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 Hi, my name is George Sinclair. I'm the lead pastor of Church of the Messiah.

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! It is wonderful that you would like to check out some of the sermons done by Church of the Messiah,

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 either by myself or some of the others. Listen, just a couple of things. First of all, would you pray for us

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 that we will open God's Word well to His glory and for the good of people like yourself?

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 The second thing is, if you aren't connected to a church and if you are a Christian,

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 we really, I would really like to encourage you to find a good local church where they believe the

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 Bible, they preach the gospel, and if you have some trouble finding that, send us an email. We will do

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 what we can to help connect you with a good local church wherever you are. And if you're a non-Christian,

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 checking us out, we're really, really, really glad you're doing that. Don't hesitate to send us

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 questions. It helps me actually to know, as I'm preaching, how to deal with the types of things

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 that you're really struggling with. So God bless.

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 Well, I wonder if you've ever had an upset stomach in the evening, after dinner, with pains that feel

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 like hunger pangs, and thought, well, maybe I'm still hungry. And so you go back into the fridge and

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 help yourself to a second dinner or a snack. And then, of course, you realize afterwards that I was

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 not hungry. That was the wrong decision. And I feel worse off now than I did before.

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 Or consider another example. You enter into the evening completely wrung out from the tasks of

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 the day, the worries of the day. And you think, I know what will make me feel better.

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 And what will set me up well for the next day. Netflix or a show.

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 And of course, you emerge afterwards from the show being just as tired as you were before.

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 Well, what I'm getting at is this. It's not always easy to know how to diagnose our hunger or satisfy

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 our appetites. Whether this be physically, emotionally, relationally, spiritually. To know that you're hungry

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 is one thing. To know what to eat, how to eat, where to find food is quite another.

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 In the passage we read in John chapter 6, we find the crowds who are hungry in every sense of the word.

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 And they're seeking after Jesus. In verse 2, we read,

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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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 So just imagine this force of 5,000 men. We don't know how many women and children,

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 if the men decided to take along their young ones that day. But 5,000 men hiking up into the mountains,

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 looking after Jesus, this one who performed these miracles, did these signs.

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 They're waiting to see what he's going to do next. And we hear after the passage that we read,

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 that after the miracle was performed, more people show up in this place in the mountains.

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 And when they realize that Jesus wasn't there because of, you know, a bit of a tricky move,

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 and he's actually gone with his disciples on the other side, then it says the boats that had arrived

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 actually go back across the Sea of Galilee, apparently with the 5,000 men. And so you have this 5,000

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 and counting force that is seeking out Jesus wherever he may be. And again, seeking out Jesus, that sounds

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 like a good thing, does it not? In verse 26, again, just following the passage we read,

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 we read about Jesus's assessment of the crowds. He says to them,

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 You are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.

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 And he continues, Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal

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 life, which the Son of Man, Jesus, will give to you. And then, of course, later in his conclusion,

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 he says, I am the bread of life. And so Jesus has provided this miraculous feast. The crowds have

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 satisfied their bellies, but it's left them hungry. Not physically, at least at first, but in every other

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 way, still wandering about, seeking Jesus, somehow missing the point, eating, but unsatisfied, eating in

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 the wrong way, seeking not finding. I wonder if we can relate.

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 In our passage this morning, as we'll take a look at together, Jesus shows himself to be the only one

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 fit to feed you and me, the only source of true food. In our world, where we have many opportunities

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 to chase after the promise of satisfaction and satiation, whether we're chasing this out in

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 experts and influencers, in enriched and exotic food, in vacations and leisure or promising careers,

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 hungering and seeking to satisfy our hunger, our hungers,

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 others. We'll hear that Jesus alone can be trusted to provide you the food that you need.

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 He is the only one fit to feed you and I. He is the only trustworthy source of nutrition to satisfy

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 all the hungers of our lives.

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 As we'll see, he does so as the great host of the banquet, of this feast that he puts on.

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 And as we'll come to see, it's not just any banquet feast, it's actually a new Passover that he offers to

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 these crowds.

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 Now, as we start our story, I think this is the type of thing we're supposed to be thinking about.

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 Many of us have had that moment where our much anticipated time of leave or vacation comes.

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 We've, you know, sent the last email, we've cleared out our inbox. If anyone actually clears out their inbox nowadays.

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 We've done everything we need to check out. We go on vacation, wherever that may be, however that may be.

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 The sunglasses are on and the sun hat is on, whether literally or figuratively. We're ready to be checked out.

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 And then, of course, the call comes. The notification comes. I don't know about you, but that Outlook notification,

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 which I have since silenced from my phone, if I hear it on somebody else's phone, it still sends

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 shocks of distress into my heart from an earlier time of employment.

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 This is the sort of thing that we're supposed to be thinking about when the crowds arrive on the scene with Jesus.

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 Jesus has just been in Jerusalem. He's had a very, very intense time, a clash with the religious elites,

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 who, his own people who have not accepted him, who reject him. And so he goes away, he retreats,

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 goes up onto the mountain to spend time with God, to spend time with his disciples.

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 He goes quite far away to do this.

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 And then as he starts teaching his disciples, we read in verse 5,

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 What does Jesus do? Jesus starts making plans for his feast. Without skipping a beat, without trying to get out of it,

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 without suddenly putting up his out-of-office notification, Jesus sees exactly what needs to be done.

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 And so he turns to his disciple, Philip, and says,

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

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 Now, there's a moment that seems to happen often in my household where my wife and I are inside,

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 and the kids are outside. They've collected other kids, other neighbor kids, to play with them.

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 And all is going well. We have this wonderful moment of peace and tranquility where we can

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 accomplish far more than we could have asked or imagined, given the prospects of the day.

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 And then there's that moment where we see through the window the children coming back

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 with the neighbor kids. And they're hungry, and they're thirsty. And my wife and I have very different

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 inclinations in that moment. One of us

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 thinks, Well, we've got to stick to Plan A. There's no harm in locking that door, sending them back out.

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 They'll do just fine. And the other, of course, opens up,

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 whips up whatever there is to be whipped up in the house, and serves a meal, whatever we can provide for

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 the hungry little mouths.

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 Like the great master of the banquet, Jesus, in a sense, cannot help but host.

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 He must provide for us, his people. Even if the crowds will turn on him by the end of this very

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 chapter, Jesus cares for these people, every part of them. It doesn't matter that they, you know,

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 should have packed the lunch that day. Jesus is the one who will always come ready to serve,

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 whether we deserve it or not, whether we're ready for it or not, whether we'll understand

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 what it means to eat from his hand.

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 And it's not only how he hosts that we see in this passage that shocks us.

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 It's also who he hosts.

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 We read in verse 4,

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

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 And so it's festival and feasting season.

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 At Passover, all those with means would go to Jerusalem, singing the Psalms of Ascent,

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 and they would be celebrating God's rescue from Egypt. At the same time, mixed up with that

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 celebration, they would be longing for God's rescue from Rome. And this was the great pilgrimage

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 festival of the year where the city could swell two to four times its size. And so it's quite a,

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 you know, exciting place to be. There's a lot of energy, there's a lot of fervor.

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 But we hear in this passage that Jesus essentially gets out of Jerusalem right before Passover.

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 You might say that he was heading the wrong way.

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 And so this passage reads somewhat as a protest.

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 Jesus spends Passover away from the pomp and festivities, hosting his own sort of banquet.

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 Not for the rich, not for the wealthy and powerful, but he does it for the masses. He does it for the

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 hungry, the restless, the unrepresented, the disenfranchised.

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 Now I remember being a youth at camp. I was probably

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 the age of 12 or so. And there was an 18 year old who was the cool kid. He was good at basketball,

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 and he was charismatic. And in the eyes of a 12 year old, what more could you need in life?

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 And for whatever reason, he decided to take me under his wing. He put me on his two-on-two

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 basketball team for the tournament. He was always genuinely happy to see me and to hang out.

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 And I thought, well, how cool is this? I don't know what this guy sees in me,

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 but I know that when he's with me, I feel like a million bucks.

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 That was a couple years ago, so I don't know, adjusted for inflation, what a million bucks would

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 be today, but you get the idea. This is the type of gracious invitation that we all receive from Jesus.

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 We cannot comprehend why he chooses us, why he seeks us out, why he wants to be with us,

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 but he does. And his love and his pursuit are genuine. If you feel missed, passed over,

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 which we all do at some point, know that Jesus, the king of the world, seeks you out.

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 That Jesus is the leader that does not move in elite circles, but seeks out those on the periphery,

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 and he sets a meal before us. As I said, he is the only leader fit to feed you and I.

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 When I think about leaders today, many leaders today who have just written a book, maybe, and they go

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 across the country to spread a message. They may drop in and out of events that have been planned

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 for months by other people focused in that domain. All the logistics are in order, and they come in and

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 they spread their message, convince hearts, shake a few hands, and they're out of there.

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 And you'd imagine how uncomfortable we would all feel if they somehow got kind of pushed behind the

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 tray of food, and they're expected all of a sudden to start feeding people, or when things are late,

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 they're making logistical arrangements. We would say, no, that's not appropriate for that type of leader.

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 They've come to do something very specific, and we want to help them to do that.

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 And they might think to themselves, I think my time is a bit more important than doing those things.

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 In contrast, of course, we see Jesus caring not only about what people think,

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 and what they believe, but he also cares about their stomachs. He says to Philip, where are we to buy

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 bread so that these people may eat? He cares that while the religious center feasts, the masses are

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 without a festival. Jesus serves the crowds who are pushing, who are hungry, and who are restless.

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 This makes me think that

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 just how every leader, no matter how great their message is, in a certain extent, will

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 disappoint us because they were not to meet our deepest longings. And if you go out looking for

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 leaders, influencers, wherever you look to satisfy your hunger, to satisfy this ultimate hunger, you will

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 leave disappointed. You will leave more broken and with more misdiagnosed hunger than when you came.

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 So Jesus shows us he is the true leader, the only leader that deserves your following, your discipleship,

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 for he cares for you, every part of you. Now some commentators pick up on this fact that Jesus has the

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 people sit down. Before leaving, George said that the people sit down so that they can see the miracle,

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 which is a good point, right? Otherwise, how would they have been able to see what happened? Maybe

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 somebody arrived with a warehouse full of food, who knows? So they were able to see it. But something

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 else that's going on is that it says that Jesus has the people sit down, noting that there was much

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 grass in the place. Now I think the author's point is not simply that the people were trying to avoid

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 stubborn grass stains on tunics. The point is that we're supposed to think of something, familiar words

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 that have come before. In Psalm 23, we read that,

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 The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me by still waters.

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 He restores my soul. Jesus comes to the crowds and he is indeed the good shepherd, the great host

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 of the banquet. And now we'll look at this element of Passover.

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 So Passover feasts happened all around ancient Israel, but there was one main thing other than

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 the crowds that distinguished the Passover feasts from Jerusalem and elsewhere. And it's this,

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 the sacrifice, obviously, could only happen in Jerusalem. When I was in university,

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 a friend and I were invited by my Jewish professor to her home to celebrate Passover. And it was a beautiful evening.

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 A great kindness of my professor and we were welcomed into this rich and meaningful

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 liturgy and tradition. But I was struck by the fact that this was very much, in a sense, the Passover of

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 Passovers outside of Jerusalem. The father who led the prayers, because there are many prayers,

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 and because he wanted to have read through all of them, he, you know, read in such a way that was

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 almost on fast forward. I mean, it was probably a great kindness to us so that we wouldn't be there

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 for, you know, a very, very long time. But we got through it at an extremely quick pace. And

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 the point being to all of this, there was no lamb, right? There was no lamb.

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 Conversely, in this passage, Jesus, in intentionally holding an alternative Passover feast out on the

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 periphery, Jesus is telling his disciples and the crowds something very meaningful, something that

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 I've missed in the many times that I've read this passage and that I've come to see now.

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 He's telling his disciples and to the crowds that he himself will provide the Passover meal.

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 That Jesus is preparing his people for the day when he himself will be the Passover lamb

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 sacrificed to take away the sin of the world. So did you get it? This meal that satisfies us,

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 that he gives to us, is his sacrifice, sacrificial death for us. It's the only meal

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 that doesn't have us coming back for more, because it's the perfect meal. You won't get it anywhere else.

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 It's what we need to be reconciled to God to bring us back to the table and to eat with him.

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 And so the, and the crowds, they get it, kind of, right? They, maybe, they, they, they half get it. They

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 see that something's going on. This is not just a random miracle. It's not just kind of a,

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 um, uh, yeah, um, this random feeding that happens just because they're hungry. Jesus is doing something deeply

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 symbolic and, uh, and powerful. He's showing himself in essence to be the second Moses.

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 Jesus. The one who made a new manna in the desert, this time in the wilderness, uh, or at least in a

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 mountainous area, the one who would provide a new Passover feast. And this is exactly what they see.

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 And so in verse 14, we read, when the people saw that the sign, the sign that he had done, they said,

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 this is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world. And this is a direct quote from Deuteronomy,

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 with the expectation that a prophet like Moses will come again to God's people.

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 But as we've seen, their hunger is misdiagnosed. They're looking for the wrong kind of bread. In

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 verse 15, we pick up the story, perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force

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 to make him king. Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself. So the 5,000 men and counting,

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 you know, half decent potential guerrilla force in the making against Rome, perhaps of eager recruits

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 willing and able to serve the right leader. They didn't want to believe Jesus in what he was saying.

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 They wanted to use Jesus in the way that they thought was best.

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 And so this passage that we've read this morning, it suggests to us that there's a way somehow to be fed

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 by Jesus, but somehow miss the real nourishment that was intended.

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 Our stomachs convinced of what we think we need, we seek food that perishes.

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 To modify St. Augustine's famous prayer,

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 our hearts are hungry,

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 Lord, until they find their food

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 in you.

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 And so what does it mean, just in our closing moments together,

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 what does it mean

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 that we can go to Jesus and miss the nourishment that he provides?

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 And there is one caveat, I think one thing that can be misunderstood in all of this.

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 He feeds us through all sorts of ways. He feeds us through word and sacrament. He feeds us through his

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 gifts. But there's a subtle but massive difference between feeding us, between us feeding on the gifts

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 directly, right? Feeding on the things of this world, the things that God somehow, you know, many of which he has created and which are good.

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 There's a big difference between that versus feeding on him, including through his gifts.

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 And so

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 think on this question with me for a few moments.

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 How is it that we might go to Jesus in a way

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 that we feed and is not giving

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 nourishment?

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 I was reflecting on my own

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 prayers.

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 What do I go to Jesus

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 to get most often?

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 What are the dominant

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 prayers that circle back in my

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 repertoire?

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 Think about how often I pray for

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 safety, for comforts.

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 Maybe for a situation

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 to be miraculously taken away from me.

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 Maybe not altogether bad prayers.

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 And yet when we think about the whole

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 counsel of God and how much of the scriptures

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 tell us that life will be difficult

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 and that a life of discipleship

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 will be hard.

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 And that God wants us to have strength

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 and wisdom, endurance to follow Christ

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 into this messy world.

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 How often do my prayers reflect the fact

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 that I want Jesus

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 to help me do the things that I want to do,

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 to have the comforts and safety

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 and pleasures that I want,

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 versus going to him

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 on his terms,

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 understanding his will

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 and his whole counsel,

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 and being willing to hear

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 from him.

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 A second,

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 a second thing that

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 comes to my mind.

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 The crowds went to Jesus

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 assuming that Jesus

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 was there to fill their bellies,

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 to do what they wanted him to do.

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 And so how might

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 we leave our

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 hungers, desires,

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 appetites,

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 unchecked,

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 assuming that Jesus

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 affirms those very things

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 and more than that

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 is here to help us meet them?

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 I think of

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 kind of a type of

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 Christian Freudianism,

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 you might say,

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 where some of us

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 come to Christ

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 thinking that all of our

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 earthly longings

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 will be met,

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 right,

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 for relational fulfillment,

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 for career fulfillment,

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 for, you know,

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 self-expression,

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 and we assume

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 that all of these things

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 will be met

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 in our Christian walk,

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 and we go to Jesus

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 as long as it's working

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 for us.

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 But of course,

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 Jesus seems to allow

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 all sorts of pain

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 and disappointment

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 in our lives

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 that will cause us

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 to hate sin

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 and to cling to him.

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 He corrects our desires

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 over time

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 to order our loves

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 for him

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 above all else

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 for our good.

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 Going to Jesus

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 on our own terms

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 can very quickly lead

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 to leaving him

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 without the nourishment

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 and fulfillment

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 that he has intended

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 for us.

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 The good news

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 in the passage

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 that we've read

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 is that Jesus

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 is not a stingy,

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 is not stingy

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 with his miracles.

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 He doesn't,

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 he doesn't wait

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 to make sure

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 that we have

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 perfect motivations

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 and perfect intentions

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 before coming him,

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 but just like the crowds,

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 we come before him

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 on our best days

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 and our worst days,

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 and he puts a meal

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 before us.

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 He spends time with us.

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 He seeks to listen

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 and to bless us

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 and that we might

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 hear from him.

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 And yet,

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 he wants us

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 to feed rightly

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 on him

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 as the bread of life.

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 And so Jesus

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 sacrificed his life

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 to fix our hungers

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 and to satisfy them

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 with true food.

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 His invitation

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 to feed on the bread

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 of life

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 is open to you

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 and to me

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 today.

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 And so will you

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 join me

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 in confessing

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 the ways

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 that our hungers

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 are broken,

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 that we've tried

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 to satisfy them

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 in all sorts of areas

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 and ways

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 outside of Christ?

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 Would we believe

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 that Jesus

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 indeed is the true

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 source of real food?

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 Would we go

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 to him today?

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 Please stand

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 as we pray.

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 Amen.

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 Father,

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 thank you

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 for this

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 familiar passage.

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 Thank you

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 that you come

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 to us

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 as the bread

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 of life

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 and that you

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 give us food

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 that we can't

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 get anywhere else.

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 We confess

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 the ways

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 that we

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 look often

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 for satisfaction

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 and nourishment

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 not from your hand,

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 not from the gifts

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 that you give,

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 but somehow

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 from these gifts

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 directly.

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 we think

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 time and time

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 again

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 that they

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 will leave us

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 satisfied.

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 Lord,

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 we ask that

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 you give us

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 eyes to see

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 and hearts

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 to hunger

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 for things

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 that will

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 truly nourish.

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 Thank you

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 for your

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 sacrificial

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 death

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 that you

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 offer to us,

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 a table

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 that will

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 truly satisfy.

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 We pray

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 this in Christ's

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 name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 desde

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