“Then Jesus declared, ‘I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never thirsty.’”

* DO NOT WORK FOR FOOD THAT SPOILS (22-34)

1. Why was the crowd looking for Jesus? (2,15,26) How had they degenerated?

2. Read verse 27. What does it mean to work for “food that spoils”? (Ge 3:17-19) What is the food that endures to eternal life? (33,51,54;Jn 1:1,2; 3:16)

3. Read verses 28-34. What is the work of God? (29) How can believing in Jesus be the solution to one’s life problem? How did they try to persuade Jesus to give them bread? What did he teach them about the true bread of heaven? How did they respond? (34)

* JESUS IS THE BREAD FROM HEAVEN (35-59)

4. Why does Jesus say that he is the “Bread of Life”? How can Jesus satisfy the hungry and thirsty soul? (35-36; Mt 11:28) What do the words “from heaven” (appearing 10 times in verses 31-59) tell us about the bread of life? What did Jesus come to do? (33,38-40)

5. What was the people’s fixed idea? What is the Father’s will? (36-40) What do these verses teach about the shepherd heart of God? Why must we believe the word of God? (Mt 4:4)

6. Read verses 41-47. How did the people respond to Jesus’ invitation? How does God seek to draw people to Jesus? (44-46; Isa 54:13) Why can only Jesus give life to the world? (48-51) What does it mean to eat his flesh and drink his blood? (51-59; Mk 14:22-24)

* “TO WHOM SHALL WE GO?” (60-71)

7. How did many disciples respond to Jesus’ teaching? (60) What did Jesus teach them plainly? (62-63) Why did so many leave him? (63) What did Jesus ask the Twelve? How did Peter answer? (68,69) Why were the disciples different from the crowd?