Despite the Jew's rejection of Him and His teachings, these verses provide for us who are the children of God some tremendous Biblical truths from which we can derive many practical principles. In our lesson today, mostly by the way of contrasts, we will look at seven of these important principles. They followed Him because of what they had seen Him do. These people were attracted by the spectacular. It is easy, even today, to gather a crowd this way.
Human nature seems to be somehow drawn toward the spectacular.
It is the Word of God with which lost humanity has a problem. Those who accept It's truth and trust Christ for salvation will be saved. Those who reject It's truth will sadly face an eternity without Christ in the Lake of Fire. Jesus came first and foremost to satisfy the spiritual need of mankind - v. 27. Physical bread can only meet the temporal need of man, but spiritual bread can meet his eternal need.