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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 When we were last in our study of John's Gospel, back in November, if you can believe it,

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 following through the life of Jesus that we might believe and find life in Him,

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 Derek led us through the miracle of Jesus feeding 5,000 plus with five loaves of bread and two fish.

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 And the people ate their fill and they thought, this guy is great.

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 Let's make him king.

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 But Jesus withdrew by Himself.

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 Much of the rest of John chapter 6, where we pick up this morning, is a sermon, so to speak.

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 Jesus teaching and interacting some with the people there as would have taken place often at the synagogue.

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 They're talking with Him about what they need, about who He is.

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 And Jesus says some wonderful, amazing things that if you really stop to listen to Him and contemplate Him are mind-blowing.

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 They leave some people listening in anger and in disbelief, leaving Jesus, I don't want anything else to do with Him.

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 And on the other hand, they leave others convinced that He is the one that they must follow.

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 That happens by the end of this sermon.

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 We're going to take two weeks to get to the end of it.

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 But I want us to follow through Jesus' sermon and reading it as we go this morning.

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 So keep your Bible open.

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 We're going to keep reading another section and another section.

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 Before Jesus begins speaking, though, He starts showing Himself to His disciples in a very personal way.

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 With yet another of John's signs.

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 Remember, signs that point to who Jesus is.

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 And so we'll start reading in verse 16.

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 John 6, verse 16.

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

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

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 The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing.

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

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 And they were frightened.

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 But He said to them,

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 It is I.

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 Do not be afraid.

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 Then they were glad to take Him into the boat.

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

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 Just one of these times where Jesus will walk on the water.

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 Amazing.

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 But here, finding His disciples in the darkness, in a storm full of fear.

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 And the one who just cared for their bodies, fed them, now cares for their souls, doesn't He?

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 Do not fear.

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 I am here.

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 Remember, just remember for a moment what security there is for us in being with Jesus.

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 He can reach us no matter where we are, no matter what's going on.

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 And when He comes into the midst of whatever it is we're facing, we are safe with Him.

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 And we need not fear.

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 His presence should calm our fears.

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 It is I, He says.

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 Some of you have heard that comfort recently.

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 In some really tough places.

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 It's been hard.

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 And you've heard Jesus said, I'm here with you.

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 He meets us in our fears.

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 And the disciples here are starting to learn more about this miracle worker who fed 5,000.

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 That He rules over nature.

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 He cares for this world.

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 And He tends to our souls.

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 And all in a day's work.

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 Amazing.

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 Verse 22.

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

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 And that Jesus had not entered that boat with His disciples.

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 But that His disciples had gone away alone.

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

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 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there nor His disciples.

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 They themselves got into those boats and went to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

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 When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, Rabbi, when did you come here?

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 And Jesus answered them, truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking Me not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.

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 It's interesting, isn't it?

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 The crowds are eagerly tracking Jesus down.

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 They're getting ready to listen to Him teach for a long time.

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 And He starts the sermon by asking, why are you really here?

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 And then He answers.

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 He doesn't even let them say why they're there.

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 He tells them.

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 He answers for them.

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 Because you ate your fill.

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 Because you like what I do for you.

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 Jesus begins by identifying a common human struggle, doesn't He?

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 Demanding God to perform for us.

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 We are at the center of our lives.

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 And like the prodigal son, we like more what God does for us than the Father Himself.

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 Why do you really seek Jesus?

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 I remember thinking when I was still in school that maybe if I was spiritual enough, if I did enough church things and was up front leading enough, that maybe a girl would like me.

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 That seemed really appealing to me.

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 These crowds wanting to make Jesus king.

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 They like that He can solve those very practical, physical, real daily life kinds of problems for them.

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 They would like to use this powerful miracle worker against Rome, right?

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 Yes, we'll go with this guy.

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 Or at least while we do struggle through this, we would like to be well resourced and full along the way.

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 They're with Jesus not for the suffering, but for the success.

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 We want to have a good life, right?

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 Those are bandwagon fans, y'all.

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 They're there while we're winning.

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 They don't realize that multiplying the loaves to fill their bellies was merely a sign of something far more significant.

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 Some of you hang around Jesus primarily to give your kids some moral direction.

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 That's important, right?

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 Others of you are here counting on God to give you community.

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 Again, not a bad thing.

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 But Jesus is challenging you here right at the start to consider the priority of something else.

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 Something even more than those things.

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 The priority of spiritual food and life.

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 Listen to what he says next.

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

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 For on Him, God the Father has set His seal.

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 Seek lasting satisfaction, Jesus says.

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 He's talking to agrarian men and women who are used to working for their food, right?

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 In fact, they connect that to their very existence and survival.

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 Maybe that's not so much the same for you when you go to work.

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 You've got food at home in the pantry or the fridge, perhaps.

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 When they go and they work for food, it's not merely their livelihood.

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 It is their life.

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 That food that they work for.

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 That what it produces allows them to live.

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 And so Jesus takes something that they know quite well.

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 Something they can still taste from the day before.

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 And He says, make sure that you're not satisfied with something that will leave you empty again the next morning.

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 That will eventually spoil.

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 That you'll need more and more of the next day and the next year.

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 If you're going to survive, you'll have to keep working.

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 Jesus says, no, no, that's not what I'm offering.

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 I've got something better than that.

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 It's got to last.

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 Not just fill you temporarily, but really last.

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 Beyond this day, beyond this life, beyond this world even.

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 That's what's most valuable, He says.

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 Don't miss it.

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 Our relationship with God must be central in our lives.

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 Not primarily because He gives us so many good things.

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 Although He does.

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 Not because there are benefits to being His friend.

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 Although there are.

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 But because God Himself is the best thing.

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 Don't settle for less than truly knowing Him.

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 Than living with Him.

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 The one who is the ultimate good.

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 Don't demand God be a vending machine.

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 To give you what you pay for.

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 To perform what you need.

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 Well, the crowds aren't put off by Jesus' challenge on that point.

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 I hope you're not.

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 He's asking you to consider your heart.

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 Because He wants to invite you into something so much better than what you often live for.

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 So much better than what you often even hang around church for.

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 Something that is worth living and even dying for.

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 The people listening to Him, they hear what He's saying.

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 They seize on that word work.

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 And they say, you know, we got a question.

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 Jesus, okay.

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 We're tracking.

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 Tell us what work to do.

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 Verse 28.

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 Then they said to Him,

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

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 They're saying,

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 We will.

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 Well, literally it reads,

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 Work the works of God.

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 Just tell us what they are.

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 What must we do?

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 You tell us, Jesus.

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 We're in.

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 How can we help advance the cause?

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 How can we get in on this new kingdom and be a part of that?

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 What can we do for God?

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 Because we certainly want to be on His team.

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 The question itself implies a natural tendency that we all know very well.

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 The tendency to think it's all up to us.

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 Right?

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 We actually like that.

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 We love to contribute, don't we?

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 We like to be having a significant impact.

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 To feel good about ourselves.

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 Like we've got something to offer.

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 And maybe you've already thought,

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 Come on, you less spiritual people who think that God should perform

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 for you.

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 That's not how it works.

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 God is the king.

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 We are the servants.

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 Get it right, people.

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 Spiritual people know that we perform for God.

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 That's how it works.

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 Hmm.

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 That's not what Jesus says.

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 Modern day religious people like me would say it this way.

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 Give me the list, Jesus.

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 I am good at lists.

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 Those of you who know me know I can do a list.

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 I love lists.

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 We're so good, most of us, at this approach to relationship with God

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 that many people who aren't in a church think that that's what it means to be in a church.

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 That's where you go to get the list of do's and don'ts for your life

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 so that you know what you are supposed to do and what you're not.

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 What are the things God wants me to do to ensure that I'm on his side?

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 That's not how Jesus works.

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 Can you imagine the open door that question gives him?

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 Don't you love it when someone comes to you and says,

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 what can I do to help?

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 What are the things that I can do for you?

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 It's like every Saturday morning in my house.

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 Dad, what can I do for you?

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 Why are you laughing at us?

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 Imagine a preacher who's seeking to shape a movement to transform a group of people

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 to really get something done,

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 and they're asking him to tell them what to do.

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 Like, lay it on, man.

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 Tithing.

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 Teaching.

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 Ten commandments.

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 Is that enough?

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 Like, there's a list, isn't there?

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 Jesus says, verse 29,

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 this is the work of God.

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 Work.

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 Singular.

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 The one thing.

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 We might say the main thing.

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 God wants us to do.

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 To believe in Jesus.

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 Let's please not complicate what Jesus intends to be very simple.

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 He's calling us to come to him.

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 He's just said that he is the one who gives the life that we long for,

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 that God himself attests to that at his baptism, at many other times.

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 So he says, your work, really not work at all, is trust me.

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 What must I do to be saved?

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 The Bible is very clear on this point.

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 It's not a long list.

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 Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Faith is trusting Jesus to do the work on our behalf.

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 To give us the life that he promises to give.

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 To hold us and to bring us into God's family.

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 In a relationship of utter dependence on him.

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 Sometimes people of faith give faith a bad rap, honestly.

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 Partially it's because we have this nagging tendency to put our faith in ourselves.

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 In other people.

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 In what we do.

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 But really everyone in here.

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 Everyone in the world.

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 Is a person of faith.

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 When you sat down a few minutes ago after singing some of those songs.

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 Not a single one of you turned around and gingerly reached to the pew to make sure it was going to hold you up.

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 Now I saw a couple of you who turned around very carefully.

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 Not wanting to sit on a two-year-old who might have been crawling behind you.

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 That was, however, because you didn't have faith in the two-year-old.

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 Not because you didn't have faith in the pew to hold you up.

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 Every one of us.

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 The most cynical.

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 The most skeptical among us.

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 We exercise faith all the time.

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 Day in and day out.

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 We put our trust in all sorts of things and people.

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 The problem is.

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 We're so used to them letting us down.

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 The question Jesus puts before us is whether or not what we trust will truly.

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 And always.

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 And forever.

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 Hold us.

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 We're used to be let down by people.

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 By institutions.

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 Even by ourselves.

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 And Jesus says,

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 God sent me so that you can put your faith in one who will never let you down.

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 The only thing he asks you to do is to trust me.

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 And yes, as you enter into that relationship of trust and dependence,

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 you'll find your life centered on a new king and a new kingdom with all sorts of things to do.

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 Good works that God has designed just for you.

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 And you'll delight in doing them in relationship with him.

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 But nothing you do is the basis of your relationship with the king.

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 Nothing you do is the essence of the life that he offers to give you out of the abundance of his grace.

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 Jesus says,

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 Shorten your list.

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 One work.

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 Believe in me.

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 Come to me.

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 Trust me.

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 That is the good news that Jesus declares to you today.

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 Grace.

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 Life you don't earn,

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 but are given freely.

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 He's that good.

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 I hope you hear it as clearly as the people here did.

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 They understood Jesus asking them to do nothing more than trust him,

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 but also nothing less than trust him.

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 So they said to him,

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

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 What work do you perform?

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

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 He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

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 You hear what they're saying?

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 Where's the sign?

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 Many of them, remember,

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 have just been fed by Jesus with five loaves for 5,000.

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 The rest have almost certainly been talking about it.

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 And yet they want something more.

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 What sign?

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 What sign?

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 I don't know.

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 You've got to be at least as good as Moses.

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 Manna day after day for 40 years in the wilderness.

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 Enough for everyone to eat bread from heaven.

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 Not just one miracle.

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 Do something more for us, Jesus,

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 or we won't be satisfied.

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 Are you kidding me?

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 What in the world?

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 Y'all, I so relate to the people here.

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:07.599
 Demanding more

00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:12.039
 and not being satisfied with Jesus himself.

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 I believe in my head that God loves me fully and completely because of Jesus.

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 So before I step into this pulpit on a Sunday morning,

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 I am thinking and reminding myself I am fully loved by the God of the universe.

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 And that is enough.

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 Except that there are a whole lot of mornings that I step into this pulpit.

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 And what is really in my mind is,

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 God, that is so nice.

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 I've heard that for a long time.

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 I know you love me.

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 What I really need is another several hundred people or so to think that I'm wonderful.

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 And then I'll be okay.

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 Okay, that will be enough.

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 Can we make a deal on that?

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 I need this to go really well.

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 I need them to say nice things and then I'll leave feeling okay.

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 Honest.

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 Thankfully, today is not one of those so you can be mean.

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 Do you relate to feeling like that?

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 Jesus is nice on Sundays.

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 Maybe you've thought this,

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 but if I'm not professionally successful Monday through Saturday,

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 I'm going to spiral into self-loathing.

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 I need more stuff.

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 Being in God's family, that's neat and all,

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 but I don't feel cool or impressive or good enough

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 when I tell people where I go to church.

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 I need a new one.

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 Jesus says very clearly to us,

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:52.220
 he's saying, let me tie it together.

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 I said, seek lasting satisfaction.

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 Then I told you to come to me.

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 To be very clear,

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 come find lasting satisfaction in me.

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 Verse 32,

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 Jesus then said to them,

00:22:10.159 --> 00:22:11.779
 truly, truly, I say to you,

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 it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven,

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 but my father gives you the true bread from heaven.

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 For the bread of God,

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 the life,

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 is he who comes down from heaven

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 and gives life to the world.

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 And they said to him,

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 that sounds great.

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 Sir, give us this bread always.

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 Maybe they're still confused.

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 We're not sure.

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 Is it the physical bread for their life

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 that they're longing for?

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 Or is it the something greater?

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 And so Jesus now speaks

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 the first of his I am statements

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 in the gospel of John,

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 helping us grasp his true and unique identity.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 I am the bread of life.

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 Whoever comes to me

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 shall not hunger

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 and whoever believes in me

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 shall never thirst.

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 I am the bread of life.

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 Meaning,

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 if you come to me,

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 you'll never hunger again.

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 And in case you're confused

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 and think I mean that physically,

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:23.339
 no, no, no.

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 You'll also take bread

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 and believe in me

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 and you'll never thirst.

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 Your soul will be satisfied forever.

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 It's the invitation of Jesus

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 we've heard already this morning.

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 Come to me.

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 All you who labor

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 and are heavy laden

00:23:41.660 --> 00:23:44.339
 and I will give you rest.

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 It's the invitation of God

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 through the prophet.

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 Come, everyone who thirsts.

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 Come to the waters.

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 And he who has no money,

00:23:54.220 --> 00:23:55.579
 come, buy and eat.

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 Come, buy wine and milk

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 without money

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 and without price.

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 Why do you spend your money

00:24:01.439 --> 00:24:02.879
 for that which is not bread,

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:04.139
 your labor for that

00:24:04.139 --> 00:24:05.799
 which does not satisfy?

00:24:06.460 --> 00:24:07.539
 Listen diligently.

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 Where?

00:24:09.240 --> 00:24:10.039
 To me.

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 And eat what is good

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 and delight yourselves

00:24:14.000 --> 00:24:15.639
 in rich food.

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 This is what God has been saying.

00:24:17.460 --> 00:24:19.579
 He graciously invites you

00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:21.500
 into full fellowship with him.

00:24:21.919 --> 00:24:22.579
 Free forgiveness.

00:24:22.579 --> 00:24:23.099
 Forgiveness.

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 Feasting forever

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 in a relationship with him

00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:28.799
 that begins right now.

00:24:30.500 --> 00:24:32.079
 Anyone who comes to Jesus,

00:24:32.699 --> 00:24:33.879
 no matter how empty,

00:24:34.699 --> 00:24:35.980
 how hungry,

00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:37.779
 how undeserving,

00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:41.519
 will never hunger again.

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 I'm not talking about

00:24:43.740 --> 00:24:45.139
 some great thing you have to do.

00:24:45.220 --> 00:24:46.599
 Coming to Jesus, remember,

00:24:46.939 --> 00:24:48.799
 even for the very first time

00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:49.779
 in case you're wondering,

00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:53.019
 is not some Herculean task

00:24:53.019 --> 00:24:54.819
 where you have to climb a ladder,

00:24:54.960 --> 00:24:56.319
 reach the top of a mountain

00:24:56.319 --> 00:24:57.319
 to find him.

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:59.579
 It can be the simplest

00:24:59.579 --> 00:25:02.099
 whispered prayer.

00:25:02.980 --> 00:25:04.299
 Jesus, help me.

00:25:05.700 --> 00:25:08.180
 Have mercy on me, a sinner.

00:25:08.180 --> 00:25:12.880
 I need you every hour.

00:25:14.160 --> 00:25:16.240
 It's a continual coming

00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:18.420
 to the truth of his word.

00:25:18.740 --> 00:25:20.259
 Coming to his grace

00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.500
 in the sacraments.

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:23.500
 Coming to his people

00:25:23.500 --> 00:25:24.799
 in your grace group.

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:26.080
 To Jesus himself

00:25:26.080 --> 00:25:27.759
 as you love and serve

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:28.940
 the least of these.

00:25:29.019 --> 00:25:30.080
 He says you have loved

00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:31.580
 and served him.

00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:33.039
 Right now,

00:25:33.360 --> 00:25:35.460
 come trust Jesus

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:38.640
 and find lasting satisfaction

00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:39.960
 in him.

00:25:44.000 --> 00:25:45.519
 I suspect many of you

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:46.240
 are like me

00:25:46.240 --> 00:25:48.400
 and that you've done that.

00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.420
 You've come

00:25:50.420 --> 00:25:51.960
 and believed in Jesus

00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:54.220
 and Alan prayed about this

00:25:54.220 --> 00:25:55.559
 as we were confessing

00:25:55.559 --> 00:25:56.600
 our sin this morning.

00:25:58.740 --> 00:26:00.140
 Maybe you're wondering

00:26:00.140 --> 00:26:02.140
 what I wrestled with

00:26:02.140 --> 00:26:03.680
 here all week

00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:04.480
 in this passage.

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.880
 How come,

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:07.079
 why God,

00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:09.380
 do I still have moments,

00:26:11.099 --> 00:26:12.720
 days,

00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:15.299
 seasons,

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:18.620
 where I don't feel

00:26:18.620 --> 00:26:20.420
 satisfied?

00:26:21.980 --> 00:26:23.400
 I thought Jesus promises

00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:25.599
 never hunger or thirst.

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:30.599
 Two possibilities, I think.

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:34.419
 the first you should consider

00:26:34.419 --> 00:26:35.899
 is that maybe your heart

00:26:35.899 --> 00:26:37.099
 is wandering.

00:26:38.679 --> 00:26:40.159
 We are prone

00:26:40.159 --> 00:26:41.359
 to wander.

00:26:41.980 --> 00:26:42.500
 I am

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:44.859
 very familiar with this.

00:26:44.919 --> 00:26:45.799
 I've been there.

00:26:46.919 --> 00:26:47.599
 Maybe you're looking

00:26:47.599 --> 00:26:48.519
 for satisfaction

00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:50.179
 somewhere besides Jesus

00:26:50.179 --> 00:26:51.139
 right now.

00:26:51.919 --> 00:26:52.379
 Pleasure,

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.179
 money,

00:26:53.679 --> 00:26:54.179
 success,

00:26:54.559 --> 00:26:54.899
 comfort,

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:56.099
 all sorts of places.

00:26:56.099 --> 00:26:57.839
 and what you need

00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.619
 to hear is Jesus

00:26:58.619 --> 00:26:59.959
 calling you to come

00:26:59.959 --> 00:27:01.539
 back to him

00:27:01.539 --> 00:27:03.339
 and to find,

00:27:03.459 --> 00:27:04.480
 actually experience

00:27:04.480 --> 00:27:05.419
 true fulfillment

00:27:05.419 --> 00:27:06.500
 and satisfaction

00:27:06.500 --> 00:27:07.599
 that you'll never

00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:08.919
 find anywhere else

00:27:08.919 --> 00:27:10.459
 and that's why you

00:27:10.459 --> 00:27:11.919
 feel hungry.

00:27:11.920 --> 00:27:15.480
 or maybe

00:27:15.480 --> 00:27:18.060
 what you're feeling

00:27:18.060 --> 00:27:20.220
 is not actually

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.300
 the experience

00:27:21.300 --> 00:27:21.900
 that Jesus

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:23.220
 is talking about

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:24.060
 here at all.

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.259
 Maybe it's not

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.700
 what Jesus

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.380
 is promising

00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:28.180
 that you won't

00:27:28.180 --> 00:27:28.840
 experience.

00:27:30.320 --> 00:27:31.600
 Maybe you're experiencing

00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:32.320
 the reality

00:27:32.320 --> 00:27:33.180
 of the storms,

00:27:33.180 --> 00:27:36.560
 the pain

00:27:36.560 --> 00:27:37.440
 and difficulty

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:39.440
 of this broken world,

00:27:39.620 --> 00:27:40.779
 the longing

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:42.360
 to be home

00:27:42.360 --> 00:27:43.580
 forever

00:27:43.580 --> 00:27:44.560
 and Jesus

00:27:44.560 --> 00:27:45.299
 is actually

00:27:45.299 --> 00:27:46.759
 reassuring you.

00:27:46.840 --> 00:27:47.460
 He wants you to hear

00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.580
 his comfort

00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:49.279
 this morning

00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:51.240
 that he really is

00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:51.980
 the place

00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.940
 to find rest

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.740
 for your soul.

00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.420
 He doesn't want you

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:55.160
 to be confused

00:27:55.160 --> 00:27:56.180
 and start running

00:27:56.180 --> 00:27:57.420
 to look elsewhere.

00:27:57.820 --> 00:27:58.960
 True satisfaction,

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.420
 he says,

00:27:59.460 --> 00:28:00.180
 doesn't come from

00:28:00.180 --> 00:28:01.060
 a fuller belly,

00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:03.160
 a bigger bank account,

00:28:03.180 --> 00:28:04.880
 a better relationship.

00:28:05.320 --> 00:28:05.640
 No,

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.279
 he wants you

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:07.019
 to know

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:08.060
 right there

00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:08.720
 where you've come

00:28:08.720 --> 00:28:09.180
 to him

00:28:09.180 --> 00:28:10.320
 the comfort

00:28:10.320 --> 00:28:11.580
 that you're not alone.

00:28:13.560 --> 00:28:14.620
 He has come

00:28:14.620 --> 00:28:16.480
 to be with you.

00:28:16.860 --> 00:28:17.660
 He has come

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:18.259
 to you

00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:19.420
 in his incarnation

00:28:19.420 --> 00:28:20.980
 entering into this world,

00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:21.759
 his life,

00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:22.840
 his death,

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:24.060
 his resurrection.

00:28:24.500 --> 00:28:25.279
 He comes

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:26.180
 into the storms

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:26.860
 of life

00:28:26.860 --> 00:28:28.039
 to be present,

00:28:28.380 --> 00:28:29.539
 to give peace

00:28:29.539 --> 00:28:30.840
 that passes understanding

00:28:30.840 --> 00:28:31.960
 when the circumstances

00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.660
 don't change,

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.920
 to give hope,

00:28:34.259 --> 00:28:34.860
 pointing us

00:28:34.860 --> 00:28:35.820
 to true life,

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.820
 true hope

00:28:36.820 --> 00:28:38.340
 beyond what we know here.

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:40.220
 He has come

00:28:40.220 --> 00:28:41.820
 to set this table

00:28:41.820 --> 00:28:42.400
 this morning

00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:44.820
 to meet with you.

00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:47.360
 And he's coming again

00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:48.420
 to take you

00:28:48.420 --> 00:28:49.480
 to be with him

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.680
 forever.

00:28:52.080 --> 00:28:52.580
 Friends,

00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:53.680
 coming to Jesus

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:57.000
 is really nothing more

00:28:57.000 --> 00:28:57.759
 than embracing

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.340
 the one

00:28:58.340 --> 00:28:59.360
 who has already

00:28:59.360 --> 00:29:00.660
 run across

00:29:00.660 --> 00:29:01.759
 heaven and earth

00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:03.560
 to embrace you.

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.220
 Look at the assurance

00:29:06.220 --> 00:29:07.200
 that this gives us.

00:29:07.300 --> 00:29:08.240
 If I am the bread

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.880
 of life

00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:10.040
 is the climax

00:29:10.040 --> 00:29:11.200
 of Jesus' sermon

00:29:11.200 --> 00:29:11.880
 part one.

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.900
 This is the conclusion.

00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.500
 Verse 36,

00:29:15.820 --> 00:29:16.800
 after this offer

00:29:16.800 --> 00:29:17.519
 of himself,

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.519
 he says,

00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:19.660
 but I said to you

00:29:19.660 --> 00:29:20.840
 that you have seen me

00:29:20.840 --> 00:29:22.600
 and yet do not believe.

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:23.759
 Yes,

00:29:23.820 --> 00:29:24.759
 there are some

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:26.700
 who despite Jesus' promise

00:29:26.700 --> 00:29:28.100
 will not embrace him,

00:29:28.140 --> 00:29:29.580
 will refuse his offer,

00:29:29.579 --> 00:29:32.839
 but all that the Father

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.619
 gives me

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:34.759
 will come to me

00:29:34.759 --> 00:29:36.559
 and whoever comes to me

00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:38.259
 I will never cast out

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:39.740
 for I have come down

00:29:39.740 --> 00:29:40.359
 from heaven

00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:42.039
 not to do my own will

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.919
 but the will of him

00:29:42.919 --> 00:29:43.639
 who sent me

00:29:43.639 --> 00:29:44.939
 and this is the will

00:29:44.939 --> 00:29:45.960
 of him who sent me

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:47.079
 that I should lose

00:29:47.079 --> 00:29:47.980
 nothing of all

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.819
 that he has given me

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.659
 but raise it up

00:29:49.659 --> 00:29:50.579
 on the last day

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:52.159
 for this is the will

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:52.859
 of my Father

00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:53.679
 that everyone

00:29:53.679 --> 00:29:54.879
 who looks on the Son

00:29:54.879 --> 00:29:56.220
 and believes in him

00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.740
 should have eternal life

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:59.460
 and I will raise him up

00:29:59.460 --> 00:30:01.279
 on the last day.

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:03.620
 Just like the disciples

00:30:03.620 --> 00:30:04.519
 in the boat

00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:06.200
 no matter what happens

00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:07.359
 your safety

00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:09.019
 and security today

00:30:09.019 --> 00:30:10.099
 and forever

00:30:10.099 --> 00:30:12.059
 is inextricably linked

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:14.579
 to Jesus' presence

00:30:14.579 --> 00:30:16.200
 with you

00:30:16.200 --> 00:30:18.579
 and he is here.

00:30:20.220 --> 00:30:21.140
 Jesus has come down

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.660
 from heaven

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:25.700
 so that every single person

00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:27.320
 who trusts him

00:30:27.320 --> 00:30:28.580
 will be held

00:30:28.580 --> 00:30:30.000
 and given life

00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:31.779
 and fully satisfied

00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.779
 forever

00:30:32.779 --> 00:30:34.300
 that every one of us

00:30:34.300 --> 00:30:35.720
 would be actually a gift

00:30:35.720 --> 00:30:37.380
 from the eternal Father

00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:39.620
 to the divine Son.

00:30:40.120 --> 00:30:41.300
 You are safe.

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:43.960
 Listen,

00:30:44.060 --> 00:30:44.740
 if you have even

00:30:44.740 --> 00:30:46.640
 whispered this morning

00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:48.480
 Jesus help.

00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:50.460
 if you have even

00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:52.720
 even weakly

00:30:52.720 --> 00:30:53.980
 and feebly

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:54.900
 opened your arms

00:30:54.900 --> 00:30:56.059
 to embrace the one

00:30:56.059 --> 00:30:56.640
 who came

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:58.220
 to reach you

00:30:58.220 --> 00:31:00.019
 you know what your life

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:01.819
 depends on today?

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.839
 It's not hanging

00:31:04.839 --> 00:31:05.700
 by a thread.

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.759
 It is not

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:09.019
 dangling

00:31:09.019 --> 00:31:11.640
 precariously

00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:12.620
 by your

00:31:12.620 --> 00:31:14.360
 faltering faith

00:31:14.360 --> 00:31:14.920
 or your

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:16.620
 inconsistent obedience.

00:31:16.900 --> 00:31:17.839
 It's not being weighed

00:31:17.839 --> 00:31:18.619
 in the balance

00:31:18.619 --> 00:31:19.319
 of good

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.259
 versus bad

00:31:20.259 --> 00:31:20.839
 this week.

00:31:21.299 --> 00:31:22.659
 Your eternal comfort

00:31:22.659 --> 00:31:23.519
 and confidence

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.079
 you know what it all

00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:24.639
 comes down to?

00:31:25.019 --> 00:31:26.480
 It all comes down to this.

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:26.939
 You want to know

00:31:26.939 --> 00:31:27.639
 what you're going to make it

00:31:27.639 --> 00:31:28.259
 or break it on?

00:31:29.659 --> 00:31:30.519
 Will Jesus

00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:31.759
 the Son

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.959
 be obedient

00:31:32.959 --> 00:31:34.699
 to his Father?

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:36.779
 Remember when we looked

00:31:36.779 --> 00:31:37.519
 at this at Christmas

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:38.720
 and Jesus says

00:31:38.720 --> 00:31:39.500
 I came for this

00:31:39.500 --> 00:31:40.519
 express purpose

00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:41.099
 to do

00:31:41.099 --> 00:31:42.500
 my Father's

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:43.099
 will?

00:31:43.439 --> 00:31:44.879
 Of course

00:31:44.879 --> 00:31:45.439
 he will

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.519
 even if it

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:47.320
 cost him

00:31:47.320 --> 00:31:48.059
 his life

00:31:48.059 --> 00:31:48.860
 he will do

00:31:48.860 --> 00:31:49.940
 the Father's will.

00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:50.980
 You know what your life

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.740
 comes down to?

00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:53.720
 Will the Father's

00:31:53.720 --> 00:31:54.380
 eternal

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:55.180
 will

00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:56.660
 come to pass?

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.600
 Oh

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:59.539
 most certainly

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:00.080
 it will.

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:01.820
 The sovereign

00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:02.740
 King

00:32:02.740 --> 00:32:03.720
 and creator

00:32:03.720 --> 00:32:04.340
 of it all

00:32:04.340 --> 00:32:05.259
 he made it

00:32:05.259 --> 00:32:06.460
 he sustains it

00:32:06.460 --> 00:32:07.320
 his will

00:32:07.320 --> 00:32:07.680
 will

00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:08.500
 happen.

00:32:09.500 --> 00:32:10.340
 It all comes down

00:32:10.340 --> 00:32:10.860
 to this

00:32:10.859 --> 00:32:11.859
 will Jesus

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:13.299
 have power

00:32:13.299 --> 00:32:14.519
 to raise you

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.079
 to life

00:32:15.079 --> 00:32:16.399
 even if you die.

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.179
 Friends

00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:19.979
 he is the one

00:32:19.979 --> 00:32:22.179
 who rose himself

00:32:22.179 --> 00:32:23.959
 and conquered

00:32:23.959 --> 00:32:25.359
 the grave.

00:32:25.839 --> 00:32:26.159
 This

00:32:26.159 --> 00:32:27.099
 is the one

00:32:27.099 --> 00:32:28.199
 in whose hands

00:32:28.199 --> 00:32:28.779
 is your life.

00:32:29.019 --> 00:32:30.039
 He never runs

00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:30.879
 for re-election.

00:32:31.559 --> 00:32:32.619
 He doesn't have to.

00:32:32.859 --> 00:32:33.699
 His power is not

00:32:33.699 --> 00:32:34.259
 dependent

00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:35.539
 on public opinion

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.240
 and it being given

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:36.699
 to him.

00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:38.099
 He never

00:32:38.099 --> 00:32:38.859
 retires.

00:32:38.859 --> 00:32:40.539
 He's not merely

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.219
 the greatest

00:32:41.219 --> 00:32:42.379
 of all time.

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.559
 He is

00:32:43.559 --> 00:32:44.579
 the author

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.839
 of time

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.659
 itself

00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:48.359
 and guess what?

00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:49.979
 He will

00:32:49.979 --> 00:32:51.240
 never die.

00:32:51.859 --> 00:32:53.179
 He defeated

00:32:53.179 --> 00:32:53.719
 death

00:32:53.719 --> 00:32:54.699
 and lives

00:32:54.699 --> 00:32:55.699
 never more

00:32:55.699 --> 00:32:56.299
 to die.

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.219
 This

00:32:57.219 --> 00:32:58.399
 is the King

00:32:58.399 --> 00:32:59.579
 and the Savior

00:32:59.579 --> 00:33:01.359
 whose power

00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:02.639
 and love

00:33:02.639 --> 00:33:04.259
 hold your life.

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:04.799
 Your life

00:33:04.799 --> 00:33:05.939
 depends on

00:33:05.939 --> 00:33:06.899
 is he strong

00:33:06.899 --> 00:33:07.240
 enough

00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.379
 and is he loving

00:33:08.379 --> 00:33:08.799
 enough.

00:33:08.859 --> 00:33:09.619
 And Jesus

00:33:09.619 --> 00:33:10.139
 says

00:33:10.139 --> 00:33:11.039
 do

00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:11.879
 not

00:33:11.879 --> 00:33:12.839
 fear.

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.479
 It is

00:33:14.479 --> 00:33:15.219
 I.

00:33:15.439 --> 00:33:16.139
 I am

00:33:16.139 --> 00:33:16.919
 here

00:33:16.919 --> 00:33:18.319
 with you.

00:33:20.419 --> 00:33:21.419
 I've set

00:33:21.419 --> 00:33:22.099
 this table

00:33:22.099 --> 00:33:22.859
 before you

00:33:22.859 --> 00:33:24.199
 so that you

00:33:24.199 --> 00:33:24.759
 won't forget

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:25.119
 that.

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.379
 I've come

00:33:27.379 --> 00:33:27.859
 so that we

00:33:27.859 --> 00:33:28.179
 can have

00:33:28.179 --> 00:33:28.839
 relationship

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.339
 forever

00:33:29.339 --> 00:33:29.919
 and you know

00:33:29.919 --> 00:33:30.559
 what the terms

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:30.839
 of our

00:33:30.839 --> 00:33:31.339
 relationship

00:33:31.339 --> 00:33:31.679
 are

00:33:31.679 --> 00:33:31.899
 Jesus

00:33:31.899 --> 00:33:32.279
 says.

00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:33.759
 Here's the deal

00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:34.240
 I make a deal

00:33:34.240 --> 00:33:34.659
 with you.

00:33:35.179 --> 00:33:36.159
 I will

00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:36.939
 lay aside

00:33:36.939 --> 00:33:37.559
 the glory

00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:38.039
 of heaven.

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.579
 I'll be

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.240
 born on

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:40.659
 this earth.

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:41.599
 I will

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:42.039
 live a

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:42.960
 perfect life.

00:33:43.339 --> 00:33:43.700
 I will

00:33:43.700 --> 00:33:44.139
 die a

00:33:44.139 --> 00:33:44.879
 painful death

00:33:44.879 --> 00:33:45.159
 on the

00:33:45.159 --> 00:33:45.440
 cross.

00:33:45.799 --> 00:33:46.220
 I will

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:47.119
 rise and

00:33:47.119 --> 00:33:47.779
 defeat

00:33:47.779 --> 00:33:49.019
 sin and

00:33:49.019 --> 00:33:49.539
 Satan

00:33:49.539 --> 00:33:50.559
 and death

00:33:50.559 --> 00:33:51.419
 and you

00:33:51.419 --> 00:33:51.839
 will

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:56.139
 believe in

00:33:56.139 --> 00:33:56.419
 me.

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.440
 Come to

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:00.700
 me.

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.399
 Rest in

00:34:03.399 --> 00:34:03.599
 me.

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:03.719
 me.

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:06.439
 That's

00:34:06.439 --> 00:34:06.679
 how our

00:34:06.679 --> 00:34:07.119
 relationship

00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:07.659
 works.

00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:08.360
 It's what

00:34:08.360 --> 00:34:09.360
 Jesus told

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:09.980
 his disciples

00:34:09.980 --> 00:34:10.599
 on the

00:34:10.599 --> 00:34:11.360
 night one

00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:11.579
 of them

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:11.940
 betrayed

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.179
 him.

00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.219
 When he

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:13.619
 took bread

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:13.860
 and he

00:34:13.860 --> 00:34:14.339
 broke it

00:34:14.339 --> 00:34:14.860
 and he

00:34:14.860 --> 00:34:15.219
 gave it

00:34:15.219 --> 00:34:15.599
 to them

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:16.079
 as I

00:34:16.079 --> 00:34:17.079
 ministering

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.400
 in his

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.860
 name give

00:34:17.860 --> 00:34:18.400
 this bread

00:34:18.400 --> 00:34:18.839
 to you.

00:34:18.900 --> 00:34:19.259
 He said

00:34:19.259 --> 00:34:20.119
 take and

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:20.299
 eat.

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:21.799
 This is

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.960
 my body

00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:24.819
 given for

00:34:24.819 --> 00:34:25.159
 you.

00:34:26.219 --> 00:34:26.940
 Do this

00:34:26.940 --> 00:34:27.500
 in remembrance

00:34:27.500 --> 00:34:28.039
 of me.

00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:29.739
 In the same

00:34:29.739 --> 00:34:30.119
 way after

00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:30.619
 supper he

00:34:30.619 --> 00:34:31.019
 took the

00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:31.500
 cup and

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.980
 said this

00:34:31.980 --> 00:34:32.559
 cup is

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:32.920
 the new

00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:33.219
 covenant

00:34:33.219 --> 00:34:34.579
 in my

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:34.960
 blood.

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.380
 Shed for

00:34:36.380 --> 00:34:37.179
 many for

00:34:37.179 --> 00:34:37.659
 the forgiveness

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.340
 of their

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:38.780
 sins.

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.119
 He didn't

00:34:39.119 --> 00:34:39.840
 have any

00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:40.719
 but he

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:41.039
 gave his

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:41.480
 blood for

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:41.960
 yours.

00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:44.400
 Take and

00:34:44.400 --> 00:34:44.880
 drink it

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:46.079
 all of you

00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:46.559
 for as

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.019
 often as

00:34:47.019 --> 00:34:47.260
 you eat

00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:47.760
 this bread

00:34:47.760 --> 00:34:48.440
 and you

00:34:48.440 --> 00:34:48.900
 drink this

00:34:48.900 --> 00:34:49.500
 cup you

00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.139
 proclaim the

00:34:50.139 --> 00:34:50.500
 Lord's

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.559
 death until

00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:52.079
 he comes.

00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:52.780
 You proclaim

00:34:52.780 --> 00:34:53.599
 it's all up

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.639
 to him and

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.139
 he's done

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.940
 it and you

00:34:55.940 --> 00:34:56.579
 trust him.

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:59.139
 Come to

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.500
 Jesus.

00:34:59.500 --> 00:35:01.579
 He's

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:01.940
 already

00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:03.199
 come to

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:03.460
 you.

00:35:03.800 --> 00:35:04.000
 If you

00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:04.760
 embrace him

00:35:04.760 --> 00:35:05.079
 however

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.800
 desperately

00:35:05.800 --> 00:35:06.539
 if you

00:35:06.539 --> 00:35:07.260
 rest in

00:35:07.260 --> 00:35:07.579
 him

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.460
 however

00:35:08.460 --> 00:35:10.139
 weakly

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:11.460
 come and

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:12.280
 eat with

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:13.579
 him and

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.199
 with us.

00:35:15.320 --> 00:35:16.239
 If that's

00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:17.440
 not where

00:35:17.440 --> 00:35:18.039
 you are in

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.599
 your heart

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.119
 this morning

00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:19.820
 if that's

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:20.280
 not what

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.960
 you see

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.679
 before you

00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:22.659
 the only

00:35:22.659 --> 00:35:23.300
 hope that

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.699
 you have

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.159
 if you

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.679
 would actually

00:35:24.679 --> 00:35:25.900
 prefer that

00:35:25.900 --> 00:35:26.820
 the stuff

00:35:26.820 --> 00:35:27.280
 that God

00:35:27.280 --> 00:35:27.900
 does for

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:28.360
 you rather

00:35:28.360 --> 00:35:28.880
 than him

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:30.059
 or perhaps

00:35:30.059 --> 00:35:30.559
 even more

00:35:30.559 --> 00:35:31.360
 likely if

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:32.039
 you think

00:35:32.039 --> 00:35:32.619
 your relationship

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.200
 with God

00:35:33.200 --> 00:35:33.960
 is based on

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.639
 what you

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.119
 can offer

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.559
 to him

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:36.139
 and do

00:35:36.139 --> 00:35:36.599
 for him

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:36.900
 and you've

00:35:36.900 --> 00:35:37.280
 got more

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:37.619
 to do

00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:38.079
 before you

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:38.280
 come

00:35:38.280 --> 00:35:39.680
 don't come

00:35:39.680 --> 00:35:40.180
 to this

00:35:40.180 --> 00:35:40.539
 table.

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:42.619
 This table

00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.160
 is one

00:35:43.160 --> 00:35:44.400
 that declares

00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:46.400
 our hopelessness

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:47.280
 apart from

00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:48.639
 Jesus and

00:35:48.639 --> 00:35:49.260
 at the same

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:49.760
 time our

00:35:49.760 --> 00:35:51.300
 absolute hope

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 that we find

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:53.420
 life in him

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 and satisfaction

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:55.340
 in him

00:35:55.340 --> 00:35:55.880
 forever that

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 he's the one

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 who fills us

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 so if that's

00:35:58.239 --> 00:35:58.639
 not your

00:35:58.639 --> 00:35:59.059
 testimony

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.500
 don't come

00:35:59.500 --> 00:35:59.799
 to this

00:35:59.799 --> 00:36:00.099
 table

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:01.399
 we invite

00:36:01.399 --> 00:36:01.679
 you to

00:36:01.679 --> 00:36:02.459
 come up

00:36:02.459 --> 00:36:02.759
 and we'd

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:03.079
 love to

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.599
 pray with

00:36:03.599 --> 00:36:03.799
 you

00:36:03.799 --> 00:36:05.119
 if you'd

00:36:05.119 --> 00:36:05.779
 prefer you

00:36:05.779 --> 00:36:06.719
 can stay

00:36:06.719 --> 00:36:07.139
 where you

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:07.419
 are

00:36:07.419 --> 00:36:08.199
 if that's

00:36:08.199 --> 00:36:08.739
 more comfortable

00:36:08.739 --> 00:36:09.259
 for you

00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:09.979
 we're thrilled

00:36:09.979 --> 00:36:10.579
 you're here

00:36:10.579 --> 00:36:12.500
 wherever you

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.279
 are consider

00:36:13.279 --> 00:36:13.939
 the offer

00:36:13.939 --> 00:36:14.519
 of Jesus

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.099
 to you

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.959
 I am

00:36:15.959 --> 00:36:16.559
 the bread

00:36:16.559 --> 00:36:17.199
 of life

00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:18.179
 he who

00:36:18.179 --> 00:36:18.899
 comes to

00:36:18.899 --> 00:36:19.319
 me will

00:36:19.319 --> 00:36:19.579
 never

00:36:19.579 --> 00:36:19.959
 hunger

00:36:19.959 --> 00:36:20.739
 he who

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.259
 believes

00:36:21.259 --> 00:36:21.759
 in me

00:36:21.759 --> 00:36:23.119
 will never

00:36:23.119 --> 00:36:23.619
 thirst

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.419
 let's pray

00:36:24.419 --> 00:36:24.779
 and then we'll

00:36:24.779 --> 00:36:25.379
 come together

00:36:25.380 --> 00:36:27.400
 Jesus

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.900
 what a

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:29.480
 what an

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:30.019
 amazingly

00:36:30.019 --> 00:36:31.140
 gracious

00:36:31.140 --> 00:36:31.660
 offer

00:36:31.660 --> 00:36:32.200
 what a

00:36:32.200 --> 00:36:32.820
 gift

00:36:32.820 --> 00:36:36.640
 might we

00:36:36.640 --> 00:36:37.019
 come

00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:40.240
 crawling

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:42.579
 stumbling

00:36:42.579 --> 00:36:45.960
 struggling

00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:49.260
 to you

00:36:49.260 --> 00:36:51.060
 and find

00:36:51.060 --> 00:36:51.460
 ourselves

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:51.860
 held

00:36:51.860 --> 00:36:53.040
 and fulfilled

00:36:53.040 --> 00:36:54.940
 and preserved

00:36:54.940 --> 00:36:55.800
 in such a way

00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:57.180
 that we could

00:36:57.180 --> 00:36:57.880
 never imagine

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:59.040
 meet us

00:36:59.040 --> 00:37:00.280
 thank you for

00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:01.200
 coming first

00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:02.240
 thank you for

00:37:02.240 --> 00:37:02.760
 setting the

00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:03.120
 table

00:37:03.120 --> 00:37:05.400
 by your spirit

00:37:05.400 --> 00:37:06.080
 meet with us

00:37:06.080 --> 00:37:06.860
 now in Jesus

00:37:06.860 --> 00:37:07.320
 name

00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:08.220
 amen

00:37:08.220 --> 00:37:10.020
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