The Jews now started arguing amongst themselves. When the Israelites came out of Egypt they spent most of their time in the desert grumbling against God and against Moses. Up until this point John has referred to the crowds in this section, now he uses the term Jews. This implies it was the religious leaders who were arguing and grumbling. They thought they knew all about Jesus origins, with Mary and Joseph being His parents, so could He possibly have come down from heaven?
Jesus tells them to stop grumbling, and then says again that no one can come to Him unless the Father draws him. We could read this as being a restriction on how many will be saved, but another way to look at it is that Jesus is saying that if anyone comes to Him, then it is God's will. The Jews claimed Jesus was a blasphemer, and that people who followed Him were disobeying God. Jesus is saying that quite the opposite is true. If someone does go to Jesus, then it is a sure sign that they are obeying God.
Indeed people who come to Jesus will be raised on the last day by Jesus, and will be taught by God. Again, the Pharisees and Scribes were very proud of their position as teachers of the law, but it was those who went to Jesus who would be truly taught of God.
Jesus is the One we need to believe in and the one we need to learn from. And He is greater than Moses, for all those who ate the manna died. In fact, most of them died without seeing the promised land. But when we receive Jesus our lives are changed, we are born again, we become different.
Jesus then alludes to His death on the cross, a sacrifice for the life of the world.
Jesus tells them to stop grumbling, and then says again that no one can come to Him unless the Father draws him. We could read this as being a restriction on how many will be saved, but another way to look at it is that Jesus is saying that if anyone comes to Him, then it is God's will. The Jews claimed Jesus was a blasphemer, and that people who followed Him were disobeying God. Jesus is saying that quite the opposite is true. If someone does go to Jesus, then it is a sure sign that they are obeying God.
Indeed people who come to Jesus will be raised on the last day by Jesus, and will be taught by God. Again, the Pharisees and Scribes were very proud of their position as teachers of the law, but it was those who went to Jesus who would be truly taught of God.
Jesus is the One we need to believe in and the one we need to learn from. And He is greater than Moses, for all those who ate the manna died. In fact, most of them died without seeing the promised land. But when we receive Jesus our lives are changed, we are born again, we become different.
Jesus then alludes to His death on the cross, a sacrifice for the life of the world.
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