Amen. You may be seated. Children, you are excused to your King's Kids classes.
! We're going to be looking at John chapter 6, starting verse 22, page 1059 of your pew Bibles.
And as we were singing, our salvation is bound up together.
I couldn't help but think of yesterday we had this classy carnival, this volunteer
appreciation, and we laughed a lot. And so in our laughter, we share joy together.
So Zach, thank you so much for acting on your idea to do this. And once again, I just want
to thank Amy Bostetter for just the excellent job you did yesterday. We consumed a lot of
food, and there was a lot of variety of food. Some would say, I have some friends in the
house. I would say it was gross tech when it comes to food. Yep, that was just for you.
We're all consumers. Every one of us must eat and drink to live. Feeding is an essential requirement
to living. And you know what? I think we would all agree it would do you well. It would do
me well to make sure we're asking questions of what we consume. To be asking questions like,
hey, is this good for me? You read the label on the back, and you're like, hey, is this the
right amount of whatever I'm eating to eat? Does this have the right sort of nutritional
values for my body? So we look at labels to make sure what we're eating and drinking is
good for us, because we're careful of what we put into our bodies. It's good to question
what you're consuming. But let's be honest. We consume things beyond physical food and drink.
We consume social media. Has anybody else like me gotten sucked into the scrolling matrix? Yes.
It's funny. I scroll and scroll, and I'm hungry for something, but I'm not satisfied.
Anybody consume pleasing people? You just want to please people? You make it your aim,
but it never satisfies. Making a name for yourself. Seeking to control situations. Maybe you're consumed
with your appearance. Maybe you're seeking to quench your thirst by making money. Maybe you're drinking
deep from the well of independence. And what I mean by that is it's this posture where you're saying,
nobody tells me what to do. And I drink deep from that well. We feed on busyness. We feed on large
amounts of entertainment. And wouldn't it be great if on all these consumables there was some kind of
nutritional value, some kind of chart to tell us, is this good for me? How much should I consume?
Here's my point. We consume far more than just food and drink. And it's good to question what we
consume. This morning, we're going to look at a passage in which Jesus answers five questions.
And he makes an audacious claim. He says, consume me. I am the bread of life. Eat me up and you will
never hunger again. You will never thirst again. Eat me up and live eternally, full and forever life.
And so what we're going to do is we're going to look at these five questions and five answers.
There's a lot of information here. So I'm just going to keep us moving through it. So you're
going to have to keep up with me in your Bibles. Okay. So John chapter six, first question is in verse 25.
Rabbi, when did you come here? Let me give you the backstory. The day before this question was asked,
this question is being asked in the city of Capernaum. But the day before Jesus had fed 5,000 men,
15 to 20,000 people altogether. He did so as a miraculous sign in the wilderness. And after he fed
everybody, he sent his disciples in a boat out on the sea of Galilee. He dismissed the crowds. He went up
and prayed. And then around three to 6 a.m., he came to his disciples walking on the water in the
midst of a storm. And he revealed himself at sea. He is the great incarnate I am, the king of all creation.
And that's really good news for us who regularly deal with chaos. Do I have an amen?
Well, it's the next day, verse 22. That's where our passage starts.
The crowd comes back to where Jesus had miraculously fed them. And they're looking for Jesus,
but Jesus is MIA, missing in action. So in verse 24, they get in their boats, they row to Capernaum.
And at the end of verse 24, we read that they are seeking Jesus. And they finally find him in Capernaum.
And they ask him the question, Rabbi, when did you come here? And they're asking this, by the way,
they found him in the synagogue in Capernaum. We know that from verse 59 in the passage.
Now, if it was me, and I am not Jesus, but if a crowd found me and asked, hey, what time did you
get here? I would be like, well, you know, after I fed 15 to 20,000 people, I prayed, dismissed you all.
And then I walked out on the Sea of Galilee, revealed myself as the great incarnate I am.
I got my disciples here, lickety split. It came up on shore. And so, you know what? I didn't even
break a sweat. So, you know, three to six AM, that's when I showed up here. But that's not how
Jesus answers. What Jesus says in verse 26 is something in which he totally ignores the question.
In verse 26, he drops a truly, truly. And there's a number of these truly, trulys in this passage.
Truly, truly, I say to you, this is Jesus' way of saying this. Let me set the record straight.
Hear me out. And he goes on to tell this crowd that has been seeking him, he goes on to tell them,
hey, let me tell you why you've come seeking me. Let me just read this to you. Truly, truly, I say to you,
you are seeking me not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of loaves.
So what he's saying to them is this. You're not seeking me for me. You're seeking me for you
because you ate well yesterday and you want to eat well again. You're here for the food that perishes,
not for the food that endures to eternal life. And so at this moment, Jesus does something very
interesting. He says, hey, let me tell you something. Let's just be clear. There are two
kinds of foods that you work for that you seek. Food number one is the food that perishes.
You eat it and you're going to have to eat it again and then eat it again and then eat it again. And food
number two is the food that endures to eternal life. You just need to eat it once.
And he says to them, essentially, you are here for the food that perishes. Do not work for that food.
Do not prioritize. Seek that food above all else.
You know, this is the same kind of like do not work for that applies to all of the other consumables
that we have already named. Don't prioritize as your name, a number one thing to live for as money.
It's a food that perishes. Don't prioritize pleasing people or falling into the scrolling trap.
Seek the food of eternal life that is given by the Son of Man. It's a title Jesus uses for himself.
Speaks of himself often that way in the third person.
And what that refers to is a passage in the Old Testament that anticipates the coming of a forever king
who will establish a forever kingdom. And now we're learning that this forever king of a forever
kingdom gives a forever food that if you consume it, you live forever.
This is Jesus who has been sealed by God the Father.
Have you heard of the good housekeeping seal of approval?
This is the good, good Father seal of approval on God the Son as the Son of Man.
The one whom is authorized and able to be the source of eternal life.
So question number one is, hey, Jesus, what time did you get here?
And Jesus says, you came here looking for food that perishes, but I'm the food that keeps on giving.
Question number two, verse 28.
Remember in verse 27, Jesus just said, don't work for the food that perishes,
but implied work for the food that endures to eternal life.
And these Jewish folks who are seeking something to eat, they're like, work, we can do work.
And so they ask him in verse 28, what must we do to be doing the works of God?
It's like they're saying, okay, okay.
Tell us what we need to do in order to earn, receive, get this eternal kind of food that you're talking about.
What do we need to do?
Could you spell it out for us?
In fact, could you imagine someone saying, someone like me,
Jesus, can you spell that out in an itemized list that has little boxes that I can check off as I'm working my way through it?
Can you tell me what to do in order to receive this eternal life that is found in you apparently?
Their thinking is a classic misunderstanding of how to obtain eternal life, of how to be saved,
of how to be made right with God, how to have your sins forgiven.
This mistaken understanding of salvation is called a works-based salvation.
And the thinking is, I earn God's salvation by doing the right things.
It's this thought of, when I come to the end of my life, in the great scales of life,
and my good works are weighed against my evil works.
If my good works outweigh my evil works, then I have earned God's salvation.
But the thing is, that is not what our Bibles teach,
and that is absolutely not what Jesus is saying here.
It's a tragic misunderstanding,
because you cannot receive God's gift by working for it.
The gift of eternal life is not received by working for it.
It's received by faith, by belief.
And so, in verse 29, Jesus says this.
Jesus knows that.
And so, he's like, let me clarify you what I mean by work.
This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent, referring to himself.
The work that you must do in order to receive eternal life is by believing in the one that he has sent.
The food that endures to eternal life.
He's talking about himself in the third person again, which is kind of classic Jesus.
And what he's saying is, you must trust me.
That's the work.
You must believe in me whom God has sent.
You must depend on me in order to receive the food of eternal life.
God's salvation is not a meal that's earned, but it's a meal that's received as a gift.
Have you ever gotten into a squabble with a friend over lunch?
Because you're like, I'll pay for lunch.
And they're like, no you won't.
And you're like, why not?
And they're like, because I pay my own way.
Duh.
And they're like, but no, no, no, no.
I want to bless you.
And they're like, no, no.
I do my thing.
I pay for my own food.
Do you know why it's so difficult to have someone pay for lunch for you?
Because it means you've got to humble yourself and receive a gift.
And that's what Jesus is talking about right here.
It's not by working.
You receive this food that endures to eternal life by humbly believing.
Salvation is free to us, but it was not free to God in the giving.
It cost him.
Jesus paid the price of our salvation, which makes it free to us, but costly to the living God.
It's an incredible salvation.
And the way we receive it is by believing.
So the second question is, what do we do?
Okay, okay, do the works of God.
Yes.
What do we do?
And Jesus says, believe.
Believe in me.
The one that God has sent.
Which brings us to question number three.
And this is in verse 30.
Question number three is, then what sign do you do that we may see and believe you?
What work do you perform?
So again, this crowd that has been fed the day before, they found Jesus in a synagogue in Capernaum.
They're starting to ask all these questions.
They're like, believe.
Okay.
You've been sent from God.
Okay, show us a miraculous sign to validate that you have been sent from God and you give eternal life.
And then in verse 31, they're like, like this.
Here's an example.
Do a sign like this.
Do you remember how our fathers ate manna in the wilderness?
Jesus, and how God miraculously provided for them?
He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
Now, if you could do a miracle like that, Jesus, we would see and believe who you are.
Which is incredibly ironic.
Because these are the same people the day before.
The ones that are asking for a sign on the scale of Exodus 16, God providing manna.
These are the same people, a multitude, who were in a wilderness,
who were miraculously fed by Yahweh incarnate.
They've already been shown the sign.
But they don't believe.
So this is very ironic that they would ask for that.
What this is starting to expose is that there is unbelief in this crowd
that has come looking to have their stomachs filled.
But Jesus doesn't point out the irony of it in verses 32 through 33.
In those verses, Jesus answers them with another,
Truly, truly, truly, truly, I say to you,
it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven,
but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
So it's another truly, truly, it's another one of these,
him saying, hey, let me set the record straight.
Any grammar nerds in the room?
I see that hand.
When God inspires the Bible,
every word originated in his mind,
even the verb tenses.
I want you to see the verb tenses.
Because in this little verse, the verb tenses matter a lot.
You ready?
Verse 32.
Jesus answers them.
And he says,
Truly, truly, I say to you,
it was not Moses who gave past, present, future.
You tell me.
Past.
It was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven,
but my Father,
and we're expecting him to say,
who gave you the bread from heaven,
but Jesus goes present.
But my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
See what Jesus just did right there.
It's not Moses.
It was my Father back then providing food for you,
and it's my Father who is now providing you,
giving you the true bread,
the real bread,
the bread that endures to eternal life,
bread,
me.
Me.
He goes from then to now.
And so Jesus just stays on target.
He's like,
you're not getting it.
You're looking at the new and better manna,
is what he's saying.
And so when you pay attention to the verb tenses,
you realize that Jesus is doing something extraordinary.
It was not Moses who provided the bread,
but it's God the Father now providing eternal life.
And the scope of that eternal life is the whole world.
He's giving life to the whole world.
All those who are dead in their sin,
living in darkness.
Jesus is God's provision of life,
eternal life to all.
What we're being told here,
what we're seeing is,
it's like Jesus saying,
don't live on the old manna.
Don't live in the past.
God is giving you new and better manna now.
You know,
when God first provided manna to the Israelites,
do you know what manna means?
It literally means,
what is it?
And so they wake up in the morning,
and God provides this stuff on the ground
that is flaky,
wafer-like,
and it tastes a little bit like honey.
And they wake up and they're like,
what is it?
And what Jesus is doing right here is,
it's like,
it's not what is it,
it's who is it?
You're looking at the new and better manna.
The food that endures to eternal life.
In verse 34,
they say,
we'll take it.
Give it to us.
And keep giving it to us.
But Jesus is like,
you're not getting it.
I would love to have seen Jesus' facial expression
at this moment.
Was it this kind of thing
where he just kind of rolls his eyes
and like,
oh man.
Because what happens in verse 35
is this audacious claim.
To their,
like,
I'll take it,
Jesus says to them,
I am the bread of life.
It's not an it,
it's a who.
It's not a what is it,
it's a who is it.
And it's me.
I am the bread of life.
Whoever comes to me
shall not hunger,
and whoever believes in me
shall never thirst.
What he's saying is,
I am the new and better manna
sent by God
from heaven
to give eternal life
to the entire world,
to those who believe.
If you're familiar
with the Gospel of John,
you know that this is
the first of seven
I am statements
Jesus makes about himself.
I am the bread of life.
I am the light of the world.
I am the gate.
I am the good shepherd.
I am the resurrection of life.
I am the way,
the truth,
and the life.
And I am the vine.
These are all different ways
of talking about salvation.
That Jesus is our salvation.
And so when you hear Jesus say,
I am the bread of life,
you need to hear that
as a claim on salvation.
I am the source of eternal life.
I'm the eternal life
you must consume.
In verses 37 through 40,
Jesus is very clear
on why God his Father sent him,
and that is to do
the will of his Father.
We see it.
Three times,
Jesus says,
I'm here to do the will
of my Father
in this section.
And so we get to ask,
well, what is the will
of the Father?
Of why he sent him?
In verse 37,
we read,
all those the Father
has given me
will come to me,
will come to him.
It's God's will,
God the Father's will,
that all that he gives the Son
will come to the Son,
will believe in the Son.
Verse 40,
it's God's will
that all who he gives
to the Son
will look upon the Son
and believe in the Son
and will receive eternal life.
Verse 37,
it's God's will
that the Son
cast out none of those
who God the Father gives him.
And verse 38,
it's God's will
that God the Son
would lose none
of those God the Father
has given him.
In verses 39-41,
all that God the Father
gives to Jesus
will be raised up
on the last day.
Here's what's going on here.
It's the will of God the Father
that Jesus the Son
save to the uttermost
all those the Father
gives to the Son
to be saved.
saved to the uttermost
from the earliest beginnings
to the coming
to the drawing
all the way
to the last day
they will be raised up
unto eternal life.
All of that
is not a salvation
of works.
It's a salvation
by God's grace.
what we see here
in this passage
and it might make
some of you uncomfortable
is that God
has given
a specific group
of people
in other places
of the Bible
called the elect
to the Son
to save
from beginning
to end.
It is
a work
of God
from beginning
to end.
So if you're looking
for a sign
in the room
like this crowd
was looking
for a sign
like
like if Jesus
if Christianity
is the real thing
you know what Jesus
would say?
I am the sign.
I am the bread
of life.
Believe in me.
What sign
do you do?
This third question
Jesus is saying
I am the bread
of life
the new
and better
manna.
And what's
ironic about
this little
passage here
is that
these Jews
they had
seen
what he had
already done
but did not
believe.
Do you believe?
Now
we move
to question
number four
if there was
some kind
of skepticism
in question
three
it's all
on in question
four.
In 41
and 42
we have
this kind
of question
isn't he
Joe and Mary's
son?
So the Jews
grumbled
about him
because he said
I am the bread
of bread
that came
down from
heaven
this is 41
and 42
they said
is not this
Jesus?
The son of
Joseph
whose father
and mother
we know?
How does he
now say
I have
come down
from heaven?
They're not
asking Jesus
this question.
They're grumbling
amongst
themselves.
Jesus
overhears
them grumbling.
You know
what's interesting
is that
in Exodus
16
what led
up to
the giving
of manna?
What is it?
Israel
was grumbling.
They were
doubting
that God
could provide
for them
and they
longed
for the
meat pots
of Egypt.
And here
this
group of
Jews
this
multitude
who's come
seeking
Jesus
they doubt
his claim
that he
is the
new
and better
manna
come down
from heaven
and in
their unbelief
they ask
this question
isn't
this guy
Joe and
Mary's son?
Isn't he
the carpenter's
son?
And what
they're assuming
is that
they know
where Jesus
is from
they
know his
background
but they're
tragically
mistaken
because we
know
John
1
14
and the
word
became
flesh
and dwelt
among
us.
We
know
from the
other
gospels
that
Jesus
was
miraculously
conceived
by the
Holy Spirit
in the
Virgin Mary's
womb
to be
the
son
of
God.
Their
unbelief
had blinded
them
and so
in
verse 43
Jesus
obviously
overhears
their
grumbling
and he
tells them
stop
grumbling.
Stop
your
grumbling.
And
then in
verse 44
he says
something
that again
can make
us
uncomfortable.
No one
can come
to me
unless
the
father
who
sent
me
draws
him
and I
will
raise
him
up
on
the
last
day.
No one
can come
to me
unless
the
father
who
sent
me
draws
them.
Their
unbelief,
their grumbling
is evidence
that they
not come
to Jesus
because of
who Jesus
is.
They
haven't been
drawn
by the
father.
What this
notion of
God the
father
drawing
a group
of people
to the
son
is known
as
irresistible
grace.
That those
whom God
has set
his love
on from
before the
foundation
of the
earth,
he will
draw them
to faith
in Jesus
Christ
by his
grace.
All that
the father
has given
to Jesus
will come
to Jesus
because the
father draws
them.
Think about
it this
way.
God in
his grace
inclines
the heart
of dead
sinners
to believe
in Jesus.
That's
how sinful
we are.
That we
wouldn't
choose Jesus
on our
own because
we're blinded
by our
sin.
Old
timers
called this
drawing
of God
the quickening
of God.
that someone
would be
quickened
by the
Holy Spirit
to believe
on Jesus.
The Spirit
of God
inclining
our hearts
to believe
in Jesus.
We're so
dead in
our sins
that God
must first
incline
our hearts
to believe
in Jesus.
That's this
idea of
God drawing
us to
the Son.
Salvation
is a
gracious
work of
God from
beginning
to end
unless
the Father
draws
him.
And then
in verse
45
Jesus
goes into
further
explaining
what he
means by
the Father
drawing him
to the
Son.
He quotes
Isaiah
54
13
it is
written
in the
prophets
and they
will all
be taught
by God.
And then
Jesus
says
everyone
who has
heard
and learned
from the
Father
comes
to me.
So this
drawing
of God
is some
kind of
instructing
of God.
It's a
kind of
revealing
of who
the Christ
is to
someone
who's not
a believer.
Someone who
is in
their sin.
And the
result
is that
someone who
just doesn't
hear the
gospel.
They hear
and learn.
They take
it to
heart.
And Jesus
says
hey
I know
this is
the case
because of
everyone on
the planet
I have
seen the
Father.
I've been
with him.
I'm from
heaven.
In
verses 47
through 48
Jesus
comes back
to this
claim that
I am the
bread of
life.
In verse
47 he
drops
another
truly
I say
to you
whoever
believes
has
eternal
life.
Whoever
believes
in me
has
eternal
life.
He
will
not
die.
He
will
live.
He's
saying
I
am
the
bread
of
life.
It
is
this
audacious
claim
on
salvation.
And
then
just to
push
it
further
he
says
to
these
Jews
seeking
to have
their
bellies
filled
your
fathers
ate
the
manna
in
the
wilderness
and
they
died.
The
old
manna
didn't
give
life.
And
then
he
says
in
verse
50
this
is
the
bread
that
comes
down
from
heaven
the
bread
of
life
Jesus
so
that
one
may
eat
of
it
and
not
die
but
live
forever
verse
51
live
forever
what a
contrast
Jesus
is saying
that the
old
manna
will
not
save
you
but
the
new
and
better
manna
will
and
the
way
that
you
consume
me
is
by
believing
in
me
so
question
four
there's
this
grumbling
isn't
this
Joe
and
Mary
son
and
then
Jesus
just
reiterates
I
am
the
bread
of
life
the
new
and
better
manna
if
you
eat
of
me
you
will
not
die
but
if
you
eat
of
that
manna
you
will
there's
an
interesting
little
phrase
in
verse
51
and
it's
the
phrase
at
the
end
and
the
bread
that
I
will
give
for
the
life
of
the
world
is
my
flesh
that's
really
interesting
because
it's
substitutionary
language
it's
Jesus
saying
hey
the
bread
this
bread
that
I
will
give
for
the
world
is
my
flesh
and
for
those
of
us
who
has
ears
to
hear
what
we
hear
is
Jesus
Christ
is
going
to
die
in
our
place
other
people
hear
it
as
cannibalism
which
brings
us
to
question
number
five
question
number
five
52
how can
this man
give us
his flesh
to eat
the Jews
in the synagogue
are like
what did he
say
did he just
say that
his flesh
is the bread
that we're
to eat
because that
sounds really
gross
do you
remember
Jesus
talking
with
Nicodemus
in
John
3
Jesus
tells
him
you
must
be
born
again
and
what
does
Nicodemus
do
wait
hold on
a second
how am I
supposed to
get back
in my
mother
how does
that
work
he was
thinking
literally
he was
thinking
physically
but Jesus
wasn't
talking about
a physical
rebirth
he was
talking about
a spiritual
rebirth
do you
remember
Jesus
conversation
with the
woman at
the well
in
John
4
Jesus
says
hey
I've
got
I've
got
I've
got
living
water
if
you
knew
I
had
it
you'd
ask
me
for
it
and
she
goes
but
hold on
a second
you don't
have
anything
to
kind of
pull
water
up
with
in
the
well
steep
she's
thinking
literally
she's
thinking
physically
what
Jesus
is
talking
about
is
a
spiritual
nourishment
he's
talking
about
the
Holy
Spirit
who
once
he
indwells
you
brings
about
springs
welling
up
to
eternal
life
and so
what
we've
seen
so far
in the
book
of
John
is
this
misunderstanding
of what
Jesus
is
saying
and
taking
him
very
literally
about
physical
things
when he's
not
he's
talking
about
spiritual
realities
and that
is
what's
happening
here
that
they
think
that
Jesus
is
talking
about
cannibalism
eating
his
flesh
and
drinking
his
blood
which
is
rather
coarse
but
what
he's
talking
about
is
something
radical
a
radical
dependence
on
him
a
radical
vital
faith
in
him
so
in
verses
53
through
58
Jesus
very
intentionally
very
graphically
repeatedly
says
that
in
order
for you
to have
eternal
life
you must
consume
his
flesh
and
his
blood
you must
eat
his
flesh
and
drink
his
blood
it's
not a
call
to
cannibalism
it's
a call
to
radical
dependence
radical
belief
we must
depend
on
Jesus
as if
we're
consuming
him
you know
just how
we
eat
food
and
drink
water
to
live
we
consume
Jesus
to
live
eternally
he's
the only
source
of
eternal
life
eternal
life is
found in
no one
else
therefore
we must
eat
him
up
in
order
to
live
there's
another
clue
in this
passage
in
verse
56
Jesus
says
whoever
feeds on
my flesh
and drinks
my blood
abides
in me
and I
in him
we're
going to
see that
word
abide
show up
again
in
John
15
John
15
5
Jesus
says
I'm
the
vine
you
are
the
branches
whoever
abides
in me
and I
in him
will bear
much
fruit
but apart
from me
you can
do
nothing
it's
a picture
of radical
dependence
to live
to bear
fruit
and what
Jesus is
describing
here is
this
essential
vital
dependence
on him
for
eternal
life
it's
found in
no one
else
do you
know why
he's using
shocking
language
it's
functioning
like a
parable
if you're
familiar
with
parables
like in
the
parables
Jesus
speaks
in
Matthew
13
here's
what
they
do
Jesus
will
speak
a
parable
and for
those
who are
not being
drawn
taught
by God
the
parable
will make
no sense
to them
and will
expose
their
unbelief
but for
those
who are
being
drawn
by God
who do
have
understanding
who are
being
taught
the
parable
makes
a ton
of
sense
and so
they
believe
that's
what's
going on
here
Jesus
is using
shocking
language
to expose
to
unbelief
as well
as to
nurture
faith
those
who hear
cannibalism
don't
understand
the vital
dependence
of faith
in Jesus
for
eternal
life
but those
who hear
Jesus
invitation
to trust
him
unto
eternal
life
it's
like
oh man
you just
whet my
appetite
and I'm
going to
eat you
up
I can't
get enough
so here's
this question
how can
this man
give us
his flesh
to eat
and the
answer
is
Jesus
saying
I am
the source
of eternal
life
and to
consume
me
is to
trust
exclusively
in me
to
trust
vitally
in me
and so
when we
take the
Lord's
supper
here's
what that
means
when we
take
the
cracker
and we
take the
cup
these
things
don't
turn
into
the
flesh
and
blood
of
Jesus
they
remind
us
of what
Jesus
has done
that he
is the
source
of eternal
life
it's
it's a
picture
of a
spiritual
reality
so
five
questions
five
answers
we've
covered
a lot
of
ground
here's
the
claim
Jesus
is
making
I
am
the
new
and
better
manna
I'm
the
bread
of
life
and
our
response
the
call
is to
eat
him
up
eat
him
up
and
live
trust
in
him
exclusively
and
vitally
so
I'm
going to
apply
this
in
two
ways
first
is
it's
good
to
question
what
you're
consuming
it's
good
to
question
especially
if
you're
consuming
food
that
perishes
you
got to
read
the
label
the
labels
on
that
nutritional
chart
on the
back
of the
packaging
of
whatever
you
eat
you
can
use
your
phone
app
to
do
that
now
you
can
find
out
the
serving
size
the
calories
the
nutritional
values
and
you
can
be
thinking
like
okay
how much
of this
do I
need
to
eat
and
drink
but
you're
like
hold on
a second
self-ide
didn't you
say
that there
are a lot
of
consumables
that we
eat
a lot
and drink
a lot
of
that
don't
have
this
label
on it
what are
we
supposed
to do
with
that
I
mean
we
like
to
consume
!
entertainment
social
media
people
pleasing
control
sexual
passions
sports
teams
we
love
our
personal
fitness
and
appearance
we
love
to
consume
money
and
material
things
but
there's
no
nutritional
labels
on
those
how
do we
know
if
it's
good
for
us
or
not
let me
give you
a crash
course
in
discernment
four
questions
you can
ask
first
one
is
this
what
is
the
nature
of
this
consumable
is
this
perishable
or
imperishable
second
can
I
enjoy
this
consumable
to
the
glory
of
God
can
I
consume
this
and
God
be
praised
by
it
third
question
what's
the
appropriate
serving
size
and
frequency
how
much
how
much
is
the
right
amount
and
how
frequently
should
I
can
be
consuming
it
that
I
can
still
be
living
for
Jesus
in
a
way
that
pleases
him
and
this
last
question
is
a
really
important
question
what
effect
will
consuming
this
consumable
have
over
time
will
this
over
time
draw
me
to
the
bread
of
life
grow
me
in
Christ
or
will
this
numb
me
to
Jesus
and
so
these
things
don't
come
with
our
own
nutritional
chart
we
got
to
bring
our
own
nutritional
chart
to
it
that's
called
discernment
and
as
you
mature
as
a
Christian
you
need
to
learn
how
to
do
this
with
all
of
the
consumables
in
our
life
because
we
are
consumers
the
second
application
is
eat
them
up
eat
Jesus
up
fill
your
soul
up
with
Jesus
again
and
again
and
again
do
you
know
what
is
one
of
the
most
difficult
things
for
me
to
believe
and
accept
do
you
want
to
know
when
I'm
standing
across
from
a
Christian
and
they
are
saying
or
implying
that
they
are
bored
with
Jesus
that
they're
dissatisfied
that
they're
unquenched
that
somehow
Jesus
is
not
enough
that
is
really
hard
to
stomach
you
know
right
now
in
the
presence
of
Jesus
around
his
throne
no
one
is
bored
so
when
a
Christian
is
bored
spiritually
bored
spiritually
numb
spiritually
dissatisfied
spiritually
checked
out
spiritually
uncrenched
with
Christ
it's
not
Jesus
who's
the
problem
the
problem
is
inside
you
inside
me
because
what
he
says
in
verse
35
is
very
clear
I'm
the
bread
of
life
he
who
comes
to
me
shall
not
hunger
and
he
who
believes
in
me
shall
never
thirst
the
problem
resides
in
us
that
we're
seeking
fullness
of
life
in
something
other
than
Jesus
some
kind
of
old
manna
some
kind
of
perishable
consumable
so
that's
why
we need
to be
consuming
Jesus
daily
and
it'll
help
us
to
kind
of
say
no
to
the
perishables
I
hope
you're
asking
the
question
how
do
I
do
that
how
do
I
consume
Jesus
daily
it
means
you need
to put
your nose
in your
Bible
it
means
that
you're
reading
the
gospels
and
you're
looking
to
Jesus
and
you're
reading
it
slow
and
you're
reading
it
savoringly
and
you read
until
you're
like
ooh
that's
so
good
Jesus
and
you
make
space
to do
that
whether
that's
in the
gospels
or in
Paul's
writing
or in
Peter's
writing
or in
John's
writing
you know
what
have you
read through
the book
of
Revelation
lately
you know
Revelation
has a
series of
disclosures
of
Jesus
got to
eat
him
up
it's
going
to
expand
your
soul
so
let me
just
urge
you
as a
way
to
eat
him
up
get
your
nose
in
your
Bible
focus
on
Jesus
and
when
you
are
feasting
on
Jesus
you're
going
to
find
a
change
in
your
other
appetites
these
perishable
things
they
just
don't
taste
as
good
and
you
know
what
that's
right
because
they're
not
as
good
let
me
close
by
just
saying
this
if
you're
not
a
Christian
in
the
room
but
you
find
yourself
craving
Jesus
you
have
a
hunger
for
him
you
have
a
thirst
for
him
you
are
saying
to
yourself
you
know
what
I
don't
know
why
I'm
so
interested
in
Jesus
but
I
am
I've
got
this
insatiable
appetite
for
him
I
want
to
know
him
I
want
to
experience
this
eternal
life
that
he
offers
friend
you
are
being
drawn
by
God
the
father
to
Jesus
what
must
you
do
believe
in
him
believe
on
him
call
upon
him
and
you
will
be
saved
you
will
start
to
taste
the
goodness
of
the
bread
of
life
and
have
your
hunger
satisfied
and
your
thirst
quenched
let's
pray
together
Lord
Jesus
forgive
us
for
turning
to
the
foods
that
perish
as if
they
can
satisfy
our
soul
hunger
and
quench
our
soul
thirst
you
alone
can
do
that
so
father
would
you
pour
out
your
spirit
upon
us
and
that
even
this
week
as
we
open
up
our
Bibles
and
as
we
look
to
the
bread
of
life
we
look
to
satisfy
our
souls
in
Jesus
God
would
you
do
just
that
would
you
satisfy
our
hunger
would
you
would
you
make
us
those
who
delight
in
Jesus
we
pray
this
in
your
name
amen
who