254 THE KING’S BUSINESS Jesus the Bread of Life MARCH 11, 1917. LESSON X. John 6:24-37. (Read 22-40. .Memorize vs; 32, 33.) G olden T ext : “Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life.’’—John 6:35.
DAILY BIBLE READINGS Mon., March 5—John 6:22-31. (The Lesson.) Tues., March 6—John 6:32-40. (The Lesson.)
Wed., March 7—John 6;41-51. Thur., March 8—John 6:52-59. Fri., March 9—John 6:60-71. Sat., March 10—John 7 :1-13. Sun., March 11—John 7:14-24.
EXPOSITION AND PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
truth about the way that He did get to the other side of the lake (see vs. 15-21). v. 26. “Jesus ansivered them (om it ,) and said, Verily, verily (add ,) I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the (omit, the) miracles (signs), but because ye ate o f the loaves, and were filled.” Jesus did not answer their question as to when He came or how He came to Capernaum. It was not for this materialistic crowd to know the great truth set forth in His walking on the sea. They had been utterly blind to the meaning of the wonderful miracle of the multiplying of the loaves, and so they would not be told about the other miracle that set forth'His Deity, that of His walking on the water. Jesus saw through their eagerness to find Him. It was not because they “saw signs,” i.e., Divine proofs of His Divine mission and nature, that they sought Him; no, they sought Him simply because they wished Him to fill their empty stomachs. Oh, how many hang around the places where Jesus manifests Himself just to get some thing to eat, concerned greatly about their bodies, not at all concerned about their souls. What is it the great throngs that frequent the Christian Scientists places of gathering are seeking? Is it a Divine Lord? No, in the vast majority of cases simply the healing of their bodies. They profess not to believe in the reality of the body, but that the body is only “mortal thought,” “illusion,” but they are willing to give up
v. 24. ' “When the people (multitude) therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither H is disciples, they also took sh p- ping (they themselves got into the boats), and came to Capernaum, seeking Jesus." The multitude came “seeking Jesus.” That sounds well, but really it was not as well as it sounds, for it was a wrong sort of seeking, and therefore did not bring salva tion. It was not really Jesus whom they were seeking, they were seeking the loaves and fishes. There is much of that sort of seeking after Jesus still: Many come to Him when it is not really Jesus Himself they want, but the things they can get from Jesus, and not infrequently, as in this case, things of a material kind. It was not the “sign” as indicating the Divine character that drew them, but simply the wonder as indicating that there would be a constant supply of bread. They did not see “in the bread the Sign,” but “only in the sign the bread.” Their eyes and desire were entirely fixed upon “the food which perisheth.” v. 25. “And when they had (omit, had) found H im on the other side o f the sea, they said unto Him, Rabbi, when earnest thou hither?” The multitude had seen the disciples go away in a boat without Jesus (v. 22), and there was no otfrer boat there for Him to go in, and they were greatly perplexed to know how the Lord Jesus had gotten to the other side of the lake. They would have been more filled with amazement if they had known the whole
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