6:63
So far the emphasis has been on the Father and the Son, now we get mention of the Spirit. The Spirit gives life. So the Father gives life, the Son gives life, and the Spirit gives life. The Father, Son and Holy Spirit are co-equal, they are One, living and working in perfect unity, but they are also distinct.
“The flesh counts for nothing”. Human wisdom will get us nowhere, it cannot give us eternal life. Indeed human wisdom usually denies that there is eternal life. Yet so often we rely on human wisdom. We are fools to do so. Jesus’ words are full of the Spirit. We need to live by Jesus’ words, for that is the way that we get life.
It is worth noting that one cannot believe in Jesus without believing His words. There are some who do claim to follow Christ, but do not believe what He says, such people are deceiving themselves.
6:64,65
All sorts of people followed Jesus for a time, just as today there are people who seem to be following Christ, but not all truly believe. Jesus knows the truth. He knew the truth then and He knows it now. No one can fool Jesus, He knows what is really going on in our hearts. He even knew that Judas would betray Him. Nothing took Jesus by surprise. Too often people try to interpret the Bible as if Jesus did not always know who He was, or what His mission was, or that Judas would betray Him. This will only lead to worthless interpretation for Jesus did know.
“That is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the Father”. So often people think that we can choose the terms on which we follow Jesus, a moment's thought should show the stupidity of such an approach. We are totally dependent upon the Father, we cannot dictate the terms.
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