John 6:39 Study Bible: This is the will of him who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.

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And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.

Study Bible

And this is the will
The phrase "the will" in Greek is "θέλημα" (thelēma), which signifies a determined purpose or desire. In the context of this verse, it emphasizes the divine intention and sovereign plan of God. The will of God is central to the mission of Jesus, underscoring the alignment between the Father and the Son. This reflects the unity and purpose within the Trinity, where the Son executes the Father's will perfectly.

of Him who sent Me
The phrase "Him who sent Me" refers to God the Father. The Greek word "πέμπω" (pempō) for "sent" indicates a mission with authority and purpose. This highlights the divine commissioning of Jesus, emphasizing His role as the Messiah sent to fulfill God's redemptive plan. Historically, this underscores the Jewish understanding of a prophet or messenger being sent by God, but here it is elevated to the divine mission of the Son of God.

that I shall lose none
The word "lose" in Greek is "ἀπόλλυμι" (apollymi), meaning to destroy or perish. In this context, it conveys the assurance of eternal security for believers. Jesus' mission includes the preservation of those given to Him by the Father, ensuring that none are lost. This reflects the doctrine of perseverance of the saints, a key tenet in conservative Christian theology, affirming that true believers are kept secure in Christ.

of all those He has given Me
The phrase "He has given Me" indicates the divine selection and gifting of believers to the Son. The Greek word "δίδωμι" (didōmi) means to give or grant, suggesting a deliberate act of entrustment by the Father. This highlights the concept of election, where believers are chosen by God and entrusted to Christ. It underscores the grace and sovereignty of God in salvation, emphasizing that believers are a gift from the Father to the Son.

but raise them up
The phrase "raise them up" uses the Greek word "ἀνίστημι" (anistēmi), which means to raise or resurrect. This points to the promise of resurrection and eternal life for believers. It is a powerful assurance of the future hope that Christians hold, rooted in the resurrection of Jesus Himself. This promise is central to Christian eschatology, affirming the bodily resurrection of believers at the end of the age.

at the last day
The term "last day" refers to the eschatological culmination of history, when Christ will return and the final resurrection will occur. In the Jewish context, the "last day" was associated with the coming of the Messiah and the establishment of God's kingdom. For Christians, it signifies the day of judgment and the fulfillment of God's redemptive plan. This phrase encapsulates the hope of eternal life and the ultimate victory over death, providing comfort and assurance to believers.

Persons / Places / Events

1. Jesus Christ
- The speaker of this verse, Jesus is the Son of God, sent by the Father to accomplish His divine will.

2. God the Father
- The one who sent Jesus, emphasizing the divine mission and authority of Christ.

3. The Disciples/Believers
- Those whom the Father has given to Jesus, representing all who believe in Him.

4. The Last Day
- Refers to the eschatological event when believers will be resurrected, highlighting the promise of eternal life.

Teaching Points

Assurance of Salvation
Believers can have confidence in their salvation, knowing that Jesus will not lose any of those given to Him by the Father.

Divine Sovereignty and Human Responsibility
While God is sovereign in salvation, believers are called to live faithfully, trusting in His promise of eternal security.

Hope in the Resurrection
The promise of being raised up on the last day provides hope and encouragement for believers facing trials and uncertainties in this life.

The Will of God
Understanding that it is God's will for believers to be preserved and raised up encourages us to align our lives with His purposes.

Bible Study Questions

1. How does understanding the security of our salvation in Christ impact the way we live our daily lives?

2. In what ways can we find comfort in the promise of being raised up on the last day, especially during difficult times?

3. How does the assurance that Jesus will lose none of those given to Him influence our evangelism and discipleship efforts?

4. What are some practical ways we can align our lives with the will of God as described in this verse?

5. How do the connections to other scriptures, such as Romans 8:38-39 and 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, deepen our understanding of the hope we have in Christ?

Connections to Other Scriptures

John 10:28-29
This passage reinforces the security of believers, emphasizing that no one can snatch them out of Jesus' hand, aligning with the promise that none will be lost.

Romans 8:38-39
Paul speaks of the inseparable love of God in Christ, which echoes the assurance that believers will be preserved until the last day.

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17
Describes the resurrection at the last day, providing a vivid picture of the hope and future that believers have in Christ.

Sermons

Jesus the Bread of Life	C. S. Robinson, D. D.	John 6:22-40
Jesus the Bread of Life	A. H. Moment.	John 6:22-40
Jesus the Bread of Life	Monday Club	John 6:22-40
The Meat that Endureth	Bishop Ryle.	John 6:22-40
Tiberias	W. H. Van Doren, D. D.	John 6:22-40
The Father's Will and its Executor	B. Thomas	John 6:37-40
Christ Our Keeper	C. H. Spurgeon.	John 6:38-40
Doing God's Will in Our Daily Work	C. New.	John 6:38-40
Perfect Obedience	Gibbon.	John 6:38-40
The Believer's Safety	Bp. Beveridge.	John 6:38-40
The Father's Will	C. H. Spurgeon.	John 6:38-40
The Last Day	E. F. Burr.	John 6:38-40
The Love of the Father	A. A. Bonar	John 6:38-40
The Purpose of Christ's Coming		John 6:38-40
The Resurrection of Believers	Archibald Craig.	John 6:38-40
The Resurrection of Believers a Certainty	Strode.	John 6:38-40
To Do the Wilt of God is the True End of Life	Professor Drummond.	John 6:38-40

People

Andrew, Jesus, Joseph, Judas, Peter, Philip, Simon

Places

Capernaum, Sea of Galilee, Sea of Tiberias, Tiberias

Topics

Anything, Father's, Hands, Lose, None, Nothing, Pleasure, Raise

Dictionary of Bible Themes

John 6:39

2366 Christ, prophecies concerning
9315 resurrection, of believers

John 6:35-42

7505 Jews, the

John 6:35-51

5409 metaphor

John 6:35-52

2426 gospel, responses

John 6:37-40

4915 completion
6639 election, to salvation

John 6:37-44

6708 predestination

John 6:38-40

7950 mission, of Christ
8441 goals

John 6:39-40

     4921   day
     8106   assurance, nature of
     9130   future, the

Library

May 9 Evening
It is I; be not afraid.--JOHN 6:20. When I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.--I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. Woe is me! for I am undone; . . . mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts. Then flew one of the seraphims …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

December 22 Morning
Your work of faith.--I THES. 1:3. This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.--Faith worketh by love.--He that soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.--We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.--Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

August 8 Evening
Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.--ROM. 10:13. Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.--Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.--What will ye that I shall do unto you? They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. If ye . . . being …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

November 21 Morning
Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.--JOHN 6:37. It shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.--I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the Lord their God.--I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

June 29 Morning
His commandments are not grievous.--I JOHN 5:3. This is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life.--Whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. My yoke is easy, and my burden is light.--If ye love me, keep my commandments.--He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

March 14 Evening
The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.--JOHN 6:63. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth.--The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. Christ . . . loved the church, and gave himself for it; that he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, that he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

October 23 Evening
It is the spirit that quickeneth.--JOHN 6:63. The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.--That which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.--Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. If any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

December 17 Morning
Quicken us, and we will call upon thy name.--PSA. 80:18. It is the Spirit that quickeneth.--The Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.--Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

October 29 Evening
David encouraged himself in the Lord his God.--I SAM. 30:6. Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.--I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay. He brought me forth also into a large …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

October 14 Evening
Give us this day our daily bread.--MATT. 6:11. I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.--His bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure.--The ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. My God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.--Be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor …
Anonymous—Daily Light on the Daily Path

September 8. "He that Eateth Me, Even He Shall Live by Me" (John vi. 57).
"He that eateth Me, even He shall live by Me" (John vi. 57). What the children of God need is not merely a lot of teaching, but the Living Bread. The best wheat is not good food. It needs to be ground and baked before it can be digested and assimilated so as to nourish the system. The purest and the highest truth cannot sanctify or satisfy a living soul. He breathes the New Testament message from His mouth with a kiss of love and a breath of quickening power. It is as we abide in Him, lying upon …
Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

June 22. "This is that Bread which came Down from Heaven" (John vi. 58).
"This is that bread which came down from heaven" (John vi. 58). We had the sentence of death in ourselves that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead; who delivereth us from so great a death, who doth deliver; in whom we trust that He will yet deliver us. This was the supernatural secret of Paul's life; he drew continually in his body from the strength of Christ, his Risen Head. The body which rose from Joseph's tomb was to him a physical reality and the inexhaustible …
Rev. A. B. Simpson—Days of Heaven Upon Earth

The Fourth Miracle in John's Gospel
And Jesus took the loaves; and when He had given thanks, He distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.'--JOHN vi. 11. This narrative of the miraculous feeding of the five thousand is introduced into John's Gospel with singular abruptness. We read in the first verse of the chapter: 'After these things Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee,' i.e. from the western to the eastern side. But the Evangelist does not tell …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

'Fragments' or 'Broken Pieces'
'When they were filled, He said unto His disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.'--JOHN vi. 12. The Revised Version correctly makes a very slight, but a very significant change in the words of this verse. Instead of 'fragments' it reads 'broken pieces.' The change seems very small, but the effect of it is considerable. It helps our picture of the scene by correcting a very common misapprehension as to what it was which the Apostles are bid to gather up. The general notion, …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

The Fifth Miracle in John's Gospel
'So when they had rowed about five-and-twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. 20. But He said unto them, It is I; be not afraid.'--JOHN vi. 19,20. There are none of our Lord's parables recorded in this Gospel, but all the miracles which it narrates are parables. Moral and religious truth is communicated by the outward event, as in the parable it is communicated by the story. The mere visible fact becomes more than semi-transparent. …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

How to Work the Work of God
'Then said they unto Him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? 29. Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye, believe on Him whom He hath sent.'--JOHN vi. 28, 29. The feeding of the five thousand was the most 'popular' of Christ's miracles. The Evangelist tells us, with something between a smile and a sigh, that 'when the people saw it, they said, This is of a truth that Prophet that should come into the world,' and they were so delighted with Him and with …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

The Manna
'I am that bread of life. 49. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.'--JOHN vi. 48-50. 'This is of a truth that Prophet,' said the Jews, when Christ had fed the five thousand on the five barley loaves and the two small fishes. That was the kind of Teacher for them; they were quite unaffected by the wisdom of His words and the beauty of His deeds, but a miracle that found food precisely …
Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture

Redemption (Continued)
"He that eateth My flesh, and drinketh My blood, hath life eternal."--JOHN VI. 54. We were made for holiness, union with God, eternal life. These are but different expressions for one and the same thing. For holiness is the realisation of our manhood, of that Divine Image which is the true self, expressing itself and acting, as it does in us, through the highest of animal forms. That perfect self-realisation is not merely dependent upon, but is union with God, at its beginning, throughout its …
J. H. Beibitz—Gloria Crucis

The Study of the Bible Recommended; and a Method of Studying it Described.
Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of Eternal Life. IT was probably in that synagogue which the faithful Centurion built at Capernaum [243] that our Saviour had been discoursing. At the end of his discourse, it is related that "many of His Disciples went back, and walked no more with Him." Thereupon, He asked the Twelve, "Will ye also go away?" the very form of His inquiry (Me kai humeis) implying the answer which the Divine Speaker expected and desired. And to this challenge of Love …
John William Burgon—Inspiration and Interpretation

The Attractive Power of God
THE ATTRACTIVE POWER OF GOD St John vi. 44.--"No one can come unto Me, except the Father which hath sent Me draw him." Our Lord Jesus Christ hath in the Gospel spoken with His own blessed lips these words, which signify, "No man can come to Me unless My Father draw him." In another place He says, "I am in the Father and the Father in Me." Therefore whoever cometh to the Son cometh to the Father. Further, He saith, "I and the Father are One. Therefore whomsoever the Father draweth, the Son draweth …
Johannes Eckhart—Meister Eckhart's Sermons

The Gospel Feast
"When Jesus then lifted up His eyes, and saw a great company come unto Him, He saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?"--John vi. 5. After these words the Evangelist adds, "And this He said to prove him, for He Himself knew what He would do." Thus, you see, our Lord had secret meanings when He spoke, and did not bring forth openly all His divine sense at once. He knew what He was about to do from the first, but He wished to lead forward His disciples, and to arrest and …
John Henry Newman—Parochial and Plain Sermons, Vol. VII

The Care of the Soul Urged as the one Thing Needful
Luke 10:42 -- "But one thing is needful." It was the amiable character of our blessed Redeemer, that "he went about doing good," this great motive, which animated all his actions, brought him to the house of his friend Lazarus, at Bethany, and directed his behavior there. Though it was a season of recess from public labor, our Lord brought the sentiments and the pious cares of a preacher of righteousness into the parlor of a friend; and there his doctrine dropped as the rain, and distilled as the …
George Whitefield—Selected Sermons of George Whitefield

On the Words of the Gospel, John vi. 53, "Except Ye Eat the Flesh," Etc. , and on the Words of the Apostles. And the Psalms. Against
Delivered at the Table of the Martyr St. Cyprian, the 9th of the Calends of October,--23 Sept., on the Lord's day. 1. We have heard the True Master, the Divine Redeemer, the human Saviour, commending to us our Ransom, His Blood. For He spake to us of His Body and Blood; He called His Body Meat, His Blood Drink. The faithful recognise the Sacrament of the faithful. But the hearers what else do they but hear? When therefore commending such Meat and such Drink He said, "Except ye shall eat My Flesh …
Saint Augustine—sermons on selected lessons of the new testament

On the Words of the Gospel, John vi. 55,"For My Flesh is Meat Indeed, and My Blood is Drink Indeed. He that Eateth My Flesh," Etc.
1. As we heard when the Holy Gospel was being read, the Lord Jesus Christ exhorted us by the promise of eternal life to eat His Flesh and drink His Blood. Ye that heard these words, have not all as yet understood them. For those of you who have been baptized and the faithful do know what He meant. But those among you who are yet called Catechumens, or Hearers, could be hearers, when it was being read, could they be understanders too? Accordingly our discourse is directed to both. Let them who already …
Saint Augustine—sermons on selected lessons of the new testament

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