The Gospel of John - Unfollowed

In John 6, as Jesus’ followers are forsaking Him, Jesus turns and asks His inner circle a question. ““You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”” (John 6:67–69, NIV84) I love Peter’s attitude. “Where else are we gonna go? There’s no one else able to offer us eternal life. There is no other Messiah, there is no other Lord but you! We are convinced that You are our Savior. We know that You alone are the Son of God.” When I was a little boy, probably around 9 or 10, I got upset about something (I don’t even remember what), so I announced to my mom that I was running away from home. But instead of trying to stop me, my mom went with me to help me pack! She kind of called my bluff. And as we were packing my stuff, she began to ask me questions. “If you run away, who is going to tuck you into bed at night?” I hadn’t really thought about that. “If you run away, who is going to fix breakfast for you? Truth is, I hadn’t really thought of that either. “What will you do about dinner?” Now she was really starting to make sense! Do you know what she was really asking me? Where else are you gonna go? You got some spare parents lying around that we don’t know about? In a nice way, she was reminding me I didn’t have anywhere else to go. There was no one else willing or able to take me in. Peter is acknowledging what I learned as a little boy. “Where would we go, Jesus?” There is no one else. No one else is waiting or able to take us in. Do you know why? Every religious teacher who ever lived is dead in the grave. They couldn’t even help themselves, much less help any of us. Only Jesus has been raised from the dead. As a result, only Jesus can offer us eternal life. Join us this weekend as we talk honestly about why it is that people are tempted to forsake Jesus and unfollow Him.