God’s Word Interprets God’s Word

John 3:26

And they came to and said to him, Teacher, the one who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have witnessed, behold, this one baptizes, and all are coming to Him.

John 3:27

answered and said, A man is able to receive nothing unless it has been given to him from Heaven.

Comment– No one would come believing into Jesus unless it is given to him from Heaven.

1 Corinthians 4:7 Romans 3:10-12 John 3:19-20 1 Corinthians 2:14 1 Corinthians 1:18

John 6:35

Jesus said to them, I am the Bread of life; the one coming to Me will not at all hunger, and the one believing into Me will never ever thirst.

Comment– Those that come believing into Jesus’s work and person as the only condition for their salvation are guaranteed they will not hunger or ever thirst. He promises to save His people from their sins and ensured their glorification when He comes again guaranteeing they will never hunger or thirst.

1 Corinthians 15 Romans 8:28-30, 33 John 4:14 1 John 5:4 Ephesians 2:8-10 John 3:3,5,8

John 6:36

But I said to you that you also have seen Me and did not believe.

John 6:37

All that the Father gives to Me shall come to Me, and the one coming to Me I will in no way cast out.

Comment – The reason they were not believing in verse 36 is answered in verse 37 They were not believing because they weren’t given by the Father to Jesus to be raised up in the last day.

John 10:26

But you do not believe for you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.

Comment– The Sheep Jesus Christ laid down His life for are the ones The Father gives to Him that come to the knowledge of the truth that salvation comes by Grace alone through Jesus Christ’s work alone; received by God given faith alone.

John 6:38

For I have come down out of Heaven, not that I should do My will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

John 6:39

And this is the will of the Father sending Me, that of all that He has given Me, I shall not lose any of it, but shall raise it up in the last day.

Comment– All that is given by The Father to Jesus, Jesus will not lose one; but will raise all up at the last day.

John 6:43

Then Jesus answered and said to them, Do not murmur with one another.

John 6:44

No one is able to come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.

Comment– Jesus tells them not to murmur because no one comes to Him unless The Father draws him; meaning they have to be given by The Father.

John 6:63

It is the Spirit that gives life. The flesh does not profit, nothing! The words which I speak to you are spirit and are life.

John 6:64

But there are some of you who are not believing. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were not believing, and who was the one betraying Him.

John 6:65

And He said, Because of this, I have told you (before) that no one is able to come to Me except it is given to him from My Father.

The Gospel is the good news that God promises to save His people from their sins conditioned solely on the atoning shed blood of Jesus Christ and His imputed righteousness alone. Revelation 5:9,7:9 Hebrews 9:28 Acts 20:28 John 10:15 Matthew 1:21 Romans 3 Romans 4:3-8 Romans 8 Romans 9 Romans 10 Romans 11 Ezekiel 36:26 Revelation 20:15

His people are All that the Father gives to Jesus to be raised up in the last day.

John 6:35-65

He promised to save His people Matthew 1:21

All His people will come to the knowledge of the truth believing the Gospel sometime between conception and death 2 Corinthians 4:6 John 1:12-13 2 Thessalonians 2:13 Philippians 1:6 2:13

All will come to believe and be imputed with Christ righteousness through God given faith. They will believe that salvation is conditioned on the atoning shed blood of Jesus Christ and His imputed righteousness alone without any effort from those who he represented in His perfect life lived, His atoning death and His resurrection. Luke 18:13, Luke 23:42 Luke 7:36-50

Philippians 1:29

because it was granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on His behalf,

John 6:47

Truly, truly, I say to you, the one believing into Me has everlasting life

Mark 16:16

The one believing and being baptized will be saved. And the one not believing will be condemned.

Bible verses from Literal Translation 1993 Jay Green

Highlights italics added by me for emphasis