Four Responses to a Hard Truth

Four Responses to a Hard Truth

The Gospel of John - Part 19 • 1/31/21

Key passage: John 6:60-71

Disdain

  • This teaching is hard to accept.

    • John 6:60

    • The hardness was in their hearts.

  • John 6:61 - Jesus, knowing that his disciples were grumbling asked them, “does this offend you?”.

    • skandalizō (Greek) - to trigger the trap. To cause someone to stumble or trip.

      • They felt trapped by this teaching.

Desertion

  • John 6:66 - From that moment many of his disciples turned back and no longer accompanied him.

  • John 6:67: So Jesus said to the Twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you?”

Devotion

  • John 6:68 ...Lord, to whom will we go? You have the words of eternal life.

  • John 6:69: We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”

    • ginōskō (Greek): to know experiential, in contrast to oida, which means to know intuitively or perceive.

Treachery

  • John 6:70: Jesus replied to them, “Didn’t I choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”

    • The most negative thing said about Judas in the four gospels.

What is your response?