How do Men Replace Jesus
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The document discusses various ways people may replace Jesus, highlighting themes from John 6:66-68. It outlines struggles with belief, the desire for signs, self-gratification, reliance on scholarship, and slothfulness. Each section emphasizes the importance of faith and spiritual sustenance over earthly concerns.
How do Men Replace Jesus
- 1. How do men replace Jesus John 6 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? 68 Then Simon Peter answeredhim, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. How do men replace Jesus? (John 6:66-68) I. Struggle (John 6:25-27) John 6:25-27 25 And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? 26 Jesus answeredthem and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 27 Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. Eccl 3:10 I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. KJV 1Tim 4:7-8 7 But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. 8 For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, havingpromise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. KJV
- 2. 2Tim 2:3-5 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. Struggle II. Show (John 6:28-29) John 6:28-29 28 Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the worksof God? 29 Jesus answeredandsaid unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 2Kgs 5:11-13 11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surelycome out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? Jer 42:20 For ye dissembledin your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Prayfor us unto the LORD our God; and accordingunto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.
- 3. Luke 10:25 And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inheriteternal life? Deut 18:18-19 18 I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. Ps 2:12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. Struggle Show III. Scoffer (John 6:30-32) John 6:30-32 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? 31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. John 12:37 But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: Isa 5:18-20 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cordsof vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it!
- 4. 20 Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Gen 3:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowinggood and evil. Struggle Show Scoffer IV. Self-gratification (John 6:34-36) John 6:34-36 34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. 35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. Josh 24:17 For the LORD our God, he it is that broughtus up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: Josh 24:19-20 19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. 20 If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. John 4:15-17 15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw.
- 5. 16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. 17 The woman answeredandsaid, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: Struggle Show Scoffer Self-gratification V. Scholarship (John 6:42-47) John 6:42-47 42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? 43 Jesus therefore answeredand said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. 44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learnedof the Father, cometh unto me. 46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. 47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. Isa 29:11-12 11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: 12 And the book is deliveredto him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
- 6. Isa 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous workand a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understandingof their prudent men shall be hid. Jer 8:9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? Matt 11:25 At that time Jesus answeredand said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealedthem unto babes. 1Cor 1:19 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 1Cor 3:19 For the wisdom of this worldis foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Struggle Show Scoffer Self-gratification Scholarship VI. Slothfulness (John 6:60-61, 63-64) John 6:60-61 60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? 61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmuredat it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? John 6:63-64 63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
- 7. 64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginningwho they were that believednot, and who shouldbetray him. Eccl 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. 1Cor 9:25-27 25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: 27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preachedto others, I myself shouldbe a castaway. 2Cor 6:4 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 2Tim 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividingthe word of truth. Heb 5:13-14 13 For every one that useth milk is unskilfulin the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercisedto discern both good and evil. 2Pet 3:14 Wherefore, beloved, seeingthat ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.