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 A number of weeks ago I was asked, do you have drama in your services at IPC?

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! Do Presbyterians do drama in their services?

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! What's the answer to that?

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 The answer is yes.

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 We do drama the first Sunday evening and the third Sunday morning.

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 Some Presbyterian churches in our denomination, they do drama every week.

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 The Lord's Supper is drama.

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 You will see bread broken.

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 You should see wine poured.

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 We don't do that, we probably should do that, shouldn't we?

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 My job tonight, I think if we preach John 6 right, I think it has to end in the drama

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 of the Lord's Supper.

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 That's my job for you tonight.

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 Which is why unusually we're having the Lord's Supper both morning and evening services.

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 At John 6 it started, Jesus fed 5,000 families with five loads, two fish.

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 And the next day he preaches a very long sermon.

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 And it's got one basic theme, verse 35.

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 And as we come to this last big chunk in this chapter, there's a tension going on.

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 I hope you can see it.

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 There are no words in John 6 that children cannot understand.

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 Jesus was a brilliant yet very simple preacher.

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 But as Jesus gets clearer, there is a reaction of hostility and antagonism.

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 And not just from the wider crowd, but from many of the disciples.

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 Look at verses 66.

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 We read that many of his disciples, many of his followers, they no longer walked with him.

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 There's a mass defection.

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 There's a point that comes to any of us in our relationship with Christ.

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 Where it becomes clear to you that Jesus is laying claim in the most radical and far reaching way possible.

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 That the way that I live and the decisions that I make and the way that I think and the attitudes that I have,

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 they are poisoning me.

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 And poisoning the ones that I love.

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 And I have to choose between the people I've invested myself in, and I think are going to make me happy,

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 and Jesus, who says, I am the true bread of life.

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 There comes a point, doesn't there, where we realise, actually, I'm just playing about with the edge.

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 About the edge with Jesus.

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 But to be a true disciple, it means that I'm going to have to let go of my iron grip

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 on all the things that I think make me happy.

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 And allow Jesus Christ and his grip of grace to grab hold of me.

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 I realise that I'm so frantically busy going off in different directions,

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 and that to truly follow Jesus means I'm going to have to simplify my life.

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 I'm going to have to make Jesus Christ first.

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 And that means I'm going to have to demote some of those things.

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 And I'm going to have to, in the language of John 6, feed on him first.

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 And last.

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 And I wonder if you've ever felt that tension.

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 I hope some of you might be feeling that tonight.

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 Because if you are, Jesus is revealing himself to you,

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 and your choice is to listen to him,

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 and come with humility to him,

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 or to walk away like those disciples.

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 And many choose to be offended and scandalised.

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 And they say in verse 60, this is all too hard for me.

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 I don't have to listen to this.

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 So the question is, will you feed on Jesus, or will you defect?

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 Two big points.

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 The first is feeding on Jesus' flesh.

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 And then we'll look at some responses.

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 Verses 47 to 59, feeding on Jesus' flesh.

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 So verse 48, can you see Jesus says, I'm the bread of life.

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 He's echoing what he's been teaching already that day.

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 And in verse 49, he speaks about the ultimate futility and inadequacy

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 of anything else to ultimately satisfy.

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 Even the very best gifts that God gives to you in this life.

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 The things that you think will feed you most in this life

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 will lead to dust and to death, apart from Christ.

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 There is nothing, apart from the Lord Jesus,

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 that can truly satisfy and fulfil and feed our needs.

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 Because I'm so culturally aware, I am aware of FOMO.

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 Do you know what FOMO is, isn't it?

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 FOMO is the fear of missing out.

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 Fear of missing out.

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 Other people have experiences that we would love to have and we want.

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 People talk about things that they are frightened of not getting.

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 It's FOMO.

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 And every single one of us here has experiences that we think,

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 if we have that, it will make me happy.

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 Or we compare ourselves with those who do the coolest things

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 and we feel inadequate.

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 And you fear that you're going to miss out.

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 FOMO.

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 But if you could accumulate, if you could put together all the coolest experiences in the world,

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 they are not true food.

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 And they are not true bread, the life of God.

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 They cannot connect you or they cannot bring you close to the God who made you.

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 They cannot give you the life of heaven.

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 Because Jesus in John 6 is saying to us that he alone is the true food and the true bread.

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 And what Jesus does in this last section of John 6,

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 is there are two shifts and two new directions.

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 And the first shift is the picture from bread to the picture of flesh and blood.

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 So the one thing that you must do to inherit eternal life is to,

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 listen, eat his flesh, drink his blood.

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 Jesus is speaking about his death.

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 The way in which Jesus can give you tonight the true food from heaven

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 is through his atoning death on the cross.

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 At the cross, his flesh and his blood are torn apart.

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 In the Bible, blood does not mean life.

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 It's not the blood that's pumping around our bodies normally.

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 But in the Bible, when it speaks about there being power in the blood,

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 nothing but the blood of Jesus like we sang this morning,

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 it's talking about blood poured out, blood lost, blood shed.

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 Blood separated from the living thing.

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 Blood is always a symbol of death in the Bible.

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 So that the bread of life that Jesus offers us,

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 it becomes available when the flesh and blood of Jesus are separated on the cross.

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 It's a very dramatic, gaudy picture, isn't it?

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 Of a violent and bloody death.

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 Look down at the second half of verse 51.

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 If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever.

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 And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.

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 It's a very important detail like, and he says,

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 the bread that I will give.

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 The wonder of what Jesus offers you tonight is that it is completely free, completely gracious.

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 None of us deserve this.

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 Jesus is not compelled to do it.

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 He is not coerced to give his life.

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 And he's talking here about the horror of crucifixion.

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 And he is going to do that freely for the life of the world.

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 The word for means in the place of, on behalf of, as a substitute for.

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 So as he gives his life over to death, it is for the sake that we will have life.

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 He says, it is my flesh.

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 And of course, he's speaking symbolically here.

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 He's not speaking specifically about the sacrament.

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 Although, as we come to the Lord's table, at the end, you'll see the relevance of this.

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 So verse 53, Jesus said to them,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood,

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 you have no life in you.

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 When Jesus left the glory of heaven and became incarnate,

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 took on flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and he was made.

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 He was made man.

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 The whole fullness of the Godhead dwelt in him bodily.

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 But Jesus' flesh and blood were not magic.

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 There was no more magic in Jesus' flesh and blood than there is in yours.

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 The Lord Jesus had human DNA.

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 And so if we could go back 2,000 years,

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 and we could bleed a litre of blood from Jesus' body,

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 sounds grotesque, doesn't it?

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 And you were somehow able to bring that litre of blood forward in a time machine to this evening,

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 and you could drink it, it wouldn't do you any good at all.

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 What he's talking about is that on the cross,

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 his flesh and his blood are torn apart.

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 That on the cross, he becomes the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

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 And his human flesh and blood, his body as it were, becomes the channel,

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 it becomes the conduit through which eternal life which dwelled in him comes to us.

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 He gave his flesh over to death.

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 He takes our place so that his body becomes the source and fountain of eternal life for you and for me.

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 The other shift that he makes when he starts talking about his flesh and blood,

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 he changes the word eating that we would use in a normal meal to the word munching,

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 chomping,

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 gobbling,

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 feasting.

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 If I was to speak to teenagers,

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 I might use the illustration of zombies here.

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 But the Bible translated as feeding to show there's a difference.

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 Just look at verse 54.

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 It doesn't talk about eating there.

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 He says,

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 whoever feeds,

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 the word is feast,

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 whoever feasts on my flesh,

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 drinks my blood,

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 has eternal life.

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 And I will raise him up on the last day.

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 For my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.

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 Whoever feasts,

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 feeds,

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 gobbles on my flesh

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 and drinks my blood,

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 abides in me and I in him.

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 As the living Father sent me

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 and I live because of the Father,

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 so whoever feeds,

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 feasts on me,

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 he will also live because of me.

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 This is how we receive

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 the gift of eternal life through Christ.

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 Can you see,

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 it's not through believing in Jesus generally.

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 It's not just through believing in his death.

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 It is feasting on him as our substitute

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 and saviour in his death.

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 Don't you think it's astonishingly humble

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 for Jesus to use this picture?

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 We might say,

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 Jesus,

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 why didn't he use something like chocolate and caviar

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 as a picture of precious,

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 eternal life giving flesh?

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 No, he says,

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 whoever,

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 whoever feeds and drinks,

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 it's domestic,

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 it's ordinary.

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 It is something we all do,

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 isn't it?

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 It is something we all understand.

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 If you'd ask me,

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 what's my favourite restaurant in Ealing,

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 I would say to you that it is

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 Espresso Kebabs.

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 I don't know if you've been to Espresso Kebabs

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 in Hanwell.

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 It's a little hole in the wall.

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 It is a remarkable place.

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 And it's difficult for me to express to you

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 what it tastes like.

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 What is the only way

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 that you could understand

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 what it tastes like?

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 It is for you to

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 experience it.

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 To taste it.

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 To feast on it.

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 The same is true with the Lord Jesus.

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 You can be a fan of the Lord Jesus,

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 you can be a follower,

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 and you can have never really tasted

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 the true bread of life.

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 Tragically, we know, isn't it,

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 you can even stand up and say,

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 I believe Jesus died on the cross

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 without experiencing who he is

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 and the reality of his death for you.

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 It's possible to grow up in a church like this,

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 to know the story,

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 but never to be known by him.

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 Because apart from actually sampling

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 and savouring Jesus himself

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 and his death,

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 there can be no changes,

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 no real heart changes.

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 I think that's why Jesus uses

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 this illustration of the manna,

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 the bread in the Old Testament.

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 The manna was a really good gift from God

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 that was meant to point people

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 to the Lord Jesus.

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 And I think it's a picture

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 of every good experience

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 that you have in life.

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 And thank God there are many.

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 Your best experiences come from God,

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 but as good as every experience is,

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 it cannot feed you with eternal life.

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 It is meant to turn us,

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 so that we feast on him each day,

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 each hour.

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 And so our God is not anti-pleasure.

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 Our God is not anti-good experience.

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 But at their best,

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 those experiences are meant to turn us

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 to Jesus Christ.

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 And if they don't turn us to Christ,

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 what they do is they turn us away from Christ,

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 to themselves,

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 and all your hunger,

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 and all your tastes,

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 constantly need recalibrating like mine do.

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 And the only way to recalibrate your heart,

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 to set it right,

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 is to feast on Christ.

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 This passage warns you that your good pleasures

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 will lead to dust.

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 If there's something in your life

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 that you really need

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 to be happy apart from Jesus,

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 if there's something that you choose

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 above him,

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 before him,

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 Jesus promises

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 it will turn to dust.

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 But when we learn to feed on him,

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 if we are able to feed on him,

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 it becomes the key.

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 It becomes the key

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 to be able to serve others.

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 If I am feeding on him,

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 it means I can love others

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 even if they don't love me.

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 and if I am feeding on him,

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 and say,

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 if I am feeding on him,

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 I think that is the only way

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 to starve my pride

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 and my bitterness

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 and my anxiety

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 and my regret.

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 None of us have power

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 over those things

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 apart from Christ.

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 What does he mean to feed?

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 He is speaking about

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 taking Jesus into our heart,

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 the ongoing,

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 soul-filling fellowship with him

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 as we partake in his death.

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 Right.

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 There you go.

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 That's good.

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 He is speaking about

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 the soul-filling fellowship with him

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 as we partake in his death.

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 It is digesting him.

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 It is actively taking him in

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 through faith.

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 The way that we grow,

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 the way that we transform

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 and change

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 is taking into our heart

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 the crucifixion

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 and Jesus crucified

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 to ourselves.

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 That is feeding on Jesus.

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 So what is the reaction?

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 This is our second point.

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 The second point is

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 there is more at the end

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 of this chapter

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 on people's response

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 than Jesus' word.

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 There are three different responses.

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 Let's look at them.

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 The first two

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 are both offence and rejection.

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 The last one is tentative faith.

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 The great surprise

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 is the first response

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 comes from the crowd

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 but the second one

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 comes from the disciples.

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 People have begun

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 to follow Jesus.

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 Now you might begin

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 to think that when Jesus

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 speaks in this way

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 people would just rush

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 to him, wouldn't they?

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 They'd feed on him

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 what he is offering.

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 These promises

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 are too good

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 to be true almost

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 but there's realism

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 in this chapter.

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 And so for a time

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 the crowds did flock to him.

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 But as Jesus becomes clearer

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 people take offence

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 and then they complain

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 and they reject

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 and I think that's

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 the basic human disposition

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 towards God

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 outside the Garden of Eden.

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 The basic disposition

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 is suspicious.

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 I think the children

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 are saying

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 get me away

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 from this boring man

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 tonight.

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 Alright?

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 Aren't they?

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 They're saying

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 we've had enough of him.

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 Alright?

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 I understand children

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 I feel the same.

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 Alright?

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 And so

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 they are offended

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 the crowds

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 and then they complain

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 and they reject him.

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 And that is the basic

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 human disposition

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 outside the Garden of Eden.

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 That's the normal reaction.

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 People are offended.

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 And so if you are

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 partially offended

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 by what I've said tonight

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 this is for you.

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 And if you have friends

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 that are offended

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 by Jesus

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 this is very helpful.

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 Let's see the three responses.

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 Okay?

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 First the reaction

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 is the crowd

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 verses 41 to 45.

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 The crowd begin

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 to grumble

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 and complain.

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 Jesus has just said

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 I've come down

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 from heaven

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 four times

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 and that's what's

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 made them complain.

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 I've come down

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 from heaven.

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 I've come down

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 from heaven.

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 And I think

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 we need to feel

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 something

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 the offence of this.

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 The incarnation

00:18:48.420 --> 00:18:49.560
 of Jesus

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 is offensive

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 because of what

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 it says about us.

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 You see

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 on our own

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 our best

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 spiritual insights

00:18:58.620 --> 00:18:59.400
 and intuitions

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 and thoughts

00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:01.000
 are completely

00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:01.620
 in the dark.

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 You can take

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 the most

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 brilliant

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 accomplished

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 compassionate

00:19:07.420 --> 00:19:08.180
 person

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 and apart

00:19:09.940 --> 00:19:10.600
 from Christ

00:19:10.599 --> 00:19:11.119
 coming from

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 heaven

00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:13.500
 and feeding

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 on him

00:19:14.179 --> 00:19:15.279
 their best

00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:15.719
 opinion

00:19:15.719 --> 00:19:16.439
 about God

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 is a stab

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 in the dark.

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 One of the most

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 powerful assumptions

00:19:21.899 --> 00:19:22.679
 in our culture

00:19:22.679 --> 00:19:24.719
 is this idea

00:19:24.719 --> 00:19:25.500
 that we can look

00:19:25.500 --> 00:19:25.879
 at all the

00:19:25.879 --> 00:19:26.799
 spiritual experiences

00:19:26.799 --> 00:19:29.039
 and spiritualities

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 and we can

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 construct a view

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 of God

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 and we get

00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.599
 to decide

00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:33.959
 what God

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 is like.

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 So it's a

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 massive affront

00:19:37.440 --> 00:19:38.920
 when Jesus

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 comes and he

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 says no one

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 has ever

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 seen God.

00:19:42.820 --> 00:19:43.420
 Verse 46

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 except the one

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 who has come

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 from God.

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 You can only

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 truly know

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 God

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 if you know

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 me.

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 You can only

00:19:49.840 --> 00:19:50.800
 truly please

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 God

00:19:51.220 --> 00:19:52.080
 or experience

00:19:52.080 --> 00:19:52.920
 God

00:19:52.920 --> 00:19:54.000
 if you please

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 me.

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 You can only

00:19:55.560 --> 00:19:56.200
 worship God

00:19:56.200 --> 00:19:56.900
 by coming to

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 me

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 and believing

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 in me

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 and feeding

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 on my flesh

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 and drinking

00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:00.580
 my blood.

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 It's so

00:20:00.940 --> 00:20:01.380
 offensive.

00:20:03.740 --> 00:20:04.640
 It cuts

00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:05.220
 across

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:06.559
 right across

00:20:06.559 --> 00:20:06.980
 that we can

00:20:06.980 --> 00:20:07.960
 somehow find

00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:08.320
 God

00:20:08.320 --> 00:20:09.680
 by accumulating

00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:10.160
 spiritual

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:10.680
 experiences.

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 You can see

00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:13.960
 the scandal

00:20:13.960 --> 00:20:14.680
 in verse 42

00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:15.420
 just after

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.019
 Jesus says

00:20:16.019 --> 00:20:16.299
 he's come

00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:16.680
 down from

00:20:16.680 --> 00:20:16.920
 heaven

00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:17.440
 they say

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:17.960
 verse 42

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.559
 is not

00:20:18.559 --> 00:20:18.900
 Jesus

00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:19.440
 the son

00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:19.920
 of Joseph

00:20:19.920 --> 00:20:20.880
 and Mary

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 the carpenter

00:20:22.940 --> 00:20:24.059
 he fixed

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.500
 my coffee

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 table last

00:20:25.019 --> 00:20:25.140
 year.

00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:25.779
 How does

00:20:25.779 --> 00:20:26.120
 he now

00:20:26.120 --> 00:20:26.519
 say I

00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:26.779
 have come

00:20:26.779 --> 00:20:27.160
 down from

00:20:27.160 --> 00:20:27.400
 heaven?

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:28.100
 It's contempt

00:20:28.100 --> 00:20:28.420
 isn't it

00:20:28.420 --> 00:20:28.920
 dogmatic.

00:20:30.320 --> 00:20:30.740
 It's an

00:20:30.740 --> 00:20:31.200
 adamant

00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:31.819
 refusal

00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:32.400
 to accept

00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:32.980
 that God

00:20:32.980 --> 00:20:33.400
 could come

00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:33.779
 to us

00:20:33.779 --> 00:20:34.359
 through this

00:20:34.359 --> 00:20:35.059
 one man.

00:20:37.539 --> 00:20:37.980
 And this

00:20:37.980 --> 00:20:38.859
 dogmatism

00:20:38.859 --> 00:20:40.759
 can be so

00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:41.440
 disheartening

00:20:41.440 --> 00:20:41.819
 can't it

00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:42.380
 particularly

00:20:42.380 --> 00:20:42.759
 when you're

00:20:42.759 --> 00:20:43.299
 trying to

00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:43.799
 share your

00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:44.319
 faith

00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:45.120
 with a

00:20:45.120 --> 00:20:45.680
 friend or

00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:46.120
 someone that

00:20:46.120 --> 00:20:46.620
 you love.

00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:49.299
 The most

00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:49.819
 wonderful

00:20:49.819 --> 00:20:50.779
 and delightful

00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:51.460
 people

00:20:51.460 --> 00:20:52.660
 automatically

00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.500
 dismiss

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:53.859
 Jesus

00:20:53.859 --> 00:20:54.359
 without even

00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:54.799
 a thought.

00:20:56.799 --> 00:20:57.140
 And what

00:20:57.140 --> 00:20:57.500
 does Jesus

00:20:57.500 --> 00:20:57.980
 say to

00:20:57.980 --> 00:20:58.319
 people in

00:20:58.319 --> 00:20:58.620
 those

00:20:58.620 --> 00:20:59.220
 circumstances?

00:20:59.519 --> 00:20:59.779
 What does

00:20:59.779 --> 00:21:00.200
 he say to

00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:00.579
 the person

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:00.839
 with a

00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:01.519
 dismissive

00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:01.859
 attitude?

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:02.579
 The one

00:21:02.579 --> 00:21:02.960
 who just

00:21:02.960 --> 00:21:03.579
 rejects

00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:03.699
 him?

00:21:03.879 --> 00:21:04.419
 His answer

00:21:04.419 --> 00:21:04.839
 is quite

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.299
 amazing.

00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:07.939
 He doesn't

00:21:07.939 --> 00:21:08.619
 become insecure

00:21:08.619 --> 00:21:09.220
 and threatened.

00:21:09.339 --> 00:21:09.579
 He doesn't

00:21:09.579 --> 00:21:10.159
 even defend

00:21:10.159 --> 00:21:10.699
 himself.

00:21:11.500 --> 00:21:11.839
 He doesn't

00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:12.240
 justify

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:12.539
 himself.

00:21:12.639 --> 00:21:12.759
 Look at

00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:13.379
 verse 43.

00:21:14.759 --> 00:21:15.319
 He says

00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:15.539
 stop

00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:15.899
 grumbling.

00:21:17.439 --> 00:21:17.740
 And then

00:21:17.740 --> 00:21:18.079
 he says

00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:18.299
 this.

00:21:18.419 --> 00:21:19.759
 Only God

00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:20.379
 can really

00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:21.079
 convince you

00:21:21.079 --> 00:21:21.439
 in your

00:21:21.439 --> 00:21:21.939
 heart of

00:21:21.939 --> 00:21:22.099
 my

00:21:22.099 --> 00:21:22.639
 authenticity.

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:25.699
 Since I

00:21:25.699 --> 00:21:26.119
 am heaven

00:21:26.119 --> 00:21:27.199
 sent, I

00:21:27.199 --> 00:21:27.559
 come from

00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:28.079
 God with

00:21:28.079 --> 00:21:28.779
 eternal

00:21:28.779 --> 00:21:29.220
 life.

00:21:30.579 --> 00:21:31.899
 The only

00:21:31.899 --> 00:21:32.639
 one who

00:21:32.639 --> 00:21:33.220
 can back

00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:33.779
 up my

00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:34.539
 claim is

00:21:34.539 --> 00:21:34.740
 God

00:21:34.740 --> 00:21:35.179
 himself.

00:21:36.939 --> 00:21:37.579
 And you

00:21:37.579 --> 00:21:38.000
 have to

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:38.379
 hear from

00:21:38.379 --> 00:21:39.019
 him directly

00:21:39.019 --> 00:21:40.879
 or you're

00:21:40.879 --> 00:21:41.259
 just going

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:41.539
 to keep

00:21:41.539 --> 00:21:42.079
 on grumbling.

00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:42.839
 Verse 44,

00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.480
 no one

00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:44.079
 can come

00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:44.519
 to me

00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.220
 unless the

00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.339
 father who

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:47.099
 sent me

00:21:47.099 --> 00:21:48.539
 draws him.

00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:51.199
 The word

00:21:51.199 --> 00:21:51.779
 draw is

00:21:51.779 --> 00:21:52.619
 very, very

00:21:52.619 --> 00:21:53.019
 important.

00:21:53.019 --> 00:21:55.420
 it is

00:21:55.420 --> 00:21:55.859
 always

00:21:55.859 --> 00:21:56.579
 against

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.619
 resistance.

00:21:59.379 --> 00:22:00.299
 It's not

00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:00.759
 a violent

00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.460
 or abusive

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.059
 drawing in

00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:02.460
 any way,

00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:02.960
 but it's

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:03.400
 always

00:22:03.400 --> 00:22:04.019
 against

00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:04.579
 inertia

00:22:04.579 --> 00:22:04.879
 and

00:22:04.879 --> 00:22:05.460
 resistance

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.119
 and

00:22:06.119 --> 00:22:06.680
 disinterest.

00:22:08.200 --> 00:22:09.240
 Because you

00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:09.960
 see, only

00:22:09.960 --> 00:22:10.920
 God's grace

00:22:10.920 --> 00:22:11.859
 is powerful

00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.400
 enough to

00:22:12.400 --> 00:22:13.059
 overcome

00:22:13.059 --> 00:22:13.400
 our

00:22:13.400 --> 00:22:13.799
 grumbling.

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:17.519
 we cannot

00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.180
 approach God

00:22:18.180 --> 00:22:18.460
 with our

00:22:18.460 --> 00:22:18.680
 own

00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.220
 competency.

00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:21.639
 The movement

00:22:21.639 --> 00:22:22.399
 begins with

00:22:22.399 --> 00:22:23.159
 God himself.

00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:25.740
 And it's

00:22:25.740 --> 00:22:26.519
 very encouraging

00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.139
 in one way,

00:22:27.299 --> 00:22:27.599
 in that it

00:22:27.599 --> 00:22:28.019
 means that

00:22:28.019 --> 00:22:28.919
 every single

00:22:28.919 --> 00:22:29.379
 one of us

00:22:29.379 --> 00:22:29.779
 tonight who

00:22:29.779 --> 00:22:30.159
 have come

00:22:30.159 --> 00:22:30.440
 to the

00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:30.899
 Lord Jesus,

00:22:31.059 --> 00:22:31.339
 we have

00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:31.819
 done so

00:22:31.819 --> 00:22:32.440
 because God

00:22:32.440 --> 00:22:32.899
 the Father

00:22:32.899 --> 00:22:33.740
 has drawn

00:22:33.740 --> 00:22:34.099
 us.

00:22:34.099 --> 00:22:37.439
 that's the

00:22:37.439 --> 00:22:37.859
 reason why

00:22:37.859 --> 00:22:38.139
 you are

00:22:38.139 --> 00:22:38.659
 feasting on

00:22:38.659 --> 00:22:39.279
 Christ tonight,

00:22:39.399 --> 00:22:39.899
 if you are.

00:22:41.699 --> 00:22:42.259
 It is

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.899
 because God

00:22:42.899 --> 00:22:43.500
 has drawn

00:22:43.500 --> 00:22:43.839
 you.

00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.519
 And I

00:22:46.519 --> 00:22:47.059
 think because

00:22:47.059 --> 00:22:47.839
 it is God

00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.539
 who draws

00:22:48.539 --> 00:22:49.159
 them, I

00:22:49.159 --> 00:22:49.439
 think it

00:22:49.439 --> 00:22:49.799
 means that

00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:50.419
 we shouldn't

00:22:50.419 --> 00:22:52.459
 harass or

00:22:52.459 --> 00:22:53.000
 nag our

00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:53.519
 friends.

00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:55.959
 We should

00:22:55.959 --> 00:22:56.480
 certainly pray

00:22:56.480 --> 00:22:56.779
 for them.

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:00.339
 Your witness

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:01.079
 is important

00:23:01.079 --> 00:23:02.500
 and your

00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:03.099
 conversations

00:23:03.099 --> 00:23:03.859
 and your

00:23:03.859 --> 00:23:04.379
 invitations

00:23:04.379 --> 00:23:05.259
 are very

00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.679
 important.

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:08.039
 But it is

00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:08.579
 only God,

00:23:08.659 --> 00:23:08.859
 isn't it,

00:23:08.879 --> 00:23:09.199
 who can

00:23:09.199 --> 00:23:10.240
 enter into

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.819
 someone's

00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:12.519
 life and

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:13.059
 show them

00:23:13.059 --> 00:23:13.639
 spiritually

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:14.119
 what is

00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:14.839
 going on.

00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:17.139
 And so I

00:23:17.139 --> 00:23:17.359
 want to

00:23:17.359 --> 00:23:17.959
 encourage those

00:23:17.959 --> 00:23:18.379
 of us who

00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:18.799
 are Christians

00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:19.299
 tonight to

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.979
 pray for

00:23:19.979 --> 00:23:20.679
 your friends,

00:23:22.259 --> 00:23:22.659
 particularly

00:23:22.659 --> 00:23:23.099
 those who

00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.759
 are most

00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.679
 antagonistic.

00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:25.379
 And how

00:23:25.379 --> 00:23:25.819
 does God

00:23:25.819 --> 00:23:26.319
 draw us?

00:23:26.359 --> 00:23:26.919
 Verse 45,

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.339
 the next

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:27.579
 verse,

00:23:27.659 --> 00:23:28.059
 it is written

00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:28.319
 in the

00:23:28.319 --> 00:23:28.639
 prophets,

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.299
 and they

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:29.619
 will all

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:30.079
 be taught

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.619
 by God.

00:23:32.139 --> 00:23:32.619
 Everyone

00:23:32.619 --> 00:23:33.240
 who has

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.679
 heard

00:23:33.680 --> 00:23:34.360
 and learned

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:34.680
 from the

00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:34.940
 Father

00:23:34.940 --> 00:23:35.560
 comes to

00:23:35.560 --> 00:23:35.680
 me.

00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:35.960
 It's a

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.340
 quote from

00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:36.539
 the Old

00:23:36.539 --> 00:23:36.880
 Testament,

00:23:37.200 --> 00:23:37.640
 that when

00:23:37.640 --> 00:23:38.980
 Messiah comes,

00:23:39.600 --> 00:23:40.080
 that God

00:23:40.080 --> 00:23:40.680
 himself will

00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:40.980
 be our

00:23:40.980 --> 00:23:41.279
 teacher,

00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:42.160
 that God

00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:42.600
 by his

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:42.880
 spirit,

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.440
 as we

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.000
 hear his

00:23:44.000 --> 00:23:44.560
 word,

00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.019
 as we

00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.400
 hear the

00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:46.720
 word of

00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:46.900
 God

00:23:46.900 --> 00:23:47.400
 outwardly,

00:23:47.460 --> 00:23:47.700
 he will

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.580
 shine in

00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:49.259
 our hearts

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.259
 illuminating the

00:23:50.259 --> 00:23:50.700
 beauty of

00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.100
 Jesus,

00:23:52.060 --> 00:23:53.039
 that he's

00:23:53.039 --> 00:23:53.500
 our Messiah.

00:23:55.440 --> 00:23:56.060
 So none

00:23:56.060 --> 00:23:56.460
 of you have

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:56.700
 believed

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.220
 tonight because

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.580
 of your own

00:23:57.580 --> 00:23:58.060
 strength,

00:23:59.220 --> 00:24:00.140
 or insight,

00:24:00.360 --> 00:24:00.900
 or intellect.

00:24:00.900 --> 00:24:02.860
 none of

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:03.259
 you keep

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.100
 believing because

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:04.600
 of our own

00:24:04.600 --> 00:24:05.160
 strength and

00:24:05.160 --> 00:24:05.460
 insight.

00:24:05.540 --> 00:24:05.759
 I don't

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.000
 have the

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:06.300
 strength to

00:24:06.300 --> 00:24:06.640
 be faithful

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.180
 for 24

00:24:07.180 --> 00:24:07.700
 hours,

00:24:07.740 --> 00:24:08.380
 or 12

00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:08.759
 hours.

00:24:10.800 --> 00:24:11.480
 But if

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.100
 tonight you

00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:12.540
 feel that

00:24:12.540 --> 00:24:13.380
 God is

00:24:13.380 --> 00:24:14.540
 drawing you

00:24:14.540 --> 00:24:15.400
 now,

00:24:16.360 --> 00:24:17.019
 don't

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:17.560
 resist him.

00:24:18.960 --> 00:24:19.640
 Come to

00:24:19.640 --> 00:24:19.980
 Jesus.

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.720
 That is the

00:24:20.720 --> 00:24:21.360
 reaction of

00:24:21.360 --> 00:24:21.900
 the crowd,

00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:22.920
 it's offence

00:24:22.920 --> 00:24:23.660
 and rejection.

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:25.620
 That's the

00:24:25.620 --> 00:24:26.680
 reaction of the

00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:26.840
 crowd.

00:24:26.940 --> 00:24:27.140
 There's a

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:27.440
 second,

00:24:27.820 --> 00:24:28.300
 and we'll be

00:24:28.300 --> 00:24:28.780
 briefer here,

00:24:29.120 --> 00:24:29.740
 the even more

00:24:29.740 --> 00:24:30.400
 troubling reaction

00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:30.820
 is from the

00:24:30.820 --> 00:24:31.280
 disciples,

00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:31.880
 verses 60

00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.519
 to 66.

00:24:34.840 --> 00:24:35.360
 It's so

00:24:35.360 --> 00:24:35.780
 searching,

00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.019
 isn't it?

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:36.320
 It's not the

00:24:36.320 --> 00:24:36.560
 crowd,

00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:36.860
 you don't have

00:24:36.860 --> 00:24:37.280
 any commitment

00:24:37.280 --> 00:24:37.700
 to Jesus.

00:24:40.420 --> 00:24:40.820
 No,

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.340
 these are

00:24:41.340 --> 00:24:41.700
 those who

00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.040
 become

00:24:42.040 --> 00:24:42.519
 disciples,

00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.000
 who begin

00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:43.360
 to follow

00:24:43.360 --> 00:24:43.640
 him.

00:24:45.460 --> 00:24:45.880
 And there's

00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:46.100
 a great

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.600
 number of

00:24:46.600 --> 00:24:46.860
 them who

00:24:46.860 --> 00:24:47.480
 turn away

00:24:47.480 --> 00:24:49.500
 because they

00:24:49.500 --> 00:24:49.960
 start to

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:50.480
 grumble as

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:50.640
 well,

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:50.920
 don't they,

00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.420
 as Jesus

00:24:51.420 --> 00:24:51.780
 becomes

00:24:51.780 --> 00:24:52.120
 clearer.

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.100
 They say,

00:24:55.180 --> 00:24:55.400
 don't they,

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.640
 it's all

00:24:56.640 --> 00:24:57.380
 too hard to

00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:57.640
 swallow.

00:24:59.180 --> 00:24:59.840
 You can't

00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.619
 expect Jesus

00:25:00.619 --> 00:25:01.220
 to take

00:25:01.220 --> 00:25:01.539
 over a

00:25:01.539 --> 00:25:01.899
 life like

00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.019
 that.

00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:02.299
 It's so

00:25:02.299 --> 00:25:02.899
 impractical.

00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:05.419
 We've

00:25:05.419 --> 00:25:05.759
 seen that,

00:25:05.839 --> 00:25:05.959
 haven't we?

00:25:06.000 --> 00:25:06.319
 People who

00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:07.139
 come and

00:25:07.139 --> 00:25:07.659
 they seem

00:25:07.659 --> 00:25:07.879
 to be

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.480
 enthusiastic

00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.039
 and they

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.399
 begin to

00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:09.959
 follow Jesus

00:25:09.959 --> 00:25:10.319
 Christ,

00:25:10.439 --> 00:25:11.359
 but when

00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:11.679
 it becomes

00:25:11.679 --> 00:25:12.259
 clear that

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.379
 Jesus disagrees

00:25:13.379 --> 00:25:13.899
 with us,

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:14.799
 or Jesus

00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:15.279
 is calling

00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:15.619
 us to

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:15.939
 have a

00:25:15.939 --> 00:25:16.179
 deeper,

00:25:16.399 --> 00:25:16.639
 clearer

00:25:16.639 --> 00:25:17.059
 commitment,

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.500
 there's a

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.259
 cooling off

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.980
 at a

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.459
 distance,

00:25:20.579 --> 00:25:20.759
 and the

00:25:20.759 --> 00:25:20.980
 grumbling

00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.500
 begins.

00:25:23.699 --> 00:25:24.019
 And what

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.379
 does Jesus

00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:24.939
 say to

00:25:24.939 --> 00:25:25.419
 those who

00:25:25.419 --> 00:25:25.899
 no longer

00:25:25.899 --> 00:25:26.259
 want to

00:25:26.259 --> 00:25:26.819
 continue with

00:25:26.819 --> 00:25:27.039
 him?

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.460
 What does

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:28.879
 he offer

00:25:28.879 --> 00:25:30.079
 those who

00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:30.579
 say,

00:25:30.779 --> 00:25:31.179
 I really

00:25:31.179 --> 00:25:31.740
 can't be a

00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:32.919
 disciple anymore?

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.539
 Well, in

00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.159
 verse 62,

00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.740
 he points us

00:25:34.740 --> 00:25:34.960
 to the

00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:35.519
 cross again.

00:25:36.919 --> 00:25:37.319
 And then

00:25:37.319 --> 00:25:38.379
 in verse 63,

00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:38.859
 he says,

00:25:38.939 --> 00:25:39.379
 it is the

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:39.899
 spirit who

00:25:39.899 --> 00:25:40.539
 gives life.

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.319
 The flesh,

00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.279
 speaking about

00:25:43.279 --> 00:25:43.839
 our human

00:25:43.839 --> 00:25:44.240
 flesh,

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:44.779
 is no help

00:25:44.779 --> 00:25:45.059
 at all.

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.859
 The words

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.200
 that I've

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:46.619
 spoken to

00:25:46.619 --> 00:25:46.899
 you are

00:25:46.899 --> 00:25:47.299
 spirit and

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.659
 life.

00:25:49.759 --> 00:25:50.559
 Our human

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:51.179
 flesh,

00:25:51.339 --> 00:25:52.279
 on its own,

00:25:52.379 --> 00:25:52.799
 apart from

00:25:52.799 --> 00:25:53.139
 the spirit,

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.039
 cannot gain

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.639
 satisfaction.

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:56.660
 It comes

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:56.920
 to us

00:25:56.920 --> 00:25:57.080
 through

00:25:57.080 --> 00:25:57.340
 Jesus'

00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:57.720
 word.

00:26:00.980 --> 00:26:01.300
 And so

00:26:01.300 --> 00:26:01.600
 tonight,

00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.040
 if you are

00:26:02.040 --> 00:26:02.280
 feeling

00:26:02.280 --> 00:26:02.680
 particularly

00:26:02.680 --> 00:26:03.280
 fatigued

00:26:03.280 --> 00:26:03.740
 and worn

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.040
 out,

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.140
 and if

00:26:06.140 --> 00:26:06.280
 you're

00:26:06.280 --> 00:26:06.540
 feeling,

00:26:06.620 --> 00:26:06.840
 I'm not

00:26:06.840 --> 00:26:07.320
 sure whether

00:26:07.320 --> 00:26:07.640
 I can

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:08.300
 even continue

00:26:08.300 --> 00:26:08.620
 as a

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:09.060
 disciple,

00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:10.759
 the way

00:26:10.759 --> 00:26:11.200
 forward is

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:11.500
 not to

00:26:11.500 --> 00:26:12.240
 try harder,

00:26:13.120 --> 00:26:13.420
 it's not

00:26:13.420 --> 00:26:13.940
 to work

00:26:13.940 --> 00:26:14.320
 harder.

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.360
 The way

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:16.800
 is simply

00:26:16.800 --> 00:26:17.220
 to hear

00:26:17.220 --> 00:26:17.740
 the words

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.180
 of Jesus

00:26:18.180 --> 00:26:19.100
 because we

00:26:19.100 --> 00:26:20.060
 cannot feed

00:26:20.060 --> 00:26:20.720
 on Jesus

00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:21.259
 apart from

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.759
 his words.

00:26:23.600 --> 00:26:23.860
 And if

00:26:23.860 --> 00:26:24.240
 you sense

00:26:24.240 --> 00:26:24.839
 in your

00:26:24.839 --> 00:26:25.140
 heart,

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:25.400
 you're

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:25.759
 pulling

00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:26.279
 away

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:26.620
 from

00:26:26.620 --> 00:26:26.980
 Jesus,

00:26:28.120 --> 00:26:28.720
 and you're

00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:28.980
 feeling

00:26:28.980 --> 00:26:29.700
 overwhelmed

00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:30.519
 with other

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.099
 hungers,

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.759
 you wonder

00:26:31.759 --> 00:26:32.220
 if you can

00:26:32.220 --> 00:26:32.740
 keep being

00:26:32.740 --> 00:26:33.200
 a disciple,

00:26:33.319 --> 00:26:33.660
 and perhaps

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.000
 even in

00:26:34.000 --> 00:26:34.460
 your heart

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:34.680
 you've

00:26:34.680 --> 00:26:35.140
 begun to

00:26:35.140 --> 00:26:35.579
 grumble

00:26:35.579 --> 00:26:36.140
 against

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.480
 him.

00:26:38.079 --> 00:26:38.680
 Or maybe

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.000
 you feel

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:39.339
 God has

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.700
 not come

00:26:39.700 --> 00:26:40.079
 through

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:40.700
 for you,

00:26:41.059 --> 00:26:41.440
 you and

00:26:41.440 --> 00:26:41.759
 I need

00:26:41.759 --> 00:26:42.200
 to attend

00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:42.500
 to these

00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.960
 really

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.539
 simple

00:26:43.539 --> 00:26:44.099
 words of

00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:44.339
 Jesus

00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:44.740
 here.

00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.160
 And the

00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:47.480
 prayer I

00:26:47.480 --> 00:26:47.799
 think for

00:26:47.799 --> 00:26:48.140
 me and

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:48.420
 for you

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:48.579
 is,

00:26:48.700 --> 00:26:48.819
 Lord,

00:26:48.900 --> 00:26:49.180
 I do

00:26:49.180 --> 00:26:49.500
 believe,

00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:50.019
 help my

00:26:50.019 --> 00:26:50.460
 unbelief.

00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.660
 Isn't

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:50.880
 that the

00:26:50.880 --> 00:26:51.220
 prayer of

00:26:51.220 --> 00:26:51.480
 all of

00:26:51.480 --> 00:26:51.700
 us?

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 And he

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.279
 says,

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.680
 I will

00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:55.059
 give my

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 spirit

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 without

00:26:55.660 --> 00:26:56.059
 measure

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 because

00:26:56.360 --> 00:26:56.620
 my

00:26:56.620 --> 00:26:56.960
 words

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:57.160
 are

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 spirit

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 and

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:57.779
 life.

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 And finally

00:26:58.240 --> 00:26:58.680
 and quickly

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 there's the

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 lovely and

00:27:00.340 --> 00:27:01.039
 true response.

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 In verse

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 66,

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:04.220
 many disciples

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.819
 walk away.

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 We've gone

00:27:07.700 --> 00:27:07.980
 from a

00:27:07.980 --> 00:27:08.400
 crowd of

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 hundreds,

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 maybe

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 thousands,

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 and they've

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 gone,

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 and we're

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 left,

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 aren't we,

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 with

00:27:12.220 --> 00:27:12.620
 twelve?

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 In verse

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 67,

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 Jesus said

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 to the

00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.319
 twelve,

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 do you

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 want to

00:27:16.679 --> 00:27:17.000
 go away

00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:17.139
 as

00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.359
 well?

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 And he

00:27:21.139 --> 00:27:21.519
 says it

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:21.839
 for their

00:27:21.839 --> 00:27:22.220
 benefit,

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 and Simon

00:27:22.720 --> 00:27:23.059
 answers,

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 it's a

00:27:23.379 --> 00:27:23.700
 wonderful

00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.059
 answer,

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 isn't it?

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.539
 To whom

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:24.819
 should we

00:27:24.819 --> 00:27:25.039
 go?

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:26.859
 You

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.099
 have the

00:27:27.099 --> 00:27:27.419
 words of

00:27:27.419 --> 00:27:28.359
 eternal life,

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:28.759
 we have

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.539
 believed and

00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:29.980
 come to

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.299
 know that

00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.599
 you are

00:27:30.599 --> 00:27:31.099
 the Holy

00:27:31.099 --> 00:27:31.759
 One of

00:27:31.759 --> 00:27:32.119
 God.

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 And that's

00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:34.779
 the

00:27:34.779 --> 00:27:35.519
 fundamental

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:38.119
 mark of

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 what it

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:38.919
 is that

00:27:38.919 --> 00:27:39.599
 God is

00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.079
 drawing

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:40.500
 you,

00:27:41.659 --> 00:27:42.000
 and that

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:42.279
 you are

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.759
 feeding on

00:27:42.759 --> 00:27:43.200
 Christ.

00:27:44.859 --> 00:27:45.399
 That you

00:27:45.399 --> 00:27:45.939
 know tonight

00:27:45.940 --> 00:27:46.320
 there's no

00:27:46.320 --> 00:27:46.559
 real

00:27:46.559 --> 00:27:47.000
 alternative.

00:27:49.160 --> 00:27:49.799
 You know

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.279
 the power,

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:51.160
 something of

00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:51.640
 the power

00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:52.039
 of Jesus'

00:27:52.220 --> 00:27:52.420
 words,

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:52.740
 and when

00:27:52.740 --> 00:27:53.080
 you read

00:27:53.080 --> 00:27:53.320
 them for

00:27:53.320 --> 00:27:53.700
 yourself,

00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.120
 you hear

00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:56.220
 them taught,

00:27:56.500 --> 00:27:57.140
 it is like

00:27:57.140 --> 00:27:57.620
 fire,

00:27:57.779 --> 00:27:58.200
 you get a

00:27:58.200 --> 00:27:58.960
 taste of

00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.420
 the world

00:27:59.420 --> 00:27:59.900
 to come

00:27:59.900 --> 00:28:00.400
 as his

00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:01.259
 word enters

00:28:01.259 --> 00:28:01.920
 your heart.

00:28:04.120 --> 00:28:04.759
 You know

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.220
 what it is

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.880
 to be acted

00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:06.539
 on by a

00:28:06.539 --> 00:28:07.779
 force outside

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.320
 of you,

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:09.140
 making you

00:28:09.140 --> 00:28:09.940
 more like

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.279
 the Lord

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:10.600
 Jesus.

00:28:12.840 --> 00:28:13.440
 Feed on

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.980
 his words,

00:28:14.080 --> 00:28:14.539
 and as you

00:28:14.539 --> 00:28:15.160
 feed on

00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:15.400
 him,

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:17.000
 and above

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.460
 all you

00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:17.799
 have come

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:18.160
 to know

00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.700
 and believe

00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.440
 in Jesus

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:20.000
 as the

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.480
 Holy One

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.799
 of God,

00:28:20.840 --> 00:28:21.240
 not just

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:21.660
 to know

00:28:21.660 --> 00:28:22.200
 about

00:28:22.200 --> 00:28:22.620
 him,

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:24.279
 but to

00:28:24.279 --> 00:28:24.620
 know

00:28:24.620 --> 00:28:24.980
 him,

00:28:26.580 --> 00:28:27.160
 that he

00:28:27.160 --> 00:28:27.820
 is real

00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:28.320
 to you.

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 And this

00:28:30.860 --> 00:28:31.440
 is important,

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.200
 it is so

00:28:32.200 --> 00:28:32.620
 important,

00:28:32.700 --> 00:28:33.019
 let me tell

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.220
 you how

00:28:33.220 --> 00:28:33.680
 important it

00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:33.820
 is,

00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:34.180
 that on

00:28:34.180 --> 00:28:34.519
 the night

00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:34.940
 before he

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.519
 was crucified,

00:28:36.059 --> 00:28:36.360
 the Lord

00:28:36.360 --> 00:28:36.980
 Jesus gave

00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.539
 us a meal,

00:28:38.820 --> 00:28:39.580
 and he

00:28:39.580 --> 00:28:40.080
 gave us a

00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:40.500
 meal to

00:28:40.500 --> 00:28:41.019
 repeat.

00:28:41.019 --> 00:28:43.660
 the Lord's

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:43.839
 supper,

00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.559
 and it

00:28:44.559 --> 00:28:45.220
 enacts

00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:46.500
 the gospel

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.400
 in exactly

00:28:47.400 --> 00:28:48.240
 these terms

00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:48.559
 that we're

00:28:48.559 --> 00:28:48.920
 about to

00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.339
 participate

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:49.680
 in.

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.039
 It tells

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.539
 the story

00:28:53.539 --> 00:28:53.900
 of the

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.920
 great heart

00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:55.279
 of the

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.859
 gospel of

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.119
 Jesus'

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.700
 death for

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:56.920
 us,

00:28:57.319 --> 00:28:57.639
 and at

00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:58.079
 the end

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:58.420
 as we

00:28:58.420 --> 00:28:58.839
 come to

00:28:58.839 --> 00:28:59.900
 receive bread

00:28:59.900 --> 00:29:00.379
 and wine,

00:29:00.579 --> 00:29:00.980
 we are

00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:01.619
 invited to

00:29:01.619 --> 00:29:02.440
 feed on

00:29:02.440 --> 00:29:02.779
 him,

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:05.139
 and drink.

00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:10.600
 in the

00:29:10.600 --> 00:29:11.000
 Anglican

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.460
 prayer book,

00:29:11.540 --> 00:29:11.940
 the 39

00:29:11.940 --> 00:29:12.500
 articles,

00:29:13.540 --> 00:29:14.200
 one of the

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.840
 articles says

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.259
 this,

00:29:16.600 --> 00:29:16.940
 that the

00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.320
 Lord's

00:29:17.320 --> 00:29:17.980
 supper is a

00:29:17.980 --> 00:29:18.700
 sacrament of

00:29:18.700 --> 00:29:19.560
 our redemption

00:29:19.560 --> 00:29:21.060
 by Christ's

00:29:21.060 --> 00:29:21.380
 death,

00:29:22.560 --> 00:29:23.540
 and insomuch

00:29:23.540 --> 00:29:24.000
 that to

00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:24.660
 such as

00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.180
 rightly,

00:29:25.700 --> 00:29:26.259
 worthily,

00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:27.500
 and with

00:29:27.500 --> 00:29:28.660
 faith receive

00:29:28.660 --> 00:29:29.560
 the same

00:29:29.560 --> 00:29:30.720
 bread which

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.340
 we break,

00:29:32.340 --> 00:29:32.680
 is a

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.380
 partaking of

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.700
 the body

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.220
 of Christ.

00:29:35.140 --> 00:29:35.940
 And

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:36.360
 likewise,

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:36.980
 the cup

00:29:36.980 --> 00:29:37.740
 of blessing

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.900
 is a

00:29:38.900 --> 00:29:39.420
 partaking

00:29:39.420 --> 00:29:39.860
 of the

00:29:39.860 --> 00:29:40.320
 blood of

00:29:40.320 --> 00:29:40.740
 Christ.

00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:42.960
 So

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.680
 come and

00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:44.120
 feed on

00:29:44.120 --> 00:29:44.740
 him in

00:29:44.740 --> 00:29:45.300
 your heart

00:29:45.300 --> 00:29:45.960
 by faith

00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:46.259
 with

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.800
 thanksgiving,

00:29:47.140 --> 00:29:47.720
 and come

00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:48.980
 and drink

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.500
 his blood

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:49.800
 with

00:29:49.800 --> 00:29:50.259
 thanksgiving.

00:29:51.520 --> 00:29:52.020
 Because

00:29:52.020 --> 00:29:52.700
 Jesus says

00:29:52.700 --> 00:29:53.400
 whoever feeds

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:53.800
 on my

00:29:53.800 --> 00:29:54.800
 flesh and

00:29:54.800 --> 00:29:55.420
 drinks my

00:29:55.420 --> 00:29:56.120
 blood has

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:57.080
 eternal life,

00:29:57.880 --> 00:29:58.340
 and I will

00:29:58.340 --> 00:29:58.800
 raise him up

00:29:58.800 --> 00:29:59.240
 at the last

00:29:59.240 --> 00:29:59.540
 day.

00:30:01.160 --> 00:30:01.960
 My flesh

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.460
 is true

00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:02.880
 food,

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:04.880
 and my

00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:05.360
 blood is

00:30:05.360 --> 00:30:05.580
 true

00:30:05.580 --> 00:30:05.960
 drink,

00:30:07.100 --> 00:30:08.000
 and whoever

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.660
 feeds on

00:30:08.660 --> 00:30:09.260
 my flesh,

00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:10.920
 and drinks

00:30:10.920 --> 00:30:11.320
 of my

00:30:11.320 --> 00:30:12.240
 blood abides

00:30:12.240 --> 00:30:12.640
 in me,

00:30:14.020 --> 00:30:14.360
 and I

00:30:14.360 --> 00:30:14.620
 in him.

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.440
 Let's come

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:18.760
 to the

00:30:18.760 --> 00:30:18.980
 table.

00:30:19.780 --> 00:30:20.420
 Let's pray.

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 Thank you.