Cheryl Schatz

Moving on to the next four verses.

John 6:39–40 (NASB)
39 “This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day.
40 “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day.”

We can see several things about these verses:
1. Jesus is revealing the Father’s will
2. There are people who belong to the Father and these people will be given to the Son
3. Those who already belonged to the Father and are given to the Son will not be lost
4. It is also the will of the Father that the Son will raise to life all who see the Son and who continue to put their faith in Him.

John 6:41–42 (NASB)
41 Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that came down out of heaven.”
42 They were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now say, ‘I have come down out of heaven’?”

Here the Jews were complaining secretly about Jesus that He was claiming to be something more than He is. He could not come down from heaven, in their minds, because He had a human origin. They believed that Joseph was Jesus’ father. They refused to believe Jesus’ words that He came down from heaven.