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 And this morning we come to one of the most difficult teachings or sayings of Jesus in the Bible.

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 Jesus said a number of things that were difficult.

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 Some are difficult because they're hard to put into practice.

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 Some are difficult because they offend our sensibilities.

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 And some are difficult because they're just hard to understand what Jesus means.

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 This particular saying of Jesus is difficult for all three of those reasons.

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 So let's read what Jesus said in John chapter 6 starting in verse 48.

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 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves.

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 How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

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 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life.

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 And I will raise them up at the last day.

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 For my flesh is real food.

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 And my blood is real drink.

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 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me.

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 And I in them.

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 Just as the living Father sent me.

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 And I live because of the Father.

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 So the one who feeds on me will live because of me.

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 This is the bread that came down from heaven.

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 Your ancestors ate manna and died.

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 But whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.

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 He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

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 Wow.

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 Let's start with what is clear here.

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 Jesus said this while teaching in the synagogue.

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 We're not sure just when this conversation transitioned into the synagogue.

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 Or maybe it started in the synagogue.

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 And that's where he met up with some of the people who had been at the feeding of the 5,000 just the other day.

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 But here Jesus is in the synagogue.

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 He's in the place where devout Jewish people go to worship God.

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 And he's been teaching the crowd who's gathered there.

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 And we've already looked in a fair bit of detail at most of what Jesus has said in this conversation.

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 It's been a bit tense.

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 Jesus has told them that they have some majorly misplaced priorities.

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 He's told them that God, his Father, wants them to believe in him.

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 They demand a sign.

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 Give us some proof and then we'll believe.

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 Maybe do something like the miracle of the manna in the wilderness.

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 Jesus tells them basically God is right now giving them bread from heaven.

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 He says, I am the bread of life that has come down from heaven to give life to the world.

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 And of course we've talked about this.

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 Jesus is talking about eternal life and spiritual life as we've seen.

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 But then the crowd started to grumble because Jesus said that he was from heaven.

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 In their thoughts, he was just a man.

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 He was just the son of Joseph and Mary.

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 And so again, as we just read, he tells them, I am the bread of life.

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 He says, your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

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 In other words, listen, you need more than just the manna like they had back then.

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 Having some manna appear on the ground tomorrow isn't going to help you with the problem of death.

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 They ate the manna provided from heaven, yet they died.

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 You can almost imagine it.

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 Jesus essentially saying, if I was to make some manna appear for you right now,

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 it wouldn't solve that problem.

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 You could eat it, and yet you would still die.

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 No, you need something more.

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 You need something better than that manna or bread of long ago.

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 He says, but here is the bread that comes down from heaven,

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 which anyone may eat and not die.

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 I am the living bread that came down from heaven.

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 Whoever eats this bread will live forever.

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 This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

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 So the manna like they had in the wilderness long ago,

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 it's not enough to meet your true need,

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 your deep need, your deeper need.

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 There is a provision of God, however, that can meet that need.

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 That provision is me, says Jesus.

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 I am the living bread that came down from heaven.

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 Literally, in the original, there's quite a lot of emphasis in those words.

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 He says, I am the bread, the living bread,

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 which from heaven came down.

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 So far, we're tracking with Jesus.

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 We've got some metaphor here.

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 I mean, we know, we all know that Jesus is not a loaf of bread.

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 He's a person.

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 He's a person claiming to be from heaven,

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 just like the manna was from heaven.

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 He's a person claiming to give life,

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 just like the manna did.

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 Only Jesus has made it clear.

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 The kind of life he's talking about is not just physical, bodily life.

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 It's spiritual.

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 It's relationship with God.

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 It's eternal life kind of life.

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 And especially the kind of life that happens at the last day

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 when he raises us up.

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 So, if we're listening carefully,

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 I mean, it seems pretty clear that Jesus is using a metaphor.

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 He's using a figure of speech.

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 He's making a parallel between that provision of God long ago

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 and the provision of God right now,

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 that he is standing in front of them.

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 There's a big difference between the bread of long ago

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 and the bread of today.

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 The word living draws our attention to that in verse 51.

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 I am the living bread.

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 That bread of long ago, it came from heaven, yes,

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 but it was still just bread.

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 But I am the living bread.

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 God's provision for your life today

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 has come down from heaven in the form of a living person.

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 And Jesus continues on with this metaphor.

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 He says,

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 whoever eats this bread will live forever.

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 This bread is my flesh,

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 which I will give for the life of the world.

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 And it's at this point that a sharp argument arises among the people who are listening that day.

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 Verse 52,

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 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves.

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 How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

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 So obviously the crowd has missed the metaphor.

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 They've not fully picked up on the fact that Jesus is not talking about physical eating.

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 He's talking about himself as a living, breathing provision of God from heaven.

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 He's talking about how someday he will give his flesh for the life of the world.

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 How he will surrender his fleshly body to death.

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 So that anyone who believes in the whole world may have this eternal life that he's been talking about.

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 But the Jews there that day, they missed the metaphor.

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 They're still thinking about some kind of physical something that they can put into their mouth and chew.

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 How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

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 That sounds disgusting.

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 That sounds like cannibalism.

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 And even if he really intends to do that,

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 it would be wrong for anyone to actually eat his flesh.

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 We don't do that.

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 We eat the meat of animals, not people.

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 That's what I imagine they're thinking.

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 As the Old Testament scriptures teach,

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 man is a special and distinct creation of God.

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 Unlike the animals.

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 He says, I give you the animals for food.

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 But if anyone sheds the blood of man,

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 there's consequences.

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 Everywhere throughout the Old Testament that it's talked about eating the flesh of a human being,

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 it's something horrific and horrible that people do out of desperation

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 because of their own wickedness.

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 It's talked about as a curse.

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 And so I imagine these are the kinds of things that the people in the synagogue are thinking

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 as Jesus says this.

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 They totally misunderstand, it seems, what Jesus meant to say

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 when he said,

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 whoever eats this bread will live forever.

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 This bread is my flesh,

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 which I will give for the life of the world.

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 But then,

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 in response to all this,

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 Jesus says something that stirs them up even more.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 very truly,

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 I tell you,

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 unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man

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 and drink his blood,

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 you have no life in you.

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 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life,

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 and I will raise them up at the last day.

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 For my flesh is real food,

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 and my blood is real drink.

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 You can just imagine the eyes of the crowd in that moment go wide.

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 Like, whoa.

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 You can just imagine the eyes of the disciples of Jesus going wide.

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 Can you imagine what Peter's thinking at this moment?

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 Like, oh, no, Jesus, don't say that.

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 You're embarrassing us.

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 You can't seriously mean that, can you?

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 Like, if this is all just a metaphor or an analogy,

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 just tell us with plain words.

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 Don't say it like that.

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 I wonder if that's how some of us followers of Jesus today

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 feel about these words that Jesus said.

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 Do these words embarrass you?

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 Do you wish that Jesus hadn't said them?

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 Maybe do you think you know better than Jesus

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 how to get the truth across

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 to a hardened and unbelieving crowd like this one?

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 There are some words that I keep hearing

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 playing over in my mind as I think of this passage.

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 Something Jesus said to Peter on another occasion

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 and to the whole crowd.

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 He said, if anyone is ashamed of me

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 and my words in this sinful and adulterous generation,

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 the Son of Man will be ashamed of them

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 when he comes in his Father's glory

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 with the holy angels.

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 It's something to think about.

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 We should not be ashamed of what Jesus said here.

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 As shocking as it sounds,

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 I think Jesus meant to say it that way.

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 I think he meant to shock the people that day

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 and to get them to really think.

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 I mean, let's stop and think about this for a moment.

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 If Jesus was just trying to get a following

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 for his own ego,

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 like all of these people on YouTube these days,

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 why would he look at his followers

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 and say this to them?

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 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood?

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 My answer is that Jesus intended to shock them.

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 He intended to say it this way,

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 to get them really thinking about what he's saying.

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 I can't help but think of the paddles.

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 You know, the ones that the doctor uses

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 when a patient is flatlining in a hospital bed,

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 the shocker paddles, defibrillators,

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 or whatever they're called.

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 Have you ever wondered what it would feel like

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 to get shocked with those

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 while you're wide awake and healthy?

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 Apparently it's been described

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 as getting kicked in the chest by a mule

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 or as a small bomb going off inside of your ribcage.

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 Extremely painful.

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 And yet it's a shock

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 that we can be deeply thankful for

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 because there are times

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 when it can save our life,

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 when our hearts go out of rhythm.

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 And that's what I think is going on here.

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 Jesus has already said back in verse 36,

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 you have seen me

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 and still you do not believe.

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 Their hearts are out of rhythm.

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 They're spiritually flatlining.

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 The provision of God is right there in front of them

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 in the person of Jesus

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 and some of them have seen him do miracles already.

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 They ate the bread that he made

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 out of just five loaves.

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 And yet they won't come to him.

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 They won't believe in him.

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 And so perhaps Jesus says it like this

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 in such a shocking way

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 to pierce through the hardness of some

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 to get them really listening

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 and thinking about the words that he's saying.

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 Words which for some may be the words which give life.

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 So the big question is

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 what does Jesus mean

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 when he says this?

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 Whoever eats my flesh

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 and drinks my blood

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 has eternal life.

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 We all know the answer

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 intuitively.

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 We just do.

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 It's just,

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 it's one of those things.

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 You could ask anyone.

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 You could ask any person in this room.

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 Even the children know the answer.

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 I'm sure.

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 Does Jesus really want us

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 to take a bite of his flesh

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 and swallow down his blood?

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 No.

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 We just know it.

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 We know the answer

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 from the rest of the Bible.

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 Eating the flesh of people

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 and drinking their blood is horrible.

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 And it's wrong

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 as the scriptures portray.

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 We know the answer

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 from how the rest of Jesus' story unfolds.

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 If we watch how the story goes,

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 there never comes a moment

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 where Jesus turns

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 and instructs his disciples

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 to take a bite

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 or starts letting his blood out

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 for them to drink.

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 And we can know this answer

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 even just from the conversation

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 because we have to keep these words

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 in the context of this conversation.

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 All along until this point,

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 if we're listening closely

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 to the words Jesus chooses,

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 we can see that he has been speaking

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 in metaphor.

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 He's using bread from heaven

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 as an analogy,

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 as a parallel,

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 a figure of speech.

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 And so when he tells them

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 to eat his flesh

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 and drink his blood,

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 we need to continue

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 to interpret it that way.

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 We might paraphrase his words like this.

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 Very truly, I tell you,

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 you need to take

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 the provision of God

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 from heaven

00:17:22.660 --> 00:17:24.220
 into yourself

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 or unto yourself.

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 If you do not take

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 this provision of God,

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 which I am unto yourselves,

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 you will perish.

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 You will die.

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 I think that's the plain meaning

00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:41.340
 of Jesus' words.

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 But what keeps us

00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:45.680
 from hearing it that way?

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 Why do we trip over

00:17:47.620 --> 00:17:49.000
 his words so easily?

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 I want to suggest two things.

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 First, I think we have to be careful

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 about how we understand

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 the words truly, truly

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 or very truly.

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 The crowd says,

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 how can this man give us

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 his flesh to eat?

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 And Jesus says,

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 truly, truly,

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 unless you eat the flesh

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 and drink his blood,

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 you have no life in you.

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 What does truly, truly mean?

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 Is Jesus agreeing with them

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 and saying,

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 yes, indeed,

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 you do need to eat my flesh

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 and drink my blood

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 in the same sense

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 that you're thinking?

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 I don't think so.

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 That might be what some of them

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 thought Jesus meant.

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 But we might take

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 truly, truly

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 a different way.

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 He's not necessarily

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 agreeing with their

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 understanding of

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 how they need to

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 eat his flesh.

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 We might take it more

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 as something like,

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 in all seriousness,

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 or I tell you the truth.

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 unless you eat the flesh

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 of the Son of Man

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 and drink his blood,

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 in the sense that I mean,

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 you have no life in you.

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 The second thing I think

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 we need to be careful about

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 is verse 55.

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 This verse is part of why

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 we stumble over Jesus' words,

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 because we think,

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 well,

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 you can't really be meaning.

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 Eat your flesh

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 and drink your blood.

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 And then he says

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 in verse 55,

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 for my flesh is real food

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 and my blood is real drink.

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 The natural sense of that

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 seems to be that,

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 yes,

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 my flesh is actually food

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 that you need to eat

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 and my blood,

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 real drink that you need to drink.

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 But,

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 again,

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 we need to read

00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:36.400
 these words carefully.

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 Let's remember

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 how Jesus has talked

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 about food

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 in this conversation

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 already.

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 Back in verse 27,

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 he said,

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 do not work

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 for food that spoils.

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 but for food

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 that endures

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 to eternal life

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 which the Son of Man

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 will give you.

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 We saw back there

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 how Jesus was using

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 the word food

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 somewhat metaphorically

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 already.

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 Almost as a proverb

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 or a principle.

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 Don't work

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 for provisions

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 that don't last,

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 but for provisions

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 that last

00:20:08.019 --> 00:20:09.240
 into eternal life.

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 And I think

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 we should carry

00:20:11.980 --> 00:20:13.059
 that same sense forward

00:20:13.059 --> 00:20:13.940
 to these words

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.440
 as well.

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:16.920
 for my flesh

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 is real provision

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 from God

00:20:20.920 --> 00:20:23.620
 and my blood too

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 sent down from heaven

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 to meet your real need.

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 Both the body

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 and the blood

00:20:32.100 --> 00:20:32.660
 of Jesus

00:20:32.660 --> 00:20:34.160
 are critical

00:20:34.160 --> 00:20:36.539
 to this salvation plan

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 working.

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 this is what God

00:20:40.120 --> 00:20:41.060
 has been pointing to

00:20:41.060 --> 00:20:41.920
 for centuries

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 through the

00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:43.940
 Old Testament scriptures

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 through the sacrificial system

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 and the sacrifices

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 that had to be

00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:49.680
 brought to the tabernacle

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 and the temple

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 and be offered

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 for atonement of sins.

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 Blood had to be shed.

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 An animal had to be slain

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 bodily.

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 If Jesus has no body

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 and just comes down

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 as a spirit,

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 he cannot fully atone

00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:07.200
 for our sins.

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 We are bodily creatures

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 and so for justice

00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:13.920
 to be done,

00:21:14.819 --> 00:21:16.240
 an acceptable substitute

00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:17.859
 must take our place,

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 must take our punishment

00:21:20.099 --> 00:21:21.339
 upon himself

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 and to be

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 an acceptable substitute

00:21:24.240 --> 00:21:26.079
 for complete

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:27.759
 and final forgiveness,

00:21:28.859 --> 00:21:30.420
 Jesus had to be human.

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 He had to be one of us.

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 He had to have a body

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 like we do

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 and blood coursing

00:21:36.579 --> 00:21:37.559
 through his veins

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 like we do.

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 He had to face

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 the punishment

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 we deserved

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 which was

00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:45.279
 no less

00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:47.079
 than bodily death.

00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:49.339
 His flesh,

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:53.000
 this comes through

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.640
 really clearly

00:21:53.640 --> 00:21:54.240
 in the words

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 of the author

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 of Hebrews.

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 Since the children

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 have flesh

00:21:58.759 --> 00:21:59.359
 and blood,

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 he too

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:02.720
 shared in their humanity

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 so that by his death

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 he might break

00:22:04.960 --> 00:22:05.600
 the power

00:22:05.600 --> 00:22:07.220
 of him who holds

00:22:07.220 --> 00:22:08.299
 the power of death,

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 that is,

00:22:09.819 --> 00:22:10.339
 the devil,

00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:12.039
 and free those

00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.960
 who all their lives

00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:13.539
 were held

00:22:13.539 --> 00:22:14.680
 in slavery

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:16.720
 by their fear of death.

00:22:16.839 --> 00:22:17.640
 There you see,

00:22:18.559 --> 00:22:19.539
 flesh and blood

00:22:19.539 --> 00:22:21.400
 are required

00:22:21.400 --> 00:22:23.160
 to make atonement.

00:22:25.220 --> 00:22:25.920
 His flesh,

00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.160
 his blood

00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:28.100
 is real,

00:22:29.039 --> 00:22:29.400
 true,

00:22:30.100 --> 00:22:31.079
 genuine provision

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:31.619
 from God

00:22:31.619 --> 00:22:32.159
 that meets

00:22:32.159 --> 00:22:32.799
 our need

00:22:32.799 --> 00:22:34.559
 so that we

00:22:34.559 --> 00:22:35.460
 can be spared

00:22:35.460 --> 00:22:37.240
 what we deserve

00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:38.839
 for our sins

00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:40.099
 and have

00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:41.079
 that eternal life

00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.639
 that he's been

00:22:41.639 --> 00:22:42.460
 talking about.

00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:45.119
 Notice the word

00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:46.159
 real.

00:22:48.419 --> 00:22:49.500
 The word real

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:50.159
 can also be

00:22:50.159 --> 00:22:51.299
 translated as true.

00:22:52.919 --> 00:22:54.139
 Real isn't the same

00:22:54.139 --> 00:22:54.740
 as the word

00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:55.299
 literal.

00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:56.159
 He's not saying

00:22:56.159 --> 00:22:56.879
 my flesh is

00:22:56.879 --> 00:22:58.079
 literal food.

00:22:58.659 --> 00:22:59.359
 He's saying

00:22:59.359 --> 00:22:59.960
 it's real,

00:22:59.960 --> 00:23:00.799
 it's true,

00:23:00.960 --> 00:23:01.799
 it's genuine

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:03.920
 food or provision

00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:06.460
 that you must

00:23:06.460 --> 00:23:07.600
 take unto yourself

00:23:07.600 --> 00:23:08.819
 and participate in

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:11.640
 or you will die.

00:23:13.319 --> 00:23:14.259
 So we have to

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:15.140
 read this carefully

00:23:15.140 --> 00:23:16.140
 or else

00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:17.259
 we'll find ourselves

00:23:17.259 --> 00:23:18.140
 in the same spot

00:23:18.140 --> 00:23:18.779
 as the crowd

00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:20.200
 and kind of

00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:21.620
 asking that same

00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.120
 question.

00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.740
 Will he really

00:23:23.740 --> 00:23:24.259
 give us

00:23:24.259 --> 00:23:25.279
 his flesh to eat?

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:30.000
 the context

00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:30.720
 by the way

00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:32.539
 points to this

00:23:32.539 --> 00:23:33.019
 as well.

00:23:33.339 --> 00:23:33.940
 We see this

00:23:33.940 --> 00:23:34.980
 in verse 51.

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.859
 He says,

00:23:37.119 --> 00:23:37.480
 this bread

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:38.519
 is my flesh

00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.639
 which I will

00:23:39.639 --> 00:23:40.879
 give for the

00:23:40.879 --> 00:23:41.420
 life of the

00:23:41.420 --> 00:23:41.740
 world.

00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.599
 And if we read

00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:44.099
 that with the

00:23:44.099 --> 00:23:44.779
 full story of

00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.619
 Jesus in mind

00:23:45.619 --> 00:23:47.200
 we can see

00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:47.859
 the way that

00:23:47.859 --> 00:23:49.279
 his flesh

00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:50.259
 gives life

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:51.420
 is through

00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.160
 his death.

00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:54.279
 it's through

00:23:54.279 --> 00:23:55.380
 his giving

00:23:55.380 --> 00:23:56.200
 over of

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.940
 his flesh

00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:59.200
 to death

00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:00.180
 which will

00:24:00.180 --> 00:24:00.680
 happen

00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:02.320
 at the cross

00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:04.080
 as the story

00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:04.540
 goes.

00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:07.300
 Not only that

00:24:07.300 --> 00:24:08.440
 but we have

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.040
 already heard

00:24:09.040 --> 00:24:09.800
 Jesus drop

00:24:09.800 --> 00:24:10.300
 the metaphor

00:24:10.300 --> 00:24:11.160
 for a moment.

00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.740
 If you think

00:24:12.740 --> 00:24:13.800
 back to verse 35

00:24:13.800 --> 00:24:14.580
 he said it

00:24:14.580 --> 00:24:15.800
 what they need

00:24:15.800 --> 00:24:16.240
 to do

00:24:16.240 --> 00:24:17.060
 very plainly

00:24:17.060 --> 00:24:17.300
 there.

00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:17.880
 He said,

00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:18.600
 whoever

00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:19.880
 comes to

00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:20.180
 me

00:24:20.180 --> 00:24:22.100
 will never

00:24:22.100 --> 00:24:22.700
 go hungry

00:24:22.700 --> 00:24:24.120
 and whoever

00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:24.920
 believes

00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.740
 in me

00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:27.440
 will never

00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:28.040
 be thirsty.

00:24:30.840 --> 00:24:31.660
 So the way

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.240
 that you get

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.900
 your need

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.380
 to eat

00:24:33.380 --> 00:24:33.920
 of Jesus

00:24:33.920 --> 00:24:34.820
 satisfied

00:24:34.820 --> 00:24:35.460
 forever

00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:36.720
 is simply

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.180
 to come

00:24:37.180 --> 00:24:37.620
 to him.

00:24:39.020 --> 00:24:39.700
 The way

00:24:39.700 --> 00:24:40.240
 that you get

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.800
 your need

00:24:40.800 --> 00:24:41.520
 to drink

00:24:41.520 --> 00:24:42.420
 of Jesus

00:24:42.420 --> 00:24:43.620
 satisfied

00:24:43.620 --> 00:24:44.480
 your thirst

00:24:44.480 --> 00:24:45.560
 quenched

00:24:45.560 --> 00:24:46.500
 is simply

00:24:46.500 --> 00:24:47.180
 to believe

00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:47.620
 in him.

00:24:48.740 --> 00:24:49.420
 That's what

00:24:49.420 --> 00:24:49.900
 it means

00:24:49.900 --> 00:24:50.460
 to eat

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:51.180
 and drink

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:51.740
 of Jesus.

00:24:53.160 --> 00:24:53.660
 And yet

00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.580
 in all this

00:24:54.580 --> 00:24:55.220
 I think

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:56.020
 Jesus is

00:24:56.020 --> 00:24:56.740
 quite deliberate

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.600
 in calling

00:24:57.600 --> 00:24:58.340
 them to eat

00:24:58.340 --> 00:24:58.820
 and drink

00:24:58.820 --> 00:24:59.740
 of him.

00:25:00.800 --> 00:25:01.380
 Why?

00:25:02.520 --> 00:25:03.060
 Well we already

00:25:03.060 --> 00:25:03.660
 talked about

00:25:03.660 --> 00:25:04.420
 the gracious

00:25:04.420 --> 00:25:05.880
 shock paddles

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.340
 for an

00:25:06.340 --> 00:25:07.040
 unresponsive

00:25:07.040 --> 00:25:07.400
 heart

00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:08.860
 but beyond

00:25:08.860 --> 00:25:09.320
 that there's

00:25:09.320 --> 00:25:09.940
 something very

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:10.500
 rich

00:25:10.500 --> 00:25:12.160
 and intimate

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:12.760
 about the

00:25:12.760 --> 00:25:13.380
 language of

00:25:13.380 --> 00:25:13.960
 eating and

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.320
 drinking.

00:25:16.320 --> 00:25:17.200
 Eating and

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:17.600
 drinking

00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:18.620
 when it's

00:25:18.620 --> 00:25:19.019
 used in

00:25:19.019 --> 00:25:19.319
 metaphor

00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:20.240
 communicates

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:21.000
 a depth

00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:22.380
 of participation.

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.779
 When you

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 eat or

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 drink something

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 it goes

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.080
 from being

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 outside of

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 you

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 to inside

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 of you.

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 It goes

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:31.660
 from

00:25:31.660 --> 00:25:32.340
 you know

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 food

00:25:32.720 --> 00:25:33.279
 drink

00:25:33.279 --> 00:25:33.660
 it goes

00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:34.059
 from doing

00:25:34.059 --> 00:25:34.420
 nothing

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:35.059
 for you

00:25:35.059 --> 00:25:36.460
 to now

00:25:36.460 --> 00:25:36.960
 when it's

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:37.539
 inside of

00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:37.740
 you

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.900
 giving life

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.360
 to the

00:25:39.360 --> 00:25:39.700
 body

00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:40.779
 as it's

00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.160
 used

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:42.319
 by the

00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:42.640
 body.

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 in the

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:44.759
 same way

00:25:44.759 --> 00:25:45.040
 I think

00:25:45.040 --> 00:25:45.560
 Jesus is

00:25:45.560 --> 00:25:45.960
 making a

00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.400
 point here

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:47.080
 unless you

00:25:47.080 --> 00:25:47.900
 participate

00:25:47.900 --> 00:25:49.200
 unless you

00:25:49.200 --> 00:25:49.880
 partake

00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:51.000
 of my

00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:51.480
 death

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:53.960
 my

00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:54.460
 flesh

00:25:54.460 --> 00:25:54.920
 and my

00:25:54.920 --> 00:25:55.220
 blood

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:55.600
 which I

00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.000
 will give

00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:56.340
 for your

00:25:56.340 --> 00:25:56.620
 life

00:25:56.620 --> 00:25:57.220
 unless you

00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:57.720
 take

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.220
 what I'm

00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.680
 going to

00:25:58.680 --> 00:25:59.060
 do

00:25:59.060 --> 00:25:59.860
 for you

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 on that

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 cross

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:02.000
 into

00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.780
 yourself

00:26:02.780 --> 00:26:03.960
 unto

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.520
 yourself

00:26:04.520 --> 00:26:04.880
 to the

00:26:04.880 --> 00:26:05.120
 very

00:26:05.120 --> 00:26:05.600
 depths

00:26:05.600 --> 00:26:07.540
 you will

00:26:07.540 --> 00:26:07.920
 die

00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:10.720
 but if

00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:11.220
 you do

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:13.220
 you will

00:26:13.220 --> 00:26:13.440
 live

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:13.880
 forever

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:17.920
 so what's

00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:18.440
 the significance

00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:18.960
 of all

00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:19.279
 this

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:20.840
 well I guess

00:26:20.840 --> 00:26:21.100
 we could

00:26:21.100 --> 00:26:21.500
 say that

00:26:21.500 --> 00:26:21.740
 in a

00:26:21.740 --> 00:26:22.019
 veiled

00:26:22.019 --> 00:26:22.539
 sort of

00:26:22.539 --> 00:26:22.840
 way

00:26:22.840 --> 00:26:24.680
 Jesus

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.100
 without

00:26:25.100 --> 00:26:25.440
 them

00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.800
 fully

00:26:25.800 --> 00:26:26.360
 realizing

00:26:26.360 --> 00:26:26.560
 it

00:26:26.560 --> 00:26:26.700
 is

00:26:26.700 --> 00:26:27.019
 telling

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.240
 them

00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.480
 about

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.720
 how

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:28.940
 he

00:26:28.940 --> 00:26:29.080
 is

00:26:29.080 --> 00:26:29.200
 going

00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:29.340
 to

00:26:29.340 --> 00:26:29.759
 suffer

00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:30.900
 and

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.300
 die

00:26:31.300 --> 00:26:32.120
 for

00:26:32.120 --> 00:26:32.279
 the

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.519
 life

00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:32.660
 of

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:32.800
 the

00:26:32.800 --> 00:26:33.140
 world

00:26:33.140 --> 00:26:34.759
 as

00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:34.920
 a

00:26:34.920 --> 00:26:35.360
 gracious

00:26:35.360 --> 00:26:36.060
 provision

00:26:36.060 --> 00:26:36.340
 of

00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:36.660
 God

00:26:36.660 --> 00:26:36.940
 from

00:26:36.940 --> 00:26:37.320
 heaven

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:38.919
 which

00:26:38.919 --> 00:26:39.419
 unlike

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:39.619
 the

00:26:39.619 --> 00:26:39.919
 manna

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 will

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.299
 give

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:40.579
 them

00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.939
 life

00:26:41.939 --> 00:26:42.799
 beyond

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:43.059
 the

00:26:43.059 --> 00:26:43.480
 grave

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:45.220
 if

00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.419
 only

00:26:45.419 --> 00:26:45.619
 they

00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:45.779
 will

00:26:45.779 --> 00:26:46.079
 eat

00:26:46.079 --> 00:26:46.279
 and

00:26:46.279 --> 00:26:46.599
 drink

00:26:46.599 --> 00:26:47.539
 what

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:47.759
 God

00:26:47.759 --> 00:26:47.980
 has

00:26:47.980 --> 00:26:48.439
 provided

00:26:48.439 --> 00:26:49.079
 if

00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:49.259
 only

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:49.419
 they

00:26:49.419 --> 00:26:49.539
 will

00:26:49.539 --> 00:26:49.799
 come

00:26:49.799 --> 00:26:49.980
 to

00:26:49.980 --> 00:26:50.179
 him

00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:50.419
 and

00:26:50.419 --> 00:26:50.919
 believe

00:26:50.919 --> 00:26:51.200
 in

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:51.439
 him

00:26:51.439 --> 00:26:53.079
 and

00:26:53.079 --> 00:26:53.259
 this

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:53.399
 is

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:53.799
 exactly

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.079
 what

00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:54.419
 Jesus

00:26:54.419 --> 00:26:54.939
 prepared

00:26:54.939 --> 00:26:55.319
 his

00:26:55.319 --> 00:26:55.859
 disciples

00:26:55.859 --> 00:26:56.859
 to

00:26:56.859 --> 00:26:57.539
 understand

00:26:57.539 --> 00:26:57.899
 on the

00:26:57.899 --> 00:26:58.079
 night

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:58.200
 of

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.359
 his

00:26:58.359 --> 00:26:58.759
 betrayal

00:26:58.759 --> 00:27:00.099
 he

00:27:00.099 --> 00:27:00.359
 sat

00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:00.639
 down

00:27:00.639 --> 00:27:00.859
 with

00:27:00.859 --> 00:27:01.019
 them

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.319
 to

00:27:01.319 --> 00:27:01.700
 eat

00:27:01.700 --> 00:27:01.859
 the

00:27:01.859 --> 00:27:02.279
 Passover

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.700
 meal

00:27:02.700 --> 00:27:04.240
 and

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:04.399
 they

00:27:04.399 --> 00:27:05.059
 sat

00:27:05.059 --> 00:27:05.299
 around

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.480
 the

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:05.740
 table

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:05.939
 at

00:27:05.939 --> 00:27:06.119
 that

00:27:06.119 --> 00:27:06.339
 meal

00:27:06.339 --> 00:27:06.579
 and

00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:06.879
 Jesus

00:27:06.879 --> 00:27:07.399
 again

00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:08.379
 used

00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:09.099
 metaphor

00:27:09.099 --> 00:27:11.179
 while

00:27:11.179 --> 00:27:11.500
 they were

00:27:11.500 --> 00:27:11.839
 eating

00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:12.259
 Jesus

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.679
 took

00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:13.059
 bread

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:14.359
 and

00:27:14.359 --> 00:27:14.519
 when

00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:14.679
 he

00:27:14.679 --> 00:27:14.839
 had

00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.059
 given

00:27:15.059 --> 00:27:15.579
 thanks

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:16.740
 he

00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.039
 broke

00:27:17.039 --> 00:27:17.279
 it

00:27:17.279 --> 00:27:17.639
 and

00:27:17.639 --> 00:27:18.199
 gave

00:27:18.199 --> 00:27:18.359
 it

00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:18.519
 to

00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:18.740
 his

00:27:18.740 --> 00:27:19.199
 disciples

00:27:19.199 --> 00:27:20.259
 saying

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:20.859
 take

00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.159
 and

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:21.500
 eat

00:27:21.500 --> 00:27:22.799
 this

00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:23.500
 is

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:23.899
 my

00:27:23.899 --> 00:27:24.359
 body

00:27:24.359 --> 00:27:27.419
 then

00:27:27.419 --> 00:27:27.859
 he

00:27:27.859 --> 00:27:28.079
 took

00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:28.240
 a

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:28.559
 cup

00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.899
 and

00:27:29.899 --> 00:27:30.019
 when

00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.159
 he

00:27:30.159 --> 00:27:30.279
 had

00:27:30.279 --> 00:27:30.479
 given

00:27:30.479 --> 00:27:30.899
 thanks

00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:31.119
 he

00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.579
 gave

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:31.699
 it

00:27:31.699 --> 00:27:31.819
 to

00:27:31.819 --> 00:27:31.979
 them

00:27:31.979 --> 00:27:32.259
 saying

00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.579
 drink

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:32.879
 from

00:27:32.879 --> 00:27:33.099
 it

00:27:33.099 --> 00:27:34.059
 all

00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.259
 of

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.439
 you

00:27:34.439 --> 00:27:36.079
 this

00:27:36.079 --> 00:27:36.240
 is

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.459
 my

00:27:36.459 --> 00:27:36.879
 blood

00:27:36.879 --> 00:27:38.059
 of

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.219
 the

00:27:38.219 --> 00:27:38.579
 covenant

00:27:38.579 --> 00:27:39.799
 which

00:27:39.799 --> 00:27:39.979
 is

00:27:39.979 --> 00:27:40.219
 poured

00:27:40.219 --> 00:27:40.359
 out

00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:40.539
 for

00:27:40.539 --> 00:27:40.859
 many

00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.859
 for

00:27:41.859 --> 00:27:42.019
 the

00:27:42.019 --> 00:27:42.379
 forgiveness

00:27:42.379 --> 00:27:42.699
 of

00:27:42.699 --> 00:27:43.139
 sins

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:44.860
 it

00:27:44.860 --> 00:27:45.140
 wasn't

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.320
 his

00:27:45.320 --> 00:27:45.540
 own

00:27:45.540 --> 00:27:45.980
 flesh

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.200
 that

00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:46.360
 he

00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:46.680
 broke

00:27:46.680 --> 00:27:46.860
 and

00:27:46.860 --> 00:27:47.120
 gave

00:27:47.120 --> 00:27:47.460
 out

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:47.880
 and

00:27:47.880 --> 00:27:48.040
 that

00:27:48.040 --> 00:27:48.240
 they

00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:48.560
 ate

00:27:48.560 --> 00:27:48.860
 neither

00:27:48.860 --> 00:27:49.120
 was

00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:49.240
 it

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:49.480
 his

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:49.920
 own

00:27:49.920 --> 00:27:50.440
 blood

00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:50.740
 that

00:27:50.740 --> 00:27:51.200
 he

00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:51.640
 poured

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.300
 into

00:27:52.300 --> 00:27:52.520
 the

00:27:52.520 --> 00:27:52.780
 cup

00:27:52.780 --> 00:27:52.920
 and

00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:53.080
 then

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:53.440
 passed

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:53.780
 out

00:27:53.780 --> 00:27:54.060
 his

00:27:54.060 --> 00:27:54.860
 own

00:27:54.860 --> 00:27:55.440
 flesh

00:27:55.440 --> 00:27:57.860
 was

00:27:57.860 --> 00:27:58.320
 broken

00:27:58.320 --> 00:27:58.940
 the

00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.240
 next

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.580
 day

00:27:59.580 --> 00:28:01.020
 when

00:28:01.020 --> 00:28:01.160
 he

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.400
 died

00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:01.520
 on

00:28:01.520 --> 00:28:01.660
 the

00:28:01.660 --> 00:28:02.040
 cross

00:28:02.040 --> 00:28:02.800
 his

00:28:02.800 --> 00:28:03.020
 own

00:28:03.020 --> 00:28:03.340
 blood

00:28:03.340 --> 00:28:03.580
 was

00:28:03.580 --> 00:28:03.880
 poured

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.080
 out

00:28:04.080 --> 00:28:04.280
 the

00:28:04.280 --> 00:28:04.620
 next

00:28:04.620 --> 00:28:05.040
 day

00:28:05.040 --> 00:28:07.200
 and

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.340
 he

00:28:07.340 --> 00:28:07.680
 gave

00:28:07.680 --> 00:28:08.240
 it

00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.460
 for

00:28:08.460 --> 00:28:08.640
 the

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:08.860
 life

00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.020
 of

00:28:09.020 --> 00:28:09.160
 the

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.500
 world

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:12.160
 in

00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.300
 the

00:28:12.300 --> 00:28:12.500
 same

00:28:12.500 --> 00:28:12.780
 way

00:28:12.779 --> 00:28:13.220
 it's

00:28:13.220 --> 00:28:13.480
 it's

00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:13.720
 not

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:15.019
 eating

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:15.559
 or

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:16.000
 drinking

00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:16.339
 from

00:28:16.339 --> 00:28:16.619
 this

00:28:16.619 --> 00:28:17.059
 table

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.379
 that

00:28:17.379 --> 00:28:17.859
 gives

00:28:17.859 --> 00:28:18.200
 us

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.720
 life

00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.879
 what

00:28:19.879 --> 00:28:20.059
 his

00:28:20.059 --> 00:28:20.480
 disciples

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.799
 did

00:28:20.799 --> 00:28:21.059
 that

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.279
 night

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.619
 didn't

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:21.899
 give

00:28:21.899 --> 00:28:22.099
 them

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:22.379
 life

00:28:22.379 --> 00:28:22.539
 it

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:22.680
 was

00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:22.879
 what

00:28:22.879 --> 00:28:23.279
 Jesus

00:28:23.279 --> 00:28:23.619
 did

00:28:23.619 --> 00:28:23.819
 the

00:28:23.819 --> 00:28:24.160
 next

00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:24.539
 day

00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:26.119
 as

00:28:26.119 --> 00:28:26.359
 his

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:26.920
 flesh

00:28:26.920 --> 00:28:27.420
 and

00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:27.680
 blood

00:28:27.680 --> 00:28:27.899
 was

00:28:27.899 --> 00:28:28.240
 given

00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:30.180
 for

00:28:30.180 --> 00:28:30.339
 the

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.680
 world

00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:31.319
 a

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.720
 special

00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.799
 gift

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:33.019
 of

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.319
 God

00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:33.599
 from

00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:33.940
 heaven

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:36.420
 that's

00:28:36.420 --> 00:28:36.519
 what

00:28:36.519 --> 00:28:36.660
 the

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.019
 table

00:28:37.019 --> 00:28:37.599
 the

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:37.940
 meal

00:28:37.940 --> 00:28:38.680
 points

00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:38.920
 to

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:39.319
 it's

00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:39.899
 symbolic

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:41.139
 and

00:28:41.139 --> 00:28:41.299
 even

00:28:41.299 --> 00:28:41.599
 today

00:28:41.599 --> 00:28:41.879
 as we

00:28:41.879 --> 00:28:42.160
 come to

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.339
 this

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:42.619
 table

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:43.299
 it points

00:28:43.299 --> 00:28:43.819
 back to

00:28:43.819 --> 00:28:44.319
 that same

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.899
 reality

00:28:44.899 --> 00:28:46.719
 drinking

00:28:46.719 --> 00:28:47.079
 from

00:28:47.079 --> 00:28:47.739
 this

00:28:47.739 --> 00:28:48.059
 cup

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.239
 and

00:28:48.239 --> 00:28:48.519
 eating

00:28:48.519 --> 00:28:48.779
 this

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 bread

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 it

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 doesn't

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 give

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 you

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 salvation

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 we

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 don't

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 believe

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 as some

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 do

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 that

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 this

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 bread

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 and

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 cup

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 actually

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 become

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 the

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 blood

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 and

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 body

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 of

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 Jesus

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 in

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 some

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 mysterious

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 way

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 it's

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 just

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 ordinary

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 bread

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 and

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 grape

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 juice

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 but

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 partaking

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 of

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 this

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 table

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 is

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 one

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 of

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 the

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 most

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 important

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 things

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 that

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 we

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 do

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 as

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 Christians

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 as

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 a

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 church

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 it's

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 something

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 we were

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 instructed

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 to do

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 by

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 Jesus

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 himself

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 it's

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 our

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 way

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 of

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 saying

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 with

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 our

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 actions

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 yes

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 Jesus

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 I

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 have

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 come

00:29:22.019 --> 00:29:22.259
 to

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.500
 you

00:29:22.500 --> 00:29:24.319
 yes

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 Jesus

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:25.099
 I

00:29:25.099 --> 00:29:25.480
 do

00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:25.879
 believe

00:29:25.879 --> 00:29:26.119
 in

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 you

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 and

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 I

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 take

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 I

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 receive

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 and

00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:30.220
 I

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:30.619
 take

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 into

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 myself

00:29:31.700 --> 00:29:32.919
 what

00:29:32.919 --> 00:29:33.220
 your

00:29:33.220 --> 00:29:33.700
 death

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.779
 accomplished

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.319
 on the

00:29:35.319 --> 00:29:35.759
 cross

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.339
 what

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:36.519
 your

00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:36.879
 body

00:29:36.879 --> 00:29:37.200
 and

00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:38.000
 blood

00:29:38.000 --> 00:29:39.159
 accomplished

00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:39.560
 for

00:29:39.560 --> 00:29:39.900
 me

00:29:39.900 --> 00:29:42.019
 eternal

00:29:42.019 --> 00:29:42.519
 life

00:29:42.519 --> 00:29:44.019
 and

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.420
 forgiveness

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:44.759
 of

00:29:44.759 --> 00:29:45.160
 sins

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:46.580
 and

00:29:46.580 --> 00:29:46.820
 so

00:29:46.820 --> 00:29:48.100
 let's

00:29:48.100 --> 00:29:48.300
 take

00:29:48.300 --> 00:29:48.440
 a

00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.759
 moment

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:50.100
 as

00:29:50.100 --> 00:29:50.220
 we

00:29:50.220 --> 00:29:50.540
 prepare

00:29:50.540 --> 00:29:50.759
 to

00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:50.960
 eat

00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.100
 and

00:29:51.100 --> 00:29:51.380
 drink

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:52.019
 from

00:29:52.019 --> 00:29:52.200
 the

00:29:52.200 --> 00:29:52.460
 table

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:52.700
 to

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 pray

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:53.640
 quietly

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:55.320
 to

00:29:55.320 --> 00:29:55.500
 our

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:55.800
 Lord

00:29:55.800 --> 00:29:57.279
 we're

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.400
 going to

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.519
 have

00:29:57.519 --> 00:29:57.720
 some

00:29:57.720 --> 00:29:58.000
 music

00:29:58.000 --> 00:29:58.360
 play

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:58.500
 and

00:29:58.500 --> 00:29:58.600
 I

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:58.720
 want

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:58.800
 to

00:29:58.800 --> 00:29:59.120
 encourage

00:29:59.120 --> 00:29:59.279
 you

00:29:59.279 --> 00:29:59.460
 to

00:29:59.460 --> 00:29:59.700
 take

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.120
 a

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.240
 few

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:00.540
 minutes

00:30:00.540 --> 00:30:00.700
 in

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:00.820
 the

00:30:00.820 --> 00:30:01.259
 quietness

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.400
 of

00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:01.500
 your

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:01.660
 own

00:30:01.660 --> 00:30:01.880
 heart

00:30:01.880 --> 00:30:02.080
 to

00:30:02.080 --> 00:30:02.600
 confess

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:03.620
 to

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:03.940
 thank

00:30:03.940 --> 00:30:04.300
 God

00:30:04.300 --> 00:30:04.519
 to

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:04.980
 reflect

00:30:04.980 --> 00:30:05.440
 on

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:05.860
 what

00:30:05.860 --> 00:30:06.360
 Jesus

00:30:06.360 --> 00:30:07.440
 suffered

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:07.820
 for

00:30:07.820 --> 00:30:08.120
 you

00:30:08.120 --> 00:30:09.000
 on

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.119
 the