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After these things Jesus 1went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias.
1 Matt 10:23, Matt 12:15, Matt 14:13, Mark 3:7, Mark 6:32, Luke 9:10
Read TTB Notes on John 6:1-14 (Feeding Of The Five Thousand)
Sermon Starter Little Is Much When God Is In It John 6:1-13 MP3 Audio Sermon Gospel Light Christian Church Pastor Paul Choo Jesus Christ: The Bread Of Life John 6 (8102KB - right-click to download audio file)

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And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased.

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And Jesus went up into a 1mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.
1 Matt 5:1 Mark 3:13 Luke 9:28 John 6:15

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And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh.

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When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?

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And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.

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Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.

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One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him,

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There is a lad here, which hath 1five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
1 Matt 14:17, Matt 16:9

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And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.

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And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
Spurgeon's Sermon 2216 The Lad's Loaves In The Lord's Hands John 6:11
J R Miller's Morning Thoughts For Every Day Of Life John 6:11

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When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.

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Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.

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Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that 1prophet that should come into the world.
1 Matt 21:11, Luke 7:16, John 7:40, John 9:17

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When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he 1departed again into a 2mountain himself alone.
1 Matt 14:23, Mark 6:46
2 Matt 5:1 Mark 3:13 Luke 9:28 John 6:3
Read TTB Notes on John 6:15-25 (Jesus Walks On Water)
Sermon Starter Rescue At Sea John 6:15-21

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And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea,

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And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them.

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And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

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So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid.

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But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid.

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Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went.

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The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;

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(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)

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When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
Spurgeon's Sermon 0947 Seeking For Jesus John 6:24

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And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither?

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Jesus answered them 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.
Read TTB Notes on John 6:26-35 (Jesus The Bread Of Life)

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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.
J R Miller's Morning Thoughts For Every Day Of Life John 6:27 F B Meyer's Our Daily Homily John 6:27

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Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

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Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.

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They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work?

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Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
Ps 78:24

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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.

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For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
J R Miller's Morning Thoughts For Every Day Of Life John 6:33

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Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.

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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.
J R Miller's Morning Thoughts For Every Day Of Life John 6:35

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But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
Read TTB Notes on John 6:36-71 (I Am The Bread Of Life Part 2)

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All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
Spurgeon's Sermon 3000 Come And Welcome John 6:37 Spurgeon's Sermon 3230 The Last Message For The Year John 6:37 Spurgeon's Sermon 5001 The Sum And Substance Of All Theology John 6:37
C H Spurgeon's Faith's Check Book Never Cast Out John 6:37

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For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the 1will of him that sent me.
1 Matt 26:39, John 5:30, Phil 2:8

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And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

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And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

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The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

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And they said, Is 1not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
1 Isa 49:7, Isa 53:3, Matt 13:55, Mark 6:3

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Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

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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.
Spurgeon's Sermon 0182 Human Inability John 6:44

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It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
Isa 54:13

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Not that any 1man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
1 Matt 11:27, John 1:18, 10:15

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Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
Spurgeon's Sermon 2736 The Great Miracle-Worker John 6:47

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I am that bread of life.

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Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

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This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

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I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

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The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

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Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.

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Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Octavius Winslow's Evening Thoughts John 6:54-56

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For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
Spurgeon's Sermon 3192 The Soul's Meat And Drink John 6:55 Spurgeon's Sermon 3424 Meat Indeed And Drink Indeed John 6:55

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He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

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As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

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This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

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These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

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Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

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When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this 1offend you?
1 Matt 11:6, 13:57, 24:10, 26:31 Mark 6:3, 14:27

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What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

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It is the spirit that aquickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.
MP3 Audio Sermon Dr Bob Jones Sr Many Went Back John 6:63-67 (1263KB - right-click to download audio file)
Octavius Winslow's Evening Thoughts John 6:63

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But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
Spurgeon's Sermon 2898 The Search Warrant John 6:64

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And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.

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From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

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Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
Spurgeon's Sermon 3210 Cleaving To Christ John 6:67-68 Spurgeon's Sermon 3556 Absconding And Apostasy John 6:67 Spurgeon's Sermon 2914 A Mournful Defection John 6:67 Sermon Notes The Loneliness Of Christ John 6:67

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Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.

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And we believe and are sure that thou art that aChrist, the Son of the living God.

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Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?

71

He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve.

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(a) "quickeneth" = to make alive, or give life - Strongs #2227 "zoopoieo" = vitalize.
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Statements that Jesus is the Christ, Son of God.
Temptation in the Wilderness. Matt 4:3, 6,
By Disciples after He walked on the water. Matt 14:33
By Peter Matt 16:16, Mark 8:29, Luke 9:20 John 6:69
Asked by High Priest Matt 26:63
By Unclean Spirits Mark 3:11, Mark 5:7 Luke 4:41
By the Angel to Mary Luke 1:35
By John John 1:34
By Nathanael John 1:49
By Martha John 11:27
By the Ethiopian Eunuch Acts 8:37
By Saul of Tarsus Acts 9:20
Necessary for God to dwell in you 1st John 4:15
Necessary to overcome the world 1st John 5:5
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