himself. He told them He was “the bread of God . . . who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world” (v.33). Some didn’t believe, wouldn’t accept His teaching, and “walked with Him no more” (v.66). They had wanted the food, but they didn’t want Him and what would be required of them to follow Him. Examining our motives For following the Lord Will show if we’re authentically Believing in His Word. —Sper Only Christ the Living Bread can satisfy our spiritual hunger. John 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'?" BGT John 6:42 καὶ ἔλεγον· οὐχ οὗτός ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς ὁ υἱὸς Ἰωσήφ, οὗ ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα; πῶς νῦν λέγει ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβέβηκα; KJV John 6:42 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? NET John 6:42 and they said, "Isn't this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?" CSB John 6:42 They were saying, "Isn't this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can He now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?" ESV John 6:42 They said, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?" NIV John 6:42 They said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I came down from heaven'?" NLT John 6:42 They said, "Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he say, 'I came down from heaven'?" NRS John 6:42 They were saying, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?" NJB John 6:42 They were saying, 'Surely this is Jesus son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know. How can he now say, "I have come down from heaven?" ' NAB John 6:42 and they said, "Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph? Do we not know his father and mother? Then how can he say, 'I have come down from heaven'?" YLT John 6:42 and they said, 'Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we have known? how then saith this one -- Out of the heaven I have come down?' Is not: John 7:27 Mt 13:55-56 Mk 6:3 Lu 4:22 Ro 1:3,4 9:5 1Co 15:47 Ga 4:4 John 6 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: John 7:27 “However, we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from.” Matthew 13:55-56 “Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? 56 “And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?” Mark 6:3 “Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him. Luke 4:22 And all were speaking well of Him, and wondering at the gracious words which were falling from His lips; and they were saying, “Is this not Joseph’s son?” THEY SEE THE MAN BUT NOT THE GOD-MAN They (grumbling Jews) were saying, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? Were saying is the vivid imperfect tense picturing them grumbling over and over. One can imagine there was a low "rumbling noise" in the crowd. The Jews understood what Jesus was implying by saying He came down from heaven and countered His claim with their natural reasoning, completely discounting Jesus' repeated claim that He was from heaven. In other words, they were saying Jesus was a Man just like any man, born of human parents. What they failed to recognize (or accept) is that He was not born like other men, but was conceived by the Spirit and born of a virgin. The irony is that these Jews thought they knew Jesus' father, but the truth is that they did not know His true Father! And in this case their ignorance was not bliss, but would result in their eternal destruction. Dods - “This was one of the real difficulties of the contemporaries of Jesus. The Messiah was to come ‘in the clouds,’ suddenly to appear; but Jesus had quietly grown up among them.”
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Vernon McGee - Every man that listens to the Father and learns of Him will come to Me is what He is saying. You see, if you listen to the Word of God, then you'll come to Christ. That is where the great emphasis is being placed here. (THIS HELPS US UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE LAST EXHORTATIONS GIVEN TO TIMOTHY IN 2Ti 4:1-2+) Leon
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Vernon McGee - He came down to this earth: "the Word was made flesh" (John 1:14). He is going to the Cross to lay that human life down there as a sacrifice to pay for your sins and my sins. Friend, when you partake of that, that is, when you accept that, you are saved. Someone may say, "Oh, that's so vivid and so strong." That's what they said in that day, too. Leon Morris on the verb eats - “When a man once takes it (‘eat’ is in the aorist tense, of the once-for-all action of receiving Christ) he will not die.” (Borrow The Gospel according to John) James Smith - The teaching and the work of Jesus Christ are sufficient to meet the whole need of man for time and eternity. Bread is not more suitable to the hungry, or water to the thirsty, than Christ is to the real deep needs of men. William Barclay -“He is saying: ‘You must stop thinking of me as a subject for theological debate; you must take me into you, and you must come into me; and then you will have real life.'” Living Bread = My flesh And the bread (artos again with definite article) also which I will give for (huper ~substitutionary sacrifice on behalf of) the life (zoe) of the world (kosmos) is My flesh (sarx) - The emphasis in Greek is on "ego" or "I" will give, which is superior to what Moses gave (Jn 6:32+). So here Jesus is the Giver whereas earlier it is the "Father Who gives...the true bread out of heaven." (Jn 6:32+) Jesus equates His physical flesh with the metaphor of bread. When does Jesus give His flesh? On the Cross! What is it that Jesus voluntarily gives that can bring life to the world? It is His perfect, sinless sacrifice as the Lamb of God, Who died on the Cross. Note the bread Jesus gives is not just for the Jews but for the world, Jews and Gentiles who would believe on Him and receive (eternal) life. (cf "the world" in Jn 3:15-17; Jn 4:42). Notice the word for for is huper which means for the sake of or in behalf of and speaks of His substitutionary sacrifice on behalf of the world (What is the doctrine of substitution?). John uses huper in this sense several times - Jn 6:51, Jn 10:11, 15; Jn 11:50, 51, 52; Jn 15:13; Jn 17:19; Jn 18:14. Note the phrase the life (zoe) of the world (kosmos) is My flesh (sarx) links back to John 1:1 (In the beginning was the Word) and John 1:14 (And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us). A T