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 Well, I'd like us to turn back together to John chapter 6, and we can read again at verse 35.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 I am the bread of life.

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 Whoever comes to me shall not hunger,

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 and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

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 As we said when we were picking up this reading,

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 this discussion that Jesus has with the crowds comes immediately after two of his most famous miracles.

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 The first part of John 6, you read about the feeding of the 5,000.

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 That's followed by Jesus walking on the water.

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 And these miracles, along with all of the other miracles recorded in the Gospels,

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 are testifying to the identity of Jesus,

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 helping us to see more of just who he is,

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 that he's no ordinary person,

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 and instead that in him,

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 everything that God has promised in the Old Testament is being fulfilled.

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 And the people around Jesus are starting to realize this more and more and more.

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 As the disciples witness these miracles,

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 they are one,

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 on the one hand, they're amazed at what they see,

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 and on the other hand,

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 they're shaken,

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 recognizing that this man that they are following is like no other.

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 And so the identity of Jesus is being revealed more and more in the miracles that are recorded in John's Gospel.

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 But alongside the miracles recorded by John,

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 we also have some key statements of Jesus that tell us more about his identity.

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 And chapter 6 onwards introduces seven great statements that are recorded in this Gospel.

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 These are known as the I Am Sayings,

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 and this is the first of them.

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 I am the bread of life.

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 Later, Jesus declares,

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 I am the light of the world.

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 I am the door.

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 I am the resurrection and the life.

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 I am the way, the truth, and the life.

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 And I am the true vine.

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 These great statements are helping us to see who Jesus is.

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 They're helping us to see what he's come to do.

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 And they're all drawing us to put our faith in him.

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 And I want us tonight to look at the first of these,

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 the great statement that Jesus makes in verse 35,

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 I am the bread of life.

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 And that's a very, very rich statement.

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 And this whole passage is bursting with amazing theology.

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 But it's also a passage that resonates with us

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 because it's using a very everyday object.

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 And it resonates a lot with me because I absolutely love bread.

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 And I don't know if you're like me.

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 I don't know if you ever go to a nice restaurant

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 and they come with a basket of bread.

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 There's all these lovely rolls.

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 I would just take that for my dinner

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 and forget everything else

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 and just eat all the bread for my meal.

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 The passage, in a way, is a bit like that.

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 It's a whole meal for us to chew on,

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 to think about, and to learn from together.

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 But sometimes passages like this,

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 and John's Gospel is perhaps a very clear example of this,

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 sometimes that can make it hard.

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 Because when you read through a passage like this,

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 you see the dialogue between Jesus and the crowds.

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 You see all the different things that are being said.

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 You see the allusions to the Old Testament.

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 And sometimes we can get lost.

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 And sometimes we can be tied in knots.

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 Passages like this are both wonderful and challenging.

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 Wonderful because there's so much to take in.

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 But also challenging.

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 Because it's hard to take it all in.

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 And I don't know about you,

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 but I know that certainly for me,

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 many times I've come to passages like John 6,

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 recognizing that these are amazing words,

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 but also struggling to think,

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 I can't quite follow everything that's being said.

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 I am not taking all of this in.

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 I hope that we can untie some of these knots

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 a little bit together tonight.

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 And when we find ourselves in that situation,

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 one of the best things that we can do

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 is just to try and keep things as simple as possible.

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 And this is something that we must remember

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 with the great I am statements that Jesus has made.

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 These are some of the richest theological statements

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 that you find in the whole Bible.

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 But they're also simple and clear statements.

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 And Jesus is using simple everyday language

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 to help us understand more about him.

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 And so first and foremost,

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 as we come to this great statement in John 6, 35,

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 Jesus is telling us that if we want to understand

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 more about who he is,

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 then we need to think about bread.

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 Bread is something that we need every day.

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 And that was particularly through the New Testament times.

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 It was just a basic staple diet

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 for people's day-to-day survival.

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 In other words, bread, food,

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 it's just talking about the daily nutrition

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 that we need every day in order to stay alive.

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 Bread is also something that we have access to.

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 So bread is not the food of the elite.

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 It's not the fancy, rare, specialist food

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 that you only get in certain places

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 or only certain times of year

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 or only if you've got loads of money.

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 It's not fancy.

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 It's not rare.

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 And unless something is majorly wrong

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 in a particular part of the world,

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 bread is available.

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 Bread is also something that,

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 to benefit from,

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 we actually have to eat it.

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 So bread is not nourishing us

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 if it's sitting in our cupboard.

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 It's not giving us what we need

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 unless we take it and receive it.

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 And if we refuse bread,

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 then we are being unwise

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 and we're being unhealthy.

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 And bread is satisfying.

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 It takes away our hunger.

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 It gives us energy and nourishment.

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 And a good, fresh loaf

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 that's just come out of the oven

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 is actually one of the nicest things you can eat.

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 It's so good and so satisfying.

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 All of these things are true of bread.

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 All of these things are true of Jesus.

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 And that's what I want us to see tonight.

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 We're going to go through these four things together.

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 The bread of life is needed.

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 The bread of life is available.

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 The bread of life has got to be received.

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 The bread of life is so satisfying.

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 So first of all, the bread of life is needed.

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 The whole discussion in this passage begins

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 with Jesus challenging the crowd

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 in terms of their motivation

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 for following him across the Sea of Galilee

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 back to Capernaum.

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 You see that in verse 26 and 27.

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 He says,

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 These are the people who've seen an amazing miracle.

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 They've been well fed

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 and they're thinking,

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 This guy's amazing.

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 Let's follow him.

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 And let's just keep getting

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 the provision that he can make for us.

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 Jesus responds to that

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 by majorly raising the stakes.

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 And he's saying to them,

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 Look, the thing that matters

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 is not your next meal.

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 The thing that matters

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 is eternal life.

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 Jesus is making them and us

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 stop and think about eternity.

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 About what matters more than anything else.

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 And that prompts the crowd

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 in verse 28 and 29 to say,

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 What do we do?

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 What should we do?

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 What must we do

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 to be doing the works of God?

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 And Jesus responds with the wonderful words,

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 This is the work of God

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 that you believe in him

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 whom he has sent.

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 But the crowd are getting a bit sceptical

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 and uncertain

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 and they respond with the question

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 that actually every one of us wants to ask.

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 In verse 30, they say,

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 Well, how do we know

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 that you're the one we should believe?

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 Verse 30,

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 They say to him,

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 Then what sign do you do

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 that we may see and believe you?

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 What work do you perform?

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 In other words,

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 they're saying the question

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 that everybody says

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 that when we're confronted

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 with the reality of who Jesus is

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 and the claims that the gospel makes,

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 we're like,

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 Well, how do we know?

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 How are you going to prove yourself to us

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 that you are the one

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 that we should trust?

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 And because they're still thinking about food

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 and about bread in the conversation,

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 they look back to the Old Testament

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 to the moment when God provided manna

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 for the Israelites in the wilderness.

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 Of course, this is referring back

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 to Exodus chapter 16

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 when God's people had been taken out of Egypt.

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 They were wandering in the wilderness

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 and they were very quickly confronted

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 by the fact that they had no food

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 and they realized that they were going to starve.

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 And God made a miraculous provision for them

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 that every morning when they woke up,

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 there was a bread-like substance

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 lying on the ground

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 that they were able to gather

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 and to eat for sustenance

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 and nourishment.

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 And that provision was made by God

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 every day

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 until they went into the promised land.

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 And so they're saying,

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 well, look, that's what Moses did.

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 What are you going to do?

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 As though Jesus needs to prove himself.

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 Jesus responds to this

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 by giving them and us a crucial lesson

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 in terms of how to understand

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 the relationship between the Old Testament

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 and the New Testament.

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 Jesus points out

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 that everything in the Old Testament,

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 including the manna,

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 is just a shadow

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 of the full provision

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 that God is going to make.

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 And it's really important

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 to remember that

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 when you look at anything

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 in the Old Testament,

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 whatever you see in the Old Testament

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 is highlighting two things.

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 It's pointing to a reality

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 and it's revealing an inadequacy.

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 So something in the Old Testament,

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 it will point to a reality

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 and it will reveal an inadequacy.

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 So manna points to the reality

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 that we are completely dependent on God

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 to provide what we need for our survival.

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 But it also highlights an inadequacy

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 that the manna only lasted for 24 hours

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 and then you needed more

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 and then you needed more

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 and then you needed more.

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 And actually, as Jesus goes on to say,

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 the people who ate manna still died.

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 So it didn't actually keep them alive forever.

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 It was never fully adequate

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 and it was never meant to be.

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 Because everything in the Old Testament

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 points to a reality

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 and reveals an inadequacy

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 because the fullness of God's provision

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 never comes in the Old Testament.

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 It only comes in the new

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 through the coming of the Lord Jesus.

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 And that's what Jesus is revealing.

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 He did the same thing with the temple.

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 You see that earlier on

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 in John's Gospel in chapter 2.

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 The temple was this magnificent building

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 highlighting a reality

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 that we need access to God

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 and we need atonement for our sins.

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 But at the same time,

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 the Old Testament temple

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 was also revealing an inadequacy.

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 It was never enough

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 because it had been destroyed.

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 They were in the process of rebuilding it

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 and not long after,

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 these days, only 40 years later,

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 the temple would be destroyed again

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 because it was never meant to be the answer.

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 Instead, it was a sign,

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 a shadow pointing

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 towards the fullness of God's plan

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 being revealed

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And so here you have the Jews

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 talking about manna,

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 talking about one of the most important miracles

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 in the history of the Jews

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 when God provided for a nation

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 who otherwise were going to starve to death.

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 And yet Jesus is telling them

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 that that massive miracle

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 is just a shadow.

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 And as we said,

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 that's highlighted later in the chapter,

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 48 to 50, 58.

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 It says they ate the manna,

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 but they still died.

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 That provision did not stop

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 their ancestors' death.

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 It was never meant to.

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 It was just a shadow.

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 The true bread is Jesus.

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 But there's a crucial difference

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 and a massive difference

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 that he does not come

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 to provide sustenance

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 so that you can survive

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 for another day

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 like the manna did.

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 Jesus comes

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 to give eternal life

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 so that you can live forever.

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 The Old Testament was never enough.

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 It was never meant to be.

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 It was only and always

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 a shadow

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 of the Savior

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 that they really needed.

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 Alongside that, though,

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 all of this

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 is telling us

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 that Jesus,

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 the bread of life,

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 has come

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 for a particular type of person.

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 He's come

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 for the hungry

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 and the needy.

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 And that's emphasized

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 so much,

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 so clearly

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 in verse 35.

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 Whoever comes to me

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 will never hunger.

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 Whoever believes in me

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 will never thirst.

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 The miracle of the manna

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 in the Exodus

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 came in the context

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 of imminent starvation

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 for the people.

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 And in the miracle

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 of the feeding of the 5,000

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 earlier in this chapter,

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 it perhaps wasn't

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 as urgent a situation

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 as it was

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 in the Exodus,

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 but still,

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 the people needed food.

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 They were far from home.

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 They were starving

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 and they needed

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 bread

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 to survive.

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 We need food

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 if we are going to live.

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 And the point

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 that Jesus is making

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 is that when it comes

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 to eternal life,

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 we desperately need

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 the bread

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 that will give us

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 life.

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 We desperately

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 need

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 him.

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 And that tells you

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 something so

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 incredibly important

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 about the gospel.

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 It's telling you

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 that the gospel

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 is not

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 for the people

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 who've got it all.

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 And it's not

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 reserved

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 for the spiritually

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 elite

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 because there's

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 actually no such thing.

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 The gospel

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 is for those

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 who desperately

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 need it.

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 In other words,

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 the gospel

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 is for the starving.

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 Jesus

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 has come

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 for the hungry.

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 And this is so

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 important to recognize

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 because

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 no matter what stage

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 you are in your

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 journey of faith,

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 whether you are a believer

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 or whether you're not yet

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 a believer,

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 for many people,

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 and maybe this is true

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 of you,

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 that in terms of your faith,

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 all you can see

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 is what you lack.

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 And so you look at yourself

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 and you think,

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 I don't know enough.

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 I don't feel

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 good enough

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 or settled enough

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 in myself.

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 I've

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 made a ton

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 of mistakes

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 in my life.

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 I'm struggling

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 with doubts.

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 I've got questions

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 that I still feel

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 unsettled by

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 and unsure of.

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 I know

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 that I have left

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 Jesus to one side

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 in my life

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 for too long.

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 I know

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 that I was maybe

00:16:08.800 --> 00:16:10.180
 in a better place

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 in the past

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 and I'm not there.

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 Today,

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 I don't think

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 that I pray enough.

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 I don't read

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 the Bible enough.

00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:16.580
 I feel spiritually

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 malnourished.

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 And Jesus

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 is saying,

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 that's exactly

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 who this bread

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 is for.

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 That's exactly

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 who this bread

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 is for.

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 And so if you feel

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 that your sin

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 is awful,

00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:39.200
 this bread

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 is for you.

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 And if you feel,

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 I don't understand

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 it all,

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 this bread

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 is for you.

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 And if you think,

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 I'm worried

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 that I'm going

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 to mess things up

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 and let God down

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 or let people

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 around me down,

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 this bread

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 is for you.

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 If you think,

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 my life's a mess,

00:16:57.539 --> 00:16:58.220
 I've made so many

00:16:58.220 --> 00:16:58.759
 mistakes,

00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:00.220
 this bread

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 is for you.

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 And if you're

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 sitting here thinking,

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 I am scared

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 of what's going

00:17:10.240 --> 00:17:10.779
 to happen

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 when I die.

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 This bread

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 is for you.

00:17:19.740 --> 00:17:20.900
 If you feel

00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:21.680
 hungry

00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:24.039
 for peace

00:17:24.039 --> 00:17:25.680
 and security

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 and joy

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 and hope,

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 if you feel

00:17:28.599 --> 00:17:29.259
 hungry

00:17:29.259 --> 00:17:30.480
 for that,

00:17:31.740 --> 00:17:32.599
 then that

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 is the

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 need

00:17:34.259 --> 00:17:35.240
 that Jesus

00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:36.579
 has come

00:17:36.579 --> 00:17:37.859
 to meet.

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 And really,

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 every one of us,

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 everyone,

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 everyone

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 has got that hunger.

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 Imagine,

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 imagine,

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 and maybe some of you

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 don't even need to imagine this,

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 maybe some of you

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 did this today,

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 maybe you've done it

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 many times,

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 but all of us

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 think in your minds

00:17:54.379 --> 00:17:55.079
 of standing

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 at the graveside

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 of your best friend

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 or of your mother

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 or your father,

00:18:02.740 --> 00:18:03.440
 your husband,

00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:04.839
 your wife,

00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:07.079
 maybe even

00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:08.019
 your child.

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 As you imagine

00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:13.220
 yourself standing there

00:18:13.220 --> 00:18:14.339
 in that moment,

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 are you satisfied

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 to think,

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 oh,

00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:20.039
 well,

00:18:20.059 --> 00:18:20.400
 they're gone,

00:18:20.480 --> 00:18:20.900
 that's it?

00:18:20.900 --> 00:18:24.519
 or are you

00:18:24.519 --> 00:18:25.160
 hungry

00:18:25.160 --> 00:18:27.220
 for hope?

00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:30.640
 Hungry

00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:31.700
 that there is hope

00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:33.440
 for them

00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:35.259
 and for you?

00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:37.420
 Hungry

00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:39.900
 for assurance

00:18:39.900 --> 00:18:40.880
 that they are safe

00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:41.420
 with Jesus

00:18:41.420 --> 00:18:43.360
 and that one day

00:18:43.360 --> 00:18:44.480
 you will see them

00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:45.480
 again?

00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:47.480
 That's

00:18:47.480 --> 00:18:48.140
 the hunger

00:18:48.140 --> 00:18:48.740
 that Jesus

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:50.259
 has come to satisfy.

00:18:51.640 --> 00:18:52.280
 That's why

00:18:52.280 --> 00:18:52.640
 Jesus

00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:54.280
 raises the stakes

00:18:54.280 --> 00:18:55.380
 to stop talking

00:18:55.380 --> 00:18:56.240
 about the next meal

00:18:56.240 --> 00:18:56.840
 of the crowd

00:18:56.840 --> 00:18:57.920
 and instead

00:18:57.920 --> 00:18:58.640
 to talk about

00:18:58.640 --> 00:18:59.759
 their eternal destiny

00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:01.700
 because this

00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.600
 is what we need

00:19:02.600 --> 00:19:03.940
 more than

00:19:03.940 --> 00:19:04.840
 anything else.

00:19:05.340 --> 00:19:06.200
 The bread of life

00:19:06.200 --> 00:19:07.780
 is urgently

00:19:07.780 --> 00:19:09.140
 and desperately

00:19:09.140 --> 00:19:10.060
 needed.

00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:10.720
 And you know,

00:19:10.780 --> 00:19:11.160
 sometimes

00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:12.340
 if you're wondering

00:19:12.340 --> 00:19:14.100
 if God's working

00:19:14.100 --> 00:19:14.640
 in your life,

00:19:15.180 --> 00:19:15.960
 a great question

00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:16.720
 to ask yourself

00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:17.019
 is,

00:19:17.360 --> 00:19:18.100
 are you hungry?

00:19:18.099 --> 00:19:20.980
 are you hungry

00:19:20.980 --> 00:19:22.279
 for security,

00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:23.339
 for peace,

00:19:23.439 --> 00:19:23.959
 for answers?

00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:25.939
 Are you hungry

00:19:25.939 --> 00:19:28.299
 to never have to

00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:30.579
 be afraid

00:19:30.579 --> 00:19:31.599
 of death

00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:32.000
 again?

00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:34.759
 If that hunger

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.619
 is in your heart,

00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:38.500
 the Lord

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.219
 is drawing you.

00:19:40.459 --> 00:19:41.459
 That's the hunger

00:19:41.459 --> 00:19:43.379
 that Jesus

00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:43.939
 has come

00:19:43.939 --> 00:19:45.480
 to meet.

00:19:46.279 --> 00:19:46.940
 The bread of life

00:19:46.940 --> 00:19:47.740
 is needed.

00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:48.180
 Secondly,

00:19:48.259 --> 00:19:48.920
 the bread of life

00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:49.720
 is available.

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.339
 As you read

00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:52.019
 through this passage,

00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:52.860
 you see that

00:19:52.860 --> 00:19:53.319
 one of the things

00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:53.660
 that Jesus

00:19:53.660 --> 00:19:55.140
 emphasizes again

00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:55.579
 and again

00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:56.200
 is that

00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:56.839
 he has come

00:19:56.839 --> 00:19:57.799
 down from heaven.

00:19:57.920 --> 00:19:58.339
 You see it

00:19:58.339 --> 00:19:59.200
 if you look

00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:00.059
 at verse 32

00:20:00.059 --> 00:20:01.099
 to 33,

00:20:01.299 --> 00:20:01.759
 Jesus says,

00:20:01.940 --> 00:20:02.000
 truly,

00:20:02.140 --> 00:20:02.299
 truly,

00:20:02.400 --> 00:20:03.039
 I say to you,

00:20:03.360 --> 00:20:03.960
 it was not Moses

00:20:03.960 --> 00:20:04.420
 who gave you

00:20:04.420 --> 00:20:05.079
 the bread from heaven,

00:20:05.140 --> 00:20:05.680
 but my Father

00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:06.079
 gives you

00:20:06.079 --> 00:20:06.620
 the true bread

00:20:06.620 --> 00:20:07.059
 from heaven,

00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:07.519
 for the bread

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:07.860
 of heaven

00:20:07.860 --> 00:20:08.319
 is he who

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:08.880
 comes down

00:20:08.880 --> 00:20:09.420
 from heaven

00:20:09.420 --> 00:20:10.720
 and gives life

00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.559
 to the world.

00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:12.079
 The same thing

00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:12.539
 is repeated.

00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:13.379
 If you look

00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:14.159
 at verse 38,

00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:14.940
 you can see it there.

00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:15.480
 You can see it

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:16.679
 in 45 to 46.

00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:17.919
 You can see it

00:20:17.919 --> 00:20:19.700
 in verse 50

00:20:19.700 --> 00:20:20.740
 to 51.

00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:21.460
 In fact,

00:20:21.559 --> 00:20:22.259
 this is the thing

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:23.039
 that offends

00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.639
 the Jews.

00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:27.139
 There's a kind

00:20:27.139 --> 00:20:27.500
 of irony

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:27.960
 in what they're

00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:28.500
 saying because

00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:29.460
 they're saying

00:20:29.460 --> 00:20:30.119
 to Jesus,

00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:30.879
 prove yourself

00:20:30.879 --> 00:20:31.740
 and he's saying,

00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:31.960
 well,

00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:33.480
 I'll tell you

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.200
 where I've come from

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.779
 and then he tells them

00:20:35.779 --> 00:20:36.879
 and they don't like it

00:20:36.879 --> 00:20:37.839
 and they're offended

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:39.259
 by what he's saying.

00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:40.900
 All of it

00:20:40.900 --> 00:20:42.240
 is emphasizing

00:20:42.240 --> 00:20:43.319
 the fact that

00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:44.940
 because Jesus

00:20:44.940 --> 00:20:45.720
 has come,

00:20:46.879 --> 00:20:48.180
 eternal life

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 is available.

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 And so the bread

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 of life

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 is not being

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 kept secret.

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 It's not reserved

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 for the elite.

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 The bread of life

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 is available

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 and it's brought

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 out beautifully

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 in verse 32

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 to 33

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 that we just

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 read there.

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 These verses

00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:08.980
 contain

00:21:08.980 --> 00:21:09.599
 some of the

00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:10.680
 big theological

00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:11.380
 concepts

00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:12.579
 that explain

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 what God

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 is doing

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 in order

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 to make

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 eternal life

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 available.

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 And these

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 are big concepts

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 that we want

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 to learn

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 and that we

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:20.940
 want to understand

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 and John's

00:21:22.660 --> 00:21:23.380
 gospel is so,

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 so good

00:21:23.860 --> 00:21:24.460
 for just

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 leading us

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 towards these

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 big theological

00:21:26.380 --> 00:21:26.860
 concepts

00:21:26.860 --> 00:21:27.240
 that lie

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:27.720
 at the heart

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 of the gospel.

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 So Jesus

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 speaks,

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 first of all,

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 of the Father

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 giving the

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 true bread

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 from heaven.

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 The Father

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 gives you

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 the true

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 bread

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 from heaven.

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 And that's

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 pointing us

00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:40.700
 to the great

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 theological

00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:41.779
 concept of

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 divine initiative.

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 The fact

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 that the

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.480
 salvation

00:21:45.480 --> 00:21:45.960
 that's offered

00:21:45.960 --> 00:21:46.500
 in the gospel

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 is always

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 initiated

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 by God.

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 That's one

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:50.879
 of the most

00:21:50.879 --> 00:21:51.700
 important truths

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.899
 in the gospel.

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 Sin has ruined

00:21:54.700 --> 00:21:55.559
 our relationship

00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:56.420
 with God.

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 Sin's left

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:57.920
 humanity

00:21:57.920 --> 00:21:58.740
 alienated from

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 God.

00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.700
 Our relationship

00:21:59.700 --> 00:22:00.160
 with God

00:22:00.160 --> 00:22:00.720
 is broken

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.480
 and we did

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 that.

00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:03.379
 It's humanity

00:22:03.379 --> 00:22:04.099
 that caused

00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:04.500
 that.

00:22:04.500 --> 00:22:06.400
 the situation

00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:07.519
 is our fault

00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:08.799
 because we've

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 rejected God.

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 We've sinned

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 against him.

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 And yet when it

00:22:12.579 --> 00:22:13.519
 comes to fixing

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 that, it's

00:22:14.799 --> 00:22:15.900
 God who acts

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 first.

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 It's God

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 who takes

00:22:19.559 --> 00:22:20.400
 the initiative.

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 We have long

00:22:21.380 --> 00:22:22.140
 forgotten about

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.500
 God.

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 He has never

00:22:24.000 --> 00:22:25.220
 forgotten about

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:25.619
 you.

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 And so the

00:22:27.420 --> 00:22:28.180
 whole gospel

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:29.960
 starts with

00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:30.259
 him.

00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:31.740
 And that

00:22:31.740 --> 00:22:32.660
 divine initiative

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:34.019
 prompts what

00:22:34.019 --> 00:22:34.740
 theologians

00:22:34.740 --> 00:22:36.519
 have often

00:22:36.519 --> 00:22:37.700
 called a

00:22:37.700 --> 00:22:38.480
 voluntary

00:22:38.480 --> 00:22:39.819
 condescension.

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 And I think

00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:41.139
 that is such

00:22:41.139 --> 00:22:41.859
 a cool

00:22:41.859 --> 00:22:42.319
 phrase.

00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.139
 A voluntary

00:22:43.139 --> 00:22:44.059
 condescension.

00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:44.920
 You find it

00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:45.119
 in the

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:45.500
 Westminster

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:46.019
 Confession

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.500
 of Faith.

00:22:47.000 --> 00:22:47.559
 The Westminster

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:47.859
 Confession

00:22:47.859 --> 00:22:48.279
 of Faith

00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:48.900
 is a very

00:22:48.900 --> 00:22:49.859
 important document

00:22:49.859 --> 00:22:50.220
 for our

00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.799
 church because

00:22:50.799 --> 00:22:51.299
 we believe

00:22:51.299 --> 00:22:51.980
 that the

00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.240
 Westminster

00:22:52.240 --> 00:22:52.660
 Confession

00:22:52.660 --> 00:22:52.980
 of Faith

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.460
 is an

00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:53.879
 accurate

00:22:53.879 --> 00:22:54.460
 summary of

00:22:54.460 --> 00:22:54.680
 what the

00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:54.900
 Bible

00:22:54.900 --> 00:22:55.319
 teaches.

00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:56.139
 And so it

00:22:56.139 --> 00:22:56.400
 was written

00:22:56.400 --> 00:22:56.920
 about 400

00:22:56.920 --> 00:22:57.539
 years ago.

00:22:57.660 --> 00:22:58.359
 Very short,

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.259
 but it's got

00:22:59.259 --> 00:23:00.000
 some really

00:23:00.000 --> 00:23:00.819
 helpful summaries

00:23:00.819 --> 00:23:01.779
 of what we

00:23:01.779 --> 00:23:02.480
 believe the

00:23:02.480 --> 00:23:03.299
 Bible says.

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 And I'm

00:23:03.579 --> 00:23:03.759
 going to

00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:04.159
 read you

00:23:04.159 --> 00:23:04.859
 the paragraph

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.460
 where you

00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:06.500
 discover this

00:23:06.500 --> 00:23:07.139
 cool phrase,

00:23:07.339 --> 00:23:07.659
 voluntary

00:23:07.659 --> 00:23:08.500
 condescension.

00:23:08.740 --> 00:23:09.339
 It says in

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:09.960
 Westminster

00:23:09.960 --> 00:23:10.359
 Confession

00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:10.779
 of Faith,

00:23:11.159 --> 00:23:11.720
 chapter 7,

00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.359
 paragraph 1,

00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.960
 the distance

00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.659
 between God

00:23:13.659 --> 00:23:14.240
 and the

00:23:14.240 --> 00:23:14.899
 creature is

00:23:14.899 --> 00:23:15.759
 so great

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:17.740
 that although

00:23:17.740 --> 00:23:18.299
 reasonable

00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:19.019
 creatures do

00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:19.339
 owe

00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.500
 obedience unto

00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.440
 him as

00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:22.139
 their creator,

00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.559
 yet they

00:23:23.559 --> 00:23:24.299
 could never

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.299
 have any

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:26.299
 fruition of

00:23:26.299 --> 00:23:27.200
 him as

00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:27.440
 their

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:28.299
 blessedness

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:29.500
 and reward,

00:23:29.500 --> 00:23:29.539
 God,

00:23:30.359 --> 00:23:30.839
 but by

00:23:30.839 --> 00:23:31.460
 some

00:23:31.460 --> 00:23:32.480
 voluntary

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:33.819
 condescension

00:23:33.819 --> 00:23:35.039
 on God's

00:23:35.039 --> 00:23:35.440
 part,

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:36.660
 which he

00:23:36.660 --> 00:23:37.019
 has been

00:23:37.019 --> 00:23:37.599
 pleased to

00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:38.819
 express by

00:23:38.819 --> 00:23:39.619
 way of

00:23:39.619 --> 00:23:39.980
 covenant.

00:23:40.619 --> 00:23:40.900
 In other

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.019
 words,

00:23:41.059 --> 00:23:41.460
 what that's

00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:41.900
 saying is

00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.160
 that the

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.420
 distance

00:23:42.420 --> 00:23:42.940
 between God

00:23:42.940 --> 00:23:43.359
 and us

00:23:43.359 --> 00:23:44.920
 is huge,

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.299
 it's

00:23:45.299 --> 00:23:45.819
 enormous,

00:23:46.500 --> 00:23:47.700
 it's so

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.099
 great,

00:23:49.059 --> 00:23:49.960
 and in

00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:50.500
 every way

00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:50.819
 you could

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.039
 say,

00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:51.220
 well,

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.400
 look,

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:51.940
 we're the

00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:52.359
 ones who

00:23:52.359 --> 00:23:52.680
 fell,

00:23:52.900 --> 00:23:53.559
 we're the

00:23:53.559 --> 00:23:54.299
 ones who

00:23:54.299 --> 00:23:54.680
 owe him

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.079
 obedience,

00:23:55.240 --> 00:23:55.519
 we're the

00:23:55.519 --> 00:23:56.140
 ones who

00:23:56.140 --> 00:23:56.539
 should work

00:23:56.539 --> 00:23:56.759
 our way

00:23:56.759 --> 00:23:57.319
 back up

00:23:57.319 --> 00:23:57.700
 to God,

00:23:58.139 --> 00:23:58.419
 sin has

00:23:58.419 --> 00:23:58.740
 left us

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:58.960
 in a

00:23:58.960 --> 00:23:59.240
 state where

00:23:59.240 --> 00:23:59.720
 we cannot

00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:00.519
 do that,

00:24:00.960 --> 00:24:01.419
 and so

00:24:01.419 --> 00:24:01.919
 if we

00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.200
 try to

00:24:02.200 --> 00:24:02.500
 work our

00:24:02.500 --> 00:24:02.819
 way up

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:03.139
 to him,

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.779
 we're never

00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.039
 going to

00:24:04.039 --> 00:24:04.379
 get any

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:04.899
 blessing of

00:24:04.899 --> 00:24:05.500
 knowing him,

00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:07.039
 and so

00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:07.599
 the only

00:24:07.599 --> 00:24:08.980
 way that

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.339
 things can

00:24:09.339 --> 00:24:09.639
 be put

00:24:09.639 --> 00:24:10.200
 right is

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.659
 not if

00:24:10.659 --> 00:24:10.960
 we make

00:24:10.960 --> 00:24:11.159
 our way

00:24:11.159 --> 00:24:11.579
 back up

00:24:11.579 --> 00:24:11.899
 to him,

00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:12.220
 but if

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:12.379
 he

00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.119
 voluntarily

00:24:13.119 --> 00:24:14.200
 condescends

00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:15.339
 to us.

00:24:16.659 --> 00:24:17.339
 In other

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.740
 words,

00:24:18.159 --> 00:24:19.579
 if he

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:20.079
 chooses

00:24:20.079 --> 00:24:21.759
 to come

00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.200
 down

00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:23.899
 to save

00:24:23.899 --> 00:24:24.259
 us.

00:24:25.579 --> 00:24:26.399
 And the

00:24:26.399 --> 00:24:26.899
 reason he

00:24:26.900 --> 00:24:27.580
 does that

00:24:27.580 --> 00:24:28.540
 is to

00:24:28.540 --> 00:24:29.660
 establish a

00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:30.220
 relationship

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:30.720
 with us,

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.340
 a beautiful

00:24:31.340 --> 00:24:31.840
 covenant

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:32.600
 relationship

00:24:32.600 --> 00:24:34.180
 where he

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.560
 is our

00:24:34.560 --> 00:24:35.820
 God and

00:24:35.820 --> 00:24:36.280
 we are

00:24:36.280 --> 00:24:36.720
 his

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.560
 people.

00:24:38.560 --> 00:24:39.240
 But for

00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:39.680
 that to

00:24:39.680 --> 00:24:40.280
 be possible,

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.180
 our sin

00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.840
 has to be

00:24:41.840 --> 00:24:42.080
 dealt

00:24:42.080 --> 00:24:42.500
 with,

00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:45.040
 and as

00:24:45.040 --> 00:24:45.380
 we think

00:24:45.380 --> 00:24:45.960
 about that,

00:24:46.540 --> 00:24:47.860
 we recognize

00:24:47.860 --> 00:24:48.320
 that we

00:24:48.320 --> 00:24:48.860
 need a

00:24:48.860 --> 00:24:49.360
 saviour

00:24:49.360 --> 00:24:50.700
 who's going

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:50.920
 to make

00:24:50.920 --> 00:24:51.440
 atonement

00:24:51.440 --> 00:24:51.860
 for our

00:24:51.860 --> 00:24:52.259
 sins,

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.560
 and that

00:24:53.560 --> 00:24:54.100
 needs to

00:24:54.100 --> 00:24:54.540
 be one

00:24:54.540 --> 00:24:55.340
 who can

00:24:55.340 --> 00:24:55.740
 represent

00:24:55.740 --> 00:24:56.360
 us,

00:24:56.900 --> 00:24:57.460
 so he

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:57.740
 needs to

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:57.980
 be one

00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.420
 of us,

00:24:58.920 --> 00:24:59.400
 but it

00:24:59.400 --> 00:24:59.700
 needs to

00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:00.100
 be one

00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:00.880
 who can

00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:01.180
 fulfill

00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.600
 everything

00:25:01.600 --> 00:25:01.980
 that God

00:25:01.980 --> 00:25:02.560
 requires,

00:25:02.840 --> 00:25:03.200
 which is

00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.840
 only something

00:25:03.840 --> 00:25:04.259
 that God

00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:04.700
 can do.

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:05.820
 So the

00:25:05.820 --> 00:25:06.240
 mediator

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.880
 between God

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:07.300
 and man

00:25:07.300 --> 00:25:07.740
 has to

00:25:07.740 --> 00:25:08.680
 be God

00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:09.820
 and man,

00:25:10.580 --> 00:25:11.480
 and the

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.060
 big theological

00:25:12.060 --> 00:25:12.759
 concept we

00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.140
 talk about

00:25:13.140 --> 00:25:13.860
 there is

00:25:13.860 --> 00:25:14.720
 the incarnation,

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:15.980
 where God

00:25:15.980 --> 00:25:16.940
 himself has

00:25:16.940 --> 00:25:17.480
 come down

00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.259
 to be one

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:18.580
 of us,

00:25:18.600 --> 00:25:18.900
 and this

00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:19.580
 is what

00:25:19.580 --> 00:25:20.780
 John's

00:25:20.780 --> 00:25:21.300
 gospel is

00:25:21.300 --> 00:25:21.860
 revealing to

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:22.640
 us more

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:23.019
 and more

00:25:23.019 --> 00:25:23.340
 and more,

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:23.740
 that this

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.040
 is who

00:25:24.039 --> 00:25:24.599
 Jesus is.

00:25:24.779 --> 00:25:25.099
 He is

00:25:25.099 --> 00:25:25.639
 God the

00:25:25.639 --> 00:25:25.940
 Son,

00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.159
 and he

00:25:27.159 --> 00:25:27.519
 has been

00:25:27.519 --> 00:25:27.920
 made

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.379
 flesh,

00:25:29.899 --> 00:25:30.299
 he's

00:25:30.299 --> 00:25:30.740
 taken on

00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:30.879
 our

00:25:30.879 --> 00:25:31.379
 humanity,

00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:32.539
 and so

00:25:32.539 --> 00:25:32.839
 when we

00:25:32.839 --> 00:25:33.019
 say

00:25:33.019 --> 00:25:33.700
 incarnation,

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.180
 the

00:25:34.180 --> 00:25:34.779
 carn bit

00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.079
 of that

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.539
 word is

00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:35.920
 the Latin

00:25:35.920 --> 00:25:36.299
 word for

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:36.700
 flesh,

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.339
 so

00:25:37.339 --> 00:25:38.259
 enfleshment,

00:25:38.339 --> 00:25:38.659
 he's just

00:25:38.659 --> 00:25:39.019
 become

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.440
 human,

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:40.399
 like us,

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.440
 that's how

00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:42.039
 far God's

00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:42.379
 come,

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.500
 not to

00:25:43.500 --> 00:25:44.000
 appear above

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:44.259
 us,

00:25:44.339 --> 00:25:44.680
 not to

00:25:44.680 --> 00:25:45.180
 draw near

00:25:45.180 --> 00:25:45.740
 to us,

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:46.440
 not even

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:46.960
 to touch

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:47.279
 us,

00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.000
 but actually

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.420
 to be

00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:49.019
 one of

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.399
 us.

00:25:49.400 --> 00:25:50.740
 the

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.180
 eternal

00:25:51.180 --> 00:25:51.740
 Son of

00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.780
 God has

00:25:52.780 --> 00:25:53.140
 become

00:25:53.140 --> 00:25:53.640
 human,

00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:54.759
 he's

00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.160
 come to

00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:55.540
 stand

00:25:55.540 --> 00:25:55.759
 with

00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:56.140
 us,

00:25:56.940 --> 00:25:57.660
 to stand

00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:58.400
 for us.

00:25:59.180 --> 00:25:59.660
 So you've

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.100
 got divine

00:26:00.100 --> 00:26:00.500
 initiative,

00:26:00.700 --> 00:26:00.980
 voluntary

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.800
 condescension,

00:26:02.100 --> 00:26:02.660
 culminating in

00:26:02.660 --> 00:26:03.240
 the incarnation

00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:03.800
 of God

00:26:03.800 --> 00:26:04.280
 the Son,

00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:05.340
 and because

00:26:05.340 --> 00:26:05.740
 of that,

00:26:05.860 --> 00:26:06.420
 he can be

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:07.300
 the mediator

00:26:07.300 --> 00:26:08.320
 between God

00:26:08.320 --> 00:26:09.320
 and humanity,

00:26:09.460 --> 00:26:09.820
 and that

00:26:09.820 --> 00:26:10.540
 work of

00:26:10.540 --> 00:26:11.100
 mediation

00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:12.019
 involves him

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.720
 standing in

00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.259
 our place,

00:26:13.840 --> 00:26:14.600
 which ultimately

00:26:14.600 --> 00:26:15.440
 involved him

00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:16.940
 dying in

00:26:16.940 --> 00:26:18.019
 our place,

00:26:18.019 --> 00:26:19.039
 which is

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:19.500
 what Jesus

00:26:19.500 --> 00:26:20.119
 goes on to

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.660
 speak about

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:21.420
 at the end

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:21.619
 of the

00:26:21.619 --> 00:26:21.980
 chapter,

00:26:22.619 --> 00:26:22.940
 where he

00:26:22.940 --> 00:26:23.539
 says that

00:26:23.539 --> 00:26:26.559
 the bread

00:26:26.559 --> 00:26:27.039
 that I

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.579
 will give

00:26:27.579 --> 00:26:27.940
 for the

00:26:27.940 --> 00:26:28.299
 life of

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:28.819
 the world

00:26:28.819 --> 00:26:30.299
 is my

00:26:30.299 --> 00:26:30.799
 flesh.

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.319
 And so

00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:32.940
 Jesus here

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:33.539
 is unfolding

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:33.920
 the great

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.339
 theological

00:26:34.339 --> 00:26:34.879
 truths that

00:26:34.879 --> 00:26:35.180
 lie at the

00:26:35.180 --> 00:26:35.420
 heart of

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.879
 the gospel,

00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:36.879
 that from

00:26:36.879 --> 00:26:37.319
 God's

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.879
 initiative,

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.539
 there's a

00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:38.839
 voluntary

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:39.539
 condescension

00:26:39.539 --> 00:26:39.940
 of God

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.339
 the Son

00:26:40.339 --> 00:26:40.879
 becoming

00:26:40.879 --> 00:26:41.420
 flesh,

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:42.279
 so that

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:42.639
 he can be

00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:43.440
 our mediator,

00:26:44.639 --> 00:26:45.319
 and in

00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:45.839
 order to be

00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:46.500
 our mediator,

00:26:47.059 --> 00:26:47.400
 he needs

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:47.980
 to die

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.660
 for us,

00:26:49.320 --> 00:26:50.140
 and in

00:26:50.140 --> 00:26:50.640
 doing all

00:26:50.640 --> 00:26:51.000
 that,

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.580
 God is

00:26:52.580 --> 00:26:53.700
 giving life

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.080
 to the

00:26:54.080 --> 00:26:54.420
 world,

00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:54.940
 that takes

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.540
 us back

00:26:55.540 --> 00:26:56.460
 to verse

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.980
 33,

00:26:57.720 --> 00:26:58.060
 the bread

00:26:58.060 --> 00:26:58.460
 of God

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:58.940
 is he

00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.680
 who comes

00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:00.100
 down from

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:00.400
 heaven,

00:27:01.080 --> 00:27:01.660
 and gives

00:27:01.660 --> 00:27:03.360
 life to

00:27:03.360 --> 00:27:03.940
 the world,

00:27:04.820 --> 00:27:05.600
 and that

00:27:05.600 --> 00:27:05.940
 salvation

00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:07.900
 is a

00:27:07.900 --> 00:27:08.320
 gift

00:27:08.320 --> 00:27:09.940
 available

00:27:09.940 --> 00:27:10.700
 to all,

00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:12.500
 and that's

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:13.420
 all because

00:27:13.420 --> 00:27:14.900
 of God's

00:27:14.900 --> 00:27:15.560
 grace,

00:27:16.120 --> 00:27:17.360
 and so

00:27:17.360 --> 00:27:18.240
 that's what

00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:18.800
 makes the

00:27:18.800 --> 00:27:19.140
 bread of

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.400
 life

00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:20.160
 available,

00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.759
 that's what

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.420
 makes salvation

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:22.900
 possible,

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.500
 so our

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.880
 heading is

00:27:23.880 --> 00:27:24.180
 the bread

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.500
 of life

00:27:24.500 --> 00:27:25.000
 is available,

00:27:25.120 --> 00:27:25.600
 behind that

00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:26.120
 heading lies

00:27:26.120 --> 00:27:26.720
 all the

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.200
 massive

00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:27.860
 concepts

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:29.259
 of our

00:27:29.259 --> 00:27:29.740
 theology,

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.539
 the gospel

00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:30.920
 is never

00:27:30.920 --> 00:27:31.340
 about us

00:27:31.340 --> 00:27:31.759
 working our

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.100
 way up to

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:32.340
 God,

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:32.680
 it's about

00:27:32.680 --> 00:27:33.080
 God

00:27:33.080 --> 00:27:33.900
 coming down

00:27:33.900 --> 00:27:35.039
 to us,

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.420
 and this

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:36.779
 is where we

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.600
 see something

00:27:37.600 --> 00:27:38.600
 so beautiful

00:27:38.599 --> 00:27:39.039
 and so

00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:39.439
 amazing

00:27:39.439 --> 00:27:40.139
 in the

00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:40.480
 gospel,

00:27:41.159 --> 00:27:41.839
 because in

00:27:41.839 --> 00:27:42.279
 terms of

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.559
 how the

00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:43.219
 gospel works

00:27:43.219 --> 00:27:43.459
 out,

00:27:44.299 --> 00:27:45.119
 on God's

00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:45.519
 side,

00:27:47.219 --> 00:27:47.980
 the availability

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:49.159
 of eternal

00:27:49.159 --> 00:27:50.199
 life is

00:27:50.199 --> 00:27:50.859
 captured by

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.639
 these great

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.219
 theological

00:27:52.219 --> 00:27:53.599
 concepts that

00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:54.059
 we've listed,

00:27:54.179 --> 00:27:54.959
 divine initiative,

00:27:55.219 --> 00:27:55.519
 voluntary

00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.379
 condescension,

00:27:56.899 --> 00:27:57.480
 incarnation,

00:27:58.000 --> 00:27:58.559
 mediator,

00:27:58.939 --> 00:27:59.240
 grace,

00:27:59.319 --> 00:27:59.699
 these are

00:27:59.699 --> 00:28:00.459
 amazing,

00:28:00.719 --> 00:28:01.679
 big theological

00:28:01.679 --> 00:28:02.179
 words,

00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:02.879
 that's what

00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.480
 God had to

00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:03.639
 do,

00:28:03.740 --> 00:28:04.439
 that summarizes

00:28:04.439 --> 00:28:05.339
 everything from

00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:06.359
 God's side

00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:07.179
 in terms of

00:28:07.179 --> 00:28:07.619
 the gospel,

00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:08.059
 but from

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:09.039
 our side,

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.759
 the availability

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:12.019
 of the

00:28:12.019 --> 00:28:12.440
 bread of

00:28:12.440 --> 00:28:13.279
 life is

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:13.940
 summed up

00:28:13.940 --> 00:28:14.940
 in just

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:16.259
 one word,

00:28:17.259 --> 00:28:17.819
 and you

00:28:17.819 --> 00:28:18.480
 see it in

00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:19.200
 verse 35,

00:28:20.679 --> 00:28:23.159
 whoever,

00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:27.240
 and that

00:28:27.240 --> 00:28:28.299
 is such

00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:30.480
 an incredible

00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:31.000
 word,

00:28:32.639 --> 00:28:33.079
 whoever

00:28:33.079 --> 00:28:34.619
 comes to

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.099
 Jesus,

00:28:36.359 --> 00:28:36.980
 whoever

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:38.000
 believes in

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:38.500
 Jesus,

00:28:39.900 --> 00:28:40.880
 whoever,

00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:44.339
 and every

00:28:44.339 --> 00:28:44.960
 single person

00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:45.220
 in here

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.680
 tonight is

00:28:45.680 --> 00:28:46.059
 a whoever,

00:28:48.339 --> 00:28:49.420
 doesn't

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:49.940
 matter what

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.420
 your background

00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:50.920
 is,

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:52.240
 and it

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:52.740
 does not

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.279
 matter what

00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:54.200
 baggage you

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.920
 come with,

00:28:55.799 --> 00:28:56.220
 and it

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.759
 doesn't matter

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.299
 if you look

00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:57.640
 around this

00:28:57.640 --> 00:28:58.019
 room tonight

00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.200
 and you

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.779
 think everybody

00:28:58.779 --> 00:28:59.200
 else is

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.700
 different from

00:28:59.700 --> 00:28:59.900
 me,

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.220
 everybody

00:29:00.220 --> 00:29:00.619
 else is

00:29:00.619 --> 00:29:01.000
 better than

00:29:01.000 --> 00:29:01.140
 me,

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:01.599
 and nobody

00:29:01.599 --> 00:29:02.339
 else has

00:29:02.339 --> 00:29:03.680
 done what

00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:04.079
 I have

00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:04.400
 done,

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.539
 nobody else

00:29:05.539 --> 00:29:06.019
 doubts the

00:29:06.019 --> 00:29:06.319
 way I

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.579
 doubt,

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:06.859
 nobody

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.180
 else has

00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:07.559
 the questions

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:07.900
 that I

00:29:07.900 --> 00:29:08.279
 have,

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.900
 nobody

00:29:09.900 --> 00:29:10.299
 else's

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:10.700
 heart is

00:29:10.700 --> 00:29:11.200
 as cold

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:12.279
 as my

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.660
 heart,

00:29:12.819 --> 00:29:13.559
 all of

00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.099
 those thoughts

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.500
 are just

00:29:14.500 --> 00:29:16.079
 blown away

00:29:16.079 --> 00:29:16.400
 by the

00:29:16.400 --> 00:29:16.579
 word

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.259
 whoever.

00:29:17.259 --> 00:29:20.500
 you could

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:20.819
 have a

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:21.440
 million

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:22.900
 reasons

00:29:22.900 --> 00:29:24.579
 that makes

00:29:24.579 --> 00:29:24.940
 you think

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.240
 you're not

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:25.660
 worthy of

00:29:25.660 --> 00:29:26.119
 Jesus,

00:29:26.599 --> 00:29:26.980
 whoever

00:29:26.980 --> 00:29:27.500
 trumps

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:27.960
 them all.

00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.819
 And

00:29:32.819 --> 00:29:34.859
 it does

00:29:34.859 --> 00:29:35.740
 not matter

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:37.980
 who is

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:38.400
 coming,

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:41.599
 the only

00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:42.019
 thing that

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.480
 matters

00:29:42.480 --> 00:29:44.240
 is who

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.740
 you are

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.720
 coming to.

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:49.180
 you come

00:29:49.180 --> 00:29:49.799
 to Jesus,

00:29:50.879 --> 00:29:51.700
 the bread

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.200
 of life.

00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:54.299
 And so

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:54.579
 the bread

00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:54.900
 of life

00:29:54.900 --> 00:29:55.480
 is available.

00:29:56.019 --> 00:29:56.500
 That takes

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.819
 us to our

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.379
 third point,

00:29:57.680 --> 00:29:58.000
 we're running

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.400
 out of time.

00:29:59.119 --> 00:29:59.660
 The bread

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.140
 of life

00:30:00.140 --> 00:30:00.940
 has got to

00:30:00.940 --> 00:30:01.440
 be received,

00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:01.920
 so the bread

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.279
 of life

00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:02.879
 is needed,

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.279
 we need it

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:03.519
 more than

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.220
 anything else,

00:30:04.420 --> 00:30:04.700
 the bread

00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:04.940
 of life

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:05.559
 is available,

00:30:05.779 --> 00:30:06.319
 Jesus has

00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:07.180
 actually come,

00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:07.819
 but we

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.519
 have got to

00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:08.980
 respond,

00:30:09.980 --> 00:30:10.879
 we have to

00:30:10.879 --> 00:30:12.220
 receive what

00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:13.059
 he's offering

00:30:13.059 --> 00:30:13.420
 us.

00:30:13.900 --> 00:30:15.240
 And you

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:15.700
 can see that

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.000
 the crowd

00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:16.680
 want this in

00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:17.240
 verse 34,

00:30:17.259 --> 00:30:17.700
 they say

00:30:17.700 --> 00:30:18.119
 to Jesus,

00:30:18.599 --> 00:30:18.920
 give us

00:30:18.920 --> 00:30:19.319
 this bread

00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:20.019
 always,

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:20.680
 they want

00:30:20.680 --> 00:30:21.039
 what he's

00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:21.379
 offering,

00:30:21.920 --> 00:30:22.559
 and in

00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:23.160
 verse 35,

00:30:23.279 --> 00:30:23.740
 Jesus tells

00:30:23.740 --> 00:30:24.000
 them what

00:30:24.000 --> 00:30:24.319
 to do,

00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:24.660
 I'm the

00:30:24.660 --> 00:30:24.940
 bread of

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:25.160
 life,

00:30:25.220 --> 00:30:25.359
 whoever

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:26.200
 comes to

00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:27.539
 me shall

00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:28.059
 not hunger,

00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:29.220
 and whoever

00:30:29.220 --> 00:30:30.160
 believes in

00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:31.220
 me shall

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.779
 never thirst.

00:30:33.519 --> 00:30:34.099
 And there's

00:30:34.099 --> 00:30:35.039
 two key

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:37.099
 verbs in

00:30:37.099 --> 00:30:37.720
 that verse

00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:38.799
 that tell us

00:30:38.799 --> 00:30:39.980
 exactly what

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.400
 we have to

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:40.720
 do,

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:42.079
 we have to

00:30:42.079 --> 00:30:42.480
 come,

00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:43.980
 and we

00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:44.460
 have to

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.940
 believe.

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:46.900
 come is

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:47.400
 such a

00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:47.680
 beautiful

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.080
 word,

00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:48.880
 it's an

00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:49.519
 invitation,

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.240
 and it

00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:50.580
 tells you

00:30:50.580 --> 00:30:50.940
 that God

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.380
 wants you

00:30:51.380 --> 00:30:51.960
 close to

00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:52.200
 him,

00:30:52.860 --> 00:30:53.360
 that God

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:53.980
 is calling

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.200
 you,

00:30:54.380 --> 00:30:54.840
 commanding

00:30:54.840 --> 00:30:54.960
 you,

00:30:55.160 --> 00:30:55.660
 urging you

00:30:55.660 --> 00:30:56.180
 to come

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.620
 to him.

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.620
 The

00:30:57.620 --> 00:30:58.039
 voluntary

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.860
 condescension

00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.279
 of God,

00:30:59.380 --> 00:31:00.220
 the incarnation

00:31:00.220 --> 00:31:01.480
 of the

00:31:01.480 --> 00:31:01.840
 son of

00:31:01.840 --> 00:31:02.080
 God,

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.920
 the mediation

00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:03.680
 of the

00:31:03.680 --> 00:31:04.120
 Christ,

00:31:04.380 --> 00:31:04.759
 and every

00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.100
 other

00:31:05.100 --> 00:31:05.700
 massive

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:06.259
 theological

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.860
 concept

00:31:06.860 --> 00:31:07.180
 that we

00:31:07.180 --> 00:31:07.460
 have in

00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:07.920
 the gospel

00:31:07.920 --> 00:31:08.820
 is all

00:31:08.820 --> 00:31:09.620
 because God

00:31:09.619 --> 00:31:10.339
 actually

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:11.579
 wants you.

00:31:13.139 --> 00:31:13.739
 And whether

00:31:13.739 --> 00:31:14.339
 you have

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:14.579
 been a

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:15.079
 Christian for

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.719
 years,

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:16.979
 or whether

00:31:16.979 --> 00:31:17.519
 you are not

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:17.859
 yet a

00:31:17.859 --> 00:31:18.199
 Christian,

00:31:18.479 --> 00:31:18.839
 or not

00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:19.379
 sure if

00:31:19.379 --> 00:31:19.599
 you're a

00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:19.859
 Christian,

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.959
 you've got

00:31:20.959 --> 00:31:21.339
 to write

00:31:21.339 --> 00:31:21.799
 these words

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.099
 on your

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.339
 heart,

00:31:22.419 --> 00:31:22.899
 that God

00:31:22.899 --> 00:31:23.639
 actually

00:31:23.639 --> 00:31:24.799
 wants you,

00:31:24.899 --> 00:31:25.299
 because it

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:26.239
 is so easy

00:31:26.239 --> 00:31:26.699
 to feel

00:31:26.699 --> 00:31:27.679
 unwantable

00:31:27.679 --> 00:31:28.739
 before God.

00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:30.119
 It's so easy

00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.439
 to feel

00:31:30.439 --> 00:31:31.099
 unlovable,

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.799
 and it's so

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.419
 easy to feel

00:31:32.419 --> 00:31:32.799
 like we are

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:34.659
 just so far

00:31:34.659 --> 00:31:35.500
 from what

00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:36.579
 we wish

00:31:36.579 --> 00:31:37.160
 we were,

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.960
 and Jesus

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.799
 is saying,

00:31:41.900 --> 00:31:42.460
 the whole

00:31:42.460 --> 00:31:43.039
 reason I

00:31:43.039 --> 00:31:43.559
 have come

00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:44.819
 is because

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.460
 I want

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:45.779
 you.

00:31:47.759 --> 00:31:48.099
 And so

00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:48.980
 Jesus wants

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.299
 you to

00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:49.680
 come to

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:49.859
 him.

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:50.880
 He wants

00:31:50.880 --> 00:31:51.519
 to hear

00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:52.299
 your voice

00:31:52.299 --> 00:31:53.000
 praying.

00:31:54.359 --> 00:31:55.240
 He wants

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.579
 to hear

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.019
 your voice

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.519
 tonight,

00:31:57.779 --> 00:31:58.119
 whether

00:31:58.119 --> 00:31:59.400
 that is the

00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:00.119
 first time

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:00.440
 that he'll

00:32:00.440 --> 00:32:00.720
 have heard

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.099
 your voice

00:32:01.099 --> 00:32:02.180
 praying in

00:32:02.180 --> 00:32:03.119
 decades,

00:32:03.119 --> 00:32:06.139
 he wants

00:32:06.139 --> 00:32:06.479
 to hear

00:32:06.479 --> 00:32:06.699
 that

00:32:06.699 --> 00:32:07.099
 tonight.

00:32:09.619 --> 00:32:10.139
 And

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:10.519
 whether you've

00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:11.000
 prayed every

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.479
 day for as

00:32:11.479 --> 00:32:11.879
 long as you

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.419
 can remember,

00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:13.259
 he wants

00:32:13.259 --> 00:32:13.699
 to hear

00:32:13.699 --> 00:32:14.159
 your voice

00:32:14.159 --> 00:32:14.539
 again.

00:32:16.199 --> 00:32:16.839
 And he

00:32:16.839 --> 00:32:17.539
 wants your

00:32:17.539 --> 00:32:18.139
 ears to

00:32:18.139 --> 00:32:19.519
 listen to

00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.199
 what he's

00:32:20.199 --> 00:32:21.319
 saying in

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:22.059
 his word,

00:32:22.579 --> 00:32:23.319
 and he

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:24.219
 wants your

00:32:24.219 --> 00:32:25.699
 hearts to

00:32:25.699 --> 00:32:26.439
 rest in

00:32:26.439 --> 00:32:28.099
 him for

00:32:28.099 --> 00:32:28.919
 every moment

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:29.799
 of your

00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:30.099
 life.

00:32:30.159 --> 00:32:30.419
 He wants

00:32:30.419 --> 00:32:30.679
 you to

00:32:30.679 --> 00:32:31.039
 come.

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:33.279
 and he

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:33.899
 wants you

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:34.960
 to believe.

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.460
 That's the

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:37.339
 language of

00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:37.879
 trust.

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.839
 And so

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:40.319
 as we

00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:40.740
 come to

00:32:40.740 --> 00:32:41.099
 Jesus,

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.279
 we come

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:43.579
 placing our

00:32:43.579 --> 00:32:44.319
 reliance on

00:32:44.319 --> 00:32:44.440
 him.

00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:44.700
 In other

00:32:44.700 --> 00:32:45.039
 words, we

00:32:45.039 --> 00:32:45.539
 just come

00:32:45.539 --> 00:32:46.440
 and lean

00:32:46.440 --> 00:32:46.899
 on him.

00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:48.460
 We come

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.799
 and receive

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.779
 and rest

00:32:50.779 --> 00:32:51.539
 upon him

00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:52.700
 for our

00:32:52.700 --> 00:32:53.059
 salvation.

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.420
 And that's

00:32:53.420 --> 00:32:53.899
 just such a

00:32:53.899 --> 00:32:54.299
 beautiful,

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.379
 beautiful picture

00:32:55.379 --> 00:32:56.460
 that it's

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:57.019
 like Jesus

00:32:57.019 --> 00:32:57.639
 wants us to

00:32:57.639 --> 00:32:58.079
 come and

00:32:58.079 --> 00:32:58.399
 he wants

00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:59.000
 us to lean

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.559
 on him.

00:32:59.879 --> 00:33:00.220
 Not to

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.619
 come and

00:33:00.619 --> 00:33:01.019
 be impressed

00:33:01.019 --> 00:33:01.500
 not to

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:01.799
 come for

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.259
 a job

00:33:02.259 --> 00:33:02.579
 interview

00:33:02.579 --> 00:33:02.859
 where you

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.119
 have to

00:33:03.119 --> 00:33:03.319
 be at

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.700
 your best,

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.400
 but actually

00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:04.720
 just to

00:33:04.720 --> 00:33:05.160
 come and

00:33:05.160 --> 00:33:05.579
 fall into

00:33:05.579 --> 00:33:06.180
 his arms.

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.680
 That's

00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:09.440
 the response

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.680
 that God

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.079
 is looking

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:11.440
 for.

00:33:12.619 --> 00:33:13.160
 That we

00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:13.460
 are to

00:33:13.460 --> 00:33:14.700
 believe in

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.059
 Jesus.

00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:18.220
 That's how

00:33:18.220 --> 00:33:18.660
 the gospel

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.180
 works.

00:33:19.619 --> 00:33:20.259
 We're saved

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.639
 by faith.

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.019
 That doesn't

00:33:21.019 --> 00:33:21.859
 mean knowing

00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:22.359
 everything.

00:33:23.019 --> 00:33:23.460
 And in so

00:33:23.460 --> 00:33:23.859
 many ways,

00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:24.940
 faith is an

00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.400
 expression of

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:25.680
 the fact that

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:26.039
 we don't

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.599
 know everything,

00:33:27.099 --> 00:33:28.180
 but we know

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.660
 that Jesus

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.259
 is trustworthy.

00:33:29.259 --> 00:33:30.579
 And we

00:33:30.579 --> 00:33:30.940
 will lean

00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:31.400
 on him.

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.740
 And believing

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:33.099
 in Jesus

00:33:33.099 --> 00:33:33.700
 doesn't mean

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.440
 never doubting.

00:33:34.579 --> 00:33:35.039
 All of us

00:33:35.039 --> 00:33:35.279
 doubt.

00:33:35.480 --> 00:33:35.920
 All of us

00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:37.059
 stumble.

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.379
 But the

00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:37.859
 whole point

00:33:37.859 --> 00:33:38.579
 is that when

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.000
 we doubt,

00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:39.680
 when we stumble,

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.519
 all of these

00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:41.059
 are expressions

00:33:41.059 --> 00:33:41.440
 of our

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:41.859
 hunger,

00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:42.960
 which is

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.259
 just a

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.559
 reason to

00:33:43.559 --> 00:33:43.920
 go straight

00:33:43.920 --> 00:33:44.379
 to Jesus

00:33:44.379 --> 00:33:45.720
 and to

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.119
 fall into

00:33:46.119 --> 00:33:46.660
 his arms

00:33:46.660 --> 00:33:47.460
 again.

00:33:48.700 --> 00:33:49.240
 And believing

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.759
 in Jesus

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:50.980
 does not

00:33:50.980 --> 00:33:52.140
 mean feeling

00:33:52.140 --> 00:33:53.799
 strong or

00:33:53.799 --> 00:33:54.440
 confident.

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:54.620
 confident,

00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:56.620
 it's actually

00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:57.400
 just recognizing

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:57.980
 how weak

00:33:57.980 --> 00:33:58.480
 we are.

00:34:00.320 --> 00:34:01.080
 And the

00:34:01.080 --> 00:34:01.779
 thing that's

00:34:01.779 --> 00:34:03.720
 strong in

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.120
 terms of

00:34:04.120 --> 00:34:05.860
 our faith is

00:34:05.860 --> 00:34:06.200
 not the

00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:06.759
 person doing

00:34:06.759 --> 00:34:07.279
 the believing,

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.840
 it's the

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.320
 person that

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.880
 we believe

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.280
 in.

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.340
 He's the

00:34:13.340 --> 00:34:14.760
 one who's

00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:15.159
 strong.

00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.039
 It means

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.559
 knowing that

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.059
 you can't

00:34:18.059 --> 00:34:18.539
 stand on

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:18.900
 your own.

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:19.300
 It means

00:34:19.300 --> 00:34:19.800
 knowing that

00:34:19.800 --> 00:34:20.519
 I have to

00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:21.119
 rely on what

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.599
 Jesus has

00:34:21.599 --> 00:34:21.940
 done for

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.300
 me on the

00:34:22.300 --> 00:34:22.639
 cross.

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.420
 And it

00:34:23.420 --> 00:34:24.699
 means realizing

00:34:24.699 --> 00:34:25.619
 that we

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:26.440
 need him

00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:27.960
 more than

00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:28.500
 we need

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.559
 anything else.

00:34:29.879 --> 00:34:30.359
 It doesn't

00:34:30.359 --> 00:34:31.539
 mean knowing

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:31.960
 it all.

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:33.159
 And, you

00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:35.079
 know, that's

00:34:35.079 --> 00:34:35.619
 definitely how I

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.199
 could express

00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:36.839
 my own

00:34:36.839 --> 00:34:37.460
 conversion.

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:40.179
 I became a

00:34:40.179 --> 00:34:40.440
 Christian when

00:34:40.440 --> 00:34:40.719
 I was about

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:42.079
 14 and

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:43.079
 honestly, I

00:34:43.079 --> 00:34:43.719
 think I knew

00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:44.480
 pretty much

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:46.819
 nothing except

00:34:46.819 --> 00:34:47.519
 one thing.

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:50.000
 I knew that

00:34:50.000 --> 00:34:50.339
 I needed

00:34:50.339 --> 00:34:50.679
 Jesus.

00:34:52.639 --> 00:34:53.480
 And that's

00:34:53.480 --> 00:34:54.879
 what we

00:34:54.879 --> 00:34:55.179
 need to

00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:55.460
 know.

00:34:56.079 --> 00:34:56.719
 That will

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.619
 drive us

00:34:57.619 --> 00:34:59.679
 to Christ.

00:35:00.859 --> 00:35:01.279
 And the

00:35:01.279 --> 00:35:02.039
 amazing thing

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.639
 is that his

00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:03.219
 promise is

00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:03.599
 that as we

00:35:03.599 --> 00:35:04.000
 fall into

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.799
 his arms,

00:35:05.299 --> 00:35:06.099
 he will

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:07.059
 carry us

00:35:07.059 --> 00:35:09.460
 all the

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:09.859
 way.

00:35:11.599 --> 00:35:12.000
 Jesus

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:14.679
 is the

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.019
 bread of

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.379
 life.

00:35:16.679 --> 00:35:17.239
 And the

00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:17.519
 bread of

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:19.279
 life has

00:35:19.279 --> 00:35:19.859
 got to

00:35:19.859 --> 00:35:20.279
 be

00:35:20.279 --> 00:35:21.599
 received.

00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:21.679
 believed.

00:35:22.900 --> 00:35:23.000
 And

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.500
 sometimes,

00:35:23.799 --> 00:35:24.099
 you know,

00:35:24.619 --> 00:35:25.380
 this is a

00:35:25.380 --> 00:35:26.279
 key, this

00:35:26.279 --> 00:35:26.799
 is I think a

00:35:26.799 --> 00:35:27.299
 really important

00:35:27.299 --> 00:35:27.900
 thing for us

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.420
 to recognize

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.000
 because sometimes

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:29.619
 like the

00:35:29.619 --> 00:35:29.900
 people in

00:35:29.900 --> 00:35:30.319
 this crowd,

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:30.900
 we kind

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:31.159
 of want

00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:33.839
 proof about

00:35:33.839 --> 00:35:34.799
 Jesus and

00:35:34.799 --> 00:35:36.519
 we want to

00:35:36.519 --> 00:35:37.539
 be able to

00:35:37.539 --> 00:35:37.860
 sort of think,

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:38.500
 well, how do

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.000
 we know for

00:35:39.000 --> 00:35:39.299
 certain?

00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:39.659
 And we want

00:35:39.659 --> 00:35:40.059
 to sort of

00:35:40.059 --> 00:35:40.819
 test Jesus,

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.699
 test evidence,

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.500
 test arguments,

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.460
 test the

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:44.159
 Bible against

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:45.239
 other viewpoints,

00:35:45.339 --> 00:35:45.639
 whatever it

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:46.000
 might be.

00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:46.679
 And we kind

00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:46.900
 of think, I

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.380
 just want that

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:48.599
 proof that this

00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:49.000
 is true.

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.940
 And sometimes

00:35:49.940 --> 00:35:50.639
 we also think,

00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:51.119
 well, I also

00:35:51.119 --> 00:35:51.679
 just want that

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.840
 proof that I

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.420
 really am

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.019
 converted, that

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.400
 there has to

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:55.460
 be that sign,

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:56.119
 that clarity,

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.739
 that event,

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:57.380
 that something

00:35:57.380 --> 00:35:58.380
 that is going

00:35:58.380 --> 00:35:58.980
 to make it

00:35:58.980 --> 00:35:59.679
 clear.

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.599
 And we want

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:02.320
 that proof.

00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:03.780
 But again,

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.260
 think about

00:36:04.260 --> 00:36:04.659
 bread.

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:06.019
 There's a piece

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.480
 of bread in

00:36:06.480 --> 00:36:07.099
 front of you

00:36:07.099 --> 00:36:08.039
 and you think,

00:36:08.300 --> 00:36:09.199
 I want proof

00:36:09.199 --> 00:36:09.659
 that that's

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.019
 bread.

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:10.980
 And you could

00:36:10.980 --> 00:36:11.440
 do some

00:36:11.440 --> 00:36:11.920
 scientific

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.719
 experiments on

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.079
 it or you

00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:13.360
 could take

00:36:13.360 --> 00:36:13.679
 out a whole

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:13.960
 pile of

00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.260
 books and

00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:15.000
 you could

00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:17.400
 compare the

00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:17.800
 bread in

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:18.159
 front of you

00:36:18.159 --> 00:36:18.539
 with some

00:36:18.539 --> 00:36:19.199
 photos or

00:36:19.199 --> 00:36:19.420
 you could

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.759
 listen to

00:36:19.759 --> 00:36:20.199
 some bread

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:20.739
 expert who

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:20.980
 might be

00:36:20.980 --> 00:36:21.259
 able to

00:36:21.259 --> 00:36:21.579
 say, well,

00:36:21.619 --> 00:36:21.839
 there's a

00:36:21.839 --> 00:36:22.099
 little bit

00:36:22.099 --> 00:36:22.440
 here that

00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:22.940
 says it's

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:23.259
 bread or

00:36:23.259 --> 00:36:23.399
 not.

00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:23.879
 You could

00:36:23.879 --> 00:36:24.159
 do all

00:36:24.159 --> 00:36:24.480
 of that.

00:36:24.739 --> 00:36:25.019
 It's not

00:36:25.019 --> 00:36:25.259
 really going

00:36:25.259 --> 00:36:25.639
 to work.

00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.319
 How are

00:36:26.319 --> 00:36:26.500
 you going

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:26.819
 to know

00:36:26.819 --> 00:36:27.239
 that that's

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:27.539
 bread?

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:30.099
 Stick it in

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.639
 your mouth

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:31.259
 and eat it.

00:36:32.799 --> 00:36:33.500
 Just take

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:33.759
 it.

00:36:36.399 --> 00:36:37.059
 If you want

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:37.619
 proof that

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:38.379
 Jesus is real,

00:36:38.839 --> 00:36:39.279
 that he's

00:36:39.279 --> 00:36:39.839
 your saviour,

00:36:40.839 --> 00:36:42.139
 then just

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:42.920
 trust him

00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:44.679
 and follow

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:44.940
 him.

00:36:44.940 --> 00:36:47.000
 that bread

00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:48.760
 is to be

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:50.059
 received.

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.599
 And so

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:53.980
 the bread

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.460
 of life

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.980
 is needed.

00:36:56.320 --> 00:36:56.579
 The bread

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:56.940
 of life

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.559
 is available.

00:36:58.019 --> 00:36:58.280
 The bread

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:58.740
 of life

00:36:58.740 --> 00:36:59.280
 has got

00:36:59.280 --> 00:36:59.840
 to be

00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:01.079
 received.

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.860
 Last of

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.200
 all,

00:37:03.280 --> 00:37:03.700
 the bread

00:37:03.700 --> 00:37:04.240
 of life

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:06.380
 is so,

00:37:06.740 --> 00:37:07.820
 so

00:37:07.820 --> 00:37:09.519
 satisfying.

00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:12.420
 And that's

00:37:12.420 --> 00:37:12.960
 because

00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:13.980
 Jesus

00:37:13.980 --> 00:37:15.300
 gives us

00:37:15.300 --> 00:37:16.059
 what we

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:16.840
 long for.

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:18.119
 This is one

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.559
 of the biggest

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:19.559
 mistakes that

00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:19.940
 people can

00:37:19.940 --> 00:37:20.340
 make.

00:37:20.699 --> 00:37:21.000
 They can

00:37:21.000 --> 00:37:22.219
 think that

00:37:22.219 --> 00:37:22.840
 becoming a

00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:23.920
 Christian means

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:25.099
 giving up

00:37:25.099 --> 00:37:26.079
 the things

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:27.380
 that we

00:37:27.380 --> 00:37:28.079
 really like.

00:37:31.199 --> 00:37:32.039
 That's one

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.500
 of the devil's

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:33.219
 biggest lies.

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:35.159
 Because

00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:35.880
 putting your

00:37:35.880 --> 00:37:36.259
 faith in

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:36.960
 Jesus means

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.259
 that you

00:37:37.259 --> 00:37:37.840
 actually

00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:38.960
 finally

00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:39.840
 find

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:41.000
 everything

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:42.900
 that you

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.640
 have really

00:37:43.640 --> 00:37:44.240
 longed for.

00:37:46.160 --> 00:37:46.559
 And in

00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:46.760
 fact,

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.600
 you find

00:37:47.600 --> 00:37:47.840
 that it

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.200
 reorders

00:37:48.200 --> 00:37:48.700
 your life

00:37:48.700 --> 00:37:48.980
 so that

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.240
 all the

00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:49.600
 other things

00:37:49.600 --> 00:37:49.820
 actually

00:37:49.820 --> 00:37:50.539
 become way

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:50.920
 better.

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:52.760
 And that

00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:53.280
 enjoyment

00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:54.380
 increases so

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:55.519
 much once

00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:57.180
 Jesus takes

00:37:57.180 --> 00:37:57.660
 his rightful

00:37:57.660 --> 00:37:58.900
 place as

00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.800
 the Lord

00:37:59.800 --> 00:38:00.559
 that we

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:01.140
 are following.

00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:02.960
 Jesus gives

00:38:02.960 --> 00:38:04.200
 us what

00:38:04.200 --> 00:38:04.760
 we long

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.140
 for.

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.740
 He satisfies

00:38:06.740 --> 00:38:07.440
 our hunger

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:09.200
 for identity

00:38:09.200 --> 00:38:11.940
 and purpose

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:13.039
 in our

00:38:13.039 --> 00:38:13.519
 lives.

00:38:14.840 --> 00:38:15.480
 We all

00:38:15.480 --> 00:38:16.019
 want to have

00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:16.360
 purpose.

00:38:16.500 --> 00:38:16.740
 We all

00:38:16.740 --> 00:38:17.119
 want to be

00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:17.440
 special.

00:38:17.559 --> 00:38:17.760
 None of

00:38:17.760 --> 00:38:18.039
 us want

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:18.380
 to be a

00:38:18.380 --> 00:38:18.740
 waste of

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:19.500
 space or

00:38:19.500 --> 00:38:19.920
 a failure.

00:38:20.059 --> 00:38:20.340
 We all

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.679
 want a

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:21.019
 part to

00:38:21.019 --> 00:38:21.300
 play.

00:38:22.240 --> 00:38:22.519
 Jesus

00:38:22.519 --> 00:38:23.019
 gives us

00:38:23.019 --> 00:38:23.340
 that like

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:24.019
 nothing else.

00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:25.780
 Jesus

00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:27.340
 satisfies our

00:38:27.340 --> 00:38:28.420
 hunger for

00:38:28.420 --> 00:38:28.920
 hope.

00:38:30.539 --> 00:38:30.940
 Nobody,

00:38:31.200 --> 00:38:32.039
 nobody can

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.500
 live without

00:38:32.500 --> 00:38:32.860
 hope.

00:38:32.860 --> 00:38:35.000
 hope is

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:36.380
 like the

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:38.640
 I don't

00:38:38.640 --> 00:38:38.820
 know how

00:38:38.820 --> 00:38:39.280
 to describe

00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:39.620
 this.

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:42.480
 Hope is

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:42.920
 like the

00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:44.579
 sniper rifle

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:45.079
 for the

00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:45.579
 atheist.

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:46.820
 Because the

00:38:46.820 --> 00:38:47.200
 atheist,

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:47.900
 a terrible

00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:48.300
 illustration,

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:48.680
 but anyway,

00:38:48.740 --> 00:38:49.039
 might as well

00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:49.500
 go with it.

00:38:50.039 --> 00:38:51.340
 The atheist

00:38:51.340 --> 00:38:51.960
 goes along

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.380
 and they're

00:38:52.380 --> 00:38:52.700
 like, I'm a

00:38:52.700 --> 00:38:53.059
 consistent

00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:54.079
 atheist, I'm

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.480
 not believing

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:54.960
 in anything,

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:55.300
 I'm not

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:55.640
 believing in

00:38:55.640 --> 00:38:55.840
 anything,

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:56.099
 I'm not

00:38:56.099 --> 00:38:56.420
 believing in

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:56.579
 anything,

00:38:56.660 --> 00:38:57.660
 da da da da da da da da.

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.500
 Someone they love

00:38:58.500 --> 00:39:01.340
 dies, I hope I'll see

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:01.740
 them again.

00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:04.140
 And the

00:39:04.140 --> 00:39:04.860
 sniper of hope

00:39:04.860 --> 00:39:05.240
 has just

00:39:05.240 --> 00:39:05.780
 shot their

00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:06.860
 atheism to

00:39:06.860 --> 00:39:07.280
 pieces.

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:10.240
 Because they're

00:39:10.240 --> 00:39:10.780
 desperate for

00:39:10.780 --> 00:39:11.059
 hope.

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:13.640
 We're all

00:39:13.640 --> 00:39:14.200
 desperate for

00:39:14.200 --> 00:39:14.740
 hope, Jesus

00:39:14.740 --> 00:39:15.400
 gives it to

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:15.680
 us.

00:39:16.380 --> 00:39:16.640
 Jesus

00:39:16.640 --> 00:39:18.300
 satisfies our

00:39:18.300 --> 00:39:20.240
 hunger for

00:39:20.240 --> 00:39:20.940
 security.

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:23.300
 And we

00:39:23.300 --> 00:39:23.760
 long for

00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:24.240
 that, don't

00:39:24.240 --> 00:39:24.440
 we?

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:25.860
 Life changes

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:28.620
 and sometimes

00:39:28.620 --> 00:39:29.160
 things happen

00:39:29.160 --> 00:39:29.460
 that we

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:30.519
 dread.

00:39:31.340 --> 00:39:31.720
 And maybe

00:39:31.720 --> 00:39:32.160
 right now

00:39:32.160 --> 00:39:32.500
 some of

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.180
 you have

00:39:33.180 --> 00:39:33.660
 received a

00:39:33.660 --> 00:39:34.400
 diagnosis or

00:39:34.400 --> 00:39:34.900
 news about

00:39:34.900 --> 00:39:35.460
 a family

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:35.860
 member or

00:39:35.860 --> 00:39:36.340
 a friend that

00:39:36.340 --> 00:39:36.660
 is your

00:39:36.660 --> 00:39:37.579
 worst nightmare

00:39:37.579 --> 00:39:39.160
 and you

00:39:39.160 --> 00:39:39.600
 feel so

00:39:39.600 --> 00:39:42.260
 vulnerable and

00:39:42.260 --> 00:39:44.460
 yet you are

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:46.019
 never, ever,

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:47.960
 ever outside

00:39:47.960 --> 00:39:48.620
 the arms of

00:39:48.620 --> 00:39:50.840
 Jesus if

00:39:50.840 --> 00:39:51.260
 you're following

00:39:51.260 --> 00:39:51.579
 him.

00:39:52.740 --> 00:39:53.800
 That satisfies

00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:54.480
 our hunger for

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:54.960
 security.

00:39:56.200 --> 00:39:56.680
 And Jesus

00:39:56.680 --> 00:39:58.600
 satisfies our

00:39:58.600 --> 00:40:00.260
 hunger for

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:00.820
 love.

00:40:02.520 --> 00:40:03.380
 Because in

00:40:03.380 --> 00:40:04.140
 Jesus we

00:40:04.140 --> 00:40:05.780
 find perfect

00:40:05.780 --> 00:40:08.520
 love, eternal

00:40:08.520 --> 00:40:09.040
 love,

00:40:11.260 --> 00:40:11.880
 immeasurable

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:13.840
 love, love

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:15.340
 that will

00:40:15.340 --> 00:40:15.980
 never grow

00:40:15.980 --> 00:40:18.120
 cold, love

00:40:18.120 --> 00:40:18.400
 that will

00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:19.220
 never let us

00:40:19.220 --> 00:40:19.500
 go.

00:40:19.760 --> 00:40:20.260
 The bread of

00:40:20.260 --> 00:40:21.460
 life is so

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:22.760
 satisfying.

00:40:22.760 --> 00:40:27.520
 and this

00:40:27.520 --> 00:40:27.960
 is seen,

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.280
 this is

00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:30.120
 captured so

00:40:30.120 --> 00:40:30.740
 beautifully

00:40:30.740 --> 00:40:32.980
 in verse

00:40:32.980 --> 00:40:35.040
 35 but in

00:40:35.040 --> 00:40:35.480
 order to see

00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:35.960
 that we have

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.500
 to actually go

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:37.980
 back to the

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:39.020
 Greek of

00:40:39.020 --> 00:40:39.640
 verse 35.

00:40:39.780 --> 00:40:39.940
 The New

00:40:39.940 --> 00:40:40.420
 Testament was

00:40:40.420 --> 00:40:40.820
 written in

00:40:40.820 --> 00:40:42.000
 Greek and

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:45.140
 we are

00:40:45.140 --> 00:40:47.700
 always working

00:40:47.700 --> 00:40:47.960
 with a

00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:48.880
 translation and

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:49.500
 our translations

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:50.020
 are brilliant,

00:40:50.140 --> 00:40:50.700
 the ESV is a

00:40:50.700 --> 00:40:51.280
 brilliant translation,

00:40:51.280 --> 00:40:52.040
 but sometimes

00:40:52.040 --> 00:40:52.580
 there's things

00:40:52.580 --> 00:40:53.260
 that just are

00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:53.960
 hard to get

00:40:53.960 --> 00:40:55.420
 across in

00:40:55.420 --> 00:40:55.920
 English.

00:40:56.720 --> 00:40:57.560
 Now Greek

00:40:57.560 --> 00:40:58.100
 is a little

00:40:58.100 --> 00:40:59.260
 bit different

00:40:59.260 --> 00:41:00.320
 from English

00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:01.080
 in terms of

00:41:01.080 --> 00:41:03.220
 saying no

00:41:03.220 --> 00:41:04.180
 about something.

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.820
 So if we

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:07.019
 say I am

00:41:07.019 --> 00:41:09.019
 not, not

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:11.120
 going to

00:41:11.120 --> 00:41:11.519
 the fellowship

00:41:11.519 --> 00:41:12.040
 afterwards,

00:41:12.040 --> 00:41:12.500
 what have I

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:12.980
 just said in

00:41:12.980 --> 00:41:13.320
 English?

00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:14.700
 So I've said

00:41:14.700 --> 00:41:15.080
 I'm going

00:41:15.080 --> 00:41:16.080
 because the

00:41:16.080 --> 00:41:16.519
 not, not

00:41:16.519 --> 00:41:17.060
 cancels each

00:41:17.060 --> 00:41:17.400
 other out.

00:41:17.480 --> 00:41:17.760
 So if I

00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:17.980
 said I'm

00:41:17.980 --> 00:41:18.340
 not, not

00:41:18.340 --> 00:41:19.120
 going to the

00:41:19.119 --> 00:41:20.380
 fellowship, it

00:41:20.380 --> 00:41:21.079
 means I am

00:41:21.079 --> 00:41:21.619
 going to the

00:41:21.619 --> 00:41:21.920
 fellowship.

00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:22.500
 Not, not

00:41:22.500 --> 00:41:23.400
 in English, the

00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:23.940
 two cancel

00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:24.319
 each other

00:41:24.319 --> 00:41:24.519
 out.

00:41:24.739 --> 00:41:25.139
 That's not

00:41:25.139 --> 00:41:25.400
 how it

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:25.839
 works in

00:41:25.839 --> 00:41:26.119
 Greek.

00:41:26.500 --> 00:41:26.960
 In Greek,

00:41:27.239 --> 00:41:27.799
 not, not

00:41:27.799 --> 00:41:28.719
 is an

00:41:28.719 --> 00:41:29.659
 intensification.

00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:31.199
 So it's

00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:32.659
 like absolutely

00:41:32.659 --> 00:41:33.739
 not.

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:35.139
 So we

00:41:35.139 --> 00:41:35.440
 would say

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:35.759
 that if we

00:41:35.759 --> 00:41:36.380
 said no,

00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:37.940
 no, that's

00:41:37.940 --> 00:41:38.199
 like an

00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:39.059
 intensification.

00:41:39.619 --> 00:41:40.179
 Not, not

00:41:40.179 --> 00:41:41.000
 in Greek is

00:41:41.000 --> 00:41:41.500
 the same.

00:41:41.940 --> 00:41:42.339
 And when it

00:41:42.339 --> 00:41:43.500
 says at the

00:41:43.500 --> 00:41:44.159
 end there that

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:44.940
 whoever believes

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:46.440
 in me shall

00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:47.219
 never thirst,

00:41:47.219 --> 00:41:48.019
 thirst, literally

00:41:48.019 --> 00:41:48.519
 what that

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:49.319
 actually says

00:41:49.319 --> 00:41:50.079
 is whoever

00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:50.779
 believes in

00:41:50.779 --> 00:41:51.859
 me shall

00:41:51.859 --> 00:41:53.219
 not, not

00:41:53.219 --> 00:41:53.879
 thirst, shall

00:41:53.879 --> 00:41:56.139
 absolutely not

00:41:56.139 --> 00:41:58.919
 thirst ever.

00:42:02.419 --> 00:42:03.099
 You will

00:42:03.099 --> 00:42:04.599
 never thirst

00:42:04.599 --> 00:42:05.559
 again.

00:42:07.799 --> 00:42:08.759
 And that is

00:42:08.759 --> 00:42:09.899
 because Jesus,

00:42:10.199 --> 00:42:10.699
 the bread of

00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:12.419
 life, is so,

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:14.099
 so satisfying.

00:42:14.959 --> 00:42:15.779
 And that is

00:42:15.779 --> 00:42:16.339
 something that I

00:42:16.339 --> 00:42:17.199
 want, if anybody's

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:17.779
 here who's not

00:42:17.779 --> 00:42:18.259
 yet a Christian

00:42:18.259 --> 00:42:18.819
 or thinking about

00:42:18.819 --> 00:42:19.259
 becoming a

00:42:19.259 --> 00:42:19.719
 Christian or

00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:20.319
 thinking about

00:42:20.319 --> 00:42:21.019
 just taking that

00:42:21.019 --> 00:42:22.779
 next step, that

00:42:22.779 --> 00:42:23.279
 is the thing I

00:42:23.279 --> 00:42:23.779
 want to press

00:42:23.779 --> 00:42:24.379
 into your heart

00:42:24.379 --> 00:42:24.819
 more than

00:42:24.819 --> 00:42:25.379
 anything else.

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:26.359
 I can't promise

00:42:26.359 --> 00:42:26.719
 you that it

00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:27.179
 will always be

00:42:27.179 --> 00:42:27.639
 easy and I

00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:28.039
 can't promise

00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:28.460
 you that things

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:28.960
 will always go

00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:29.559
 well and

00:42:29.559 --> 00:42:29.960
 sometimes you

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.179
 will have

00:42:30.179 --> 00:42:30.699
 rubbish days

00:42:30.699 --> 00:42:31.699
 because we

00:42:31.699 --> 00:42:32.179
 all have

00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:32.799
 rubbish days,

00:42:33.139 --> 00:42:33.559
 but I can

00:42:33.559 --> 00:42:34.179
 tell you this,

00:42:34.359 --> 00:42:34.659
 that if you

00:42:34.659 --> 00:42:35.239
 follow Jesus,

00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:36.079
 you will

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:37.159
 absolutely

00:42:37.159 --> 00:42:39.099
 never thirst

00:42:39.099 --> 00:42:39.899
 again,

00:42:40.919 --> 00:42:41.279
 ever.

00:42:46.279 --> 00:42:46.679
 Surely,

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:48.460
 you want

00:42:48.460 --> 00:42:48.739
 that.

00:42:52.939 --> 00:42:53.460
 Amen.

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:54.159
 Let's pray.

00:43:01.739 --> 00:43:02.539
 Lord Jesus,

00:43:02.739 --> 00:43:03.259
 we thank you

00:43:03.259 --> 00:43:04.099
 so much that

00:43:04.099 --> 00:43:05.019
 you are the

00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:05.379
 bread of

00:43:05.379 --> 00:43:05.699
 life.

00:43:08.539 --> 00:43:09.159
 And we

00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:09.739
 pray that we

00:43:09.739 --> 00:43:10.239
 would all

00:43:10.239 --> 00:43:11.019
 come to

00:43:11.019 --> 00:43:13.099
 you and

00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:13.579
 believe in

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:15.679
 you and

00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:16.379
 experience the

00:43:16.379 --> 00:43:18.519
 wonder of

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:18.819
 never

00:43:18.819 --> 00:43:20.839
 hungering and

00:43:20.839 --> 00:43:21.139
 never

00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:21.599
 thirsting

00:43:21.599 --> 00:43:21.879
 again.

00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:23.940
 Please bless

00:43:23.940 --> 00:43:24.679
 your word to

00:43:24.679 --> 00:43:25.159
 us all.

00:43:26.319 --> 00:43:26.779
 Please press

00:43:26.779 --> 00:43:27.239
 it into our

00:43:27.239 --> 00:43:28.980
 hearts and

00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:29.359
 please may

00:43:29.359 --> 00:43:29.980
 your spirit

00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:31.519
 bring forth

00:43:31.519 --> 00:43:32.299
 fruit to

00:43:32.299 --> 00:43:32.819
 your glory.

00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:34.380
 amen.

00:43:34.380 --> 00:43:34.460
 Amen.

00:43:41.760 --> 00:43:42.580
 We're going

00:43:42.580 --> 00:43:43.600
 to close in

00:43:43.600 --> 00:43:43.880
 the Sing

00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:44.440
 Psalms version

00:43:44.440 --> 00:43:44.800
 of Psalm

00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:47.019
 63 on

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.820
 page 80.

00:43:54.160 --> 00:43:54.760
 Sing

00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:55.300
 Psalms

00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:56.420
 63 on

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:57.160
 page 80.

00:43:57.159 --> 00:43:58.339
 O God,

00:43:58.440 --> 00:43:58.920
 you are my

00:43:58.920 --> 00:43:59.699
 God alone.

00:44:00.099 --> 00:44:00.659
 I seek

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.099
 your face

00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:01.859
 with eagerness.

00:44:02.659 --> 00:44:03.319
 My soul

00:44:03.319 --> 00:44:03.839
 and body

00:44:03.839 --> 00:44:04.539
 thirst for

00:44:04.539 --> 00:44:05.519
 you in

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:06.339
 this dry

00:44:06.339 --> 00:44:06.679
 weary

00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:07.639
 wilderness.

00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:09.000
 Singing

00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:09.980
 to the end

00:44:09.980 --> 00:44:10.379
 of verse

00:44:10.379 --> 00:44:10.779
 8.

00:44:11.599 --> 00:44:14.279
 And if

00:44:14.279 --> 00:44:14.719
 you are

00:44:14.719 --> 00:44:16.219
 at that

00:44:16.219 --> 00:44:16.819
 point where

00:44:16.819 --> 00:44:17.559
 you know

00:44:17.559 --> 00:44:18.139
 you want

00:44:18.139 --> 00:44:19.159
 to put your

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:19.539
 faith in

00:44:19.539 --> 00:44:19.739
 Jesus,

00:44:19.859 --> 00:44:20.099
 then just

00:44:20.099 --> 00:44:20.579
 make verse

00:44:20.579 --> 00:44:21.059
 7 and

00:44:21.059 --> 00:44:21.699
 8 your

00:44:21.699 --> 00:44:21.980
 prayer.

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:22.480
 because

00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:22.699
 you're

00:44:22.699 --> 00:44:22.820
 my

00:44:22.820 --> 00:44:23.059
 help

00:44:23.059 --> 00:44:23.420
 alone.

00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:24.179
 In

00:44:24.179 --> 00:44:24.480
 shadow

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:24.740
 of your

00:44:24.740 --> 00:44:24.980
 wings

00:44:24.980 --> 00:44:25.199
 I'll

00:44:25.199 --> 00:44:25.519
 sing.

00:44:26.179 --> 00:44:26.440
 You

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:26.699
 hold

00:44:26.699 --> 00:44:26.840
 me

00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:27.019
 up

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:27.159
 with

00:44:27.159 --> 00:44:27.380
 your

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:27.639
 right

00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:28.019
 hand.

00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:28.280
 To

00:44:28.280 --> 00:44:28.719
 you,

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:29.599
 O God,

00:44:30.179 --> 00:44:30.880
 my soul

00:44:30.880 --> 00:44:31.880
 will cling.

00:44:32.460 --> 00:44:32.900
 That's a

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:33.260
 prayer of

00:44:33.260 --> 00:44:33.639
 conversion.

00:44:34.860 --> 00:44:35.320
 And we

00:44:35.320 --> 00:44:35.579
 can all

00:44:35.579 --> 00:44:35.800
 make it

00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:35.920
 our

00:44:35.920 --> 00:44:36.240
 prayer as

00:44:36.240 --> 00:44:36.679
 we stand

00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:37.059
 and sing

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:37.380
 together.

00:44:43.380 --> 00:44:45.099
 O God,

00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:46.880
 you are

00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:47.519
 my

00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:49.139
 God

00:44:49.139 --> 00:44:50.820
 alone.

00:44:50.820 --> 00:44:51.840
 I

00:44:51.840 --> 00:44:53.400
 seek

00:44:53.400 --> 00:44:54.039
 your

00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:55.360
 face

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:56.220
 with

00:44:56.220 --> 00:44:58.320
 weakness.

00:44:59.760 --> 00:45:00.240
 My

00:45:00.240 --> 00:45:01.240
 soul

00:45:01.240 --> 00:45:01.820
 and

00:45:01.820 --> 00:45:03.519
 body

00:45:03.519 --> 00:45:05.280
 urge

00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:06.059
 for

00:45:06.059 --> 00:45:07.160
 you

00:45:07.160 --> 00:45:08.280
 and

00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:09.519
 bless

00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:10.360
 my

00:45:10.360 --> 00:45:12.160
 living

00:45:12.160 --> 00:45:14.700
 wilderness.

00:45:16.860 --> 00:45:17.440
 I

00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:18.280
 sing

00:45:18.280 --> 00:45:19.160
 you

00:45:19.159 --> 00:45:20.159
 praise.

00:45:20.159 --> 00:45:20.359
 When

00:45:20.359 --> 00:45:21.159
 your

00:45:21.159 --> 00:45:22.159
 holy

00:45:22.879 --> 00:45:24.379
 place,

00:45:24.779 --> 00:45:25.440
 your

00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:26.159
 heart

00:45:26.879 --> 00:45:27.559
 and

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:28.159
 glory

00:45:28.159 --> 00:45:30.159
 held

00:45:30.679 --> 00:45:31.480
 my

00:45:31.480 --> 00:45:32.159
 gains,

00:45:32.159 --> 00:45:34.119
 our

00:45:34.119 --> 00:45:34.960
 better

00:45:34.960 --> 00:45:36.159
 is

00:45:36.839 --> 00:45:37.559
 your

00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:39.119
 love

00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:39.859
 and

00:45:39.859 --> 00:45:40.159
 life,

00:45:40.159 --> 00:45:41.159
 and

00:45:41.159 --> 00:45:42.159
 so

00:45:42.159 --> 00:45:43.159
 my

00:45:43.159 --> 00:45:44.159
 lips

00:45:44.159 --> 00:45:46.159
 will

00:45:46.159 --> 00:45:47.159
 sing

00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:48.159
 your

00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:49.159
 praise.

00:45:49.159 --> 00:45:51.159
 I

00:45:51.159 --> 00:45:51.159


00:45:51.159 --> 00:45:51.960
 I'll

00:45:51.960 --> 00:45:53.159
 bless you,

00:45:53.159 --> 00:45:54.159
 Lord,

00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:55.159
 throughout

00:45:55.159 --> 00:45:56.159
 my

00:45:56.159 --> 00:45:58.159
 life,

00:45:58.159 --> 00:45:59.159
 and

00:45:59.159 --> 00:46:00.159
 raise

00:46:00.159 --> 00:46:01.159
 my

00:46:01.159 --> 00:46:02.159
 heart

00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:03.159
 to

00:46:03.159 --> 00:46:04.159
 you

00:46:04.159 --> 00:46:05.159
 in

00:46:05.159 --> 00:46:06.159
 place.

00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:07.159
 My

00:46:07.159 --> 00:46:08.159
 joyful

00:46:08.159 --> 00:46:09.159
 lips

00:46:09.159 --> 00:46:11.159
 will

00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:11.159


00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:13.159
 sing

00:46:13.159 --> 00:46:13.159


00:46:13.159 --> 00:46:15.159
 praise.

00:46:15.159 --> 00:46:16.159
 My

00:46:16.159 --> 00:46:17.159
 soul

00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:18.159
 is

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:19.159
 fed

00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:20.159
 with

00:46:20.159 --> 00:46:21.159
 riches

00:46:21.159 --> 00:46:22.159
!

00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:23.159
 fail.

00:46:23.159 --> 00:46:24.159
 Upon

00:46:24.159 --> 00:46:24.159


00:46:24.159 --> 00:46:25.159
 bed

00:46:25.159 --> 00:46:29.159
 I

00:46:29.159 --> 00:46:30.159
 lie

00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:32.159
 awake

00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:34.159
 and

00:46:34.159 --> 00:46:35.159
 in

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:36.159
 my

00:46:36.159 --> 00:46:37.159
 thoughts

00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:38.159
 remember

00:46:38.159 --> 00:46:39.159
 you.

00:46:39.159 --> 00:46:40.159
 I

00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:41.159
 meditate

00:46:41.159 --> 00:46:42.159
 throughout

00:46:42.159 --> 00:46:43.159
 the

00:46:43.159 --> 00:46:44.159
 night

00:46:44.159 --> 00:46:46.159
 and

00:46:46.159 --> 00:46:47.159
 keep

00:46:47.159 --> 00:46:48.159
 your

00:46:48.159 --> 00:46:49.159
 constant

00:46:49.159 --> 00:46:50.159
 love

00:46:50.159 --> 00:46:51.159
 in

00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:52.159
 view

00:46:52.159 --> 00:46:53.159
 because

00:46:53.159 --> 00:46:54.159
 you

00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:55.159
 are

00:46:55.159 --> 00:46:56.159
 my

00:46:56.159 --> 00:46:57.159
 help

00:46:57.159 --> 00:46:58.159
 alone

00:46:58.159 --> 00:46:59.159
 in

00:46:59.159 --> 00:46:59.159


00:46:59.159 --> 00:47:00.159
 of

00:47:00.159 --> 00:47:01.159
 your

00:47:01.159 --> 00:47:01.159


00:47:01.159 --> 00:47:02.159
 and

00:47:02.159 --> 00:47:03.159
 you

00:47:03.159 --> 00:47:04.159
 are

00:47:04.159 --> 00:47:05.159
 my

00:47:05.159 --> 00:47:06.159
 help

00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:07.159
 alone

00:47:07.159 --> 00:47:08.159
 in

00:47:08.159 --> 00:47:09.159
 shadow

00:47:09.159 --> 00:47:10.159
 of

00:47:10.159 --> 00:47:11.159
 your

00:47:11.159 --> 00:47:12.159
 wings

00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:14.159
 I'll

00:47:14.159 --> 00:47:16.159
 sing

00:47:16.159 --> 00:47:17.159
 you

00:47:17.159 --> 00:47:18.159
 hold

00:47:18.159 --> 00:47:19.159
 me

00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:20.159
 up

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:21.159
 with

00:47:21.159 --> 00:47:22.159
 your

00:47:22.159 --> 00:47:23.159
 bright

00:47:23.159 --> 00:47:24.159
 hand

00:47:24.159 --> 00:47:25.159
 to

00:47:25.159 --> 00:47:26.159
 you

00:47:26.159 --> 00:47:27.159
 O

00:47:27.159 --> 00:47:28.159
 God

00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:29.159
 my

00:47:29.159 --> 00:47:30.159
 soul

00:47:30.159 --> 00:47:31.159
 will

00:47:31.159 --> 00:47:32.159
 play

00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:34.159
 Just

00:47:34.159 --> 00:47:36.159
 to say

00:47:36.159 --> 00:47:37.159
 I forgot

00:47:37.159 --> 00:47:37.159


00:47:37.159 --> 00:47:38.159
 at the beginning

00:47:38.159 --> 00:47:38.159


00:47:38.159 --> 00:47:39.159
 fellowship

00:47:39.159 --> 00:47:39.159


00:47:39.159 --> 00:47:40.159
 hall next

00:47:40.159 --> 00:47:40.159


00:47:40.159 --> 00:47:41.159
 which

00:47:41.159 --> 00:47:42.159
 everybody

00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:43.159
 is

00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:43.159


00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:44.159
 will hear

00:47:44.159 --> 00:47:45.159
 a little

00:47:45.159 --> 00:47:46.159
 bit more

00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:47.159
 from

00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:48.159
 Thomas

00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:49.159
 and

00:47:49.159 --> 00:47:49.159


00:47:49.159 --> 00:47:50.159
 about

00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:51.159
 their

00:47:51.159 --> 00:47:51.159


00:47:51.159 --> 00:47:52.159
 and

00:47:52.159 --> 00:47:52.159


00:47:52.159 --> 00:47:53.159
 so

00:47:53.159 --> 00:47:53.159


00:47:53.159 --> 00:47:54.159
 you're

00:47:54.159 --> 00:47:55.159
 all

00:47:55.159 --> 00:47:55.159


00:47:55.159 --> 00:47:56.159
 not

00:47:56.159 --> 00:47:57.159
 going

00:47:57.159 --> 00:47:58.159
 do

00:47:58.159 --> 00:47:59.159
 come

00:47:59.159 --> 00:48:00.159
 through

00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:01.159
 if

00:48:01.159 --> 00:48:01.159


00:48:01.159 --> 00:48:02.159
 able

00:48:02.159 --> 00:48:03.159
 to

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