That's quite the promise. Because if it's true, then it means that Christ is the answer to the emptiness. It means that Christ satisfies the relentless pursuit for something new. Christ is the real answer to what drives the desire for the promotion. Christ is the real answer to the needs you are trying to get your spouse to meet. Christ is the real answer to why you have decided to renovate your home. Christ is the real answer to when you were deeply frustrated that your kids aren't making more of the opportunities they have been given. While those things are not inherently bad or good, when we ask them to deliver in ways they were never meant to, we will never be satisfied. This is not a promise that if you believe in Jesus, you will have everything you want. This is a promise that when you believe in Jesus, you will have the spiritual strength you need to continue in the life and work He has for you. You see, the truth is feasting on Jesus provides the spiritual strength to do the work He has for you. Principle: Feasting on Jesus provides the spiritual strength to do the work He has for you. We have so much junk food in our lives. Candy, soft drink, and everyone knows that if you fill up on those things, you will be malnourished. But why is it that we can't see all the spiritual junk food in our lives? What are you feasting on? Attention, attraction, applause, recognition. Jesus isn't just inviting the crowds to feast on Him. He's inviting you back to the table today. Come and feast on Him. Will you lay down your constant hunger for whatever it is and ask Him to satisfy you? It's not wrong to want to make something out of this life. It's not wrong to make a lasting impact in the lives of others. It's not wrong to go on vacation or watch a sporting event. But if that's where your hope and satisfaction lies, you will never be satisfied. Jesus encounters a crowd seeking bread and teaches them they are really needing Jesus as a part of learning that only Jesus satisfies, Division No. III. Jesus has been explaining food that endures to eternal life and now He will explain more about what that means and how that's possible. Verses 37 through 39 describe what it means to be received and secured. They describe what it is to be received and secured. They say, "All those" this is Jesus "All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of those he has given me but raise them up in the last day." In order for food to endure to eternal life, it must mean that the food lasts into eternal life. So the first way Jesus explains food that will last into eternal life is to say that those who come to Jesus and receive Him are secured. Jesus has already made the point that God sent Him, the true bread from heaven, to the world and now Jesus makes the point that God gives believers to Jesus. God gives the world Jesus. God gives Jesus people who will feast on Him. Did you catch that? God gives the world Jesus, and God gives Jesus people who will feast on Him. No one gets lost in the process. Jesus is speaking about what we know as salvation, and He is saying all who call on the name of the Lord will be saved. And just like there is no salvation unless God sends His Son, there is no salvation unless God works in people to call on the name of the Lord. Theologians call this concept the doctrine of election. Election in its simplest form means to choose. And "the elect" refers to a category of people that we see referred to in Scripture as God's people. So we understand election to be those whom God chooses, not based on their merits but based on His love. We have many examples in Scripture that enhance the verses we are reading. In Ephesians Chapter 1, verse 4, Paul tells fellow believers that before the foundation of the world, God chose them to be holy and blameless in his sight. Election is a mind stretching doctrine because we understand "elections" in human terms. When we elect someone to office, we are choosing one over another often based on some merits in the person. However, we don't have that kind of insight into divine election. There is mystery surrounding God's election of His people. On the one hand, "All those the Father gives will come to me." And on the other hand, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." While God makes assurances that no one who should be saved will be lost, He doesn't tell us exactly how that would happen. Election isn't meant to discourage us. It's actually meant to comfort us. And when you ask someone the story of how they became a believer, they often acknowledge God's grace. And if you ask them, "Why do you think He saved you," I don't know any belie