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 As I read the Word of God, you follow along with your eyes. Remember, this is God's very own Word.

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 It is inspired, inerrant, infallible, clear, and it is sufficient for you and for me today.

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 Let's read.

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 After this, Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.

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 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick.

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 Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples.

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 Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.

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 Lifting up his eyes then, and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward him,

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 Jesus said to Philip,

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 Where are we to buy bread so that these people may eat?

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 He said this to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.

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 Philip answered him,

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 Two hundred denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.

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 One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon's brother, said to him,

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 There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are they for so many?

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 Jesus said,

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 Have the people sit down.

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 Now there was much grass in the place, so the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

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 Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given things, he distributed them to those who were seated.

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 So also the fish, as much as they wanted.

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 And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples,

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 Gather up the leftover fragments, that nothing may be lost.

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 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten them.

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 When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said,

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 This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world.

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 Verse 15,

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 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea, got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum.

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 It was now dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.

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 The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing.

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 When they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and coming near the boat.

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 And they were frightened.

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 But he said to them,

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 It is I.

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 Do not be afraid.

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 Then they were glad to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

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 Verse 22,

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 On the next day, the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there,

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 and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone.

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 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread and after the Lord had given thanks.

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 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

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 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him,

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 Rabbi, when did you come here?

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 Jesus answered them,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.

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 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you.

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 For on him God the Father has set his seal.

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 Then they said to him,

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 What must we do to be doing the works of God?

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 Jesus answered them,

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 This is the work of God, that you believe in him who he has sent.

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 So they said to him,

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 Then what sign do you do that we may see or believe you?

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 What work do you perform?

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 Our fathers ate manna in the wilderness, as it is written.

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 He gave them bread from heaven.

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 Verse 32.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven,

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 but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

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 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.

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 They said to him,

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 Sir, give us this bread always.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 I am the bread of life.

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 Whoever comes to me shall not hunger,

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 and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

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 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.

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 All that the Father gives me will come to me,

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 and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

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 For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will,

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 but the will of him who sent me.

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 And this is the will of him who sent me,

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 that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me,

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 but raise it up on the last day.

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 For this is the will of my Father,

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 that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life.

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 And I will raise him up on the last day.

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 This is the word of God.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 You may be seated.

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 Well, let's pray.

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 As we sung a moment ago,

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 Speak, O Lord, as we come to you,

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 to receive the food of your holy word.

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 Take your truth,

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 plant it deep in us,

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 shape and fashion us in your likeness.

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 May now through the sermon,

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 May the light of Christ be seen by everyone here today who has an ear to hear.

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 Amen.

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 Well, beloved congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 the message for today is the best news I can bring to you for the new year.

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 There is food from heaven for your hungry soul.

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 Look at verse 35.

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 Jesus says,

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 I am the bread of life.

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 Whoever comes to me shall not hunger.

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 And whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

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 So my proposition for us today is exactly that.

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 Your soul will hunger until you feast on Christ.

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 We see in this chapter,

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 our Lord moving mightily upon the earth.

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 And then he moves mightily over the waters.

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 He takes a little boy's Lunchable and he distributes it to feed a multitude,

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 20 to 25,000 people.

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 If there are 5,000 men,

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 20 to 25,000 people as they follow him and his disciples along the bank of the Sea of Galilee.

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 Your creator knows what your soul needs to live.

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 He made you.

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 He knows.

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 And he built you with a hunger in your soul that only he can satisfy.

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 So I want to show you today two things.

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 Number one,

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 the manner in which you must come to Christ.

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 There's a certain manner in which those who come to him get fed.

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 And then secondly,

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 number two,

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 the means by which you feast on Christ.

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 We see these two things in this passage.

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 So first,

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 the manner in which you come to Christ.

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 How do you go to Christ?

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 Well,

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 first you go to Christ with a hungry soul.

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 That's simple truth.

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 It was those that came hungry that Christ fed.

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 There were probably others that stayed back in the city.

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 They had plenty.

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 Their souls were not hungry and they did not get fed by the Lord Jesus.

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 They did not get to be a participant in the great work he was doing.

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 New creation work.

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 And I need you to get the setting in your mind.

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 If you can travel to Jerusalem in your imagination.

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 So here's this sea.

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 They call it a sea because they're a desert people.

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 They're not used to much water.

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 The great sea is the Mediterranean.

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 This sea we see in verses one,

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 two,

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 three,

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 and four.

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 This is the sea of Galilee.

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 And the big city on the west side of the seam is Tiberias.

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 Now I'm going to give you some context here that will be significant.

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 I believe for what Christ teaches.

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 Tiberias was a new city.

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 It wasn't founded and didn't begin being constructed until about the year 20 AD.

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 So Christ during his lifetime would have seen the city of Tiberias being built up.

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 The emperor of Rome at the time was named Tiberias.

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 The Roman Empire dominates this region.

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 And they put a puppet,

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 a vassal king over the region in the north of Galilee.

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 And it was no longer Herod the Great.

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 Herod the Great was truly great.

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 I mean,

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 what he did with architecture and aqueducts,

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 he created a mini Rome inside this Galilean region.

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 Herod the Great was incredible.

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 He was twisted and cruel and killed his own family,

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 but he was a pretty good dictator.

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 Now there are other dictators that were lesser.

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 And so his son was Herod Agrippa.

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 Herod Agrippa was a fool.

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 And it was Herod Agrippa who started this city of Tiberias.

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 Herod Agrippa is important at this time,

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 even though John here doesn't go into detail.

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 Herod Agrippa was throwing a feast for the wealthy and for the elite.

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 And at his feast,

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 there was drunkenness,

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 debauchery,

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 and a teenage girl practicing sensual dancing.

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 And because John the Baptizer accused Herod Agrippa of his sin,

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 of taking his brother's wife,

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 Herod Agrippa has John the Baptist beheaded.

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 It's that same Herod Agrippa who built this city of Tiberias.

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 Jesus is traveling in this region.

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 And so that's our setting.

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 Now notice we see in our context,

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 verse 3,

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 we're told Jesus went up a mountain.

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 Well,

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 there are no mountains in this area.

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 Verse 3,

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 we read that they were preparing for the Passover.

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 Well,

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 the Passover happens in the spring.

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 That's when we celebrate Easter now.

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 And so we know that in the springtime,

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 the waters of the Sea of Galilee,

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 which was also now changed the name to Sea of Tiberias,

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 the waters in the springtime recede.

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 And it leaves a silt plain

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 where fertile grass will grow on a wide area right next to the sea.

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 And then climbing up of that,

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 the bank coming out of the lake

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 is what you could call a mountain.

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 So as Jesus and his disciples are in this region,

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 we get from the other gospels

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 what else they had been doing.

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 In Matthew,

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 we're told that Jesus had just sent his disciples out

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 on a ministry mission.

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 He sent them out proclaiming the gospel.

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 And by his power,

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 they were performing miracles as well.

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 Well,

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 with every disciple that went out,

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 a group came back following them

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 and spreading the word to others.

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 We read in Luke that even as the crowd was following him,

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 Jesus was performing miracles,

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 healing and,

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 you know,

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 taking care of these sick,

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 lame and infirm people.

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 Now,

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 remember,

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 this is ancient Israel under the Roman Empire.

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 And it's about a thousand,

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 eight hundred years before medical diagnoses existed

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 or psychological issues

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 and all kinds of ways in which the human body is broken.

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 They had no way to be cured of that.

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 They would die early.

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 Children were infant mortality,

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 it was extremely high.

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 So all those different types of infirmities,

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 you can imagine this vast multitude

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 following the disciples in Christ.

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 It's their only hope.

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 And these would be the poor.

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 While here at Agrippa's over here,

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 having this luxurious feast,

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 lavishing his wealth on his little inner circle,

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 the poor,

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 they're just living a subsistence life.

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 I mean,

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 to have a little bit of protein

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 and a little bit of carbs

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 to get them enough energy for tomorrow

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 is all that they really can hope for.

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 Can you picture that scene on the side of the lake?

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 Now,

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 what's the manner in which you go to Christ?

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 You go to Christ hungry.

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 These people were hungry physically.

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 They were also desperate for someone

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 to reverse this broken system.

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 Could there be hope beyond my next meal?

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 And you see,

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 with the Passover approaching,

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 these are Jews.

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 What would they be thinking about with the Passover?

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 They would be preparing themselves

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 for a reminder

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 that we serve a God who will deliver us.

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 And it's not Egypt any longer.

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 It's Rome.

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 And we need a second Moses figure.

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 And you see the,

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 how John is painting with these broad strokes

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 with the scene,

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 the crowd needing deliverance,

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 thinking about the Passover.

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 Jesus goes up a mountain,

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 we can call it,

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 and he's teaching them.

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 In fact,

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 we read in Mark chapter six,

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 the same account,

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 right before he feeds the multitude.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 to the disciples,

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 come away by yourselves to a desolate place

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 and rest a while.

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 Jesus was physically tired.

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 The disciples were tired.

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 They needed a break.

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 And for many,

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 we're coming along and going

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 and the disciples and Jesus

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 had no leisure even to eat,

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 we read in Mark.

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 And they went away in the boat

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 to a desolate place by themselves.

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 Now,

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 many saw them going and recognized them.

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 And they ran there on foot

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 from all the towns

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 and got ahead of them.

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 And when they went ashore,

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 they saw a great cloud,

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 crowd.

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 The disciples and Jesus

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 saw this great crowd coming.

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 And Jesus had compassion on them.

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 We read from Mark six.

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 Because why?

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 Why did Jesus have compassion

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 over this multitude?

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 Because they were like sheep

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 without a shepherd.

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 So Jesus begins to feed them,

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 to look over their souls.

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 We read in Mark

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 that he began to teach them

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 many things.

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 You know,

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 when Jesus gave

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 what's called the sermon

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 on the mount,

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 a great multitude gathered.

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 He went up on a mountain

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 and sat down.

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 It's the same language.

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 Jesus is

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 the true and greater Moses.

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 He is the second lawgiver.

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 He's coming to

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 declare

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 the new kingdom of God.

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 That God is now

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 inaugurating spiritually.

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 And what was it

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 that Jesus proclaimed

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 in the sermon on the mount?

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 Matthew 5, 6.

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 You're blessed,

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 he said.

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 Blessed are those

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 who hunger

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 and thirst

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 for righteousness,

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 for they

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 shall be

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 satisfied.

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 That's what Jesus

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 is teaching.

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 Will he be good

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 to his word?

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 Will he satisfy them

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 if they come to him

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 hungry?

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 Jesus said

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 in verse 26

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 of our text,

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 Truly, truly,

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 I say to you,

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 you are seeking me

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 not because you saw signs,

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 but because you ate

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 your fill of the loaves.

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 So even as they

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 continued to follow him

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 along the coast

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 of the lake,

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 they were seeking Christ

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 with hungry eyes.

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 They wanted to see signs.

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 And with hungry stomachs,

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 they needed food again

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 the next day.

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 Just keep following him

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 around.

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 He'll provide.

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 And Jesus

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 calls true believers

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 to hunger for him

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 with your soul.

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 That's the first way

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 in which you

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 come to Christ

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 is with a hungry

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 soul.

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 The second way

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 you go to Christ

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 is confessing

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 your need

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 of his provision.

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 We learn this lesson

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 from a dialogue

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 between Jesus

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 and one of his disciples

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 named Philip.

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 Look at verse 7.

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 Picture Jesus

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 and the disciples.

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 They're tired.

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 They're fatigued.

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 And they had not

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 had anything

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 to eat themselves.

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 We just read.

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 So he sits there

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 in the bank

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 and he looks

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 at the disciples.

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 And now we know

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 his heart is to have

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 compassion

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 for the multitude.

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 And he's fed them

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 and taught them.

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 But now he turns

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 to the disciples

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 and he asks them,

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 how are we going

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 to feed these people?

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 And Philip says,

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 we couldn't even do that

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 with 200 denarii.

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 How much is that?

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 If we convert

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 that currency,

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 it's one year's wages

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 for a skilled worker.

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 And he says,

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 even then,

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 they'll just barely

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 have enough to eat.

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 We cannot do that,

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 he says.

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 Well,

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 Jesus brought Philip

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 to confess

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 his need

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 for Christ to provide.

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 See,

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 he wanted him

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 to put in his words

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 what would be very obvious

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 to everyone else.

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 Because when Christ

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 did provide

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 and multiply the food

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 and nourish this crowd,

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 he didn't want Philip

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 or anyone else

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 to forget

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 that they could not

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 do it on their own.

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 On their own,

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 they had a deficit.

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 They had more than nothing.

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 They had starving themselves.

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 They were hungry.

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 They didn't have enough

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 for themselves,

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 much less anything

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 to give to others.

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 One ancient commentator,

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 Chrysostom,

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 said the reason

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 he has this dialogue

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 with Philip

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 is to drive away

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 the memory

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 that he had confessed

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 so that Philip

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 could never say,

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 I forgot that I actually

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 confessed that to you.

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 And he would learn

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 by contrast

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 the greatness

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 of the miracle.

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 Think about it like this.

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 Jesus has compassion.

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 He knows these sheep

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 need food.

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 They need a shepherd.

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 And if these are like

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 the spiritual children

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 that many will believe in him,

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 they will be adopted.

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 He knows the love

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 of the father.

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 And he knows the father

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 wants to nourish his children,

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 these babies in the faith.

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 But he will not pour

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 his father's milk

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 into cups

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 unless those cups

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 are empty.

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 If those cups

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 are full of everything else,

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 then they can't take

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 the milk that he's going

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 to provide

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 from the loving father.

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 So Philip confesses,

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 we can't provide.

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 God must do it.

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 My encouragement to you

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 is the same.

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 Maybe you're feeling

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 your soul is empty.

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 your soul is depleted

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 and it's in need.

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 That is a blessing.

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 Blessed are those

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 who hunger.

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 You will be satisfied.

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 If Christ has caused

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 your soul to hunger,

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 it's because he is

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 preparing you

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 to receive

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 his provision.

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 But first,

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 you must come

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 to the end

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 of yourself.

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 And you must do

00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:01.640
 like Philip.

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 You must confess

00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:03.720
 your deficit

00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:06.480
 that you need

00:19:06.480 --> 00:19:07.840
 the provision

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 of God.

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 That's really

00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:10.820
 the simplest

00:19:10.820 --> 00:19:12.180
 way to explain

00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:13.860
 what is saving faith.

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 John Calvin

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.980
 described faith

00:19:16.980 --> 00:19:17.940
 like this.

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 Faith

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 is a poor beggar's

00:19:21.259 --> 00:19:22.600
 empty hand

00:19:22.600 --> 00:19:24.380
 outstretched to God.

00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:25.840
 That's what faith is.

00:19:26.560 --> 00:19:27.140
 You don't bring

00:19:27.140 --> 00:19:28.180
 anything to God

00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:29.180
 except for your

00:19:29.180 --> 00:19:30.840
 empty beggar's hand

00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:32.279
 hungry for him

00:19:32.279 --> 00:19:32.959
 to provide.

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 So you must come

00:19:35.179 --> 00:19:35.619
 to Christ

00:19:35.619 --> 00:19:36.720
 with a hungry soul.

00:19:37.179 --> 00:19:37.720
 You must come

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.179
 to Christ

00:19:38.179 --> 00:19:39.659
 confessing your need

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 of his provision.

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 And number three,

00:19:42.619 --> 00:19:43.419
 you go to Christ

00:19:43.419 --> 00:19:44.519
 with faith

00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:45.859
 in his power

00:19:45.859 --> 00:19:47.099
 to provide.

00:19:47.939 --> 00:19:48.679
 Why would you

00:19:48.679 --> 00:19:49.119
 go to him

00:19:49.119 --> 00:19:49.879
 if you don't trust

00:19:49.879 --> 00:19:50.679
 that he will

00:19:50.679 --> 00:19:52.559
 meet your every need?

00:19:53.000 --> 00:19:53.939
 Look at verse nine.

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 They say,

00:19:55.939 --> 00:19:56.799
 there is a boy here

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:58.159
 who has five

00:19:58.159 --> 00:19:59.779
 barley loaves.

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 Now the word

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 loaves,

00:20:01.740 --> 00:20:02.160
 in Greek

00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:03.019
 it's arpos.

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 It's really

00:20:03.980 --> 00:20:05.119
 a barley wafer.

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 So you can picture

00:20:06.180 --> 00:20:06.619
 like a little

00:20:06.619 --> 00:20:07.519
 barley cracker

00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:08.299
 that's not going

00:20:08.299 --> 00:20:08.680
 to perish.

00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:09.460
 You could carry

00:20:09.460 --> 00:20:09.799
 it with you

00:20:09.799 --> 00:20:10.599
 for several days

00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:11.279
 and it would

00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:11.859
 still be a good

00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:12.299
 way to get

00:20:12.299 --> 00:20:12.879
 some carbs.

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 And the two fish

00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:15.759
 most likely

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.599
 are sardines.

00:20:17.660 --> 00:20:18.359
 On the lake

00:20:18.359 --> 00:20:19.519
 of Galilee,

00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:20.960
 the Sea of Tiberias,

00:20:21.539 --> 00:20:22.579
 just north of

00:20:22.579 --> 00:20:23.160
 Tiberias,

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.039
 is a town,

00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:24.599
 you can search

00:20:24.599 --> 00:20:25.160
 it now on your

00:20:25.160 --> 00:20:25.779
 map.

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 It's a town

00:20:26.619 --> 00:20:28.659
 called Migdala

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 and that's

00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:31.379
 where Mary Magdalene

00:20:31.379 --> 00:20:31.879
 is from.

00:20:32.459 --> 00:20:33.199
 And that city

00:20:33.199 --> 00:20:34.079
 imported salt

00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:34.779
 from the Mediterranean

00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:35.839
 Sea and they

00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:36.500
 would take

00:20:36.500 --> 00:20:37.319
 all the fish

00:20:37.319 --> 00:20:38.039
 that were fished

00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.379
 out of the

00:20:38.379 --> 00:20:39.299
 lake of Tiberias

00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:39.719
 or the lake

00:20:39.719 --> 00:20:40.259
 of Galilee

00:20:40.259 --> 00:20:41.279
 and they would

00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:41.959
 stack it

00:20:41.959 --> 00:20:42.399
 with layers

00:20:42.399 --> 00:20:42.979
 of salt

00:20:42.979 --> 00:20:44.239
 and it would

00:20:44.239 --> 00:20:44.759
 drain out

00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:45.179
 the moisture

00:20:45.179 --> 00:20:46.419
 out of the fish

00:20:46.419 --> 00:20:46.839
 and it would

00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:47.359
 preserve it

00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:47.759
 kind of like

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:48.559
 beef jerky,

00:20:48.679 --> 00:20:49.500
 like dried fish.

00:20:50.199 --> 00:20:51.079
 And even today,

00:20:51.639 --> 00:20:53.099
 half of all the fish

00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:54.459
 that is fished

00:20:54.460 --> 00:20:54.880
 out of the

00:20:54.880 --> 00:20:55.779
 same Sea of Galilee

00:20:55.779 --> 00:20:56.579
 is sardines.

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:58.100
 And so picture a boy,

00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:59.519
 it's exactly a lunchable.

00:20:59.860 --> 00:21:00.579
 It's five little

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:01.620
 barley crackers

00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.840
 and two little

00:21:02.840 --> 00:21:03.519
 dried fish.

00:21:03.620 --> 00:21:04.279
 That's all he's got.

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.400
 So the disciples,

00:21:05.559 --> 00:21:05.700
 I mean,

00:21:05.740 --> 00:21:06.279
 I'm sure it was

00:21:06.279 --> 00:21:07.120
 even humorous.

00:21:07.460 --> 00:21:07.940
 You look out

00:21:07.940 --> 00:21:08.440
 the crowd,

00:21:08.620 --> 00:21:09.380
 5,000 men,

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 20,000 adults.

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 That's if the ball arena

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:12.940
 where the Nuggets

00:21:12.940 --> 00:21:13.720
 play is packed.

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 20,000 people.

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 We have,

00:21:16.440 --> 00:21:17.279
 you picture the disciples,

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 we have a lunchable.

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 You know,

00:21:20.019 --> 00:21:21.039
 it's a joke among them.

00:21:21.779 --> 00:21:22.460
 And John,

00:21:22.460 --> 00:21:23.980
 he doesn't upplay

00:21:23.980 --> 00:21:24.600
 this miracle.

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 See,

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 here's the thing.

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 No one,

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 no one at this time

00:21:29.279 --> 00:21:30.759
 or later discredits

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.680
 the miracle.

00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:32.559
 It was obvious

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.519
 that Christ performed

00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.059
 a miracle.

00:21:34.220 --> 00:21:35.259
 20,000 witnesses

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 not only saw it,

00:21:36.799 --> 00:21:38.180
 they participated in it.

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 They tasted it.

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 No one says

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:41.539
 it was not a miracle.

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 What they have an issue

00:21:43.120 --> 00:21:43.960
 with is Christ

00:21:43.960 --> 00:21:45.220
 and his teaching

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 and his claims.

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 So this miracle happened.

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 Again,

00:21:48.279 --> 00:21:48.880
 as Christians,

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 we are unashamed

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 supernaturalists.

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 And you just,

00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:53.860
 you have to trust

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 that God,

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 taking this little lunchable,

00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:56.799
 he began distributing

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 it to them.

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 That's all John says.

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 He distributed.

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 And everyone's eating.

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 And I bet it was,

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 it was delicious.

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 You know,

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 he's just enjoying it.

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 And everyone kept eating.

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 And these are starving,

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 hungry,

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 poor people

00:22:08.680 --> 00:22:09.559
 following him around.

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 And everyone had their fill.

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 And there are 12 baskets

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 left over.

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 See,

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 not only does Christ provide,

00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:18.460
 he shows you,

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 I have much more

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 in reserves for you.

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 If you just come to me hungry,

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 I will satisfy you.

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 You come to Christ trusting

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 he has the power to provide.

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 See,

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 what Christ is doing

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 is fulfilling this pattern

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 that has been set up all along.

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 Adam and Eve banished

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 out of the garden

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 into the wilderness.

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 But yet,

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 even in the wilderness,

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 God provides.

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 There's food

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 they can shepherd.

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 When God calls Abraham,

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 he leaves the luxury

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 of his wealthy father's home.

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 And he becomes a sojourner,

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 a man with no land,

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 traveling in the wilderness.

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 With Moses,

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 the people of God

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 travel in the wilderness.

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 And God feeds them.

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 He provides manna.

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 He even brings birds

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 that they can eat meat.

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 Well,

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 the prophets,

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 Elijah,

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 Elisha,

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 they're chased away

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 by the wicked kings

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 living in the wilderness.

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 And God provides.

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 So God loves to provide

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 for his people

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 in the wilderness.

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 We're told

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 by the New Testament apostles,

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 this life in Christ

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 right now

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 for our flesh,

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 for our body,

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 it's the wilderness.

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 But Christ will provide

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 for you,

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 his people.

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 He will feed your soul.

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 He loves to provide

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 for you

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 in the wilderness.

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 Deuteronomy 8.3 says,

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 here's why God does that.

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 He humbles you

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 and he lets you hunger,

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 but he feeds you

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 with manna,

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 which you did not know,

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 nor did your fathers know,

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 that he might make you know

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 that man does not live

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 by bread alone,

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 but man lives by every word

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 that comes from the mouth

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 of the Lord.

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 Our Jesus himself,

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 our Lord,

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 experienced this.

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 And that's exactly

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 what he recited back

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 to Satan

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 under attack

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 and temptation

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 in the wilderness.

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 So you must trust

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 in his abundance

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 to provide pardon

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 for your sins,

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 to clear your conscience,

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 to restore your soul,

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 to reform your life.

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 He can do it.

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 He is not a God

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 who is scanty

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 and miserly.

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 He is a God

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 who has reserves

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 in store

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 waiting for you

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 to come to him

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 that he can feed you

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 once again.

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 Milton Vincent,

00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:46.440
 a pastor,

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 reflected on this gospel truth

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 of God's provision.

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 He said,

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:52.880
 God's heart pulses

00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:55.759
 only with passionate grace,

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 which jealously wants me

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:59.900
 back in his embrace.

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 See, forgiveness

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 has been in God's heart

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:05.039
 all along.

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 And when I approach him

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 to make right my wrong,

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 he runs up to greet me

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 and draws to me near,

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 embracing and kissing

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 and ready to clear.

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 What a generous God we serve.

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 Your soul will hunger

00:25:22.779 --> 00:25:25.799
 until you feast on Christ.

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 Christ.

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 Well, the fourth observation

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.559
 on the manner

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 in which you go to Christ

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 is you put your body

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 where Christ will feed

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 your soul.

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 Let's read that passage

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 in John 6,

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 verses 16 through 21.

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 When the evening came,

00:25:46.859 --> 00:25:48.299
 the disciples went down

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 to the sea.

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 They got into a boat

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 and started across the sea

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 to Capernaum.

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 See, Capernaum is further north

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.559
 on the Sea of Galilee.

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 Remember, they are tired

00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.079
 and this crowd

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 keeps following them.

00:26:02.579 --> 00:26:03.480
 And we read that Jesus

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.940
 had gone out away

00:26:04.940 --> 00:26:05.759
 into the wilderness

00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:07.059
 to a desolate place

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:08.079
 by himself.

00:26:08.639 --> 00:26:09.379
 Now the disciples,

00:26:09.380 --> 00:26:10.660
 they also need to get away

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.380
 from these crowds

00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:12.580
 so they get in the boats

00:26:12.580 --> 00:26:13.560
 to travel north

00:26:13.560 --> 00:26:14.800
 along the Sea of Galilee.

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 We read that it was dark now

00:26:17.300 --> 00:26:19.040
 and Jesus had not yet

00:26:19.040 --> 00:26:20.040
 come to them.

00:26:20.120 --> 00:26:20.780
 Verse 18.

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 The sea became rough

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:24.780
 because a strong wind

00:26:24.780 --> 00:26:25.820
 was blowing.

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:27.120
 We know about strong winds

00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:27.760
 in Colorado.

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:29.120
 They'll push over anything.

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:32.360
 And the Golem Heights

00:26:32.360 --> 00:26:33.320
 are just a little bit further

00:26:33.320 --> 00:26:34.440
 to the north of this region

00:26:34.440 --> 00:26:36.120
 and it forms a perfect

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:37.060
 little tunnel

00:26:37.060 --> 00:26:38.580
 where the winds gather.

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:39.679
 They pick up speed

00:26:39.679 --> 00:26:40.960
 and they come shooting through

00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:42.139
 onto the lake

00:26:42.139 --> 00:26:43.720
 and it creates massive waves.

00:26:44.619 --> 00:26:46.460
 Now these were Roman fishing boats

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.939
 and what we know of those

00:26:47.939 --> 00:26:49.379
 is that they would have had sails

00:26:49.379 --> 00:26:50.439
 and when the winds were favorable

00:26:50.439 --> 00:26:51.319
 you could use them.

00:26:51.559 --> 00:26:52.559
 But with mighty winds

00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:53.339
 that are against you,

00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:54.240
 the winds coming

00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:55.480
 from the north like that,

00:26:55.539 --> 00:26:56.139
 it's going to send you

00:26:56.139 --> 00:26:56.799
 in the wrong direction.

00:26:56.899 --> 00:26:58.079
 They would have put their sails away

00:26:58.079 --> 00:26:59.299
 and we read them,

00:26:59.679 --> 00:27:00.699
 they had rowed

00:27:00.699 --> 00:27:03.079
 about three or four miles

00:27:03.079 --> 00:27:04.480
 against the wind.

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:06.420
 Because you might be wondering,

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:08.000
 what does this little story

00:27:08.000 --> 00:27:08.980
 in the middle of the feeding

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.579
 of the multitude

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.680
 have to do with each other?

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:12.079
 Are they related or not?

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.620
 Well, you get the scene.

00:27:14.360 --> 00:27:15.420
 The disciples too

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.259
 had to come to the end

00:27:16.259 --> 00:27:17.440
 of themselves again

00:27:17.440 --> 00:27:18.980
 and trust God

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.819
 to be their Savior

00:27:19.819 --> 00:27:21.039
 and their provider.

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.980
 They've been rowing.

00:27:22.420 --> 00:27:23.380
 They've been in fear

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:24.779
 and they've had the stress

00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:26.400
 of laboring in this little fishing boat

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:28.180
 not making any progress.

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:30.600
 And then they saw Jesus

00:27:30.600 --> 00:27:32.600
 walking on the sea

00:27:32.600 --> 00:27:34.640
 and coming near the boat.

00:27:35.320 --> 00:27:36.220
 What was their reaction?

00:27:36.920 --> 00:27:38.420
 They were even more frightened.

00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:40.500
 They used to be afraid of the sea

00:27:40.500 --> 00:27:41.600
 and they're going to drown.

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.400
 Now they're afraid

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:45.140
 of this appearance

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:46.460
 that's walking toward them.

00:27:47.100 --> 00:27:47.460
 Now remember,

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.220
 these are fishermen.

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:50.400
 They'd seen their buddies

00:27:50.400 --> 00:27:52.000
 probably die in the waters drowning.

00:27:52.680 --> 00:27:52.940
 And you know,

00:27:53.039 --> 00:27:54.600
 fishermen have all kinds of myths

00:27:54.600 --> 00:27:55.240
 they believe.

00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:57.820
 We know that this Greco-Roman world,

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.319
 they believed

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:59.399
 and the bodies

00:27:59.399 --> 00:28:00.899
 of those who had died at sea

00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:02.139
 would come back as ghosts

00:28:02.139 --> 00:28:03.779
 and haunt those on the ships.

00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.740
 So for them,

00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.659
 this is probably like

00:28:05.659 --> 00:28:07.099
 one of their worst nightmares,

00:28:07.439 --> 00:28:08.960
 a ghost walking on the waters

00:28:08.960 --> 00:28:09.599
 toward them.

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:12.460
 Now notice what Jesus says to them.

00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:13.399
 Verse 20,

00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.700
 It is I.

00:28:15.159 --> 00:28:16.939
 Do not be afraid.

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:18.099
 In the Greek,

00:28:18.240 --> 00:28:19.299
 Jesus says to them

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:20.839
 what they've heard him say

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:22.299
 two other times.

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.980
 I am.

00:28:25.980 --> 00:28:26.879
 And then we're told

00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.759
 the waters settle

00:28:27.759 --> 00:28:29.500
 and instantly the boat

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:30.559
 is where they needed to be.

00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:32.759
 Do you get the picture?

00:28:34.099 --> 00:28:36.220
 The multitude came empty.

00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:38.559
 They've got nothing on their own.

00:28:38.940 --> 00:28:39.819
 He's their only hope.

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:41.200
 The disciples,

00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:42.640
 empty.

00:28:43.339 --> 00:28:43.680
 Christ,

00:28:44.180 --> 00:28:45.940
 you are our only hope.

00:28:46.299 --> 00:28:47.400
 And yet in the midst of that,

00:28:47.740 --> 00:28:48.859
 I am.

00:28:48.859 --> 00:28:52.159
 in the image of Christ,

00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:55.019
 moving on top of the waters.

00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:57.240
 That should take you back

00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.519
 to Genesis 1 and 2.

00:28:59.740 --> 00:29:01.019
 The Spirit of God

00:29:01.019 --> 00:29:02.319
 hovered over

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:03.579
 the surface

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.599
 of the deep.

00:29:05.659 --> 00:29:06.539
 Jesus Christ,

00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.619
 I am.

00:29:08.159 --> 00:29:09.199
 The new creation

00:29:09.199 --> 00:29:10.179
 is coming.

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:13.479
 Hear the words of life

00:29:13.479 --> 00:29:14.979
 from God himself.

00:29:14.980 --> 00:29:16.640
 He walks

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.740
 among you.

00:29:20.380 --> 00:29:21.880
 What did the multitude do?

00:29:21.940 --> 00:29:22.740
 That's what I want to

00:29:22.740 --> 00:29:24.259
 apply for us.

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:25.440
 Look at verse 24.

00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:27.360
 When the crowd saw

00:29:27.360 --> 00:29:28.519
 that Jesus was not

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:29.200
 there

00:29:29.200 --> 00:29:29.920
 in this region

00:29:29.920 --> 00:29:30.900
 where they were in the south,

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:32.400
 nor his disciples,

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:34.079
 what did the crowd do?

00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:35.019
 Here's what we must do.

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:36.539
 They themselves

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.920
 got into the boats

00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:39.480
 and went to Capernaum

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.440
 seeking Jesus.

00:29:40.440 --> 00:29:41.039
 Jesus.

00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:43.580
 See, as empty as they were,

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.580
 as messed up

00:29:44.580 --> 00:29:45.799
 as their lives were,

00:29:45.880 --> 00:29:47.140
 their bodies were so broken

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.799
 by the fall,

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:49.539
 they found a way

00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:51.360
 to put their bodies

00:29:51.360 --> 00:29:53.320
 where Christ could feed them

00:29:53.320 --> 00:29:54.000
 once again.

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.779
 And that's the application

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:56.500
 for us.

00:29:57.080 --> 00:29:57.840
 You and I,

00:29:57.920 --> 00:29:59.240
 we need to put our bodies

00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:00.799
 where we know Christ

00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:02.500
 will feed our soul.

00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:04.720
 Your flesh will fight it.

00:30:05.240 --> 00:30:06.360
 You won't want to do it.

00:30:07.180 --> 00:30:08.620
 You keep putting your body

00:30:08.620 --> 00:30:09.500
 where you need to be.

00:30:09.500 --> 00:30:12.200
 He will show up

00:30:12.200 --> 00:30:13.539
 to satisfy you

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:15.200
 again and again

00:30:15.200 --> 00:30:16.660
 faster than you can

00:30:16.660 --> 00:30:17.880
 confess your need of Him.

00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.480
 He will meet you

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.259
 every time

00:30:20.259 --> 00:30:21.960
 when you're on your knees

00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:23.619
 through your tears.

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:26.000
 And you will say,

00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:27.000
 just like the disciples

00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:28.160
 did in verse 25,

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:30.319
 where did He come from?

00:30:31.220 --> 00:30:32.240
 Where did He come from?

00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:33.819
 You go to Christ empty.

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:35.079
 So let me recap

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:36.400
 our first point.

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.200
 In what way

00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:38.160
 do you seek Christ?

00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:40.960
 If your soul is hungry

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.920
 for more of God,

00:30:42.460 --> 00:30:43.640
 this is God's kindness

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.060
 to you.

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:45.279
 He only stirs up

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:46.680
 hunger in your soul

00:30:46.680 --> 00:30:48.620
 that He will also satisfy.

00:30:49.180 --> 00:30:50.380
 Don't let your mood

00:30:50.380 --> 00:30:51.720
 or your weak body

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:53.800
 command how your life goes,

00:30:53.940 --> 00:30:54.820
 but by faith

00:30:54.820 --> 00:30:56.480
 in Christ's strength,

00:30:56.820 --> 00:30:58.060
 take the steps you need

00:30:58.060 --> 00:30:59.820
 to get fleeing

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.580
 from temptation

00:31:00.580 --> 00:31:02.100
 and running instead

00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:03.060
 to Christ.

00:31:03.360 --> 00:31:04.420
 Believe that promise

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:05.279
 in verse 35,

00:31:05.279 --> 00:31:06.819
 I am the bread of life.

00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:08.220
 Whoever comes to me

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:10.240
 shall not hunger.

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:12.039
 Whoever believes in me

00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:13.920
 shall never thirst.

00:31:14.579 --> 00:31:15.940
 Your soul will thirst

00:31:15.940 --> 00:31:17.220
 and you will hunger

00:31:17.220 --> 00:31:18.879
 unless you are feasting

00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:20.339
 on Christ.

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.980
 This was true of Eve

00:31:22.980 --> 00:31:23.859
 in the garden,

00:31:23.980 --> 00:31:24.460
 wasn't it?

00:31:25.740 --> 00:31:27.480
 Eve believed that lie.

00:31:28.019 --> 00:31:28.980
 The lie was this.

00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:31.559
 My soul won't be satisfied

00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:33.500
 unless I eat

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:35.279
 that forbidden fruit.

00:31:36.319 --> 00:31:37.240
 It's so good

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.880
 to look at.

00:31:38.380 --> 00:31:39.460
 My heart desires

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.200
 to take it

00:31:40.200 --> 00:31:41.019
 and eat it

00:31:41.019 --> 00:31:42.099
 more than anything else.

00:31:43.220 --> 00:31:44.519
 You see how powerful

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:46.200
 the deceit of sin is?

00:31:47.200 --> 00:31:48.380
 And the cost

00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:49.799
 is so high.

00:31:51.860 --> 00:31:53.279
 Think about the result

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:54.099
 for Adam and Eve.

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.980
 They were banned

00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:56.859
 by the sword of God

00:31:56.859 --> 00:31:58.459
 from reentering

00:31:58.459 --> 00:31:59.459
 the garden

00:31:59.459 --> 00:32:00.699
 where all the fruits

00:32:00.699 --> 00:32:01.379
 of the garden

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:02.179
 that God himself

00:32:02.179 --> 00:32:02.859
 placed there

00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:04.059
 for their enjoyment

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:05.519
 were laid out for them.

00:32:06.719 --> 00:32:08.000
 That's a high cost

00:32:08.000 --> 00:32:09.119
 of their sin.

00:32:10.899 --> 00:32:11.759
 And because of that

00:32:11.759 --> 00:32:12.519
 curse of sin,

00:32:12.659 --> 00:32:13.699
 your soul too now

00:32:13.699 --> 00:32:14.579
 hungers

00:32:14.579 --> 00:32:16.639
 unless you feast

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:17.659
 on Christ.

00:32:18.299 --> 00:32:19.199
 But the good news

00:32:19.199 --> 00:32:20.079
 for us is this.

00:32:20.679 --> 00:32:21.619
 That sword

00:32:21.619 --> 00:32:22.519
 that stood between

00:32:22.519 --> 00:32:23.039
 sinners

00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:24.400
 and the garden

00:32:24.400 --> 00:32:25.119
 where bounty

00:32:25.119 --> 00:32:26.160
 and abundance

00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:27.240
 of food existed,

00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:29.420
 Christ took that sword

00:32:29.420 --> 00:32:30.819
 for you and for me

00:32:30.819 --> 00:32:31.799
 who believe in him.

00:32:32.579 --> 00:32:33.799
 Christ took the sword

00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:34.879
 on the cross

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:36.619
 and he became

00:32:36.619 --> 00:32:37.240
 the gate

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.799
 back into the garden

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:40.420
 to his father's garden.

00:32:41.940 --> 00:32:43.180
 And in his garden

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:44.099
 are the trees

00:32:44.099 --> 00:32:45.819
 the spiritual fruit

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.379
 of heaven

00:32:46.379 --> 00:32:48.480
 already opened up

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:48.980
 and ready

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:49.799
 for you

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.579
 to eat.

00:32:51.339 --> 00:32:52.500
 He is the gate

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:53.740
 into the orchard.

00:32:54.819 --> 00:32:56.039
 The curse of sin

00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:57.140
 is still so strong

00:32:57.140 --> 00:32:58.720
 that we often feel

00:32:58.720 --> 00:33:00.319
 like eating garbage

00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:01.059
 rather than

00:33:01.059 --> 00:33:02.000
 the spiritual fruit

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.500
 of heaven.

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.039
 And the filth

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:05.599
 of sin

00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:07.319
 it tempts

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:08.440
 our fallen flesh.

00:33:08.880 --> 00:33:09.920
 Just like Eve

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.680
 the secrecy

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.299
 of stealing

00:33:11.299 --> 00:33:12.420
 the forbidden fruit

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:13.940
 makes us feel

00:33:13.940 --> 00:33:14.599
 like we're free

00:33:14.599 --> 00:33:15.660
 if I could just do that.

00:33:16.839 --> 00:33:17.859
 And then we can do

00:33:17.859 --> 00:33:18.700
 whatever we want.

00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:19.880
 That's the lie.

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:21.840
 And the slimy

00:33:21.840 --> 00:33:22.880
 slithering

00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:23.400
 Satan

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:24.820
 smiles

00:33:24.820 --> 00:33:25.240
 because

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:26.480
 that's exactly

00:33:26.480 --> 00:33:27.240
 how he

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.060
 enslaved

00:33:28.060 --> 00:33:29.280
 God's image bearers

00:33:29.280 --> 00:33:29.800
 to sin

00:33:29.800 --> 00:33:32.000
 by deceiving them.

00:33:32.740 --> 00:33:34.000
 And then the stench

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.440
 of sin

00:33:34.440 --> 00:33:35.420
 sticks to people.

00:33:36.140 --> 00:33:37.160
 And then Satan

00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:37.780
 accuses you

00:33:37.780 --> 00:33:38.520
 even worse.

00:33:38.740 --> 00:33:39.760
 And he says

00:33:39.760 --> 00:33:40.620
 God the Father

00:33:40.620 --> 00:33:42.520
 he does not

00:33:42.520 --> 00:33:43.100
 love you.

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:44.220
 He doesn't

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:45.240
 want you around.

00:33:45.340 --> 00:33:45.960
 You stink.

00:33:46.260 --> 00:33:47.280
 You smell like sin.

00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:48.259
 You can't be near

00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.019
 the holy God.

00:33:49.899 --> 00:33:50.500
 You are

00:33:50.500 --> 00:33:51.519
 like the trash

00:33:51.519 --> 00:33:52.319
 you eat.

00:33:54.000 --> 00:33:54.420
 But Jesus

00:33:54.420 --> 00:33:55.539
 came to repel

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.460
 the lies

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.039
 of Satan

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:58.180
 and to unveil

00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:58.660
 to you

00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.740
 the true nature

00:33:59.740 --> 00:34:00.579
 of his Father.

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:01.700
 Look at verse 32.

00:34:02.440 --> 00:34:03.119
 Jesus says

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:04.019
 truly truly

00:34:04.019 --> 00:34:05.039
 I say to you

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:05.940
 it was not

00:34:05.940 --> 00:34:06.960
 Moses who gave you

00:34:06.960 --> 00:34:07.839
 the bread from heaven

00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:09.239
 but my Father

00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:10.539
 my Father

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.519
 gives you

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.860
 the true bread

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.699
 from heaven.

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:15.859
 that's what

00:34:15.859 --> 00:34:16.359
 my Father

00:34:16.359 --> 00:34:17.279
 is really like.

00:34:18.359 --> 00:34:19.279
 So you come

00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:20.099
 to God hungry

00:34:20.099 --> 00:34:21.099
 and knowing

00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:21.759
 that your soul

00:34:21.759 --> 00:34:22.639
 needs provisions

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:23.639
 that only he

00:34:23.639 --> 00:34:25.199
 can give.

00:34:26.339 --> 00:34:27.139
 And his Father

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:28.279
 gives in the

00:34:28.279 --> 00:34:29.500
 present active tense

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:30.719
 he gives you

00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:31.639
 the bread

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.279
 of heaven

00:34:32.279 --> 00:34:33.480
 Jesus Christ

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.439
 himself.

00:34:35.919 --> 00:34:36.879
 So that's why

00:34:36.879 --> 00:34:37.539
 you need to put

00:34:37.539 --> 00:34:38.099
 your body

00:34:38.099 --> 00:34:39.219
 where you know

00:34:39.219 --> 00:34:39.799
 he will feed

00:34:39.799 --> 00:34:40.279
 your soul.

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.039
 And even

00:34:42.039 --> 00:34:43.159
 through our bodies

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:44.480
 fallen as we are

00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:45.980
 God can stir

00:34:45.980 --> 00:34:46.480
 our hearts

00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.420
 and our affections.

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.899
 Some of our liturgy

00:34:48.899 --> 00:34:49.440
 you know when we

00:34:49.440 --> 00:34:50.179
 stand out of

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:50.719
 reverence for

00:34:50.719 --> 00:34:51.359
 God's word

00:34:51.359 --> 00:34:52.619
 that's our body

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:54.000
 telling your soul

00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:55.039
 this is good

00:34:55.039 --> 00:34:55.379
 for you

00:34:55.379 --> 00:34:56.179
 you need this.

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:57.079
 And when we

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.659
 get low

00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:58.159
 even down

00:34:58.159 --> 00:34:58.899
 on your knees

00:34:58.899 --> 00:35:00.759
 it's you saying

00:35:00.759 --> 00:35:01.359
 look I am

00:35:01.359 --> 00:35:02.339
 under the

00:35:02.339 --> 00:35:02.980
 lawmaker

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:04.219
 the lawgiver

00:35:04.219 --> 00:35:05.500
 Jesus Christ

00:35:05.500 --> 00:35:06.779
 I need to

00:35:06.779 --> 00:35:07.759
 receive from him.

00:35:08.679 --> 00:35:09.099
 And when you

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:09.639
 receive the

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.199
 benediction

00:35:10.199 --> 00:35:11.339
 we stand

00:35:11.339 --> 00:35:12.239
 with open arms

00:35:12.239 --> 00:35:13.159
 because it's

00:35:13.159 --> 00:35:13.639
 our body

00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:14.279
 telling our

00:35:14.279 --> 00:35:14.599
 soul

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.559
 believe

00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.059
 this

00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:16.539
 spiritual

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.299
 truth.

00:35:17.659 --> 00:35:17.899
 It is

00:35:17.899 --> 00:35:18.439
 food for

00:35:18.439 --> 00:35:18.879
 your soul

00:35:18.879 --> 00:35:19.419
 and your

00:35:19.419 --> 00:35:19.919
 soul will

00:35:19.919 --> 00:35:20.359
 hunger

00:35:20.359 --> 00:35:21.719
 unless you

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:22.259
 feast

00:35:22.259 --> 00:35:23.819
 on Christ.

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:27.159
 Well I want

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.519
 to

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:29.500
 I promise

00:35:29.500 --> 00:35:30.000
 to do this

00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:30.399
 quicker.

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:30.979
 I'm going to

00:35:30.979 --> 00:35:31.679
 do the four

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:32.019
 ways

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.899
 the four

00:35:32.899 --> 00:35:33.619
 means by

00:35:33.619 --> 00:35:34.119
 which you

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.399
 need to

00:35:34.399 --> 00:35:34.779
 come to

00:35:34.779 --> 00:35:35.139
 Christ.

00:35:35.599 --> 00:35:35.919
 Okay

00:35:35.919 --> 00:35:36.619
 I don't

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:36.979
 want you

00:35:36.979 --> 00:35:37.959
 leaving here

00:35:37.959 --> 00:35:38.500
 feeling like

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.959
 you can't

00:35:38.959 --> 00:35:39.559
 access him.

00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:40.480
 You can

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:41.199
 and he

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.559
 tells you

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.039
 exactly

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.699
 how.

00:35:43.059 --> 00:35:43.219
 What are

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:43.559
 the means

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:43.980
 by which

00:35:43.980 --> 00:35:44.440
 you feast

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:44.920
 on Christ?

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.500
 Number one

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:46.239
 you feast

00:35:46.239 --> 00:35:46.719
 on Christ

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:47.079
 when you

00:35:47.079 --> 00:35:48.139
 hear his

00:35:48.139 --> 00:35:48.659
 word.

00:35:49.279 --> 00:35:49.619
 Look at

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:50.239
 verse 33

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:51.219
 he tells

00:35:51.219 --> 00:35:51.699
 you exactly

00:35:51.699 --> 00:35:52.059
 what it

00:35:52.059 --> 00:35:52.320
 is.

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.420
 The bread

00:35:53.420 --> 00:35:54.579
 of God

00:35:54.579 --> 00:35:55.880
 is he

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.719
 who comes

00:35:56.719 --> 00:35:57.360
 down from

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:57.699
 heaven

00:35:57.699 --> 00:35:58.739
 and gives

00:35:58.739 --> 00:35:59.759
 life to

00:35:59.759 --> 00:36:00.259
 the world.

00:36:00.980 --> 00:36:01.340
 How do

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:01.759
 you feast

00:36:01.759 --> 00:36:02.360
 on God?

00:36:02.679 --> 00:36:03.299
 By the

00:36:03.299 --> 00:36:03.779
 bread of

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.019
 heaven

00:36:04.019 --> 00:36:04.599
 by Jesus

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.059
 Christ.

00:36:05.400 --> 00:36:05.659
 Well how

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:05.860
 do you

00:36:05.860 --> 00:36:06.299
 know Jesus

00:36:06.299 --> 00:36:06.799
 Christ?

00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:08.400
 By the

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:08.779
 word of

00:36:08.779 --> 00:36:09.059
 God.

00:36:09.559 --> 00:36:09.920
 Jesus

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.360
 is the

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.559
 bread

00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:10.820
 from

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.179
 heaven.

00:36:11.920 --> 00:36:12.259
 The

00:36:12.259 --> 00:36:12.639
 work he

00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:13.099
 did in

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:13.320
 his

00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:13.739
 flesh,

00:36:13.920 --> 00:36:14.360
 in his

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:14.799
 body,

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:15.400
 it is

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:15.619
 the

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:16.019
 substance

00:36:16.019 --> 00:36:16.820
 of the

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.159
 spiritual

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:18.059
 life for

00:36:18.059 --> 00:36:18.639
 your soul.

00:36:19.500 --> 00:36:19.860
 And they

00:36:19.860 --> 00:36:20.219
 said to

00:36:20.219 --> 00:36:20.519
 him in

00:36:20.519 --> 00:36:21.119
 verse 34,

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.039
 Sir give

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:22.820
 us this

00:36:22.820 --> 00:36:23.099
 bread

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.679
 always.

00:36:25.000 --> 00:36:25.440
 This is

00:36:25.440 --> 00:36:25.799
 the same

00:36:25.799 --> 00:36:26.239
 truth that

00:36:26.239 --> 00:36:26.559
 God has

00:36:26.559 --> 00:36:27.000
 always

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:27.759
 revealed

00:36:27.759 --> 00:36:28.519
 and always

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:30.019
 shown to

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:30.920
 believers who

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.500
 he's given a

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:31.980
 hunger for

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.199
 him.

00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:32.960
 It's what

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:33.320
 Jeremiah

00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:34.420
 confessed in

00:36:34.420 --> 00:36:35.199
 Jeremiah 15

00:36:35.199 --> 00:36:35.739
 16.

00:36:36.199 --> 00:36:37.259
 Your words

00:36:37.259 --> 00:36:37.960
 were found

00:36:37.960 --> 00:36:38.599
 and I ate

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.279
 them and

00:36:39.280 --> 00:36:39.760
 your words

00:36:39.760 --> 00:36:40.320
 became to

00:36:40.320 --> 00:36:40.820
 me a

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.160
 joy,

00:36:41.640 --> 00:36:42.220
 the delight

00:36:42.220 --> 00:36:42.560
 of my

00:36:42.560 --> 00:36:42.960
 heart,

00:36:43.420 --> 00:36:43.760
 for I

00:36:43.760 --> 00:36:44.260
 am called

00:36:44.260 --> 00:36:44.660
 by your

00:36:44.660 --> 00:36:44.960
 name,

00:36:45.019 --> 00:36:45.380
 O Lord

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:46.380
 God of

00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:47.000
 hosts.

00:36:48.560 --> 00:36:49.180
 How do

00:36:49.180 --> 00:36:49.920
 you feast

00:36:49.920 --> 00:36:50.360
 on God

00:36:50.360 --> 00:36:50.800
 through his

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.120
 word?

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.200
 Well you

00:36:52.200 --> 00:36:52.580
 take a

00:36:52.580 --> 00:36:53.460
 copy of

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:54.040
 the ESV

00:36:54.040 --> 00:36:54.640
 Bible right

00:36:54.640 --> 00:36:55.040
 there from

00:36:55.040 --> 00:36:55.340
 the book

00:36:55.340 --> 00:36:55.660
 table,

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.340
 you go

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:56.940
 home today

00:36:56.940 --> 00:36:57.860
 and you

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.220
 turn to

00:36:58.220 --> 00:36:58.860
 Philippians

00:36:58.860 --> 00:36:59.240
 and you

00:36:59.240 --> 00:36:59.420
 read

00:36:59.420 --> 00:36:59.920
 Philippians

00:36:59.920 --> 00:37:00.580
 1 today

00:37:00.580 --> 00:37:01.460
 as slow

00:37:01.460 --> 00:37:01.940
 as you

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.260
 like.

00:37:03.040 --> 00:37:03.420
 Don't even

00:37:03.420 --> 00:37:03.720
 need to

00:37:03.720 --> 00:37:04.080
 finish the

00:37:04.080 --> 00:37:04.519
 whole chapter,

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.079
 it's not

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:05.559
 homework.

00:37:06.440 --> 00:37:07.139
 When God

00:37:07.139 --> 00:37:07.679
 gives you

00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:08.759
 a truth

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:09.420
 in his

00:37:09.420 --> 00:37:09.840
 word by

00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:10.159
 the help

00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:10.500
 of his

00:37:10.500 --> 00:37:10.860
 spirit,

00:37:11.340 --> 00:37:12.239
 you close

00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:12.719
 your eyes

00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:13.199
 and you

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:14.940
 pray that

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.300
 truth,

00:37:15.460 --> 00:37:16.019
 help him to

00:37:16.019 --> 00:37:16.579
 teach you

00:37:16.579 --> 00:37:17.440
 to understand

00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:18.599
 it and you

00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:19.119
 work your way

00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:19.420
 through the

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:19.739
 book of

00:37:19.739 --> 00:37:20.320
 Philippians

00:37:20.320 --> 00:37:21.440
 and then talk

00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:21.820
 to me and I'll

00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:22.159
 tell you the

00:37:22.159 --> 00:37:22.619
 next thing I

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:22.980
 want you to

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:24.059
 read and you

00:37:24.059 --> 00:37:24.500
 take a book

00:37:24.500 --> 00:37:25.019
 from that book

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.719
 table and you

00:37:25.719 --> 00:37:26.199
 know how much

00:37:26.199 --> 00:37:26.619
 of that you

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:26.960
 read?

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.880
 Just as little

00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:29.579
 as possible

00:37:29.579 --> 00:37:30.739
 until you have a

00:37:30.739 --> 00:37:31.380
 desire to go

00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:31.940
 read more of

00:37:31.940 --> 00:37:32.440
 God's word.

00:37:32.440 --> 00:37:33.460
 That's what

00:37:33.460 --> 00:37:33.880
 good books

00:37:33.880 --> 00:37:34.159
 do.

00:37:35.019 --> 00:37:35.659
 And you say

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.039
 I'm not a

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:36.500
 good reader,

00:37:36.619 --> 00:37:37.019
 I'm slow,

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:37.579
 that's okay.

00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:38.679
 You can also

00:37:38.679 --> 00:37:39.460
 talk to me and

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:40.000
 on our website

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.720
 I'll send you

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.099
 audio,

00:37:41.260 --> 00:37:41.780
 you can listen

00:37:41.780 --> 00:37:42.340
 to good audio,

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:42.740
 you know how

00:37:42.740 --> 00:37:43.220
 much of a

00:37:43.220 --> 00:37:44.059
 good sermon

00:37:44.059 --> 00:37:44.460
 or audio

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:44.900
 you listen

00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.159
 to?

00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:46.079
 Just as

00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:46.760
 little as it

00:37:46.760 --> 00:37:47.099
 needs to

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:47.500
 until it

00:37:47.500 --> 00:37:48.079
 makes you

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.720
 see I

00:37:48.720 --> 00:37:49.099
 need to go

00:37:49.099 --> 00:37:49.599
 spend time

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.019
 with the

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:50.780
 Lord in

00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:51.260
 his word

00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:51.900
 and in

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.179
 prayer.

00:37:52.579 --> 00:37:52.760
 You're

00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:53.559
 feeding your

00:37:53.559 --> 00:37:54.280
 soul on

00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:55.340
 God's word.

00:37:56.240 --> 00:37:56.579
 Number two,

00:37:56.679 --> 00:37:57.800
 you feast not

00:37:57.800 --> 00:37:58.360
 only by his

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:58.860
 word but you

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.740
 must feast by

00:37:59.740 --> 00:38:00.539
 faith.

00:38:01.200 --> 00:38:01.559
 See it's

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.280
 possible to be

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:02.980
 very close to

00:38:02.980 --> 00:38:03.920
 Jesus and

00:38:03.920 --> 00:38:04.500
 starve your

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:04.800
 soul.

00:38:05.340 --> 00:38:05.680
 Look at

00:38:05.680 --> 00:38:06.400
 verse 35.

00:38:07.160 --> 00:38:07.780
 Jesus said to

00:38:07.780 --> 00:38:08.560
 them I am the

00:38:08.560 --> 00:38:09.180
 bread of life

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:10.180
 whoever comes

00:38:10.180 --> 00:38:10.860
 to me shall

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:11.480
 not hunger

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.260
 and whoever

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:13.240
 believes in me

00:38:13.240 --> 00:38:14.200
 shall never

00:38:14.200 --> 00:38:14.720
 thirst.

00:38:16.040 --> 00:38:16.840
 But look at

00:38:16.840 --> 00:38:17.660
 verse 36.

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:20.260
 I said you

00:38:20.260 --> 00:38:21.120
 have seen me

00:38:21.120 --> 00:38:22.580
 yet you do

00:38:22.580 --> 00:38:23.980
 not believe.

00:38:25.040 --> 00:38:25.580
 See putting

00:38:25.580 --> 00:38:26.180
 your body

00:38:26.180 --> 00:38:27.680
 near where you

00:38:27.680 --> 00:38:28.180
 know Jesus

00:38:28.180 --> 00:38:28.940
 will be feeding

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:30.180
 is one part

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:31.099
 but you

00:38:31.099 --> 00:38:32.239
 must receive

00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:33.599
 by faith.

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:34.579
 You can be

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:35.299
 that close to

00:38:35.299 --> 00:38:35.799
 him and not

00:38:35.799 --> 00:38:38.339
 believe because

00:38:38.339 --> 00:38:39.059
 you being in

00:38:39.059 --> 00:38:39.599
 church or you

00:38:39.599 --> 00:38:40.480
 spending time in

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:41.019
 the Bible in

00:38:41.019 --> 00:38:42.159
 prayer that does

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:43.559
 not save you

00:38:43.559 --> 00:38:44.079
 or me.

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:46.659
 It's your faith

00:38:46.659 --> 00:38:47.619
 that unites you

00:38:47.619 --> 00:38:48.139
 to Christ.

00:38:48.399 --> 00:38:48.980
 That's the only

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:49.759
 way you are fed

00:38:49.759 --> 00:38:50.839
 is through union

00:38:50.839 --> 00:38:52.219
 with Christ by

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:52.519
 faith.

00:38:52.619 --> 00:38:53.019
 You know why

00:38:53.019 --> 00:38:53.679
 you come up here

00:38:53.679 --> 00:38:54.259
 in just a moment

00:38:54.259 --> 00:38:54.779
 and take the

00:38:54.779 --> 00:38:55.279
 Lord's Supper?

00:38:55.879 --> 00:38:56.719
 It's because the

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:57.899
 Lord's Supper will

00:38:57.899 --> 00:38:58.759
 grow your faith.

00:38:58.760 --> 00:38:59.920
 It will strengthen

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.580
 your faith where

00:39:00.580 --> 00:39:01.080
 you're weak.

00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:02.540
 That's what one

00:39:02.540 --> 00:39:03.900
 of our catechisms

00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:04.340
 says.

00:39:04.540 --> 00:39:05.740
 As bread nourishes

00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:06.540
 our temporal

00:39:06.540 --> 00:39:07.840
 life so too

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:08.720
 his crucified

00:39:08.720 --> 00:39:10.120
 body truly

00:39:10.120 --> 00:39:11.180
 nourishes our

00:39:11.180 --> 00:39:12.120
 soul for eternal

00:39:12.120 --> 00:39:12.960
 life.

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:13.940
 Through the Holy

00:39:13.940 --> 00:39:14.960
 Spirit's work we

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:15.880
 share in his

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.480
 true body.

00:39:17.060 --> 00:39:17.680
 All of his

00:39:17.680 --> 00:39:18.640
 suffering and

00:39:18.640 --> 00:39:19.960
 obedience are as

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:21.760
 definitely ours as

00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:22.560
 if we personally

00:39:22.560 --> 00:39:23.840
 had suffered and

00:39:23.840 --> 00:39:24.820
 paid for our

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:25.600
 sins.

00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:27.100
 You are united

00:39:27.100 --> 00:39:28.160
 to Christ by

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:29.079
 faith and the

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.619
 Lord's Supper

00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:30.859
 reinforces that

00:39:30.859 --> 00:39:32.179
 glorious truth

00:39:32.179 --> 00:39:33.059
 to you.

00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:34.500
 You feast on

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:34.940
 his word.

00:39:35.059 --> 00:39:35.739
 You feast by

00:39:35.739 --> 00:39:36.259
 faith.

00:39:36.699 --> 00:39:37.039
 Number three,

00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:38.599
 you feast in

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:39.579
 assurance.

00:39:40.139 --> 00:39:40.579
 Assurance.

00:39:41.239 --> 00:39:42.000
 You will taste

00:39:42.000 --> 00:39:43.179
 how the gospel is

00:39:43.179 --> 00:39:44.219
 a feast when you

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:45.899
 have assurance of

00:39:45.899 --> 00:39:47.579
 your salvation by

00:39:47.579 --> 00:39:48.739
 grace alone.

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:50.519
 That's when you

00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:51.460
 know that Christ

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:53.440
 will never cast

00:39:53.440 --> 00:39:54.659
 you out.

00:39:55.440 --> 00:39:56.179
 Look at verse

00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:56.839
 37.

00:39:57.779 --> 00:39:58.579
 Jesus says,

00:39:59.159 --> 00:39:59.799
 all that the

00:39:59.799 --> 00:40:00.500
 Father gives

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:01.440
 me will come

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:02.139
 to me and

00:40:02.139 --> 00:40:02.779
 whoever comes

00:40:02.779 --> 00:40:04.239
 to me I will

00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:05.500
 never cast

00:40:05.500 --> 00:40:06.239
 out.

00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:09.139
 Never.

00:40:11.019 --> 00:40:11.960
 You go to

00:40:11.960 --> 00:40:12.919
 Christ again

00:40:12.919 --> 00:40:14.559
 and again and

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:15.699
 yes again today

00:40:15.699 --> 00:40:17.599
 and you trust in

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:19.259
 God's faithfulness.

00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:21.279
 Charles Spurgeon

00:40:21.279 --> 00:40:22.119
 said, we come to

00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:23.000
 him in weakness

00:40:23.000 --> 00:40:25.320
 and in sin with

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:26.460
 trembling faith,

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.780
 small knowledge,

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:29.199
 and slender hope,

00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:30.960
 but still he does

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:32.340
 not cast us out.

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.619
 Look at verse

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:34.059
 38.

00:40:34.500 --> 00:40:35.460
 I have come down

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:36.599
 from heaven not

00:40:36.599 --> 00:40:37.420
 to do my own

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:38.280
 will but the will

00:40:38.280 --> 00:40:39.159
 of him who sent

00:40:39.159 --> 00:40:39.360
 me.

00:40:39.659 --> 00:40:40.219
 And what is the

00:40:40.219 --> 00:40:40.440
 will?

00:40:40.679 --> 00:40:41.059
 Look at verse

00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:41.539
 39.

00:40:42.239 --> 00:40:43.119
 This is the will

00:40:43.119 --> 00:40:43.800
 of him who sent

00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:44.920
 me that I should

00:40:44.920 --> 00:40:46.460
 lose nothing of

00:40:46.460 --> 00:40:47.159
 all that he has

00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:47.820
 given me.

00:40:48.599 --> 00:40:49.320
 Spurgeon again,

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:50.360
 we come with

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:51.519
 prayer but those

00:40:51.519 --> 00:40:52.460
 prayers are broken.

00:40:52.460 --> 00:40:53.699
 We come with

00:40:53.699 --> 00:40:55.000
 confession but our

00:40:55.000 --> 00:40:56.159
 confession is faulty.

00:40:56.760 --> 00:40:57.280
 We come with

00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:58.039
 praise but our

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:59.599
 praise falls short

00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:00.579
 of his merits.

00:41:00.940 --> 00:41:01.460
 Don't you feel

00:41:01.460 --> 00:41:02.179
 that even today?

00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:04.480
 We come diseased

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:05.280
 and polluted,

00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:06.400
 worn out and

00:41:06.400 --> 00:41:06.860
 worthless.

00:41:07.079 --> 00:41:07.820
 We are no better

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.940
 than that ancient

00:41:08.940 --> 00:41:09.860
 crowd.

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:12.960
 But still he does

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:14.980
 not cast us out.

00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:16.119
 Your soul will

00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:18.059
 hunger until you

00:41:18.059 --> 00:41:19.139
 feast on Christ.

00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:19.239
 Christ.

00:41:20.679 --> 00:41:21.920
 How do you know

00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:24.000
 that you are one

00:41:24.000 --> 00:41:24.879
 that the Father

00:41:24.879 --> 00:41:25.879
 gave to Christ?

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:26.480
 How do you know

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:26.699
 that?

00:41:27.699 --> 00:41:28.940
 You know it by the

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:30.119
 evidence of

00:41:30.119 --> 00:41:30.719
 assurance.

00:41:31.379 --> 00:41:32.359
 What is the

00:41:32.359 --> 00:41:32.940
 evidence of

00:41:32.940 --> 00:41:33.299
 assurance?

00:41:33.940 --> 00:41:34.679
 It's your

00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:35.920
 sanctification.

00:41:36.599 --> 00:41:37.059
 And that's my

00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:37.659
 fourth point.

00:41:38.179 --> 00:41:38.819
 You feast on

00:41:38.819 --> 00:41:39.480
 Christ in

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:40.460
 sanctification.

00:41:41.259 --> 00:41:42.400
 Sanctification is

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:43.259
 not a burden for

00:41:43.259 --> 00:41:43.719
 this life.

00:41:43.839 --> 00:41:44.699
 It is preparation

00:41:44.699 --> 00:41:46.239
 for eternity.

00:41:47.119 --> 00:41:47.799
 Your soul will

00:41:47.799 --> 00:41:49.500
 dwell immediately.

00:41:49.799 --> 00:41:50.419
 The moment you

00:41:50.419 --> 00:41:51.219
 die, the moment

00:41:51.219 --> 00:41:52.939
 your body releases

00:41:52.939 --> 00:41:54.000
 your spirit, your

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:55.019
 soul will be united

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:56.259
 to Christ if you

00:41:56.259 --> 00:41:57.619
 are in him by

00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:58.460
 faith and you

00:41:58.460 --> 00:41:59.039
 will be with

00:41:59.039 --> 00:41:59.619
 Christ for

00:41:59.619 --> 00:42:00.259
 eternity.

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:01.419
 That's what

00:42:01.419 --> 00:42:02.239
 sanctification is

00:42:02.239 --> 00:42:03.719
 preparing you to

00:42:03.719 --> 00:42:05.079
 dwell in such a

00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:05.960
 way with Christ.

00:42:07.339 --> 00:42:08.179
 Look at verse

00:42:08.179 --> 00:42:08.839
 27.

00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:09.919
 Jesus says,

00:42:10.339 --> 00:42:11.039
 now pay attention

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:11.859
 carefully to his

00:42:11.859 --> 00:42:12.419
 words here.

00:42:12.420 --> 00:42:15.659
 do not work for

00:42:15.659 --> 00:42:16.320
 the food that

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:17.059
 perishes.

00:42:19.659 --> 00:42:21.079
 But for, in

00:42:21.079 --> 00:42:21.539
 other words, you

00:42:21.539 --> 00:42:23.180
 do work to feed

00:42:23.180 --> 00:42:24.059
 your soul on

00:42:24.059 --> 00:42:24.860
 spiritual food.

00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:25.420
 What is that?

00:42:25.720 --> 00:42:26.740
 It's the food that

00:42:26.740 --> 00:42:28.519
 endures to eternal

00:42:28.519 --> 00:42:30.119
 life, which the

00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:31.320
 Son of Man will

00:42:31.320 --> 00:42:32.700
 give to you.

00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:34.180
 You work for that

00:42:34.180 --> 00:42:35.159
 that he is giving

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:35.599
 to you.

00:42:36.240 --> 00:42:36.980
 He gives it.

00:42:37.820 --> 00:42:38.519
 And you work for

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:39.220
 what he's giving

00:42:39.220 --> 00:42:39.440
 you.

00:42:39.840 --> 00:42:40.519
 He gets all the

00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:40.840
 glory.

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.139
 But you work for

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:42.619
 what's going to

00:42:42.619 --> 00:42:43.000
 last for

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.460
 eternity.

00:42:44.639 --> 00:42:45.400
 For on him,

00:42:45.519 --> 00:42:46.259
 God the Father

00:42:46.259 --> 00:42:48.059
 has set his

00:42:48.059 --> 00:42:48.900
 seal.

00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:50.980
 The hot wax is

00:42:50.980 --> 00:42:51.279
 poured.

00:42:51.799 --> 00:42:52.739
 The king's signet

00:42:52.739 --> 00:42:53.679
 ring stamped down

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:54.719
 on the life of

00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:56.219
 everyone given

00:42:56.219 --> 00:42:58.279
 to Christ by

00:42:58.279 --> 00:42:58.839
 the Father.

00:43:00.420 --> 00:43:01.400
 So pay attention

00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:01.859
 to this.

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:03.960
 Union to

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.460
 Christ.

00:43:04.599 --> 00:43:05.219
 This is what it

00:43:05.219 --> 00:43:05.940
 all hinges on.

00:43:06.719 --> 00:43:07.879
 It is evidenced

00:43:07.879 --> 00:43:09.319
 by communion

00:43:09.320 --> 00:43:10.340
 communion with

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:11.220
 Christ.

00:43:13.220 --> 00:43:13.980
 Union with

00:43:13.980 --> 00:43:14.400
 Christ.

00:43:14.600 --> 00:43:15.300
 That's the hope

00:43:15.300 --> 00:43:15.800
 of your soul

00:43:15.800 --> 00:43:16.320
 from life and

00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:16.740
 in death.

00:43:17.420 --> 00:43:18.420
 It's evidenced

00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:19.019
 by, here's the

00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:19.920
 fruit of assurance,

00:43:20.660 --> 00:43:21.920
 communion with

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.800
 Christ.

00:43:24.180 --> 00:43:24.940
 Feeding your soul

00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:25.740
 on Christ is

00:43:25.740 --> 00:43:26.860
 evidence of union

00:43:26.860 --> 00:43:27.820
 to him.

00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:29.100
 If you are

00:43:29.100 --> 00:43:30.019
 united to Christ,

00:43:30.140 --> 00:43:30.900
 then God's, the

00:43:30.900 --> 00:43:32.059
 Father's seal is

00:43:32.059 --> 00:43:33.960
 upon your life.

00:43:33.960 --> 00:43:37.539
 And the will

00:43:37.539 --> 00:43:38.159
 of the Father

00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:39.300
 was what fed

00:43:39.300 --> 00:43:39.840
 Jesus.

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:41.059
 In John 4, 34,

00:43:41.220 --> 00:43:41.740
 Jesus said,

00:43:42.059 --> 00:43:43.320
 my food is to

00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:44.019
 do the will

00:43:44.019 --> 00:43:45.420
 of my Father.

00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:46.599
 And if your

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:47.159
 will is now

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:47.880
 bound up with

00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:49.059
 his, that will

00:43:49.059 --> 00:43:50.000
 be your desire

00:43:50.000 --> 00:43:50.619
 as well.

00:43:50.860 --> 00:43:51.559
 Your will will

00:43:51.559 --> 00:43:52.360
 be to do the

00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:53.280
 will of the

00:43:53.280 --> 00:43:53.639
 Father.

00:43:54.340 --> 00:43:54.940
 Our remaining

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:55.699
 sin is at

00:43:55.699 --> 00:43:56.340
 enmity with

00:43:56.340 --> 00:43:56.699
 God.

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.639
 It hates to

00:43:57.639 --> 00:43:58.159
 do God's

00:43:58.159 --> 00:43:58.420
 will.

00:43:58.720 --> 00:43:59.240
 If you are

00:43:59.240 --> 00:44:00.240
 not saved by

00:44:00.240 --> 00:44:00.860
 grace alone

00:44:00.860 --> 00:44:01.380
 through faith

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:01.639
 alone,

00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:02.519
 sanctification

00:44:02.519 --> 00:44:03.420
 sounds like a

00:44:03.420 --> 00:44:04.059
 lot of work

00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:05.599
 and your

00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:05.980
 flesh will

00:44:05.980 --> 00:44:06.539
 never want

00:44:06.539 --> 00:44:07.039
 to do it

00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:08.300
 and you

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:08.940
 will be doomed

00:44:08.940 --> 00:44:09.860
 to fail.

00:44:10.720 --> 00:44:11.340
 So is there

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:12.000
 any hope?

00:44:12.780 --> 00:44:13.579
 The hope is

00:44:13.579 --> 00:44:14.000
 this.

00:44:14.320 --> 00:44:15.000
 If God has

00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:15.519
 given you a

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:16.079
 hunger in your

00:44:16.079 --> 00:44:16.880
 soul and he's

00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:18.460
 united you to

00:44:18.460 --> 00:44:19.579
 his son through

00:44:19.579 --> 00:44:21.000
 faith, you now

00:44:21.000 --> 00:44:22.119
 are his project.

00:44:22.579 --> 00:44:23.639
 He owns your

00:44:23.639 --> 00:44:24.480
 sanctification.

00:44:25.940 --> 00:44:27.000
 See, Jesus was

00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:27.659
 the carpenter.

00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:28.320
 He was a

00:44:28.320 --> 00:44:28.579
 builder.

00:44:29.059 --> 00:44:29.680
 Nazareth is

00:44:29.680 --> 00:44:30.420
 only about 11

00:44:30.420 --> 00:44:31.300
 miles from

00:44:31.300 --> 00:44:31.960
 Tiberias.

00:44:32.139 --> 00:44:32.760
 He saw the

00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:33.160
 city being

00:44:33.160 --> 00:44:33.500
 built.

00:44:34.060 --> 00:44:34.440
 He would

00:44:34.440 --> 00:44:35.000
 have contracted

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:35.520
 out in all

00:44:35.520 --> 00:44:36.000
 the areas

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:36.820
 surrounding that.

00:44:37.540 --> 00:44:38.000
 And it

00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:38.760
 probably annoyed

00:44:38.760 --> 00:44:39.100
 him when

00:44:39.100 --> 00:44:39.500
 someone would

00:44:39.500 --> 00:44:39.920
 start a

00:44:39.920 --> 00:44:40.480
 project and

00:44:40.480 --> 00:44:40.800
 then run

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:41.420
 out of money.

00:44:41.860 --> 00:44:42.360
 But that's

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:43.160
 exactly what

00:44:43.160 --> 00:44:43.800
 Herod Agrippa

00:44:43.800 --> 00:44:44.160
 did.

00:44:44.380 --> 00:44:44.760
 If you were

00:44:44.760 --> 00:44:45.160
 to travel

00:44:45.160 --> 00:44:46.160
 through Tiberias,

00:44:46.420 --> 00:44:46.660
 you would

00:44:46.660 --> 00:44:46.860
 have seen

00:44:46.860 --> 00:44:47.700
 these buildings

00:44:47.700 --> 00:44:48.300
 only half

00:44:48.300 --> 00:44:48.620
 built.

00:44:49.100 --> 00:44:49.660
 What a joke

00:44:49.660 --> 00:44:50.060
 that was

00:44:50.060 --> 00:44:50.540
 compared to

00:44:50.540 --> 00:44:51.340
 Herod the

00:44:51.340 --> 00:44:51.860
 Great, his

00:44:51.860 --> 00:44:52.820
 father, who

00:44:52.820 --> 00:44:53.480
 built amazing

00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:54.080
 things in the

00:44:54.080 --> 00:44:54.800
 style of Rome.

00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:55.880
 Herod Agrippa,

00:44:56.240 --> 00:44:56.560
 he would

00:44:56.560 --> 00:44:57.200
 abandon his

00:44:57.200 --> 00:44:57.700
 projects.

00:44:58.200 --> 00:44:58.880
 And for a

00:44:58.880 --> 00:44:59.580
 carpenter, a

00:44:59.580 --> 00:45:00.500
 builder, there's

00:45:00.500 --> 00:45:01.040
 nothing more

00:45:01.040 --> 00:45:01.520
 annoying,

00:45:01.680 --> 00:45:02.320
 unprofessional.

00:45:02.760 --> 00:45:03.240
 He knew

00:45:03.240 --> 00:45:03.600
 that.

00:45:04.080 --> 00:45:04.460
 And at the

00:45:04.460 --> 00:45:05.220
 same context,

00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:06.320
 Luke 14, 8,

00:45:06.380 --> 00:45:06.980
 Jesus says,

00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:07.760
 which of you

00:45:07.760 --> 00:45:08.580
 desiring to

00:45:08.580 --> 00:45:08.940
 build a

00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:10.060
 tower, probably

00:45:10.060 --> 00:45:10.800
 looking at

00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:11.900
 Tiberias in

00:45:11.900 --> 00:45:12.400
 this exact

00:45:12.400 --> 00:45:13.400
 moment, everyone

00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:13.860
 looking and

00:45:13.860 --> 00:45:14.460
 knowing exactly

00:45:14.460 --> 00:45:15.040
 what Christ is

00:45:15.040 --> 00:45:15.660
 talking about,

00:45:16.120 --> 00:45:16.600
 who doesn't

00:45:16.600 --> 00:45:17.360
 first sit down

00:45:17.360 --> 00:45:17.860
 and count the

00:45:17.860 --> 00:45:18.800
 cost, whether

00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:19.340
 he has enough

00:45:19.340 --> 00:45:20.120
 to complete it.

00:45:20.720 --> 00:45:21.320
 But listen to

00:45:21.320 --> 00:45:22.520
 what God says

00:45:22.520 --> 00:45:23.860
 in Philippians 1, 6

00:45:23.860 --> 00:45:24.480
 through Paul.

00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:25.559
 I am sure

00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:26.119
 of this, that

00:45:26.119 --> 00:45:27.579
 he who began

00:45:27.579 --> 00:45:28.619
 a good work

00:45:28.619 --> 00:45:29.900
 in you will

00:45:29.900 --> 00:45:30.480
 bring it to

00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:31.740
 completion on

00:45:31.740 --> 00:45:32.260
 the day of

00:45:32.260 --> 00:45:33.039
 Jesus Christ.

00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:33.619
 Your

00:45:33.619 --> 00:45:35.079
 sanctification is

00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:35.699
 his project.

00:45:36.159 --> 00:45:36.780
 He is building

00:45:36.780 --> 00:45:37.820
 you up as

00:45:37.820 --> 00:45:38.219
 his holy

00:45:38.219 --> 00:45:39.219
 temple, so he

00:45:39.219 --> 00:45:39.980
 will dwell in

00:45:39.980 --> 00:45:40.659
 you for

00:45:40.659 --> 00:45:41.240
 eternity,

00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:41.740
 church.

00:45:42.380 --> 00:45:42.880
 That's your

00:45:42.880 --> 00:45:43.179
 hope.

00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:47.219
 You do not

00:45:47.219 --> 00:45:47.800
 have to

00:45:47.800 --> 00:45:48.880
 fabricate your

00:45:48.880 --> 00:45:50.219
 own spiritual

00:45:50.219 --> 00:45:50.740
 food.

00:45:50.739 --> 00:45:52.539
 You do

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:53.079
 feed your

00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:54.019
 soul on

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:54.579
 the spiritual

00:45:54.579 --> 00:45:55.219
 food which

00:45:55.219 --> 00:45:55.859
 the Son of

00:45:55.859 --> 00:45:57.059
 Man will

00:45:57.059 --> 00:45:58.279
 give to you.

00:45:58.639 --> 00:45:59.419
 Trust that he

00:45:59.419 --> 00:45:59.659
 will.

00:45:59.779 --> 00:46:01.019
 Verse 27, he

00:46:01.019 --> 00:46:01.599
 will give you

00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:02.179
 the food that

00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:03.419
 your soul needs

00:46:03.419 --> 00:46:04.419
 every day.

00:46:04.979 --> 00:46:05.879
 Let me recap

00:46:05.879 --> 00:46:06.419
 this point.

00:46:06.919 --> 00:46:07.559
 By what means

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:08.139
 can you feast

00:46:08.139 --> 00:46:08.759
 on Christ?

00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:09.879
 Number one, by

00:46:09.879 --> 00:46:11.159
 his word, by

00:46:11.159 --> 00:46:12.459
 faith, by the

00:46:12.459 --> 00:46:13.000
 evidence of

00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:14.159
 assurance, and

00:46:14.159 --> 00:46:15.000
 by your growing

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:16.019
 and sanctification.

00:46:16.219 --> 00:46:17.379
 You feast on

00:46:17.379 --> 00:46:18.119
 the eternal life

00:46:18.119 --> 00:46:18.779
 that God has

00:46:18.779 --> 00:46:19.579
 laid out for you

00:46:19.579 --> 00:46:20.239
 like a banquet

00:46:20.239 --> 00:46:20.679
 feast.

00:46:21.339 --> 00:46:22.239
 Your soul will

00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:23.379
 hunger until you

00:46:23.379 --> 00:46:24.500
 feast on

00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:24.939
 Christ.

00:46:26.619 --> 00:46:27.719
 You rehearse the

00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:28.839
 gospel and your

00:46:28.839 --> 00:46:29.539
 soul is fed.

00:46:29.679 --> 00:46:30.179
 Milton Vincent

00:46:30.179 --> 00:46:31.699
 again, how shall

00:46:31.699 --> 00:46:32.679
 I thank God for

00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:33.519
 this gospel of

00:46:33.519 --> 00:46:34.839
 his, a gift that

00:46:34.839 --> 00:46:35.559
 keeps giving?

00:46:36.239 --> 00:46:36.939
 Each time I

00:46:36.939 --> 00:46:37.879
 rehearse, deserve

00:46:37.879 --> 00:46:38.819
 it, I don't on

00:46:38.819 --> 00:46:40.379
 my holiest day, but

00:46:40.379 --> 00:46:41.619
 this is salvation,

00:46:42.419 --> 00:46:44.079
 and herein I'll

00:46:44.079 --> 00:46:44.519
 stay.

00:46:45.739 --> 00:46:47.259
 I want this last

00:46:47.259 --> 00:46:47.959
 little illustration

00:46:47.959 --> 00:46:49.339
 to be impressed on

00:46:49.339 --> 00:46:49.819
 your mind to

00:46:49.819 --> 00:46:50.519
 remember this.

00:46:50.739 --> 00:46:53.339
 On a piece of

00:46:53.339 --> 00:46:55.779
 printer paper, blue

00:46:55.779 --> 00:46:57.419
 marker, these words

00:46:57.419 --> 00:46:58.639
 were written and

00:46:58.639 --> 00:47:00.339
 then taped outside

00:47:00.339 --> 00:47:01.519
 of a restaurant on

00:47:01.519 --> 00:47:02.339
 the alley side

00:47:02.339 --> 00:47:03.239
 facing the

00:47:03.239 --> 00:47:03.859
 dumpsters.

00:47:04.579 --> 00:47:05.899
 The sign read,

00:47:05.900 --> 00:47:07.660
 to the people eating

00:47:07.660 --> 00:47:07.680
 to the people eating

00:47:07.680 --> 00:47:09.440
 out of my garbage.

00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:11.980
 I have more love

00:47:11.980 --> 00:47:12.720
 for you than you

00:47:12.720 --> 00:47:13.400
 can think.

00:47:14.340 --> 00:47:15.539
 Please just come

00:47:15.539 --> 00:47:17.019
 in and tell me

00:47:17.019 --> 00:47:18.000
 you're hungry.

00:47:19.000 --> 00:47:20.340
 I will forever

00:47:20.340 --> 00:47:21.820
 give you a fresh

00:47:21.820 --> 00:47:23.019
 slice of pizza

00:47:23.019 --> 00:47:24.920
 and fresh water

00:47:24.920 --> 00:47:25.619
 to drink.

00:47:26.119 --> 00:47:26.900
 God bless.

00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:29.500
 your soul will

00:47:29.500 --> 00:47:30.539
 hunger until you

00:47:30.539 --> 00:47:32.139
 feast on Christ.

00:47:32.380 --> 00:47:33.139
 But Jesus says

00:47:33.139 --> 00:47:33.740
 to you,

00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:36.200
 I am the bread

00:47:36.200 --> 00:47:36.920
 of life.

00:47:37.460 --> 00:47:38.220
 If you come to

00:47:38.220 --> 00:47:39.019
 me, you shall

00:47:39.019 --> 00:47:40.240
 not hunger.

00:47:40.700 --> 00:47:41.720
 Whoever believes

00:47:41.720 --> 00:47:42.980
 in me shall

00:47:42.980 --> 00:47:44.400
 never thirst.

00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:47.160
 Enjoy the bounty

00:47:47.160 --> 00:47:48.059
 of God's kingdom.

00:47:48.980 --> 00:47:50.500
 Enjoy your fill

00:47:50.500 --> 00:47:51.940
 of every spiritual

00:47:51.940 --> 00:47:53.639
 fruit he provides.

00:47:53.639 --> 00:47:55.539
 make use of all

00:47:55.539 --> 00:47:56.199
 the means he has

00:47:56.199 --> 00:47:57.359
 given you and

00:47:57.359 --> 00:47:58.219
 feast until you

00:47:58.219 --> 00:47:58.980
 are completely

00:47:58.980 --> 00:48:00.420
 satisfied over

00:48:00.420 --> 00:48:01.179
 and over again

00:48:01.179 --> 00:48:02.199
 in Christ.

00:48:02.579 --> 00:48:03.639
 Christ alone

00:48:03.639 --> 00:48:05.379
 is heaven's food

00:48:05.379 --> 00:48:06.599
 for your hungry

00:48:06.599 --> 00:48:07.420
 soul.