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 Will you please pray with me?

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 Lord, even as we have just sung,

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 now, Lord, I pray that you would fill our hearts.

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 Lord, with the knowledge of you and your love

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 and your grace and your mercy in Christ.

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 And Lord, we pray that your Holy Spirit

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 would be at work in us to receive your word

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 and be transformed by it.

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 Lord, I ask for your help this morning,

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 that you would give me words,

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 Lord, that would bless and edify,

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 that would faithfully teach your word.

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 Fill me with your spirit, I pray this morning.

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 We pray these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 We're gonna continue this morning

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 in our series in the book of John.

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 And I don't know if you've been enjoying it

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 as much as I have been,

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 but we have, one of the things we've noticed

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 as a pastor is that the passages

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 keep getting longer and longer and longer.

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 John 6 has 71 verses in it.

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 We're not gonna read all of those this morning,

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 but we're gonna walk through it a little bit.

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 And as we read through it,

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 we're gonna, I'll pick out some parts of it

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 that we're gonna, to focus.

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 But at the beginning of John 6,

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 John moves the scene to another place.

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 He's moved north from Jerusalem up to Galilee.

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 And this gives us another indication

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 that John was probably not as interested

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 in a chronological and triptych sort of story

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 of how Jesus taught,

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 but more thematic one.

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 And we hear, and we see in John 6,

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 one through 15,

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 a very well-known story

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 that Jesus was teaching.

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 A crowd of people had come out to see him.

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 They were out in the wilderness,

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 away from the towns.

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 They didn't have any food.

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 The crowd was huge.

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 Probably 20,000 maybe would be an estimate.

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 And Jesus miraculously feeds them.

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 Taking the loaves and the fish

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 from a young boy who had brought his lunch,

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 Jesus miraculously multiplies it.

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 I wanna ask the question in the beginning,

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 to begin our time today,

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 I was saying,

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 what were those people looking for?

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 Certainly, they were looking for a teacher

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 to help them to know God better.

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 That's why they were there.

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 By the end of the day,

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 they were looking for someone

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 to help them get food too,

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 for they were hungry.

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 It also says at the end of the passage,

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 verse 14 says that the crowds responded

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 to the miracle saying,

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 this indeed is the prophet

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 who's come into the world.

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 And then verse 15 says,

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 perceiving then that they were about to come

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 and take him by force to make him king,

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 Jesus withdrew to the mountains by himself.

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 So these people were looking for a teacher,

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 they were looking for a meal,

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 but they were also looking for a leader,

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 for someone to speak to them from God,

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 for someone to lead them out of slavery

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 and into life.

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 They came seeking many things that day.

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 You know, one of the words that we use

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 to think about the things that we seek for

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 in our lives is we're hungry for them.

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 A sports team is hungry for another championship.

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 A new recruit to a business

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 may be hungry to climb the corporate ladder

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 and so forth.

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 What about you this morning?

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 What are you hungry for in your life?

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 It might be lots of things.

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 Maybe you're hungry for success in your career,

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 for power, for money.

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 Maybe you're hungry for a good family

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 and a calm and peaceable home.

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 Maybe you're hungry for the respect

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 of the people around you who you care about.

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 Maybe you're hungry for pleasure.

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 Maybe you're on the trip with Stanley Tucci

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 to find the perfect Italian food.

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 If you haven't been watching TV,

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 this is a thing.

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 Stanley Tucci is leading people through Italy

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 looking for the perfect Italian food.

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 Sometimes the things we're hungry for

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 are darker as well.

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 Sometimes it's late night,

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 alone with our computer

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 looking at illicit videos.

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 And sometimes it seems perfectly benign.

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 Maybe it's another workout,

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 another mountain climbed,

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 another plane jumped out of,

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 another adrenaline rush.

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 We might be hungry for lots of things

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 in our lives.

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 We also might be hungry

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 religiously for things.

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 We may be here this morning

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 because we want to be a good Christian.

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 This is what good Christians do,

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 and we want to be seen as such.

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 We want to be a good citizen.

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 Sometimes we're here because

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 we're going through a really hard time,

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 and we know we need God's help.

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 Sometimes we're here because

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 we just need the confidence

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 that in the end,

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 we're going to be on the right side of history,

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 that we're going to be with God in heaven.

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 Maybe some of us are here

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 because we want to be right before God,

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 and we don't know how to do that.

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 There are lots of motivations in our hearts.

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 There are lots of things

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 that drive our actions

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 and our thoughts.

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 But this hunger is a metaphor

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 that we use

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 to describe the things

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 that our souls long for,

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 a passionate pursuit,

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 a consuming desire,

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 the things that we are

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 wholeheartedly committed to.

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 People came seeking these things

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 from Jesus,

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 seeking something.

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 As we gather this morning,

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 we want to start with the question,

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 what are you seeking

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 as you are here?

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 Here in the sanctuary,

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 here on the live stream,

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 what is it that you are hungry for

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 this morning?

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 This passage in John 6

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 will speak to us.

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 Jesus will speak to us this morning,

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 and he will say,

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 you hunger for more than you know,

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 and what you have come for

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 ultimately is me.

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 This is the central thought

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 of John 6.

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 We're going to break it down.

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 The teaching section,

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 the story goes on.

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 Jesus walks on water

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 to show another miracle,

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 another way in which

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 he's going to be the king,

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 and then the crowd

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 is looking for him

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 because he's not where

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 they expected him to be.

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 And then,

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 starting in verse 25,

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 we'll see the first section

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 of how Jesus responds

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 to these people

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 who are seeking him.

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 And he responds to them

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 in 25 through 34

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 by saying,

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 you are seeking something

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 greater than what

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 your fathers knew.

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 Let's read that passage

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 if you have your Bible,

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 John 6, verse 25 and following.

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 We're going to read

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 this part together

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 as we start this section.

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 John 6, 25.

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 When they found him

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 on the other side of the sea,

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 they said to him,

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 Rabbi, when did you come here?

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 And Jesus answered them,

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 Truly, truly,

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 I say to you,

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 you are seeking me

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 not because you saw signs,

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 but because you ate

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 your fill of the loaves.

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 Do not labor

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 for the food that perishes,

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 but for the food

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 that endures to eternal life,

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 which the Son of Man

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 will give to you.

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 For on him,

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 God the Father

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 has set his seal.

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 Then they said to him,

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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 answered them,

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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 set.

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 And they said to him,

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 Then what sign do you do

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 that we may see

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 and believe you?

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 What work do you perform?

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 Our fathers ate the manna

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 in the wilderness.

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 As it is written,

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 he gave them bread

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 from heaven to eat.

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 Truly, truly,

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 I say to you,

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 it was not Moses

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 who gave you the bread

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 from heaven,

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 but my Father gives you

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 the true bread from heaven.

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 For the bread of God

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 is he who comes down from heaven

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 and gives life to the world.

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 And they said to him,

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 Sir, give us this bread,

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 always.

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 Jesus begins,

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 as he interacts with this crowd,

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 they come and say,

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 How did you get here?

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 And that's related to the miracle

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 of how he got across

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 the Sea of Galilee

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 by walking on water.

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 But he shows them,

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 he begins by revealing

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 what he knows

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 about their hearts.

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 They say,

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 Why did you come here?

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 Jesus doesn't answer the question.

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 He says,

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 You know what?

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 You're here for a reason,

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 aren't you?

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 But it's not a good one.

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 You're here because yesterday

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 I fed you food.

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 And you're going to come back today

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 and you're going to want

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 more of the same.

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 He says,

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 You're not even here

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 because I've done miraculous signs.

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 Your sights are set

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 on such basic things.

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 And Jesus is going to begin

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 this process

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 throughout this whole section

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 of raising their hearts,

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 raising their eyes

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 to a greater desire,

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 tuning their hearts

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 to long for something

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 more important.

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 Jesus says,

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 Don't look for food

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 that's going to feed you today

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 but not tomorrow.

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 There's another kind

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 of food out there,

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 a food that endures

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 to eternal life.

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 There's a food

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 that comes from the Son of Man

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 who has come from God.

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 There's a food that can come

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 that you can gain.

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 And they say,

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 How do we gain this?

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 What work do we have to do?

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 He says,

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 It's not a work

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 that you have to do.

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 You have to come

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 and believe in me.

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 And they push back

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 and they say,

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 What signs have you done

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 that we should believe in you?

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 Which, if you think about it,

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 is ridiculous.

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 Think about what we just talked about.

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 He's just fed 20,000 people

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 out of nothing.

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 He's also managed

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 to transport himself

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 across the Sea of Galilee.

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 What other signs do they need?

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 And this, I think,

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 reveals their hard-heartedness

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 and their dullness

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 about the things

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 that they were most made

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 to long for.

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 They're still pushing back.

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 Jesus, what signs

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 are you going to do

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 to see these things?

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 They go on and they say,

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 Look, our forefathers,

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 they knew great signs.

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 The story that Carolyn read earlier

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 from Exodus 16.

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 As God had miraculously

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 delivered them from Egypt,

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 brought salvation

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 from the slavery

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 that they were in,

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 and now was taking them

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 through wilderness

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 to a promised land

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 that he had said

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 was going to come.

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 And as soon as it got difficult,

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 as soon as it was hard,

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 they started to grumble.

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 God, how can you be good?

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 You've led us out

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 into this wilderness to die.

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 I wish we were back in Egypt

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 and then at least

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 we would die full

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 instead of hungry.

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 Isn't that better

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 if we're going to die anyway?

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 Forgetting all the miraculous things

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 that God had already done for them.

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 But God graciously responds.

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 He says,

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 I know you're hungry.

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 I see your need.

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 And I will bring to you

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 what you need.

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 And so he brings this,

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 what is it?

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 This manna from heaven

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 provided miraculously.

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 And friends,

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 I don't know if you've thought about this,

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 but this went on for 40 years.

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 It didn't just happen then.

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 It happened throughout

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 the whole wilderness experience.

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 God provided for his people

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 until they entered

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 into the promised land.

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 Jesus says,

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 you're looking for another Moses

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 who's going to bring you

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 another bread

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 that's going to feed you

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 for another day?

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 No, you need to set your eyes

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 to something higher.

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 Look at verse 32 with me

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 if you're looking at the Bible.

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 Jesus then said to them,

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 truly, truly,

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 I say to you,

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 it was not Moses

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 who gave you

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 the bread from heaven,

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 but my Father gives you

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 the true bread from heaven.

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 Jesus is turning their sights.

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 Don't look back

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 and think about

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 what God has done

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 in the past

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 through those things,

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 but look ahead

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 because God right now

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 is giving you

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 something greater.

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 A manna greater

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 than the ones

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 that your forefathers experienced.

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 A leader greater than Moses.

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 A prophet greater

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 than these things.

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 You need the bread of God

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 which comes from heaven.

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 and gives real

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 and eternal life.

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 And that's what Jesus is doing.

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 He's redirecting their thoughts.

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 Friends, I wonder

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 if we need to have

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 our thoughts redirected

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 this morning.

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 The things that we long for,

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 the passions,

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 the desires,

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 the hungers of our lives,

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 many, many of those things

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 are good

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 and even the most twisted ones

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 have in them a seed

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 of something

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 that God created for us

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 to long after in Him

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 even when we look

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 to other places.

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 If you haven't read

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 C.S. Lewis'

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 Weight of Glory

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 recently,

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 you should go back

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 and read it

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 if you've read it

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 and if you haven't read it,

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 you should look it up.

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 You can find it online.

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 You can find it in bookstores.

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 It's one of the most

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 penetrating arguments

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 about what it means

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 to live the Christian life.

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 The Weight of Glory,

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 it's a great one.

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 But in it,

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 one of the things

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 he talks about

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 is a place of desire

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 and hunger

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 and how the things

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 of earth are meant

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 to be signposts

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 for what we were

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 truly created for.

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 He writes this,

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 a man's physical hunger

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 does not prove

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 that a man

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 will get any bread.

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 He may die

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 of starvation

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 in a raft

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 in the Atlantic.

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 But surely,

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 a man's hunger

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 does prove

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 that he comes

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 of a race

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 which repairs

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 its body

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 by eating

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 and inhabits

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 a world

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 where eatable substances

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 exist

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 in the same way.

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 Though I do not believe

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 that my desire

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 for paradise

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 proves that I shall enjoy it,

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 I think it is

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 a pretty good indication

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 that such a thing exists

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 and that some men

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 will find it.

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 Do you see

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 what C.S. Lewis

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 is saying?

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 He's saying that

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 the hunger

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 that we have

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 is meant

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 to point us

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 to something greater

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 and it speaks

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 to our souls

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 that we long

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 for something

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 greater than ourselves

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 when we look

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 for pleasure,

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 when we look

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 for joy,

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 when we look

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 for meaning,

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 when we look

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 for God.

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 All of these things

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 are signs

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 that perhaps

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 we were made

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 for God

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 and that there

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 is a God

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 and that He

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 is a God

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 who wants to come

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 and bring us

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 this life.

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 Friends,

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 how often

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 we confuse

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 the gifts

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 and the giver,

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 how often

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 we take

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 the good things

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 of our lives

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 and make them

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 ultimate

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 and obscure

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 the ultimate things

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 that focus

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 on Jesus.

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 And this is what

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 Jesus is trying

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 to help the crowd

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 that He's speaking to

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 and help us to say.

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 Having shaken up

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 their expectations

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 and redirecting

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 His thoughts,

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 He gets then

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 to the heart

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 of the matter

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 in verses 35

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 and following.

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 So let's look at those

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 for a few minutes.

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 I'm going to read this

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 35 through 51

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 is the next section

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 in this passage.

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 Remember verse 34,

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 they've expressed

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 this hunger.

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 Yes,

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 we want that.

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 What is it?

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 And Jesus says

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 to them,

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 I am the bread

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 of life.

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 Whoever comes

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 to me

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 shall not hunger

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 and whoever

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 believes in me

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 shall never thirst.

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 But I said

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 to you

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 that you have

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 seen me

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 and yet you do

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 not believe

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 all that the

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 Father gives me

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 I will come to me

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 and whoever

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 comes to me

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 I will never

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 cast out.

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 For I have

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 come down

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 from heaven

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 not to do

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 my own will

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 but the will

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 of Him

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 who sent me.

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 And this is

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 the will

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 of Him

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 who sent me

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 that I should

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 lose nothing

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 of all that

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 He has given me

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 but raise it up

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 on the last day.

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 For this is

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 the will of my

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 Father

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 that everyone

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 who looks

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 on the Son

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 and believes

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 in Him

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 should have

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 eternal life

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 and I will

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 raise Him up

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 on that last day.

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 So the Jews

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 grumbled about Him

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 because He said

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 I am the bread

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 that came down

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 from heaven.

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 They said

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 is this not

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 Jesus

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 the Son of Joseph

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 whose father

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 and mother

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 we know?

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 How does He

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 now say

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 I have come

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 down from heaven?

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 And Jesus

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 answered them

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 do not grumble

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 among yourselves

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 no one can come

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 to me

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 unless the Father

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 who has sent me

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 draws him

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 and I will

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 raise him

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 up on the last day.

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 It is written

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 in the prophets

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 and they will

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 all be taught

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 by God.

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 Everyone who

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 has heard

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 and learned

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 from the Father

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 comes to me

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 not that anyone

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 has seen the Father

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 except he who

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 is from God

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 he has seen

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 the Father.

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 Truly, truly

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 I say to you

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 whoever believes

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 has eternal life

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 I am the bread

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 of life.

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 Your fathers

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 ate the man

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 in the wilderness

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 and they died.

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 This is the bread

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 that comes down

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 from heaven

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 so that one

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 may eat of it

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 and not die.

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 I am the living bread

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 that came down

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 from heaven.

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 If anyone

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 eats of this bread

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 he will live forever

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 and the bread

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 that I will give

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 for the life

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 of the world

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 is my flesh.

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 There's a lot

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 of argument here.

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 There's no way

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 unless we want

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 to be here

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 until 12

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 that we're going

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 to cover

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 all of the intricacies

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 of this passage.

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 But the main point

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 is exceedingly clear.

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 Jesus says

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 I am the bread

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 of life

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 that has come

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 down from heaven

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 to give you life.

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 And of course

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 this is one of the

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 first of seven

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 of the great

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 I am statements

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 in the gospel

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 of John

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 where he says

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 I am the door

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 I am the shepherd

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 I am the resurrection

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 and the life

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 and so on

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 and so forth.

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 Jesus is explaining

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 this is who I am

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 and this is why

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 I have come.

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 He says

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 I am the bread

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 from heaven

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 that is God

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 has sent me

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 to provide

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 for you

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 the thing

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 that you most

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 need

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 the thing

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 that your soul

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 most hungers

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 for

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 and thirst

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 for

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 and I will

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 satisfy you.

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 This is the core

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 of what Jesus

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 is saying

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 in this section.

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 He's saying

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 I am the bread

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 for your soul

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 that is able

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 to bring life.

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 And this remember

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 if you remember

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 two weeks ago

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 when Pastor Greg

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 preached about

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 Jesus and the

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 Samaritan woman

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 when he offered

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 her water

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 from the well

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 do you remember

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 what he said?

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 This water

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 if you drink of it

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 it will be in him

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 a well that springs

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 up to eternal life

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 in your soul.

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 And the woman says

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 yes give me this water

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 so I don't have to come

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 and draw from the well

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 anymore.

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 She didn't understand

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 it initially

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 any more than

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 these people did.

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 But this is what

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 Jesus is consistently

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 saying

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 I am here

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 to bring you life.

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 think about what

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 bread and water

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 are for us.

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 When we have

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 when we incarcerate

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 people

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 when we are doing

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 every

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 when we are

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 treating people

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 as basically as

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 possible

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 what do we give them?

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 We give them

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 bread

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 and we give them

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 water

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 because those

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 are the things

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 that if they have

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 those things

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 they will live.

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 And Jesus says

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 I am going to be

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 like that

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 for your soul.

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 I am bringing

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 everything that you

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 need.

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 I am here

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 to bring you

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 life.

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 life.

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 And this life

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 is a future

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 life.

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 Jesus says it

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 four times

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 in verse 39

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 and verse 40

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 and verse 44

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 and then in verse 51

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 I will raise him up

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 that is whoever

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 comes to me

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 I will raise him up

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 in the last day.

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 You will not die

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 but you will live

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 forever

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 because you believe

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 in me.

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 But he also says

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 I am your satisfaction

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 now.

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 You will no longer

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 be hungry.

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 your soul

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 will be satisfied

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 with me

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 now.

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 This is what he says

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 in verse 35

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 and it's what he says

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 in verse 50

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 and 51

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 as well.

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 And he says

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 I am the bread

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 of life

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 and how do you

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 get it?

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 By believing

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 in me.

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 Now look friends

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 we traffic

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 in a weak

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 understanding

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 of belief

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 today

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 in our world

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 don't we?

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 we often think

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 that belief

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 is a sort of

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 casual ascent

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 to an idea

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 that really

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 doesn't change

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 our lives.

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 But when the Bible

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 talks about belief

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 it talks about

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 trusting

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 it talks about

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 belief

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 it talks about

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 identifying with

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 it talks about

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 throwing your whole

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 the whole weight

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 of your being

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 into something.

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 Right?

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 It's the

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 it's the great

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 you know

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 it's trusting

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 in the great

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 Zamperini

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 or whatever his name

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 was

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 who carried you

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 across

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 the Niagara

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 the Niagara Falls

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 on his back

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 you're trusting

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 in him

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 to save your life

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 as you cross

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 the water

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 the waterfalls.

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 This is what it is.

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 It is not a weak thing

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 but it is a strong thing

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 and Jesus is using

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 this imagery

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 of eating

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 to say

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 you have to take

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 this in.

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 Belief is not just

00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:46.019
 something that's out there

00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:47.019
 but belief is something

00:21:47.019 --> 00:21:47.740
 that becomes

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 a part of you.

00:21:50.039 --> 00:21:51.400
 Jesus also says

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 that what he is

00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:53.660
 providing here

00:21:53.660 --> 00:21:57.299
 is from heaven

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 and they grumble

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.579
 about it.

00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:00.879
 Did you notice that?

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.900
 Verse 41

00:22:01.900 --> 00:22:02.980
 Jesus is telling them

00:22:02.980 --> 00:22:04.059
 all these wonderful things

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:05.279
 I have come for you

00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:06.720
 to do all these things

00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:07.940
 but you're not

00:22:07.940 --> 00:22:08.799
 receiving me

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 and they're like

00:22:10.299 --> 00:22:10.660
 yeah

00:22:10.660 --> 00:22:11.900
 we're not really happy

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 because we know you

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 we know where you came from

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 you're from West Haven

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 you know

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 I mean that's the

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 that's the

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 you know

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 we know

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 we know your mom and dad

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 you can't

00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:23.620
 you claim to come from heaven

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:24.339
 and bring this

00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:26.640
 tremendously great gift

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:28.220
 how is that possible?

00:22:29.120 --> 00:22:30.180
 They were looking

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:31.059
 for something

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:33.640
 and it's no way

00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.880
 that some local boy

00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:36.220
 could provide that.

00:22:39.220 --> 00:22:40.519
 They could not believe

00:22:40.519 --> 00:22:41.860
 that Jesus was God's

00:22:41.860 --> 00:22:42.480
 provision

00:22:42.480 --> 00:22:45.720
 but what Jesus says

00:22:45.720 --> 00:22:46.519
 is the thing

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.599
 that you're most seeking

00:22:47.599 --> 00:22:49.220
 is not something

00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.259
 that you're going to know

00:22:50.259 --> 00:22:51.539
 and be able to be

00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.160
 in control

00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.200
 about understanding

00:22:53.200 --> 00:22:54.099
 where it comes from

00:22:54.099 --> 00:22:55.519
 and how it's given to you

00:22:55.519 --> 00:22:56.700
 because it's not going to come

00:22:56.700 --> 00:22:57.620
 from this earth

00:22:57.620 --> 00:22:58.759
 it's not going to come

00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:00.200
 from these things

00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:01.140
 it's going to come

00:23:01.140 --> 00:23:01.940
 from heaven

00:23:01.940 --> 00:23:05.180
 but the thing

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:06.200
 that you're most longing

00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:07.519
 for this bread of life

00:23:07.519 --> 00:23:08.480
 will not come

00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.660
 from growing wheat

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.840
 but it will come

00:23:10.840 --> 00:23:11.700
 from receiving

00:23:11.700 --> 00:23:12.700
 from God

00:23:12.700 --> 00:23:14.519
 one that he has sent

00:23:14.519 --> 00:23:15.540
 into the world.

00:23:16.940 --> 00:23:18.300
 What they are seeking

00:23:18.300 --> 00:23:19.840
 God is drawing them

00:23:19.840 --> 00:23:20.680
 to understand

00:23:20.680 --> 00:23:21.340
 and receive

00:23:21.340 --> 00:23:22.920
 and what they need

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:24.000
 is beyond achieving

00:23:24.000 --> 00:23:25.840
 they must simply

00:23:25.840 --> 00:23:26.700
 accept it

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:27.820
 as having come

00:23:27.820 --> 00:23:28.519
 from God.

00:23:31.940 --> 00:23:32.960
 Jesus then

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:34.800
 concludes this section

00:23:34.800 --> 00:23:35.860
 verse 51

00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:37.320
 I am the living bread

00:23:37.320 --> 00:23:38.240
 that comes down

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.839
 from heaven

00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:40.140
 if anyone eats

00:23:40.140 --> 00:23:40.720
 this bread

00:23:40.720 --> 00:23:41.700
 he will live

00:23:41.700 --> 00:23:42.740
 forever.

00:23:44.359 --> 00:23:45.700
 We'll get to the second part

00:23:45.700 --> 00:23:46.279
 in just a minute

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:46.980
 of that verse

00:23:46.980 --> 00:23:48.500
 but I want to sit there

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.059
 for a minute.

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.400
 I want to ask you

00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:52.819
 a question

00:23:52.819 --> 00:23:53.839
 what is the diet

00:23:53.839 --> 00:23:55.420
 upon which your soul

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:56.359
 feeds today?

00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.799
 Where do you turn

00:23:58.799 --> 00:24:00.019
 to find life

00:24:00.019 --> 00:24:01.240
 on a daily basis?

00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:04.380
 Maybe you can ask yourself

00:24:04.380 --> 00:24:04.880
 the question

00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.599
 in these ways

00:24:05.599 --> 00:24:06.879
 what do you fill

00:24:06.879 --> 00:24:07.859
 your discretionary

00:24:07.859 --> 00:24:08.679
 time with

00:24:08.679 --> 00:24:10.619
 to gain meaningful

00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:11.139
 life?

00:24:11.859 --> 00:24:12.799
 Where do you find

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.939
 joy and meaning

00:24:13.939 --> 00:24:14.819
 when life grows

00:24:14.819 --> 00:24:16.039
 stale and dull?

00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:17.899
 What do you trust

00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.679
 in when things

00:24:18.679 --> 00:24:20.139
 get really difficult?

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:23.459
 It's pretty easy

00:24:23.459 --> 00:24:24.079
 for us

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:25.719
 to feed ourselves

00:24:25.719 --> 00:24:27.539
 on lesser things

00:24:27.539 --> 00:24:28.980
 and so

00:24:28.980 --> 00:24:29.619
 C.S. Lewis

00:24:29.619 --> 00:24:31.019
 again reminds us

00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:32.500
 it would seem

00:24:32.500 --> 00:24:33.219
 that our desires

00:24:33.219 --> 00:24:34.379
 are not too strong

00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:35.520
 but too weak.

00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:37.200
 We are half-hearted

00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.760
 creatures

00:24:37.760 --> 00:24:38.660
 fooling around

00:24:38.660 --> 00:24:39.140
 with drink

00:24:39.140 --> 00:24:39.660
 and sex

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.220
 and ambition

00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:42.380
 when infinite joy

00:24:42.380 --> 00:24:43.380
 is offered us.

00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:44.780
 We are like

00:24:44.780 --> 00:24:45.760
 an ignorant child

00:24:45.760 --> 00:24:46.700
 who wants to go on

00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:47.680
 making mud pies

00:24:47.680 --> 00:24:48.480
 in a slum

00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:49.740
 because he cannot

00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:50.520
 understand what

00:24:50.520 --> 00:24:51.600
 is meant by an offer

00:24:51.600 --> 00:24:52.440
 of a holiday

00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:53.880
 at the sea.

00:24:55.040 --> 00:24:55.920
 How often

00:24:55.920 --> 00:24:56.860
 we look

00:24:56.860 --> 00:24:57.880
 to other things

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:58.680
 for the life

00:24:58.680 --> 00:25:00.200
 that Jesus says

00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:01.360
 he alone

00:25:01.360 --> 00:25:02.040
 has come

00:25:02.040 --> 00:25:03.140
 to bring

00:25:03.140 --> 00:25:04.080
 to us.

00:25:06.280 --> 00:25:06.880
 Friends

00:25:06.880 --> 00:25:09.000
 is our diet

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.780
 a healthy one

00:25:09.780 --> 00:25:11.000
 or do we have

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.780
 far too many

00:25:11.780 --> 00:25:12.440
 pop tarts

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:13.120
 and Doritos

00:25:13.120 --> 00:25:14.340
 in our spiritual diet?

00:25:16.020 --> 00:25:17.240
 Have we allowed

00:25:17.240 --> 00:25:17.800
 our life

00:25:17.800 --> 00:25:19.040
 to pursue

00:25:19.040 --> 00:25:20.300
 dissipation

00:25:20.300 --> 00:25:21.220
 and momentary

00:25:21.220 --> 00:25:22.240
 fleeting pleasures

00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:24.180
 when the bread

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:24.759
 of life

00:25:24.759 --> 00:25:25.660
 is standing

00:25:25.660 --> 00:25:26.420
 before us

00:25:26.420 --> 00:25:26.720
 saying

00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:27.480
 I have come

00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.480
 to give you life?

00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:33.799
 It's the season

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.240
 of Lent.

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:36.519
 We're a Baptist church

00:25:36.519 --> 00:25:37.039
 we don't tend

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.759
 to make a big deal

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.059
 of it

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:39.620
 but I think Lent

00:25:39.620 --> 00:25:40.380
 is a really useful

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:40.740
 thing.

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.620
 Helps us prepare

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.339
 for Easter.

00:25:43.720 --> 00:25:44.380
 It helps us

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:45.620
 remember the gospel.

00:25:46.120 --> 00:25:46.900
 It helps us

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.880
 think about

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:49.500
 the depth

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.420
 of our sin

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.440
 and the greatness

00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:52.180
 of the need

00:25:52.180 --> 00:25:52.860
 of humanity

00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:54.900
 that allows us

00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.660
 to enjoy

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.580
 the wonders

00:25:56.580 --> 00:25:58.180
 of the love

00:25:58.180 --> 00:25:58.580
 of God

00:25:58.580 --> 00:25:59.259
 shown to us

00:25:59.259 --> 00:26:00.200
 in Jesus Christ.

00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:01.100
 Lent is

00:26:01.100 --> 00:26:01.980
 traditionally

00:26:01.980 --> 00:26:02.779
 a season

00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:03.560
 of repentance

00:26:03.560 --> 00:26:04.360
 and confession

00:26:04.360 --> 00:26:04.980
 of sin.

00:26:06.320 --> 00:26:06.720
 Friends

00:26:06.720 --> 00:26:07.300
 I wonder

00:26:07.300 --> 00:26:08.279
 whether you

00:26:08.279 --> 00:26:09.180
 might consider

00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:10.580
 examining your

00:26:10.580 --> 00:26:11.600
 life this morning

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:13.600
 maybe there are

00:26:13.600 --> 00:26:14.279
 things that you've

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:15.519
 been feeding on

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.900
 that your soul

00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.840
 has been feeding on

00:26:17.840 --> 00:26:18.380
 that you need

00:26:18.380 --> 00:26:19.240
 to let go of

00:26:19.240 --> 00:26:19.820
 for a while

00:26:19.820 --> 00:26:21.080
 and they may be

00:26:21.080 --> 00:26:21.860
 good things

00:26:21.860 --> 00:26:22.660
 that you just

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.220
 need to take

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.960
 a step back

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.880
 from and fast

00:26:24.880 --> 00:26:26.400
 from so that

00:26:26.400 --> 00:26:27.780
 you can experience

00:26:27.780 --> 00:26:28.940
 your deeper hunger

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.680
 for Jesus

00:26:29.680 --> 00:26:31.260
 and meet him

00:26:31.260 --> 00:26:31.940
 in that.

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.820
 Maybe there are

00:26:34.820 --> 00:26:35.300
 things that you

00:26:35.300 --> 00:26:35.940
 just need to let

00:26:35.940 --> 00:26:36.960
 go of and repent

00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:38.400
 of and turn away

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.180
 from forever

00:26:39.180 --> 00:26:40.600
 and not go back

00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:40.840
 to.

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:46.980
 Jesus says

00:26:46.980 --> 00:26:47.440
 I am the bread

00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:48.000
 of life

00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:49.040
 and he invites

00:26:49.040 --> 00:26:49.880
 us to come.

00:26:51.260 --> 00:26:52.360
 The last section

00:26:52.360 --> 00:26:53.140
 Jesus pushes

00:26:53.140 --> 00:26:53.880
 his audience

00:26:53.880 --> 00:26:54.720
 and pushes us

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.780
 how is it

00:26:55.780 --> 00:26:56.720
 that this bread

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.280
 that Jesus

00:26:57.280 --> 00:26:58.100
 brings us

00:26:58.100 --> 00:26:59.280
 will bring us

00:26:59.280 --> 00:26:59.800
 life?

00:27:00.840 --> 00:27:01.640
 The end of

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.520
 verse 51

00:27:02.520 --> 00:27:03.860
 he says

00:27:03.860 --> 00:27:04.940
 a striking thing

00:27:04.940 --> 00:27:06.960
 and this bread

00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:07.740
 that I will give

00:27:07.740 --> 00:27:08.380
 for the life

00:27:08.380 --> 00:27:09.100
 of the world

00:27:09.100 --> 00:27:10.560
 is my flesh.

00:27:11.220 --> 00:27:12.480
 How does this bread

00:27:12.480 --> 00:27:13.600
 give us life?

00:27:14.860 --> 00:27:16.260
 Is the final section

00:27:16.260 --> 00:27:17.040
 and if you think

00:27:17.040 --> 00:27:17.400
 about it

00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.500
 right up until now

00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.200
 Jesus has been

00:27:19.200 --> 00:27:20.440
 saying generally

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:21.300
 some pretty positive

00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:21.639
 things.

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:22.180
 I have come

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.599
 to bring you

00:27:22.599 --> 00:27:22.980
 life.

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:23.839
 You don't believe

00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:24.379
 but the father

00:27:24.379 --> 00:27:24.919
 is going to bring

00:27:24.919 --> 00:27:25.419
 you and he is

00:27:25.419 --> 00:27:25.899
 going to keep

00:27:25.899 --> 00:27:26.720
 you and this

00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.159
 is going to be

00:27:27.159 --> 00:27:28.139
 a great thing.

00:27:30.399 --> 00:27:31.720
 But in verses 52

00:27:31.720 --> 00:27:32.480
 and following

00:27:32.480 --> 00:27:34.359
 Jesus explains

00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:35.460
 what it means

00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:37.279
 for him to be

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.819
 able to bring

00:27:37.819 --> 00:27:39.059
 this life to us

00:27:39.059 --> 00:27:40.980
 with language

00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:42.019
 that is shocking

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:43.279
 and surprising.

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:46.779
 The Jews

00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.680
 in verse 52

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:49.220
 complain and say

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:50.740
 how can this man

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:52.420
 give us his flesh

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:52.920
 to eat?

00:27:53.339 --> 00:27:54.339
 That sounds pretty

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:55.299
 weird doesn't it?

00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:56.920
 Because to a

00:27:56.920 --> 00:27:58.440
 first century Jew

00:27:58.440 --> 00:27:59.240
 in fact to a Jew

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.639
 today

00:27:59.639 --> 00:28:00.779
 eating the flesh

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.359
 of a person

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:02.119
 is repulsive

00:28:02.119 --> 00:28:03.539
 eating any flesh

00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:04.279
 that has blood

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:05.059
 in it would also

00:28:05.059 --> 00:28:05.839
 be repulsive.

00:28:06.379 --> 00:28:07.339
 Leviticus 17

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.180
 if you go back

00:28:08.180 --> 00:28:08.759
 and look at it

00:28:08.759 --> 00:28:09.980
 very clearly says

00:28:09.980 --> 00:28:11.039
 this is not

00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:13.160
 allowed.

00:28:13.279 --> 00:28:14.160
 Because life

00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:14.899
 is in the blood

00:28:14.899 --> 00:28:15.399
 and when you

00:28:15.399 --> 00:28:16.039
 eat flesh

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.700
 it has blood

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.000
 in it

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.920
 you are taking

00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:18.440
 the life

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.399
 of something else.

00:28:20.139 --> 00:28:20.559
 And the Old

00:28:20.559 --> 00:28:21.139
 Testament law

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:21.579
 says this

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:23.339
 we do not do

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:24.039
 because God

00:28:24.039 --> 00:28:24.440
 is the one

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:24.940
 who gives us

00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:25.359
 life

00:28:25.359 --> 00:28:26.539
 and we cannot

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.139
 take it.

00:28:27.920 --> 00:28:28.339
 And Jesus

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:29.299
 uses this image

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:29.940
 and then in

00:28:29.940 --> 00:28:30.740
 verse 53

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.480
 through 56

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.799
 he ramps it up

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.879
 four times

00:28:33.879 --> 00:28:34.559
 listen to what

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:35.039
 he says

00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.759
 in these verses

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:37.000
 Jesus said

00:28:37.000 --> 00:28:37.399
 to them

00:28:37.399 --> 00:28:38.119
 truly truly

00:28:38.119 --> 00:28:39.259
 I say to you

00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:40.139
 unless you eat

00:28:40.139 --> 00:28:40.700
 the flesh

00:28:40.700 --> 00:28:41.579
 of the son of man

00:28:41.579 --> 00:28:42.519
 and drink his blood

00:28:42.519 --> 00:28:43.599
 you have no

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.359
 life in you

00:28:44.359 --> 00:28:45.420
 whoever feeds

00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:46.220
 on my flesh

00:28:46.220 --> 00:28:46.660
 and drinks

00:28:46.660 --> 00:28:47.220
 my blood

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.259
 has eternal life

00:28:48.259 --> 00:28:49.279
 and I will raise

00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:50.119
 him up on the last

00:28:50.119 --> 00:28:51.859
 day for my flesh

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:52.759
 is true food

00:28:52.759 --> 00:28:53.519
 and my blood

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.339
 is true drink

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:55.480
 whoever feeds

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.200
 on my flesh

00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:56.759
 and drinks

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.400
 my blood

00:28:57.400 --> 00:28:58.319
 abides in me

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:59.500
 and I in him.

00:29:02.619 --> 00:29:03.139
 Jesus

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:04.480
 ratchets up

00:29:04.480 --> 00:29:05.240
 his offensive

00:29:05.240 --> 00:29:05.940
 language.

00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:06.839
 Why?

00:29:07.000 --> 00:29:07.440
 What does he

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:08.119
 mean by this?

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:08.680
 Well let's make

00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:09.299
 sure we start

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:10.299
 this is not

00:29:10.299 --> 00:29:10.980
 zombie-dom

00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:11.659
 this is not

00:29:11.659 --> 00:29:12.500
 vampirism

00:29:12.500 --> 00:29:13.440
 this is not

00:29:13.440 --> 00:29:14.220
 cannibalism

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:15.799
 it is very clear

00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:16.579
 that Jesus is

00:29:16.579 --> 00:29:17.399
 using a metaphor

00:29:17.399 --> 00:29:17.980
 here

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:19.319
 nobody was

00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:20.180
 confused about

00:29:20.180 --> 00:29:20.720
 that in the

00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.460
 first century

00:29:21.460 --> 00:29:25.599
 so if it's

00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:26.559
 not cannibalism

00:29:26.559 --> 00:29:27.539
 then what is it?

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:29.220
 Well

00:29:29.220 --> 00:29:29.779
 there's been

00:29:29.779 --> 00:29:30.259
 lots of

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:31.299
 lots of

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:31.940
 conversation

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.579
 throughout the

00:29:32.579 --> 00:29:32.919
 church

00:29:32.919 --> 00:29:33.839
 history

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.519
 about this

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:35.019
 passage

00:29:35.019 --> 00:29:35.720
 particularly

00:29:35.720 --> 00:29:36.399
 as it relates

00:29:36.399 --> 00:29:36.720
 to the

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:37.339
 Lord's Supper

00:29:37.339 --> 00:29:38.679
 maybe Jesus

00:29:38.679 --> 00:29:39.220
 is using

00:29:39.220 --> 00:29:39.879
 this language

00:29:39.879 --> 00:29:41.199
 because he's

00:29:41.199 --> 00:29:42.319
 instituting

00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.379
 in these passages

00:29:43.379 --> 00:29:44.539
 the practice

00:29:44.539 --> 00:29:45.619
 of the Lord's

00:29:45.619 --> 00:29:45.799
 Supper

00:29:45.799 --> 00:29:46.419
 which we will

00:29:46.419 --> 00:29:47.079
 have at the

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.459
 end of this

00:29:47.459 --> 00:29:47.879
 service

00:29:47.879 --> 00:29:48.859
 where we will

00:29:48.859 --> 00:29:50.419
 eat a cracker

00:29:50.419 --> 00:29:51.159
 and drink

00:29:51.159 --> 00:29:51.959
 some juice

00:29:51.959 --> 00:29:52.539
 or wine

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.259
 and in doing

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:53.779
 so we

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.720
 remember

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:56.459
 and celebrate

00:29:56.459 --> 00:29:56.939
 Jesus'

00:29:57.159 --> 00:29:57.559
 sacrifice

00:29:57.559 --> 00:29:58.359
 for us

00:29:58.359 --> 00:30:01.720
 there is

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.500
 again

00:30:02.500 --> 00:30:03.259
 so much

00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:03.559
 here

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.099
 I'm not

00:30:04.099 --> 00:30:04.359
 going to

00:30:04.359 --> 00:30:04.859
 get into

00:30:04.859 --> 00:30:05.399
 the weeds

00:30:05.399 --> 00:30:06.079
 I'm going

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.519
 to simply

00:30:06.519 --> 00:30:06.859
 quote

00:30:06.859 --> 00:30:07.319
 one of the

00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:07.939
 commentators

00:30:07.939 --> 00:30:08.779
 that I

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.059
 thought

00:30:09.059 --> 00:30:09.879
 summarized

00:30:09.879 --> 00:30:10.279
 the way

00:30:10.279 --> 00:30:10.579
 I think

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.019
 the best

00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.319
 way to

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.479
 think

00:30:11.479 --> 00:30:11.719
 about

00:30:11.719 --> 00:30:11.939
 this

00:30:11.939 --> 00:30:12.259
 is

00:30:12.259 --> 00:30:13.679
 John 6

00:30:13.679 --> 00:30:14.519
 this passage

00:30:14.519 --> 00:30:15.019
 is not

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.579
 about the

00:30:15.579 --> 00:30:15.959
 Lord's

00:30:15.959 --> 00:30:16.199
 Supper

00:30:16.199 --> 00:30:17.959
 but rather

00:30:17.959 --> 00:30:19.019
 the Lord's

00:30:19.019 --> 00:30:19.299
 Supper

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.379
 is about

00:30:20.379 --> 00:30:21.319
 what is

00:30:21.319 --> 00:30:21.959
 described

00:30:21.959 --> 00:30:23.159
 in John 6

00:30:23.159 --> 00:30:25.359
 so both

00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:26.159
 this image

00:30:26.159 --> 00:30:26.719
 that Jesus

00:30:26.719 --> 00:30:27.240
 is using

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.939
 in John 6

00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:28.419
 and the

00:30:28.419 --> 00:30:28.740
 Lord's

00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:28.899
 Supper

00:30:28.899 --> 00:30:29.419
 is pointing

00:30:29.419 --> 00:30:29.859
 to the

00:30:29.859 --> 00:30:30.240
 same

00:30:30.240 --> 00:30:30.699
 thing

00:30:30.699 --> 00:30:31.439
 well what

00:30:31.439 --> 00:30:32.199
 is that

00:30:32.200 --> 00:30:35.380
 it is

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:35.799
 that

00:30:35.799 --> 00:30:37.200
 Jesus

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:37.900
 came

00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:39.519
 the

00:30:39.519 --> 00:30:39.960
 word

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.460
 became

00:30:40.460 --> 00:30:41.019
 flesh

00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:43.120
 so that

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.519
 he might

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:43.920
 die

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.220
 on the

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.600
 cross

00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:45.160
 for our

00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:45.500
 sins

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:45.920
 so that

00:30:45.920 --> 00:30:46.200
 whoever

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.720
 believes

00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:47.200
 in him

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.140
 would not

00:30:48.140 --> 00:30:48.640
 perish

00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:49.380
 but have

00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:49.860
 eternal

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.400
 life

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:52.920
 why do I

00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:53.400
 say this

00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:53.779
 is what he

00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.200
 means by

00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:54.660
 eating and

00:30:54.660 --> 00:30:54.920
 drinking

00:30:54.920 --> 00:30:55.259
 well

00:30:55.259 --> 00:30:56.480
 verse 54

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.220
 says this

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:58.000
 whoever feeds

00:30:58.000 --> 00:30:58.299
 on my

00:30:58.299 --> 00:30:58.799
 flesh and

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.299
 drinks my

00:30:59.299 --> 00:30:59.840
 blood has

00:30:59.840 --> 00:31:00.500
 eternal life

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:00.880
 and I will

00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:01.240
 raise him

00:31:01.240 --> 00:31:01.539
 up on

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:01.920
 the last

00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.259
 day

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:03.259
 verse 40

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.660
 if you want

00:31:03.660 --> 00:31:03.880
 to look

00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:04.200
 back

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.839
 Jesus says

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.119
 this

00:31:05.119 --> 00:31:05.700
 for this

00:31:05.700 --> 00:31:05.940
 is the

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.200
 will of

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.359
 my

00:31:06.359 --> 00:31:06.720
 father

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:06.960
 that

00:31:06.960 --> 00:31:07.279
 everyone

00:31:07.279 --> 00:31:07.539
 who

00:31:07.539 --> 00:31:07.900
 looks

00:31:07.900 --> 00:31:08.220
 on the

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.420
 son

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:08.599
 and

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:09.039
 believes

00:31:09.039 --> 00:31:09.440
 in him

00:31:09.440 --> 00:31:09.920
 should

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.140
 have

00:31:10.140 --> 00:31:10.460
 eternal

00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:10.779
 life

00:31:10.779 --> 00:31:11.039
 and I

00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:11.180
 will

00:31:11.180 --> 00:31:11.420
 raise

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:11.559
 him

00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:11.720
 up

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:11.960
 on

00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.119
 that

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:12.420
 last

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:12.779
 day

00:31:12.779 --> 00:31:14.940
 the

00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.799
 parallelism

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.859
 is exact

00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:18.380
 what Jesus

00:31:18.380 --> 00:31:18.980
 means by

00:31:18.980 --> 00:31:19.519
 eating his

00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:19.920
 flesh and

00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.420
 drinking his

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:20.700
 blood

00:31:20.700 --> 00:31:21.299
 ultimately

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:22.019
 is this

00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:22.319
 is a

00:31:22.319 --> 00:31:22.680
 metaphor

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:23.180
 that's

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:23.740
 picturing

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:25.500
 belief

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.640
 believing

00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.339
 in me

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:28.039
 he who

00:31:28.039 --> 00:31:28.799
 looks to

00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:29.660
 and believes

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.339
 in me

00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:31.159
 this is

00:31:31.159 --> 00:31:31.519
 what he's

00:31:31.519 --> 00:31:31.740
 doing

00:31:31.740 --> 00:31:32.379
 but he's

00:31:32.379 --> 00:31:32.899
 using

00:31:32.899 --> 00:31:33.599
 shocking

00:31:33.599 --> 00:31:34.399
 language

00:31:34.399 --> 00:31:35.459
 to try

00:31:35.459 --> 00:31:36.119
 to break

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:36.839
 them out

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.339
 of

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:38.000
 a

00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:38.759
 misunderstanding

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:42.199
 he's

00:31:42.199 --> 00:31:42.639
 using

00:31:42.639 --> 00:31:43.359
 words

00:31:43.359 --> 00:31:44.259
 of

00:31:44.259 --> 00:31:45.220
 ingesting

00:31:45.220 --> 00:31:47.079
 right

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:49.539
 it's an

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:49.899
 intimate

00:31:49.899 --> 00:31:50.619
 image

00:31:50.619 --> 00:31:51.039
 it's an

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:51.539
 organic

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:51.919
 one

00:31:51.919 --> 00:31:52.339
 it's a

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.839
 personal

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.319
 one

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:54.039
 it's a

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:54.579
 connection

00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:55.240
 now

00:31:55.240 --> 00:31:55.500
 think

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:55.879
 we do

00:31:55.879 --> 00:31:56.139
 this

00:31:56.139 --> 00:31:56.439
 with

00:31:56.439 --> 00:31:56.599
 our

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:56.839
 own

00:31:56.839 --> 00:31:57.179
 language

00:31:57.179 --> 00:31:57.759
 sometimes

00:31:57.759 --> 00:31:58.419
 we

00:31:58.419 --> 00:31:58.919
 drink

00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.359
 up

00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:00.279
 someone

00:32:00.279 --> 00:32:00.919
 else's

00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:01.500
 joy

00:32:01.500 --> 00:32:02.099
 and happiness

00:32:02.099 --> 00:32:02.659
 when we

00:32:02.659 --> 00:32:02.980
 enjoy

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:03.199
 their

00:32:03.199 --> 00:32:03.639
 company

00:32:03.639 --> 00:32:04.279
 we

00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:04.960
 ruminate

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.179
 on

00:32:05.179 --> 00:32:05.759
 someone's

00:32:05.759 --> 00:32:06.319
 ideas

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:06.859
 as we

00:32:06.859 --> 00:32:07.000
 are

00:32:07.000 --> 00:32:07.399
 exposed

00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:07.839
 to them

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.099
 and we

00:32:08.099 --> 00:32:08.339
 think

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:08.559
 about

00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:08.740
 them

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:08.980
 these

00:32:08.980 --> 00:32:09.139
 are

00:32:09.139 --> 00:32:09.740
 this

00:32:09.740 --> 00:32:09.919
 is

00:32:09.919 --> 00:32:10.559
 common

00:32:10.559 --> 00:32:11.019
 language

00:32:11.019 --> 00:32:11.460
 for how

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:11.659
 we

00:32:11.659 --> 00:32:12.019
 take

00:32:12.019 --> 00:32:12.399
 things

00:32:12.399 --> 00:32:12.559
 from

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:12.720
 the

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.159
 outside

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.740
 and

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:13.980
 we

00:32:13.980 --> 00:32:14.839
 they

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:15.319
 become

00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:15.539
 a

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:15.779
 part

00:32:15.779 --> 00:32:15.960
 of

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.359
 us

00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:18.279
 here

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:18.919
 particularly

00:32:18.920 --> 00:32:20.360
 it is

00:32:20.360 --> 00:32:20.759
 a picture

00:32:20.759 --> 00:32:21.140
 of what

00:32:21.140 --> 00:32:21.680
 is called

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:21.880
 the

00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:22.220
 doctrine

00:32:22.220 --> 00:32:22.380
 of

00:32:22.380 --> 00:32:23.019
 union

00:32:23.019 --> 00:32:24.140
 with

00:32:24.140 --> 00:32:24.700
 Christ

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.360
 that

00:32:25.360 --> 00:32:25.600
 when

00:32:25.600 --> 00:32:25.759
 we

00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:25.920
 are

00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.400
 spiritually

00:32:26.400 --> 00:32:26.940
 joined

00:32:26.940 --> 00:32:27.160
 to

00:32:27.160 --> 00:32:27.500
 Jesus

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:27.860
 Christ

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.100
 by

00:32:28.100 --> 00:32:28.580
 faith

00:32:28.580 --> 00:32:29.120
 and

00:32:29.120 --> 00:32:29.279
 when

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:29.480
 we

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.600
 in

00:32:30.600 --> 00:32:31.019
 belief

00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.240
 we

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.660
 take

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:31.900
 him

00:32:31.900 --> 00:32:32.259
 into

00:32:32.259 --> 00:32:32.860
 ourselves

00:32:32.860 --> 00:32:33.580
 in a

00:32:33.580 --> 00:32:33.880
 true

00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:34.080
 and

00:32:34.080 --> 00:32:34.539
 spiritual

00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.100
 way

00:32:35.100 --> 00:32:36.140
 as

00:32:36.140 --> 00:32:36.320
 our

00:32:36.320 --> 00:32:36.700
 Lord

00:32:36.700 --> 00:32:37.019
 and

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:37.180
 our

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.620
 life

00:32:37.620 --> 00:32:38.300
 even

00:32:38.300 --> 00:32:38.500
 as

00:32:38.500 --> 00:32:38.660
 he

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:38.980
 takes

00:32:38.980 --> 00:32:39.440
 us

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:39.720
 into

00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:40.240
 himself

00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:41.000
 and

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.160
 we

00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:41.500
 find

00:32:41.500 --> 00:32:42.000
 ourselves

00:32:42.000 --> 00:32:42.200
 as

00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:42.320
 a

00:32:42.320 --> 00:32:42.500
 part

00:32:42.500 --> 00:32:42.640
 of

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:42.860
 his

00:32:42.860 --> 00:32:43.279
 body

00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.880
 and

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:44.019
 these

00:32:44.019 --> 00:32:44.160
 are

00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:44.519
 all

00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:44.940
 images

00:32:44.940 --> 00:32:45.240
 that

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.480
 talk

00:32:45.480 --> 00:32:45.680
 about

00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:45.860
 a

00:32:45.860 --> 00:32:46.240
 spiritual

00:32:46.240 --> 00:32:46.880
 reality

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.360
 of

00:32:47.360 --> 00:32:47.539
 this

00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.019
 deep

00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:48.579
 spiritual

00:32:48.579 --> 00:32:49.180
 connection

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.720
 with

00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:50.339
 Jesus

00:32:50.339 --> 00:32:53.859
 what

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.200
 Jesus

00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:54.480
 is

00:32:54.480 --> 00:32:54.859
 saying

00:32:54.859 --> 00:32:55.299
 is

00:32:55.299 --> 00:32:56.059
 are

00:32:56.059 --> 00:32:56.399
 you

00:32:56.399 --> 00:32:56.980
 offended

00:32:56.980 --> 00:32:58.700
 by

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.220
 this

00:32:59.220 --> 00:32:59.799
 image

00:32:59.799 --> 00:33:00.039
 of

00:33:00.039 --> 00:33:00.500
 eating

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:01.079
 my

00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:01.440
 flesh

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:01.659
 and

00:33:01.659 --> 00:33:02.000
 drinking

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.359
 my

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:02.779
 blood

00:33:02.779 --> 00:33:05.000
 friends

00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:05.200
 you

00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:05.539
 haven't

00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:05.779
 even

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:06.319
 begun

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:06.559
 to

00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:06.720
 be

00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:07.059
 offended

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:07.819
 by

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.059
 what

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:08.240
 I'm

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.579
 talking

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.039
 about

00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:10.339
 he

00:33:10.339 --> 00:33:10.599
 goes

00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.000
 on

00:33:11.000 --> 00:33:12.259
 in

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:12.379
 the

00:33:12.379 --> 00:33:12.659
 last

00:33:12.659 --> 00:33:13.019
 section

00:33:13.019 --> 00:33:13.240
 in

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.659
 60

00:33:13.659 --> 00:33:13.899
 through

00:33:13.899 --> 00:33:14.639
 65

00:33:14.639 --> 00:33:15.940
 many

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:16.099
 of

00:33:16.099 --> 00:33:16.180
 the

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:16.579
 disciples

00:33:16.579 --> 00:33:17.079
 heard

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.240
 it

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.620
 and said

00:33:17.620 --> 00:33:17.839
 this

00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:17.980
 is

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:18.160
 a

00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:18.559
 hard

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.160
 saying

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.880
 who

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:20.099
 can

00:33:20.099 --> 00:33:20.539
 believe

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:20.839
 it

00:33:20.839 --> 00:33:21.240
 and

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:21.500
 Jesus

00:33:21.500 --> 00:33:21.759
 says

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:21.880
 do

00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:21.980
 you

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:22.200
 take

00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:22.660
 offense

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:22.880
 then

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.120
 what

00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:23.279
 if

00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:23.420
 you

00:33:23.420 --> 00:33:23.559
 were

00:33:23.559 --> 00:33:23.700
 to

00:33:23.700 --> 00:33:24.000
 see

00:33:24.000 --> 00:33:24.240
 the

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:24.480
 son

00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.660
 of

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.019
 man

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.019
 ascending

00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:26.299
 to

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:26.559
 where

00:33:26.559 --> 00:33:26.759
 he

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:27.059
 was

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:27.599
 before

00:33:27.599 --> 00:33:29.420
 and

00:33:29.420 --> 00:33:29.539
 if

00:33:29.539 --> 00:33:29.660
 you

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:30.440
 pull

00:33:30.440 --> 00:33:30.700
 this

00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.039
 thread

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.259
 through

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.400
 the

00:33:31.400 --> 00:33:31.720
 gospel

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:31.940
 of

00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.240
 John

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:32.460
 what

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:32.779
 Jesus

00:33:32.779 --> 00:33:33.039
 is

00:33:33.039 --> 00:33:33.400
 saying

00:33:33.400 --> 00:33:33.859
 is

00:33:33.859 --> 00:33:34.500
 if

00:33:34.500 --> 00:33:34.720
 you're

00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:35.059
 offended

00:33:35.059 --> 00:33:35.319
 by

00:33:35.319 --> 00:33:35.579
 this

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.059
 image

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:36.720
 there's

00:33:36.720 --> 00:33:36.839
 a

00:33:36.839 --> 00:33:37.140
 greater

00:33:37.140 --> 00:33:37.579
 offense

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:37.980
 coming

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:38.180
 that

00:33:38.180 --> 00:33:38.400
 I'm

00:33:38.400 --> 00:33:38.759
 calling

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.000
 you

00:33:39.000 --> 00:33:39.200
 to

00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:39.680
 identify

00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.180
 with

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.599
 the

00:33:40.599 --> 00:33:40.920
 greater

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.359
 offense

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:41.559
 is

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:41.720
 that

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:41.879
 the

00:33:41.879 --> 00:33:42.159
 son

00:33:42.159 --> 00:33:42.339
 of

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.759
 man

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.539
 the

00:33:43.539 --> 00:33:43.859
 son

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:44.059
 of

00:33:44.059 --> 00:33:44.519
 God

00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:45.220
 the

00:33:45.220 --> 00:33:45.539
 word

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:45.980
 became

00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.579
 flesh

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.599
 will

00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:47.779
 be

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:48.299
 crucified

00:33:48.299 --> 00:33:49.980
 buried

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:51.039
 and

00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:51.220
 then

00:33:51.220 --> 00:33:51.399
 he

00:33:51.399 --> 00:33:51.559
 will

00:33:51.559 --> 00:33:51.960
 rise

00:33:51.960 --> 00:33:52.179
 from

00:33:52.179 --> 00:33:52.359
 the

00:33:52.359 --> 00:33:52.559
 dead

00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:52.899
 he

00:33:52.899 --> 00:33:53.039
 will

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.200
 be

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.519
 lifted

00:33:53.519 --> 00:33:53.759
 up

00:33:53.759 --> 00:33:53.899
 on

00:33:53.899 --> 00:33:54.039
 the

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:54.399
 cross

00:33:54.399 --> 00:33:54.659
 then

00:33:54.659 --> 00:33:54.799
 he

00:33:54.799 --> 00:33:54.899
 will

00:33:54.899 --> 00:33:55.039
 be

00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.480
 raised

00:33:55.480 --> 00:33:55.679
 from

00:33:55.679 --> 00:33:55.839
 the

00:33:55.839 --> 00:33:56.059
 dead

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.440
 and

00:33:56.440 --> 00:33:56.579
 then

00:33:56.579 --> 00:33:56.740
 he

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:56.919
 will

00:33:56.919 --> 00:33:57.379
 ascend

00:33:57.379 --> 00:33:57.659
 into

00:33:57.659 --> 00:33:58.019
 heaven

00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.419
 to

00:33:58.419 --> 00:33:58.599
 go

00:33:58.599 --> 00:33:58.919
 back

00:33:58.919 --> 00:33:59.139
 from

00:33:59.139 --> 00:33:59.319
 where

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.500
 he

00:33:59.500 --> 00:33:59.819
 came

00:33:59.819 --> 00:34:00.279
 from

00:34:00.279 --> 00:34:02.200
 to

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:02.659
 affirm

00:34:02.659 --> 00:34:02.899
 that

00:34:02.899 --> 00:34:03.139
 he

00:34:03.139 --> 00:34:03.579
 truly

00:34:03.579 --> 00:34:04.019
 is

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:04.220
 the

00:34:04.220 --> 00:34:04.399
 bread

00:34:04.399 --> 00:34:04.579
 of

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:05.019
 life

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:05.859
 because

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.159
 this

00:34:06.159 --> 00:34:06.279
 is

00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:06.419
 the

00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:06.740
 gospel

00:34:06.740 --> 00:34:06.980
 we

00:34:06.980 --> 00:34:07.259
 know

00:34:07.259 --> 00:34:07.559
 isn't

00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:07.700
 it

00:34:07.700 --> 00:34:08.099
 friends

00:34:08.099 --> 00:34:09.079
 Jesus

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.480
 died

00:34:09.480 --> 00:34:09.639
 on

00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:09.760
 the

00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.159
 cross

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:10.559
 for

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:10.960
 our

00:34:10.960 --> 00:34:11.320
 sins

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:11.619
 in

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:11.840
 our

00:34:11.840 --> 00:34:12.320
 place

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:12.980
 his

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.420
 body

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:13.699
 was

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.079
 broken

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.500
 his

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:14.900
 blood

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.199
 was

00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:15.500
 shed

00:34:15.500 --> 00:34:15.900
 for

00:34:15.900 --> 00:34:16.340
 us

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:16.780
 so

00:34:16.780 --> 00:34:16.960
 that

00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:17.400
 we

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.940
 who

00:34:17.940 --> 00:34:18.380
 deserve

00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:18.760
 death

00:34:18.760 --> 00:34:19.039
 because

00:34:19.039 --> 00:34:19.219
 of

00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:19.400
 our

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:19.599
 sin

00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:19.920
 don't

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:20.139
 have

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.300
 to

00:34:20.300 --> 00:34:20.699
 die

00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:21.559
 but

00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:21.960
 instead

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:22.420
 can

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:23.179
 experience

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.860
 this

00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:24.679
 transforming

00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:25.199
 new

00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.360
 and

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:25.699
 eternal

00:34:25.699 --> 00:34:26.300
 life

00:34:26.300 --> 00:34:29.440
 friends

00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:29.860
 this

00:34:29.860 --> 00:34:30.019
 is

00:34:30.019 --> 00:34:30.179
 the

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:30.400
 good

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:30.860
 news

00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:31.519
 of

00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:31.659
 the

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:32.079
 gospel

00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:33.039
 this

00:34:33.039 --> 00:34:33.199
 is

00:34:33.199 --> 00:34:33.440
 what

00:34:33.440 --> 00:34:33.780
 Jesus

00:34:33.780 --> 00:34:34.099
 is

00:34:34.099 --> 00:34:34.559
 calling

00:34:34.559 --> 00:34:35.880
 people

00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:36.139
 to

00:34:36.139 --> 00:34:36.719
 believe

00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:37.399
 not

00:34:37.399 --> 00:34:37.619
 in

00:34:37.619 --> 00:34:37.980
 Moses

00:34:37.980 --> 00:34:38.639
 but

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:38.799
 the

00:34:38.799 --> 00:34:39.159
 prophet

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.379
 that

00:34:39.379 --> 00:34:39.659
 Moses

00:34:39.659 --> 00:34:40.159
 predicted

00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:40.480
 not

00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:40.679
 in

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.119
 manna

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:42.039
 but

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:42.179
 to

00:34:42.179 --> 00:34:42.359
 the

00:34:42.359 --> 00:34:42.699
 life

00:34:42.699 --> 00:34:42.980
 the

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.299
 manna

00:34:43.299 --> 00:34:43.619
 pointed

00:34:43.619 --> 00:34:43.839
 to

00:34:43.839 --> 00:34:44.219
 not

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:44.459
 in

00:34:44.459 --> 00:34:44.839
 following

00:34:44.839 --> 00:34:45.079
 the

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.419
 law

00:34:45.419 --> 00:34:46.759
 to

00:34:46.759 --> 00:34:46.899
 be

00:34:46.899 --> 00:34:47.119
 right

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.339
 with

00:34:47.339 --> 00:34:47.699
 God

00:34:47.699 --> 00:34:48.119
 but

00:34:48.119 --> 00:34:48.639
 following

00:34:48.639 --> 00:34:49.039
 the

00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:49.399
 word

00:34:49.399 --> 00:34:49.719
 made

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.219
 flesh

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:53.939
 by

00:34:53.939 --> 00:34:54.379
 faith

00:34:54.379 --> 00:34:54.699
 in

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:54.819
 the

00:34:54.819 --> 00:34:55.239
 crucified

00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:55.819
 son

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:56.659
 who

00:34:56.659 --> 00:34:57.139
 came

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:57.459
 to

00:34:57.459 --> 00:34:57.659
 give

00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:57.839
 us

00:34:57.839 --> 00:34:58.259
 life

00:34:58.259 --> 00:34:59.119
 this

00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.299
 is

00:34:59.299 --> 00:34:59.480
 what

00:34:59.480 --> 00:34:59.639
 we

00:34:59.639 --> 00:34:59.739
 are

00:34:59.739 --> 00:34:59.919
 being

00:34:59.919 --> 00:35:00.359
 reminded

00:35:00.359 --> 00:35:00.659
 of

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:00.799
 in

00:35:00.799 --> 00:35:01.019
 this

00:35:01.019 --> 00:35:01.500
 passage

00:35:01.500 --> 00:35:01.819
 this

00:35:01.819 --> 00:35:02.239
 morning

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:03.739
 and

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:03.859
 the

00:35:03.859 --> 00:35:04.099
 last

00:35:04.099 --> 00:35:04.500
 passage

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.679
 is

00:35:04.679 --> 00:35:04.859
 one

00:35:04.859 --> 00:35:04.939
 of

00:35:04.939 --> 00:35:05.119
 those

00:35:05.119 --> 00:35:05.559
 places

00:35:05.559 --> 00:35:06.000
 where

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:06.920
 I

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.139
 go

00:35:07.139 --> 00:35:07.480
 to

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.400
 regularly

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:09.820
 particularly

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.760
 in the

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.079
 hardest

00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:11.679
 times

00:35:11.679 --> 00:35:12.739
 particularly

00:35:12.739 --> 00:35:13.440
 when I've

00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:13.760
 faced

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:14.460
 the worst

00:35:14.460 --> 00:35:15.199
 disappointment

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:15.960
 the

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.460
 greatest

00:35:16.460 --> 00:35:17.159
 loss

00:35:17.159 --> 00:35:17.860
 the

00:35:17.860 --> 00:35:18.380
 biggest

00:35:18.380 --> 00:35:19.440
 questions

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:22.800
 many

00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:23.320
 disciples

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:23.740
 turned

00:35:23.740 --> 00:35:24.139
 away

00:35:24.139 --> 00:35:24.480
 when

00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:24.760
 Jesus

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.139
 used

00:35:25.139 --> 00:35:25.360
 this

00:35:25.360 --> 00:35:25.700
 shocking

00:35:25.700 --> 00:35:26.139
 language

00:35:26.139 --> 00:35:26.360
 they

00:35:26.360 --> 00:35:26.559
 no

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:26.840
 longer

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.139
 wanted

00:35:27.139 --> 00:35:27.280
 to

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:27.400
 be

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:27.820
 identified

00:35:27.820 --> 00:35:28.179
 with

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.340
 him

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:28.420
 and

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:28.539
 they

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.679
 no

00:35:28.679 --> 00:35:28.920
 longer

00:35:28.920 --> 00:35:29.300
 followed

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.579
 him

00:35:29.579 --> 00:35:30.639
 Jesus

00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:31.039
 turns

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.220
 to

00:35:31.220 --> 00:35:31.380
 his

00:35:31.380 --> 00:35:31.940
 disciples

00:35:31.940 --> 00:35:32.440
 the

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.900
 twelve

00:35:32.900 --> 00:35:33.679
 says

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:33.880
 do

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.000
 you

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.159
 want

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:34.240
 to

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:34.360
 go

00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:34.579
 away

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:34.860
 too

00:35:34.860 --> 00:35:36.539
 and

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:36.820
 Simon

00:35:36.820 --> 00:35:37.220
 Peter

00:35:37.220 --> 00:35:37.679
 answered

00:35:37.679 --> 00:35:38.019
 him

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:39.099
 Lord

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:41.760
 to whom

00:35:41.760 --> 00:35:41.940
 should

00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:42.099
 we

00:35:42.099 --> 00:35:42.400
 go

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.860
 you

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.360
 have

00:35:44.360 --> 00:35:44.559
 the

00:35:44.559 --> 00:35:44.900
 words

00:35:44.900 --> 00:35:45.039
 of

00:35:45.039 --> 00:35:45.400
 eternal

00:35:45.400 --> 00:35:45.880
 life

00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.840
 and

00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:47.079
 we

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:47.300
 have

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:47.720
 believed

00:35:47.720 --> 00:35:48.000
 and

00:35:48.000 --> 00:35:48.180
 come

00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:48.380
 to

00:35:48.380 --> 00:35:48.559
 know

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:48.780
 that

00:35:48.780 --> 00:35:49.119
 you

00:35:49.119 --> 00:35:49.360
 are

00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.599
 the

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:49.960
 holy

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.360
 one

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:50.539
 of

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:50.920
 God

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:56.680
 friends

00:35:56.680 --> 00:35:58.059
 the

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.480
 disciples

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:58.800
 saw

00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.180
 something

00:35:59.180 --> 00:35:59.619
 clearly

00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.039
 in that

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.480
 moment

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:02.700
 for

00:36:02.700 --> 00:36:02.820
 though

00:36:02.820 --> 00:36:02.960
 they

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.180
 didn't

00:36:03.180 --> 00:36:03.700
 understand

00:36:03.700 --> 00:36:04.039
 Jesus

00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.460
 fully

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:04.640
 and

00:36:04.640 --> 00:36:04.780
 they

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.260
 wouldn't

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:05.579
 until

00:36:05.579 --> 00:36:06.260
 after

00:36:06.260 --> 00:36:06.500
 the

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:07.019
 resurrection

00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:08.740
 no

00:36:08.740 --> 00:36:08.960
 we

00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:09.220
 don't

00:36:09.220 --> 00:36:09.720
 understand

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:10.059
 all

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.240
 that

00:36:10.240 --> 00:36:10.440
 God

00:36:10.440 --> 00:36:10.599
 is

00:36:10.599 --> 00:36:10.820
 doing

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:10.960
 in

00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:11.220
 our

00:36:11.220 --> 00:36:11.599
 lives

00:36:11.599 --> 00:36:12.079
 today

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:14.559
 may

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:14.820
 we

00:36:14.820 --> 00:36:15.160
 too

00:36:15.160 --> 00:36:15.500
 take

00:36:15.500 --> 00:36:15.679
 up

00:36:15.679 --> 00:36:16.000
 this

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:17.079
 response

00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:18.440
 where

00:36:18.440 --> 00:36:18.639
 else

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:18.800
 would

00:36:18.800 --> 00:36:18.960
 we

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.280
 go

00:36:19.280 --> 00:36:21.460
 where

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:21.739
 else

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:21.920
 will

00:36:21.920 --> 00:36:22.079
 we

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:22.400
 find

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:22.579
 the

00:36:22.579 --> 00:36:22.860
 life

00:36:22.860 --> 00:36:23.039
 that

00:36:23.039 --> 00:36:23.179
 we

00:36:23.179 --> 00:36:23.420
 know

00:36:23.420 --> 00:36:23.619
 is

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:23.780
 in

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:24.139
 Jesus

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:26.179
 he

00:36:26.179 --> 00:36:26.579
 alone

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:26.800
 is

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:26.920
 the

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:27.139
 true

00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:27.519
 source

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:27.699
 of

00:36:27.699 --> 00:36:28.019
 real

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:28.199
 and

00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:28.699
 everlasting

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:29.139
 life

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.360
 he

00:36:29.360 --> 00:36:29.539
 is

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.699
 the

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:29.960
 one

00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:30.500
 who

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:30.639
 is

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:30.880
 able

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:31.079
 to

00:36:31.079 --> 00:36:31.500
 truly

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.780
 give

00:36:31.780 --> 00:36:31.960
 us

00:36:31.960 --> 00:36:32.260
 meaning

00:36:32.260 --> 00:36:32.500
 and

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:32.860
 purpose

00:36:32.860 --> 00:36:33.559
 he

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:33.920
 is

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.079
 the

00:36:34.079 --> 00:36:34.320
 one

00:36:34.320 --> 00:36:34.480
 who

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:34.599
 is

00:36:34.599 --> 00:36:34.800
 able

00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:35.000
 to

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.300
 take

00:36:35.300 --> 00:36:35.480
 us

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:35.800
 away

00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:36.019
 from

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.519
 fear

00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:36.719
 of

00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:37.000
 death

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:37.179
 and

00:36:37.179 --> 00:36:37.539
 judgment

00:36:37.539 --> 00:36:38.199
 he

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:38.400
 is

00:36:38.400 --> 00:36:38.539
 the

00:36:38.539 --> 00:36:38.840
 one

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:39.119
 who

00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.480
 allows

00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:39.659
 us

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:39.820
 to

00:36:39.820 --> 00:36:40.000
 live

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:40.159
 a

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:40.360
 life

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:48.579
 will

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:48.760
 you

00:36:48.760 --> 00:36:49.079
 take

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.320
 it

00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:51.079
 will

00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:51.219
 you

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 believe

00:36:51.539 --> 00:36:51.739
 in

00:36:51.739 --> 00:36:52.000
 him

00:36:52.000 --> 00:36:52.659
 today

00:36:52.659 --> 00:36:54.360
 please

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 pray

00:36:54.559 --> 00:36:54.780
 with

00:36:54.780 --> 00:36:55.280
 me

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:57.280
 Lord

00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.440
 we

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 this

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 word

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 and

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 we

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 thank

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 you

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 for

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 Jesus

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:01.019
 and

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.159
 we

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 thank

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 you

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 that

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 Lord

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:02.900
 as

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 we

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.380
 turn

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 to

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 the

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 Lord

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 supper

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 now

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 Lord

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 as

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 we

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 celebrate

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 this

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 Lord

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 that

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 we

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 are

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 reminded

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 that

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 you

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 have

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 come

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 to

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 bring

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 us

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 life

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 and

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 Lord

00:37:14.300 --> 00:37:14.480
 we

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:15.039
 confess

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 our

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 sin

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 Lord

00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:16.980
 we

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.539
 acknowledge

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 that

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 it

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 is

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 because

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 of

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 our

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 sin

00:37:19.320 --> 00:37:19.500
 that

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 you

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 had

00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:20.139
 to

00:37:20.139 --> 00:37:20.500
 come

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 Lord

00:37:22.019 --> 00:37:22.279
 that

00:37:22.279 --> 00:37:22.719
 the

00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:22.960
 wages

00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.159
 of

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 sin

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:23.500
 is

00:37:23.500 --> 00:37:23.880
 death

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 and

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 Lord

00:37:25.420 --> 00:37:25.639
 that

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 apart

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.360
 from

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 you

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 we

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:27.139
 are

00:37:27.139 --> 00:37:27.500
 living

00:37:27.500 --> 00:37:27.759
 in

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 spiritual

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:28.679
 death

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 but

00:37:30.179 --> 00:37:30.480
 Lord

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:30.719
 we

00:37:30.719 --> 00:37:31.159
 praise

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 you

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:31.900
 that

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 because

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 of

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 Jesus

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 we

00:37:35.460 --> 00:37:35.639
 will

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:35.860
 not

00:37:35.860 --> 00:37:36.199
 die

00:37:36.199 --> 00:37:37.099
 but

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.360
 live

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:37.759
 forever

00:37:37.759 --> 00:37:38.119
 when

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 we

00:37:38.279 --> 00:37:38.420
 are

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:38.699
 joined

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:38.920
 with

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 him

00:37:39.099 --> 00:37:39.300
 by

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 faith

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 Lord

00:37:42.059 --> 00:37:42.179
 I

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 pray

00:37:42.360 --> 00:37:42.539
 for

00:37:42.539 --> 00:37:42.779
 those

00:37:42.779 --> 00:37:43.039
 this

00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:43.340
 morning

00:37:43.340 --> 00:37:43.539
 who

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:43.679
 are

00:37:43.679 --> 00:37:44.099
 struggling

00:37:44.099 --> 00:37:45.299
 Lord

00:37:45.299 --> 00:37:45.500
 that

00:37:45.500 --> 00:37:45.719
 they

00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:45.940
 would

00:37:45.940 --> 00:37:46.119
 be

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:47.099
 encouraged

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.519
 and

00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:47.980
 strengthened

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:48.299
 in

00:37:48.299 --> 00:37:48.460
 their

00:37:48.460 --> 00:37:48.759
 faith

00:37:48.759 --> 00:37:48.920
 in

00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:49.159
 you

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:49.759
 Lord

00:37:49.759 --> 00:37:49.940
 we

00:37:49.940 --> 00:37:50.179
 pray

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:50.380
 for

00:37:50.380 --> 00:37:50.659
 those

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:50.799
 who

00:37:50.799 --> 00:37:50.940
 are

00:37:50.940 --> 00:37:51.319
 seeking

00:37:51.319 --> 00:37:51.639
 who

00:37:51.639 --> 00:37:51.839
 are

00:37:51.839 --> 00:37:52.759
 exploring

00:37:52.759 --> 00:37:53.000
 what

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:53.119
 it

00:37:53.119 --> 00:37:53.380
 means

00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:53.599
 to

00:37:53.599 --> 00:37:53.819
 know

00:37:53.819 --> 00:37:54.039
 you

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.139
 and

00:37:54.139 --> 00:37:54.279
 to

00:37:54.279 --> 00:37:54.539
 follow

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:54.860
 you

00:37:54.860 --> 00:37:55.179
 that

00:37:55.179 --> 00:37:55.360
 they

00:37:55.360 --> 00:37:55.699
 might

00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:56.440
 have

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:56.639
 their

00:37:56.639 --> 00:37:56.920
 eyes

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.360
 opened

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:57.559
 and

00:37:57.559 --> 00:37:57.719
 their

00:37:57.719 --> 00:37:58.099
 hearts

00:37:58.099 --> 00:37:58.420
 opened

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:58.679
 to

00:37:58.679 --> 00:37:59.019
 you

00:37:59.019 --> 00:38:00.339
 that

00:38:00.339 --> 00:38:00.480
 they

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:00.679
 might

00:38:00.679 --> 00:38:01.279
 believe

00:38:01.279 --> 00:38:01.519
 and

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:01.920
 trust

00:38:01.920 --> 00:38:02.179
 in

00:38:02.179 --> 00:38:02.480
 you

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:02.639
 and

00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:02.799
 your

00:38:02.799 --> 00:38:03.119
 work

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:03.319
 for

00:38:03.319 --> 00:38:03.559
 their

00:38:03.559 --> 00:38:04.119
 salvation

00:38:04.119 --> 00:38:05.440
 Lord

00:38:05.440 --> 00:38:05.960
 strengthen

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:06.360
 us

00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:07.159
 all

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:07.539
 of us

00:38:07.539 --> 00:38:07.759
 with

00:38:07.759 --> 00:38:08.059
 these

00:38:08.059 --> 00:38:08.440
 words

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:08.860
 today

00:38:08.860 --> 00:38:09.079
 we

00:38:09.079 --> 00:38:09.400
 pray

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:10.220
 in

00:38:10.220 --> 00:38:10.460
 Jesus

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:10.860
 name

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.780
 amen