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 Please remain standing, if you would, as we read the Word of God, we'll stand in reverence.

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 God, reveal your glory through the preaching of your Word. That's our prayer this morning.

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 We're back in the Gospel of John, John chapter 6, this morning.

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 We'll remain standing as I read from 51 through the end of the chapter this morning.

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 Jesus says,

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 And drink his blood, you have no life in you.

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 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

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 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.

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 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.

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 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me.

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 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate and died.

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 Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.

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 Jesus said these things in the synagogue as he taught at Capernaum.

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 When many of his disciples heard it, they said,

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 This is a hard saying. Who can listen to it?

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 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them,

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 Do you take offense at this?

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 Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?

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 It is the Spirit who gives life.

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 The flesh is no help at all.

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 The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

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 But there are some of you who do not believe.

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 For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe and who it was who would betray him.

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 And he said,

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 This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.

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 After this, many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.

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 So Jesus said to the twelve,

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 Do you want to go away as well?

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 Simon Peter answered him,

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 Lord, to whom shall we go?

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 You have the words of eternal life.

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 And we have believed and have come to know that you are the Holy One of God.

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 Jesus answered them,

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 Did I not choose you, the twelve?

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 And yet one of you is a devil.

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 He spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.

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 For he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.

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 This is God's word.

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 If you would, let's be seated and go to him once more in prayer.

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 Father, it is your spirit that gives life.

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 The flesh is no help at all.

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 So we pray now that through the preaching of your word,

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 that the spirit would give life this morning.

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 That you would feed us spiritually as we open up your word and feast by faith on the Savior Jesus.

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 We pray in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 What were you doing ten weeks ago?

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 It's hard for us to remember what we were doing yesterday,

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 much less ten weeks ago if you're like me.

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 But that is what we're asking you to do this morning as we take a pause,

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 take a break from the book of Psalms,

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 get out of David's head and place ourselves back in the book of John,

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 back in John's head this morning.

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 And I hope that we'll get ourselves caught up quickly this morning.

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 You may remember John's gospel.

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 It was written to answer one big question.

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 Do you remember what it was?

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 This is the biggest, most important question that anybody in the room could answer,

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 anybody to settle in their minds.

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 John writes to answer the question,

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 Who is Jesus?

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 Who is Jesus?

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 Not just who do we want him to be,

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 who do we think that he is,

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 who is he to me,

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 but who is he actually,

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 and how will we respond to who he is?

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 And so he tells us in chapter 20, verse 31,

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 this is his thesis statement for the book of John.

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 He says,

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 I have written these things that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 and that by believing you may have life in his name.

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 That's the point of the gospel of John.

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 Life through faith in the Son of God,

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 Jesus,

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 Jesus,

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 the Christ.

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 And it's not only the point of the whole gospel of John,

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 it's the point of our passage this morning.

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 If I had to sum up our passage this morning in one sentence,

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 I would do it like this.

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 It said,

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 Jesus has come to give life to all who believe.

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 Jesus has come to give life to all who hear his words,

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 and listen by faith and believe.

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 But as we see in our text this morning,

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 not all listen to the words of Christ.

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 Not all receive him for who he is.

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 Not all believe what he says.

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 Ten weeks ago,

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 we left Jesus in the middle of a conversation.

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 And Jesus has been explaining how anybody might be saved.

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 It's not by our doing.

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 It's not by our natural birth.

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 It's not by our personal accomplishments.

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 It's not by anything in us at all.

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 We are saved simply by hearing and believing the words of Christ.

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 But some of the words of Christ are not easy to hear.

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 For example,

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 our passage this morning,

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 look there to chapter 6,

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 verse 51.

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 Here's what he says.

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 I am the living bread that came down from heaven.

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 If anyone eats of this bread,

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 he will live forever.

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 And the bread that I will give for the life of the world

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 is my flesh.

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 Now when you say something like that,

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 inevitably there are going to be questions.

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 And so our passage this morning is structured around three questions.

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 These are three questions that must be answered

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 if we are to have spiritual life.

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 Three questions that must be answered

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 if we are to have eternal life in Christ.

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 The first question is asked by the Jews here in verse 52.

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 How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

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 How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

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 You know,

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 sometimes I think we forget that Jesus was a real person.

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 I just want you to place yourself in this situation for a minute.

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 How would you respond if you heard somebody say these words?

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 If I went and stood in Walmart

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 and stood up and I said these words,

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 these things that Jesus is saying here,

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 if anyone eats this bread,

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 he'll live forever.

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 And the bread,

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 by the way,

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 is my flesh.

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 How would you respond?

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 You would ask some questions,

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 I would hope.

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 You would wonder,

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 what in the world is this man talking about?

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 If anybody eats this bread,

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 he'll live forever.

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 The bread he's given is his flesh.

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 How is he going to give us his flesh to eat?

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 What does that mean?

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 This is a rational,

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 logical question to ask.

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 How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

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 But Jesus doubles down here in verse 53,

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 doesn't he?

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 He says,

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 truly,

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 truly,

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 I say to you,

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 unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man,

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 unless you drink his blood,

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 you have no life in you.

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 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood

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 has eternal life,

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 and I will raise him up on the last day.

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 Do we understand this?

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 That a necessary condition of our salvation,

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 a necessary condition of our future hope

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 and our resurrection to come,

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 is that we would feed and drink

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 and consume the body and blood of Christ.

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 You all wonder why sometimes people think

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 Christians are strange.

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 We believe some weird stuff,

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 don't we?

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 The Bible talks about some very strange stuff.

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 I mean,

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 just imagine if you had no knowledge of the Bible whatsoever.

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 If you're here visiting with us for the first or second time,

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 just imagine if this is your first sermon that you're sitting through,

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 and you're like,

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 y'all eat Jesus.

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 What does he mean by this?

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 Is he advocating for some sort of religious cannibalism?

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 What is this?

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 How do we eat his flesh?

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 How can he say this?

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 Well, to set the record straight,

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 I hope that it's clear,

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 I think it's meant to be clear,

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 Jesus is not speaking in physical terms here.

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 Nobody in the history of mankind

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 has ever physically,

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 actually eaten the body and blood of Jesus.

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 He's speaking literally.

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 He means what he's saying.

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 If you don't eat and if you don't drink,

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 you have no life in you.

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 But he's not speaking physically.

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 And this was the Jews hang up here,

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 isn't it?

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 They're seeing and they're hearing,

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 they're listening to Jesus's words

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 through a purely physical filter.

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 And they cannot get past that physical lens

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 to get to the spiritual point

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 that Jesus is trying to make.

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 But as he often does,

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 this is exactly what Jesus is doing.

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 He's taking a physical object,

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 a physical lesson,

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 a physical experience

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 that each of us experience day in and day out.

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 And he's drawing from it a spiritual point.

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 What's the point?

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 Verse 55 tells us.

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 He says,

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 My flesh is true food.

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 My blood is true drink.

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 It's a comparison.

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 Comparison.

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 Think about this with me.

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 Just as physical food,

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 it gives us physical energy.

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 So feasting on Christ gives us spiritual energy.

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 Just as food gives us physical nourishment,

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 feasting on Christ gives us spiritual nourishment.

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 Just as food and drink is necessary for physical life,

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 so this true food is necessary for spiritual life.

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 If we go physically famished for long enough,

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 we will die.

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 If we are spiritually famished,

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 we will truly die.

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 Just as food and drink,

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 it satisfies desire.

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 It meets a need.

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 It satisfies a craving.

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 So feasting on Christ satisfies true desire,

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 ultimate desire,

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 ultimate need,

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 in a way that nothing else ever can.

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 I wonder if you caught the lesson from your breakfast this morning.

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 You know,

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 the way that our bodies crave and desire

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 and need physical sustenance,

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 it's meant to teach us of our true need,

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 not for food,

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 not for food,

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 but for true food,

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 for Christ himself.

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 Here's one more.

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 Just as what you eat,

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 in a sense,

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 becomes one with you,

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 you ever heard,

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 you are what you eat?

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 It abides in you.

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 So,

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 verse 57,

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 he says,

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 whoever feeds on my flesh

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 and drinks my blood

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 abides in me

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 and I in him.

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 Do we realize

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 what a glorious invitation that is?

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 if we can,

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 if we can grasp the depth

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 of what Jesus is extending to us here,

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 we are,

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 we are invited not just to benefit from Christ,

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 but to share in the very life of Christ.

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 We're invited not just to receive something from him,

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 but to be united with him.

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 He in us

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 and us in him.

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 This is,

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 this is right at the heart of the gospel.

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 Track with me here.

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 Because too often we treat our relationship with God

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 as if we simply receive something from him.

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 We come to God to get forgiveness.

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 We come to God to get peace.

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 We come to God to escape from the wrath of God.

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 We come to God to escape from hell.

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 We come to God to get heaven.

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 These are glorious gifts,

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 but they are byproducts

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 of the central gift of the gospel.

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 You know what it is?

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 God himself.

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 That we are united with Christ.

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 It's union with Christ himself.

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 This is the only way anyone is saved.

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 Christ comes down from heaven,

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 is born in the likeness of man,

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 lives perfectly where I have failed,

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 where you have failed.

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 He dies in our place.

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 He rises from the grave and says,

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 if you come to me,

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 I will take what you have earned.

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 You can have what I have earned.

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 Not just have it,

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 but become it.

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 2 Corinthians 5, 21.

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 He made him who knew no sin

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 to become sin for us,

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 so that in him,

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 in him,

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 we might receive the righteousness of God.

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 No.

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 In him,

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 we might become the righteousness of God.

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 That's union with Christ.

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 And this is why Jesus says in verse 57,

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 as the living Father sent me,

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 and I live in my humanity,

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 in the humanity of Christ,

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 because of his obedience,

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 I live because of the Father.

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 So whoever feeds on me,

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 he also will live because of me.

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 This is the bread that came down from heaven,

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 not like the bread the fathers ate,

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 that manna from heaven and died.

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 Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.

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 The Christians are those who share in the life of Christ.

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 Why?

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 Because we are in Christ,

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 and Christ is in us.

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 We are one with him.

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 And so,

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 because we are one with Christ,

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 we have peace with God.

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 God.

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 Because we are one with Christ,

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 we have joy that transcends all circumstances.

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 Because we are one with Christ,

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 we have forgiveness that he has earned,

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 not us.

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 Because we are one with Christ,

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 we are justified,

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 declared righteous on his record,

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 on his merit,

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 not ours.

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 Because he is righteous,

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 not because we are.

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 Because we are one with Christ,

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 we will be raised up on the last day

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 because we share in his life,

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 his death,

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 and his resurrection.

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 Because we are one with Christ,

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 we have every blessing of the gospel.

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 Union with Christ is the fountain

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 from which every other blessing,

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 every other benefit of the gospel flows.

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 So how can this man give us his flesh to eat?

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 Well, he does so by dying on the cross.

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 How can he give us his blood to drink?

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 He does so by pouring it out on behalf of sinners.

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 By dying, not for his own sin,

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 but for the sin of all who will come to him in faith.

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 How do we receive his sacrifice?

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 How do we eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man?

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 And we do so by faith.

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 By feasting on him.

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 By faith.

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 John Calvin.

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 He says,

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 Faith is the mouth and the stomach of the soul.

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 If you want to consume,

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 if you want to receive what Christ has done,

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 we do so

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 by coming to him daily

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 by faith.

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 Church,

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 is your soul satisfied in Christ?

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 Do you seek to satisfy the hunger and longing of your soul

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 with a life-giving satisfaction of Christ

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 or with earthly bread?

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 Do you listen and receive his words?

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 Do you consume them as life to your soul?

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 Do you constantly fill yourself

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 with the body and blood of Christ

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 broken and poured out for you?

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 If you don't,

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 ask God right now to do a work in you.

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 To cause you to hunger and thirst

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 for that life-giving sacrifice.

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 And if you do,

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 then praise God.

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 Because that did not come from you.

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 We see that in our second point this morning.

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 The second question.

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 Question number two.

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 Who can listen to this?

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 Who can listen to it?

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 We see this in verses 60 through 65.

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 His disciples now have a turn to ask a question.

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 The Pharisees responded.

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 The Jews responded.

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 His disciples were listening to his message.

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 And verse 60 says,

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 When many of his disciples heard it,

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 they said,

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 Jesus,

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 this is a hard saying.

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 Who can listen to it?

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 That's a good question,

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 isn't it?

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 Because this message,

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 this gospel message,

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 is not naturally comprehended.

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 The message of the gospel is beautiful,

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 and it is good,

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 and it is simple,

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 and it is true,

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 and it is offensive to sinful flesh.

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 Sinful flesh hates what Christ is presenting here.

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 The very fact that we need salvation

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 is offensive to a sinner,

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 isn't it?

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 Who, me?

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 I need salvation.

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 You're telling me I need salvation?

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 The Jews here,

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 as they hear this,

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 they think their standing with God

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 is clean,

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 is pure,

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 is fine,

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 based on their lineage.

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 They belong,

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 they're children of Abraham.

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 Who are you to tell us

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 that we need to be saved from anything?

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 How different is that from anything today?

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 When we share the gospel with our friends,

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 with our family,

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 with our neighbors,

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 I need to be saved?

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 Who are you to tell me I need salvation?

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 It's offensive to sinners like us

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 that we are all spiritually dead

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 apart from the grace of Christ.

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 Jesus says,

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 unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood,

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 you have no life in you.

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 And that's our condition,

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 apart from Christ.

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 We can't wrap our minds around this

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 in our flesh.

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 How hard is it for somebody

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 who is living, breathing, thinking, acting, doing,

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 to tell them you're dead,

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 spiritually dead,

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 in the trespasses and sins

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 in which you walk?

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 You have no life in you.

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 Who can hear it?

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 Not only this,

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 but the method of receiving salvation

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 is offensive to sinners like us,

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 isn't it?

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 We want to earn our salvation.

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 If salvation is possible,

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 we want to play a part

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 in making it happen for us.

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 We are far too proud

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 to receive something freely from God,

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 so we want to work up our strength,

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 be good enough,

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 balance out the scales

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 in the favor of us

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 with our deeds,

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 with our thoughts,

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 with our actions.

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 But look what Jesus says.

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 He says,

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 whoever believes

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 has eternal life.

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 Everyone who looks on the Son

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 and believes in Him

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 should have eternal life,

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 and I will raise Him up.

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 The beginning and the end

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 of our salvation

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 is simply through faith in Christ.

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 We cannot earn it.

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 It's offensive to sinners like us.

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 Not only this,

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 but the exclusivity of salvation

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 is offensive to sinners like us,

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 isn't it?

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 Jesus says clearly

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 and without apology,

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 if you come to me,

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 you have life.

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 If you don't come to me,

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 you have no life.

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 And there is no third option here.

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 In North Myrtle Beach,

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 I was invited,

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 I was invited to speak one year

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 at a Lenten service,

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 a community Lenten service

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 in preparation for Easter.

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 And the church had invited

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 several pastors

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 from the community

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 to come speak.

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 I knew a couple of the pastors.

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 I knew them well.

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 I knew that they preached the gospel.

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 But I also knew

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 some of the other pastors

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 that were going to be there

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 and some of the other churches

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 that were going to be represented there,

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 including the church

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 that was hosting the event.

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 And I knew that

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 they were universalists.

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 Do you know what that means?

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 Meaning they believe

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 everyone at the end of the day

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 goes to heaven.

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 Everybody,

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 it doesn't matter

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 what you believe,

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 what you do,

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 what you say,

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 what you think,

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 who you follow,

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 what religion you claim

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 to be a part of,

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 who your savior is,

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 universalists.

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 At the end of the day,

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 everybody winds up in heaven.

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 And so knowing this,

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 I thought carefully

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 about the text I would choose

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 and I landed on Acts 4.12,

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 which says this,

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 there is salvation

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 and no one else.

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 For there is no other name

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 under heaven

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 given among men

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 by which we must be saved.

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 I preached on the exclusivity

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 of salvation in Christ

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 and Christ alone.

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 no other name.

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 Salvation in no one else.

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 Thankfully,

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 no one revolted.

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 I made it safely

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 to the end of the sermon,

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 but I was not invited back.

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 But I hope the message was clear.

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 Our salvation is,

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 as the famous

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 Reformation doctrine summary goes,

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 is by grace alone

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 through faith alone,

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 in Christ alone,

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 according to the scriptures alone,

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 to the glory of God alone.

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 And this is hard

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 for modern ears to hear,

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 isn't it?

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 But modern ears need to know

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 that we don't get to stand

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 as judge over the words of Christ.

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 Do you hear that?

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 We don't get to stand

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 as judge over the words of Christ.

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 Quite the opposite.

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 Look there to verse 61.

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 It says,

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 Jesus, knowing this in himself,

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 that his disciples

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 were grumbling about this,

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 said,

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 Do you take offense at this?

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 Then what if you were to see

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 the Son of Man

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 ascending to where he was before?

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 In other words,

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 you are treating my words

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 as if they were up

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 for your examination.

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 You are treating my words

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 as if they were on par

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 with the words of any other man.

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 You are sifting through them

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 to see what is acceptable to you

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 and what is not.

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 What is up to your liking

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 and what is not.

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 What is hard and what is easy.

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 You are treating my words

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 as if they were the words

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 of any other teacher.

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 If you only knew,

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 if you could only see

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 who I was,

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 who it is that is speaking

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 these words to you,

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 you would know that

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 my words are not subject

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 to your evaluation.

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 You don't rule over

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 the words of Christ.

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 Christ's words rule over you.

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 How tempting is it

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 when we share the gospel

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 with our friends,

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 with our family,

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 to be worried,

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 so worried about

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 how it might be received

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 to the point where

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 maybe we just soften it up

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 a little bit.

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 Maybe we just alter it

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 just a bit.

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 Maybe we keep all the good parts

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 and leave out

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 all the hard parts.

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 We try to make it

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 more palatable for them

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:51.599
 so that maybe they would

00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:52.740
 just come to faith

00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.899
 and get all the hard stuff later.

00:23:55.639 --> 00:23:56.539
 How tempting is it

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:57.359
 even as a pastor

00:23:57.359 --> 00:23:59.259
 to stand week in

00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.740
 and week out,

00:23:59.819 --> 00:24:00.779
 open the word of God

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:03.919
 and attempt to appease a crowd

00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:04.779
 rather than deliver

00:24:04.779 --> 00:24:05.619
 words of life.

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.319
 Jesus says,

00:24:09.119 --> 00:24:10.819
 that is not how anyone

00:24:10.819 --> 00:24:12.399
 will hear my words.

00:24:12.480 --> 00:24:14.299
 It's not by our curating

00:24:14.299 --> 00:24:15.599
 of the word of Christ.

00:24:15.599 --> 00:24:18.079
 How then will we hear

00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:19.279
 the words of God?

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:20.879
 Verse 63.

00:24:22.159 --> 00:24:22.759
 He says,

00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:25.259
 the spirit must give life.

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:29.259
 The flesh is no help at all.

00:24:30.579 --> 00:24:32.779
 If you would have spiritual life,

00:24:32.859 --> 00:24:35.159
 it must come from the giver

00:24:35.159 --> 00:24:36.699
 of spiritual life.

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.799
 Your flesh

00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:39.259
 and all your goodness

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:40.240
 and all your efforts

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:41.619
 and all your accolades

00:24:41.619 --> 00:24:42.579
 and all your accomplishments

00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:43.599
 and all your works

00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:45.219
 are worthless.

00:24:47.359 --> 00:24:48.219
 And how does the spirit

00:24:48.219 --> 00:24:49.980
 give this life-giving

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:51.459
 spiritual life

00:24:51.459 --> 00:24:52.459
 is through

00:24:52.459 --> 00:24:54.459
 the words of Christ.

00:24:55.619 --> 00:24:56.199
 Jesus says,

00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:57.399
 the words that I've spoken

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:58.379
 to you are spirit

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 and life.

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 But,

00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:00.799
 Jesus says,

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.839
 even still,

00:25:01.959 --> 00:25:03.199
 there are some of you

00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:04.679
 who do not believe.

00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.519
 Have you ever wondered

00:25:05.519 --> 00:25:05.819
 why,

00:25:06.679 --> 00:25:07.599
 how it could be

00:25:07.599 --> 00:25:09.379
 that two people

00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:11.119
 can sit in the same room,

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:13.179
 listen to the same,

00:25:13.180 --> 00:25:13.720
 text,

00:25:13.820 --> 00:25:14.960
 hear the same sermon

00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:15.920
 in the same place

00:25:15.920 --> 00:25:17.039
 at the same time,

00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:18.140
 and one person

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:19.060
 receives the word

00:25:19.060 --> 00:25:19.980
 and the other person

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:21.400
 rejects the word.

00:25:21.440 --> 00:25:22.120
 What's the difference?

00:25:23.820 --> 00:25:24.940
 What happened to you

00:25:24.940 --> 00:25:27.380
 when you believed

00:25:27.380 --> 00:25:28.860
 the word of Christ?

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:30.440
 What happened to you?

00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:32.700
 What happened was

00:25:32.700 --> 00:25:35.240
 the spirit gave you life.

00:25:36.600 --> 00:25:37.500
 The spirit,

00:25:37.820 --> 00:25:38.660
 it says,

00:25:38.799 --> 00:25:39.840
 no one can come to the father,

00:25:39.940 --> 00:25:40.880
 no one can come to Christ

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 unless it is granted

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.640
 to him by the father.

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 And if it is granted

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.880
 by the father,

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:47.640
 then at the right time,

00:25:47.700 --> 00:25:49.000
 at the exact moment,

00:25:49.080 --> 00:25:50.280
 ordained and arranged

00:25:50.280 --> 00:25:50.780
 by God

00:25:50.780 --> 00:25:52.280
 before eternity began,

00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.960
 the spirit will take

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:55.200
 the words of Christ,

00:25:55.760 --> 00:25:57.520
 take them into your ears,

00:25:57.620 --> 00:25:59.180
 take them into your brain,

00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:00.380
 take them down

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:01.360
 into your heart

00:26:01.360 --> 00:26:02.000
 where they will be

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:03.100
 for the first time

00:26:03.100 --> 00:26:04.880
 believed and cherished

00:26:05.520 --> 00:26:07.340
 as life for you.

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 Do you remember

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:08.379
 what that was like

00:26:08.379 --> 00:26:09.000
 for you, believer,

00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.519
 when that happened to you

00:26:10.519 --> 00:26:11.299
 for the first time?

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 I do.

00:26:13.939 --> 00:26:14.939
 I remember reading

00:26:14.939 --> 00:26:16.079
 the book of Romans

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:18.019
 and all of a sudden

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:19.179
 I'm seeing Christ

00:26:19.179 --> 00:26:20.619
 like I've never seen him before.

00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:22.759
 All of a sudden

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.899
 I'm seeing my sin

00:26:23.899 --> 00:26:25.659
 like I've never seen it before.

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.579
 I remember studying

00:26:26.579 --> 00:26:27.539
 the gospel of Mark

00:26:27.539 --> 00:26:28.139
 with some men

00:26:28.139 --> 00:26:29.699
 who discipled me

00:26:29.699 --> 00:26:30.259
 in college

00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:31.079
 and all of a sudden

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:32.500
 I'm hearing things

00:26:32.500 --> 00:26:32.980
 that I've heard

00:26:32.980 --> 00:26:33.740
 my whole life.

00:26:33.879 --> 00:26:35.119
 I'm hearing stories

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:35.599
 of Christ

00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.980
 that I've read as a child

00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:38.259
 up until that point

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.799
 in my life

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.699
 but all of a sudden

00:26:39.699 --> 00:26:40.519
 for some reason

00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:42.019
 I am seeing

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:43.359
 the glory of Christ

00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:44.359
 like I've never

00:26:44.359 --> 00:26:45.139
 seen it before.

00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:46.719
 All of a sudden

00:26:46.719 --> 00:26:47.839
 this everything

00:26:47.839 --> 00:26:48.959
 to me,

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.599
 the spirit

00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:51.319
 had taken the words

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.779
 of Christ

00:26:51.779 --> 00:26:53.139
 and lit them on fire

00:26:53.139 --> 00:26:53.819
 in my soul.

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.599
 Has he done that

00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:56.019
 for you?

00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:59.459
 That's what has happened

00:26:59.459 --> 00:27:01.899
 if you are in Christ

00:27:01.899 --> 00:27:04.259
 but not all belief.

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:07.439
 Jesus wasn't guessing

00:27:07.439 --> 00:27:09.179
 about the spiritual state

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:09.819
 of his followers.

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:10.659
 He knew

00:27:10.659 --> 00:27:11.740
 that there were some

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:13.319
 there hearing his words

00:27:13.319 --> 00:27:14.359
 who did not yet

00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:16.019
 truly believe.

00:27:16.139 --> 00:27:16.719
 Verse 64

00:27:16.719 --> 00:27:17.419
 says he knew

00:27:17.419 --> 00:27:18.019
 from the beginning

00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:19.039
 who those were

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:20.139
 who did not believe

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:21.859
 and who it was

00:27:21.859 --> 00:27:23.319
 who would betray him.

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:24.000
 Verse 70

00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:25.759
 says that he chose

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:26.279
 the twelve

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:27.119
 knowing full well

00:27:27.119 --> 00:27:28.139
 that one of them

00:27:28.139 --> 00:27:28.500
 Judas

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:30.559
 would betray him.

00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:35.059
 this should sober us

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.700
 church

00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:39.159
 that we can be

00:27:39.159 --> 00:27:40.579
 so close

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.579
 to Christ

00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:43.819
 we can

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:45.460
 be directly

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:47.000
 under his word

00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:49.000
 we can hear it

00:27:49.000 --> 00:27:49.899
 week in

00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:51.240
 and week out

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:53.299
 claim to be near

00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.819
 to him

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:55.559
 and yet not

00:27:55.559 --> 00:27:56.319
 truly

00:27:56.319 --> 00:27:57.659
 believe

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:59.779
 which leads

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.340
 to our third

00:28:00.340 --> 00:28:01.460
 and final question

00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.180
 this morning

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.080
 question number three

00:28:03.080 --> 00:28:03.800
 this time

00:28:03.800 --> 00:28:05.180
 it's Jesus' turn

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.980
 to ask a question

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:08.120
 do you want

00:28:08.120 --> 00:28:08.900
 to go away

00:28:08.900 --> 00:28:09.500
 as well?

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.920
 Look there

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:13.040
 to verse 66

00:28:13.040 --> 00:28:15.100
 it says

00:28:15.100 --> 00:28:15.960
 after this

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:17.279
 many of his disciples

00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.759
 many

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.480
 not a few

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:20.080
 many of his disciples

00:28:20.080 --> 00:28:20.759
 turned back

00:28:20.759 --> 00:28:21.880
 and no longer

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:23.180
 walked with him

00:28:23.180 --> 00:28:23.920
 so Jesus said

00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:24.580
 to the twelve

00:28:24.580 --> 00:28:26.160
 do you want

00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.660
 to go away

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.140
 as well?

00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:29.920
 I don't know

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.600
 how many

00:28:30.600 --> 00:28:31.400
 disciples

00:28:31.400 --> 00:28:32.360
 left Jesus

00:28:32.360 --> 00:28:32.980
 that day

00:28:32.980 --> 00:28:33.840
 it seems like

00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:34.420
 his message

00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:35.519
 was too much

00:28:35.519 --> 00:28:36.420
 for them to bear

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:37.580
 you know

00:28:37.580 --> 00:28:38.140
 it's interesting

00:28:38.140 --> 00:28:38.680
 to me

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:40.300
 as I read this

00:28:40.300 --> 00:28:41.980
 that if Jesus

00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.920
 preached this sermon

00:28:42.920 --> 00:28:43.940
 at a Sunday service

00:28:43.940 --> 00:28:45.000
 in a lot of churches

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:46.000
 in America today

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:46.880
 he wouldn't have a job

00:28:46.880 --> 00:28:47.340
 on Monday

00:28:47.340 --> 00:28:49.600
 Jesus

00:28:49.600 --> 00:28:51.340
 by modern

00:28:51.340 --> 00:28:52.740
 church standards

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.540
 church planting

00:28:53.540 --> 00:28:54.140
 standards

00:28:54.140 --> 00:28:55.259
 he would be a terrible

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:56.500
 church planter

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:58.319
 he just drove

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:59.160
 the crowds away

00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.759
 didn't he

00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:02.279
 I think it's clear

00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:02.940
 Jesus wasn't

00:29:02.940 --> 00:29:03.660
 interested in

00:29:03.660 --> 00:29:04.740
 simply drawing

00:29:04.740 --> 00:29:05.579
 a crowd

00:29:05.579 --> 00:29:06.579
 he was interested

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:07.539
 in delivering

00:29:07.539 --> 00:29:08.440
 the words

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.259
 of life

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:10.319
 and then putting

00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:10.779
 the impetus

00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.319
 on us

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:11.619
 to say

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.460
 well what are you

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:12.819
 going to do

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.259
 about it

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:15.880
 here's who I am

00:29:15.880 --> 00:29:17.119
 here's how

00:29:17.119 --> 00:29:17.940
 eternal life

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.720
 is given

00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:20.559
 how will you

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:21.180
 respond

00:29:21.180 --> 00:29:23.299
 we don't get

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.820
 to judge

00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:24.220
 the words

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.640
 of Christ

00:29:24.640 --> 00:29:25.400
 but we all

00:29:25.400 --> 00:29:26.680
 must respond

00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:27.560
 to them

00:29:27.560 --> 00:29:29.620
 all of us

00:29:29.620 --> 00:29:30.700
 this morning

00:29:30.700 --> 00:29:32.100
 have heard

00:29:32.100 --> 00:29:33.160
 the word

00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:34.779
 all of us

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.240
 this morning

00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:35.640
 have heard

00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:36.240
 my flesh

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.799
 is true

00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:37.180
 food

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:37.680
 my blood

00:29:37.680 --> 00:29:38.259
 is true

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.860
 drink

00:29:38.860 --> 00:29:39.580
 whoever feeds

00:29:39.580 --> 00:29:40.299
 on my flesh

00:29:40.299 --> 00:29:40.759
 and drinks

00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.320
 my blood

00:29:41.320 --> 00:29:42.279
 abides in me

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.120
 and I

00:29:43.120 --> 00:29:43.900
 in him

00:29:43.900 --> 00:29:44.440
 we have all

00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:44.720
 heard

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.820
 forsake your

00:29:45.820 --> 00:29:46.240
 sin

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:47.640
 turn to Christ

00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:48.360
 and you

00:29:48.360 --> 00:29:48.980
 will have

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.460
 eternal

00:29:49.460 --> 00:29:50.500
 life

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.700
 we've heard

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:51.900
 it

00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:52.519
 and the

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:52.940
 disciples

00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.380
 have heard

00:29:53.380 --> 00:29:53.460
 it

00:29:53.460 --> 00:29:53.880
 my part

00:29:53.880 --> 00:29:54.279
 is done

00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:56.279
 how will

00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.039
 you respond

00:29:57.039 --> 00:29:58.000
 to the

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.299
 word of

00:29:58.299 --> 00:29:58.700
 Christ

00:29:58.700 --> 00:30:01.319
 do you

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:01.660
 want to

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:02.160
 go away

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.640
 as well

00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:05.279
 Peter

00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:05.920
 as he often

00:30:05.920 --> 00:30:06.259
 does

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.660
 he speaks

00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:07.240
 up first

00:30:07.240 --> 00:30:08.059
 doesn't he

00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:09.140
 it's always

00:30:09.140 --> 00:30:09.900
 a gamble

00:30:09.900 --> 00:30:10.440
 with Peter

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.240
 he gets it

00:30:11.240 --> 00:30:11.620
 right about

00:30:11.620 --> 00:30:12.420
 50% of the

00:30:12.420 --> 00:30:12.880
 time

00:30:12.880 --> 00:30:13.940
 but this

00:30:13.940 --> 00:30:14.319
 time

00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:15.240
 he gets

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.600
 it right

00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:17.360
 he speaks

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:18.759
 the response

00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:19.940
 of a true

00:30:19.940 --> 00:30:20.680
 disciple

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.740
 of Christ

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.160
 listen to what

00:30:22.160 --> 00:30:22.440
 he says

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.220
 in verse 68

00:30:23.220 --> 00:30:24.799
 Lord

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:26.299
 to whom

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:26.759
 shall we

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:27.000
 go

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:28.619
 you have

00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:29.140
 the words

00:30:29.140 --> 00:30:29.660
 of eternal

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.200
 life

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:31.379
 and we

00:30:31.379 --> 00:30:31.539
 have

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:31.980
 believed

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.519
 and have

00:30:32.519 --> 00:30:32.980
 come to

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.220
 know

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.960
 that you

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.960
 are the

00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.680
 holy one

00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:36.720
 of God

00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:39.059
 is this

00:30:39.059 --> 00:30:39.700
 your response

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.160
 to the word

00:30:40.160 --> 00:30:40.539
 of God

00:30:40.539 --> 00:30:43.379
 where else

00:30:43.379 --> 00:30:44.000
 can we go

00:30:44.000 --> 00:30:44.799
 Lord

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.220
 where else

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.700
 can I go

00:30:45.700 --> 00:30:46.220
 with my

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:47.000
 with my

00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:47.960
 anxiousness

00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:49.220
 you have

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:49.579
 the words

00:30:49.579 --> 00:30:49.980
 of eternal

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.420
 life

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:52.360
 where else

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:52.900
 can I go

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.240
 with my

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.579
 troubled

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:54.140
 marriage

00:30:54.140 --> 00:30:55.380
 Lord

00:30:55.380 --> 00:30:55.759
 where else

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.059
 can I

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.220
 go

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.860
 you have

00:30:56.860 --> 00:30:57.579
 the words

00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:58.079
 of eternal

00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.860
 life

00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.240
 where else

00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.500
 can I

00:30:59.500 --> 00:30:59.680
 go

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:00.079
 with my

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:00.600
 with my

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.120
 suffering

00:31:01.120 --> 00:31:01.579
 with my

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:02.240
 sickness

00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:02.480
 Lord

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.819
 where else

00:31:02.819 --> 00:31:03.059
 can I

00:31:03.059 --> 00:31:03.259
 go

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.640
 with my

00:31:03.640 --> 00:31:04.079
 sin

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:04.360
 we've

00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:04.700
 tried

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.180
 the world

00:31:05.180 --> 00:31:05.420
 I've

00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:05.700
 turned

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.100
 there

00:31:06.100 --> 00:31:06.960
 I've

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.100
 been

00:31:07.100 --> 00:31:07.600
 affirmed

00:31:07.600 --> 00:31:08.000
 and wrapped

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:08.279
 up

00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:08.680
 and spit

00:31:08.680 --> 00:31:08.880
 up

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.360
 and chewed

00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:09.519
 out

00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:09.819
 by the

00:31:09.819 --> 00:31:10.140
 world

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:11.299
 I've

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:11.460
 turned

00:31:11.460 --> 00:31:12.079
 to myself

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.539
 and found

00:31:12.539 --> 00:31:12.700
 it

00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:13.000
 lacking

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.220
 I've

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:13.360
 turned

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:14.039
 everywhere

00:31:14.039 --> 00:31:14.559
 else

00:31:14.559 --> 00:31:14.840
 tried

00:31:14.840 --> 00:31:15.160
 every

00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:15.640
 flavor

00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:16.100
 of bread

00:31:16.099 --> 00:31:16.500
 the world

00:31:16.500 --> 00:31:16.919
 has to

00:31:16.919 --> 00:31:17.299
 offer

00:31:17.299 --> 00:31:17.959
 none

00:31:17.959 --> 00:31:18.259
 of it

00:31:18.259 --> 00:31:19.099
 satisfies

00:31:19.099 --> 00:31:19.639
 where else

00:31:19.639 --> 00:31:20.000
 can we

00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:20.240
 go

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.579
 Lord

00:31:20.579 --> 00:31:21.319
 you

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.119
 alone

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:22.539
 have

00:31:22.539 --> 00:31:22.719
 the

00:31:22.719 --> 00:31:23.159
 words

00:31:23.159 --> 00:31:23.319
 of

00:31:23.319 --> 00:31:23.719
 eternal

00:31:23.719 --> 00:31:24.299
 life

00:31:24.299 --> 00:31:25.639
 is that

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.459
 the desire

00:31:26.459 --> 00:31:26.980
 of your

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.259
 heart

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:30.619
 a few

00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:31.240
 years ago

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:33.139
 Amanda

00:31:33.139 --> 00:31:33.679
 took up

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:33.899
 a new

00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.259
 hobby

00:31:34.259 --> 00:31:35.619
 somebody

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:35.939
 had given

00:31:35.939 --> 00:31:36.359
 her some

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:36.959
 sourdough

00:31:36.959 --> 00:31:37.459
 starter

00:31:37.459 --> 00:31:38.319
 bless them

00:31:38.319 --> 00:31:38.579
 whoever

00:31:38.579 --> 00:31:39.259
 that was

00:31:39.259 --> 00:31:40.480
 and for

00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:40.919
 a season

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:41.579
 our house

00:31:41.579 --> 00:31:42.119
 was filled

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:42.819
 with bread

00:31:42.819 --> 00:31:44.279
 loaves

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:44.759
 of bread

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.619
 big round

00:31:45.619 --> 00:31:46.699
 I don't even

00:31:46.699 --> 00:31:46.919
 know what

00:31:46.919 --> 00:31:47.279
 you call

00:31:47.279 --> 00:31:47.399
 them

00:31:47.399 --> 00:31:48.019
 just bricks

00:31:48.019 --> 00:31:48.659
 of bread

00:31:48.659 --> 00:31:49.659
 rounds

00:31:49.659 --> 00:31:50.179
 of bread

00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:50.479
 she made

00:31:50.479 --> 00:31:51.000
 sourdough

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.479
 cookies

00:31:51.479 --> 00:31:51.899
 everything

00:31:51.899 --> 00:31:52.839
 was sourdough

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.579
 and it

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:54.839
 was unreal

00:31:54.839 --> 00:31:55.419
 I'll tell you

00:31:55.419 --> 00:31:56.319
 what I never

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:56.879
 heard said

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.119
 in my

00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:57.479
 house

00:31:57.479 --> 00:31:59.019
 thanks for

00:31:59.019 --> 00:31:59.439
 the offer

00:31:59.439 --> 00:32:00.799
 I'm gonna

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.099
 go to the

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:01.239
 store

00:32:01.239 --> 00:32:01.519
 get my

00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:01.679
 own

00:32:01.679 --> 00:32:01.959
 bread

00:32:01.959 --> 00:32:04.059
 no we

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.779
 we

00:32:04.779 --> 00:32:05.539
 wisely

00:32:05.539 --> 00:32:06.179
 said I

00:32:06.179 --> 00:32:06.779
 I want

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:07.199
 more

00:32:07.199 --> 00:32:07.439
 when

00:32:07.439 --> 00:32:07.859
 when can

00:32:07.859 --> 00:32:08.159
 I have

00:32:08.159 --> 00:32:08.479
 more

00:32:08.479 --> 00:32:08.719
 give me

00:32:08.719 --> 00:32:08.899
 another

00:32:08.899 --> 00:32:09.299
 taste

00:32:09.299 --> 00:32:09.559
 of that

00:32:09.559 --> 00:32:09.759
 that's

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.059
 the good

00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.359
 stuff

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:10.599
 give me

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:10.799
 some

00:32:10.799 --> 00:32:11.119
 more

00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:11.699
 why

00:32:11.699 --> 00:32:11.879
 would

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.019
 I

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.259
 settle

00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:12.459
 for

00:32:12.459 --> 00:32:12.899
 less

00:32:12.900 --> 00:32:16.420
 church

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:17.040
 the bread

00:32:17.040 --> 00:32:17.720
 of life

00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.380
 has come

00:32:18.380 --> 00:32:19.100
 down

00:32:19.100 --> 00:32:19.759
 from heaven

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:22.700
 all

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:23.560
 satisfying

00:32:23.560 --> 00:32:25.480
 life

00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:26.140
 giving

00:32:26.140 --> 00:32:28.720
 true

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.180
 bread

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:31.600
 why would

00:32:31.600 --> 00:32:31.940
 we settle

00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:32.380
 for anything

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:32.860
 less

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:35.080
 feast your

00:32:35.080 --> 00:32:35.440
 souls

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.200
 on Christ

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:37.640
 he offers

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.000
 himself

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:38.820
 fully

00:32:38.820 --> 00:32:39.720
 to you

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.000
 this

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.339
 morning

00:32:40.339 --> 00:32:41.880
 are

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:42.039
 you

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.500
 satisfied

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.799
 in

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.019
 him

00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:45.059
 let's

00:32:45.059 --> 00:32:45.319
 pray

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:51.680
 Lord we

00:32:51.680 --> 00:32:52.160
 can't even

00:32:52.160 --> 00:32:52.620
 begin

00:32:52.620 --> 00:32:53.360
 to

00:32:53.360 --> 00:32:54.539
 fathom

00:32:54.539 --> 00:32:56.640
 the

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.039
 depth

00:32:57.039 --> 00:32:57.319
 of the

00:32:57.319 --> 00:32:57.680
 ways

00:32:57.680 --> 00:32:57.920
 that

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.079
 you

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.519
 nourish

00:32:58.519 --> 00:32:58.720
 our

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.019
 soul

00:32:59.019 --> 00:32:59.500
 when we

00:32:59.500 --> 00:32:59.660
 come

00:32:59.660 --> 00:32:59.819
 to

00:32:59.819 --> 00:33:00.039
 you

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:01.200
 so

00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:01.400
 we

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.799
 pray

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.299
 father

00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.480
 for

00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:02.759
 those

00:33:02.759 --> 00:33:02.920
 who

00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:03.240
 have

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:03.860
 never

00:33:03.860 --> 00:33:04.339
 turned

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:04.640
 to

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:04.819
 you

00:33:04.819 --> 00:33:04.960
 who

00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:05.100
 have

00:33:05.100 --> 00:33:05.460
 never

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.920
 trusted

00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:06.120
 in

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.440
 Christ

00:33:06.440 --> 00:33:06.640
 we

00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:06.900
 pray

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:07.500
 now

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:07.700
 would

00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:07.799
 be

00:33:07.799 --> 00:33:07.960
 the

00:33:07.960 --> 00:33:08.200
 moment

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.380
 the

00:33:08.380 --> 00:33:08.620
 spirit

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:08.880
 gives

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:09.259
 life

00:33:09.259 --> 00:33:10.759
 and we

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.140
 pray for

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:11.379
 us

00:33:11.379 --> 00:33:11.579
 who

00:33:11.579 --> 00:33:12.180
 are

00:33:12.180 --> 00:33:12.680
 constantly

00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:13.379
 drawn

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:14.079
 towards

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.359
 other

00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:14.740
 things

00:33:14.740 --> 00:33:14.940
 Lord

00:33:14.940 --> 00:33:15.119
 even

00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:15.259
 as

00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.359
 we

00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:15.599
 just

00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:16.019
 sang

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.279
 we're

00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:16.599
 prone

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:16.879
 to

00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:17.339
 wonder

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.759
 Lord

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:17.940
 I

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.259
 feel

00:33:18.259 --> 00:33:18.379
 it

00:33:18.379 --> 00:33:18.619
 prone

00:33:18.619 --> 00:33:18.819
 to

00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:19.140
 leave

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:19.299
 the

00:33:19.299 --> 00:33:19.519
 God

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:19.680
 I

00:33:19.680 --> 00:33:20.079
 love

00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:20.980
 here's

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.140
 our

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:21.460
 heart

00:33:21.460 --> 00:33:21.740
 Lord

00:33:21.740 --> 00:33:22.099
 take

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.299
 and

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:22.640
 seal

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:22.879
 it

00:33:22.879 --> 00:33:23.259
 we

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:23.599
 pray

00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:24.980
 help

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.079
 us

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.240
 to

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.720
 trust

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.019
 in

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.440
 Christ

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.039
 every

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.819
 moment

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.019
 and

00:33:28.019 --> 00:33:28.259
 feast

00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:28.460
 our

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:28.700
 souls

00:33:28.700 --> 00:33:28.940
 on

00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:29.119
 him

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.279
 we

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.440
 pray

00:33:29.440 --> 00:33:29.579
 in

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:29.839
 Christ

00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:30.160
 name

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:31.319
 amen