WEBVTT 00:00:00.800 --> 00:00:05.960 We can turn back to our reading in John's Gospel, chapter 6. 00:00:07.219 --> 00:00:12.320 We're going to look at just this section, verse 25, down to verse 51, 00:00:13.060 --> 00:00:17.660 where Jesus is speaking to this large crowd who have come, 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:21.260 seeking after him, having seen a miracle that he performed, 00:00:21.420 --> 00:00:24.920 especially the miracle of feeding the 5,000. 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:29.060 And in verse 26, we read there, 00:00:29.060 --> 00:00:30.160 Jesus answered them, 00:00:30.240 --> 00:00:34.140 Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me not because you saw signs, 00:00:34.420 --> 00:00:36.939 but because you ate your fill of loaves. 00:00:37.400 --> 00:00:39.400 Do not labor for food that perishes, 00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:43.280 but for the food that endures to eternal life, 00:00:43.480 --> 00:00:47.539 which the Son of Man will give to you, and so on. 00:00:47.819 --> 00:00:52.899 So they came because of a miracle that Jesus had performed, 00:00:53.019 --> 00:00:56.419 but Jesus wants to give them now the word, 00:00:56.419 --> 00:01:00.539 give him his word, and to remind them who he is 00:01:00.539 --> 00:01:05.640 and hear how he describes himself as the bread of life. 00:01:06.939 --> 00:01:10.199 Maybe you've gathered here today, you've come here today, 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:14.140 maybe you were given an invitation as you were walking out in the street this morning 00:01:14.140 --> 00:01:16.640 to come and enjoy a breakfast, 00:01:17.060 --> 00:01:20.500 to come and enjoy maybe a bacon roll and a cup of tea. 00:01:20.980 --> 00:01:22.719 Maybe you've come with that in mind, 00:01:22.859 --> 00:01:26.180 and perhaps then you were invited to come in to the church. 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:28.040 And it's great that many of you have come in, 00:01:28.159 --> 00:01:31.680 and it's good for us just to come together in this way 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:35.379 to hear God's word and to share from it. 00:01:35.379 --> 00:01:40.659 Because we are reminded in God's word that it's good for us to eat 00:01:40.659 --> 00:01:42.640 and to enjoy all of these things, 00:01:43.299 --> 00:01:46.099 that if we want to enjoy life to the full, 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:48.179 that we need an extra ingredient, 00:01:48.859 --> 00:01:51.739 and that is the Lord Jesus himself. 00:01:52.299 --> 00:01:55.780 We've all enjoyed a breakfast, I'm sure, this morning of some sort, 00:01:55.859 --> 00:01:57.399 whether it was in the hall or at home. 00:01:58.239 --> 00:02:01.599 Breakfast, as they say, is the most important meal of the day. 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:05.359 But I want us now to enjoy a full breakfast, 00:02:05.979 --> 00:02:08.219 to round off the food that we've enjoyed 00:02:08.219 --> 00:02:11.120 by coming to the word of God and to Jesus, 00:02:11.379 --> 00:02:15.240 who is describing himself here as the bread of life. 00:02:15.340 --> 00:02:18.280 But food, it's such a big part of our lives, 00:02:18.340 --> 00:02:19.759 we cannot do without it. 00:02:20.199 --> 00:02:22.719 As I was saying to the younger ones before they went out, 00:02:22.759 --> 00:02:25.060 as we walk around the town this week, 00:02:25.139 --> 00:02:29.120 there's always that smell of food coming from somewhere, 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:31.120 catching our attention. 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:34.599 And as soon as we smell that food, 00:02:34.900 --> 00:02:39.359 we start thinking about eating, about sitting and eating. 00:02:39.819 --> 00:02:42.579 And we spend so much time maybe talking about food. 00:02:42.699 --> 00:02:43.900 What are we going to have for dinner? 00:02:44.340 --> 00:02:46.419 What are we going to have in the week ahead? 00:02:46.859 --> 00:02:50.159 Our thoughts are so much taken up by food. 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:53.459 It has that kind of pull on us. 00:02:54.219 --> 00:02:56.919 Even as you start talking about bacon rolls, 00:02:57.519 --> 00:02:59.579 or if you start talking about what are we having for dinner, 00:02:59.580 --> 00:03:04.240 maybe your mind just wanders and you start thinking about these things. 00:03:04.320 --> 00:03:05.500 I want you to come back. 00:03:06.200 --> 00:03:06.600 Come back. 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:08.160 Forget about these things for a moment. 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:12.200 Just let's focus our thoughts on what we have before us here. 00:03:12.260 --> 00:03:17.560 Because here we have Jesus talking about a different kind of food. 00:03:17.640 --> 00:03:22.140 And something that should occupy our thoughts and our minds more and more, 00:03:22.139 --> 00:03:23.919 each and every day. 00:03:24.519 --> 00:03:30.899 Does Jesus have that same pull on your life today as the thought of food does? 00:03:31.139 --> 00:03:36.359 Is Jesus as appealing as the thought of a good meal to you today? 00:03:37.139 --> 00:03:41.159 Well, as we read here in John's Gospel, chapter 6, 00:03:41.239 --> 00:03:46.839 what we find is a people for whom food was a big part of their lives. 00:03:46.840 --> 00:03:53.020 And to go without food meant to go hungry just in the same way as it does for us. 00:03:53.140 --> 00:03:54.659 They ate just like we do. 00:03:54.740 --> 00:03:57.240 They went hungry just as we do. 00:03:57.740 --> 00:03:59.560 And at the beginning of this chapter, 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:05.140 we find that that first section, verse 1 to 15, 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:09.120 there was a hunger in their midst. 00:04:09.620 --> 00:04:13.680 There was a hunger in their midst because they had been with Jesus. 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:17.139 They had been listening to him and the large crowd had come. 00:04:17.740 --> 00:04:20.319 And there in verse 5, it says, 00:04:20.840 --> 00:04:25.480 Where are we to buy bread so that these people may eat? 00:04:25.780 --> 00:04:28.060 There was a hunger in their midst. 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:30.560 They didn't have anywhere to go and buy food, 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:34.160 but food appeared from a little boy who provided for them. 00:04:34.180 --> 00:04:37.000 And Jesus multiplied that food for them. 00:04:37.019 --> 00:04:38.399 A miracle happened. 00:04:39.899 --> 00:04:41.660 And so that's where they've come from now. 00:04:41.660 --> 00:04:43.460 They've come and followed Jesus. 00:04:43.820 --> 00:04:49.120 They've come and followed him looking to see what else that he might be able to give. 00:04:49.760 --> 00:04:52.580 And when we come into verse 26 and 27, 00:04:53.020 --> 00:04:54.960 here Jesus gives them a challenge. 00:04:55.600 --> 00:04:58.800 What now are you looking for from me is the question that he has. 00:04:59.360 --> 00:04:59.960 Verse 26, 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:01.700 Truly, truly, I say to you, 00:05:01.980 --> 00:05:04.640 you are seeking me not because you saw signs, 00:05:04.740 --> 00:05:07.660 but because you ate your fill of loaves. 00:05:07.660 --> 00:05:10.820 Do not labor for the food that perishes, 00:05:11.400 --> 00:05:14.800 but for the food that endures to eternal life. 00:05:14.860 --> 00:05:17.800 That's the challenge that he puts before them. 00:05:18.320 --> 00:05:21.020 What are they coming for? 00:05:21.260 --> 00:05:24.740 What are they really looking for in life? 00:05:26.340 --> 00:05:29.640 A festival has come to an end here in the town. 00:05:29.800 --> 00:05:30.640 People have come. 00:05:31.140 --> 00:05:32.040 People have gone. 00:05:32.480 --> 00:05:34.940 People are on their way away from here. 00:05:34.939 --> 00:05:37.100 But what now in life? 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:38.920 What's next? 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:41.379 What are we hungry for now? 00:05:41.779 --> 00:05:42.680 Where are we going? 00:05:42.779 --> 00:05:45.339 What are we going to do in our lives? 00:05:46.339 --> 00:05:50.839 Well, Jesus here gives us a way to find life with him. 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:54.180 There's three things I want us to look at here together. 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:57.860 Three things that we can see Jesus speaking about here 00:05:57.860 --> 00:06:02.560 that we find ourselves doing in life as well. 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:07.079 Well, we find first a people laboring or working. 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:10.079 Laboring and working, they both mean the same thing. 00:06:10.339 --> 00:06:11.780 A people laboring. 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:14.840 That's what maybe many of us will go back to. 00:06:15.500 --> 00:06:17.560 We also find a people longing. 00:06:18.459 --> 00:06:20.060 They're looking for something. 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:21.800 They're longing for something. 00:06:21.879 --> 00:06:25.160 And again, maybe that's your life today as well. 00:06:25.500 --> 00:06:27.120 You're longing for something. 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:30.840 Then thirdly, we see a people living. 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:32.459 A people living. 00:06:32.579 --> 00:06:33.619 A people with that sense of, 00:06:33.719 --> 00:06:36.019 I've got something I'm living for. 00:06:36.899 --> 00:06:41.279 And we see here a people who find life and meaning in Jesus. 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:44.219 Where do you find yourself today? 00:06:45.419 --> 00:06:48.199 Are you someone who's laboring in life? 00:06:48.319 --> 00:06:51.000 A person who's working hard for many different things? 00:06:51.679 --> 00:06:54.139 Are you a person who's got great longings? 00:06:54.599 --> 00:06:56.099 You're like looking for something. 00:06:56.199 --> 00:06:57.259 You're looking for answers. 00:06:57.439 --> 00:06:59.319 You're looking for meaning in life. 00:06:59.319 --> 00:07:02.159 Or are you someone who is living? 00:07:03.099 --> 00:07:06.459 And you've got a living purpose in your heart today. 00:07:06.540 --> 00:07:09.480 And especially that living for Jesus. 00:07:09.599 --> 00:07:12.240 That's the three things we're going to look at together. 00:07:12.339 --> 00:07:14.139 Just for a short time just now. 00:07:14.779 --> 00:07:17.459 So first of all, we see a people laboring. 00:07:17.579 --> 00:07:19.199 A people working. 00:07:20.039 --> 00:07:22.319 We see this in verse 827. 00:07:22.319 --> 00:07:26.319 When Jesus says to them there, 00:07:26.459 --> 00:07:29.939 Do not labor for food that perishes. 00:07:30.040 --> 00:07:30.699 He's asking them, 00:07:31.219 --> 00:07:32.040 What are you doing? 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:34.459 What's your purpose in life? 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:36.100 What are you laboring for today? 00:07:36.159 --> 00:07:38.319 What are you working for today? 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:44.379 The same way that food takes up so much of our thoughts and so much of our times. 00:07:45.060 --> 00:07:50.540 So much of our day-to-day life is taken up in this way of thinking about laboring in life. 00:07:50.699 --> 00:07:52.339 Working in life. 00:07:53.740 --> 00:07:55.980 And what are you working for? 00:07:55.980 --> 00:08:01.420 Because that's what one of our great designs in life is. 00:08:01.460 --> 00:08:04.660 That we work and we have a goal in mind. 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:08.319 Sometimes it's just to get by day by day. 00:08:08.700 --> 00:08:10.040 A sense of survival. 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:10.939 I need to labor. 00:08:11.060 --> 00:08:11.780 I need to work. 00:08:11.860 --> 00:08:14.020 Just to get by day by day. 00:08:14.960 --> 00:08:16.020 Sometimes you're working. 00:08:16.180 --> 00:08:18.480 You're laboring because you've got something in mind. 00:08:19.140 --> 00:08:22.400 Perhaps you've been laboring hard to come and visit the island. 00:08:22.399 --> 00:08:24.759 To come to the festival this year. 00:08:25.039 --> 00:08:27.899 You've had to earn that money to buy that holiday. 00:08:28.060 --> 00:08:29.159 To buy that trip. 00:08:29.679 --> 00:08:33.240 You can be working or laboring with something in mind. 00:08:34.079 --> 00:08:35.000 Maybe you're laboring. 00:08:35.179 --> 00:08:38.319 You're working just to get you a comfortable life. 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:39.120 A home. 00:08:39.740 --> 00:08:40.740 To support a family. 00:08:40.860 --> 00:08:45.600 To support children through university or education or early life. 00:08:45.600 --> 00:08:49.980 We can have so many reasons and purposes for laboring. 00:08:49.980 --> 00:08:52.539 But what's behind it all? 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:56.659 What's the real purpose behind it all? 00:08:57.399 --> 00:09:05.879 The way we are, there's almost something that always has our focus, our attention when it comes to laboring. 00:09:06.600 --> 00:09:08.740 But is it something that will satisfy? 00:09:09.820 --> 00:09:12.220 Is it something that will last? 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:15.700 That's what Jesus is asking there in verse 27. 00:09:15.700 --> 00:09:23.700 Do not labor for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life. 00:09:24.500 --> 00:09:29.100 He's saying labor in a way that you see that there is a real purpose. 00:09:30.460 --> 00:09:34.700 A major sports star in America, Tom Brady, an American footballer. 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:39.560 Quite early on in his career, he was interviewed. 00:09:40.000 --> 00:09:42.700 And he'd had a very successful career by this point. 00:09:42.700 --> 00:09:46.100 He had won three Super Bowls. 00:09:46.180 --> 00:09:49.480 That's the biggest prize in American football. 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.640 But as he was interviewed, this is something that he said. 00:09:53.759 --> 00:10:00.879 Why, having won three Super Bowls, do I still think there's something greater out there for me? 00:10:01.800 --> 00:10:05.480 I think there's got to be more to it than this. 00:10:05.480 --> 00:10:07.720 I mean, this isn't it. 00:10:08.300 --> 00:10:12.320 This can't be what it's all, all that it's cracked up to be. 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:15.899 You see, there was something missing in his life. 00:10:16.340 --> 00:10:19.019 And the journalist who was interviewing him asked him the question, 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:21.039 What's the answer then, Tom? 00:10:22.180 --> 00:10:25.139 And Tom Brady's response was, I wish I knew. 00:10:25.139 --> 00:10:33.139 It's quite a sad interview in many ways that a man who was very successful in his career, 00:10:33.299 --> 00:10:36.980 who had won great things in his career, but all the time thinking, 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:39.379 there's got to be more to it than this. 00:10:39.500 --> 00:10:41.439 And asked, what do you think it is? 00:10:41.980 --> 00:10:43.279 I wish I knew. 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:46.240 There was something missing. 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:50.759 And it's such a common story in life today for many people. 00:10:51.720 --> 00:10:56.560 Laboring, working away, even successful in life, 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:59.980 but still there's something missing. 00:11:00.220 --> 00:11:02.320 Still there's something lacking. 00:11:02.519 --> 00:11:05.500 And perhaps like Tom Brady, you say today, 00:11:05.919 --> 00:11:08.820 I wish I knew what that was. 00:11:09.379 --> 00:11:11.259 I wish I knew. 00:11:12.620 --> 00:11:15.080 Well, as Jesus meets the crowd here, 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:17.540 what he does is he addresses this question of, 00:11:18.060 --> 00:11:18.980 I wish I knew. 00:11:19.740 --> 00:11:24.500 And in so doing, he describes himself as the missing link. 00:11:25.460 --> 00:11:26.540 When they're saying here, 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:29.340 Do not labor for that which perishes, 00:11:29.980 --> 00:11:31.879 but that which lasts, 00:11:32.240 --> 00:11:35.879 but the food that endures to eternal life. 00:11:36.820 --> 00:11:38.460 They ask the question, 00:11:38.820 --> 00:11:40.060 Where can we find this? 00:11:40.280 --> 00:11:41.860 How can I do this work? 00:11:42.680 --> 00:11:44.940 But he comes to the point where he says, 00:11:45.080 --> 00:11:48.120 I am the bread of life. 00:11:49.139 --> 00:11:51.740 I am the bread of life. 00:11:52.700 --> 00:11:56.040 I am is one of these great seeings that Jesus has, 00:11:56.400 --> 00:11:57.780 especially in the Gospel of John. 00:11:57.860 --> 00:11:59.440 But it's throughout the Scriptures 00:11:59.440 --> 00:12:03.000 where Jesus or the Lord is saying who he is 00:12:03.000 --> 00:12:05.800 and how much we need him. 00:12:07.160 --> 00:12:09.640 They often go back to the Old Testament. 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:14.279 They often remind us of just how our lives are so often consumed 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:16.399 by the things of this world. 00:12:16.500 --> 00:12:18.779 You go back to Isaiah chapter 55. 00:12:19.460 --> 00:12:21.019 There the prophet Isaiah says, 00:12:21.199 --> 00:12:24.379 Why do you spend your money on that which is not bread? 00:12:24.439 --> 00:12:28.379 And why do you labor for that which does not satisfy? 00:12:29.179 --> 00:12:31.679 So the problem in the Old Testament with Isaiah 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:34.779 is the same one here in John's Gospel. 00:12:34.779 --> 00:12:39.019 Why are you laboring for that which does not satisfy? 00:12:39.139 --> 00:12:41.220 He's not saying don't work. 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:43.620 That's to be a part of our lives. 00:12:44.500 --> 00:12:45.299 But he's saying, 00:12:45.439 --> 00:12:48.079 Why are you living in a way where you don't see a purpose 00:12:48.079 --> 00:12:49.839 in all that you do? 00:12:49.840 --> 00:12:53.300 And he says to them here, 00:12:53.660 --> 00:12:57.860 You know, you're not coming to me for me. 00:12:58.080 --> 00:13:02.280 You're coming because you saw me perform great miracles. 00:13:04.360 --> 00:13:06.399 What are you really looking for? 00:13:08.019 --> 00:13:12.000 I hope you didn't come here today just to enjoy a breakfast. 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:18.000 I hope you don't go from here today just to enjoy a meal somewhere 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:22.179 or to go on laboring in this world with no purpose, 00:13:22.299 --> 00:13:25.019 thinking I wish I knew what the purpose was 00:13:25.019 --> 00:13:28.220 when the purpose is here before us. 00:13:29.100 --> 00:13:31.559 What are you laboring for? 00:13:32.659 --> 00:13:36.679 That's the challenge that we have in these words. 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:40.419 Is Jesus the center of your attention? 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:44.100 And then that leads us into the second point, 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:46.220 which is a people longing. 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:48.820 A people with a sense of longing, 00:13:48.940 --> 00:13:50.840 which is what we often are as well. 00:13:51.200 --> 00:13:53.700 It's the way we live our lives. 00:13:54.920 --> 00:13:56.440 We're longing for something. 00:13:56.560 --> 00:13:59.940 We're looking for something that will fulfill our lives. 00:14:00.460 --> 00:14:02.680 So what do you want from Jesus? 00:14:03.600 --> 00:14:05.460 What would you want from Jesus today 00:14:05.460 --> 00:14:08.540 if you were able to ask him for one thing? 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:10.800 Why do you listen to his word? 00:14:10.899 --> 00:14:13.200 Why do you come looking for him? 00:14:13.200 --> 00:14:17.000 Because everyone is looking for something in life. 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:19.400 But what is it for you? 00:14:20.140 --> 00:14:23.020 Well, in verse 28 to verse 34 here, 00:14:23.100 --> 00:14:27.820 we see a people who are longing for a number of different things. 00:14:28.780 --> 00:14:29.860 They say in verse 28, 00:14:29.980 --> 00:14:30.980 what must we do? 00:14:31.180 --> 00:14:34.920 What must we do to be doing the works of God? 00:14:34.919 --> 00:14:37.459 So they're asking these questions. 00:14:37.579 --> 00:14:39.059 How do we please God? 00:14:39.699 --> 00:14:41.620 Is there something we can do? 00:14:41.699 --> 00:14:42.699 Is there a sign? 00:14:42.819 --> 00:14:44.339 He goes on, show us a sign. 00:14:45.539 --> 00:14:47.620 You have that question as well. 00:14:47.659 --> 00:14:49.240 They've got all these questions. 00:14:50.599 --> 00:14:53.539 How are we going to come and believe in Jesus? 00:14:53.539 --> 00:14:58.620 How can we find this bread that you are speaking about? 00:15:00.039 --> 00:15:01.000 There's a longing. 00:15:02.339 --> 00:15:03.980 And that's the same in our lives. 00:15:04.039 --> 00:15:07.459 There's usually a longing for something in our lives. 00:15:08.620 --> 00:15:12.039 But what we see here is it's a people who are confused. 00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:14.419 A people who are mixed up. 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:15.539 People who don't really, 00:15:15.839 --> 00:15:17.240 they know they're missing something, 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:19.159 but they don't know how to find it. 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:23.360 There's a desire and a longing for good, 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:25.839 but they're in a muddle. 00:15:26.339 --> 00:15:27.539 They're mixed up. 00:15:28.439 --> 00:15:30.419 They're blowing this way and that way. 00:15:31.459 --> 00:15:33.779 And again, that's the way our lives can so often be. 00:15:33.919 --> 00:15:36.679 We've pulled in different directions. 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:41.559 Just think of how often we're told in our diets 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:43.939 what's good for us and what's not, 00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:45.480 and how often it changes. 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:48.759 How often have we been told 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:51.320 that chocolate is bad? 00:15:52.700 --> 00:15:53.920 But then maybe another day, 00:15:54.399 --> 00:15:55.300 chocolate is good. 00:15:56.740 --> 00:16:00.019 How often have we been told to avoid dairy products? 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:02.340 And then the next day you're told 00:16:02.340 --> 00:16:03.879 dairy products are good. 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:06.480 To avoid fats, 00:16:06.539 --> 00:16:08.080 and then you say you need fats. 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:09.560 To avoid sugar, 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.720 and you need sugar. 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:12.720 There can be so much confusion. 00:16:12.720 --> 00:16:16.200 But we know a bad diet is bad for us 00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:17.200 in different ways. 00:16:17.580 --> 00:16:18.779 Not just outwardly, 00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:19.840 but inwardly. 00:16:21.019 --> 00:16:22.980 We know that there is a concern 00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:24.360 if our diet is wrong 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:26.259 and it's starting to affect our organs 00:16:26.259 --> 00:16:27.759 like our heart or something. 00:16:28.420 --> 00:16:29.960 We know that's not good. 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:32.160 That's a concern 00:16:32.160 --> 00:16:34.399 and that a doctor shows to us. 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:36.580 When we're wondering, 00:16:37.220 --> 00:16:37.660 what's good? 00:16:37.759 --> 00:16:38.740 What's bad for me? 00:16:38.860 --> 00:16:40.360 What am I meant to do in life? 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:42.759 We go to the doctor. 00:16:43.399 --> 00:16:44.720 We seek advice. 00:16:46.419 --> 00:16:48.240 But Jesus here is concerned 00:16:48.240 --> 00:16:50.379 not about our physical health, 00:16:50.480 --> 00:16:52.159 but about our spiritual health. 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:54.419 He's seeing a people who are confused, 00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:56.580 who have little direction in their life, 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:58.500 who don't know where to go, 00:16:58.600 --> 00:16:59.740 what to turn to. 00:17:01.620 --> 00:17:02.860 They've got a longing, 00:17:03.340 --> 00:17:05.200 but they don't know where to look. 00:17:06.720 --> 00:17:07.980 Well, Jesus is saying, 00:17:08.140 --> 00:17:09.460 this is where you're to look. 00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:11.019 Look to me. 00:17:11.600 --> 00:17:15.000 Because he has a great concern for us. 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:18.620 You see this in verse 33 to 35. 00:17:18.720 --> 00:17:19.680 For the bread of God 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:22.480 is he who comes down from heaven 00:17:22.480 --> 00:17:23.940 and gives life to the world. 00:17:24.380 --> 00:17:25.120 They said to him, 00:17:25.180 --> 00:17:27.140 sir, give us this bread always. 00:17:27.779 --> 00:17:28.759 Jesus said to them, 00:17:29.059 --> 00:17:30.740 I am the bread of life. 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:33.000 Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:34.660 and whoever believes in me 00:17:34.660 --> 00:17:36.420 shall never thirst. 00:17:36.420 --> 00:17:40.400 And so there is the answer. 00:17:41.340 --> 00:17:42.800 In their confusion, 00:17:43.060 --> 00:17:44.080 in their muddle, 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:46.620 in their wondering which direction to go in, 00:17:47.360 --> 00:17:48.500 Jesus is saying, 00:17:48.860 --> 00:17:50.840 I am the bread of life. 00:17:50.900 --> 00:17:53.360 Have your focus on me. 00:17:53.359 --> 00:17:56.059 If you have a pet, 00:17:56.139 --> 00:17:56.419 or if you, 00:17:56.539 --> 00:17:57.240 maybe a dog, 00:17:58.339 --> 00:18:00.139 any time there's food on the go, 00:18:00.219 --> 00:18:01.639 the dog is going to appear, 00:18:01.740 --> 00:18:03.479 suddenly seems to appear out of nowhere, 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:05.179 and just looks at you longingly 00:18:05.179 --> 00:18:07.299 for some of that food. 00:18:09.219 --> 00:18:11.219 I'm sure many of you have experienced that. 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:11.459 Well, 00:18:11.500 --> 00:18:13.839 a famous Christian in the past, 00:18:13.919 --> 00:18:15.539 a man called Martin Luther, 00:18:15.699 --> 00:18:17.079 who lived many years ago, 00:18:17.079 --> 00:18:19.419 but he was a strong Christian 00:18:19.419 --> 00:18:20.679 in many ways. 00:18:21.240 --> 00:18:23.279 But he said he often learned from his dog. 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.199 He said, 00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:25.439 oh, 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:27.059 if I only could pray 00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:29.279 the way this dog watches the meat. 00:18:30.220 --> 00:18:32.039 All his thoughts are concentrated 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:34.199 on that piece of meat. 00:18:34.500 --> 00:18:36.359 He has no other thought, 00:18:36.539 --> 00:18:36.819 wish, 00:18:36.859 --> 00:18:37.619 or hope. 00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:38.740 And he was saying, 00:18:38.819 --> 00:18:40.460 that's the way I wish I could come 00:18:40.460 --> 00:18:42.019 to God in prayer. 00:18:42.019 --> 00:18:43.639 Because we're so often distracted. 00:18:44.179 --> 00:18:45.919 We're so often led away. 00:18:45.920 --> 00:18:47.080 We're so often our longings 00:18:47.080 --> 00:18:49.500 are pulled in different directions. 00:18:50.779 --> 00:18:52.560 But Jesus is saying here, 00:18:52.660 --> 00:18:53.460 narrow it in. 00:18:54.340 --> 00:18:56.620 Don't get distracted by other things. 00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:58.980 I am the bread of life. 00:19:00.000 --> 00:19:00.980 I am the one 00:19:00.980 --> 00:19:03.920 who is able to satisfy you. 00:19:05.060 --> 00:19:07.840 And so there is where he takes him. 00:19:09.600 --> 00:19:12.740 All who take the bread in this world 00:19:12.740 --> 00:19:14.300 is a bread that perishes. 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:17.620 But if we come and take of him 00:19:17.620 --> 00:19:19.240 who is the bread of life, 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:21.380 he gives us guarantees 00:19:21.380 --> 00:19:23.340 for eternity. 00:19:24.620 --> 00:19:25.759 And so is your focus, 00:19:25.860 --> 00:19:26.500 is your longing 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:27.840 on him. 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:29.960 That is where 00:19:29.960 --> 00:19:31.380 we are to go. 00:19:32.460 --> 00:19:33.720 Because then thirdly, 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:35.259 we see if that is the case, 00:19:35.779 --> 00:19:37.019 we find ourselves 00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:38.759 as a people living. 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:41.240 A people living 00:19:41.240 --> 00:19:42.160 for him. 00:19:43.400 --> 00:19:45.000 Do you believe that every meal 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:46.019 that you eat each day 00:19:46.019 --> 00:19:47.120 keeps you alive? 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:49.500 Of course you do. 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:51.720 Because that's why you eat. 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:54.240 You don't come to the conclusion 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:54.779 and say, 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:55.940 I've had enough. 00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:57.640 We can feel 00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:58.920 so full 00:19:58.920 --> 00:19:59.900 after a big meal 00:19:59.900 --> 00:20:00.200 and say, 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:00.380 oh, 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:01.539 I won't have to eat again 00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:02.279 for days. 00:20:02.420 --> 00:20:03.400 But within hours, 00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.460 you're going into the cupboard 00:20:04.460 --> 00:20:06.160 for something else to eat. 00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:08.160 Because that's the way we are. 00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:08.779 We eat, 00:20:08.779 --> 00:20:09.779 but we need more. 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.759 We need more. 00:20:10.879 --> 00:20:11.899 We cannot go on. 00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.839 We stop eating. 00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:15.220 We die. 00:20:17.059 --> 00:20:17.819 Do you say the same 00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:18.899 about Jesus though? 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:22.119 I can't live 00:20:22.119 --> 00:20:23.319 without him? 00:20:23.799 --> 00:20:24.359 Or are you saying, 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.859 I can live 00:20:25.859 --> 00:20:26.759 without him? 00:20:27.779 --> 00:20:28.680 Which is it? 00:20:29.759 --> 00:20:30.500 If you say, 00:20:30.619 --> 00:20:31.700 I can live without him, 00:20:32.240 --> 00:20:33.740 you'll realize perhaps 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:34.740 when it's too late 00:20:34.740 --> 00:20:35.819 that you can't. 00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:39.200 but the word of God 00:20:39.200 --> 00:20:40.099 here is showing us 00:20:40.099 --> 00:20:40.799 that in him 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:42.720 we can live. 00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:45.419 This is what we see 00:20:45.419 --> 00:20:47.519 in verse 41 and 42. 00:20:48.799 --> 00:20:50.299 They had this attitude 00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:51.399 of we can manage 00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:52.579 without Jesus. 00:20:54.039 --> 00:20:55.019 The Jews grumbled 00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.579 about him 00:20:55.579 --> 00:20:55.980 and said, 00:20:56.659 --> 00:20:57.339 because he said, 00:20:57.439 --> 00:20:58.200 I am the bread 00:20:58.200 --> 00:20:58.879 that came down 00:20:58.879 --> 00:20:59.299 from heaven. 00:20:59.419 --> 00:20:59.619 They said, 00:20:59.659 --> 00:21:00.759 is this not Jesus, 00:21:00.879 --> 00:21:02.240 the son of Joseph 00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:03.419 whose father and mother 00:21:03.419 --> 00:21:04.000 we know? 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.079 Is this not just 00:21:05.079 --> 00:21:06.099 an ordinary man? 00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:07.699 Is this not just 00:21:07.699 --> 00:21:08.359 someone who's not 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:09.259 that important? 00:21:10.839 --> 00:21:11.379 That's the way 00:21:11.379 --> 00:21:12.399 we can be with Jesus. 00:21:12.519 --> 00:21:13.000 We can say 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:14.699 he's not that important 00:21:14.699 --> 00:21:15.619 to us. 00:21:16.980 --> 00:21:17.779 Or we can see 00:21:17.779 --> 00:21:18.879 that he is truly 00:21:18.879 --> 00:21:20.779 important to us. 00:21:21.179 --> 00:21:22.599 That we cannot live 00:21:22.599 --> 00:21:23.839 without him. 00:21:25.159 --> 00:21:26.799 The bread of this world 00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.480 as it says, 00:21:27.699 --> 00:21:29.259 bread that perishes, 00:21:29.639 --> 00:21:31.319 bread that doesn't satisfy, 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:32.899 is just like chasing 00:21:32.900 --> 00:21:33.840 after the wind. 00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:35.200 We cannot catch it. 00:21:35.240 --> 00:21:36.240 We cannot find it. 00:21:36.560 --> 00:21:38.100 It never satisfies. 00:21:39.560 --> 00:21:40.759 In Greek mythology, 00:21:40.960 --> 00:21:41.820 there was a man 00:21:41.820 --> 00:21:43.680 called King Tantalus. 00:21:44.820 --> 00:21:46.720 And he was punished 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:48.120 by being chained. 00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.560 Where he was chained, 00:21:50.640 --> 00:21:51.400 there was a lake 00:21:51.400 --> 00:21:53.140 and the lake would rise 00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:54.259 up to his chin. 00:21:55.060 --> 00:21:55.640 And any time 00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:56.560 he put his chin down 00:21:56.560 --> 00:21:57.560 to get a drink of water, 00:21:58.040 --> 00:21:59.160 the lake would subside. 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:00.700 The water would subside away. 00:22:00.700 --> 00:22:03.080 And above him 00:22:03.080 --> 00:22:03.700 was a tree 00:22:03.700 --> 00:22:04.559 with branches 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.799 with fruit 00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.279 that was just 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:07.759 dropping down to him. 00:22:07.799 --> 00:22:08.299 But any time 00:22:08.299 --> 00:22:08.960 he would reach up 00:22:08.960 --> 00:22:09.580 his hand 00:22:09.580 --> 00:22:11.120 to get some of that fruit 00:22:11.120 --> 00:22:11.740 that branch 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:12.620 would lift away, 00:22:13.480 --> 00:22:15.400 he could never get it. 00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:18.180 King Tantalus 00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.920 was his name. 00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.340 And that's where 00:22:20.340 --> 00:22:21.240 we get the word 00:22:21.240 --> 00:22:22.819 tantalize from. 00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:24.440 Something that is 00:22:24.440 --> 00:22:25.380 tantalizing 00:22:25.380 --> 00:22:25.980 is something 00:22:25.980 --> 00:22:27.940 that is so close 00:22:27.940 --> 00:22:28.680 that we can almost 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:29.080 feel it, 00:22:29.140 --> 00:22:30.319 we can almost touch it, 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:31.240 but we just 00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:32.279 can't get it. 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.259 And that's 00:22:35.259 --> 00:22:36.259 what chasing 00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:37.059 after things 00:22:37.059 --> 00:22:37.879 in this life 00:22:37.879 --> 00:22:39.059 is like so often. 00:22:39.939 --> 00:22:40.679 We're looking 00:22:40.679 --> 00:22:41.539 for satisfaction, 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.339 we're looking 00:22:42.339 --> 00:22:43.359 for fulfillment 00:22:43.359 --> 00:22:44.500 in so many 00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.419 different things. 00:22:45.480 --> 00:22:46.439 It's teasing us, 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:47.539 it's tantalizing, 00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:49.759 but we cannot reach it, 00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:51.059 we cannot touch it. 00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.419 There's a frustration. 00:22:55.500 --> 00:22:55.759 Well, 00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:56.639 Jesus is here 00:22:56.639 --> 00:22:57.279 to show us 00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:57.939 that it's not just 00:22:57.939 --> 00:22:59.519 tantalizing for us, 00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:01.180 but that it's truth, 00:23:01.680 --> 00:23:02.639 that it's real, 00:23:02.740 --> 00:23:03.379 that it's something 00:23:03.379 --> 00:23:05.019 that we can have. 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:06.900 A Savior 00:23:06.900 --> 00:23:08.259 who can give 00:23:08.259 --> 00:23:09.200 eternal life 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.740 is not just 00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.940 something teasing, 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:11.500 it's not just 00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.819 something tantalizing, 00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:14.339 it's a reality 00:23:14.339 --> 00:23:15.259 of what we read 00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:17.200 here in this passage. 00:23:18.079 --> 00:23:19.240 In verse 37, 00:23:19.379 --> 00:23:19.859 Jesus says, 00:23:19.960 --> 00:23:20.779 all that the Father 00:23:20.779 --> 00:23:21.379 gives me 00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:22.720 will come to me 00:23:22.720 --> 00:23:23.920 and whoever comes 00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:24.980 I will never 00:23:24.980 --> 00:23:25.819 cast out. 00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:26.599 You're saying, 00:23:26.599 --> 00:23:27.480 but I'm not 00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.019 good enough 00:23:28.019 --> 00:23:28.480 for it. 00:23:28.959 --> 00:23:29.179 Well, 00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.939 Jesus says, 00:23:30.099 --> 00:23:30.379 come, 00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:31.339 come, 00:23:31.500 --> 00:23:31.939 trust, 00:23:32.179 --> 00:23:32.679 believe, 00:23:32.879 --> 00:23:33.839 repent of your sins 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:34.719 and turn to me 00:23:34.719 --> 00:23:35.839 and I will never 00:23:35.839 --> 00:23:36.759 cast you out, 00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.359 I will never 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:38.319 put you away. 00:23:39.439 --> 00:23:40.419 In verse 40, 00:23:40.859 --> 00:23:41.579 for this is the will 00:23:41.579 --> 00:23:42.199 of my Father 00:23:42.199 --> 00:23:42.740 that whoever 00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.719 looks on the Son 00:23:43.719 --> 00:23:44.779 and believes in him 00:23:44.779 --> 00:23:45.439 should have 00:23:45.439 --> 00:23:47.019 eternal life. 00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.539 That is the promise 00:23:48.539 --> 00:23:49.439 that you have 00:23:49.439 --> 00:23:49.980 in his word. 00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.500 It's not just 00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.379 tantalizing, 00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.099 it's truth. 00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:54.919 In verse 47 00:23:54.919 --> 00:23:55.480 and 48, 00:23:55.579 --> 00:23:55.879 truly, 00:23:56.079 --> 00:23:57.159 truly I say to you, 00:23:57.559 --> 00:23:58.639 whoever believes 00:23:58.639 --> 00:24:00.659 has eternal life, 00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:02.359 I am the bread 00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.799 of life. 00:24:05.459 --> 00:24:06.379 Will you not 00:24:06.379 --> 00:24:07.959 come to him 00:24:07.959 --> 00:24:08.679 today? 00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.839 That's the question 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.579 for us. 00:24:12.399 --> 00:24:13.359 Are you laboring 00:24:13.359 --> 00:24:14.299 today? 00:24:15.740 --> 00:24:16.639 Are you longing 00:24:16.639 --> 00:24:17.659 today? 00:24:18.359 --> 00:24:19.480 These two things 00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:20.199 so often go 00:24:20.199 --> 00:24:21.019 hand in hand. 00:24:21.119 --> 00:24:21.740 We're working, 00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.859 we're laboring 00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:23.980 away for something 00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.839 that does not 00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:25.539 satisfy. 00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.259 We're longing 00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:28.440 for something 00:24:28.440 --> 00:24:29.680 to fulfill us, 00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:30.799 to give us 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.539 that true 00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:32.480 satisfaction 00:24:32.480 --> 00:24:33.819 in life. 00:24:34.920 --> 00:24:35.640 While Jesus 00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:36.400 is saying, 00:24:37.200 --> 00:24:37.720 I am 00:24:37.720 --> 00:24:38.720 the bread 00:24:38.720 --> 00:24:40.000 of life. 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:42.920 You will find 00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:43.759 fulfillment, 00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.299 you will find 00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:46.660 satisfaction 00:24:46.660 --> 00:24:47.920 with me. 00:24:48.039 --> 00:24:48.620 We all 00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.460 need 00:24:49.460 --> 00:24:50.240 food. 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.279 food. 00:24:51.079 --> 00:24:51.819 We will 00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.180 all have 00:24:52.180 --> 00:24:53.099 enjoyed food 00:24:53.099 --> 00:24:53.980 this morning. 00:24:53.980 --> 00:24:54.799 We will 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.220 all go 00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.819 and enjoy 00:24:55.819 --> 00:24:56.420 food 00:24:56.420 --> 00:24:57.099 after 00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:58.599 this service. 00:24:59.599 --> 00:25:00.559 We will 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:00.940 all go 00:25:00.940 --> 00:25:01.599 on laboring. 00:25:02.339 --> 00:25:02.859 We will 00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.240 all go 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:03.880 on longing. 00:25:05.160 --> 00:25:06.140 But what's 00:25:06.140 --> 00:25:07.120 fulfilling us? 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:08.359 What's 00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:08.900 helping us 00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.319 live? 00:25:10.359 --> 00:25:11.000 We need 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.579 Jesus 00:25:11.579 --> 00:25:13.019 because 00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:13.480 Jesus 00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:14.120 is 00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:15.200 the bread 00:25:15.200 --> 00:25:15.839 of life. 00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:15.899 life. 00:25:16.899 --> 00:25:17.199 Why 00:25:17.199 --> 00:25:18.199 do you 00:25:18.199 --> 00:25:18.539 labor 00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.679 for that 00:25:19.679 --> 00:25:19.939 which 00:25:19.939 --> 00:25:20.699 perishes 00:25:20.699 --> 00:25:22.399 instead of 00:25:22.399 --> 00:25:23.379 what endures 00:25:23.379 --> 00:25:24.740 to eternal 00:25:24.740 --> 00:25:25.319 life? 00:25:26.439 --> 00:25:27.099 That is what 00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.740 Jesus is 00:25:27.740 --> 00:25:28.299 leading us 00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:28.559 to. 00:25:28.679 --> 00:25:28.879 And may 00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:29.339 he lead 00:25:29.339 --> 00:25:30.379 you today 00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:31.000 and in all 00:25:31.000 --> 00:25:31.459 the days 00:25:31.459 --> 00:25:31.720 ahead. 00:25:31.799 --> 00:25:32.099 May he 00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:32.459 lead you 00:25:32.459 --> 00:25:32.980 to know 00:25:32.980 --> 00:25:34.240 the wonder 00:25:34.240 --> 00:25:35.240 of him 00:25:35.240 --> 00:25:36.480 as the one 00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.279 who satisfies 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.179 that longing, 00:25:38.859 --> 00:25:39.220 the one 00:25:39.220 --> 00:25:40.179 who fulfills 00:25:40.179 --> 00:25:41.199 all that 00:25:41.199 --> 00:25:41.759 laboring 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:43.119 by living 00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:44.140 for him 00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.539 who is 00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:45.099 the bread 00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:46.359 of life. 00:25:47.160 --> 00:25:47.539 Let's just 00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:48.039 bow our heads 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.480 in a word 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:48.920 of prayer. 00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:49.559 Let us pray. 00:25:51.660 --> 00:25:52.140 Lord, 00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.879 our gracious 00:25:52.879 --> 00:25:53.359 God, 00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:53.900 we thank 00:25:53.900 --> 00:25:54.500 you that 00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:54.900 your word 00:25:54.900 --> 00:25:55.460 speaks, 00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:56.079 that your 00:25:56.079 --> 00:25:57.299 word guides 00:25:57.299 --> 00:25:57.720 us and 00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.420 helps us. 00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.500 We thank 00:25:59.500 --> 00:25:59.759 you, 00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:00.299 Lord, 00:26:00.379 --> 00:26:00.660 that you 00:26:00.660 --> 00:26:01.420 remind us 00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:01.920 of what 00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:02.460 our lives 00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:02.960 are like 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:03.539 so often, 00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:03.859 of how 00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.400 we labor 00:26:04.400 --> 00:26:05.319 and how 00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.720 we long 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.240 for so 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.839 much in 00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:07.460 this world. 00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.420 But we 00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:08.960 pray to 00:26:08.960 --> 00:26:09.519 find that 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:10.140 sense of 00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:10.759 life and 00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.099 living 00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:12.179 in you 00:26:12.179 --> 00:26:12.980 as the 00:26:12.980 --> 00:26:13.399 bread of 00:26:13.399 --> 00:26:13.759 life. 00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.119 May we 00:26:14.119 --> 00:26:14.619 know it, 00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.980 experience it 00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.539 and touch 00:26:16.539 --> 00:26:16.939 it and 00:26:16.939 --> 00:26:17.939 know the 00:26:17.939 --> 00:26:18.759 reality of 00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.159 it day 00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:19.799 by day 00:26:19.799 --> 00:26:20.599 as we 00:26:20.599 --> 00:26:21.059 seek your 00:26:21.059 --> 00:26:21.639 good upon 00:26:21.639 --> 00:26:21.980 us. 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:22.419 In 00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:22.719 Jesus' 00:26:22.939 --> 00:26:23.139 name. 00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:23.980 Amen. 00:26:26.459 --> 00:26:27.059 We're 00:26:27.059 --> 00:26:27.619 going to 00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.659 conclude by 00:26:28.659 --> 00:26:29.919 singing again 00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:30.500 to God's 00:26:30.500 --> 00:26:31.000 praise this 00:26:31.000 --> 00:26:31.339 time in 00:26:31.339 --> 00:26:32.299 Psalm 34. 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:33.740 You'll find 00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.279 it on page 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:35.719 247 of 00:26:35.719 --> 00:26:36.279 the Psalm 00:26:36.279 --> 00:26:36.579 books, 00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:37.819 the Scottish 00:26:37.819 --> 00:26:38.339 Psalter 00:26:38.339 --> 00:26:38.719 version. 00:26:38.939 --> 00:26:40.419 Psalm 34 00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.860 verse 8. 00:26:42.080 --> 00:26:42.500 We'll sing 00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:43.100 three verses 00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:43.980 to verse 11. 00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.279 The tune is 00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:46.039 St. David. 00:26:47.920 --> 00:26:48.380 Again, 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:48.940 this Psalm 00:26:48.940 --> 00:26:49.779 just reminds 00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:50.180 us where 00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:50.759 to come 00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.860 and find 00:26:51.860 --> 00:26:52.420 that goodness 00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:52.960 of God. 00:26:53.100 --> 00:26:53.140 Oh, 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:53.779 taste and 00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.420 see that 00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.000 God is 00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.279 good, 00:26:55.360 --> 00:26:56.019 who trusts 00:26:56.019 --> 00:26:56.460 in him 00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:57.120 is blessed. 00:26:57.620 --> 00:26:58.240 Fear God 00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.759 is saints, 00:26:58.880 --> 00:26:59.519 and not in 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.560 fear shall 00:27:00.560 --> 00:27:01.060 be with 00:27:01.060 --> 00:27:01.519 want 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.519 oppressed. 00:27:02.720 --> 00:27:03.060 We'll sing 00:27:03.060 --> 00:27:03.480 from verse 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:04.080 8 to 00:27:04.080 --> 00:27:05.000 11 to 00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:05.400 God's 00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:05.820 praise. 00:27:05.820 --> 00:27:05.940 Amen. 00:27:05.940 --> 00:27:06.279 Amen. 00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:06.380 Amen. 00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.380 00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:06.440 Amen. 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.440 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.440 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.440 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.440 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.440 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.440 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.440 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.440 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.440 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.440 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.440 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:06.440 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:12.720 O taste 00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:14.299 and see 00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:15.700 that 00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.900 God 00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.900 is 00:27:17.900 --> 00:27:18.700 good, 00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:19.799 who 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.980 trusts 00:27:20.980 --> 00:27:23.200 in him 00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:24.160 is 00:27:24.160 --> 00:27:25.759 blessed. 00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:28.460 Fear God 00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:29.460 is 00:27:29.460 --> 00:27:30.160 safe, 00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:31.380 none 00:27:31.380 --> 00:27:32.539 that 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.400 him 00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.279 fear 00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:35.599 shall 00:27:35.599 --> 00:27:36.539 be 00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.839 with 00:27:37.839 --> 00:27:38.920 want 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:39.500 to 00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:41.639 press. 00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:43.139 The 00:27:43.139 --> 00:27:44.639 lions 00:27:44.639 --> 00:27:46.460 young 00:27:46.460 --> 00:27:47.579 may 00:27:47.579 --> 00:27:48.740 agree 00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:50.240 be, 00:27:50.660 --> 00:27:51.660 and 00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.460 they 00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:53.420 may 00:27:53.420 --> 00:27:54.799 lack 00:27:54.799 --> 00:27:55.779 their 00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:56.139 burden, 00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:58.139 but 00:27:58.139 --> 00:27:59.920 they 00:27:59.920 --> 00:28:01.079 that 00:28:01.079 --> 00:28:02.319 truly 00:28:02.319 --> 00:28:04.139 seek 00:28:04.139 --> 00:28:04.639 the 00:28:04.639 --> 00:28:05.919 Lord 00:28:05.919 --> 00:28:06.639 shall 00:28:06.639 --> 00:28:08.259 not 00:28:08.259 --> 00:28:09.559 lack 00:28:09.559 --> 00:28:10.639 any 00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:12.639 good. 00:28:12.639 --> 00:28:14.639 O 00:28:14.639 --> 00:28:16.439 children 00:28:16.439 --> 00:28:18.639 hither 00:28:19.359 --> 00:28:20.639 do 00:28:20.639 --> 00:28:21.639 ye 00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:22.500 come 00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:24.000 and 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.439 unto 00:28:25.439 --> 00:28:26.639 me 00:28:26.639 --> 00:28:28.319 give 00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.700 ear. 00:28:29.700 --> 00:28:31.220 I 00:28:31.220 --> 00:28:32.460 shall 00:28:32.460 --> 00:28:33.660 you 00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.360 teach 00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:35.019 to 00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:38.500 understand 00:28:38.500 --> 00:28:40.019 how 00:28:40.019 --> 00:28:40.900 ye 00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:42.299 the 00:28:42.299 --> 00:28:43.160 Lord 00:28:43.160 --> 00:28:44.460 should 00:28:44.460 --> 00:28:46.039 hear. 00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.600 We'll 00:28:47.600 --> 00:28:48.240 close with a 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.640 benediction, 00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:49.360 and after that 00:28:49.360 --> 00:28:49.819 I'll go to 00:28:49.819 --> 00:28:50.240 the main 00:28:50.240 --> 00:28:50.539 door. 00:28:50.900 --> 00:28:51.299 Now may 00:28:51.299 --> 00:28:51.799 grace, 00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.279 mercy, 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:52.980 and peace 00:28:52.980 --> 00:28:53.779 from God, 00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.539 Father, 00:28:54.740 --> 00:28:54.940 Son, 00:28:55.019 --> 00:28:55.440 and Holy 00:28:55.440 --> 00:28:55.900 Spirit, 00:28:56.080 --> 00:28:56.840 rest upon 00:28:56.840 --> 00:28:57.440 and abide 00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.059 with you 00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.340 all, 00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.200 now and 00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.960 forevermore. 00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:00.720 Amen. 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:00.840 Amen. 00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.360 .