Why Can't The World Save Itself?

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John 6:60-65

60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” 61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? 62 Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. 64 But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) 65 And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

 
 

The “disciples” are those people who are following Jesus and learning from Him—the term does not necessarily refer to the inner circle of His disciples—the twelve.

Jesus has told them that He is “heavenly bread” and that the way people can have life is to trust Him, but this claim troubles some of those in the crowd of disciples. Jesus asks if they would still be offended if He ascended into heaven? He goes on to point out that the world cannot save itself—it is the Spirit who gives life, not the flesh or worldly things. In other words, God is the only source of life.

QUESTION FOR THE DAY
If God is the only source of life, why are you looking at other things to make you happy?