John 6:35-40

Until John, we have been using older manuscripts of Ryle's Expository Thoughts. Just recently, though, EP Publishing has put out a lightly updated version of Ryle's work, which I am now working from. If you are interested in a physical copy of the Expository Thoughts, you can find it HERE.

John 6:35-40

1. We have a saying of Christ about Himself: “I am the bread of life."
2. We have a saying of Christ about those who come to Him: “the one who comes to Me I will by no means cast out.”
3. We have a saying of Christ about the will of His Father: “This is the will of Him who sent me.”

"The soul of every person is naturally starving and famishing through sin. Christ is given by God the Father to be the Satisfier, the Reliever and the Physician of human spiritual need."

"What does “coming” mean? It means that movement of the soul which takes place when a person, feeling their sins and finding out that they cannot save themselves, hears of Christ, applies to Christ, trusts in Christ, lays hold on Christ and leans all their weight on Christ for salvation."

"Just in the same way, everyone who desires eternal life may look to Christ by faith and have life freely. There is no barrier, no limit, no restriction. The terms of the gospel are wide and simple. Everyone may “look and live.”

Questions:

1. We read in these verses the great truth that Jesus is the bread of life; the one who satisfies our spiritual hunger. Ryle's question here is sufficient to ask: "do we know anything of spiritual hunger? Do we feel anything of craving and emptiness in conscious, heart, and affections? If so, have we sought it by faith in Jesus alone and found our hunger met?
2. We read a second great truth, namely that all who come to Christ will never be cast out by Christ. Ryle declares this to mean that He will never refuse to save anyone who comes to Him. Have those words been a sweet remedy to our troubled souls at any time? Do we know them to be true?
3. We read that it is the will of the Father that all who see the Son may have eternal life and that not one will be lost. Do we believe that the gospel is open and free for all who hear and believe?