Thank you. Having times of doubt and discouragement aren't exclusive to unbelievers or new believers.

Even longstanding Christians can experience uncertainty.

So how can we be confident that our salvation is secure, even in shaky times?

Alistair Begg addresses this issue today on Truth for Life.

He's teaching from John chapter 6.

So we begin at verse 35.

I found this hard to lay it out in a way that has immediate points, but we have this amazing

declaration in verse 35.

Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life.

Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me will not thirst.

Well, this is a metaphor, isn't it? I am, he says, the bread of life.

Now, I want us to notice, because it is important now and will be, that it is the person who comes to him who does not hunger, not the person who eats him.

And it is the person who believes in him, who does not thirst, not the person who drinks him.

Now, we're not going to delay on this, but it is important because we're going to come

to this metaphor when we get to verse 53, and therefore this helps us, it makes preparation,

at least for us, in our understanding. It's important also that we recognize the twofold

whoever that is here in verse 35. Whoever comes to me and whoever

believes in me. This is in keeping with what we've already been seeing. John 3 and 16,

for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son that whoever believes in him should not perish, but should

have eternal or everlasting life. Now, with that said, let's be very clear that what Jesus is

saying in this statement, in verse 35, is that the core emptiness of the human soul is answered in him. The essential vacuum

in the life of an individual spiritually is answered in Christ alone. Now, Jesus is going on to speak about the vast reality and wonder of saving faith.

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