Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
Serious Objections
Text: John 6:30-31
SERIOUS OBJECTIONS
The multitudes were not prepared to accept the word of the Lord Jesus Christ. They raised serious objections.
“Therefore they said to Him,
‘What sign will You perform then,
that we may see it and believe You?
What work would You do?
Our fathers ate the manna in the desert;
as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’’”John 6:30-31
1. The multitudes challenged the statements of Jesus
a) They raised two questions.
i) What sign do You perform then that we may see it and believe You?
ii) What work do you do?
b) The sign of feeding the five thousand.
i) This was obviously not enough for the multitudes.
ii) A moment ago, they were so sure that Jesus would prove to be a worthy king.
iii) Now, they were challenging Him to perform more signs before they could believe Him.
c) The works of Jesus had obviously been discounted.
i) The healing of the lame
ii) The opening of blind eyes
iii) The restoring of hearing to the deaf
iv) The casting out of demons
v) The raising of the dead
d) The above should have been more than enough “proof” that Jesus was the Saviour and Lord.
2. The multitudes were enamoured of Moses
a) They were actually comparing Jesus with Moses.
b) They believed that Moses gave their forefathers bread from heaven.
c) They even cited the Scriptures to the Lord Jesus to prove the greatness of Moses.
d) The word “He” was a reference to Moses as far as the multitudes were concerned.
e) Suddenly they were not so impressed with this miracle of feeding the five thousand!
经文：约翰福音6：30-31
严重的反驳
众人不肯接受主耶稣所说的话。他们提出了严重的反驳。
“他们又说：‘你行什么神迹，叫我们看见就信你？你到底做什么事呢？ 我们的祖宗在旷野吃过吗哪，如经上写着说：‘他从天上赐下粮来给他们吃。’’”
《约翰福音6：30-31》