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 Okay, so we're in John's Gospel.

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 I'm going to get into it now for the second week.

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 And John's biography, we've been saying, presents hard evidence that Jesus is God,

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 come into the world as God's Messiah, the long-awaited Savior and King of God's people.

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 And John builds his case, like a lawyer or a barrister,

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 he builds his case around seven key signs, as he calls them, or miracles.

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 And each of those signs or miracles has a saying with it.

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 So there's seven key signs, seven key sayings,

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 each of which combine in this identikit picture of Jesus,

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 explaining what the signs actually mean.

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 But there's only one purpose.

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 Seven signs, seven sayings, but one purpose.

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 And the purpose is not just conveying information.

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 The purpose that John has is to see a response to the information,

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 to see Jesus as God,

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 and, says John, to believe or trust in him as the source of life.

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 We're working through Jesus' teaching associated with a sign or miracle

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 of feeding a crowd of more than 5,000 people from a schoolboy's lunchbox.

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 And the key saying at the heart of that teaching is verse 35 of chapter 6.

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 Jesus says,

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 I am the bread of life.

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 Now, it's picture language when Jesus says,

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 I'm the bread of life.

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 And, of course, we easily understand the ordinary or physical word picture bread.

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 So we know what bread and water is and eating and drinking.

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 We know how those are the basic essentials of life.

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 We know about the idea of hunger

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 and the longing to be satisfied with good food.

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 We know, unlike my fellow man before me,

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 we know that good food satisfies.

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 But giving in to the craving of junk food,

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 which is all too easy and all too regular for us,

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 is actually bad for us.

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 And in spite of what we might try,

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 it's hard to mix good food with bad food.

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 So we understand the ordinary physical idea of picture of bread,

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 but Jesus pushes us to see a deeper,

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 a more spiritual understanding of bread in these verses.

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 A heart-based understanding

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 that he wants us to get out of this picture

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 of him being the bread of life.

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 And that's a lot harder.

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 And so I should say to you also this morning,

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 you should have your wits about you

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 because after looking at this passage all week

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 and a bit longer than all week,

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 I'm still not sure that I've actually cracked it.

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 So you need to have your wits about you this morning

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 in case I'm telling you something that's actually not right.

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 But here's how it goes, I think.

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 Most of us would know,

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 as we push into this spiritual understanding of bread,

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 most of us would know the phrase,

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 you are what you eat.

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 And it's been around for almost 100 years.

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 It equates the type of food a person eats

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 to their overall health and well-being.

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 Well, Jesus, I think, is pushing us to see him

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 as the spiritual essential for life and well-being.

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 He wants us to recognize that only he can satisfy properly

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 the hunger that we have in our hearts,

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 a hunger that's much, much deeper than just physical bread,

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 the hunger for connection with God

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 and satisfying connection with God.

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 He wants to appeal to us as the good food alternative.

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 He wants us to desire to feed on him

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 and reject junk food alternatives,

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 no matter how much they might appeal,

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 how glitzy they look.

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 He said, no, feed on me.

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 Reject this.

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 And he promises, if we feed on him,

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 that he will nourish us into the good life

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 and indeed a life that a lifelong diet of him

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 alone can produce.

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 Now, that's all picture language,

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 which he then, I think, tries to explain

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 and pad out a little bit in these verses 41 through 59.

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 So let's jump back into the text at verse 41.

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 Last week, of course, we covered verses 22 to 40.

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 And we saw there that the crowds that were following Jesus

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 after experiencing this great miracle,

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 this great sign of having their bellies filled,

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 that the crowds were stuck.

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 They were stuck on what they could see

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 as a result of that sign.

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 They were stuck on a physical or surface response

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 to the feeding miracle.

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 And we saw last week that out of that

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 came their own agenda for Jesus.

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 They experienced their feeding,

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 and then they imposed their own agenda on Jesus.

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 They saw him as a new Moses,

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 a great leader or savior

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 who would deliver them from the Romans,

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 who would make them a great nation once again,

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 who'd provide all their physical needs.

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 But Jesus pushes back against their agenda,

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 determined that they would hear his agenda for them.

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 And so we said last week,

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 there's a real tussle going on here.

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 Whose agenda is going to triumph?

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 And along the way, Jesus challenges the crowd.

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 We hinted at this last week.

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 We're going to spell it out a little bit more this morning.

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 And Jesus issues a challenge to the crowd,

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 saying your current salvation categories

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 are seriously distorted.

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 If you're a visitor here this morning,

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 there's an outline of what I'm saying

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 on the back of the bulletin sheet

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 you got handed this morning

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 as you come in the door.

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 So Jesus says your current salvation categories

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 are seriously distorted.

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 Now look at the response.

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 Having heard everything Jesus said

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 about being the bread from heaven,

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 the life that nourishes and sustains and satisfies

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 in a way that nothing else can,

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 the response?

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 The crowd, including the Jewish religious leaders,

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 common response.

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 They grumbled.

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 Verse 41.

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 They grumbled at Jesus.

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 Now grumbling is as it sounds.

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 It's a growing anger and rejection

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 of everything that Jesus had said.

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 It was rising up from within them.

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 And it was overflowing into,

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 verse 42,

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 a verbal attack on Jesus

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 and a dismissal of him, in fact.

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 Why do they dismiss him?

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 Well, they say,

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 actually,

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 how dare this guy lecture us like this?

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 He's the son of Joseph.

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 We know about him.

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 He's so ordinary.

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 How can he possibly be claiming

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 something so extraordinary?

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 Jesus goes from hero to zero

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 in less than 24 hours before the crowd.

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 Now, why were they so annoyed?

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 I suggested last week,

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 this was not an annoyance

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 that grew out of a lack of understanding.

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 It was as if they were tearing their hair out

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 and saying,

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 Jesus, we don't have a clue

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 what you're talking about.

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 Quite the opposite.

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 Their annoyance is

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 a refusal to accept Jesus' teaching

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 because his salvation categories,

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 spiritual or heart categories,

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 were at odds with theirs,

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 physical or outside categories.

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 There was a clash.

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 And so verse 43,

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 Jesus says to them,

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 stop grumbling.

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 Now, that terminology

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 would have reminded the Jews

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 of the terminology

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 that God's people used

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 in the wilderness.

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 Remember, God brought them out of Egypt

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 and then they were in the wilderness.

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 And what did they do

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 when they got to the wilderness?

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 After being rescued

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 in the most amazing way by God,

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 they grumbled.

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 They grumbled.

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 And so Jesus here

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 is really saying to them,

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 look, you guys,

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 just stop your grumbling

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 for you're sounding in my ears

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 very much like God's people

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 sounded all those years ago

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 back in the wilderness.

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 They also grumbled

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 about God's salvation

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 or deliverance.

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 They too longed for deliverance,

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 longed for salvation.

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 But then when God sent it

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 and sent the Savior,

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 they didn't like it.

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 They refused to accept it.

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 It didn't fit with what they wanted.

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 It wasn't even what they liked.

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 They rejected God's terms

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 for salvation.

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 I'm bringing you to myself

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 that you might be a holy people.

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 Well, they liked the idea

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 of coming out to Egypt,

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 but they didn't so much like

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 the idea of coming to God

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 as his holy possession.

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 And they dismissed

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 and despised

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 the provision he made for them.

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 Remember what they said

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 when manna was provided

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 to them and quail?

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 Better they'll be back in Egypt

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 eating garlic and onions.

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 God's provision

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 was not what they wanted either.

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 And so they too

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 reduced salvation

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 to outside-in physical

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 and practical terms,

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 the terms of the Exodus event.

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 So in their minds,

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 Moses was their Savior.

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 He was the one

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 who provided manna.

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 Manna was the means

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 of their salvation.

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 And we saw that last week

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 in verses 31 and 32.

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 And salvation then

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 was the deliverance

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 from their physical enemies.

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 Back then it was the Egyptians.

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 And deliverance

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 into political freedom

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 as they moved

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 into the promised land.

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 And from there

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 they would dominate

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 all the nations.

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 They too deliberately

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 rejected any focus

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 on spiritual deliverance,

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 spiritual renewal.

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 They refused to take

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 ownership of sin.

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 They refused to see

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 the need for forgiveness

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 and grace

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 as God's free gift to them.

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 They refused to see

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 the need for heart.

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 Renewal.

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 And renewed

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 relationship with God.

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 And the challenge

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 to live distinctively

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 as God's people

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 in obedience and worship.

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 They weren't interested

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 in any of that.

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 So they too

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 believed that salvation

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 was something

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 they could expect.

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 Something they could control.

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 Something they were

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 entitled to.

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 Because after all

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 they were God's people.

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 And at the end of the day

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 God would happily

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 accept them

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 on the basis

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 of their religious actions

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 of sacrifice,

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 prayers,

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 tithing,

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 and keeping the law

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 of Moses.

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 So Jesus said to these guys

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 look as you're grumbling

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 here before me

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 you're just like

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 your predecessors.

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 You want God's salvation

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 but when it comes

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 you don't like it.

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 You want God's savior

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 but when it comes

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 you want recognition.

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 You want God's provision

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 but when it comes

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 you complain about it.

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 You want life

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 but you don't want life.

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 You want a substitute

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 convenient life

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 of your own creation.

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 And Jesus was evaluated

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 against those categories

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 and rejected.

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 They refused

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 therefore to give up control

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 of their practical,

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 physical,

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 outside in salvation.

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 They refused

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 to accept Jesus

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 insisting that salvation

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 or life

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 was a spiritual

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 inside out process

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 beginning in the heart

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 controlled by God

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 and ultimately

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 received as a gift

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 not a reward

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 for hard work.

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 Their categories

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 were seriously distorted.

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 And Jesus then moves on

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 to make a big claim

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 against that.

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 He says I am God's

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 single salvation category.

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 I am the bread of life.

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 As he tells them

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 to stop grumbling

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 in verse 43

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 he's also pushing them

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 to instead

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 start believing.

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 Start believing

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 what I've already

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 made clear to you

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 says Jesus

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 verses 35 through to 40.

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 His mission

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 he had already

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 made clear to them

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 in the world

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 is to save those

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 that God had given them

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 through being their

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 true bread from heaven.

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 being the one

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 who perfectly

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 satisfies their

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 deep longing

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 their hunger longing

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 who's the basic

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 sustenance of life.

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 And he's already

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 made that clear to them

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 and in these verses

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 he spells it out again.

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 Different pictures

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 slightly different

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 emphasis

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 a little bit more detail

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 but essentially

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 I think the same picture

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 has been restated.

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 In verse 44

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 therefore

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 how can you believe

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 when you receive

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 glory from one another

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 try chapter 6

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 verse 44

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 makes a bit more sense

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 no one can come to me

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 unless the father

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 who sent me

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 draws him

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 and I will raise him up

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 at the last day.

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 Jesus said

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 look this

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 this spiritual life

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 is an altogether

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 different category

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 from what you guys

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 are thinking about.

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 It's not yours to command

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 it's not yours to manufacture

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 it's something that requires

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 the inner working

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 of God in your life.

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 The deep longing

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 of the heart

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 for acceptance with God

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 for life ever after

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 is a spiritual reality

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 which can only come

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 through Jesus

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 only comes through me

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 says Jesus

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 I am the source

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 of real life.

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 There is no other life

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 apart from me.

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 And for Jesus

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 for a person to be

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 connected to Jesus

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 the father

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 has to draw him.

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 Now the word draw

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 is a very very strong word

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 and it's sort of like

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 a word drive

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 because it always implies

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 resistance.

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 So the picture here

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 is that God actually

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 in a sense

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 has to drag people

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 to Jesus

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 and they're digging

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 their toes in

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 resisting every part

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 of the way.

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 Jesus is saying

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 this work of salvation

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 is something that

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 requires God's input

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 because not only

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 are you unwilling

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 to come and see me

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 as your savior

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 and trust me

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 as the bread of life

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 you're actually unable.

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 You've been so distorted

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 by sin

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 that you're actually

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 unable to come

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 because sin has blinded you

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 to the truth.

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 You need God's work

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 within your heart

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 as part of this process

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 of coming to life.

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 But verse 45

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 at the end of verse 44

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 and verse 45

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 God's drawing power

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 will always triumph.

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 There's never

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 uncertainty in this.

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 God's drawing power

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 always triumphs.

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 Isaiah recognized that

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 and Jesus quotes Isaiah here

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 chapter 54 of Isaiah.

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 Look at the quotation.

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 It is written in the prophets

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 that's actually Isaiah

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 they will all

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 be taught

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 by God.

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 Everyone who has heard

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 and learned from the Father

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 comes to me.

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 Now the context

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 speaks here

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 about faith

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 or belief.

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 And it's really inferring here

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 that faith or belief

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 is an insight

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 implanted

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 into blind children

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 by the Father

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 in fulfillment

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 of his promise.

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 So I don't have time

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 to go back

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 and do it in detail

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 but I'd encourage you

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 to go back

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 and look at chapter

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 53, 54

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 and the start

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 of chapter 55

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 of Isaiah

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 and you'll see

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 the context

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 fits perfectly

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 with what Jesus

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 is saying here.

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 In chapter 54

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 well chapter 54

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 immediately follows on

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 from chapter 53

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 which is the big chapter

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 in which God

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 speaks of his promise

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 to send his suffering servant

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 for what purpose?

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 Because his people

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 need someone

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 to deal with their sin

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 if they're going to be

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 back in good relationship

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 with God.

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 And God promises

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 to send his suffering servant

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 who would sacrifice

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 his own life

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 to deal with the guilt

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 and sin of his people

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 so that relationship

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 with the Father

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 would be restored.

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 Then in chapter 55

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 verse 1

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 we have the classic

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 invitation

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 to God's people

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 to come

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 come

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 you who are hungry

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 come

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 you who are thirsty

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 come and buy

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 and drink

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 and eat

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 you who have no money

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 it's picture language

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 it's an invitation

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 given God's promise

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 of salvation

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 given God's promise

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 of the servant

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 coming

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 to deal with your sin

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 it's an invitation

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 to come and receive it

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 you don't have anything

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 to buy it with

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 just come and receive it

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 as a gift

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 and all that

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 is behind

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 Jesus' summary

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 in verse 47

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 Jesus is the only way

00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.420
 to the Father

00:18:05.420 --> 00:18:07.059
 the only pathway

00:18:07.059 --> 00:18:07.799
 to life

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 Jesus is all

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 that is essential

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 for real life

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 and he is

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 God's package

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 that was promised

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 he is the one

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 and we'll get to the verse

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 that talks about

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 given his life

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 as bread

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 he is the one

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 who is the suffering servant

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 the one who will give his life

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 to deal with guilt

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 and sin

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 the one who issues

00:18:27.460 --> 00:18:28.160
 the invitation

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 come to me

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 and eat

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 and drink

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 when you've got nothing

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 to buy that food with

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 or earn that life with

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 and the process

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 of joining those two together

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 is chapter 54

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 God's planning

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 implanting

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 spiritual insight

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 so you actually

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 want to do that

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 which

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 in your natural state

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 you wouldn't want to do

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 and the proof

00:18:55.360 --> 00:18:56.039
 of the inner work

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 of God's spirit

00:18:56.860 --> 00:18:59.759
 people actually

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 come

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 everyone who has heard

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 everyone who has heard

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 and learned

00:19:06.180 --> 00:19:06.880
 from the Father

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 comes to me

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 when the Father

00:19:09.160 --> 00:19:10.779
 works in a person's life

00:19:10.779 --> 00:19:12.000
 implanting

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 that

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 moment of

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 illumination

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 into an otherwise

00:19:16.740 --> 00:19:17.940
 blind life

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 the inevitable result

00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:20.799
 is that the person

00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:22.000
 comes to Jesus

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 that's why

00:19:24.000 --> 00:19:24.380
 the Father

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 does it

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 people

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 the proof

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:31.660
 of the inner work

00:19:31.660 --> 00:19:32.799
 done by God's spirit

00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:33.320
 is that people

00:19:33.320 --> 00:19:34.900
 actually come to Jesus

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 in belief and truth

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 and then

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 having come to him

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 they might be

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 assured

00:19:41.539 --> 00:19:43.320
 of having life

00:19:43.320 --> 00:19:44.559
 and relationship

00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.019
 with God

00:19:45.019 --> 00:19:45.360
 forever

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.419
 and there's

00:19:48.419 --> 00:19:49.179
 further assurance

00:19:49.179 --> 00:19:50.479
 offered in verse 46

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 not that anyone

00:19:52.479 --> 00:19:53.439
 has seen the Father

00:19:53.439 --> 00:19:55.019
 except he

00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:56.079
 who is from God

00:19:56.079 --> 00:19:57.059
 he has seen the Father

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 Jesus is saying

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 well look

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 I know what I'm

00:20:02.199 --> 00:20:02.839
 talking about

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 because

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 I have been

00:20:04.919 --> 00:20:05.599
 with the Father

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 we know

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 together

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 sorry

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 we know

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 what our purpose is

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 and together

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 we're acting

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 to implement

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:14.980
 God's purpose

00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:15.680
 in salvation

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 he has come

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 to

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 he's come

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 to them

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 to make

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 real

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 his Father's

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 purpose

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 in salvation

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 verse 49

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 he does

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 what manna

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 was never

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 ever meant

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 to do

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 and never

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 could do

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 give spiritual

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 or eternal life

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 it's the same

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 idea as we had

00:20:34.340 --> 00:20:35.060
 back last week

00:20:35.060 --> 00:20:35.779
 where Jesus

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 told him

00:20:36.080 --> 00:20:36.340
 we've been

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 sealed

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 the Father

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 verse 27

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 being sealed

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 by his Father

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 he's really

00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:42.060
 just said

00:20:42.060 --> 00:20:43.220
 listen to me

00:20:43.220 --> 00:20:43.779
 I know

00:20:43.779 --> 00:20:44.079
 what I'm

00:20:44.079 --> 00:20:44.519
 talking about

00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:44.819
 I've got

00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:45.420
 authority

00:20:45.420 --> 00:20:45.880
 to say

00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:46.440
 this stuff

00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:47.620
 you think

00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:48.140
 I'm ordinary

00:20:48.140 --> 00:20:49.100
 I'm telling

00:20:49.100 --> 00:20:49.279
 you

00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:49.920
 I've come

00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:50.319
 straight

00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:50.680
 from the

00:20:50.680 --> 00:20:51.059
 Father

00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:53.900
 to deliver

00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:54.519
 this truth

00:20:54.519 --> 00:20:55.160
 this reality

00:20:55.160 --> 00:20:55.880
 to you

00:20:55.880 --> 00:20:59.000
 so he's

00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.240
 got a

00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.680
 challenge

00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:00.319
 he issues

00:21:00.319 --> 00:21:00.839
 he's got

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.279
 a claim

00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:01.799
 he states

00:21:01.799 --> 00:21:02.839
 and now

00:21:02.839 --> 00:21:03.339
 he switches

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:03.759
 into a

00:21:03.759 --> 00:21:04.240
 command

00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:06.000
 as he

00:21:06.000 --> 00:21:06.660
 ramps up

00:21:06.660 --> 00:21:07.839
 the pressure

00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:08.240
 on the

00:21:08.240 --> 00:21:08.559
 crowd

00:21:08.559 --> 00:21:10.019
 verse 53

00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.440
 onwards

00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:11.079
 Jesus'

00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:11.600
 command

00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:11.960
 is to

00:21:11.960 --> 00:21:12.680
 feed on

00:21:12.680 --> 00:21:12.960
 me

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:14.140
 for salvation

00:21:14.140 --> 00:21:16.860
 now it's

00:21:16.860 --> 00:21:17.140
 interesting

00:21:17.140 --> 00:21:18.480
 that when

00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:18.779
 you look at

00:21:18.779 --> 00:21:19.400
 verse 52

00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:21.019
 you see the

00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.460
 development

00:21:21.460 --> 00:21:22.680
 the crowd

00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:23.100
 came with

00:21:23.100 --> 00:21:23.680
 their agenda

00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:24.259
 Jesus

00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.740
 challenged

00:21:24.740 --> 00:21:24.940
 them

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.539
 they push

00:21:25.539 --> 00:21:25.920
 back

00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:26.519
 Jesus

00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:27.000
 challenged

00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:27.240
 them

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:28.039
 they grumble

00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:28.600
 Jesus

00:21:28.600 --> 00:21:29.140
 challenges

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:29.400
 them

00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:29.819
 now

00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:30.660
 verse 52

00:21:30.660 --> 00:21:31.920
 the word

00:21:31.920 --> 00:21:32.360
 here again

00:21:32.360 --> 00:21:32.720
 a very

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.259
 strong word

00:21:33.259 --> 00:21:34.240
 this is

00:21:34.240 --> 00:21:34.720
 this is

00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:35.680
 they're just

00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.380
 babbling

00:21:36.380 --> 00:21:36.960
 over with

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:38.240
 absolute

00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:40.319
 annoyance

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:40.960
 and anger

00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.839
 and hostility

00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.319
 at Jesus

00:21:42.319 --> 00:21:43.119
 they just

00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:43.899
 had enough

00:21:43.899 --> 00:21:44.439
 of them

00:21:44.439 --> 00:21:52.419
 why

00:21:52.419 --> 00:21:54.200
 I think

00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:54.859
 it's because

00:21:54.859 --> 00:21:55.579
 Jesus has

00:21:55.579 --> 00:21:56.539
 very clearly

00:21:56.539 --> 00:21:57.579
 made before

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:57.839
 them

00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:59.599
 a connection

00:21:59.599 --> 00:22:00.319
 that they

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:00.859
 don't like

00:22:00.859 --> 00:22:01.279
 they will

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.819
 not accept

00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.460
 Jesus

00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.019
 has made

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.439
 himself

00:22:03.439 --> 00:22:04.619
 central to

00:22:04.619 --> 00:22:05.179
 salvation

00:22:05.179 --> 00:22:05.819
 and life

00:22:05.819 --> 00:22:06.779
 he has

00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.319
 removed

00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:07.839
 from them

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.659
 any sense

00:22:08.659 --> 00:22:09.359
 of control

00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:10.299
 any sense

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:11.079
 of entitlement

00:22:11.079 --> 00:22:11.519
 they might

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:11.879
 have

00:22:11.879 --> 00:22:12.500
 in this

00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:13.079
 matter

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:14.539
 of salvation

00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:17.139
 he's really

00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:17.519
 said to them

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.460
 you cannot

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:19.519
 manufacture

00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:20.759
 your salvation

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.359
 no matter

00:22:21.359 --> 00:22:21.980
 how many

00:22:21.980 --> 00:22:22.359
 religious

00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:22.859
 things you

00:22:22.859 --> 00:22:23.279
 do

00:22:23.279 --> 00:22:28.480
 Jesus

00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:28.799
 has taken

00:22:28.799 --> 00:22:28.980
 away

00:22:28.980 --> 00:22:29.539
 all the

00:22:29.539 --> 00:22:29.779
 things

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.000
 that are

00:22:30.000 --> 00:22:30.919
 so important

00:22:30.919 --> 00:22:31.299
 to them

00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:33.799
 and because

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.299
 they can't

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.799
 counter what

00:22:34.799 --> 00:22:35.200
 he says

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:36.080
 their only

00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:36.400
 resort

00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:36.740
 is to

00:22:36.740 --> 00:22:37.380
 blaster

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:38.799
 to let

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.559
 that anger

00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:40.299
 just rise

00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:41.080
 up and

00:22:41.080 --> 00:22:41.700
 ooze out

00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:41.980
 of them

00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:45.980
 but

00:22:45.980 --> 00:22:46.360
 interestingly

00:22:46.360 --> 00:22:46.700
 Jesus

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.200
 doesn't take

00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:47.460
 a step

00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:47.819
 backwards

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:50.180
 he shoves

00:22:50.180 --> 00:22:50.500
 it into

00:22:50.500 --> 00:22:51.080
 their face

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:51.500
 if you want

00:22:51.500 --> 00:22:51.799
 to follow

00:22:51.799 --> 00:22:52.440
 in that

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:52.759
 language

00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:53.360
 if you can

00:22:53.360 --> 00:22:53.580
 accept

00:22:53.580 --> 00:22:54.059
 that language

00:22:54.059 --> 00:22:54.340
 from him

00:22:54.340 --> 00:22:55.019
 so Jesus

00:22:55.019 --> 00:22:55.420
 said to

00:22:55.420 --> 00:22:55.500
 them

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:55.720
 this is

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:55.940
 what he

00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:56.200
 says in

00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:56.640
 response

00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:58.299
 things are

00:22:58.299 --> 00:22:58.539
 getting out

00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.039
 of control

00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:00.019
 almost

00:23:00.019 --> 00:23:00.819
 fisticuffs

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.400
 breaking out

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.019
 so Jesus

00:23:02.019 --> 00:23:02.720
 said to

00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:02.900
 them

00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:04.580
 and this

00:23:04.580 --> 00:23:04.799
 is going

00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:05.220
 to quiet

00:23:05.220 --> 00:23:05.740
 things down

00:23:05.740 --> 00:23:06.299
 isn't it

00:23:06.299 --> 00:23:07.059
 truly

00:23:07.059 --> 00:23:07.419
 truly

00:23:07.419 --> 00:23:07.839
 I say

00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:08.240
 to you

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.339
 unless

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:10.339
 you eat

00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:10.940
 the flesh

00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.200
 of the

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.500
 son of

00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:11.740
 man

00:23:11.740 --> 00:23:13.019
 and drink

00:23:13.019 --> 00:23:14.019
 his blood

00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:16.139
 you have

00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:16.559
 no life

00:23:16.559 --> 00:23:17.079
 in you

00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:19.740
 now

00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:21.839
 at first

00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:22.079
 reading

00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:22.500
 this just

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:23.059
 gets seriously

00:23:23.059 --> 00:23:23.359
 weird

00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:24.419
 doesn't it

00:23:24.419 --> 00:23:27.779
 eating his

00:23:27.779 --> 00:23:28.099
 flesh

00:23:28.099 --> 00:23:28.639
 drinking his

00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:28.879
 blood

00:23:28.880 --> 00:23:34.880
 it's a

00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.180
 it's a

00:23:35.180 --> 00:23:35.200
 it's a

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.540
 it's a

00:23:35.540 --> 00:23:35.580
 it's a

00:23:35.580 --> 00:23:36.060
 a very

00:23:36.060 --> 00:23:36.760
 graphic

00:23:36.760 --> 00:23:37.520
 picture

00:23:37.520 --> 00:23:38.000
 but the

00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:38.460
 context

00:23:38.460 --> 00:23:38.980
 here

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:40.340
 is that

00:23:40.340 --> 00:23:40.740
 Jesus

00:23:40.740 --> 00:23:41.540
 pushing the

00:23:41.540 --> 00:23:41.920
 crowd

00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.360
 even

00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:43.080
 further

00:23:43.080 --> 00:23:44.920
 into that

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.420
 area where

00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:45.580
 they're

00:23:45.580 --> 00:23:46.260
 refusing to

00:23:46.260 --> 00:23:46.520
 go

00:23:46.520 --> 00:23:47.860
 by

00:23:47.860 --> 00:23:48.780
 insisting

00:23:48.780 --> 00:23:50.480
 that if

00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:50.820
 they're going

00:23:50.820 --> 00:23:51.100
 to have

00:23:51.100 --> 00:23:51.580
 life

00:23:51.580 --> 00:23:53.380
 then nothing

00:23:53.380 --> 00:23:53.940
 short of

00:23:53.940 --> 00:23:54.200
 actually

00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.860
 feeding

00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:56.000
 on him

00:23:56.000 --> 00:23:58.579
 his whole

00:23:58.579 --> 00:23:59.079
 person

00:23:59.079 --> 00:24:00.919
 flesh

00:24:00.919 --> 00:24:01.559
 and blood

00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:03.619
 is going

00:24:03.619 --> 00:24:04.059
 to be

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:05.299
 satisfactory

00:24:05.299 --> 00:24:06.179
 or necessary

00:24:06.179 --> 00:24:07.199
 if they're

00:24:07.199 --> 00:24:07.899
 to enjoy

00:24:07.899 --> 00:24:08.579
 salvation

00:24:08.579 --> 00:24:10.219
 or relationship

00:24:10.219 --> 00:24:10.719
 with God

00:24:10.719 --> 00:24:11.179
 in eternal

00:24:11.179 --> 00:24:11.559
 life

00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:12.759
 then nothing

00:24:12.759 --> 00:24:13.459
 short of

00:24:13.459 --> 00:24:13.959
 feeding on

00:24:13.959 --> 00:24:14.319
 Jesus

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:15.799
 is the

00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.199
 pathway

00:24:16.199 --> 00:24:17.500
 now

00:24:17.500 --> 00:24:19.319
 I think

00:24:19.319 --> 00:24:19.719
 it's pretty

00:24:19.719 --> 00:24:20.259
 safe to

00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:20.659
 think

00:24:20.659 --> 00:24:22.379
 and accept

00:24:22.379 --> 00:24:23.219
 that the

00:24:23.219 --> 00:24:24.059
 crowd here

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:24.699
 know

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.600
 that Jesus

00:24:25.600 --> 00:24:26.140
 was using

00:24:26.140 --> 00:24:26.940
 very graphic

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.319
 and very

00:24:27.319 --> 00:24:27.799
 offensive

00:24:27.799 --> 00:24:28.460
 picture

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:28.880
 language

00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:30.759
 I think

00:24:30.759 --> 00:24:30.980
 it's

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.580
 unreasonable

00:24:31.580 --> 00:24:32.140
 to think

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:32.440
 that they

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:32.740
 would have

00:24:32.740 --> 00:24:32.980
 thought

00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.420
 this was

00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:33.819
 literal

00:24:33.819 --> 00:24:35.240
 the reason

00:24:35.240 --> 00:24:35.539
 why I

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:35.819
 suggest

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.080
 that is

00:24:36.080 --> 00:24:36.360
 because

00:24:36.360 --> 00:24:37.120
 for Jesus

00:24:37.120 --> 00:24:37.500
 to make

00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:37.960
 any

00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.400
 suggestion

00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:38.779
 of a

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.120
 literal

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:39.720
 interpretation

00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.559
 would have

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:40.900
 just been

00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.539
 totally

00:24:41.539 --> 00:24:42.200
 against the

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.500
 law

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:43.200
 of Moses

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:44.940
 and therefore

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.779
 they would

00:24:45.779 --> 00:24:46.000
 have had

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.620
 reason to

00:24:46.620 --> 00:24:47.080
 grab

00:24:47.080 --> 00:24:47.880
 Jesus

00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.860
 and pulverize

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.019
 him

00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:51.620
 but they

00:24:51.620 --> 00:24:51.840
 have no

00:24:51.840 --> 00:24:52.220
 reason to

00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:52.620
 grab him

00:24:52.620 --> 00:24:53.920
 and I

00:24:53.920 --> 00:24:54.279
 think that

00:24:54.279 --> 00:24:54.759
 then tells

00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:54.899
 us

00:24:54.899 --> 00:24:55.519
 the crowd

00:24:55.519 --> 00:24:55.779
 knew

00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.160
 jolly

00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:56.539
 well

00:24:56.539 --> 00:24:57.200
 that he

00:24:57.200 --> 00:24:57.539
 was using

00:24:57.539 --> 00:24:58.059
 a picture

00:24:58.059 --> 00:24:58.720
 language

00:24:58.720 --> 00:25:01.460
 pushing them

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:01.720
 to a

00:25:01.720 --> 00:25:02.379
 conclusion

00:25:02.379 --> 00:25:03.579
 they refused

00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:04.119
 to accept

00:25:04.119 --> 00:25:05.579
 that salvation

00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:06.500
 required an

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:07.079
 intimate

00:25:07.079 --> 00:25:08.639
 totally

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.220
 dependent

00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:09.839
 relationship

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:10.359
 with Jesus

00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.119
 that's

00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:12.240
 described in

00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:12.920
 picture languages

00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:13.500
 as nothing

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:14.059
 short of

00:25:14.059 --> 00:25:15.119
 feeding and

00:25:15.119 --> 00:25:15.839
 eating and

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:17.139
 drinking from

00:25:17.139 --> 00:25:17.339
 him

00:25:17.339 --> 00:25:21.139
 so ask

00:25:21.139 --> 00:25:21.559
 the question

00:25:21.559 --> 00:25:22.759
 what is it

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.579
 to eat

00:25:23.579 --> 00:25:24.740
 or feed

00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.759
 and drink

00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:26.339
 Jesus

00:25:26.339 --> 00:25:28.859
 well

00:25:28.859 --> 00:25:29.619
 we don't

00:25:29.619 --> 00:25:30.119
 actually have

00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:31.279
 to guess

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.859
 because the

00:25:31.859 --> 00:25:32.699
 passage actually

00:25:32.699 --> 00:25:33.359
 tells us

00:25:33.359 --> 00:25:36.039
 and we've

00:25:36.039 --> 00:25:36.359
 seen it

00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.059
 right through

00:25:37.059 --> 00:25:39.459
 John uses

00:25:39.459 --> 00:25:40.299
 just different

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.919
 phrases

00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:42.419
 different pictures

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.960
 and we can

00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:44.360
 put the

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:44.740
 whole thing

00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.080
 together

00:25:45.080 --> 00:25:46.200
 so I

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.640
 believe that

00:25:46.640 --> 00:25:47.259
 what feeding

00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.759
 on Jesus

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:48.640
 is is

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:49.740
 believing in

00:25:49.740 --> 00:25:50.039
 Jesus

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:50.800
 John spoke

00:25:50.800 --> 00:25:51.600
 about believing

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 the need

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 absolutely

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.539
 essential need

00:25:53.539 --> 00:25:54.000
 of believing

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 in Jesus

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 back in

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 chapter 29

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 and chapter

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 29 verse

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 29 and

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 verse 35

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.740
 and verse 47

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 so we have

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 to believe

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 in Jesus

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 it's coming

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 to Jesus

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 that John

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 uses in

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 verse 35

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 it's looking

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 to Jesus

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 that John

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 uses in

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 verse 40

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 it's listening

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 and learning

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 from Jesus

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 that's in

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 the verse 45

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 so I think

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 it all just

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 goes together

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 it's not

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 mystical

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 it's not

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 too hard

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 Jesus said

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 look yes

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 you must

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 eat me

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 and drink

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 me

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 he's been

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 really really

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 emphatic

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 in other words

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 what he's saying

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 is unless

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 you guys

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 see me

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 says Jesus

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 as critical

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 for life

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 as bread

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 and water

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 then there

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 could be no

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 life

00:26:46.820 --> 00:26:47.500
 no relationship

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 with God

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 unless you

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 see me

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 as being

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 so central

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 to life

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 that you

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 have to

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 ingest me

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 in my

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 whole being

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 flesh and

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 blood

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 not just

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 taking bits

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:58.539
 of me

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 you might

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 like

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 but the

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 whole

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 kit and

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 caboodle

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 unless

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 you're doing

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 that

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 then there's

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:04.480
 no life

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 no salvation

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 so let

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 me

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 come back

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 verse 55

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 to the phrase

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 I used

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 in the

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 introduction

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 you are

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 what you

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 eat

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 verse 55

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 Jesus says

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 my flesh

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 is true

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 food

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 and my

00:27:24.379 --> 00:27:24.719
 blood

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 is true

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 drink

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 whoever

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.899
 feeds on

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 my flesh

00:27:29.579 --> 00:27:29.939
 and drinks

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 my blood

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 abides

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 in me

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 and I

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.779
 abide

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.400
 in him

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:43.440
 you are

00:27:43.440 --> 00:27:43.740
 what you

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.039
 eat

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:46.600
 other food

00:27:46.600 --> 00:27:47.140
 Jesus is

00:27:47.140 --> 00:27:47.560
 considering

00:27:47.560 --> 00:27:48.360
 saving here

00:27:48.360 --> 00:27:49.220
 other food

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.680
 has some

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.220
 benefits

00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:52.000
 but there's

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.539
 only one

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.039
 source of

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:53.779
 real life

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:55.380
 real salvation

00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:57.460
 and only

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.000
 one way

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.640
 of connecting

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:59.680
 into that

00:27:59.680 --> 00:28:00.200
 source of

00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:00.580
 life

00:28:00.579 --> 00:28:02.019
 through

00:28:02.019 --> 00:28:02.619
 trusting

00:28:02.619 --> 00:28:04.099
 or believing

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:05.439
 or coming

00:28:05.439 --> 00:28:06.539
 to Jesus

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.319
 or being

00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:07.879
 taught

00:28:07.879 --> 00:28:08.399
 and learning

00:28:08.399 --> 00:28:09.139
 from Jesus

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:09.939
 or having

00:28:09.939 --> 00:28:10.480
 faith in

00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:10.720
 Jesus

00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:11.699
 all of those

00:28:11.699 --> 00:28:12.299
 phrases are

00:28:12.299 --> 00:28:12.720
 sort of

00:28:12.720 --> 00:28:14.579
 similar ideas

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.599
 similar pictures

00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:18.579
 describing the

00:28:18.579 --> 00:28:19.299
 one reality

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.519
 if you're going

00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:21.119
 to have life

00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:21.480
 if you're going

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.099
 to have salvation

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.419
 if you're going

00:28:22.419 --> 00:28:22.679
 to have a

00:28:22.679 --> 00:28:23.059
 relationship

00:28:23.059 --> 00:28:23.579
 with God

00:28:23.579 --> 00:28:24.639
 then it has

00:28:24.639 --> 00:28:25.859
 to be entirely

00:28:25.859 --> 00:28:26.539
 invested

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.699
 in and through

00:28:27.699 --> 00:28:28.179
 Jesus

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:32.240
 feeding on

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.580
 Jesus

00:28:32.580 --> 00:28:33.019
 therefore

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:34.039
 needs to be

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.759
 purposeful

00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:37.279
 it's not

00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:37.720
 something that

00:28:37.720 --> 00:28:38.000
 happens

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.580
 automatically

00:28:38.580 --> 00:28:40.740
 you need to

00:28:40.740 --> 00:28:41.279
 says Jesus

00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:42.200
 recognize the

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.759
 extent

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.680
 of your

00:28:43.680 --> 00:28:44.120
 hunger

00:28:44.120 --> 00:28:46.600
 you need to

00:28:46.600 --> 00:28:47.000
 recognize

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.880
 that Jesus

00:28:47.880 --> 00:28:48.460
 is actually

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.100
 deep down

00:28:49.100 --> 00:28:49.460
 what you

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.180
 crave for

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:50.560
 what you've

00:28:50.560 --> 00:28:51.039
 been longing

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.500
 for all

00:28:51.500 --> 00:28:52.080
 your life

00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:53.720
 because he

00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:54.080
 will be

00:28:54.080 --> 00:28:54.840
 the one

00:28:54.840 --> 00:28:55.500
 who satisfies

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:56.060
 your heart

00:28:56.060 --> 00:28:56.560
 hunger

00:28:56.559 --> 00:29:00.419
 Jesus

00:29:00.419 --> 00:29:00.700
 is saying

00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.879
 build desire

00:29:01.879 --> 00:29:02.179
 therefore

00:29:02.179 --> 00:29:02.740
 for good

00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:03.119
 food

00:29:03.119 --> 00:29:05.779
 take time

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.819
 this is all

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.339
 part of

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.779
 feeding on

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:07.960
 Jesus

00:29:07.960 --> 00:29:08.720
 take time

00:29:08.720 --> 00:29:09.819
 to understand

00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:11.359
 how Jesus

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:11.759
 is the

00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:12.399
 perfectly

00:29:12.399 --> 00:29:13.019
 balanced

00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:13.539
 diet

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.759
 he is

00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.319
 perfectly

00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:15.839
 suited

00:29:15.839 --> 00:29:16.799
 to your

00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:17.319
 nutritional

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:17.740
 needs

00:29:17.740 --> 00:29:18.539
 and perfectly

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.179
 supplies

00:29:19.179 --> 00:29:19.740
 all your

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.240
 nutritional

00:29:20.240 --> 00:29:20.679
 needs

00:29:20.679 --> 00:29:21.980
 spiritual

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.539
 nutritional

00:29:22.539 --> 00:29:22.919
 needs

00:29:22.919 --> 00:29:23.179
 for the

00:29:23.179 --> 00:29:23.339
 good

00:29:23.339 --> 00:29:23.799
 life

00:29:23.799 --> 00:29:25.399
 so Jesus

00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:26.180
 says take

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:26.759
 time to

00:29:26.759 --> 00:29:27.419
 savor and

00:29:27.419 --> 00:29:27.940
 enjoy the

00:29:27.940 --> 00:29:28.500
 delights

00:29:28.500 --> 00:29:29.659
 that I

00:29:29.659 --> 00:29:30.119
 offer you

00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:31.000
 through active

00:29:31.000 --> 00:29:32.059
 personal

00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:33.240
 daily commitment

00:29:33.240 --> 00:29:33.579
 to me

00:29:33.579 --> 00:29:33.980
 that's all

00:29:33.980 --> 00:29:34.399
 part of

00:29:34.399 --> 00:29:34.759
 feeding

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:37.200
 take time

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:37.659
 to study

00:29:37.659 --> 00:29:38.240
 my word

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.759
 take time

00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:39.319
 to pray

00:29:39.319 --> 00:29:41.299
 enjoy the

00:29:41.299 --> 00:29:41.639
 fellowship

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:42.099
 with others

00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:42.899
 who likewise

00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:43.859
 recognize true

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:44.220
 food

00:29:44.220 --> 00:29:45.079
 good food

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:46.919
 when they

00:29:46.919 --> 00:29:47.319
 see it

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.460
 determine

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:48.980
 says Jesus

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.720
 to get rid

00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:50.399
 of all junk

00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:50.859
 food from

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.319
 your diet

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:52.819
 it's so

00:29:52.819 --> 00:29:53.319
 appealing

00:29:53.319 --> 00:29:54.460
 but you

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:55.200
 know deep

00:29:55.200 --> 00:29:55.599
 down

00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:56.359
 that it's

00:29:56.359 --> 00:29:56.700
 not good

00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:56.939
 for you

00:29:56.939 --> 00:29:57.119
 that it

00:29:57.119 --> 00:29:57.339
 doesn't

00:29:57.339 --> 00:29:57.779
 satisfy

00:29:57.779 --> 00:30:00.419
 so this

00:30:00.419 --> 00:30:00.740
 is all

00:30:00.740 --> 00:30:01.359
 part and

00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:01.899
 parcel of

00:30:01.899 --> 00:30:02.220
 what it is

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:02.740
 to feed on

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.159
 Jesus

00:30:03.159 --> 00:30:04.559
 come to

00:30:04.559 --> 00:30:04.700
 me

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.379
 believe in

00:30:05.379 --> 00:30:05.700
 me

00:30:05.700 --> 00:30:06.960
 trust in

00:30:06.960 --> 00:30:07.200
 me

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:08.619
 learn from

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:08.980
 me

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:10.559
 respond to

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:10.779
 me

00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.579
 have faith

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.279
 in me

00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.960
 search for

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:14.159
 me

00:30:14.159 --> 00:30:15.079
 desire for

00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:15.359
 me

00:30:15.359 --> 00:30:16.119
 desire me

00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:22.299
 and finally

00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.739
 Jesus

00:30:22.739 --> 00:30:24.359
 offers a

00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:25.000
 consequence

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:26.559
 he says

00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:27.239
 I promise

00:30:27.239 --> 00:30:27.759
 I will

00:30:27.759 --> 00:30:28.259
 deliver

00:30:28.259 --> 00:30:29.959
 the forever

00:30:29.959 --> 00:30:30.559
 life you

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:31.079
 long for

00:30:31.079 --> 00:30:32.959
 now we

00:30:32.959 --> 00:30:33.279
 know

00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:34.219
 that physical

00:30:34.219 --> 00:30:34.759
 nutrition

00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:35.459
 affects every

00:30:35.459 --> 00:30:36.000
 part of a

00:30:36.000 --> 00:30:36.279
 person

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:38.339
 we know

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:38.859
 that no

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:39.279
 food

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.699
 means you'll

00:30:40.699 --> 00:30:41.199
 die in

00:30:41.199 --> 00:30:41.779
 somewhere between

00:30:41.779 --> 00:30:42.419
 21 and

00:30:42.419 --> 00:30:43.139
 30 days

00:30:43.139 --> 00:30:45.139
 without

00:30:45.139 --> 00:30:45.619
 exception

00:30:45.619 --> 00:30:47.519
 we know

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.000
 that bad

00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:48.259
 food

00:30:48.259 --> 00:30:48.899
 likewise

00:30:48.899 --> 00:30:49.799
 stunts or

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.539
 deforms

00:30:50.539 --> 00:30:51.599
 in the

00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:52.059
 short term

00:30:52.059 --> 00:30:52.439
 or causes

00:30:52.439 --> 00:30:52.919
 death

00:30:52.919 --> 00:30:54.259
 over a

00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:54.799
 longer period

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:56.699
 and I

00:30:56.699 --> 00:30:57.159
 think Jesus

00:30:57.159 --> 00:30:57.459
 is just

00:30:57.459 --> 00:30:57.679
 saying

00:30:57.679 --> 00:30:58.039
 look it's

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.479
 like that

00:30:58.479 --> 00:30:58.759
 in the

00:30:58.759 --> 00:30:59.239
 spiritual

00:30:59.239 --> 00:30:59.639
 realm

00:30:59.639 --> 00:31:00.099
 as well

00:31:00.099 --> 00:31:01.959
 the

00:31:01.959 --> 00:31:02.699
 consequences

00:31:02.699 --> 00:31:03.159
 of what

00:31:03.159 --> 00:31:03.599
 you eat

00:31:03.599 --> 00:31:04.519
 is huge

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:07.819
 quite

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.339
 literally

00:31:08.339 --> 00:31:09.019
 says Jesus

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:09.299
 here

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:09.479
 the

00:31:09.479 --> 00:31:09.899
 consequence

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:10.299
 of what

00:31:10.299 --> 00:31:10.639
 you eat

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.439
 is quite

00:31:11.439 --> 00:31:11.919
 literally

00:31:11.919 --> 00:31:12.479
 life

00:31:12.479 --> 00:31:13.619
 or death

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:17.079
 and Jesus

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.979
 promises here

00:31:17.979 --> 00:31:18.539
 to follow the

00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:19.019
 picture the

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:19.739
 metaphor of

00:31:19.739 --> 00:31:20.019
 food

00:31:20.019 --> 00:31:21.339
 Jesus promises

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:22.239
 to deliver

00:31:22.239 --> 00:31:23.699
 limitless

00:31:23.699 --> 00:31:24.899
 health benefits

00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:27.299
 to all who

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.819
 will feed on

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.099
 it

00:31:28.099 --> 00:31:31.699
 the perfect

00:31:31.699 --> 00:31:32.759
 balanced

00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:33.739
 nutritional

00:31:33.739 --> 00:31:34.679
 diet

00:31:34.679 --> 00:31:37.979
 fail safe

00:31:37.979 --> 00:31:39.279
 guaranteed

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:44.180
 he will

00:31:44.180 --> 00:31:44.519
 deliver

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:44.960
 forever

00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:45.700
 sacrifice

00:31:45.700 --> 00:31:46.420
 verse 51

00:31:46.420 --> 00:31:47.980
 that bread

00:31:47.980 --> 00:31:48.680
 says Jesus

00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:49.279
 the bread

00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:49.720
 that I will

00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.460
 give for the

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:50.940
 life of the

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:51.279
 world

00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:52.319
 is my

00:31:52.319 --> 00:31:52.799
 flesh

00:31:52.799 --> 00:31:53.379
 that links

00:31:53.379 --> 00:31:53.799
 back to

00:31:53.799 --> 00:31:54.599
 Isaiah 53

00:31:54.599 --> 00:31:56.619
 Jesus

00:31:56.619 --> 00:31:57.439
 emphasizes

00:31:57.439 --> 00:31:58.419
 that he

00:31:58.419 --> 00:31:58.939
 has come

00:31:58.939 --> 00:31:59.480
 down from

00:31:59.480 --> 00:31:59.719
 heaven

00:31:59.719 --> 00:32:00.079
 to do

00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:00.240
 his

00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:00.819
 father's

00:32:00.819 --> 00:32:01.079
 will

00:32:01.079 --> 00:32:01.259
 and

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.719
 salvation

00:32:01.719 --> 00:32:02.899
 what is

00:32:02.899 --> 00:32:03.099
 his

00:32:03.099 --> 00:32:03.619
 father's

00:32:03.619 --> 00:32:03.939
 will

00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:05.179
 primarily

00:32:05.179 --> 00:32:08.259
 to offer

00:32:08.259 --> 00:32:08.740
 himself

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.240
 as a

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.759
 sacrifice

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:11.159
 to deal

00:32:11.159 --> 00:32:11.740
 with God's

00:32:11.740 --> 00:32:12.279
 anger

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:12.599
 at our

00:32:12.599 --> 00:32:12.799
 sin

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.539
 to pay

00:32:13.539 --> 00:32:14.179
 the penalty

00:32:14.179 --> 00:32:15.059
 for our

00:32:15.059 --> 00:32:15.259
 sin

00:32:15.259 --> 00:32:17.079
 the things

00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:17.759
 that caused

00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:18.399
 the relationship

00:32:18.399 --> 00:32:19.019
 with God

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:19.519
 to be broken

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:19.980
 in the first

00:32:19.980 --> 00:32:20.339
 place

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:21.279
 the things

00:32:21.279 --> 00:32:21.799
 that leave

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.559
 us alienated

00:32:22.559 --> 00:32:23.019
 from God

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:23.279
 in our

00:32:23.279 --> 00:32:23.599
 natural

00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.019
 state

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.839
 the things

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.319
 that deep

00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:25.799
 down in

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:26.319
 our heart

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.079
 leave us

00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:27.759
 fearful of

00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:28.039
 God's

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.379
 ultimate

00:32:28.379 --> 00:32:29.000
 rejection

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:32.259
 Jesus

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.599
 says I

00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:33.920
 promise you

00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:34.720
 forever

00:32:34.720 --> 00:32:35.660
 sacrifice

00:32:35.660 --> 00:32:37.759
 never again

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.339
 do you need

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:40.660
 to feel

00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.240
 or be

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:41.639
 guilty

00:32:41.639 --> 00:32:42.359
 before God

00:32:42.359 --> 00:32:43.740
 forever

00:32:43.740 --> 00:32:44.299
 intimacy

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:44.799
 he promises

00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:45.599
 verse 55

00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:47.039
 that word

00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:47.559
 abide

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:49.599
 is a

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.059
 beautiful

00:32:50.059 --> 00:32:50.440
 word and

00:32:50.440 --> 00:32:50.759
 it's very

00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:51.319
 very important

00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:51.859
 in John's

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:52.460
 biography of

00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:52.740
 Jesus

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:53.720
 he uses

00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:54.180
 it lots

00:32:54.180 --> 00:32:54.620
 of times

00:32:54.620 --> 00:32:55.319
 it's a

00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:55.839
 warm

00:32:55.839 --> 00:32:56.500
 secure

00:32:56.500 --> 00:32:57.140
 intimate

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:57.519
 word

00:32:57.519 --> 00:33:00.740
 and part

00:33:00.740 --> 00:33:01.019
 of our

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.380
 deep

00:33:01.380 --> 00:33:02.200
 spiritual

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.680
 heart

00:33:02.680 --> 00:33:03.220
 hunger

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:05.539
 is a

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:05.900
 longing

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:06.200
 for

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.720
 intimacy

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:08.799
 we

00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:09.299
 substitute

00:33:09.299 --> 00:33:09.640
 it so

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:09.960
 easily

00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:10.460
 thinking

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.740
 about

00:33:10.740 --> 00:33:11.259
 sex

00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:12.140
 or

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.700
 physical

00:33:12.700 --> 00:33:13.380
 relationships

00:33:13.380 --> 00:33:14.799
 but that's

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:15.720
 only an

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.259
 expression

00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:16.660
 of something

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.200
 much deeper

00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:17.900
 we long

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.900
 for

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:20.460
 a deep

00:33:20.460 --> 00:33:21.080
 intimacy

00:33:21.080 --> 00:33:22.640
 and security

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:23.800
 in a

00:33:23.800 --> 00:33:24.060
 guilt

00:33:24.060 --> 00:33:24.519
 free

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.280
 relationship

00:33:25.280 --> 00:33:27.960
 says Jesus

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.340
 that's

00:33:28.340 --> 00:33:29.060
 exactly

00:33:29.060 --> 00:33:30.140
 what I

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.600
 promise

00:33:30.600 --> 00:33:31.300
 to deliver

00:33:31.300 --> 00:33:31.940
 to you

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:33.980
 Genesis 1

00:33:33.980 --> 00:33:34.720
 describes

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.860
 the intimate

00:33:35.860 --> 00:33:37.019
 abide in

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:37.780
 me and I

00:33:37.780 --> 00:33:38.220
 will abide

00:33:38.220 --> 00:33:38.560
 in you

00:33:38.560 --> 00:33:39.100
 relationship

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:39.840
 which God

00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:40.280
 created

00:33:40.280 --> 00:33:40.820
 at the start

00:33:40.820 --> 00:33:41.259
 of the world

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:42.420
 where people

00:33:42.420 --> 00:33:43.019
 were made

00:33:43.019 --> 00:33:43.540
 in the image

00:33:43.540 --> 00:33:43.960
 of God

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.519
 made to

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.220
 enjoy the

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.759
 relationship

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.220
 within the

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.500
 eternal

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:49.059
 community

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.660
 Father

00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:49.940
 Son

00:33:49.940 --> 00:33:50.259
 and Holy

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.600
 Spirit

00:33:50.600 --> 00:33:51.519
 we were

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:51.980
 made to

00:33:51.980 --> 00:33:52.519
 be part

00:33:52.519 --> 00:33:52.920
 of that

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.700
 that was

00:33:53.700 --> 00:33:54.500
 our ultimate

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.000
 being

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.480
 our ultimate

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:56.220
 satisfaction

00:33:56.220 --> 00:33:56.759
 our ultimate

00:33:56.759 --> 00:33:57.500
 joy is to

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.079
 be part of

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.960
 that relationship

00:33:58.960 --> 00:33:59.900
 well says

00:33:59.900 --> 00:34:00.240
 Jesus

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:01.579
 if you come

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:02.039
 to me now

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.700
 for salvation

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:04.039
 that's exactly

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.660
 what I take

00:34:04.660 --> 00:34:05.200
 you back to

00:34:05.200 --> 00:34:07.319
 that very

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:07.940
 relationship

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.400
 for which

00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:08.639
 you were

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:08.980
 created

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:16.039
 coming to

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.360
 Jesus

00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:16.960
 feeding on

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.219
 Jesus

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:17.920
 believing on

00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:18.119
 Jesus

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:18.780
 secures the

00:34:18.780 --> 00:34:19.400
 benefits of

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:20.119
 his sacrificial

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.500
 death

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.260
 which is a

00:34:21.260 --> 00:34:22.260
 life transforming

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:22.940
 union with

00:34:22.940 --> 00:34:23.360
 Christ

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:25.219
 restoration of

00:34:25.219 --> 00:34:25.980
 family relationship

00:34:25.980 --> 00:34:26.719
 and restoration

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.119
 of full

00:34:27.119 --> 00:34:27.659
 enjoyment of

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:27.980
 the eternal

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.400
 community

00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:30.039
 and Jesus

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.420
 says I

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:30.900
 promise you

00:34:30.900 --> 00:34:31.860
 forever life

00:34:31.860 --> 00:34:34.880
 it's repeated

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.800
 multiple times

00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.559
 in these verses

00:34:36.559 --> 00:34:38.619
 and again

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.179
 that's what

00:34:39.179 --> 00:34:39.539
 our hearts

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.139
 long for

00:34:40.139 --> 00:34:42.299
 every time

00:34:42.299 --> 00:34:42.860
 we observe

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:43.759
 sickness and

00:34:43.759 --> 00:34:44.139
 death

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:45.920
 something rises

00:34:45.920 --> 00:34:46.440
 up from

00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:46.860
 within us

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.840
 and screams

00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:48.980
 out in our

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.539
 minds and

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.119
 sometimes even

00:34:50.119 --> 00:34:50.659
 screams out

00:34:50.659 --> 00:34:51.460
 verbally and

00:34:51.460 --> 00:34:52.420
 audibly

00:34:52.420 --> 00:34:53.880
 we were made

00:34:53.880 --> 00:34:54.599
 for something

00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:55.139
 better than

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.599
 this this is

00:34:55.599 --> 00:34:56.340
 not right

00:34:56.340 --> 00:35:03.659
 and Jesus

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.360
 delivers what

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.960
 we long for

00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:07.119
 forever life

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:08.240
 eternal life

00:35:08.240 --> 00:35:08.920
 is not just

00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:10.079
 life without

00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:10.720
 limits in

00:35:10.720 --> 00:35:11.179
 time

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:13.119
 it is life

00:35:13.119 --> 00:35:14.340
 without limits

00:35:14.340 --> 00:35:15.280
 in security

00:35:15.280 --> 00:35:15.960
 in relationship

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.480
 with God

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.360
 it is life

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:18.099
 without limit

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:19.099
 of joy

00:35:19.099 --> 00:35:19.980
 or satisfaction

00:35:19.980 --> 00:35:21.199
 it's a life

00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:22.639
 without any

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:23.380
 evidence of

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.900
 hunger and

00:35:23.900 --> 00:35:24.539
 thirst moving

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:24.960
 forward

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:26.199
 it's a life

00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:26.780
 of being with

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:27.340
 Jesus and

00:35:27.340 --> 00:35:27.840
 being like

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:28.280
 Jesus

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:30.000
 it's a life

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.659
 of strength

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.340
 for living

00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:32.059
 in this

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:33.280
 day to day

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:33.740
 struggle

00:35:33.739 --> 00:35:36.979
 Jesus promises

00:35:36.979 --> 00:35:37.979
 I will deliver

00:35:37.979 --> 00:35:38.579
 all of that

00:35:38.579 --> 00:35:38.979
 for you

00:35:38.979 --> 00:35:40.259
 if you come

00:35:40.259 --> 00:35:40.599
 to me

00:35:40.599 --> 00:35:42.119
 so my friends

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.599
 a very simple

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.059
 question

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:44.619
 connecting back

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:44.939
 to where we

00:35:44.939 --> 00:35:45.139
 started

00:35:45.139 --> 00:35:45.799
 verse 41

00:35:45.799 --> 00:35:48.179
 are you

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.939
 continuing to

00:35:48.939 --> 00:35:49.659
 be a grambler

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:52.819
 having heard

00:35:52.819 --> 00:35:53.419
 what Jesus

00:35:53.419 --> 00:35:54.439
 has on his

00:35:54.439 --> 00:35:54.859
 menu

00:35:54.859 --> 00:35:56.939
 and offers

00:35:56.939 --> 00:35:57.479
 you free

00:35:57.479 --> 00:35:58.159
 of charge

00:35:58.159 --> 00:36:00.000
 are you

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:00.339
 going to

00:36:00.339 --> 00:36:00.879
 continue to

00:36:00.879 --> 00:36:01.519
 turn up your

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:02.000
 nose and say

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.519
 it's not what I

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:02.739
 want

00:36:02.739 --> 00:36:03.639
 bring me

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:03.899
 a different

00:36:03.899 --> 00:36:04.199
 menu

00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:08.879
 or if

00:36:08.879 --> 00:36:09.239
 you're a

00:36:09.239 --> 00:36:09.619
 Christian

00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:12.819
 is Jesus

00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:13.559
 really

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.459
 your food

00:36:14.459 --> 00:36:14.919
 and drink

00:36:14.919 --> 00:36:19.659
 or is he

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:19.919
 just

00:36:19.919 --> 00:36:21.739
 one part

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.319
 of a

00:36:22.319 --> 00:36:23.279
 very varied

00:36:23.279 --> 00:36:23.759
 diet

00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:28.399
 where other

00:36:28.399 --> 00:36:28.939
 things in your

00:36:28.939 --> 00:36:29.299
 life

00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:32.440
 bring you

00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:33.060
 sustenance

00:36:33.060 --> 00:36:34.100
 and nourishment

00:36:34.100 --> 00:36:34.900
 and life

00:36:34.900 --> 00:36:35.340
 as well

00:36:35.340 --> 00:36:38.380
 let me pray

00:36:38.380 --> 00:36:42.920
 lord help us

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:43.500
 to understand

00:36:43.500 --> 00:36:44.560
 this passage

00:36:44.560 --> 00:36:46.220
 which is

00:36:46.220 --> 00:36:47.000
 full of

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:47.900
 difficult pictures

00:36:47.900 --> 00:36:48.539
 lord we

00:36:48.539 --> 00:36:49.180
 understand that

00:36:49.180 --> 00:36:49.620
 the problem

00:36:49.620 --> 00:36:50.080
 and any

00:36:50.080 --> 00:36:50.440
 problem

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.039
 and understanding

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.519
 is our

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.200
 limited

00:36:52.199 --> 00:36:55.839
 incapacity

00:36:55.839 --> 00:36:57.099
 as people

00:36:57.099 --> 00:36:58.159
 to delve

00:36:58.159 --> 00:36:58.579
 into your

00:36:58.579 --> 00:36:58.919
 mind

00:36:58.919 --> 00:36:59.639
 so by

00:36:59.639 --> 00:37:00.099
 your spirit

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:00.579
 lord help

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:01.000
 us to see

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:01.339
 truth

00:37:01.339 --> 00:37:02.739
 and help

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:03.000
 us to

00:37:03.000 --> 00:37:03.759
 respond to

00:37:03.759 --> 00:37:04.119
 truth

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.839
 and to the

00:37:04.839 --> 00:37:05.399
 lord jesus

00:37:05.399 --> 00:37:05.939
 amen

00:37:05.940 --> 00:37:26.720
 this

00:37:26.720 --> 00:37:27.460
 good

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.679
 to께서