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 Let me pray for the meeting of God's Word.

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 Heavenly Father, we were in loss.

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 We were dead in our trespasses and sins.

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 But in your great love, you did not leave us to our own devices.

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 You sent your only Son, your precious Son, to save us.

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 And we want to remember him this morning as the bread of God.

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 The spiritual bread you sent from heaven to nourish us into eternal life.

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 So as we listen to your Word, please feed us from this bread.

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 Help us to believe in Him.

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 Hope in Him.

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 And in doing so, we become more and more like Jesus.

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 It's in His precious name we pray.

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 Amen.

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 If you are able, please stand as I read John 6.3.

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 Amen.

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 After this, Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.

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 And a large crowd was following Him because they saw the signs that He was doing on the stake.

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 Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples.

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 Now at Passover, the feast of the Jews was at hand.

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 Lifting up his eyes, then seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him,

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 Jesus said to Philip,

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 Where are we to buy bread so that these people may eat?

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 He said this to test him, for himself knew what he would do.

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 Philip answered him,

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 Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.

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 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,

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 There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?

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 Jesus said, Have the people sit down.

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 Now there was much grass in the place, so the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

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 Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed them to those who were seated.

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 So also the fish, as much as they wanted.

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 And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples,

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 Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.

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 So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten.

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 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said,

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 This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.

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 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king,

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 Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

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 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, got into a boat, and started across the Sea of Capernaum.

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 It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

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 The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing.

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 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat, and they were frightened.

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 But he said to them,

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 It is I. Do not be afraid.

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 Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

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 On the next day, the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there,

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 and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

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 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.

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 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples,

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 they themselves guided to the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.

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 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him,

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 Rabbi, when did you come here?

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 Jesus answered them,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of balloons.

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 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you.

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 For on him God the Father has said is sealed.

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 Then they said to him,

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 What must we do to be doing the works of God?

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 Jesus answered them,

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 This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.

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 So they said to him,

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 Then what sign do you do that we may see and believe you?

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 What work do you perform?

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 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written,

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 He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

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 Jesus then said to them,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven,

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 but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

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 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.

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 Then they said to him,

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 Sir, give us this bread always.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 I am the bread of life.

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 Whoever comes to me shall not hunger,

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 and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

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 This is God's holy and glorified word.

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 May be seen.

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 I looked up a cooking video this week on YouTube,

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 pray for Christmas,

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 and it was overwhelmed by the sheer number of food-related videos on YouTube.

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 There are millions and millions of videos,

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 like cooking hot-to videos,

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 and then these eating broadcast videos,

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 where you just watch other people eat stuff.

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 And then restaurant review videos,

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 all kinds of videos.

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 According to research from Miller Brown Digital,

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 foodie fan culture is on the rise.

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 Apparently from 2014 to 2015,

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 there was a 280% growth in food channel subscriptions.

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 Apparently, I didn't know this,

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 nearly half of adults watch food videos on YouTube.

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 That's half of us sitting here.

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 And it says millennials watch more than any other demographic group.

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 So there's an insatiable demand for food videos

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 for one simple reason.

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 There's always hungry people.

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 We always get hungry again.

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 So there's always a need for food.

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 We eat and digest and get hungry,

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 and so we eat again,

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 and we can't seem to get enough of these food videos.

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 Similar to our physical hunger,

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 there is a spiritual hunger within all of us.

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 There are people who try to deny this.

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 For example, a little big foyer back,

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 claimed that God is a human invention,

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 and that human progress would follow the rejection of all religion.

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 And Christianity in particular.

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 Karl Marx said that God is the opiate of the masses,

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 and predicted that the enlightened and prosperous society

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 would find no use for God.

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 Sigmund Freud asserted that God is an illusion.

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 Now, Sigmund imagined in our own minds

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 from the sake of restraining the violent impulses

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 of a primitive civilization.

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 And he predicted that God would be set aside

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 in the new age of reason and science.

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 Friedrich Nietzsche famously declared that God is dead.

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 These priests of atheism, so to speak,

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 boldly proposed a secularization hypothesis,

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 which predicted that as society progresses,

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 through modernization and rational thinking,

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 it will become increasingly e-religious.

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 However, the precise opposite has happened.

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 In 1900, the year Nietzsche died,

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 there were 8 million Christians in Africa.

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 Now there are 685 million Christians in Africa.

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 The Pew Research Center reported that in 2015,

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 there were 2.3 billion Christians in the world,

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 which at the time was 31.2% of the world population,

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 which is the biggest it's ever been,

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 and it's the largest religion in the world,

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 and it's still to this day.

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 The secularization hypothesis of the so-called far-seeing seers

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 turned out to be a myth

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 propounded by nearsighted lusts.

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 According to the Gallup World Poll,

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 which surveyed more than a million people

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 living in 163 nations,

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 this is 81% of people claim to belong

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 to an organized religion today.

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 And many who don't participate

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 in other kinds of folk religions.

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 Not only that,

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 even in parts of the world

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 that are reputedly most secular

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 and most atheist,

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 all kinds of unconventional

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 spiritual and mystical practices

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 are moving.

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 Like in Russia and France,

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 there are more occult healers

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 than medical doctors.

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 38% of the French believe in astrology.

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 35% of the Swiss agree

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 that some fortune tellers

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 really can foresee the future.

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 We feel physical hunger

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 because our bodies are trying to eat.

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 Likewise, we feel spiritual hunger

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 because we were created to worship God,

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 even though people in disguided ways

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 are seeking it in other things.

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 The 17th century French mathematician,

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 physicist, and philosopher,

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 Blaise Pascal,

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 puts it this way in his collection of essays,

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 and kind of says,

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 What else does this craving

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 and this helplessness proclaim

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 but that there was once in man

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 a true happiness,

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 of which all that now remains

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 is the empty print and trace?

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 This he tries in vain to fill

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 with everything around him,

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 seeking in things that are not there

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 the help he cannot find in those that are,

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 though none can help,

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 since this infinite abyss

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 can be filled only with an infinite

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 and immutable object,

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 in other words,

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 by God himself.

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 John 6 teaches us

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 that Jesus is

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 the bread of God

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 who satisfies our spiritual hunger.

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 He demonstrates this to us

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 by pointing to how Jesus fulfilled

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 Old Testament scriptures

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 in several ways.

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 First, how he was a prophet like Moses,

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 and secondly,

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 how he was the Lord of the sea,

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 and thirdly,

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 how he was the bread of God.

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 It says in verse 2

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 that a large crowd

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 was following Jesus

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 because they saw the signs

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 that he was doing

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 on the sick.

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 He was healing,

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 the recklessly.

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 The word sign

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 is a key word

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 that recurs throughout

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 the Gospel of John 17 times.

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 And throughout the book,

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 the people ask Jesus

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 to do signs,

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 and the signs are offered to them

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 as a proof

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 of Jesus' identity

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 as the Messiah.

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 And so it says in John 2, 23,

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 many believed in Jesus' name

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 when they saw the signs

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 that he was doing.

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 In fact,

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 the recounting of these signs

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 is one of the main purposes

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 of John's writing.

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 It says in John 20, 30 to 31,

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 that Jesus did many other signs

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 of the presence of the disciples

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 which are not written in this book.

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 But these are written

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 so that you may believe

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 that Jesus is the Christ,

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 Son of God,

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 and that by believing

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 you may have life in his name.

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 That is John's express purpose

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 in writing this Gospel.

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 So that we might see the signs

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 that are recorded in the book

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 and believe in Jesus

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 as the sign.

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 So the signs serve

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 an apologetic purpose

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 to defend the claim

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 that Jesus is the Son of God.

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 So when the crowd

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 gathers around Jesus

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 and his disciples,

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 Jesus sees another opportunity

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 to do a sign.

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 And he asks Philip

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 in verse 5,

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 where are we to buy bread

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 so that these people may eat?

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 Now this is not because

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 he is actually intended

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 to buy bread

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 because he's trying

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 to test Philip.

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 And Philip answers

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 in the most predictable way.

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 He says,

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 200 denarii worth of bread

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 would not be enough

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 for each of them to get a bread.

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 One denarius

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 was worth a day's wage.

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 So 200 denarii

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 is 200 days wage,

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 so about 8 months of wage.

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 And our day and age

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 they would be about $30,000.

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 So that's a lot of money.

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 Some of you might have

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 $30,000 in your bank account,

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 but this is not some chunk change

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 that these itinerant disciples

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 are going to be carrying around

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 in their pockets.

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 And so Jesus' request

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 is a little bit unreasonable

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 from a human point of view.

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 And so not only is there

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 no place that would sell

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 not much bread,

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 even if there were

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 such a place,

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 they would not have

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 enough money to buy it.

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 And so at this point,

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 Andrew interjects,

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 and he says in verse 9,

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 well, there is a boy here

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 who has five barley loaves

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 and two fish.

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 And he can't help

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 but despair himself.

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 He says,

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 but what are they

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 for so many?

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 The boy is generously

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 sharing his food,

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 but that'd be enough

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 for Jesus and his disciples

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 maybe if they ate

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 any other portions,

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 but he would certainly

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 not be enough

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 in the crowd.

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 Jesus tells the crowd

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 to sit down in verse 10.

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 He says,

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 he tells the people

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 to sit down,

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 and he says that the men

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 who sat down

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 were 5,000 in number.

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 In these days,

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 it was common

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 to estimate a large crowd

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 by only counting the men,

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 and then you could multiply

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 by three or so

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 to get a sense

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 of how many men,

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 women, and children

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 there were.

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 So he says there were

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 5,000 men,

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 but in all likelihood,

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 there's probably 15,000

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 or so,

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 people there.

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 And so to feed them,

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 and that's a large number,

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 it's hard enough

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 to cook for like

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 100 wedding guests.

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 And so this is

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 a huge crowd.

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 Nevertheless,

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 Jesus,

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 I can just picture

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 the disciples shot.

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 Jesus proceeds

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 to give thanks,

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 praying for the meal,

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 and then he begins

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 to distribute it

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 to those present.

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 And you could just

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 see the panic

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 in the disciples' eyes.

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 What are you doing,

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 Jesus?

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 You're going to run

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 out of food,

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 and there are going

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 to be a lot of

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 very hungry and angry people.

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 And it's not like

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 Jesus is giving out

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 these little tiny morsels.

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 He says he gave them

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 as much as people wanted.

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 And as the Jesus'

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 disciples are looking on,

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 the shock,

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 the panic,

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 turns into disbelief

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 as the food continues

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 to be given out.

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 And then eventually

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 it turns into delight.

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 wonder,

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 awe.

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 Somewhere

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 in the distribution

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 process,

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 Jesus had performed

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 a miracle

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 so that the food

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 was not running out.

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 And he says

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 in verses 12 to 13,

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 when they had eaten

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 their fill,

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 they gathered up

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 and filled

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 12 baskets

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 with fragments

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 from the five barley

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 loaves left

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 by those waiting.

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 There was more food

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 left over

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 than what they had

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 at the beginning,

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 and it is

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 almost certainly

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 significant

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 that there were

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 12 baskets

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 filled left

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 because there are

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 12 tribes

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 of Israel.

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 It's showing

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 that Jesus

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 is sufficient

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 to provide

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 for all

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 of God's people.

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 Now,

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 this isn't the main

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 point of the passage.

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 I'm going to digress

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 for a little bit,

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 but bear with me.

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 It's a side point.

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 It's kind of interesting

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 to me.

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 First,

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 it's about eating,

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 how to eat,

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 and Jesus says

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 that he gives thanks

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 before he eats,

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 and that's something

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 that Christians do

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 without thanking.

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 We pray before

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 we give thanks to God,

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 but think about it

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 from a non-Christian's

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 perspective.

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 It's quite ridiculous,

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 right?

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 I mean,

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 why would you

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 thank God

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 for your food?

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 I earned the money

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 and I went to the

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 grocery store

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 and bought the ingredients

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 and I cooked it myself,

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 so why am I

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 thanking God?

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 That's the perspective

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 of a lot of believers.

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 But for a Christian,

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 when we pray to God

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 before a meal,

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 it's a simple gesture

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 by acknowledging

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 that ultimately

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 all of it came from God,

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 that he is the ultimate

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 provider,

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 and there's nothing

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 we could do without it.

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 And then secondly,

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 this is really amazing,

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 in verse 12,

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 after this miracle

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 and after the meal,

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 Jesus tells his disciples

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 to gather up

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 the leftover fragments

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 that nothing may be lost.

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 Isn't that remarkable?

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 Jesus just multiplied

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 five rolls of bread

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 and two fish

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 to feed 15,000 people.

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 He can do that

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 when he wants to.

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 But he's concerned

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 about the leftovers.

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 Gather it up

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 so that nothing

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 may be lost.

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 I think this is a lesson

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 on stewardship.

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 As Christians,

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 we have the perspective

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 that the things

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 that we have,

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 everything we have,

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 including food and money,

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 all our relationships,

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 all our health,

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 all our bodily abilities,

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 everything we have

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 is a gift from God.

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 We are not the ultimate

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 owners,

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 we are stewards.

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 And so just as a property

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 manager,

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 he can't decide to do

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 whatever he wants to do

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 with the property

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 because it's not his.

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 He needs to take care of it,

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 steward it.

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 Just as a financial advisor

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 can't do whatever he wants

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 with the money

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 that his client

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 has entrusted to him,

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 he needs to make sure

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 he gets a good return for it.

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 Likewise,

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 everything we have

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 belongs to God

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 and so we have to steward it.

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 We shouldn't waste things.

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 We should be,

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 we should have that mindset.

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 This would radically

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 transform the way we spend,

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 the way we eat.

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 And so that's not the main point,

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 but it's an interesting point

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 nonetheless.

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 Verse 14,

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 it says,

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 when the people saw the sign

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 that he had done,

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 they said,

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 this is indeed the prophet

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 who is to come to the room.

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 And this is the main point.

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 In Deuteronomy 18,

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 there was a prophecy

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 that the Messiah would come

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 and that he would be

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 a prophet like Moses.

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 Moses gave the Israelites

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 bread from heaven.

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 He made,

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 through with God's help,

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 made manna,

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 bread from heaven,

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 rained down

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 to feed the Israelites.

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 In a similar way,

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 Jesus is here providing

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 bread for God's people

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 and leaving 12 baskets full

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 to indicate a sufficient

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 seed for all of Israel.

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 And moreover,

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 Jesus is doing this

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 on Passover day,

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 which is again

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 hearkening back to Exodus

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 because Moses,

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 that was the final miracle

00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:51.679
 that God performed

00:17:51.679 --> 00:17:52.200
 through Moses

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 in Passover

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 before the Israelites

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 were allowed to leave Egypt

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 and they were no longer

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 slaves in Egypt.

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 And so by multiplying bread,

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 Jesus is proving

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 that he is the prophet

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 like Moses.

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 He is a promised Messiah,

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 the Christ,

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 who was to come.

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 And so people

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 correctly identified Jesus

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 as the prophet

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 who is to come.

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 And then they make

00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:13.200
 the deduction

00:18:13.200 --> 00:18:14.599
 that since Moses

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 let God's people

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 out of their slavery in Egypt,

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 that Jesus would then

00:18:18.399 --> 00:18:19.219
 lead God's people

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 out of slavery in Rome,

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 under the Roman Empire.

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 And so they tried

00:18:24.939 --> 00:18:25.639
 to force him

00:18:25.639 --> 00:18:26.579
 to become king

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 with this 15,000 strong

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 being maybe the militia.

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 But Jesus knows

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 that in his first coming

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 he came not to found

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 the physical kingdom

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 but a spiritual kingdom.

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 And so he says

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 in verse 15,

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 perceiving that

00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:42.039
 that they were out

00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:42.819
 about to come

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 and take him

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 by force making king,

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 Jesus withdrew again

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 to the mountain

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 by himself.

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 Jesus is the Messiah.

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 He's the prophet

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 like Moses.

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 But John still has more

00:18:55.839 --> 00:18:56.559
 to tell us about

00:18:56.559 --> 00:18:57.720
 Jesus' true identity

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 because he is also

00:19:00.339 --> 00:19:01.579
 far greater than Moses.

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 And we see that

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 in verses 16 to 21.

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 Follow along

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 with his idea.

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 When evening came,

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 his disciples went down

00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:09.019
 to the sea,

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 God, and to the boat

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 and started across

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 the sea of Capernaum.

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 It was now dark

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 and Jesus had not

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.440
 yet come to them.

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 The sea became rough

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 because a strong wind

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 was blowing.

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 When they had rowed

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 about three or four miles,

00:19:20.960 --> 00:19:22.040
 they saw Jesus walking

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 on the sea

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 and coming near the boat

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 and they were frightened.

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 But he said to them,

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 it is I,

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 do not be afraid.

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 And they were glad

00:19:30.280 --> 00:19:31.240
 to take him into the boat

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 and immediately the boat

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 was at the land

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 where two basically

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 were going.

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 The Sea of Galilee

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 was prone to having

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 stormed and it seems

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 like they were,

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 they said there was a storm

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 here in verse 18.

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 And while they're

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 struggling at their oars,

00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.620
 the boat is being

00:19:46.620 --> 00:19:47.579
 tossed to and fro,

00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:49.059
 they see Jesus

00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:51.220
 walking on the sea

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 and coming near the boat.

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 And they're understandably

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 frightened

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 in the same way

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 you would be

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 if, you know,

00:19:59.039 --> 00:19:59.840
 someone just started

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 levitating all of a sudden

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 in the middle of this room.

00:20:02.460 --> 00:20:03.539
 Jesus is doing something

00:20:03.539 --> 00:20:04.140
 that human beings

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 are not supposed

00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.740
 to be able to do.

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 And so Jesus reassures

00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:08.680
 the frightened disciples

00:20:08.680 --> 00:20:09.640
 in verse 20

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 saying,

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 it is I.

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 Do not be afraid.

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 He's saying

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 on the surface level

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 it's me

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 so don't worry.

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 But to careful listeners

00:20:20.179 --> 00:20:20.839
 and readers

00:20:20.839 --> 00:20:21.539
 of this passage

00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:22.619
 John intends

00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:24.200
 a deeper theological meaning

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 because the clause

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 it is I

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 can be translated

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 more literally

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 as I am.

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 And that's a key expression

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 in the Gospel of John.

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 This is the first

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 of five references

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 in the book

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 when Jesus says

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 that he is

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 I am.

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 And it is

00:20:42.179 --> 00:20:43.659
 one of seven

00:20:43.659 --> 00:20:44.319
 occurrences

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:45.399
 of modified

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 I am statements

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:47.079
 when Jesus says

00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:47.619
 things like

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 I am

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.399
 the life of the world.

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 I am

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 the door of the sheep.

00:20:51.019 --> 00:20:51.500
 I am

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 the good shepherd.

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 I am

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 the resurrection

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 and the life.

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 I am

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 the way

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 the truth

00:20:56.399 --> 00:20:56.939
 and the life.

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 I am

00:20:57.779 --> 00:20:58.699
 the true vine.

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 And so

00:21:00.099 --> 00:21:00.959
 this first

00:21:00.959 --> 00:21:01.979
 I am statement

00:21:01.979 --> 00:21:02.899
 I am

00:21:02.899 --> 00:21:03.639
 the bread

00:21:03.639 --> 00:21:04.419
 of life

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 is no accident.

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 when the Lord

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 God

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:09.059
 Yahweh

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:10.240
 revealed

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:11.019
 his name

00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.680
 to God's people

00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:12.200
 in Exodus

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 he describes

00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:14.220
 his name

00:21:14.220 --> 00:21:14.579
 this way

00:21:14.579 --> 00:21:15.319
 in Exodus 3

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 I am

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 who I am.

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 Say this

00:21:18.539 --> 00:21:19.059
 to the people

00:21:19.059 --> 00:21:19.480
 of Israel

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 I am

00:21:20.680 --> 00:21:21.680
 has sent me

00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:22.220
 to you.

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 So by connecting

00:21:23.519 --> 00:21:23.980
 Jesus'

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:25.259
 self-identification

00:21:25.259 --> 00:21:26.519
 with God's

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.220
 self-revelation

00:21:27.220 --> 00:21:27.660
 in Exodus

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:29.180
 John is declaring

00:21:29.180 --> 00:21:29.920
 that Jesus

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 is in fact

00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.160
 God

00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.720
 himself.

00:21:32.339 --> 00:21:32.779
 He is

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.279
 Yahweh

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:34.399
 the Lord

00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:35.720
 the I am.

00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:37.220
 And so

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:37.859
 after Jesus

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.599
 gets into the boat

00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:39.240
 miraculously

00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:40.079
 they immediately

00:21:40.079 --> 00:21:40.940
 arrive at their

00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:42.119
 landing destination

00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:43.079
 and this is

00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:43.700
 reminiscent of

00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.899
 Psalm 107

00:21:44.899 --> 00:21:45.899
 where he says

00:21:45.899 --> 00:21:46.279
 that God

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.740
 raises the stormy sea

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:49.099
 and when his people

00:21:49.099 --> 00:21:50.119
 cry out to him

00:21:50.119 --> 00:21:50.899
 in dismay

00:21:50.899 --> 00:21:52.220
 that he comes

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.660
 to sea

00:21:52.660 --> 00:21:53.440
 makes the storm

00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:53.940
 be still

00:21:53.940 --> 00:21:54.539
 and waves

00:21:54.539 --> 00:21:54.899
 the sea

00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:55.680
 are hushed

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.399
 and he brings

00:21:56.399 --> 00:21:56.879
 them to their

00:21:56.879 --> 00:21:57.460
 desired

00:21:57.460 --> 00:21:57.960
 behavior.

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 So this is

00:21:58.779 --> 00:21:59.319
 the fulfillment

00:21:59.319 --> 00:22:01.200
 of Psalm 107.

00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.480
 Frequently

00:22:02.480 --> 00:22:03.299
 in the Old Testament

00:22:03.299 --> 00:22:04.599
 water is described

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.860
 as an agent

00:22:05.860 --> 00:22:06.579
 of chaos

00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.500
 and disorder

00:22:07.500 --> 00:22:09.420
 and only God

00:22:09.420 --> 00:22:10.620
 can tame it.

00:22:10.779 --> 00:22:11.400
 Only God

00:22:11.400 --> 00:22:12.259
 can control

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:13.460
 the waters

00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:14.259
 and still

00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.880
 the storms.

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:16.279
 And so

00:22:16.279 --> 00:22:17.680
 by showing

00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:19.559
 his mastery

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.299
 over the storm

00:22:20.299 --> 00:22:20.940
 and walking

00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.579
 on the water

00:22:21.579 --> 00:22:23.079
 Jesus demonstrates

00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:23.640
 his identity

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.680
 and the great

00:22:24.680 --> 00:22:24.960
 island.

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.559
 So Jesus

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.059
 is not

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:28.059
 only a prophet

00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:28.740
 like Moses

00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.680
 who brought

00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:30.299
 Israel out of

00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:30.500
 Egypt

00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.180
 to the Passover.

00:22:31.180 --> 00:22:32.460
 He's also

00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:32.920
 the Lord

00:22:32.920 --> 00:22:33.680
 God himself

00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.680
 who brought

00:22:34.680 --> 00:22:35.440
 Israel out

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.200
 through the

00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:36.740
 Red Sea

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.680
 on dry ground.

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.259
 So you can

00:22:39.259 --> 00:22:39.759
 see how we're

00:22:39.759 --> 00:22:40.360
 following the

00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:40.680
 Exodus

00:22:40.680 --> 00:22:41.000
 there

00:22:41.000 --> 00:22:41.340
 in here.

00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:41.880
 Passover

00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:42.860
 and then

00:22:42.860 --> 00:22:43.560
 the trip

00:22:43.560 --> 00:22:43.860
 through the

00:22:43.860 --> 00:22:44.340
 Red Sea

00:22:44.340 --> 00:22:45.160
 and then

00:22:45.160 --> 00:22:45.900
 now we

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.880
 are at

00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.279
 the section

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:47.600
 where we're

00:22:47.600 --> 00:22:48.080
 going through

00:22:48.080 --> 00:22:48.700
 the wilderness.

00:22:48.920 --> 00:22:49.080
 Israel

00:22:49.080 --> 00:22:49.640
 going through

00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:50.000
 the wilderness.

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:50.480
 That's why

00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.039
 we come back

00:22:51.039 --> 00:22:51.720
 to the theme

00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:52.500
 of bread.

00:22:52.820 --> 00:22:53.220
 The bread

00:22:53.220 --> 00:22:53.840
 from heaven.

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:54.840
 Manna for

00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:55.340
 the Israelites

00:22:55.340 --> 00:22:55.860
 in the wilderness.

00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:57.720
 In verse 25

00:22:57.720 --> 00:22:58.519
 the crowd

00:22:58.519 --> 00:22:59.200
 notices that

00:22:59.200 --> 00:23:00.299
 Jesus is

00:23:00.299 --> 00:23:01.019
 gone and

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.860
 his disciples

00:23:01.860 --> 00:23:02.339
 have left

00:23:02.339 --> 00:23:02.720
 and so they

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:03.240
 try to follow

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:03.819
 Jesus and

00:23:03.819 --> 00:23:04.279
 they find

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.480
 them,

00:23:04.579 --> 00:23:04.940
 track him

00:23:04.940 --> 00:23:05.720
 down and

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.160
 they ask

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.299
 him,

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:06.460
 hey,

00:23:06.539 --> 00:23:06.960
 why did

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.299
 you leave?

00:23:07.360 --> 00:23:07.740
 How long

00:23:07.740 --> 00:23:08.000
 have you

00:23:08.000 --> 00:23:08.460
 been here?

00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.160
 We've been

00:23:09.160 --> 00:23:09.600
 looking all

00:23:09.600 --> 00:23:10.160
 over for you.

00:23:11.299 --> 00:23:11.839
 And Jesus'

00:23:11.980 --> 00:23:13.180
 response is

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.799
 surprisingly

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.240
 sharp.

00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.200
 He says in

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.940
 verse 26,

00:23:16.900 --> 00:23:17.220
 truly,

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:17.640
 truly,

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.279
 I say to

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.519
 you,

00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.380
 you are

00:23:19.380 --> 00:23:20.019
 seeking me

00:23:20.019 --> 00:23:20.819
 not because

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:21.240
 you saw

00:23:21.240 --> 00:23:21.920
 signs,

00:23:22.360 --> 00:23:22.799
 but because

00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.279
 you ate

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:23.819
 your fill

00:23:23.819 --> 00:23:24.440
 of the

00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:24.799
 lobes.

00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:27.759
 On the

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.059
 surface,

00:23:28.180 --> 00:23:28.539
 this seems

00:23:28.539 --> 00:23:28.879
 to be a

00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:29.359
 contradiction

00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:29.759
 of verse

00:23:29.759 --> 00:23:30.119
 2,

00:23:30.920 --> 00:23:31.440
 which said

00:23:31.440 --> 00:23:32.079
 earlier on,

00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:32.680
 a large

00:23:32.680 --> 00:23:33.359
 crowd was

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.099
 following him

00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:35.420
 because they

00:23:35.420 --> 00:23:36.359
 saw the

00:23:36.359 --> 00:23:37.200
 signs that

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.720
 he was

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.139
 doing on

00:23:38.139 --> 00:23:38.480
 the sick.

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:39.879
 But this

00:23:39.879 --> 00:23:40.420
 time Jesus

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:40.720
 says,

00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:40.940
 no,

00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:41.259
 it's not

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.720
 because of

00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:42.180
 the signs,

00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:42.599
 but because

00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:42.759
 you had

00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:43.139
 your fill

00:23:43.139 --> 00:23:43.660
 of the

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:43.980
 lobes.

00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:44.420
 That's why

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:44.599
 you're

00:23:44.599 --> 00:23:44.899
 following.

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.359
 So what

00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.700
 is going

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.059
 on here?

00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.279
 I mentioned

00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.579
 at the

00:23:47.579 --> 00:23:47.799
 beginning

00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:48.480
 that sign

00:23:48.480 --> 00:23:49.240
 is a

00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:51.119
 key term

00:23:51.119 --> 00:23:51.759
 in the

00:23:51.759 --> 00:23:52.200
 gospel of

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.440
 John.

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:54.340
 John makes

00:23:54.340 --> 00:23:54.700
 the point

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.180
 that the

00:23:55.180 --> 00:23:56.000
 signs demonstrate

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:56.299
 Jesus'

00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:56.759
 identity,

00:23:56.960 --> 00:23:57.240
 but he

00:23:57.240 --> 00:23:57.920
 also makes

00:23:57.920 --> 00:23:58.299
 the point

00:23:58.299 --> 00:23:58.759
 throughout the

00:23:58.759 --> 00:23:59.840
 gospel that

00:23:59.840 --> 00:24:00.660
 in spite of

00:24:00.660 --> 00:24:01.240
 the signs

00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:01.779
 that people

00:24:01.779 --> 00:24:02.480
 refused to

00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:02.980
 believe him.

00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:04.240
 John 12,

00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:04.740
 37,

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.480
 Jesus had

00:24:05.480 --> 00:24:06.120
 got so

00:24:06.120 --> 00:24:07.019
 many signs

00:24:07.019 --> 00:24:07.580
 before that

00:24:07.580 --> 00:24:08.299
 they still

00:24:08.299 --> 00:24:09.220
 did not

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:10.039
 believe in

00:24:10.039 --> 00:24:10.259
 him.

00:24:11.620 --> 00:24:12.259
 A sign,

00:24:12.340 --> 00:24:12.720
 think about

00:24:12.720 --> 00:24:13.180
 this for a

00:24:13.180 --> 00:24:13.320
 second,

00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.559
 a sign by

00:24:14.559 --> 00:24:14.980
 its very

00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:16.360
 nature signifies

00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:17.019
 something.

00:24:17.660 --> 00:24:18.380
 It points

00:24:18.380 --> 00:24:19.380
 to something

00:24:19.380 --> 00:24:19.779
 else.

00:24:20.480 --> 00:24:21.019
 The miracles

00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:21.660
 that Jesus

00:24:21.660 --> 00:24:22.360
 worked,

00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:23.500
 pointed to

00:24:23.500 --> 00:24:24.059
 Jesus'

00:24:24.320 --> 00:24:24.759
 identity,

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.400
 who he

00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:25.759
 is.

00:24:26.320 --> 00:24:27.200
 To fixate

00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:27.740
 on the

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.900
 sign and

00:24:28.900 --> 00:24:29.440
 not on

00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:30.940
 Jesus is

00:24:30.940 --> 00:24:31.600
 like being

00:24:31.600 --> 00:24:32.279
 too busy

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:33.019
 staring at

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.539
 the highway

00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:34.120
 sign that

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:34.539
 you actually

00:24:34.539 --> 00:24:35.039
 missed your

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.320
 exit.

00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.440
 It's like

00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:38.180
 a tourist

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:39.059
 coming to

00:24:39.059 --> 00:24:39.600
 Massachusetts

00:24:39.600 --> 00:24:40.759
 only to

00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.400
 pose next

00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:42.180
 to the

00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:42.640
 welcome to

00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.059
 Massachusetts

00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:43.440
 sign,

00:24:43.539 --> 00:24:43.820
 take a

00:24:43.820 --> 00:24:44.059
 picture,

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:44.840
 and then

00:24:44.840 --> 00:24:45.400
 to leave

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.080
 without

00:24:46.080 --> 00:24:46.960
 enjoying

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.500
 anything that

00:24:47.500 --> 00:24:47.960
 Massachusetts

00:24:47.960 --> 00:24:48.539
 has to

00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:48.779
 offer.

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.319
 They were

00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:52.000
 focusing on

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:52.519
 the sign

00:24:52.519 --> 00:24:53.000
 and not

00:24:53.000 --> 00:24:53.400
 on the

00:24:53.400 --> 00:24:53.880
 thing that

00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:54.420
 the sign

00:24:54.420 --> 00:24:55.340
 points to.

00:24:56.059 --> 00:24:56.740
 That's what

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.340
 Jesus is

00:24:57.340 --> 00:24:57.579
 saying.

00:24:57.660 --> 00:24:57.900
 They were

00:24:57.900 --> 00:24:58.259
 following

00:24:58.259 --> 00:24:58.640
 Jesus

00:24:58.640 --> 00:24:59.380
 around for

00:24:59.380 --> 00:24:59.559
 the

00:24:59.559 --> 00:25:00.079
 spectacle,

00:25:00.700 --> 00:25:01.460
 not because

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:01.740
 they were

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.019
 actually

00:25:02.019 --> 00:25:02.600
 interested in

00:25:02.600 --> 00:25:02.960
 following

00:25:02.960 --> 00:25:03.480
 Jesus,

00:25:04.340 --> 00:25:04.779
 what the

00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:05.799
 signs said.

00:25:07.340 --> 00:25:08.160
 They came

00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:08.600
 because they

00:25:08.600 --> 00:25:08.940
 ate their

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.360
 fill with

00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:09.920
 loaves,

00:25:10.700 --> 00:25:11.220
 like people

00:25:11.220 --> 00:25:11.660
 who go to

00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:12.559
 Costco to

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:13.539
 sample the

00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.100
 free foods,

00:25:14.099 --> 00:25:16.899
 with zero

00:25:16.899 --> 00:25:17.779
 intention of

00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.419
 buying ancient

00:25:18.419 --> 00:25:18.819
 food,

00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:19.879
 they sample.

00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:21.939
 It's okay to

00:25:21.939 --> 00:25:22.480
 sample food,

00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:22.740
 you're not

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.740
 going to buy,

00:25:23.939 --> 00:25:25.119
 but if you

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:25.799
 go there with

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.379
 only the

00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:26.879
 intention to

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:27.119
 sample,

00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:29.719
 you're

00:25:29.719 --> 00:25:30.179
 missing the

00:25:30.179 --> 00:25:30.439
 point.

00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.379
 Jesus

00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:35.039
 continues in

00:25:35.039 --> 00:25:35.659
 verse 27,

00:25:35.799 --> 00:25:36.500
 do not work

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.139
 for the food

00:25:37.139 --> 00:25:37.819
 that perishes,

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:38.939
 but for the

00:25:38.939 --> 00:25:39.459
 food that

00:25:39.459 --> 00:25:40.240
 endures to

00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.000
 eternal life,

00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:41.719
 which the

00:25:41.719 --> 00:25:42.299
 Son of Man

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.719
 will give

00:25:42.719 --> 00:25:43.099
 to you.

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.980
 For on

00:25:43.980 --> 00:25:44.619
 him God

00:25:44.619 --> 00:25:45.019
 the Father

00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.579
 has set

00:25:45.579 --> 00:25:46.319
 his seal.

00:25:47.679 --> 00:25:48.179
 Jesus

00:25:48.179 --> 00:25:48.679
 is telling

00:25:48.679 --> 00:25:49.619
 these crowds,

00:25:50.159 --> 00:25:51.099
 stop following

00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:51.719
 me around

00:25:51.719 --> 00:25:52.279
 for the

00:25:52.279 --> 00:25:52.740
 signs.

00:25:53.199 --> 00:25:53.599
 Stop

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:54.179
 following me

00:25:54.179 --> 00:25:55.059
 around for

00:25:55.059 --> 00:25:55.519
 food.

00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.619
 I am not

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:57.079
 a cheap

00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:58.439
 proud pleaser,

00:25:58.859 --> 00:25:59.319
 I am not

00:25:59.319 --> 00:25:59.879
 a magician,

00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:01.119
 I am the

00:26:01.119 --> 00:26:01.819
 Son of God

00:26:01.819 --> 00:26:02.179
 who has

00:26:02.179 --> 00:26:02.599
 come to

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.099
 save the

00:26:03.099 --> 00:26:03.339
 world.

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:04.839
 I have

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.159
 come to

00:26:05.159 --> 00:26:05.899
 offer you

00:26:05.899 --> 00:26:06.619
 so much

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:06.959
 more,

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.719
 food that

00:26:08.719 --> 00:26:09.459
 endures to

00:26:09.459 --> 00:26:10.259
 eternal life.

00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:12.259
 We have

00:26:12.259 --> 00:26:12.719
 a knack

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.400
 for getting

00:26:13.400 --> 00:26:14.059
 caught up

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.860
 in lesser

00:26:14.860 --> 00:26:16.079
 things and

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:16.759
 losing sight

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.000
 of the

00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:17.740
 most important

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.140
 things.

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:19.960
 We work so

00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:20.279
 hard,

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:20.620
 don't we,

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.299
 for food

00:26:21.299 --> 00:26:22.279
 that perishes,

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.480
 only to find

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:23.779
 that it

00:26:23.779 --> 00:26:24.620
 disappoints and

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:25.180
 fails us.

00:26:26.059 --> 00:26:26.860
 We try to

00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.299
 find our

00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:27.900
 identity and

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.440
 calling in

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:28.940
 life in the

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.600
 work that we

00:26:29.600 --> 00:26:30.920
 do by trying

00:26:30.920 --> 00:26:31.420
 to do as

00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:32.420
 much good as

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.259
 possible in the

00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.559
 world,

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.880
 forgetting that

00:26:34.880 --> 00:26:36.420
 only Jesus is

00:26:36.420 --> 00:26:37.019
 the bread of

00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:37.400
 God who

00:26:37.400 --> 00:26:38.160
 satisfies our

00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:38.799
 spiritual hunger.

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.460
 No matter how

00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:41.400
 successful we are,

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:41.920
 no matter how

00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:42.620
 much good we

00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:43.000
 do in the

00:26:43.000 --> 00:26:43.259
 world,

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.400
 no matter the

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:45.019
 difference we

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.320
 make,

00:26:45.660 --> 00:26:46.340
 these things

00:26:46.340 --> 00:26:47.440
 cannot satisfy

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.019
 our spiritual

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.380
 hunger.

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.759
 Because we

00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.420
 were not merely

00:26:50.420 --> 00:26:51.320
 created to do

00:26:51.320 --> 00:26:52.780
 good, but we

00:26:52.780 --> 00:26:53.440
 were created to

00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:54.480
 worship the

00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:55.140
 good God.

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:57.320
 No other

00:26:57.320 --> 00:26:58.100
 God or religion

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:59.100
 can fulfill our

00:26:59.100 --> 00:26:59.640
 longing for

00:26:59.640 --> 00:27:00.040
 eternity.

00:27:00.920 --> 00:27:01.800
 Because only

00:27:01.800 --> 00:27:02.560
 Jesus is the

00:27:02.560 --> 00:27:03.180
 bread of God

00:27:03.180 --> 00:27:04.040
 who satisfies

00:27:04.040 --> 00:27:04.660
 our spiritual

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:04.980
 hunger.

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.940
 We try to

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.960
 dull our sense

00:27:07.960 --> 00:27:08.420
 of spiritual

00:27:08.420 --> 00:27:09.120
 hunger by

00:27:09.120 --> 00:27:10.160
 indulging in

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.840
 other things,

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:11.980
 whether that's

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.620
 money and the

00:27:12.620 --> 00:27:13.180
 things that it

00:27:13.180 --> 00:27:13.660
 can buy,

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.560
 sex,

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:14.980
 eating,

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:15.920
 drinking,

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.400
 vacationing,

00:27:17.840 --> 00:27:18.220
 working,

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.740
 binge watching,

00:27:20.279 --> 00:27:20.840
 TV shows.

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.840
 These pleasures

00:27:22.840 --> 00:27:24.360
 can never fill

00:27:24.360 --> 00:27:25.540
 the infinite

00:27:25.540 --> 00:27:26.620
 abyss within

00:27:26.620 --> 00:27:27.380
 our hearts.

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:29.420
 Everyone we

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:30.880
 love will

00:27:30.880 --> 00:27:31.259
 die.

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.140
 Everything we

00:27:32.140 --> 00:27:33.180
 love will

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:34.080
 perish eventually.

00:27:35.060 --> 00:27:35.519
 And yet we

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:36.680
 work only for

00:27:36.680 --> 00:27:37.580
 the food that

00:27:37.580 --> 00:27:39.100
 perishes when

00:27:39.100 --> 00:27:39.779
 there is food

00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.559
 that endures

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.420
 to eternal

00:27:41.420 --> 00:27:42.059
 life.

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:44.299
 Jesus offers

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.460
 us everlasting

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:45.920
 life.

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.440
 He offers us

00:27:47.440 --> 00:27:48.440
 eternal life

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:49.240
 and communion

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.879
 with and

00:27:49.879 --> 00:27:50.779
 worship of

00:27:50.779 --> 00:27:51.599
 the triune

00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:51.899
 God.

00:27:52.139 --> 00:27:52.899
 That's what

00:27:52.899 --> 00:27:53.420
 we were

00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:54.279
 created for.

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:56.639
 So then how

00:27:56.639 --> 00:27:57.440
 can we eat

00:27:57.440 --> 00:27:58.379
 this bread of

00:27:58.379 --> 00:27:59.119
 God, the

00:27:59.119 --> 00:27:59.720
 bread of life?

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.220
 Having been

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.299
 told to work

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.779
 for the food

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.259
 that endures

00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.700
 to eternal

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:04.319
 life, people

00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.420
 ask Jesus a

00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:06.119
 natural follow-up

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:06.599
 question in

00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:07.200
 verse 28.

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:08.160
 what must

00:28:08.160 --> 00:28:09.480
 we do to

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.799
 be doing

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.160
 the works

00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.539
 of God?

00:28:11.299 --> 00:28:11.920
 And Jesus'

00:28:12.080 --> 00:28:12.500
 answer in

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:13.120
 verse 29

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.920
 is surprising.

00:28:14.600 --> 00:28:14.960
 He says,

00:28:15.180 --> 00:28:16.279
 this is the

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.720
 work of

00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.000
 God.

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:20.840
 Believe in

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.660
 him who

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:21.940
 he has

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.180
 sent.

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.580
 The people

00:28:24.580 --> 00:28:25.400
 are ready to

00:28:25.400 --> 00:28:26.360
 roll up their

00:28:26.360 --> 00:28:27.059
 sleeves and

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:27.640
 maybe go

00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:28.480
 charge into

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:30.580
 Rome, do

00:28:30.580 --> 00:28:31.080
 whatever he

00:28:31.080 --> 00:28:31.620
 tells them to

00:28:31.620 --> 00:28:32.200
 do because

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.740
 they think

00:28:32.740 --> 00:28:33.819
 it's up to

00:28:33.819 --> 00:28:34.100
 them.

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:35.579
 they want

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.019
 to know how

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.599
 they can

00:28:36.599 --> 00:28:37.819
 get to do

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.359
 the work of

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:38.559
 God.

00:28:38.659 --> 00:28:38.919
 And Jesus

00:28:38.919 --> 00:28:39.299
 says to

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:39.539
 them in

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.079
 verse 27,

00:28:40.179 --> 00:28:40.519
 the food

00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:41.039
 that endures

00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:41.679
 to eternal

00:28:41.679 --> 00:28:42.439
 life is

00:28:42.439 --> 00:28:42.980
 not something

00:28:42.980 --> 00:28:43.439
 that they

00:28:43.439 --> 00:28:44.339
 can earn

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:45.299
 or produce

00:28:45.299 --> 00:28:45.659
 with their

00:28:45.659 --> 00:28:46.059
 work.

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:46.639
 Rather,

00:28:46.759 --> 00:28:47.019
 it's something

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:47.339
 that the

00:28:47.339 --> 00:28:47.619
 Son of

00:28:47.619 --> 00:28:48.619
 Man gives.

00:28:49.719 --> 00:28:50.259
 For on

00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:50.899
 him the

00:28:50.899 --> 00:28:51.359
 God the

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:51.919
 Father has

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:52.500
 set his

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.059
 seal.

00:28:53.639 --> 00:28:54.119
 It is a

00:28:54.119 --> 00:28:54.879
 gift rather

00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.279
 than a

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.699
 wage.

00:28:56.459 --> 00:28:57.539
 A seal is

00:28:57.539 --> 00:28:58.500
 what is used

00:28:58.500 --> 00:28:59.419
 to authenticate

00:28:59.419 --> 00:29:00.059
 or to

00:29:00.059 --> 00:29:00.740
 authorize

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.459
 something or

00:29:01.459 --> 00:29:01.959
 someone.

00:29:02.359 --> 00:29:03.039
 So when a

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.759
 king sends

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.359
 a messenger

00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:04.759
 out, he

00:29:04.759 --> 00:29:05.240
 sends him

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.660
 out with

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.160
 a royal

00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:07.379
 seal so

00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:07.900
 that everything

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.420
 that this

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.140
 messenger says

00:29:09.140 --> 00:29:09.619
 has the

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.259
 force and

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:11.039
 authority of

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:11.480
 a royal

00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:11.839
 event.

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.379
 And so

00:29:13.379 --> 00:29:14.099
 the Father

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.960
 says he

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.680
 has set his

00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.339
 seal on

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.920
 his son,

00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.420
 Jesus,

00:29:17.779 --> 00:29:18.400
 has the

00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:18.839
 God the

00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:19.259
 Father's

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.900
 seal on

00:29:19.900 --> 00:29:20.079
 him.

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.799
 And that

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:21.539
 means only

00:29:21.539 --> 00:29:22.599
 Jesus has

00:29:22.599 --> 00:29:23.359
 the authority

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:24.379
 to give the

00:29:24.379 --> 00:29:24.759
 food that

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.220
 endures to

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.839
 eternal life.

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.519
 He's the

00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:27.160
 only person

00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:27.940
 authorized to

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.279
 do it,

00:29:28.619 --> 00:29:29.019
 to give

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.220
 it.

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.480
 So then the

00:29:30.480 --> 00:29:30.839
 people's

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:31.319
 question in

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.039
 verse 28 is

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.660
 mistaken on

00:29:32.660 --> 00:29:33.240
 two fronts.

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.799
 They ask,

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.920
 what must

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:36.140
 we do?

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:37.400
 They got the

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:37.980
 subject and

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.319
 the verb

00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:38.940
 both wrong.

00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:39.900
 The proper

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:40.700
 subject is not

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.599
 we, but

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.900
 he, because

00:29:42.900 --> 00:29:43.579
 only Jesus

00:29:43.579 --> 00:29:44.940
 can give it.

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.319
 He gave

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:45.960
 eternal life.

00:29:46.559 --> 00:29:46.920
 And as for

00:29:46.920 --> 00:29:47.620
 our part, there

00:29:47.620 --> 00:29:48.740
 is no work,

00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.500
 strictly speaking,

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.200
 that we must

00:29:50.200 --> 00:29:51.539
 do or

00:29:51.539 --> 00:29:52.099
 perform.

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.400
 We simply

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:53.960
 need to

00:29:53.960 --> 00:29:55.000
 believe in

00:29:55.000 --> 00:29:55.759
 him who

00:29:55.759 --> 00:29:56.299
 God the

00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:56.839
 Father has

00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:57.079
 sent.

00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:59.000
 The work

00:29:59.000 --> 00:29:59.359
 that we

00:29:59.359 --> 00:29:59.900
 must do is

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:00.460
 simply to

00:30:00.460 --> 00:30:01.140
 believe, to

00:30:01.140 --> 00:30:02.240
 believe that

00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.099
 Jesus is the

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.660
 Son of God

00:30:03.660 --> 00:30:04.220
 who saves us

00:30:04.220 --> 00:30:04.799
 from sin and

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.539
 death, to

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.200
 believe that

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:07.140
 Jesus is the

00:30:07.140 --> 00:30:07.880
 bread of God

00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.359
 who nourishes

00:30:08.359 --> 00:30:09.400
 us of eternal

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:09.920
 life.

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.259
 That is what

00:30:11.259 --> 00:30:12.059
 is required of

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.380
 us.

00:30:13.500 --> 00:30:14.059
 So then all

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.599
 the actual

00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:15.799
 work is

00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.400
 God's.

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:18.859
 Our one and

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:20.160
 only contribution

00:30:20.160 --> 00:30:21.140
 to this

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:22.640
 equation of

00:30:22.640 --> 00:30:23.240
 our salvation

00:30:23.240 --> 00:30:24.559
 is our sin.

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.279
 Even faith

00:30:27.279 --> 00:30:28.480
 itself, believing

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.460
 in Jesus, is

00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:30.140
 not something that

00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:31.099
 we contribute to

00:30:31.099 --> 00:30:31.759
 our salvation.

00:30:32.659 --> 00:30:33.199
 Faith is

00:30:33.199 --> 00:30:34.500
 simply the

00:30:34.500 --> 00:30:35.079
 bringing of

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.699
 our sins to

00:30:35.699 --> 00:30:36.279
 God, trusting

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.000
 that God can

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.639
 do something

00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.219
 about it.

00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.039
 Bringing of

00:30:39.039 --> 00:30:39.659
 our hunger,

00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:40.619
 spiritual

00:30:40.619 --> 00:30:42.039
 depravity to

00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:43.279
 God, hoping

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:43.859
 that God can

00:30:43.859 --> 00:30:44.719
 do something

00:30:44.719 --> 00:30:45.500
 about it.

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:47.019
 You can think

00:30:47.019 --> 00:30:47.480
 about it this

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:47.719
 way.

00:30:48.139 --> 00:30:48.839
 We are starving

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.679
 beggars on the

00:30:49.679 --> 00:30:50.939
 street, pleading

00:30:50.939 --> 00:30:51.500
 for bread.

00:30:52.719 --> 00:30:53.219
 And a very

00:30:53.219 --> 00:30:54.679
 generous and

00:30:54.679 --> 00:30:55.439
 wealthy patron

00:30:55.439 --> 00:30:56.699
 sends a truck

00:30:56.699 --> 00:30:57.539
 full of food

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.319
 that will be

00:30:58.319 --> 00:30:58.980
 sufficient for

00:30:58.980 --> 00:30:59.439
 the rest of

00:30:59.439 --> 00:30:59.939
 our lives.

00:30:59.940 --> 00:31:01.299
 and we

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.680
 gratefully

00:31:01.680 --> 00:31:02.340
 receive the

00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:02.740
 food and

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.320
 we eat it.

00:31:04.220 --> 00:31:04.559
 Will we

00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:04.980
 then turn

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.640
 around and

00:31:05.640 --> 00:31:06.680
 pat ourselves

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:07.059
 on the

00:31:07.059 --> 00:31:08.880
 back, give

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.580
 ourselves a

00:31:09.580 --> 00:31:10.080
 credit and

00:31:10.080 --> 00:31:10.519
 then say,

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:12.259
 what a wise

00:31:12.259 --> 00:31:13.539
 and humble

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.759
 and gracious

00:31:14.759 --> 00:31:15.559
 beggar I am

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.160
 to receive

00:31:16.160 --> 00:31:16.779
 this food.

00:31:19.660 --> 00:31:20.220
 No.

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.519
 Of course

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:22.759
 not.

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.559
 We give all

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.299
 the credit to

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:24.700
 the generous

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:24.980
 woman.

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.080
 And we say,

00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.200
 I am alive

00:31:27.200 --> 00:31:28.340
 because of

00:31:28.340 --> 00:31:28.620
 him.

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:33.660
 God the

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.200
 father sent

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.700
 his son,

00:31:35.360 --> 00:31:35.660
 Jesus,

00:31:35.960 --> 00:31:36.640
 the bread of

00:31:36.640 --> 00:31:37.140
 God, so

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.420
 that we

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:38.059
 might believe

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.840
 in him and

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.400
 be nourished

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.259
 unto eternal

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.700
 life.

00:31:41.320 --> 00:31:41.640
 So our

00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:42.279
 salvation is

00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:42.920
 all God's

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:43.160
 doing.

00:31:43.920 --> 00:31:44.720
 What God

00:31:44.720 --> 00:31:45.480
 has done in

00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:45.759
 and through

00:31:45.759 --> 00:31:47.000
 Jesus is the

00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.960
 basis for our

00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:49.220
 salvation and

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.920
 our believing,

00:31:50.100 --> 00:31:50.860
 our faith is

00:31:50.860 --> 00:31:51.380
 simply the

00:31:51.380 --> 00:31:51.900
 means by

00:31:51.900 --> 00:31:52.519
 which we

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:53.420
 receive that

00:31:53.420 --> 00:31:54.299
 gift of

00:31:54.299 --> 00:31:54.660
 salvation.

00:31:56.660 --> 00:31:57.519
 Understanding that

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:58.200
 gain eternal

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:58.960
 life is not

00:31:58.960 --> 00:31:59.400
 about what

00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:00.120
 they must

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:01.259
 do, but

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.940
 about believing

00:32:01.940 --> 00:32:02.559
 in Jesus.

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.079
 The people

00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:03.539
 turn their

00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:04.600
 attention back

00:32:04.600 --> 00:32:05.380
 to Jesus in

00:32:05.380 --> 00:32:06.460
 verse 30 to

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:06.920
 31.

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.440
 Then what

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.299
 sign do you

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:10.660
 do?

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.960
 We may see

00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.680
 and believe

00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:13.920
 you.

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.819
 What work

00:32:15.819 --> 00:32:16.240
 do you

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.740
 perform?

00:32:17.480 --> 00:32:17.720
 Our

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.500
 fathers ate

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:19.059
 the manna in

00:32:19.059 --> 00:32:19.519
 the wilderness,

00:32:19.819 --> 00:32:20.200
 as it is

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.759
 written, he

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.420
 gave them bread

00:32:21.420 --> 00:32:22.380
 from heaven to

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:22.640
 eat.

00:32:23.420 --> 00:32:24.000
 So now

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.600
 they're asking

00:32:24.600 --> 00:32:25.200
 the right

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:26.019
 question,

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:26.539
 what is

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:26.860
 partly,

00:32:27.000 --> 00:32:27.160
 right?

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.880
 If it's

00:32:27.880 --> 00:32:28.460
 not about

00:32:28.460 --> 00:32:28.820
 the work

00:32:28.820 --> 00:32:29.380
 we do,

00:32:29.600 --> 00:32:30.000
 then they

00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:30.259
 should be

00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:30.560
 asking,

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.100
 what work

00:32:31.100 --> 00:32:31.380
 do you

00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:31.600
 do?

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:32.840
 What are

00:32:32.840 --> 00:32:33.259
 you doing,

00:32:33.360 --> 00:32:33.600
 Jesus,

00:32:33.800 --> 00:32:34.640
 to give us

00:32:34.640 --> 00:32:35.220
 eternal life?

00:32:36.120 --> 00:32:36.580
 But then

00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:37.300
 they ask him

00:32:37.300 --> 00:32:38.060
 again for a

00:32:38.060 --> 00:32:38.360
 sign.

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.540
 Now, so we're

00:32:40.540 --> 00:32:41.340
 back to square

00:32:41.340 --> 00:32:41.740
 one.

00:32:42.340 --> 00:32:42.940
 We started

00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.480
 with them

00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:43.980
 coming because

00:32:43.980 --> 00:32:44.400
 of the sign,

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.759
 now they're

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.279
 asking for

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:46.380
 another sign.

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:46.860
 There's no

00:32:46.860 --> 00:32:47.160
 end.

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.000
 They're not

00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:48.300
 coming to

00:32:48.300 --> 00:32:48.900
 faith, they

00:32:48.900 --> 00:32:49.300
 just want

00:32:49.300 --> 00:32:50.279
 more signs.

00:32:50.820 --> 00:32:51.340
 Jesus just

00:32:51.340 --> 00:32:51.900
 performed a

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:52.080
 sign.

00:32:52.440 --> 00:32:52.740
 He just

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:54.040
 fed 15,000

00:32:54.040 --> 00:32:55.060
 people, 5,000

00:32:55.060 --> 00:32:55.540
 men with

00:32:55.540 --> 00:32:56.680
 bread, five

00:32:56.680 --> 00:32:56.980
 bones of

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:57.259
 bread and

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:57.680
 two fish.

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.039
 And just

00:32:59.039 --> 00:32:59.519
 before that,

00:32:59.600 --> 00:33:00.240
 Jesus healed

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.820
 an invalid

00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.400
 of 38

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.820
 years.

00:33:02.340 --> 00:33:02.820
 Just before

00:33:02.820 --> 00:33:03.240
 that, he

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.700
 healed the

00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:04.380
 dying son

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:04.640
 of an

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:04.980
 official.

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.880
 And before

00:33:05.880 --> 00:33:06.299
 that, he

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:06.940
 turned water

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.580
 into wine.

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.400
 In fact, the

00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:09.080
 whole book of

00:33:09.080 --> 00:33:09.880
 John is full

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.460
 of the signs

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.960
 that Jesus

00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:11.580
 is doing to

00:33:11.580 --> 00:33:12.080
 reveal who

00:33:12.080 --> 00:33:12.539
 he is.

00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.200
 And yet,

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.960
 these people

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:15.240
 again ask

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:16.000
 for a sign.

00:33:17.259 --> 00:33:17.700
 Why?

00:33:17.840 --> 00:33:18.220
 Because they're

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:19.120
 not here for

00:33:19.120 --> 00:33:19.460
 Jesus.

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:20.019
 Because they're

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:21.600
 here because

00:33:21.600 --> 00:33:21.980
 they haven't

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.420
 filled their

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:22.779
 lobes.

00:33:22.779 --> 00:33:25.660
 But Jesus

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:26.240
 nonetheless

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.000
 patiently and

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.359
 graciously

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:28.039
 responds to

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.259
 them in

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.779
 verse 30

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.339
 to 33.

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.099
 Truly,

00:33:30.279 --> 00:33:30.740
 truly, I

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.139
 say to

00:33:31.139 --> 00:33:31.879
 you, it

00:33:31.879 --> 00:33:32.259
 was not

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:33.059
 Moses who

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.440
 gave you

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:33.899
 the bread

00:33:33.899 --> 00:33:34.619
 from God,

00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:35.359
 but my

00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:36.200
 Father gives

00:33:36.200 --> 00:33:36.500
 you the

00:33:36.500 --> 00:33:37.000
 true bread

00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:37.460
 from heaven.

00:33:37.879 --> 00:33:38.139
 For the

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:38.480
 bread of

00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:38.839
 God is

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.200
 he who

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.839
 comes down

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:40.240
 from heaven

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.619
 and gives

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:41.200
 life to

00:33:41.200 --> 00:33:41.660
 the world.

00:33:42.500 --> 00:33:42.879
 And when

00:33:42.879 --> 00:33:43.240
 the people

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.859
 ask him

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.160
 for this

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:44.480
 bread,

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:45.200
 Jesus

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.839
 answers them

00:33:45.839 --> 00:33:46.119
 in verse

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.519
 35,

00:33:46.519 --> 00:33:48.119
 I am

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.900
 the bread

00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.500
 of life.

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:50.480
 Whoever

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.039
 comes to

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.500
 me shall

00:33:51.500 --> 00:33:52.139
 not hunger

00:33:52.139 --> 00:33:52.599
 and whoever

00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:53.259
 believes in

00:33:53.259 --> 00:33:53.759
 me shall

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:55.079
 never thirst.

00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:56.339
 Just as

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:56.740
 God the

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.319
 Father gave

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.920
 the Israelites

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:59.000
 a sign by

00:33:59.000 --> 00:33:59.879
 sending bread

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.519
 from heaven

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:00.920
 in the

00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:01.480
 wilderness to

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.059
 feed them

00:34:02.059 --> 00:34:02.660
 and so

00:34:02.660 --> 00:34:03.000
 they can

00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:03.639
 be sustained

00:34:03.639 --> 00:34:04.039
 to their

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.779
 promised land,

00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.119
 Jesus says

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:06.779
 that now he

00:34:06.779 --> 00:34:08.079
 himself is

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.780
 that sign.

00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:09.759
 He is the

00:34:09.759 --> 00:34:10.300
 bread of God

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:10.619
 that God

00:34:10.619 --> 00:34:11.159
 has sent to

00:34:11.159 --> 00:34:11.759
 nourish us

00:34:11.759 --> 00:34:12.780
 onto our

00:34:12.780 --> 00:34:13.440
 promised land

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.099
 to eternal

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.980
 life to new

00:34:14.980 --> 00:34:15.500
 heavens and

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.820
 the earth.

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:18.340
 Just before

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:18.920
 his death

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.280
 on the

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:19.619
 cross,

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.099
 Jesus

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:20.800
 instituted

00:34:20.800 --> 00:34:21.400
 the Lord's

00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:21.679
 Supper,

00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:22.420
 which we'll

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:22.880
 celebrate

00:34:22.880 --> 00:34:23.719
 shortly,

00:34:24.940 --> 00:34:25.259
 and he

00:34:25.259 --> 00:34:25.739
 said this,

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:26.139
 he took

00:34:26.139 --> 00:34:26.980
 bread and

00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.699
 after blessing

00:34:27.699 --> 00:34:28.360
 it he broke

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:28.940
 it and gave

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.259
 it to the

00:34:29.259 --> 00:34:29.960
 disciples and

00:34:29.960 --> 00:34:30.280
 said,

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:30.880
 take,

00:34:31.340 --> 00:34:31.619
 eat,

00:34:32.159 --> 00:34:33.079
 this is

00:34:33.079 --> 00:34:33.940
 my body.

00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:35.980
 This is

00:34:35.980 --> 00:34:36.380
 the work

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:36.900
 that Jesus

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.519
 did.

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.179
 A grain

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.619
 of wheat

00:34:39.619 --> 00:34:40.400
 must be

00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:40.940
 buried in

00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.380
 the ground

00:34:41.380 --> 00:34:42.059
 in death

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.400
 in order

00:34:42.400 --> 00:34:42.820
 for it to

00:34:42.820 --> 00:34:43.619
 produce wheat

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:44.679
 and that

00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:45.280
 wheat must

00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:45.639
 then be

00:34:45.639 --> 00:34:46.059
 harvested

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:47.460
 and turn

00:34:47.460 --> 00:34:48.059
 into bread

00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:49.079
 and that

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.699
 bread that

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:50.079
 must be

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:50.679
 consumed,

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.279
 broken,

00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:52.420
 so that

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:52.739
 it can be

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.340
 food for

00:34:53.340 --> 00:34:53.619
 us.

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.519
 So Jesus

00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:54.980
 was the

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.420
 grain of

00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:56.019
 wheat that

00:34:56.019 --> 00:34:57.059
 fell and

00:34:57.059 --> 00:34:57.440
 died.

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:58.039
 Jesus was

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.539
 the bread

00:34:58.539 --> 00:34:58.920
 that was

00:34:58.920 --> 00:35:00.039
 broken for

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.799
 our nourishment.

00:35:01.539 --> 00:35:02.380
 Jesus died

00:35:02.380 --> 00:35:03.119
 on the cross

00:35:03.119 --> 00:35:03.840
 and this is

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.539
 the work of

00:35:04.539 --> 00:35:05.000
 God that

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.579
 Jesus did.

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:06.219
 He died

00:35:06.219 --> 00:35:06.980
 on the cross

00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:07.699
 to pay the

00:35:07.699 --> 00:35:08.340
 penalty for

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.119
 our sins.

00:35:09.980 --> 00:35:10.500
 He died

00:35:10.500 --> 00:35:11.019
 the debt that

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.639
 we deserve

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.599
 so that we

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:13.099
 might have

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:14.119
 eternal life

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:15.079
 that only

00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:15.799
 he deserved.

00:35:17.139 --> 00:35:18.039
 The bread

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.400
 that is

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.900
 offered to

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:19.839
 us is

00:35:19.839 --> 00:35:20.639
 not free.

00:35:21.480 --> 00:35:22.079
 It was

00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:22.699
 very,

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.819
 very costly.

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.880
 It cost

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.440
 the life

00:35:27.440 --> 00:35:27.900
 of God's

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.460
 only son.

00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:30.759
 It cost

00:35:30.759 --> 00:35:31.359
 the bread

00:35:31.359 --> 00:35:31.839
 of God,

00:35:31.980 --> 00:35:32.239
 the bread

00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:32.659
 from heaven.

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.880
 It's free

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.719
 to us

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:37.099
 only because

00:35:37.099 --> 00:35:37.659
 someone else

00:35:37.659 --> 00:35:37.980
 has paid

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.420
 the price,

00:35:39.039 --> 00:35:39.759
 because God

00:35:39.759 --> 00:35:40.179
 the Father

00:35:40.179 --> 00:35:40.519
 paid the

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:40.859
 price.

00:35:40.860 --> 00:35:43.039
 And that's

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:43.720
 why God

00:35:43.720 --> 00:35:44.320
 invites us

00:35:44.320 --> 00:35:44.680
 as we

00:35:44.680 --> 00:35:45.240
 read in our

00:35:45.240 --> 00:35:45.440
 cult

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:46.000
 worship this

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.440
 morning from

00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:47.200
 Isaiah 55,

00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:48.640
 come,

00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.620
 everyone who

00:35:49.620 --> 00:35:50.180
 thirsts,

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.940
 come to

00:35:50.940 --> 00:35:51.559
 the waters.

00:35:52.180 --> 00:35:52.559
 And he

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:52.860
 who has

00:35:52.860 --> 00:35:53.500
 no money,

00:35:54.300 --> 00:35:54.800
 come,

00:35:54.960 --> 00:35:55.360
 buy and

00:35:55.360 --> 00:35:55.579
 eat.

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.380
 Come,

00:35:56.460 --> 00:35:57.059
 buy wine

00:35:57.059 --> 00:35:57.660
 and milk

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:58.740
 without money

00:35:58.740 --> 00:35:59.280
 and without

00:35:59.280 --> 00:35:59.780
 price.

00:36:00.620 --> 00:36:01.180
 Why do you

00:36:01.180 --> 00:36:01.660
 spend your

00:36:01.660 --> 00:36:02.079
 money for

00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:02.440
 that which

00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:02.800
 is not

00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:03.760
 bread and

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.260
 your labor

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.680
 for that

00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:05.180
 which does

00:36:05.180 --> 00:36:06.220
 not satisfy?

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.380
 Once again,

00:36:08.539 --> 00:36:09.400
 stop working

00:36:09.400 --> 00:36:10.160
 for food

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.799
 that perishes.

00:36:11.859 --> 00:36:12.940
 Jesus is

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.420
 the bread

00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:13.859
 of God

00:36:13.859 --> 00:36:14.500
 who satisfies

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.000
 the spirit

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:15.500
 for hunger

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:16.399
 and gives

00:36:16.399 --> 00:36:17.199
 us eternal

00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:17.500
 life.

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.500
 Come and

00:36:18.500 --> 00:36:19.500
 eat by

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:20.259
 believing in

00:36:20.259 --> 00:36:20.480
 him.

00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:21.639
 Buy and

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.199
 eat without

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:22.579
 money,

00:36:22.839 --> 00:36:23.739
 without price.

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:24.940
 The Son of

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:25.579
 God became

00:36:25.579 --> 00:36:26.019
 a son of

00:36:26.019 --> 00:36:26.619
 man on

00:36:26.619 --> 00:36:27.019
 Christmas

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:27.399
 Day.

00:36:28.239 --> 00:36:28.599
 The bread

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.339
 of heaven

00:36:29.339 --> 00:36:30.279
 came down

00:36:30.279 --> 00:36:30.719
 to earth

00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:31.899
 so that he

00:36:31.899 --> 00:36:32.239
 might be

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:32.859
 broken for

00:36:32.859 --> 00:36:33.179
 us,

00:36:33.460 --> 00:36:33.779
 to feed

00:36:33.779 --> 00:36:34.099
 us,

00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.259
 to give

00:36:35.259 --> 00:36:35.739
 us eternal

00:36:35.739 --> 00:36:36.039
 life.

00:36:36.799 --> 00:36:37.219
 Let's pray.

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:48.000
 Father,

00:36:48.259 --> 00:36:48.599
 it is

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:48.960
 true.

00:36:51.379 --> 00:36:51.940
 Physically,

00:36:52.079 --> 00:36:52.440
 I still

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:52.940
 get hungry

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.480
 again and

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:53.759
 again.

00:36:56.899 --> 00:36:57.799
 But Jesus'

00:36:58.359 --> 00:36:59.000
 promise is

00:36:59.000 --> 00:36:59.319
 true.

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.440
 He said,

00:37:01.379 --> 00:37:01.940
 we eat

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.819
 him,

00:37:03.699 --> 00:37:04.379
 by believing

00:37:04.379 --> 00:37:05.079
 in him,

00:37:05.159 --> 00:37:05.480
 the bread

00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:06.019
 of God,

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:06.819
 that we

00:37:06.819 --> 00:37:07.219
 would never

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:07.960
 hunger again,

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:08.739
 we would

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:09.319
 never thirst

00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:09.659
 again.

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:12.739
 Father,

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.239
 I've never

00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:13.839
 been hungry

00:37:13.839 --> 00:37:14.279
 again.

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:16.039
 I've never

00:37:16.039 --> 00:37:16.659
 been thirsty

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:17.099
 again.

00:37:19.239 --> 00:37:20.179
 Because you

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.739
 have fed

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:22.659
 us with

00:37:22.659 --> 00:37:23.420
 the everlasting

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.099
 eternal

00:37:24.099 --> 00:37:24.559
 bread,

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:26.899
 your Son

00:37:26.899 --> 00:37:27.239
 of Jesus

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:27.659
 Christ.

00:37:29.899 --> 00:37:30.599
 Thank you

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.139
 for sending

00:37:31.139 --> 00:37:31.440
 him.

00:37:33.839 --> 00:37:34.399
 We

00:37:34.399 --> 00:37:34.839
 remember

00:37:34.839 --> 00:37:35.420
 with gratitude

00:37:35.420 --> 00:37:36.039
 this Christmas

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.399
 Day,

00:37:36.659 --> 00:37:37.119
 your great

00:37:37.119 --> 00:37:37.799
 sacrifice.

00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:46.480
 Jesus' name

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:47.260
 we pray.

00:37:47.660 --> 00:37:48.140
 Amen.