OUR DAILY BREAD : POPULARITY : [OCT. 10TH'S]
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 12:40 pmOCTOBER 10
Sunday
POPULARITY
READ:
John 6:60-69
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From that time many of
His disciples went back
and walked with Him
no more. __John 6:66
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Popularity is fickle. Just ask a politician. Many of them watch their ratings to see how their constituents view their policies. They may start with a high rating, but then it steadily declines during their term.
Jesus also experienced a sharp decline in popularity. His popularity reached its peak after he fed the 5,000 (John 6:14-15). It plummeted when He told His listeners that He had "come down from heaven" (v.38). Their response to His stupendous claim was, essentially, Who does this guy think He is?! (see v.41).
Jesus' popularity continued to dip when He explained how they could have Him as spiritual bread (vv.51-52). Perplexed by what they heard, they said, "This is a hard saying; who can understand it?" (vv.60). As a result, many left Him.
The crowds followed Jesus conditionally. They were happy only as long as Jesus supplied their needs and met their wants. They balked when He asked for commitment.
Jesus' question to His disciples was "Do you also want to go away?" (v.67). Peter answered, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life" (v.68). Will you, like Peter, choose to ignore the world's rating of Jesus and follow Him daily? __C.P. Hia
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````````````````Those searching to know life's true meaning`````````
````````````````````````Can find it in only one way:``````````````
``````````````````By serving the Lord with commitment````````````
``````````````````And living for Him day by day. __Branon`````````
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Commitment to Christ is a daily calling
that challenges us.
*************Today's Bible Reading __ John 6:60-69***************
60 Therefore many of His
disciples, when they heard
this, said, "This is a hard
saying; who can understand?"
61 When Jesus knew in
Himself that His disciples
complained about this, He
said to them, "Does this
offend you? 62 What then if
you should see the Son of
Man ascend where He was
before? 63 It is the Spirit
who gives life; the flesh
profits nothing. The words
that I speak to you are
spirit, and they are life.
64 But there are some of you
who do not believe." For
Jesus knew from the
beginning who they were
who did not believe, and
who would betray Him.
65 And He said, "Therefore I
have said to you that no one
can come to Me unless it
has been granted to him by
My Father."
66 From that time many of
His disciples went back and
walked with Him no more.
67 Then Jesus said to the
twelve, "Do you also want
to go away?"
68 But Simon Peter
answered Him, "Lord, to
whom shall we go? You
have the words of eternal
life. 69 Also we have come
to believe and know that
You are the Christ, the Son
of the living God."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
In verse 66 of today's reading we see that "many of His disciples
went back and walked wit Him no more." To understand this, it
is helpful to remember that the followers of Jesus went far beyond
the Twelve to include a group of 70, a group of 120, and, to some
degree, multitudes of followers. It is likely that the "many" who
stopped following Christ came largely from this last group--the
multitudes. __BILL CROWDER
Sunday
POPULARITY
READ:
John 6:60-69
_____________________________________________________________
From that time many of
His disciples went back
and walked with Him
no more. __John 6:66
_____________________________________________________________
Popularity is fickle. Just ask a politician. Many of them watch their ratings to see how their constituents view their policies. They may start with a high rating, but then it steadily declines during their term.
Jesus also experienced a sharp decline in popularity. His popularity reached its peak after he fed the 5,000 (John 6:14-15). It plummeted when He told His listeners that He had "come down from heaven" (v.38). Their response to His stupendous claim was, essentially, Who does this guy think He is?! (see v.41).
Jesus' popularity continued to dip when He explained how they could have Him as spiritual bread (vv.51-52). Perplexed by what they heard, they said, "This is a hard saying; who can understand it?" (vv.60). As a result, many left Him.
The crowds followed Jesus conditionally. They were happy only as long as Jesus supplied their needs and met their wants. They balked when He asked for commitment.
Jesus' question to His disciples was "Do you also want to go away?" (v.67). Peter answered, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life" (v.68). Will you, like Peter, choose to ignore the world's rating of Jesus and follow Him daily? __C.P. Hia
_____________________________________________________________
````````````````Those searching to know life's true meaning`````````
````````````````````````Can find it in only one way:``````````````
``````````````````By serving the Lord with commitment````````````
``````````````````And living for Him day by day. __Branon`````````
_____________________________________________________________
Commitment to Christ is a daily calling
that challenges us.
*************Today's Bible Reading __ John 6:60-69***************
60 Therefore many of His
disciples, when they heard
this, said, "This is a hard
saying; who can understand?"
61 When Jesus knew in
Himself that His disciples
complained about this, He
said to them, "Does this
offend you? 62 What then if
you should see the Son of
Man ascend where He was
before? 63 It is the Spirit
who gives life; the flesh
profits nothing. The words
that I speak to you are
spirit, and they are life.
64 But there are some of you
who do not believe." For
Jesus knew from the
beginning who they were
who did not believe, and
who would betray Him.
65 And He said, "Therefore I
have said to you that no one
can come to Me unless it
has been granted to him by
My Father."
66 From that time many of
His disciples went back and
walked with Him no more.
67 Then Jesus said to the
twelve, "Do you also want
to go away?"
68 But Simon Peter
answered Him, "Lord, to
whom shall we go? You
have the words of eternal
life. 69 Also we have come
to believe and know that
You are the Christ, the Son
of the living God."
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
In verse 66 of today's reading we see that "many of His disciples
went back and walked wit Him no more." To understand this, it
is helpful to remember that the followers of Jesus went far beyond
the Twelve to include a group of 70, a group of 120, and, to some
degree, multitudes of followers. It is likely that the "many" who
stopped following Christ came largely from this last group--the
multitudes. __BILL CROWDER