False & True Disciples: Part 2John 6:60-71

False & True Disciples1. The Defection of Disciples -

vv. 60-66

2. The Devotion of Disciples – vv. 67-71

BruceWhat they wanted, he would

not give; what he offered, they would not receive.

False & True Disciples1. The Defection of Disciples -

vv. 60-66

2. The Devotion of Disciples – vv. 67-71

Matthew 11:20-24Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. 21 “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 22 But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre

Matthew 11:20-24and Sidon than for you. 23 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You will be brought down to Hades. For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.”

MacArthurHell will be more tolerable for the homosexuals in Sodom who tried to rape angels than for the unbelievers in Capernaum.

Matthew 14:26-28But when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, “It is a ghost!” and they cried out in fear. 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, “Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid.” 28 And Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.”

John 6:68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life

Hebrews 10:23Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

Hebrews 10:26For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins

Hebrews 10:29-30How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? 30 For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”

Hebrews 10:35-36Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. 36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.

Hebrews 10:37-39For, “Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay; 38 but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” 39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.

Matthew 16:16-17“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” 17 And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Matthew 26:35Peter said to him, “Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you!” And all the disciples said the same.

John 6:63, 6863 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

68 “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life,

RyleBy words thoughts are begotten and

aroused. By words mind and conscience are

stirred. And Christ’s words especially are

spirit-stirring and life-giving.

John 8:31So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples…”

Matthew 13:20-21As for what was sown on rocky ground, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy, 21 yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while, and when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately he falls away.

MacArthurNothing he did offended them,

everything he says offended them.

Peter…what it is to be• “born again . . . through the

living and abiding word of God” (I Pet. 1:23)

• “die to sin and live to righteousness” (I Pet. 2:24)

• “live…no longer for human passions but for the will of God” (I Pet. 4:2)

• “called you to His [God’s] eternal glory in Christ” (I Pet. 5:10).

John 6:69…and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.

1Peter 3:18…Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit

John 6:70Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.”

CarsonThe supreme adversary of God so operates behind failing human beings that his malice becomes theirs. Jesus can discern the source, and labels it appropriately.

John 6:71He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the Twelve, was going to betray him.

RyleIf ever there was a man who had great privileges and opportunities, that man was Judas Iscariot. A chosen disciple, a constant companion of Christ, a witness of His miracles, a hearer of His sermons, a commissioned preacher of His kingdom, a fellow and friend of Peter, James, and John,—it would be impossible to imagine a more favorable position for a man’s soul. Yet if anyone ever fell hopelessly into hell, and made shipwreck at last for eternity, that man was

RyleJudas Iscariot. The character of that man must have been black indeed, of whom our Lord could say, He is “a devil.” Let us settle it firmly in our minds, that the possession of religious privileges alone is not enough to save our souls. . . . Without grace we may live in the full sunshine of Christ’s countenance, and yet, like Judas, be miserably cast away.

To whom shall we go? A. THE MAJORITY...?

Matthew 7:13–14 “Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. 14 For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few.

To whom shall we go?A. THE MAJORITY...?

B. HUMAN WISDOM...?

C.  PREACHERS...?

D.  OUR CONSCIENCE...?

E.  OUR FEELINGS...?

Proverbs 14:12 There is a way that seems right…but its end is the way to death.

Proverbs 28:26 Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool…