1. “This is a hard saying.”
John 6:60

2. John 6:53-61
6:60 When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” (ESV)
Many today like the idea of Christianity but find the particulars to be “hard sayings.”

3. Some of Jesus’ “Hard Sayings:”
A relatively small number will be saved.

4. Few Will Be Saved Matthew 7:13-14 1 Corinthians 9:27, Matthew 13:18-23
Most will be lost
We must enter the narrow way
1 Corinthians 9:27, Matthew 13:18-23
Matthew 11:28-30

5. Some of Jesus’ “Hard Sayings:”
A relatively small number will be saved.
Sincerity alone doesn’t save.

6. Sincerity alone isn’t enough.
1 Corinthians 5:8 Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Matthew 7:21-23
What we believe and practice matters.
Lawlessness will cost us our souls!
Ephesians 5:17 Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

7. Some of Jesus’ “Hard Sayings:”
A relatively small number will be saved.
Sincerity alone doesn’t save.
Salvation is found in the body of Christ.

8. Salvation is in Christ’s body.
2 Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Colossians 1:18a And He is the head of the body, the church, …
Ephesians 5:23 For the husband is head of the wife, as also Christ is head of the church; and He is the Savior of the body.
Ephesians 4:4a There is one body…

9. Some of Jesus’ “Hard Sayings:”
A relatively small number will be saved.
Sincerity alone doesn’t save.
Salvation is found in the body of Christ.
Discipleship requires putting Christ first.

10. We must put Christ first.
Luke 9:57-62
Matthew 10:34-37
Mark 10:17-21
Luke 14:26-27, Matthew 10:38-39
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

11. Some of Jesus’ “Hard Sayings:”
A relatively small number will be saved.
Sincerity alone doesn’t save.
Salvation is found in the body of Christ.
Discipleship requires putting Christ first.
Eternal punishment awaits the disobedient.

12. Hell has been prepared for the wicked.
Mark 9:43-48
Matthew 13:36-42
Matthew 25:41-46

13. Some of Jesus’ “Hard Sayings:”
A relatively small number will be saved.
Sincerity alone doesn’t save.
Salvation is found in the body of Christ.
Discipleship requires putting Christ first.
Eternal punishment awaits the disobedient.

14. The conclusion of the matter:
John 6: From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?” 68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”