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 Father, you know that we human beings have turned this wonderful part of the Bible into a battleground.

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 And Father, we confess to you that we get so caught up often fighting with other Christians over what this means that we stop listening to your word.

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 So Father, we ask that you would do a wonderful work in our hearts and our minds and our wills.

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 And that Father, you would calm our minds and hearts and wills.

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 That you would make our heart and mind and will more alive as you calm it.

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 So that we might listen to what Jesus says.

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 What he speaks to us, Father, by this part of your word written.

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 Father, we ask that you would do this and we ask it in the precious name of Jesus, your son and our savior.

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 Amen.

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 Please be seated.

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 So, I have sort of a love-hate relationship with superhero movies and those types of thrillers that involve some spectacular foe.

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 Something, I don't know, like some giant corporation.

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 Some evil criminal mastermind.

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 Genius mastermind.

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 Or just even, and or superhero movies.

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 Because here's the thing that, like on one level I like them.

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 But on the other hand, I'm almost always disappointed.

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 Because it seems as if the way they work is that, like for 90% of the movie, or 95% of the movie, the evil criminal mastermind and his vast network, they seem to be unstoppable.

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 They seem to be everywhere.

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 They seem to be able to accomplish everything.

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 And then for the last 5% of the movie, they can't do anything.

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 And there's never any explanation.

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 They just go from having power, power, power, power, to have like very little power so the good guy or a good gal can win.

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 Same often with superhero movies.

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 They have to get beat up a couple of times early on.

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 And then for some reason, well, I don't know, like their superpowers kicked in.

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 And it often just bugs the heck out of me when I'm watching it.

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 And I've been thinking about it this week because I've had a couple of conversations in coffee shops.

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 And that same type of inconsistency bothers a lot of people outside the Christian faith.

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 They hear us say different things.

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 And they understand everything we say, but they sort of, like I had just somebody tell me today, tell me this week, it's as if we don't catch the inconsistencies in the overarching story.

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 So the text we're going to look at today actually in some ways makes it worse, but ultimately makes it better.

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 So it'd be a great help to me if you turn in the Bible to John chapter 6.

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 John chapter 6, verse 1.

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 I began reading at verse 28 earlier.

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 Now we're going to look at verse 1.

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 Some of you who are longtime Christians go, oh my, John 6, that's a big battleground text.

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 I wonder what George's view is on this.

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 And that's why I prayed the prayer at the beginning.

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 Because, well, we're going to look at the text rather than fight battles.

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 What a unique idea.

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 So here's how the text goes.

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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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 Just sort of pause there.

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 That first verse, the Sea of Tiberias, that's actually one of those really interesting little things that shows that this was an eyewitness account.

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 Because it wasn't a name that was used for that lake for a long time.

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 It only started around the year 22.

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 And so just one of those little tiny things that shows that John was probably, like, not probably, like, that it actually helps to emphasize that this biography of Jesus,

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 because that's what we're reading, this biography of Jesus was written by somebody of the time, not later, trying to make up a story.

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 Get back to verse 3.

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 So Jesus, oh, and the other thing which is really neat is that, you know, this whole story is taking place?

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 It has a name now that everyone here has heard of.

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 The Golan Heights.

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 Like a very, very controversial, war-torn, conflicted place.

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 That's where this story is taking place, this first part.

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 Anyway, verse 3.

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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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 And 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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 Jesus said this to test Philip, for he himself knew what he would do.

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 Philip answered him, 200 denarii worth of bread would not be enough for each of them to get a little.

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 And just sort of pause.

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 If you're trying to figure out what on earth is a denarii, 200 denarii would be,

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 if you take what the average Canadian wage is, 40 weeks of working.

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 That's what it is.

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 Very simple.

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 40 weeks of working for the average Canadian.

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 That's 200 denarii.

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 Verse 8.

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

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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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 Just one other thing here.

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 The barley loaves aren't like big loaves like this.

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 They'd be sort of like a large roll.

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 And the other thing is that barley loave is what the poor ate.

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 So this is a very poor kid, lower working class.

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 It's what the lower working class and the poor ate.

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 Back to this.

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 Verse 9.

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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, have the people sit down.

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 Now, there was much grass in the place, so the men sat down, about 5,000 in number.

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 It doesn't mean that there's only men there, but for whatever cultural reason, only the men sit down, the women and children stand.

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 Not fair, but that's just the way it was back then.

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 Jesus then took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, 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 full, remember, he just had five little loaves, five rolls and two dried fish, 5,000 men, an unknown number of women and children.

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 And when they had eaten their fill, he told his disciples, gather up the leftover fragments that nothing may be lost.

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 So they gathered them up and filled 12 baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten.

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 Now, let's just pause here about this.

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 So this is, remember I said, I began by saying that one of the things that people don't get is, from the outside,

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 is how that we Christians don't recognize that the overarching story of the gospel doesn't seem to make sense.

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 So amongst other things, the question would be, how on earth could somebody, like if you believe that really happened,

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 how on earth could somebody like that actually die on a cross?

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 Like, that doesn't make any sense to me.

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 It's like the superhero, the supervillain, who can do everything, and then at the end,

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 oh gosh, all my power's gone and the good guy's gone, except it's reversed.

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 Jesus is the good guy, right?

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 So here he says, good guy, good guy, good guy, good guy, can do all these unbelievable things.

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 At least, that's what a non-Christian would say.

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 And then, like, it doesn't make any sense.

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 It doesn't fit together at an intuitive and at an emotional level.

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 Now, just to make matters worse, this is a really, really interesting story.

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 And it's, other than the resurrection of Jesus from the grave,

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 it's the only miracle recorded in all four biographies of Jesus.

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 All four of the ancient biographies record this miracle, so they saw it was very important.

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 And the other thing that's really neat about it is that the way the story is told,

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 it emphasizes the nature, it emphasizes the miracle, and it emphasizes how public the miracle was.

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 So, I've never been in a refugee camp.

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 I've never had to go to a camp where people are starving and some food comes in a truck.

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 But if some movies are even remotely accurate,

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 I don't know if you've seen the beginning of the movie Black Hawk Down and people are starving,

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 and the UN brings in some food.

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 And it's almost like there's a mini-riot as they're just trying to,

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 people are clamoring to get the food.

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 They're sort of throwing food out.

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 And it's, see, what, it's really what Jesus does is he has the crowd, 5,000 plus,

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 he says, all sit down.

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 So they all sit down.

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 And when they all sit down, there's no big crowd.

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 It's not as if there's a whole riot of people trying to get food from a truck or a wagon.

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 And because of that, they wouldn't see how much food was on the wagon.

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 They wouldn't know other than the disciples if, like, where all the food was coming from

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 because it'd be a big, it'd be just a crowd.

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 It'd be chaotic.

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 But Jesus brings calm order.

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 They all sit down.

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 And the only one standing is Jesus.

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 And they would have seen Jesus stand.

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 He would have had a basket just like this.

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 And he prays.

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 And then he starts to break the bread and give it to the disciples.

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 And the whole crowd would just see him as he breaks the bread and gives it to disciples.

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 He just keeps doing it and doing it and doing it and doing it.

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 And the baskets go off.

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 And now the disciples start just breaking it and doing it and doing it and doing it.

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 And 5,000 men plus all the women would see in an unmistakable way

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 that Jesus has just fed maybe 20,000 people from a meal that might fill me.

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 I have a pretty big appetite.

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 And it would have been very public.

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 Everybody would have seen it.

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 So what's up with that?

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 What's up with that?

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 I'm going to explain the miracle in a moment.

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 Or how I think Christians should understand it.

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 But what I want you to understand is this ancient biography,

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 all four of the ancient biographies of Jesus,

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 they all record this miracle in the same way.

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 And the very nature of the miracle emphasizes that this was the most public miracle

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 that Jesus performed in his three years of ministry.

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 So what's up?

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 How could a guy who could do that die on a cross?

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 That's what doesn't make sense to a lot of people.

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 In fact, part of what is at the heart of the entire Islamic rejection of the Christian faith

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 is, amongst other things, it just does not make sense

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 that someone who could do that would die on a cross.

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 Well, the story gets even more, it gets worse, in a sense, or better,

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 depending on how you look at it,

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 because the very next miracle is an unbelievable miracle.

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 Not an unbelievable miracle, because I believe it.

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 It's a spectacular miracle.

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 This is a miracle that only the apostles would have seen,

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 although the story is told in such a way that the crowd understands

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 that something like a miracle must have happened,

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 but they don't know what it was.

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 And this is a miracle.

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 It's one of the second most recorded,

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 one of the group of second most recorded miracles in the ancient biographies.

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 Three of the ancient biographies record this miracle in different ways.

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 And it continues on in verse 16.

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 When evening came, oh sorry, go up to verse 15,

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 and perceiving then that they were about to come and make him,

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 take him by force to make him king,

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 Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.

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 See the bit of the problem?

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 I mean, he didn't even have to use his miracle powers to avoid the crowd,

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 so how on earth could a group of ragtag soldiers actually capture him,

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 actually hammer him up on the cross,

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 and actually keep him on the cross?

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 Like, how on earth could that happen?

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 So verse 16, so he withdraws to a mountain by himself.

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 Verse 16, when evening came, his disciples went down to the sea.

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 It's called a sea, but in many ways it's a big lake,

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 seven by twelve miles, eleven and a half by twenty k.

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 That's approximately the size of it.

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 When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,

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 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,

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 so no matter which way they'd started from,

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 they're in the middle of the lake.

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 Remember about seven miles by,

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 seven by eleven or whatever, seven by twelve,

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 eleven and a half k by twenty k.

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 That's the size of the lake.

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 They're about halfway into the lake.

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 And when they, at verse 19 again,

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 when they had rowed about three or four miles,

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 they saw Jesus walking on the sea

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 and coming near the boat,

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 and they were frightened.

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 And the original language is like they're terrified.

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 They're terrified.

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 But Jesus said to them,

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 It is I, do not be afraid.

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 Then they were glad to take him into the boat,

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 and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going.

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 In other words, it went instantly.

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 Jesus comes into the boat.

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 He's walking on the water.

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 He comes into the boat,

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 and the boat now is at the shore.

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 And you know they weren't all asleep

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 having an hallucination because it's a huge storm.

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 Okay?

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 Like everything in this story is emphasizing

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 that it's the claim of a spectacular miracle.

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 And so what's up with this?

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 How could a guy

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 who can actually move

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 13 people in a boat

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 four miles

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 in the blink of an eye?

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 A guy who can walk on water.

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 How could he possibly die on a cross?

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 If you could put up the first point, Andrew,

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 that would be very, very helpful.

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 Jesus reveals himself

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 as the creator,

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 the sustainer,

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 and the recreator

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 of all things.

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 Jesus reveals himself

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 as the creator of all things,

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 the sustainer of all things,

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 and the recreator of all things.

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 I don't entirely like that last one,

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 but it sort of fits with the rhythm.

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 These two miracles

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 are quite spectacular miracles.

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 And Jesus reveals something

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 about who he is.

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 He reveals it in a very public way

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 in the first case.

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 And he reveals it.

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 What happens in this miracle

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 is that there's more matter

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 in the universe

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 after the miracle

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 than there was before.

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 That's the claim of the text.

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 Out of nothing,

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 Jesus makes bread.

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 Out of nothing,

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 he makes fish.

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 What you're seeing here

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 is in a sense,

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 how does the gospel of John begin?

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 In the beginning was the word,

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 and the word was with God,

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 and the word was God.

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 He was with God in the beginning.

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 All things were made through him,

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 and without him,

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 nothing was made that was made.

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 In him was life,

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 and the life was the light of men.

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 And in this miracle,

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 you are seeing the six days of creation

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 enacted in front of them publicly.

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 And you see,

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 this is,

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 you see,

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 if this miracle is true,

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 if this miracle is true,

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 there really is a God

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 that does exist.

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 Things aren't just a result

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 of random chance.

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 And if God did create all things,

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 then he doesn't,

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 he's the one who sustains all things,

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 and he can make more new things

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 at any time he wants,

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 because he's God.

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 And that's what's revealed here.

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 And the second thing is here,

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 C.S. Lewis in his book,

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 Miracles,

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 has a very,

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 he reminds Christians

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 of a very old distinction

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 that older writers knew.

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 And that old distinction is

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 that the miracles

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 that are recorded in the Bible

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 are of two types.

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 Most of the miracles

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 are what are called

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 miracles of the old creation.

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 In other words,

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 miracles that fit in

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 with how our created order

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 right now is.

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 But there's a small number

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 of miracles,

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 maybe just three or four,

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 that are miracles

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 of the new creation.

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 And by that,

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 Lewis says,

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 they are miracles

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 whereby for a brief moment,

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 we see what the new heaven

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 and the new earth

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 will be like.

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 Like after Jesus comes again

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 and judges the living

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 and the dead,

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 and all things

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 in this created order

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 come to an end,

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 and this entire created order

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 is recreated,

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 reborn,

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 and made new,

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 and we have resurrected bodies,

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 and we walk in the garden

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 with God

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 in the cool of the day.

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 This is one of three

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 or four miracles

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 in the New Testament

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 that show us what the new,

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 give us a bit of a glimpse

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 of what the new heaven

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 and the new earth

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 will be like.

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 And in the new heaven

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 and the new earth,

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 our bodies will have

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 a very different relationship

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 with our souls.

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 And our redeemed bodies

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 will react

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 and live

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 and move

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 in this created order

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 in a very,

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 very different way.

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 Brothers and sisters,

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 if you are in Christ

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 in the new heaven

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 and the new earth,

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 you will walk on water.

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 You will walk on water.

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 And you know how

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 so many times now

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 our bodies

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 just get in the way

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 of being able

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 to deal with things

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 like love?

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 Like don't we have times

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 maybe we hear of a son

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 or a daughter

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 or a friend

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 far away

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 and they're in trouble?

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 And don't we wish

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 we could just be there?

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 But we can't just be there.

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 Like gosh,

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 you know,

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 it's like on the other side,

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 it's in Vancouver,

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 it's in the States

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 or it's just even

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 in Canada

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 and we're here

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 and our bodies

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 just get in the way

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 and friends,

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 brothers and sisters

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 in Christ,

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 in the new heaven

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 and the new earth,

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 your body goes

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 from one spot

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 to another.

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 You don't have to be

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 beamed up by Scotty.

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 You just will it

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 in the new heaven

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 and the new earth.

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 And this is,

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 I mean on one level

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 this makes the whole problem

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 far more complicated

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 and difficult

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 for an outsider

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 to understand

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 how it is.

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 George,

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 if you're saying

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 that what's being revealed here

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 is Jesus is revealing

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 that he's not just Jesus,

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 that he is God,

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 the son of God,

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 that he is,

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 that the naturalistic account

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 of how things came to be

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 is wrong

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 and that there is in fact

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 a creator of all things,

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 a sustainer of all things

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 and that the actual creator

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 and sustainer of all things,

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 he came and walked among us

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 and this ancient biography

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 is saying that it's true.

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 He walked among us

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 and that this same person

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 who is God,

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 the son of God,

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 who's created all things,

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 who walked among us

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 is the same one

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 who will one day

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 make the new heaven

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 and the new earth

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 and he walked among us

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 and there's not two people,

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 there's one person

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 and it's revealed as Jesus.

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 How on earth

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 could he die upon a cross?

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 How on earth

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 does that,

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 like,

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 what's up with that?

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 What's up with that?

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 So Jesus begins

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 to explain it.

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 We're going to just

00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:02.900
 jump ahead,

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 well actually no,

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 we'll read it.

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 Let's look at verse 22.

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 So in the next day,

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 John chapter 6,

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 verse 22,

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 in the next day,

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 the crowd that remained

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 on the other side

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 of the sea,

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 remember that they're,

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 you know,

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 they're on the other side

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 of the sea,

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 it's mountainous,

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 they saw that there

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 had been only one boat there

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 and that Jesus

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 had not entered the boat.

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 They'd been watching the boat

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 and Jesus hadn't entered

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 the boat with his disciples

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 but his disciples

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 had gone away alone.

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 So other boats

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 from Tiberias

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 came near the place

00:19:34.080 --> 00:19:34.880
 where they had eaten

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 the bread

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 after the Lord

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 had given thanks.

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 So when the crowd

00:19:40.040 --> 00:19:40.800
 saw that Jesus

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 was not there

00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:42.320
 nor his disciples,

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:42.980
 they themselves

00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:43.700
 got into the boats

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 and went to Capernaum

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 seeking Jesus.

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 When they found him

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 on the other side

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 of the sea,

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 they said to him,

00:19:49.340 --> 00:19:49.559
 Rabbi,

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 when did you come here?

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 See how the story

00:19:51.539 --> 00:19:52.559
 sort of points to the fact

00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:53.380
 that there's a miracle?

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 But Jesus doesn't answer

00:19:56.700 --> 00:19:57.380
 what's going on,

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:57.779
 like how,

00:19:57.860 --> 00:19:58.539
 he doesn't tell them

00:19:58.539 --> 00:19:59.200
 anything about him

00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:00.039
 walking on the water

00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:01.519
 or him moving

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:02.559
 a whole boat,

00:20:03.140 --> 00:20:04.360
 12 men and himself,

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 four miles,

00:20:06.340 --> 00:20:07.880
 just like that.

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 He goes to the heart.

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 He goes to the heart.

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 Like they'd like to know

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 a fantastic story

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 so people would buy them

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 beer for years.

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 Boy,

00:20:22.360 --> 00:20:22.940
 you should see

00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:23.720
 what I saw.

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 Really?

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 Tell us a story again.

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 Here,

00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:26.920
 buy a round.

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 Buy a drink

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 for my buddy here.

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 He's going to tell me

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 this great story.

00:20:30.840 --> 00:20:30.960
 Right?

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 That's what they want.

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 They want to get beer

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 for years

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 with a great story.

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 And Jesus goes

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 to the heart.

00:20:37.620 --> 00:20:38.320
 Verse 26,

00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:39.259
 Jesus answered them,

00:20:39.340 --> 00:20:39.540
 truly,

00:20:39.680 --> 00:20:39.860
 truly,

00:20:39.859 --> 00:20:40.939
 I say to you,

00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:42.399
 you are seeking me

00:20:42.399 --> 00:20:44.599
 not because you saw signs,

00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:45.819
 in other words,

00:20:45.859 --> 00:20:47.639
 a miracle that reveals something,

00:20:47.759 --> 00:20:49.219
 but because you ate

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 your fill of the loaves.

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 Listen,

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 these are working class

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 men and women.

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 In the ancient world

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 and in many parts

00:20:55.259 --> 00:20:55.859
 of the world today,

00:20:55.959 --> 00:20:57.179
 people die of famine

00:20:57.179 --> 00:20:58.459
 all the time.

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 One bad crop

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 could mean that

00:21:00.959 --> 00:21:02.759
 most of you die.

00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.479
 Boy,

00:21:06.539 --> 00:21:07.299
 if there's a guy

00:21:07.299 --> 00:21:08.519
 who can just make bread

00:21:08.519 --> 00:21:09.039
 out of nothing,

00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:09.960
 I want to hang out

00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:10.799
 with that guy.

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 I'm never going to die

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 in a famine

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 ever again.

00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:17.639
 And then Jesus says,

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 do not work

00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:19.420
 for the food

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:20.220
 that perishes,

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 but for the food

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 that endures

00:21:22.859 --> 00:21:23.859
 to eternal life,

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 which the Son of Man

00:21:25.660 --> 00:21:26.680
 will give you.

00:21:27.099 --> 00:21:27.879
 For on him,

00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:28.759
 God the Father

00:21:28.759 --> 00:21:29.460
 has set a seal.

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.200
 Verse 28,

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 then they said to him,

00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:31.839
 what?

00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:33.039
 Okay,

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 okay,

00:21:33.939 --> 00:21:34.220
 Jesus,

00:21:35.339 --> 00:21:35.980
 listen,

00:21:36.659 --> 00:21:37.259
 you're going to give me

00:21:37.259 --> 00:21:37.839
 bread forever.

00:21:38.199 --> 00:21:38.379
 Okay,

00:21:38.439 --> 00:21:39.399
 what do I have to do?

00:21:40.759 --> 00:21:42.579
 Very practical question.

00:21:42.639 --> 00:21:43.220
 Then they said to him,

00:21:43.359 --> 00:21:44.119
 what must we do

00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:45.079
 to be doing the works

00:21:45.079 --> 00:21:45.559
 of God?

00:21:45.659 --> 00:21:45.839
 Okay,

00:21:45.879 --> 00:21:46.099
 like,

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.339
 I know you're sort

00:21:47.339 --> 00:21:48.019
 of a holy guy,

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 so it probably doesn't

00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:50.599
 mean getting drunk

00:21:50.599 --> 00:21:51.179
 every night.

00:21:51.179 --> 00:21:52.059
 It probably means

00:21:52.059 --> 00:21:53.000
 the works of God,

00:21:53.159 --> 00:21:54.980
 so what do we do?

00:21:55.439 --> 00:21:56.459
 And verse 29,

00:21:56.559 --> 00:21:57.319
 Jesus answered them,

00:21:57.379 --> 00:21:58.339
 this is the work of God

00:21:58.339 --> 00:21:58.959
 that you believe

00:21:58.959 --> 00:21:59.839
 in whom he has sent.

00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:00.639
 It's a bit of a riddle.

00:22:01.079 --> 00:22:01.839
 The work is,

00:22:01.899 --> 00:22:02.539
 you don't work.

00:22:04.399 --> 00:22:05.379
 You catch that?

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:08.099
 It's a bit of a riddle.

00:22:08.839 --> 00:22:09.039
 You know,

00:22:09.139 --> 00:22:10.500
 this is the work of God,

00:22:10.839 --> 00:22:11.159
 okay?

00:22:12.099 --> 00:22:12.439
 Okay,

00:22:12.459 --> 00:22:12.980
 I have to say,

00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.339
 you know,

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:14.559
 15 Hail Marys,

00:22:14.740 --> 00:22:14.919
 you know,

00:22:14.980 --> 00:22:15.559
 20 whatever,

00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:17.220
 I got to go to church,

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:18.139
 I got to learn how to sing

00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:20.319
 the whole Chris Tomlin

00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:23.059
 playlist by memory,

00:22:23.599 --> 00:22:23.879
 like,

00:22:23.980 --> 00:22:24.099
 you know,

00:22:24.139 --> 00:22:24.980
 you pick your stuff,

00:22:25.119 --> 00:22:25.319
 you know,

00:22:25.459 --> 00:22:25.579
 I,

00:22:26.159 --> 00:22:26.319
 you know,

00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:26.699
 what is it?

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:26.959
 Okay,

00:22:27.379 --> 00:22:27.799
 and he says,

00:22:28.139 --> 00:22:29.819
 but this is the work of God,

00:22:30.279 --> 00:22:31.339
 that you believe

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:32.519
 in him

00:22:32.519 --> 00:22:33.679
 whom he has sent.

00:22:33.959 --> 00:22:34.819
 So they said to him,

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.720
 that's not what they were asking,

00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:38.899
 then what sign do you do

00:22:38.899 --> 00:22:39.500
 that you,

00:22:39.659 --> 00:22:40.359
 that we may see

00:22:40.359 --> 00:22:41.220
 and believe you?

00:22:41.339 --> 00:22:42.879
 What work do you perform

00:22:42.879 --> 00:22:44.199
 if we're going to believe

00:22:44.199 --> 00:22:44.959
 in you?

00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:47.399
 Our fathers ate the manna

00:22:47.399 --> 00:22:48.019
 in the wilderness,

00:22:48.379 --> 00:22:49.159
 as it is written,

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.939
 and they quote Psalm 78,

00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:51.579
 verse 24,

00:22:51.679 --> 00:22:52.319
 he gave them bread

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.459
 from heaven to eat.

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:55.319
 Jesus then said to him,

00:22:55.480 --> 00:22:57.000
 and just before you do,

00:22:57.179 --> 00:22:57.679
 I read this,

00:22:57.680 --> 00:22:58.279
 but see,

00:22:58.360 --> 00:22:59.539
 here's an interesting thing

00:22:59.539 --> 00:23:00.740
 about signs.

00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:03.460
 They just saw Jesus make,

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:05.360
 feed 20,000 people

00:23:05.360 --> 00:23:06.640
 from five buns

00:23:06.640 --> 00:23:07.460
 and two fish.

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 But it's not enough.

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.820
 You see,

00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:16.680
 if we set up

00:23:16.680 --> 00:23:18.240
 a whole pile of criteria

00:23:18.240 --> 00:23:19.560
 for God to meet,

00:23:19.640 --> 00:23:20.299
 if we set up

00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:21.580
 a whole pile of criteria

00:23:21.580 --> 00:23:22.880
 for Jesus to meet

00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:25.240
 before we believe him,

00:23:26.800 --> 00:23:28.000
 our arrogance,

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:30.520
 I apologize for insulting you,

00:23:31.420 --> 00:23:33.880
 but our pride is insatiable,

00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.800
 has no end.

00:23:36.300 --> 00:23:37.920
 The goalposts will always move.

00:23:38.980 --> 00:23:39.640
 Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:40.120
 Okay, you fit.

00:23:40.200 --> 00:23:40.780
 Okay, 20,000.

00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:41.780
 Do something better

00:23:41.780 --> 00:23:42.780
 than I'll believe.

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.580
 Do something better

00:23:44.580 --> 00:23:45.260
 than I'll believe.

00:23:46.040 --> 00:23:47.600
 And it just keeps moving,

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.700
 right?

00:23:48.760 --> 00:23:49.560
 Because you're standing

00:23:49.560 --> 00:23:50.200
 in judgment.

00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:50.640
 In fact,

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.620
 I mean,

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.680
 the main problem,

00:23:52.780 --> 00:23:53.640
 one of the big problems

00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.780
 in Canada is

00:23:54.780 --> 00:23:55.780
 it might have been

00:23:55.780 --> 00:23:57.340
 very well 100 years ago

00:23:57.340 --> 00:23:58.640
 that the average Canadian

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 would have understood

00:23:59.580 --> 00:24:00.820
 that they were

00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:02.040
 under God's judgment

00:24:02.040 --> 00:24:03.540
 in some vague way

00:24:03.540 --> 00:24:04.680
 or very specific way

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.780
 and it might have bothered them.

00:24:06.280 --> 00:24:07.660
 But very few Canadians

00:24:07.660 --> 00:24:08.820
 worry about that anymore.

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.240
 Why?

00:24:09.780 --> 00:24:10.560
 Because virtually

00:24:10.560 --> 00:24:11.420
 every Canadian

00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.759
 is in judgment on God.

00:24:14.040 --> 00:24:15.580
 Will God reach

00:24:15.580 --> 00:24:17.120
 my standards?

00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:19.600
 Will he explain

00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:21.740
 his intolerable views

00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.719
 and behaviors

00:24:22.719 --> 00:24:25.219
 or improve them

00:24:25.219 --> 00:24:26.659
 to my satisfaction

00:24:26.659 --> 00:24:27.799
 before I will believe?

00:24:28.959 --> 00:24:30.139
 As, once again,

00:24:30.219 --> 00:24:31.139
 C.S. Lewis said it,

00:24:31.179 --> 00:24:32.839
 in the older world,

00:24:33.500 --> 00:24:33.679
 most,

00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:34.839
 and in many parts

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.379
 of the world now,

00:24:35.419 --> 00:24:35.859
 they have a very,

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:37.119
 and a very easy

00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:38.639
 time understanding

00:24:38.639 --> 00:24:39.039
 that they,

00:24:39.399 --> 00:24:39.779
 in a sense,

00:24:39.839 --> 00:24:40.439
 when they die,

00:24:40.639 --> 00:24:41.319
 that they go

00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:43.639
 on trial before God.

00:24:44.519 --> 00:24:45.919
 But in our day and age,

00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:47.240
 God is on trial

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:49.319
 to us.

00:24:50.640 --> 00:24:51.380
 So here is,

00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:51.940
 they've just seen

00:24:51.940 --> 00:24:52.940
 a spectacular miracle.

00:24:53.059 --> 00:24:53.839
 It's not good enough.

00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:55.079
 So they say to Jesus,

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:56.259
 okay, do something better.

00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:57.259
 Verse 32,

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.799
 Jesus then said to them,

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.940
 truly, truly,

00:25:00.299 --> 00:25:01.759
 I say to you,

00:25:02.259 --> 00:25:03.220
 it was not Moses

00:25:03.220 --> 00:25:03.900
 who gave you

00:25:03.900 --> 00:25:04.779
 the bread from heaven,

00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:06.019
 but my father,

00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:06.740
 I mean,

00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:07.220
 he's just giving

00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:07.940
 a bit of a technical.

00:25:08.039 --> 00:25:08.640
 It wasn't Moses

00:25:08.640 --> 00:25:09.079
 who did that.

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.779
 God did that.

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:11.000
 And that verse

00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.799
 that you just quoted

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:13.279
 about needing bread

00:25:13.279 --> 00:25:14.240
 that comes from heaven,

00:25:14.240 --> 00:25:16.339
 he's going to say,

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:18.480
 the one who's standing

00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:19.200
 in front of you

00:25:19.200 --> 00:25:20.039
 fulfills that

00:25:20.039 --> 00:25:20.940
 scripture text.

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:23.059
 Listen to it again,

00:25:23.120 --> 00:25:23.620
 verse 32,

00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:24.220
 truly, truly,

00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.799
 I say to you,

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.640
 it was not Moses

00:25:25.640 --> 00:25:26.299
 who gave them,

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:27.579
 gave you the bread

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:28.140
 from heaven,

00:25:28.240 --> 00:25:29.400
 but my father gives you

00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:30.220
 the true bread

00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.759
 from heaven.

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:32.460
 For the bread of God

00:25:32.460 --> 00:25:34.000
 is he,

00:25:34.200 --> 00:25:34.799
 a person,

00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:35.960
 who comes down

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.500
 from heaven

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:38.200
 and gives life

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:39.700
 to the world.

00:25:41.420 --> 00:25:42.359
 They said to him,

00:25:42.400 --> 00:25:42.559
 sir,

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.339
 give us this bread

00:25:43.339 --> 00:25:43.779
 always.

00:25:44.920 --> 00:25:45.640
 But notice here,

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.480
 now remember,

00:25:46.660 --> 00:25:47.759
 so part of the thing

00:25:47.759 --> 00:25:49.299
 which is the emotional puzzle,

00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:50.180
 the intellectual,

00:25:51.200 --> 00:25:52.599
 it's a bit of a puzzle

00:25:52.599 --> 00:25:55.660
 for many people

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.400
 on the outside,

00:25:56.640 --> 00:25:58.120
 the entire Muslim world,

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.500
 and for many,

00:25:59.620 --> 00:25:59.960
 it's okay,

00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:01.319
 you say that Jesus

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:03.460
 can make matter

00:26:03.460 --> 00:26:04.160
 out of nothing.

00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:06.079
 You say that he's going

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:07.079
 to create the new heaven

00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.599
 and the new earth,

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.660
 he can walk on water,

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.839
 he can move objects

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.500
 in himself,

00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:12.539
 and then he dies

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.319
 on the cross.

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:14.359
 If you could put up

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:15.000
 the next point,

00:26:15.119 --> 00:26:15.259
 Andrew,

00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:16.159
 that would be very helpful.

00:26:16.579 --> 00:26:17.299
 What we see here

00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.559
 is that Jesus comes down

00:26:18.559 --> 00:26:19.039
 from heaven

00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:21.119
 to give his life.

00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:23.740
 In fact,

00:26:24.319 --> 00:26:25.059
 as we see,

00:26:26.939 --> 00:26:27.700
 how is it,

00:26:29.359 --> 00:26:29.720
 you know,

00:26:29.779 --> 00:26:30.939
 as we see here,

00:26:31.679 --> 00:26:34.000
 because he loves me,

00:26:34.439 --> 00:26:35.419
 he went to the cross

00:26:35.419 --> 00:26:36.259
 to die for me.

00:26:36.679 --> 00:26:38.460
 Because he loves me,

00:26:38.839 --> 00:26:40.179
 he stayed on the cross

00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:41.279
 and died for me.

00:26:42.279 --> 00:26:43.700
 Because he loves me,

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.259
 he went to the cross

00:26:45.259 --> 00:26:46.500
 to die for me.

00:26:47.060 --> 00:26:49.100
 Because he loves me,

00:26:49.580 --> 00:26:50.680
 he stayed on the cross

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:52.080
 and died for me.

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:55.860
 I just had a conversation

00:26:55.860 --> 00:26:57.360
 about this week

00:26:57.360 --> 00:26:58.940
 in a coffee shop.

00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:01.620
 And, I mean,

00:27:01.640 --> 00:27:02.279
 the person says

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:02.759
 they just have

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:04.600
 a very hard time believing.

00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:09.019
 his experience of life

00:27:09.019 --> 00:27:11.000
 is that people

00:27:11.000 --> 00:27:12.339
 who are bigger than him

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:13.619
 take advantage of him.

00:27:14.439 --> 00:27:16.399
 His experience of life

00:27:16.399 --> 00:27:18.299
 is that his parents,

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:21.019
 he wasn't the favorite child.

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:22.939
 His parents had favorite children

00:27:22.939 --> 00:27:24.519
 and he's a disappointment

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.500
 to his parents.

00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:27.339
 and he's stuck

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:28.819
 in a bit of a dead-end job

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:31.039
 and he keeps getting

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:32.440
 passed over for promotion.

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.160
 And women

00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:36.420
 that he's interested in

00:27:36.420 --> 00:27:37.740
 don't ultimately

00:27:37.740 --> 00:27:38.740
 stay with him.

00:27:39.460 --> 00:27:40.680
 And his entire life

00:27:40.680 --> 00:27:41.660
 is one of how

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:43.160
 people who matter

00:27:43.160 --> 00:27:45.039
 pass him by

00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:46.940
 or fail him.

00:27:49.359 --> 00:27:50.900
 And so this idea

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:52.420
 that the same one

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:53.720
 who could create all things

00:27:53.720 --> 00:27:54.980
 and sustain all things

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:56.700
 I could see him

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.579
 as I talked with him

00:27:57.579 --> 00:27:58.480
 struggling with

00:27:58.480 --> 00:27:59.799
 trying to get his mind

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.799
 around this idea

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:02.620
 that God himself

00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:03.539
 would do this.

00:28:04.420 --> 00:28:05.799
 Like, he has a very easy

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.940
 time believing

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:08.500
 that human beings

00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:09.460
 are screwed up.

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.240
 In fact, he used

00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.059
 a word that began

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.960
 with the word F

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.880
 many times

00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:15.319
 in terms of describing

00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:16.460
 how human beings are.

00:28:16.980 --> 00:28:18.420
 And I tried to say to him,

00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.620
 I tried to share with him

00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:21.000
 that if you come

00:28:21.000 --> 00:28:21.839
 to that realization

00:28:21.839 --> 00:28:22.720
 then you know

00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:24.700
 unless God does

00:28:24.700 --> 00:28:25.240
 something

00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:27.340
 where, I didn't use

00:28:27.340 --> 00:28:27.860
 the F word,

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:29.080
 I said we're screwed.

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.900
 Like, unless

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:32.240
 God does something

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:33.860
 and that's the story here.

00:28:34.100 --> 00:28:34.819
 And I said this

00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:36.019
 for me

00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.920
 and I believe

00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:37.819
 there's good reasons

00:28:37.819 --> 00:28:38.279
 for this,

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.580
 it's not just a story,

00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.460
 a clever story

00:28:40.460 --> 00:28:41.319
 to make you feel good.

00:28:41.420 --> 00:28:43.559
 It really happened.

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.700
 Like it really happened.

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:46.299
 happened.

00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:52.340
 And only love

00:28:52.340 --> 00:28:53.860
 could explain

00:28:53.860 --> 00:28:55.340
 why one who can make

00:28:55.340 --> 00:28:56.420
 matter out of nothing

00:28:56.420 --> 00:28:59.120
 would go to a cross,

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:01.059
 die and stay on the cross

00:29:01.059 --> 00:29:02.100
 and die on the cross.

00:29:02.840 --> 00:29:04.500
 Only love

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:06.440
 makes sense

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.400
 of why one

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:09.259
 who can walk on water

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:11.039
 would allow himself

00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:13.399
 to be captured,

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:14.920
 mocked,

00:29:15.960 --> 00:29:17.000
 put on a cross

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:18.839
 and stay on the cross.

00:29:20.099 --> 00:29:21.359
 Only love

00:29:21.359 --> 00:29:22.319
 makes sense

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.599
 of the inconsistency.

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:25.759
 And only

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:28.159
 a quite remarkable love

00:29:28.159 --> 00:29:28.819
 for you and me

00:29:28.819 --> 00:29:29.839
 makes sense of that.

00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:32.460
 One of the things

00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:33.960
 I shared with this person,

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.940
 I'll call him Bob,

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:37.900
 I said when Jesus

00:29:37.900 --> 00:29:39.000
 was dying on the cross,

00:29:39.080 --> 00:29:40.140
 he was thinking of you.

00:29:42.340 --> 00:29:43.660
 He was thinking of you.

00:29:45.360 --> 00:29:46.440
 He saw you.

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.940
 Well, okay.

00:29:57.660 --> 00:29:58.420
 I mean, George,

00:29:58.720 --> 00:29:59.600
 what's going on here?

00:29:59.660 --> 00:30:00.019
 What's up?

00:30:01.000 --> 00:30:01.320
 You know,

00:30:01.460 --> 00:30:02.100
 I don't know what to say

00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:02.519
 about this,

00:30:02.600 --> 00:30:02.920
 but George,

00:30:02.960 --> 00:30:03.960
 I just want to focus.

00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:04.799
 I was listening

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.900
 when you read something earlier

00:30:05.900 --> 00:30:06.940
 and doesn't Jesus

00:30:06.940 --> 00:30:08.080
 go on to say something

00:30:08.080 --> 00:30:09.400
 about whoever comes to me

00:30:09.400 --> 00:30:10.120
 will never hunger,

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:11.560
 whoever believes in me

00:30:11.560 --> 00:30:12.280
 will never thirst.

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:12.560
 George,

00:30:12.600 --> 00:30:13.840
 that doesn't make any sense.

00:30:14.040 --> 00:30:14.200
 Like,

00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.200
 George,

00:30:15.320 --> 00:30:15.640
 really,

00:30:15.840 --> 00:30:16.280
 you've never,

00:30:16.440 --> 00:30:17.560
 you don't keep hungry.

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:17.880
 And I know,

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.320
 I don't,

00:30:18.460 --> 00:30:19.840
 it's meaning something spiritual,

00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.320
 but George,

00:30:20.360 --> 00:30:21.360
 that actually makes it harder.

00:30:21.460 --> 00:30:22.000
 Do you actually

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:23.360
 expect me to believe

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:24.540
 that if I come to Jesus,

00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:26.500
 I'll never have any hunger

00:30:26.500 --> 00:30:27.540
 or thirst to gain

00:30:27.540 --> 00:30:28.259
 for meaning?

00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:28.540
 Like,

00:30:28.600 --> 00:30:28.780
 George,

00:30:28.780 --> 00:30:29.780
 you must get depressed.

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:30.720
 Don't you get tired?

00:30:30.860 --> 00:30:31.840
 Don't you get grumpy?

00:30:32.320 --> 00:30:33.680
 Don't you do bad things?

00:30:33.780 --> 00:30:33.940
 Like,

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:34.180
 George,

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:35.680
 that doesn't make any sense.

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.360
 And in fact,

00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:37.800
 actually,

00:30:37.940 --> 00:30:38.040
 I,

00:30:38.680 --> 00:30:39.600
 if we're honest,

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:40.740
 a lot of us Christians

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.880
 get very uncomfortable

00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:43.259
 with these next few words

00:30:43.259 --> 00:30:44.220
 that Jesus says

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:46.860
 because it bothers us

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.840
 that our experience

00:30:47.840 --> 00:30:49.440
 doesn't seem to match up with it.

00:30:49.560 --> 00:30:49.840
 I've,

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.380
 over the years,

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.580
 had many,

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:52.540
 many conversations

00:30:52.540 --> 00:30:53.240
 with people

00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:53.660
 who say,

00:30:53.740 --> 00:30:54.580
 maybe I'm not really

00:30:54.580 --> 00:30:55.180
 a Christian

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.980
 because I,

00:30:55.980 --> 00:30:59.440
 I feel so lonely

00:30:59.440 --> 00:31:00.539
 and I,

00:31:00.580 --> 00:31:01.640
 I feel defeated

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:03.620
 and this text of Jesus

00:31:03.620 --> 00:31:04.700
 that I'll never hunger

00:31:04.700 --> 00:31:05.539
 and thirst again.

00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.500
 George,

00:31:06.580 --> 00:31:07.660
 maybe I'm not a Christian.

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:09.900
 Well,

00:31:09.940 --> 00:31:11.100
 let's look what Jesus says.

00:31:12.000 --> 00:31:13.019
 Remember verse 34,

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.460
 they say,

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:13.640
 sir,

00:31:13.700 --> 00:31:14.779
 give us this bread always.

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:16.160
 Verse 35,

00:31:16.299 --> 00:31:17.100
 Jesus said to them,

00:31:17.519 --> 00:31:18.799
 I am the bread of life.

00:31:19.860 --> 00:31:21.240
 Whoever comes to me

00:31:21.240 --> 00:31:22.480
 shall not hunger

00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:24.700
 and whoever believes in me

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:26.259
 shall never thirst.

00:31:26.259 --> 00:31:27.299
 It's our memory verse

00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:27.759
 for the week.

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.440
 I encourage you

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.220
 to memorize it

00:31:29.220 --> 00:31:31.160
 and there's two other verses

00:31:31.160 --> 00:31:31.799
 in this text

00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:32.859
 we should memorize as well

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.240
 but just,

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:34.480
 just pause for that

00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:34.819
 for a second.

00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:35.680
 I'm going to talk about it

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.700
 but just listen to it again.

00:31:37.420 --> 00:31:38.519
 Jesus says to them,

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:41.259
 Jesus who's revealed himself

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:43.960
 as the same as the one

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:46.119
 who's created all things.

00:31:46.640 --> 00:31:47.599
 He is our creator.

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.019
 You know,

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.220
 it's,

00:31:50.220 --> 00:31:51.140
 it's very interesting

00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:51.720
 in Hollywood.

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:52.839
 What is it

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:54.039
 that Hollywood movies

00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:55.259
 when they talk about cyborgs

00:31:55.259 --> 00:31:58.480
 and robots coming to life,

00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:00.000
 they want to meet their creator?

00:32:01.740 --> 00:32:01.940
 I mean,

00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:03.400
 these are non-Christian movies

00:32:03.400 --> 00:32:05.859
 but we have this intuitive sense

00:32:05.859 --> 00:32:07.420
 that if there's a creator

00:32:07.420 --> 00:32:08.900
 we should connect with him.

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:11.839
 And Jesus is revealed

00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:13.200
 as the creator of all things.

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:14.359
 He's revealed as the one

00:32:14.359 --> 00:32:15.539
 who will create the new heaven

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.319
 and the new earth.

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.500
 And he says,

00:32:18.700 --> 00:32:20.660
 in light of those revelations,

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:22.319
 I am the bread of life.

00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:24.019
 Whoever comes to me

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.879
 shall not hunger

00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:26.180
 and whoever believes in me

00:32:26.180 --> 00:32:27.600
 shall never thirst.

00:32:28.220 --> 00:32:29.640
 But I said to you,

00:32:29.820 --> 00:32:30.620
 verse 36,

00:32:30.800 --> 00:32:31.820
 that you have seen me

00:32:31.820 --> 00:32:33.160
 and yet you do not believe.

00:32:33.560 --> 00:32:34.400
 Verse 37,

00:32:34.760 --> 00:32:35.780
 another verse to memorize.

00:32:36.280 --> 00:32:38.240
 All that the Father gives me

00:32:38.240 --> 00:32:39.600
 will come to me

00:32:39.600 --> 00:32:41.400
 and whoever comes to me

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:44.980
 I will never cast out.

00:32:45.360 --> 00:32:47.740
 I will never cast out.

00:32:47.980 --> 00:32:48.980
 Whoever comes to me

00:32:48.980 --> 00:32:52.620
 I will never cast out.

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:54.960
 Brother and sister,

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.660
 I'm going to keep reading it,

00:32:55.660 --> 00:32:56.220
 but brother and sister,

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:56.819
 are you depressed?

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:58.579
 Jesus will not cast you out.

00:32:58.640 --> 00:32:59.240
 Are you defeated?

00:32:59.539 --> 00:33:01.099
 He will not cast you out.

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:03.259
 Are you worried about dying?

00:33:03.480 --> 00:33:05.079
 He will not cast you out.

00:33:05.779 --> 00:33:07.019
 Do you feel like you are

00:33:07.019 --> 00:33:08.059
 the world's worst loser?

00:33:08.360 --> 00:33:09.920
 He will not cast you out.

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:12.339
 That's not George saying this.

00:33:12.859 --> 00:33:14.359
 This is Jesus saying this.

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:20.099
 Verse 38,

00:33:20.720 --> 00:33:22.299
 For I have come down from heaven

00:33:22.299 --> 00:33:24.639
 not to do my own will,

00:33:25.179 --> 00:33:26.720
 but the will of him who sent me.

00:33:27.179 --> 00:33:27.899
 Verse 39,

00:33:28.059 --> 00:33:29.119
 And this is the will of him

00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:29.699
 who sent me,

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:32.339
 that I should lose nothing

00:33:32.339 --> 00:33:35.459
 of all that he has given me,

00:33:35.959 --> 00:33:38.079
 but raise it up on the last day.

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:39.039
 Listen to this again.

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:41.099
 And this is the will of him

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.819
 who sent me,

00:33:42.359 --> 00:33:44.899
 that I should lose nothing

00:33:44.899 --> 00:33:46.839
 of all that he has given me,

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:49.220
 but raise it up on the last day.

00:33:49.639 --> 00:33:50.200
 Verse 40,

00:33:50.299 --> 00:33:51.940
 For this is the will of my Father,

00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:54.039
 that everyone who looks on the Son

00:33:54.039 --> 00:33:55.119
 and believes in him

00:33:55.119 --> 00:33:57.539
 should have eternal life,

00:33:57.759 --> 00:34:00.039
 and I will raise him up

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:01.339
 on the last day.

00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:04.879
 That's why Jesus dies on the cross.

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:07.940
 Could you put up the next point, Andrew?

00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:11.360
 Because I am a dead man walking,

00:34:11.779 --> 00:34:13.779
 I need the true bread of life,

00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:15.800
 so that I will not hunger,

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.779
 thirst, and die,

00:34:17.219 --> 00:34:18.840
 but receive eternal life.

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:21.300
 Because I am a dead man walking,

00:34:21.539 --> 00:34:23.119
 I need the true bread of life,

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:25.019
 so that I will not hunger,

00:34:25.820 --> 00:34:26.599
 thirst, and die,

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:28.179
 but receive eternal life.

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:29.739
 You see, here's this thing

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.420
 about what it means

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.139
 amongst other things,

00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:32.840
 that the most fundamental reason

00:34:32.840 --> 00:34:34.519
 this whole thing means

00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:35.820
 about the bread of heaven,

00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.739
 never thirsting,

00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:37.559
 never hungering,

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:39.079
 is that saying that

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:40.679
 if we,

00:34:41.679 --> 00:34:42.759
 Jesus isn't saying,

00:34:42.980 --> 00:34:43.079
 like,

00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:45.259
 I'm like this new powerful drug,

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:45.840
 that, like,

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:47.239
 when you get this drug,

00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:48.579
 it's like being on heroin,

00:34:48.759 --> 00:34:49.860
 but you never come down,

00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:50.679
 and you always have an,

00:34:50.779 --> 00:34:52.699
 like, it's not a drug,

00:34:52.940 --> 00:34:53.980
 he's not a drug

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:55.239
 that just overwhelms you,

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:56.340
 he makes you more human,

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:57.440
 he's going to fit you

00:34:57.440 --> 00:34:58.420
 for the new heaven

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:59.340
 and the new earth,

00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:00.539
 where you have body,

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.420
 and you dwell,

00:35:01.900 --> 00:35:03.360
 and you dwell with other people

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.380
 for all eternity

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.039
 in the new heaven

00:35:05.039 --> 00:35:05.779
 and the new earth,

00:35:05.780 --> 00:35:07.140
 and you'll be able

00:35:07.140 --> 00:35:08.200
 to walk on water,

00:35:08.840 --> 00:35:09.960
 you'll be able

00:35:09.960 --> 00:35:11.000
 to walk on water,

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.440
 you'll be able to eat,

00:35:12.600 --> 00:35:13.500
 and that's the new heaven

00:35:13.500 --> 00:35:14.200
 and the new earth,

00:35:14.600 --> 00:35:16.320
 and it's not talking

00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:16.760
 about that,

00:35:17.040 --> 00:35:18.060
 and if you're interested

00:35:18.060 --> 00:35:18.680
 about the,

00:35:18.720 --> 00:35:18.900
 you know,

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.480
 the whole thing

00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:20.080
 about whether this

00:35:20.080 --> 00:35:20.860
 is all about communion,

00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:23.100
 and you read commentaries,

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:24.700
 and whole forests

00:35:24.700 --> 00:35:25.660
 have been killed

00:35:25.660 --> 00:35:27.320
 to discuss whether this

00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:28.200
 is referring to communion,

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:29.000
 read my blog,

00:35:29.060 --> 00:35:29.940
 I'm not going to go there

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:30.200
 at all,

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:31.400
 read my blog about it,

00:35:31.420 --> 00:35:32.440
 it's in there this week,

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.660
 but you know what,

00:35:33.700 --> 00:35:35.140
 what is this fundamental image?

00:35:35.859 --> 00:35:36.159
 What's,

00:35:36.279 --> 00:35:37.219
 I looked it up this week,

00:35:37.319 --> 00:35:38.019
 every culture

00:35:38.019 --> 00:35:38.879
 from what I can gather

00:35:38.879 --> 00:35:39.539
 has bread.

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:42.400
 Every culture

00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:43.119
 has bread.

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.980
 Ancient cultures,

00:35:46.059 --> 00:35:46.960
 one of the first things

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.579
 that they would have been

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:48.699
 able to manufacture

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.739
 and make was bread.

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:51.379
 Jesus doesn't say,

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:52.440
 I am the caviar

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:53.739
 of life.

00:35:54.739 --> 00:35:56.199
 Thanks be to God.

00:35:58.579 --> 00:35:59.699
 I'm not just stuff

00:35:59.699 --> 00:36:00.980
 that only weird,

00:36:01.279 --> 00:36:01.500
 sorry,

00:36:01.619 --> 00:36:02.659
 maybe you love caviar.

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:04.859
 The idea of eating fish eggs

00:36:04.859 --> 00:36:06.639
 is like just repulsive

00:36:06.639 --> 00:36:07.440
 to me, okay?

00:36:07.539 --> 00:36:08.819
 I know I have to try it,

00:36:08.879 --> 00:36:09.119
 you know?

00:36:09.339 --> 00:36:09.879
 He doesn't say,

00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:11.039
 I am the escargot

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.960
 of life,

00:36:12.219 --> 00:36:14.000
 or the frog legs

00:36:14.000 --> 00:36:14.739
 of life,

00:36:14.859 --> 00:36:15.159
 okay?

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:15.920
 Sorry,

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.500
 maybe you like,

00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:17.059
 if you like it,

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:17.719
 good for you,

00:36:17.759 --> 00:36:18.639
 if you like frog legs

00:36:18.639 --> 00:36:19.559
 and escargot.

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:19.839
 You know,

00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:21.079
 everybody has their own thing.

00:36:21.460 --> 00:36:22.379
 An article newspaper

00:36:22.379 --> 00:36:23.279
 recently that bugs

00:36:23.279 --> 00:36:23.639
 are going to be

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.179
 the new thing

00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:25.159
 that we're going to eat.

00:36:25.339 --> 00:36:25.519
 You know,

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.199
 who knows, right?

00:36:26.599 --> 00:36:27.819
 But what does he say?

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.960
 If you watch

00:36:28.960 --> 00:36:29.620
 The Crown

00:36:29.620 --> 00:36:30.700
 on Netflix,

00:36:31.180 --> 00:36:31.880
 you'll see

00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:32.960
 the Queen of England

00:36:32.960 --> 00:36:34.000
 cutting bread

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.600
 and eating it.

00:36:36.700 --> 00:36:38.080
 And if you were to have seen,

00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:39.240
 you see shows

00:36:39.240 --> 00:36:40.080
 of very, very, very

00:36:40.080 --> 00:36:40.760
 poor people,

00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.380
 they eat bread.

00:36:42.120 --> 00:36:43.160
 The King eats bread,

00:36:43.260 --> 00:36:44.160
 the Queen eats bread,

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:45.680
 I bet Bill Gates

00:36:45.680 --> 00:36:46.260
 eats bread.

00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:48.600
 Poor people eat bread.

00:36:51.640 --> 00:36:52.120
 Bread

00:36:52.120 --> 00:36:54.860
 is what everybody eats.

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:57.400
 And it's a very profound image

00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:58.920
 of when everything else goes,

00:36:59.019 --> 00:37:00.240
 when you lose all of your money,

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.240
 I mean,

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:01.860
 that you can at least

00:37:01.860 --> 00:37:02.880
 afford some bread.

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.579
 In those old days,

00:37:03.660 --> 00:37:04.680
 bread would have kept you alive

00:37:04.680 --> 00:37:05.300
 with water.

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:07.400
 And, you know,

00:37:07.420 --> 00:37:08.260
 the other image is,

00:37:08.400 --> 00:37:08.680
 you know,

00:37:08.720 --> 00:37:10.140
 it's as if we read this text

00:37:10.140 --> 00:37:10.960
 and we're expecting

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:12.200
 certain emotional things

00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:13.280
 and all of that type of stuff,

00:37:13.460 --> 00:37:14.800
 but we forget the fact

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:16.039
 that apart from Christ,

00:37:16.860 --> 00:37:17.180
 like,

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:19.180
 every human being dies.

00:37:21.539 --> 00:37:22.860
 And apart from Christ,

00:37:23.260 --> 00:37:24.620
 every human being dies

00:37:24.619 --> 00:37:25.259
 and our death

00:37:25.259 --> 00:37:25.960
 is an image

00:37:25.960 --> 00:37:28.219
 and a foretaste

00:37:28.219 --> 00:37:28.920
 of, in a sense,

00:37:29.000 --> 00:37:30.119
 eternally dying

00:37:30.119 --> 00:37:31.380
 and eternally perishing.

00:37:32.259 --> 00:37:33.900
 I am not some God.

00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:36.259
 I am not some God

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:37.599
 demanding a whole pile

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:38.699
 of emotional experiences.

00:37:38.880 --> 00:37:40.099
 I act like I'm a God

00:37:40.099 --> 00:37:41.059
 demanding emotional

00:37:41.059 --> 00:37:42.219
 and spiritual experiences,

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:43.599
 but that's not who I am.

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.819
 I am a dead man walking.

00:37:45.019 --> 00:37:46.119
 I am a cut plant.

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:47.559
 I am a cut flower.

00:37:48.059 --> 00:37:49.359
 I am a dead man walking.

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:51.940
 And what does Jesus say here?

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:53.720
 I have come down from heaven

00:37:53.720 --> 00:37:55.619
 to give my life for the world.

00:37:56.159 --> 00:37:57.000
 Would you eat of me?

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:58.119
 You know what?

00:37:58.740 --> 00:38:00.039
 What happens if we can eat bread?

00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:00.880
 We don't die.

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.960
 You eat of me?

00:38:03.260 --> 00:38:03.619
 I won't,

00:38:03.659 --> 00:38:04.539
 you won't die.

00:38:07.159 --> 00:38:08.019
 You eat of me?

00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:09.340
 You will live eternally.

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:10.780
 I give you eternal life.

00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:11.720
 You won't,

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:14.700
 I am a dead man walking.

00:38:15.119 --> 00:38:16.539
 I need the true bread of life

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:18.159
 so that I will not hunger and die.

00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:19.699
 I will not thirst and die,

00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:21.420
 but receive eternal life.

00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:23.000
 That's who I am.

00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:26.819
 And kings need me and eat me

00:38:26.819 --> 00:38:29.579
 and the poorest of the poor.

00:38:32.319 --> 00:38:35.079
 And people in South Africa

00:38:35.079 --> 00:38:37.219
 and people in Japan

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:39.079
 and people in Canada.

00:38:43.799 --> 00:38:44.659
 Just one thing,

00:38:44.779 --> 00:38:45.799
 just to sort of wrap it up.

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.880
 You know,

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:47.680
 if you haven't,

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.200
 you know,

00:38:48.200 --> 00:38:49.039
 these words are very,

00:38:49.140 --> 00:38:50.519
 very precious words.

00:38:50.640 --> 00:38:51.660
 If you are here today

00:38:51.660 --> 00:38:55.560
 and you have not given your life to Jesus,

00:38:55.700 --> 00:38:57.160
 just listen again to verse 35.

00:38:57.300 --> 00:38:58.220
 I am the bread of life.

00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:59.280
 Whoever comes to me

00:38:59.280 --> 00:39:00.240
 shall not hunger

00:39:00.240 --> 00:39:01.620
 and whoever believes in me

00:39:01.620 --> 00:39:02.400
 shall never thirst.

00:39:02.700 --> 00:39:04.060
 Listen to verse 37.

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:06.120
 All that the Father gives me

00:39:06.120 --> 00:39:06.800
 will come to me

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.840
 and whoever comes to me

00:39:07.840 --> 00:39:09.460
 I will never cast out.

00:39:10.220 --> 00:39:11.300
 Listen to verse 39.

00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:12.380
 And this is the will of him

00:39:12.380 --> 00:39:12.860
 who sent me

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:13.980
 that I should lose nothing

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:15.120
 of all that he has given me

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:16.639
 but raise it up on the last day.

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:18.059
 Listen to verse 40.

00:39:18.619 --> 00:39:20.119
 For this is the will of my Father

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:21.799
 that everyone who looks on the Son

00:39:21.799 --> 00:39:22.679
 and believes in him

00:39:22.679 --> 00:39:23.819
 should have,

00:39:24.139 --> 00:39:25.779
 shall have eternal life

00:39:25.779 --> 00:39:26.920
 and I will raise him up

00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.639
 on the last day.

00:39:28.299 --> 00:39:28.659
 Friend,

00:39:28.759 --> 00:39:29.480
 if you are here,

00:39:29.759 --> 00:39:30.639
 come to Jesus.

00:39:33.119 --> 00:39:33.500
 And here's,

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.659
 if you could put up the last point,

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.179
 Andrew,

00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:35.859
 that would be really good.

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:36.960
 And there's a wonderful thing here

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:38.239
 that Jesus says.

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.359
 On one hand,

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:40.359
 it's completely true

00:39:40.359 --> 00:39:41.759
 that you have to come to Jesus.

00:39:41.760 --> 00:39:43.220
 On the other hand,

00:39:43.280 --> 00:39:44.200
 what is also true

00:39:44.200 --> 00:39:45.940
 is you actually don't come to Jesus

00:39:45.940 --> 00:39:46.960
 on your own power.

00:39:48.320 --> 00:39:49.720
 The Father brings you.

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:52.680
 I mean,

00:39:52.700 --> 00:39:53.160
 that's why,

00:39:53.500 --> 00:39:54.580
 you know,

00:39:54.720 --> 00:39:56.360
 this person I was having

00:39:56.360 --> 00:39:57.680
 a conversation with this week,

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.100
 Bob,

00:39:59.060 --> 00:40:01.080
 he asked me how it is

00:40:01.080 --> 00:40:02.360
 that I came to faith

00:40:02.360 --> 00:40:03.340
 and I told him

00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:03.780
 that it was

00:40:03.780 --> 00:40:05.760
 as if for a long,

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:06.420
 long time,

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:07.220
 for almost a year,

00:40:07.219 --> 00:40:08.239
 I could feel

00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:09.859
 that God was just

00:40:09.859 --> 00:40:10.659
 calling me

00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:11.699
 and urging me

00:40:11.699 --> 00:40:12.399
 and pushing me

00:40:12.399 --> 00:40:13.419
 to give my life to Jesus

00:40:13.419 --> 00:40:14.539
 and I was just resisting it

00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:15.159
 and resisting it

00:40:15.159 --> 00:40:15.959
 and resisting it.

00:40:16.639 --> 00:40:17.659
 And what we find,

00:40:17.779 --> 00:40:19.379
 and this is such a wonderful comfort,

00:40:19.579 --> 00:40:19.779
 you know,

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:21.099
 if it was just up to me

00:40:21.099 --> 00:40:21.899
 to come to Jesus

00:40:21.899 --> 00:40:23.399
 then maybe I'll turn away.

00:40:23.959 --> 00:40:24.799
 If it's just up to me

00:40:24.799 --> 00:40:25.539
 to come to Jesus

00:40:25.539 --> 00:40:26.439
 then what happens

00:40:26.439 --> 00:40:27.399
 when I feel like a loser?

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:28.679
 What happens when I feel sick?

00:40:28.739 --> 00:40:29.859
 What helps when I'm dying?

00:40:29.980 --> 00:40:30.399
 What happens

00:40:30.399 --> 00:40:32.879
 if I have emotional problems?

00:40:33.759 --> 00:40:34.019
 Like,

00:40:34.319 --> 00:40:36.000
 maybe I'll turn away from Jesus

00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:37.639
 but what this text is saying us

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:38.139
 is that,

00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:38.780
 yes,

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:39.440
 on one hand,

00:40:39.500 --> 00:40:40.519
 I give my will

00:40:40.519 --> 00:40:41.420
 and I say to Jesus,

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:42.679
 I come to you,

00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:43.699
 I believe in you.

00:40:44.699 --> 00:40:45.940
 Be my Savior and my Lord.

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:48.000
 Be that bread of heaven

00:40:48.000 --> 00:40:50.059
 that I might eat of you

00:40:50.059 --> 00:40:52.059
 and I will never hunger

00:40:52.059 --> 00:40:52.920
 and never thirst

00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:54.099
 and I will have eternal life.

00:40:54.519 --> 00:40:55.920
 I come to you, Jesus.

00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:58.000
 But we don't just come to Jesus,

00:40:58.139 --> 00:40:59.940
 it's the Father who carries us

00:40:59.940 --> 00:41:01.900
 and he'll never let us go

00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:03.480
 and once he has us in his hand

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:04.559
 and brings us to Jesus,

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:05.980
 he doesn't let us go

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:07.599
 and he will see that

00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:09.500
 he will raise us up

00:41:09.500 --> 00:41:10.039
 at the end,

00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:11.059
 the last day.

00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:13.519
 That's why I've put up there

00:41:13.519 --> 00:41:14.119
 on the screen,

00:41:14.300 --> 00:41:15.119
 remember, Christian,

00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:16.599
 that you did not merely believe

00:41:16.599 --> 00:41:17.960
 in Jesus and come to him.

00:41:18.360 --> 00:41:19.900
 God the Father himself

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:21.420
 gave you to Jesus

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:23.139
 and brought you to him.

00:41:23.619 --> 00:41:25.099
 I invite you to stand, please.

00:41:25.099 --> 00:41:25.260
 Thank you.

00:41:35.980 --> 00:41:38.619
 And all of us in different ways

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:39.360
 have some business

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:40.219
 to do with Jesus

00:41:40.219 --> 00:41:41.980
 this morning.

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:43.240
 For some of us,

00:41:43.300 --> 00:41:43.960
 it might just be,

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:45.420
 Father, thank you so much

00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:46.440
 that my salvation

00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:47.860
 doesn't depend upon me

00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:50.340
 feeling so good,

00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:51.800
 but that you carry me

00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:52.320
 to Jesus

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:53.599
 and you carry me

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:54.340
 throughout my life

00:41:54.340 --> 00:41:55.519
 and you will carry me

00:41:55.519 --> 00:41:56.920
 into eternity

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:58.420
 to be with you forever.

00:41:59.460 --> 00:42:00.960
 And that might be a response.

00:42:01.039 --> 00:42:01.699
 And for some of us,

00:42:01.740 --> 00:42:02.139
 it might be,

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:02.539
 Jesus,

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:04.760
 help me to believe in you.

00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:06.080
 I want you to be

00:42:06.080 --> 00:42:06.880
 that bread of heaven

00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:08.200
 that gives me eternal life.

00:42:09.200 --> 00:42:10.460
 I want the Father

00:42:10.460 --> 00:42:11.420
 to carry me to you

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:12.520
 and say that

00:42:12.520 --> 00:42:13.440
 with your own words.

00:42:13.580 --> 00:42:14.460
 There's no better time

00:42:14.460 --> 00:42:15.760
 than now to just say that

00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:16.700
 with your own words.

00:42:17.460 --> 00:42:18.100
 Let's pray.

00:42:20.180 --> 00:42:21.580
 Father, thank you for Jesus.

00:42:22.760 --> 00:42:23.580
 Thank you, Father,

00:42:23.660 --> 00:42:24.580
 that he reveals

00:42:24.580 --> 00:42:25.820
 that you are the creator

00:42:25.820 --> 00:42:26.720
 of all things,

00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:28.100
 that you exist,

00:42:28.840 --> 00:42:29.940
 that you brought

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:31.280
 all things into being,

00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:32.180
 that you sustain

00:42:32.180 --> 00:42:33.140
 all things into being.

00:42:33.200 --> 00:42:34.020
 And thank you, Father,

00:42:34.019 --> 00:42:34.940
 that he reveals

00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:35.659
 a little bit

00:42:35.659 --> 00:42:36.679
 of what it will be like

00:42:36.679 --> 00:42:38.759
 to have our resurrection bodies

00:42:38.759 --> 00:42:39.460
 in the new heaven

00:42:39.460 --> 00:42:39.980
 and the new earth.

00:42:40.059 --> 00:42:40.539
 And Father,

00:42:40.920 --> 00:42:41.759
 for those of us

00:42:41.759 --> 00:42:42.659
 who are here in Jesus,

00:42:42.940 --> 00:42:44.099
 fan into flame within us

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:46.000
 a longing and yearning

00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:47.619
 to see you,

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:48.780
 to know you,

00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:50.480
 to be with you forever.

00:42:50.719 --> 00:42:51.900
 Fan into flame within us

00:42:51.900 --> 00:42:53.139
 a greater longing

00:42:53.139 --> 00:42:53.699
 and yearning

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:54.340
 to know you

00:42:54.340 --> 00:42:55.539
 and to be known by you,

00:42:55.659 --> 00:42:55.900
 Father.

00:42:57.099 --> 00:42:57.759
 And Father,

00:42:57.880 --> 00:42:59.019
 for any who are here

00:42:59.019 --> 00:42:59.780
 who have not yet

00:42:59.780 --> 00:43:00.860
 given their lives to Jesus,

00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:01.300
 Father,

00:43:01.420 --> 00:43:02.480
 may your Holy Spirit

00:43:02.480 --> 00:43:03.679
 move deeply within them

00:43:03.679 --> 00:43:04.659
 that they might

00:43:04.659 --> 00:43:05.619
 give their lives to Jesus.

00:43:05.780 --> 00:43:06.780
 And if some have today

00:43:06.780 --> 00:43:07.539
 for the first time,

00:43:07.699 --> 00:43:07.920
 Father,

00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:09.619
 pour out your Holy Spirit

00:43:09.619 --> 00:43:10.800
 and your joy upon them.

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:12.139
 And all these things

00:43:12.139 --> 00:43:13.440
 we ask in the name of Jesus,

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:14.139
 your Son

00:43:14.139 --> 00:43:15.139
 and our Savior.

00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:16.260
 Amen.