Commentary on John 6:33

John 6:33 clearly teaches that Christ came for the express purpose of giving life to the world; that is, all mankind. God created all life, and since God can never lose anything which He has ever created, then this verse must mean that God will recover and recreate all of His goodness that He originally put into man when He created man in His own image. Ecclesiastes 3:14. John 6:33 expressly teaches that Christ came to give life to all mankind, and this fact means that God cannot fail to do precisely that which He states. Numbers 23:19. John 1:9 and John 3:20-21 further reinforce this teaching. These verses teach that every man has some of the Light of God's Truth in him and that God will eventually effect a complete separation of all of His goodness that He originally put into man from all of the evil that has infected and sullied man's goodness.

The Church teaches that God saves only by grace, and all others go to hell forever. But this teaching means that God will lose the goodness He put into those who go to hell forever, and this is impossible. God can never lose anything He has ever created. Thus, John 6:33 must mean that God will provide different types of salvation for all mankind.

The Church correctly teaches that God saves some people by His grace. Jesus' teaching from John 6:35 through 70 concerns salvation by grace, particularly the salvation of the Church. In these verses, Jesus responded to the direct request of verse 34. One eats and drinks while still alive in the flesh. In that same vein, Jesus taught in these verses that a person can obtain everlasting life by receiving His blood and flesh while still alive on the earth. Jesus knew that this teaching would offend the unbelievers, and that they would separate themselves from Him. But in verse 63, He reassured His disciples that He spoke of a spiritual salvation. The Church becomes saved by the work of the Holy Spirit. In verse 37, Christ assures believers that God will never refuse spiritual salvation to anyone who chooses to come to Christ by faith. In verses 39 and 40, Jesus spoke about a "last day." But in God's economy, there is no such thing as an absolute last day. God's creations last forever. Jesus had to have meant that He would provide a bodily salvation for His Church on the last day of the Church Age which will happen at the Rapture of the Church. In verse 51, Jesus taught that He can give immediate life to those in the flesh who believe, but He also taught that He gave His life for the life of all mankind. God can never fail to do whatever He has said He would do. Numbers 23:19. This fact can only mean that Christ will provide a different type of salvation for all people not saved by grace. Revelation 21:1-7 teaches that not only will God save by grace, but He will also recover and recreate all of His goodness that still resides in all of mankind not saved by grace.