The Bread of Life

This sermon examines John 6 to expose the false motives of those who seek Jesus for temporal benefits rather than eternal life, contrasting the perishable bread of physical sustenance with the true bread of life found in Christ. The central theological argument asserts that belief is not a human achievement or a response to sufficient evidence, but the sovereign work of God, where the Father draws and teaches those He has chosen. By highlighting the crowd's rejection of Christ's divine claims and their demand for signs, the text illustrates the spiritual blindness of the unregenerate heart, which remains dead in sin and incapable of coming to Christ without divine intervention. The preacher emphasizes that salvation is entirely of grace, secured by the Father's eternal election and the effectual call of the Holy Spirit, ensuring that all whom the Father gives to the Son are kept and raised up on the last day. This doctrine of predestination serves to humble the believer, recognizing that their faith is a gift, and calls the church to pursue Christ Himself rather than the comforts of this world.