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 If you would, please open up your Bibles this morning to John chapter 6.

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 John chapter 6.

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 This is the chapter that R.C. Sproul calls the most important chapter in the Gospel of John.

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 I'm not sure that I could make a claim like that,

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 but I'm confident that as we spend the next several weeks walking through this chapter together,

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 we will see just how rich and how beautiful and how full it is of the glory of Christ,

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 how it presents our need for Him and the ways that He has provided for us.

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 So let's turn there now, John chapter 6, and we'll read verses 1 through 35.

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 Follow along with me as I read.

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

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 And a large crowd was following Him because they saw the signs that He was doing on the sick.

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 Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.

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

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 Lifting up His eyes then and seeing that a large crowd was coming toward Him,

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 Jesus said to Philip,

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

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 He said this to test Him, for He Himself knew what He would do.

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 Philip answered Him,

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

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 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him,

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

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 Jesus said,

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 Have the people sit down.

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 Now there was much grass in the place,

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 so the men sat down, about five thousand in number.

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 However, Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks,

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 He distributed them to those who were seated,

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 so also the fish, as much as they wanted.

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 And when they had eaten their fill, He told His disciples,

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

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 So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments

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 from the five barley loaves left by those who had eaten.

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

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

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 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king,

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 Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by Himself.

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 And when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,

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 got into a boat, and started across the sea to Capernaum.

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

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 The sea became rough because a strong wind was blowing.

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 When they had rowed about three or four miles,

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 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. 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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 On the next day, the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea

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 saw that there had only been one boat there,

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 and that Jesus had not entered the 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

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 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 the boat and went to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

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 When they found Him on the other side of the sea,

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 they said to Him,

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 Rabbi, when did you come here?

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 Jesus answered them,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 you are seeking Me, not because you saw the signs,

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 but because you ate your fill of the loaves.

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 Do not work for the food that perishes,

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 but for the food that endures to eternal life,

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 which the Son of Man will give to you.

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 For on Him God the Father has set His seal.

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 Then they said to Him,

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

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 Jesus answered them,

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 This is the work of God,

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 that you believe in Him whom He has sent.

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 So they said to Him,

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

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 What work do you perform?

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 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness,

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 as it is written,

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 He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

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 Jesus then said to them,

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 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 is He who comes down from heaven

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 and gives life to the world.

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 They said to Him,

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 Sir, give us this bread always.

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 Jesus said to them,

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 I am the bread of life.

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 Whoever comes to Me shall not hunger,

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 and whoever believes in Me shall never thirst.

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 This is the Word of God.

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 Let's bow once more and pray.

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 Father,

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 this is a picture of Your glorious provision for our need.

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 In Christ.

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 So we pray now as we open up this Word

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 and discuss it in this brief time,

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 Lord, would You do eternal work in us

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 as we open up Your Word and seek You in it.

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 We pray in Christ's name.

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 Amen.

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 Two weeks in a row,

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 now we have quoted C.S. Lewis,

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 and if you thought there's no way

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 he's going to do it three weeks in a row,

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 you were wrong.

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 We're going for three.

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 This one is from his book,

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 The Weight of Glory.

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 He says this.

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 He says,

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 It would seem that our Lord finds our desires

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 not too strong but too weak.

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 We are half-hearted creatures,

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 fooling about with drink and sex and ambition

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 when infinite joy is offered us.

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 Like an ignorant child

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 who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum

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 because he cannot imagine

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 what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea,

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 we are far too easily pleased.

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 I wonder this morning as we read this passage

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 if that describes you.

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 You and I,

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 we were made for eternal,

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 infinite joy in Christ,

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 and anything less than that is too small.

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 But far too often,

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 I think we are earthly-minded.

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 We have tunnel vision

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 for our physical, immediate needs,

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 and we ignore the greatness

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 of our inheritance in Christ.

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 We seek temporary satisfaction,

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 and we ignore the eternal joy

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 that's offered to us in the gospel.

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 In other words,

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 we make a really big deal

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 out of really small things,

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 and a really small deal

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 out of really big things.

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 I want our passage this morning

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 to help correct that in us.

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 What we see here in John chapter 6

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 is two more signs that Jesus performs.

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 We've seen already,

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 Jesus came performing signs and miracles.

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 He came performing these physical signs,

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 meeting physical needs.

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 But the whole point

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 was to demonstrate a greater,

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 truer, more lasting promise

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 that our greatest needs

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 and our greatest desires

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 are met ultimately and only in Christ.

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 We're going to see this

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 in three ways this morning.

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 This will be our outline this morning

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 if you're taking notes,

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 following along.

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 We're going to see three ways

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 Christ meets our deepest needs.

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 Three ways Christ meets our deepest needs.

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 First, we see that Jesus

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 is a God of great provision.

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 Jesus is a God of great provision.

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 Look there with me

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 to the beginning of chapter 6.

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 Here we see this extraordinary miracle,

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 the feeding of the 5,000.

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 This is the only miracle

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 except for the resurrection.

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 This is the only miracle

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 that shows up in all four gospels.

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 And it shows us that our God

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 is a need-meeting God.

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 He is a God of great provision.

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 Look there to verse 1.

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 John tells us that

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 after the encounter with the Pharisees

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 that we discussed last week,

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 Jesus went away to the other side

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 of the Sea of Galilee

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 and it seems like a large crowd

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 was following Him there.

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 Jesus' popularity was growing.

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 Mark 6 in a parallel account

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 and Mark tells us that

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 when the people recognized Jesus

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 and His disciples

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 and saw where they were headed,

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 people from all of the neighboring towns

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 ran there ahead of Him

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 to meet Him there,

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 to get there in advance of Him.

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 But John clues us in here

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 to their motive.

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 And just like we've already seen already,

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 they were seeking Christ

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 not for Him,

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 but for what they might get from Him.

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 They were seeking Christ

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 not for Christ,

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 but for what Christ might do

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 for them.

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 As these crowds gathered around,

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 Jesus looked up,

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 He saw them,

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 He saw all the people coming to Him,

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 and He saw an opportunity

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 for a lesson.

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 So He asks Philip,

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 His disciple,

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 where are we going to buy bread

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 so that all of these people

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 may eat?

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 John tells us plainly there

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 in verse 6

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 that Jesus said this

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 to test Him

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 for He Himself

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 for He Himself knew

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 what He was going to do.

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 This was a test.

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 Would Philip

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 see with spiritual trust,

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 with the eyes of faith

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 in Christ,

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 would he see

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 that Christ is able

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 to provide all the needs

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 of anyone who know Him,

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 or would he see

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 with natural,

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 physical sight?

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 Well, how did Philip respond?

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 He responded

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 like how most men would.

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 Philip,

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 he began to calculate the tab.

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 How much is this going to cost?

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 Some of you men

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 have raised daughters

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 who got engaged

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 and got married,

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 and you've had the experience

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 of calculating the tab

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 of a wedding bill.

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 How much is this going to cost

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 to feed this many people?

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 Maybe you felt like

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 what Philip was feeling here.

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 Philip,

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 he was thinking rationally here,

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 thinking logistically.

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 How in the world

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 are we possibly

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 going to feed

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 this many people?

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 What we see here

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 is a picture,

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 is an image

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 of great need.

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 We call this

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 the feeding of the 5,000,

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 but everyone agrees

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 that the number

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 was actually far,

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 far greater

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 than 5,000.

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 In verse 10,

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 it says,

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 just the men

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 added up to 5,000.

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 Are you considering

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 that this was

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 the time of the Passover,

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 the busy time,

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 where many more people

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 were there in the town,

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 considering that women

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 and children

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 were also there with them?

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 The number,

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 actual number,

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 likely was much closer

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 to 20,000 individuals

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 there on the hill.

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 And Peter says,

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 even eight months' wages,

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 200 denarii,

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 eight months' wages,

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 wouldn't even begin

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 to cover it.

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 Now, this was a tremendous need.

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 It's almost comical

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 what happens next.

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 Look there to verse 8.

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 Andrew,

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 Simon Peter's brother,

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 he steps up to the task

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 and says,

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 well, there is a boy here

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 who has five barley loaves

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 and two fish.

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 Well, what are they

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 for so many?

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 You know, it's interesting.

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 This account shows up

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 in all four Gospels.

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 John's is the only account

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 that gives us this detail

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 that these were barley loaves.

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 I'm not sure about you,

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 but when I read this story,

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 when I think,

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 the image in my mind,

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 I'm thinking something

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 more like a French baguette,

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 a large loaf of bread.

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 That's not what this was.

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 These were barley loaves.

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 This was poor people bread.

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 This was the cheapest possible bread

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 that you could buy.

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 It was something more like crackers,

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 just enough for the little boy to eat.

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 And the fish,

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 it wasn't redfish

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 or largemouth bass

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 that would feed several people.

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 These were more kind of like sardines,

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 something that would just

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 give a little bit of flavor

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 to the crackers.

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 You see Andrew's dilemma here.

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 He's looking at this meager provision

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 and saying,

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 this is barely enough

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 to feed this little boy.

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 How in the world

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 will this feed the multitude?

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 The gap between what they needed

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 and what they had

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 was great.

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 It was an impossible situation.

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 What we see,

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 this is not impossible with God.

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 Verse 10,

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 it says,

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 Jesus had the people sit down.

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 This is the first miracle.

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 The 20,000 people sat down

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 and listened to what he had to say.

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 And he took these loaves

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 and when he had given thanks,

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 he began to pass them out.

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 And in the same way,

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 he began to distribute the fish.

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 And according to verse 11,

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 look at this.

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 It says,

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 they all had as much as they wanted.

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 Could you just imagine

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 being there in that crowd?

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 I'm not sure if I would rather

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 be the first person in line

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 or the last that day.

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 To be the first person in line

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 and to receive the provision

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 to take exactly what you needed

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 and then to see the basket pass

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 and see enough for the next family

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 and the next family

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 and the next family

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 to see those baskets

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 work their way

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 all through the crowd

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 and realize there's enough

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 for everyone here?

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 Or to be the last person in line

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 and to know there's just no way

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 there's going to be enough for me.

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 There's no way

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 I'm going to eat my fill

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 and to see that doubt

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 just grow weaker and weaker

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 and our hope increase stronger

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 and stronger and stronger

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 until you realize

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 there's enough even for me.

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 Of course,

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 there was more than enough.

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 In fact,

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 verse 12 says that

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 when they had eaten their fill,

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 they gathered up leftovers.

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 The 12 baskets

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 with fragments

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 from the five barley loaves.

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 This tremendous need

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 was overcome

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 by a miraculous

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 and tremendous provision.

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 I wonder if you've ever experienced

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 the provision of God.

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 Amanda and I,

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 there's been times

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 in our marriage

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 where Amanda and I

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 have had a very clear need,

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 more than a few times

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 in our marriage.

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 And I can think back

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 on a few of those times

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 and praise God

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 specifically for the ways

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 that He has provided

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 exactly what we needed.

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 There's one time

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 when I was in seminary

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 and we were just dirt poor

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 and our money was drying up quickly

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 and we sat down

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 and we talked about

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 what we needed

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 just to make ends meet,

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 where the gap was

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 in our budget

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 and we discussed

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 an exact dollar amount.

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 We didn't share this

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 with anybody else.

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 And within a week,

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 Amanda got a phone call

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 from a friend

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 who said that she needed her

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 to come

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 and to watch her little girl.

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 Would she be willing?

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 She couldn't pay much.

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 But what she offered to pay

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 was exactly

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 what we needed.

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 You hear story

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 after story

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 after story

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 about God doing this.

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 He's a need-meeting God.

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 Our God loves

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 to provide

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 for the needs

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 of His people.

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 Our God knows

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 our needs

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 better than we know

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 them ourselves

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 and it delights Him

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 when we receive

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 from His hand

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 good provision

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 and when we return

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 back to Him

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 thanksgiving

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 for all that He's provided.

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 But

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 we need to realize

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 that we have

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 no promise

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 of this type of provision

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 on this side

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 of eternity.

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 this miracle

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 here

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 and the feeding

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 of the 5,000

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 is not a promise

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 of physical provision

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 here and now

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 but a pointer

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 to eternal provision.

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 It is a pointer

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 to true

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 and lasting

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 satisfaction

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 in Christ.

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 That is what we need

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 more than anything else.

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 That's our greatest need.

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 More than food

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 on the table.

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 More than money

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 in our bank account

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 more than a roof

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 over our head.

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 We need our sins

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 forgiven

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 in the presence

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 of Christ

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 with us.

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 We need our souls

00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:46.220
 to be satisfied

00:16:46.220 --> 00:16:47.519
 in Him.

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 Our greatest need

00:16:48.580 --> 00:16:49.620
 is Christ Himself

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 and the good news

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 of the gospel

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 is that He is

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 here

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 to give us

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 as much

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 as we want

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 of Him.

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 this is what

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 He tells us

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 in verse 35.

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 He says

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 the point

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 of this sign

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 the point

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 of this provision

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 is that

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 I am

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 the bread

00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:10.900
 of life.

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 I am

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 the bread

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 of life.

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 Come to me

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 not just to have

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 your bellies filled

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 but that you might

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 find true

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 and lasting

00:17:19.299 --> 00:17:20.440
 satisfaction

00:17:20.440 --> 00:17:22.440
 for your souls.

00:17:23.960 --> 00:17:24.519
 Church

00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:25.279
 we need

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 to think

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 bigger

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 not less

00:17:27.940 --> 00:17:29.220
 of our needs

00:17:29.220 --> 00:17:30.400
 and we need

00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:30.759
 to think

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 bigger

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 not less

00:17:33.180 --> 00:17:34.019
 of God's

00:17:34.019 --> 00:17:34.800
 provision.

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 Is this

00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:37.279
 what we seek

00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:37.620
 after?

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 Is this

00:17:39.880 --> 00:17:40.340
 what we

00:17:40.340 --> 00:17:41.600
 hunger for?

00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:41.920
 Is this

00:17:41.920 --> 00:17:42.279
 what we

00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:43.039
 desire

00:17:43.039 --> 00:17:43.600
 more than

00:17:43.600 --> 00:17:44.039
 anything?

00:17:45.300 --> 00:17:46.300
 Let your

00:17:46.300 --> 00:17:46.840
 temporary

00:17:46.840 --> 00:17:48.039
 need

00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:49.060
 teach you

00:17:49.060 --> 00:17:49.800
 of your

00:17:49.800 --> 00:17:50.320
 eternal

00:17:50.320 --> 00:17:51.100
 need

00:17:51.100 --> 00:17:52.220
 and let

00:17:52.220 --> 00:17:52.660
 God's

00:17:52.660 --> 00:17:53.220
 temporary

00:17:53.220 --> 00:17:53.880
 provision

00:17:53.880 --> 00:17:54.960
 teach you

00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:56.060
 point you

00:17:56.059 --> 00:17:56.899
 to his

00:17:56.899 --> 00:17:57.460
 eternal

00:17:57.460 --> 00:17:58.139
 provision

00:17:58.139 --> 00:17:58.579
 of

00:17:58.579 --> 00:17:59.200
 himself

00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:00.299
 in

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 Christ.

00:18:01.980 --> 00:18:02.500
 Second

00:18:02.500 --> 00:18:04.099
 we see

00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:04.639
 that Jesus

00:18:04.639 --> 00:18:05.200
 is a

00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:05.619
 God

00:18:05.619 --> 00:18:06.419
 of great

00:18:06.419 --> 00:18:07.399
 protection.

00:18:08.399 --> 00:18:09.019
 Jesus

00:18:09.019 --> 00:18:09.359
 is a

00:18:09.359 --> 00:18:09.619
 God

00:18:09.619 --> 00:18:09.819
 of

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 great

00:18:10.639 --> 00:18:11.759
 protection.

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 Just like

00:18:12.759 --> 00:18:13.319
 all of us

00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:13.940
 want

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 provision

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 I think

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 it's safe

00:18:15.379 --> 00:18:15.720
 to say

00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:16.559
 all of us

00:18:16.559 --> 00:18:16.919
 want

00:18:16.919 --> 00:18:17.599
 protection.

00:18:18.359 --> 00:18:19.079
 All of us

00:18:19.079 --> 00:18:19.619
 want to

00:18:19.619 --> 00:18:20.500
 be safe.

00:18:20.659 --> 00:18:21.039
 We want

00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:21.539
 protection

00:18:21.539 --> 00:18:22.480
 from danger.

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 We want

00:18:22.859 --> 00:18:23.379
 security

00:18:23.379 --> 00:18:23.960
 from our

00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:24.279
 enemies.

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 We want

00:18:24.639 --> 00:18:25.299
 to feel

00:18:25.299 --> 00:18:25.980
 safe.

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 That's

00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.399
 what the

00:18:27.399 --> 00:18:27.700
 Jews

00:18:27.700 --> 00:18:28.059
 wanted

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 as well.

00:18:28.660 --> 00:18:28.759
 Look

00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:28.960
 there to

00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:29.559
 verse 14.

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 It says

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 when they

00:18:31.599 --> 00:18:32.359
 saw this

00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:32.920
 sign they

00:18:32.920 --> 00:18:33.599
 praised

00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:34.000
 him.

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 This is

00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:35.720
 the prophet

00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:36.399
 who is

00:18:36.399 --> 00:18:36.759
 to come

00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:37.139
 into the

00:18:37.139 --> 00:18:37.440
 world.

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 And not

00:18:37.899 --> 00:18:38.720
 only that

00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:39.599
 verse 15

00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:40.599
 says they

00:18:40.599 --> 00:18:40.980
 were about

00:18:40.980 --> 00:18:41.460
 to come

00:18:41.460 --> 00:18:41.960
 and take

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:42.500
 him by

00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:43.139
 force

00:18:43.139 --> 00:18:43.899
 to make

00:18:43.899 --> 00:18:44.319
 him

00:18:44.319 --> 00:18:44.839
 king.

00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:46.359
 Now we

00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:46.619
 have to

00:18:46.619 --> 00:18:47.039
 understand

00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:48.099
 that the

00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:48.519
 Passover

00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.599
 season for

00:18:49.599 --> 00:18:50.119
 the Jews

00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:51.019
 was just

00:18:51.019 --> 00:18:51.779
 bursting

00:18:51.779 --> 00:18:52.200
 with

00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:52.859
 national

00:18:52.859 --> 00:18:53.500
 pride

00:18:53.500 --> 00:18:54.279
 and

00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:55.200
 patriotism.

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 This was

00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:55.899
 like the

00:18:55.899 --> 00:18:56.279
 4th of

00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:56.920
 July on

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 steroids.

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 They were

00:18:58.680 --> 00:18:59.680
 just zealous

00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.480
 and excited.

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:00.940
 They were

00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:01.799
 supercharged

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 with pride

00:19:02.460 --> 00:19:02.799
 for the

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 Jewish

00:19:03.079 --> 00:19:03.680
 nation.

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 And so

00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:05.160
 it makes

00:19:05.160 --> 00:19:05.700
 sense,

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 doesn't it,

00:19:06.700 --> 00:19:07.099
 that at

00:19:07.099 --> 00:19:07.799
 this time

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.139
 of the

00:19:08.139 --> 00:19:08.680
 year more

00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:09.500
 than any

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:10.480
 they would

00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:11.119
 be thinking

00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:11.980
 and seeking

00:19:11.980 --> 00:19:12.759
 and looking

00:19:12.759 --> 00:19:13.299
 for and

00:19:13.299 --> 00:19:14.359
 hoping for

00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:15.500
 a king.

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 Someone who

00:19:17.119 --> 00:19:18.160
 would rule

00:19:18.160 --> 00:19:18.700
 over their

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 people.

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 Someone who

00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.099
 would triumph

00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:20.799
 over the

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 Romans.

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 Someone who

00:19:21.740 --> 00:19:22.560
 would lead

00:19:22.560 --> 00:19:23.299
 them and

00:19:23.299 --> 00:19:24.560
 protect them.

00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:25.039
 And who

00:19:25.039 --> 00:19:25.380
 better than

00:19:25.380 --> 00:19:25.820
 this guy

00:19:25.820 --> 00:19:26.140
 who just

00:19:26.140 --> 00:19:26.460
 gave us

00:19:26.460 --> 00:19:26.740
 all a

00:19:26.740 --> 00:19:27.320
 free lunch?

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 Right?

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 We all

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 want this,

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 don't we?

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 We all

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 share a

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 desire and

00:19:36.860 --> 00:19:37.620
 a need

00:19:37.620 --> 00:19:39.080
 for good

00:19:39.080 --> 00:19:40.200
 leadership.

00:19:41.320 --> 00:19:41.500
 And that

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:41.940
 desire,

00:19:42.180 --> 00:19:42.560
 we need to

00:19:42.560 --> 00:19:43.000
 see this,

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 the desire

00:19:43.779 --> 00:19:44.580
 was not

00:19:44.580 --> 00:19:45.380
 wrong,

00:19:45.580 --> 00:19:45.920
 but the

00:19:45.920 --> 00:19:47.740
 timing was.

00:19:49.000 --> 00:19:49.640
 Jesus was

00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:50.279
 not there

00:19:50.279 --> 00:19:51.039
 to rule

00:19:51.039 --> 00:19:51.799
 and to

00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:52.159
 reign.

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 Not yet.

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:53.899
 He was

00:19:53.899 --> 00:19:54.319
 not there

00:19:54.319 --> 00:19:55.279
 to be

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 their king.

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 Not yet.

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 He still

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 has work

00:19:58.279 --> 00:19:58.759
 to do.

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 And the

00:19:59.099 --> 00:19:59.500
 kingdom that

00:19:59.500 --> 00:19:59.700
 he was

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.039
 coming to

00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:00.500
 establish

00:20:00.500 --> 00:20:01.379
 was much

00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:01.899
 bigger,

00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:02.559
 much better,

00:20:02.659 --> 00:20:03.319
 much greater

00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:04.099
 than what

00:20:04.099 --> 00:20:04.339
 they could

00:20:04.339 --> 00:20:05.119
 ever imagine.

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:05.799
 The protection

00:20:05.799 --> 00:20:06.299
 that he was

00:20:06.299 --> 00:20:06.799
 coming to

00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.619
 provide for

00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:08.119
 his people

00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:08.559
 was much

00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:09.339
 better,

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:10.039
 much more

00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.740
 lasting than

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:10.980
 they could

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:11.359
 have ever

00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:11.920
 imagined.

00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.940
 I feel

00:20:13.940 --> 00:20:14.159
 like I

00:20:14.159 --> 00:20:14.440
 need to

00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:14.899
 make this

00:20:14.899 --> 00:20:15.639
 application

00:20:15.640 --> 00:20:16.780
 here,

00:20:17.320 --> 00:20:17.980
 especially

00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:18.640
 with election

00:20:18.640 --> 00:20:19.820
 season coming

00:20:19.820 --> 00:20:20.160
 up.

00:20:20.259 --> 00:20:20.759
 We'll probably

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.480
 need to talk

00:20:21.480 --> 00:20:22.020
 about this

00:20:22.020 --> 00:20:22.759
 a few more

00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:23.520
 times before

00:20:23.520 --> 00:20:23.940
 then.

00:20:24.860 --> 00:20:25.960
 Our desire

00:20:25.960 --> 00:20:27.080
 for good

00:20:27.080 --> 00:20:28.220
 leadership is

00:20:28.220 --> 00:20:28.960
 not a bad

00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:29.200
 one.

00:20:30.320 --> 00:20:30.920
 It is

00:20:30.920 --> 00:20:32.340
 good and

00:20:32.340 --> 00:20:33.060
 it is right

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 for us to

00:20:33.580 --> 00:20:35.180
 desire godly

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:35.960
 leadership,

00:20:36.740 --> 00:20:38.160
 to pray for

00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:38.740
 our leaders,

00:20:38.860 --> 00:20:39.580
 to cast a vote

00:20:39.580 --> 00:20:40.140
 for those who

00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:40.860
 we feel might

00:20:40.860 --> 00:20:42.220
 lead us in

00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:42.920
 the will

00:20:42.920 --> 00:20:43.539
 of God,

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.700
 to desire

00:20:44.700 --> 00:20:45.440
 godly

00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:46.120
 leadership,

00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:46.640
 to pray that

00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:46.900
 God would

00:20:46.900 --> 00:20:47.259
 send us

00:20:47.259 --> 00:20:47.920
 political

00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:48.539
 leaders who

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:48.960
 would lead

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.400
 and serve

00:20:49.400 --> 00:20:49.759
 in ways

00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:49.980
 that are

00:20:49.980 --> 00:20:50.559
 pleasing to

00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:51.039
 him and

00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:51.920
 are a blessing

00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:52.400
 to the

00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:52.799
 people.

00:20:53.660 --> 00:20:54.180
 But we

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.779
 have to

00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:56.740
 realize that

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:57.700
 this desire

00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:58.720
 for God

00:20:58.720 --> 00:20:59.339
 fearing

00:20:59.339 --> 00:21:00.200
 leadership,

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:01.740
 for us to

00:21:01.740 --> 00:21:02.400
 be a God

00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:02.880
 fearing

00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:03.440
 people,

00:21:04.200 --> 00:21:04.640
 it will

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.579
 not be

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:06.140
 totally

00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:07.200
 realized on

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:08.220
 this side

00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:09.079
 of eternity.

00:21:10.460 --> 00:21:11.319
 It is not

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:12.200
 fully realized

00:21:12.200 --> 00:21:12.900
 in the

00:21:12.900 --> 00:21:13.340
 Republican

00:21:13.340 --> 00:21:13.819
 Party,

00:21:14.779 --> 00:21:15.259
 it is not

00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:16.220
 fully realized

00:21:16.220 --> 00:21:16.819
 in the

00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.279
 Democratic

00:21:17.279 --> 00:21:18.000
 Party,

00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:19.019
 it is not

00:21:19.019 --> 00:21:19.420
 going to be

00:21:19.420 --> 00:21:20.180
 fully realized

00:21:20.180 --> 00:21:20.840
 in America

00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:21.700
 or in any

00:21:21.700 --> 00:21:22.620
 other nation

00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:23.080
 of the

00:21:23.080 --> 00:21:23.420
 earth.

00:21:23.900 --> 00:21:25.019
 That desire

00:21:25.019 --> 00:21:26.660
 will be

00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:27.660
 fully realized

00:21:27.660 --> 00:21:28.340
 when Christ

00:21:28.340 --> 00:21:28.940
 returns,

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:31.039
 when Christ

00:21:31.039 --> 00:21:31.960
 establishes

00:21:31.960 --> 00:21:32.640
 his kingdom

00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:33.819
 on the

00:21:33.819 --> 00:21:34.340
 earth.

00:21:35.620 --> 00:21:36.240
 Jesus knew

00:21:36.240 --> 00:21:37.100
 that his

00:21:37.100 --> 00:21:38.039
 time to

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.600
 reign was

00:21:38.600 --> 00:21:39.580
 not yet

00:21:39.580 --> 00:21:40.100
 here.

00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:40.539
 So verse

00:21:40.539 --> 00:21:41.299
 15 says,

00:21:41.299 --> 00:21:42.200
 when Jesus

00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:42.799
 saw that

00:21:42.799 --> 00:21:43.039
 they were

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:43.460
 wanting to

00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:43.779
 make him

00:21:43.779 --> 00:21:44.059
 king,

00:21:44.159 --> 00:21:44.440
 he didn't

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:44.839
 remain,

00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:45.159
 he didn't

00:21:45.159 --> 00:21:45.819
 stick around,

00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:47.159
 he withdrew

00:21:47.159 --> 00:21:47.839
 again to

00:21:47.839 --> 00:21:48.339
 the mountain

00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:49.579
 by himself.

00:21:51.240 --> 00:21:51.720
 Apparently,

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.940
 his disciples

00:21:52.940 --> 00:21:53.700
 didn't wait

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.359
 around for

00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:54.659
 Jesus.

00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:56.000
 They went

00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.799
 on without

00:21:56.799 --> 00:21:57.319
 him because

00:21:57.319 --> 00:21:57.599
 it says,

00:21:57.720 --> 00:21:58.119
 when evening

00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.619
 came,

00:21:58.720 --> 00:21:58.960
 they went

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.379
 down to

00:21:59.379 --> 00:21:59.799
 the sea,

00:21:59.919 --> 00:22:00.240
 got into

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.619
 a boat,

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:01.220
 and started

00:22:01.220 --> 00:22:01.960
 across the

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.859
 sea to

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.539
 Capernaum.

00:22:03.779 --> 00:22:04.319
 And it

00:22:04.319 --> 00:22:05.759
 was dark.

00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:07.299
 Now for me,

00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:07.919
 that's strike

00:22:07.919 --> 00:22:08.440
 number one.

00:22:08.440 --> 00:22:10.360
 I don't

00:22:10.360 --> 00:22:10.720
 think I've

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:11.200
 ever been

00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:12.160
 out to

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:12.420
 sea,

00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:12.820
 out on

00:22:12.820 --> 00:22:13.120
 a boat

00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:13.380
 in the

00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:13.799
 ocean when

00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.580
 it's pitch

00:22:14.580 --> 00:22:14.940
 black,

00:22:15.000 --> 00:22:15.360
 maybe some

00:22:15.360 --> 00:22:15.580
 of you

00:22:15.580 --> 00:22:15.900
 have.

00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:18.240
 But I

00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:19.059
 imagine that

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:19.700
 that is

00:22:19.700 --> 00:22:20.420
 not the

00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:21.340
 best time

00:22:21.340 --> 00:22:21.759
 for them

00:22:21.759 --> 00:22:22.140
 to be

00:22:22.140 --> 00:22:22.700
 out at

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:22.920
 sea,

00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:23.340
 especially

00:22:23.340 --> 00:22:23.640
 they didn't

00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.100
 have the

00:22:24.100 --> 00:22:24.420
 modern

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:24.960
 conveniences

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.340
 that we

00:22:25.340 --> 00:22:25.900
 have of

00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.259
 GPS

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:27.039
 navigation

00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:27.600
 or even

00:22:27.600 --> 00:22:27.980
 boat

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:29.200
 lights to

00:22:29.200 --> 00:22:29.600
 see where

00:22:29.600 --> 00:22:29.759
 they're

00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:30.080
 going.

00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:30.400
 Everything

00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:30.779
 is just

00:22:30.779 --> 00:22:31.960
 dark and

00:22:31.960 --> 00:22:32.759
 eerily lit

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.100
 up by

00:22:33.100 --> 00:22:33.640
 the moon.

00:22:34.480 --> 00:22:34.660
 And to

00:22:34.660 --> 00:22:35.019
 make things

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:35.299
 worse,

00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:35.820
 strike number

00:22:35.820 --> 00:22:36.140
 two,

00:22:36.840 --> 00:22:37.380
 the waves

00:22:37.380 --> 00:22:37.799
 begin to

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.299
 get rough.

00:22:39.320 --> 00:22:39.920
 The water

00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:40.480
 starts to

00:22:40.480 --> 00:22:41.380
 get choppy

00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:41.960
 because verse

00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:42.900
 18 says a

00:22:42.900 --> 00:22:43.880
 strong wind

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:44.539
 was blowing

00:22:44.539 --> 00:22:45.360
 there throughout

00:22:45.360 --> 00:22:45.940
 the area.

00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:46.620
 Now I have

00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:47.080
 been on a

00:22:47.080 --> 00:22:47.440
 boat when

00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:47.880
 things got

00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:49.059
 choppy and

00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:49.480
 I liked it

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:49.840
 for a little

00:22:49.840 --> 00:22:50.140
 bit.

00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:50.980
 It was kind

00:22:50.980 --> 00:22:51.759
 of fun until

00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:52.360
 it wasn't.

00:22:52.940 --> 00:22:53.720
 You feel out

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.360
 of control

00:22:54.360 --> 00:22:55.220
 and dangerous

00:22:55.220 --> 00:22:56.180
 and apparently

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:57.200
 the Sea of

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:58.019
 Galilee is

00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:59.000
 about 600

00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.820
 feet below

00:22:59.820 --> 00:23:00.660
 sea level

00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.820
 and so some

00:23:01.820 --> 00:23:02.820
 combination of

00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:03.860
 cool and

00:23:03.860 --> 00:23:04.559
 warm air that

00:23:04.559 --> 00:23:05.000
 I don't quite

00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:05.539
 understand,

00:23:05.720 --> 00:23:06.580
 it comes in

00:23:06.579 --> 00:23:06.799
 and it

00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:07.379
 just mixes

00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:08.119
 up the

00:23:08.119 --> 00:23:09.000
 water and

00:23:09.000 --> 00:23:09.339
 the water

00:23:09.339 --> 00:23:09.859
 begins to

00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:10.579
 just suddenly

00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.480
 get violently

00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:12.139
 rough and

00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.500
 it happens

00:23:12.500 --> 00:23:12.939
 quickly.

00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:14.279
 The water

00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:15.720
 becomes tumultuous.

00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.659
 One minute the

00:23:16.659 --> 00:23:17.439
 water is calm

00:23:17.439 --> 00:23:17.779
 and the next

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.119
 minute you're

00:23:18.119 --> 00:23:18.639
 tossing and

00:23:18.639 --> 00:23:18.899
 turning,

00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:19.559
 holding on to

00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:19.980
 the boat,

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:20.399
 you're at the

00:23:20.399 --> 00:23:20.980
 mercy of the

00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:21.399
 ebb and the

00:23:21.399 --> 00:23:21.859
 flow of the

00:23:21.859 --> 00:23:22.220
 waves.

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.279
 This is a

00:23:23.279 --> 00:23:24.379
 dangerous place

00:23:24.379 --> 00:23:24.939
 to be and

00:23:24.939 --> 00:23:25.599
 you can imagine

00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:27.119
 the fear in the

00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.619
 minds of the

00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:28.119
 disciples.

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:29.740
 Then comes

00:23:29.740 --> 00:23:30.220
 strike number

00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:30.559
 three.

00:23:31.960 --> 00:23:33.359
 You're panicking

00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:34.339
 in the midst

00:23:34.339 --> 00:23:35.139
 of the storm,

00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:36.079
 things are dark,

00:23:36.179 --> 00:23:37.299
 things are spooky

00:23:37.299 --> 00:23:38.159
 and you look out

00:23:38.159 --> 00:23:38.859
 at the water

00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:39.299
 and there's

00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:40.379
 someone walking

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:42.359
 on top of the

00:23:42.359 --> 00:23:42.899
 waves.

00:23:43.119 --> 00:23:43.719
 Verse 19

00:23:43.719 --> 00:23:45.000
 says when they

00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:45.519
 had rowed about

00:23:45.519 --> 00:23:46.119
 three or four

00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:46.599
 miles,

00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:47.979
 they saw Jesus

00:23:47.979 --> 00:23:49.199
 walking on the

00:23:49.199 --> 00:23:50.079
 sea and coming

00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.939
 near the boat.

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 This is

00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:52.599
 terrifying.

00:23:53.939 --> 00:23:54.639
 Matthew's account

00:23:54.639 --> 00:23:55.139
 says that they

00:23:55.139 --> 00:23:55.859
 thought they saw

00:23:55.859 --> 00:23:57.479
 a ghost and

00:23:57.479 --> 00:23:58.219
 they cried out

00:23:58.219 --> 00:23:59.000
 in fear.

00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:01.000
 But then Jesus

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.719
 says something.

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:04.660
 here that I

00:24:04.660 --> 00:24:05.319
 want us to see

00:24:05.319 --> 00:24:05.680
 this.

00:24:05.759 --> 00:24:06.220
 He says

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:07.079
 something that

00:24:07.079 --> 00:24:08.539
 puts them at

00:24:08.539 --> 00:24:09.180
 ease.

00:24:09.839 --> 00:24:10.200
 Look at what

00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:10.539
 he said.

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:13.160
 Verse 20,

00:24:14.380 --> 00:24:14.960
 but he said

00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:15.579
 to them,

00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.819
 it is I

00:24:16.819 --> 00:24:18.839
 do not be

00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:19.559
 afraid.

00:24:21.400 --> 00:24:21.980
 And then

00:24:21.980 --> 00:24:22.860
 something changed.

00:24:24.079 --> 00:24:25.059
 All of a sudden

00:24:25.059 --> 00:24:26.279
 they were glad

00:24:26.279 --> 00:24:27.120
 to take him

00:24:27.120 --> 00:24:27.819
 into the boat

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.700
 and immediately

00:24:28.700 --> 00:24:29.480
 the boat was

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.240
 at the land

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:30.980
 to which they

00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:31.779
 were going.

00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:33.440
 I want you

00:24:33.440 --> 00:24:34.380
 to answer

00:24:34.380 --> 00:24:35.120
 this question

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:36.140
 in your mind.

00:24:36.259 --> 00:24:36.740
 So what

00:24:36.740 --> 00:24:38.420
 happened to

00:24:38.420 --> 00:24:39.500
 change the

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:39.940
 disciples'

00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:41.039
 fear into

00:24:41.039 --> 00:24:41.759
 gladness?

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:43.600
 The storm

00:24:43.600 --> 00:24:44.140
 was still

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:44.620
 raging.

00:24:44.940 --> 00:24:45.400
 The storm

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:45.819
 didn't go

00:24:45.819 --> 00:24:46.180
 away.

00:24:46.259 --> 00:24:46.640
 The water

00:24:46.640 --> 00:24:47.000
 was still

00:24:47.000 --> 00:24:47.480
 choppy.

00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:47.839
 It's still

00:24:47.839 --> 00:24:48.220
 dark.

00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:48.620
 It's still

00:24:48.620 --> 00:24:49.059
 spooky.

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.980
 This figure

00:24:49.980 --> 00:24:50.420
 is still

00:24:50.420 --> 00:24:51.059
 coming to

00:24:51.059 --> 00:24:51.420
 them.

00:24:51.740 --> 00:24:52.660
 What caused

00:24:52.660 --> 00:24:53.279
 the change

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.180
 from fear

00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:55.460
 to gladness?

00:24:56.460 --> 00:24:57.579
 It was the

00:24:57.579 --> 00:24:58.480
 realization

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:58.599
 temptation

00:24:58.599 --> 00:25:00.360
 that although

00:25:00.360 --> 00:25:00.920
 they were

00:25:00.920 --> 00:25:01.319
 in the

00:25:01.319 --> 00:25:01.759
 presence

00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:02.599
 of danger,

00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:03.980
 they were

00:25:03.980 --> 00:25:04.220
 in the

00:25:04.220 --> 00:25:04.500
 presence

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.180
 of God.

00:25:06.099 --> 00:25:06.680
 And he

00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:07.140
 was coming

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.680
 to them

00:25:07.680 --> 00:25:09.120
 not to

00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:09.500
 do them

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:09.980
 harm,

00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:11.539
 but for

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:11.940
 good.

00:25:13.240 --> 00:25:14.299
 These two

00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:15.240
 parts here

00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:16.039
 of Jesus'

00:25:16.279 --> 00:25:16.860
 response,

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.660
 just four

00:25:17.660 --> 00:25:18.140
 words in

00:25:18.140 --> 00:25:18.599
 the Greek,

00:25:19.559 --> 00:25:19.860
 this ought

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.299
 to give

00:25:20.299 --> 00:25:21.319
 us comfort

00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:22.759
 and confidence

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:24.339
 for any

00:25:24.339 --> 00:25:25.179
 earthly

00:25:25.179 --> 00:25:26.019
 danger

00:25:26.019 --> 00:25:26.700
 that we

00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.159
 face.

00:25:27.919 --> 00:25:28.299
 Look what

00:25:28.299 --> 00:25:28.700
 he says.

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:30.139
 He says,

00:25:30.799 --> 00:25:31.740
 it is I.

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.319
 Just two

00:25:33.319 --> 00:25:34.259
 words here

00:25:34.259 --> 00:25:34.579
 in the

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:34.879
 Greek,

00:25:35.079 --> 00:25:35.399
 ego,

00:25:35.779 --> 00:25:36.240
 a me.

00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:37.579
 If you

00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:38.379
 translate this

00:25:38.379 --> 00:25:39.119
 literally,

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:39.599
 do you know

00:25:39.599 --> 00:25:39.779
 what it

00:25:39.779 --> 00:25:40.019
 says?

00:25:40.859 --> 00:25:41.500
 It says,

00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:42.359
 I am.

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:44.179
 I am.

00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:45.859
 You may

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:46.200
 have heard

00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:47.099
 before that

00:25:47.099 --> 00:25:47.460
 John's

00:25:47.460 --> 00:25:48.259
 gospel has

00:25:48.259 --> 00:25:49.419
 seven I

00:25:49.419 --> 00:25:49.980
 am

00:25:49.980 --> 00:25:50.599
 statements

00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:51.719
 of Jesus.

00:25:51.879 --> 00:25:52.159
 We see

00:25:52.159 --> 00:25:52.519
 another one

00:25:52.519 --> 00:25:52.740
 here in

00:25:52.740 --> 00:25:53.279
 this passage,

00:25:53.439 --> 00:25:54.179
 I am

00:25:54.179 --> 00:25:54.719
 the bread

00:25:54.719 --> 00:25:55.359
 of life.

00:25:55.959 --> 00:25:56.319
 In the

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:56.619
 weeks to

00:25:56.619 --> 00:25:56.859
 come,

00:25:56.919 --> 00:25:57.339
 Lord willing,

00:25:57.419 --> 00:25:57.719
 we'll see

00:25:57.719 --> 00:25:58.279
 some more.

00:25:58.379 --> 00:25:58.719
 We'll hear

00:25:58.719 --> 00:25:59.039
 him say,

00:25:59.139 --> 00:25:59.699
 I am

00:25:59.699 --> 00:26:00.339
 the way,

00:26:00.459 --> 00:26:00.899
 the truth,

00:26:01.000 --> 00:26:01.419
 the life.

00:26:01.519 --> 00:26:01.839
 No one

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.219
 comes to

00:26:02.219 --> 00:26:02.619
 the Father

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.059
 but by

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:03.419
 me.

00:26:03.899 --> 00:26:04.480
 I am

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.179
 the door.

00:26:05.779 --> 00:26:06.059
 Before

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.439
 Abraham

00:26:06.439 --> 00:26:06.879
 was,

00:26:07.019 --> 00:26:07.719
 I am.

00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.039
 Seven

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:10.219
 sayings of

00:26:10.219 --> 00:26:10.859
 I am.

00:26:10.939 --> 00:26:11.319
 For some

00:26:11.319 --> 00:26:11.659
 reason,

00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.139
 this one

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:12.740
 gets overlooked

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.039
 in the

00:26:13.039 --> 00:26:13.339
 count.

00:26:14.000 --> 00:26:14.399
 But here

00:26:14.399 --> 00:26:14.939
 I stand,

00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:15.439
 this one

00:26:15.439 --> 00:26:15.980
 belongs.

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:16.419
 It's no

00:26:16.419 --> 00:26:17.179
 less an I

00:26:17.179 --> 00:26:17.759
 am statement

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.359
 than any

00:26:18.359 --> 00:26:18.819
 of the

00:26:18.819 --> 00:26:19.059
 others.

00:26:19.159 --> 00:26:19.379
 It's the

00:26:19.380 --> 00:26:19.900
 same two

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.300
 words.

00:26:20.400 --> 00:26:20.580
 It's the

00:26:20.580 --> 00:26:21.720
 same divine

00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.620
 revelation of

00:26:22.620 --> 00:26:22.960
 Jesus.

00:26:23.260 --> 00:26:23.640
 Ego

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.220
 a me.

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:24.820
 It is

00:26:24.820 --> 00:26:25.260
 I,

00:26:25.540 --> 00:26:26.540
 I am,

00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.820
 I am.

00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:28.160
 And if you

00:26:28.160 --> 00:26:28.620
 know your

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.020
 Bible,

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:30.820
 especially the

00:26:30.820 --> 00:26:31.400
 book of

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:31.900
 Exodus,

00:26:33.080 --> 00:26:33.620
 you know

00:26:33.620 --> 00:26:34.120
 that when

00:26:34.120 --> 00:26:34.600
 the Lord

00:26:34.600 --> 00:26:35.440
 revealed his

00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:36.140
 name to

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:36.560
 Moses,

00:26:36.840 --> 00:26:37.140
 what did

00:26:37.140 --> 00:26:37.520
 he say?

00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:39.680
 I am

00:26:39.680 --> 00:26:40.680
 who I

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.060
 am.

00:26:41.900 --> 00:26:42.320
 Tell them

00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:43.100
 I am

00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:44.060
 has sent

00:26:44.060 --> 00:26:45.380
 them to

00:26:45.380 --> 00:26:45.800
 you.

00:26:45.799 --> 00:26:47.099
 Jesus

00:26:47.099 --> 00:26:47.539
 knows

00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:48.440
 exactly

00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:49.039
 what he's

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.359
 saying

00:26:49.359 --> 00:26:49.720
 here.

00:26:49.819 --> 00:26:50.099
 This is

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:51.200
 a direct

00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:52.159
 claim to

00:26:52.159 --> 00:26:52.819
 divinity.

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.460
 Jesus is

00:26:53.460 --> 00:26:53.940
 revealing

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.619
 himself

00:26:54.619 --> 00:26:56.119
 as God.

00:26:56.839 --> 00:26:57.159
 But it's

00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:57.700
 the second

00:26:57.700 --> 00:26:58.419
 part of

00:26:58.419 --> 00:26:58.980
 this phrase

00:26:58.980 --> 00:26:59.299
 here that

00:26:59.299 --> 00:26:59.779
 puts them

00:26:59.779 --> 00:27:00.399
 at ease,

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.879
 isn't it?

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:02.519
 I am,

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.240
 do not

00:27:04.240 --> 00:27:06.059
 be afraid.

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.359
 For those

00:27:08.359 --> 00:27:09.440
 who don't

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:10.159
 know the

00:27:10.159 --> 00:27:10.519
 Lord,

00:27:10.639 --> 00:27:11.519
 his presence

00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:12.420
 is their

00:27:12.420 --> 00:27:12.819
 greatest

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.539
 danger.

00:27:14.379 --> 00:27:15.220
 More than

00:27:15.220 --> 00:27:16.180
 waves

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.660
 chopping,

00:27:16.879 --> 00:27:17.200
 more than

00:27:17.200 --> 00:27:17.700
 dangerous

00:27:17.700 --> 00:27:18.240
 weather,

00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:19.139
 the presence

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:19.639
 of God

00:27:19.639 --> 00:27:19.940
 is the

00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.299
 greatest

00:27:20.299 --> 00:27:20.900
 danger

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:21.619
 for any

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:22.220
 sinner.

00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:23.400
 But for

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:23.819
 those who

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:24.460
 know him,

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:24.759
 we can

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:25.579
 claim this

00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.000
 comfort,

00:27:26.139 --> 00:27:26.359
 we can

00:27:26.359 --> 00:27:26.740
 claim this

00:27:26.740 --> 00:27:27.359
 protection

00:27:27.359 --> 00:27:28.039
 from any

00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.720
 danger we

00:27:28.720 --> 00:27:29.139
 face.

00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:30.119
 I am,

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:31.019
 I am,

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.160
 do not

00:27:32.160 --> 00:27:33.119
 be afraid.

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:35.299
 Christian,

00:27:35.420 --> 00:27:35.720
 we need to

00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:36.279
 know that

00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:37.559
 there is

00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:39.519
 no danger

00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:40.200
 here in

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.879
 this life

00:27:40.880 --> 00:27:42.260
 no amount

00:27:42.260 --> 00:27:43.140
 of chaos,

00:27:43.560 --> 00:27:44.960
 no turmoil,

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.880
 no disaster,

00:27:46.020 --> 00:27:46.580
 no earthly

00:27:46.580 --> 00:27:47.080
 threat,

00:27:47.180 --> 00:27:47.740
 no earthly

00:27:47.740 --> 00:27:48.940
 loss that

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:50.200
 can overcome

00:27:50.200 --> 00:27:51.680
 the presence

00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:52.760
 of Christ

00:27:52.760 --> 00:27:53.820
 in you.

00:27:54.760 --> 00:27:55.420
 No matter

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:56.260
 what dangers

00:27:56.260 --> 00:27:56.740
 you face,

00:27:56.780 --> 00:27:57.540
 if you belong

00:27:57.540 --> 00:27:58.300
 to Christ,

00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:59.440
 you are safe

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:00.060
 in the hands

00:28:00.060 --> 00:28:00.520
 of God.

00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.240
 No one can

00:28:01.240 --> 00:28:01.680
 take that

00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.240
 from you.

00:28:02.820 --> 00:28:03.640
 I am,

00:28:04.240 --> 00:28:04.800
 do not

00:28:04.800 --> 00:28:05.980
 be afraid.

00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:08.060
 This doesn't

00:28:08.060 --> 00:28:08.580
 mean that we'll

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:09.400
 never face

00:28:09.400 --> 00:28:10.040
 danger.

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:11.059
 quite the

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.399
 opposite,

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.039
 in fact,

00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:12.539
 but what it

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.599
 means is

00:28:13.599 --> 00:28:13.899
 that we

00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:14.659
 now face

00:28:14.659 --> 00:28:15.619
 any danger

00:28:15.619 --> 00:28:16.619
 with confidence.

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.000
 The confidence

00:28:18.000 --> 00:28:18.759
 of Paul in

00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:19.119
 Romans,

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:19.899
 he says,

00:28:20.000 --> 00:28:20.379
 I am sure

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:20.779
 that neither

00:28:20.779 --> 00:28:21.319
 death,

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.220
 nor life,

00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:22.879
 nor angels,

00:28:23.039 --> 00:28:23.839
 nor rulers,

00:28:23.960 --> 00:28:24.259
 nor things

00:28:24.259 --> 00:28:24.740
 present,

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.279
 nor things

00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:25.980
 to come,

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:26.599
 nor powers,

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.079
 nor height,

00:28:27.159 --> 00:28:27.680
 nor depth,

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.559
 nor anything

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.359
 else in all

00:28:29.359 --> 00:28:30.200
 creation will

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:31.059
 be able to

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:32.319
 separate us

00:28:32.319 --> 00:28:33.240
 from the love

00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:33.980
 of God in

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.099
 Christ Jesus

00:28:35.099 --> 00:28:36.579
 our Lord.

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:36.659
 Lord.

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:37.779
 If nothing

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.359
 can separate

00:28:38.359 --> 00:28:38.919
 us from

00:28:38.919 --> 00:28:39.419
 that,

00:28:39.759 --> 00:28:40.259
 then what

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.879
 do we have

00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.419
 to fear?

00:28:42.819 --> 00:28:43.460
 This is the

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.319
 confidence that

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.639
 Christians have

00:28:45.639 --> 00:28:46.139
 in the face

00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.740
 of any

00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.819
 earthly danger.

00:28:47.819 --> 00:28:47.899
 fear.

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.539
 You may

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.720
 know that

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.559
 Tim Keller

00:28:52.559 --> 00:28:53.779
 passed away

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.500
 last week,

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:54.819
 you may know

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.259
 that name,

00:28:56.579 --> 00:28:58.480
 after a

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.460
 nearly

00:28:59.460 --> 00:29:00.480
 three-year

00:29:00.480 --> 00:29:01.079
 battle with

00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:01.639
 pancreatic

00:29:01.639 --> 00:29:02.039
 cancer.

00:29:03.460 --> 00:29:04.619
 That is the

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:06.000
 very scenario

00:29:06.000 --> 00:29:07.099
 that men

00:29:07.099 --> 00:29:07.419
 and women

00:29:07.419 --> 00:29:08.399
 fear almost

00:29:08.399 --> 00:29:08.839
 more than

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:09.460
 anything.

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:11.119
 A terminal

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:12.139
 condition,

00:29:12.279 --> 00:29:12.720
 it's one of the

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.319
 nastiest,

00:29:13.480 --> 00:29:14.200
 cruelest dangers

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:14.819
 that we face.

00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:15.480
 You talk about

00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.139
 being afraid,

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.659
 you talk about

00:29:16.659 --> 00:29:17.439
 being in danger,

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:17.880
 you talk about

00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:18.740
 needing protection.

00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:20.140
 I would imagine

00:29:20.140 --> 00:29:20.640
 when you hear

00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:21.299
 those words,

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.080
 that diagnosis

00:29:22.080 --> 00:29:22.900
 from the doctor,

00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:23.960
 that is when

00:29:23.960 --> 00:29:24.680
 you want protection

00:29:24.680 --> 00:29:25.259
 more than any

00:29:25.259 --> 00:29:25.799
 other time.

00:29:27.220 --> 00:29:27.600
 You know what

00:29:27.600 --> 00:29:28.259
 he said in his

00:29:28.259 --> 00:29:29.900
 last days to

00:29:29.900 --> 00:29:30.340
 his family?

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:32.120
 Just before he

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.500
 passed,

00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:34.340
 he said,

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:35.660
 there is no

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:37.100
 downside in

00:29:37.100 --> 00:29:37.580
 me leaving.

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.759
 Not in the

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.120
 slightest.

00:29:41.080 --> 00:29:42.019
 No downside.

00:29:43.380 --> 00:29:43.720
 Why?

00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:46.039
 Because he

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:47.019
 knew that

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:48.720
 despite this

00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:49.559
 danger that

00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:50.180
 would kill

00:29:50.180 --> 00:29:50.599
 him,

00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:52.279
 he was

00:29:52.279 --> 00:29:52.779
 protected.

00:29:54.039 --> 00:29:54.799
 He was

00:29:54.799 --> 00:29:55.980
 safe in

00:29:55.980 --> 00:29:56.400
 the hands

00:29:56.400 --> 00:29:56.859
 of God.

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.160
 He could

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.900
 face it

00:29:57.900 --> 00:29:59.099
 with confidence.

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.079
 Because the

00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:01.039
 Lord is with

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:01.279
 me,

00:30:01.379 --> 00:30:02.079
 I will not

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:03.099
 fear even

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:04.339
 death itself.

00:30:04.480 --> 00:30:04.879
 The Lord

00:30:04.879 --> 00:30:05.599
 will protect

00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:05.879
 me.

00:30:06.180 --> 00:30:06.720
 This may

00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.440
 kill me,

00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:08.379
 but all

00:30:08.379 --> 00:30:08.799
 he can do

00:30:08.799 --> 00:30:09.440
 is bring me

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:09.960
 to him.

00:30:11.059 --> 00:30:11.740
 This light

00:30:11.740 --> 00:30:11.900
 heart and

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.500
 momentary

00:30:12.500 --> 00:30:13.440
 affliction

00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:14.660
 is preparing

00:30:14.660 --> 00:30:15.539
 for us an

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.559
 eternal weight

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.299
 of glory

00:30:17.299 --> 00:30:18.440
 beyond all

00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.299
 comparison.

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:22.039
 Is this how

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.400
 we view

00:30:22.400 --> 00:30:22.920
 danger,

00:30:23.700 --> 00:30:24.000
 Christian?

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:26.420
 Is this how

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.599
 we measure

00:30:27.599 --> 00:30:29.400
 risk in our

00:30:29.400 --> 00:30:29.759
 life?

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.620
 Is this how

00:30:31.620 --> 00:30:32.019
 we view

00:30:32.019 --> 00:30:32.680
 safety?

00:30:34.120 --> 00:30:34.980
 We tend

00:30:34.980 --> 00:30:35.539
 to view

00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:36.940
 safety and

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:38.079
 risk with

00:30:38.079 --> 00:30:39.660
 earthly eyes,

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.400
 but Christ,

00:30:40.600 --> 00:30:41.440
 he's purchased

00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:41.860
 for us

00:30:41.860 --> 00:30:42.500
 true,

00:30:42.960 --> 00:30:43.620
 eternal

00:30:43.620 --> 00:30:44.779
 protection.

00:30:46.140 --> 00:30:46.860
 If you

00:30:46.860 --> 00:30:47.640
 want to be

00:30:47.640 --> 00:30:48.400
 safe,

00:30:48.560 --> 00:30:49.800
 truly safe,

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:52.259
 seek shelter

00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.000
 in the

00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:54.019
 presence of

00:30:54.019 --> 00:30:54.540
 Christ.

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.279
 And when we

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:57.200
 reach the

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.900
 shore of

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.460
 eternity,

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.080
 all the

00:30:59.080 --> 00:30:59.860
 chaos of

00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.500
 this present

00:31:00.500 --> 00:31:01.080
 life with

00:31:01.080 --> 00:31:01.360
 all its

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:01.900
 dangers,

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.320
 all its

00:31:02.320 --> 00:31:03.000
 toils and

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:03.440
 snares,

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.400
 it will feel

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:05.000
 like it was

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.500
 over in

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:06.180
 just one

00:31:06.180 --> 00:31:06.620
 fleeting

00:31:06.620 --> 00:31:07.140
 moment.

00:31:08.540 --> 00:31:09.300
 This type

00:31:09.299 --> 00:31:10.740
 of confidence

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:11.720
 and security

00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:12.339
 in the face

00:31:12.339 --> 00:31:12.799
 of danger,

00:31:12.960 --> 00:31:14.480
 it baffles

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:15.399
 the world.

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.339
 They don't

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:18.180
 have this

00:31:18.180 --> 00:31:19.480
 type of

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:19.899
 assurance.

00:31:20.099 --> 00:31:20.339
 They can't

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:20.839
 make sense

00:31:20.839 --> 00:31:21.200
 of it.

00:31:21.440 --> 00:31:22.639
 What is the

00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:23.399
 basis of

00:31:23.399 --> 00:31:24.059
 the Christian's

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:24.500
 confidence?

00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:25.579
 What is the

00:31:25.579 --> 00:31:27.079
 secret to

00:31:27.079 --> 00:31:28.240
 infinite joy

00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:29.259
 that lifts us

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:30.319
 up out of

00:31:30.319 --> 00:31:30.879
 our present

00:31:30.879 --> 00:31:31.740
 circumstances?

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.440
 I'll tell

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.899
 you what it

00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.259
 is.

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.359
 It is

00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:38.019
 faith in

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.759
 the promises

00:31:38.759 --> 00:31:40.039
 of God.

00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.180
 It is

00:31:42.180 --> 00:31:43.960
 trust in

00:31:43.960 --> 00:31:44.660
 the rock

00:31:44.660 --> 00:31:45.579
 solid

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.680
 promises

00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:48.139
 of God.

00:31:48.259 --> 00:31:48.500
 This is

00:31:48.500 --> 00:31:48.920
 our third

00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:49.379
 and final

00:31:49.379 --> 00:31:50.519
 point this

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:50.859
 morning.

00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.240
 Third,

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:51.819
 we see

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.579
 that Jesus

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:53.779
 is a

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.559
 God of

00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:55.160
 great

00:31:55.160 --> 00:31:56.400
 promise.

00:31:57.859 --> 00:31:58.440
 Look there

00:31:58.440 --> 00:31:58.700
 to verse

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.500
 25.

00:32:01.220 --> 00:32:01.819
 It says,

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:02.039
 When the

00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:02.639
 people found

00:32:02.639 --> 00:32:03.139
 him on the

00:32:03.139 --> 00:32:03.680
 other side

00:32:03.680 --> 00:32:04.180
 of the sea,

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:04.579
 they said

00:32:04.579 --> 00:32:04.879
 to him,

00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:05.180
 Rabbi,

00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:05.639
 when did

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:05.980
 you come

00:32:05.980 --> 00:32:06.259
 here?

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.640
 And

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:07.980
 Jesus,

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:08.340
 knowing

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:08.980
 everything,

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:09.700
 knowing that

00:32:09.700 --> 00:32:10.320
 they were

00:32:10.320 --> 00:32:11.200
 seeing with

00:32:11.200 --> 00:32:12.080
 only earthly

00:32:12.080 --> 00:32:12.560
 sight,

00:32:12.640 --> 00:32:12.920
 he went

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:13.620
 straight to

00:32:13.620 --> 00:32:14.080
 the heart.

00:32:14.920 --> 00:32:15.060
 It says,

00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:15.360
 Truly,

00:32:15.560 --> 00:32:15.800
 truly,

00:32:15.900 --> 00:32:16.400
 I say to

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:16.580
 you,

00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:16.940
 you are

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:17.259
 seeking

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:17.600
 me,

00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:18.200
 not because

00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:18.680
 you saw

00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:19.460
 the signs,

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:20.680
 but because

00:32:20.680 --> 00:32:21.259
 you ate

00:32:21.259 --> 00:32:22.060
 your fill

00:32:22.060 --> 00:32:23.080
 of the

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:23.620
 loaves.

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:23.800
 Now,

00:32:23.860 --> 00:32:24.160
 listen to

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.520
 this.

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.140
 He says,

00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:26.720
 Do not

00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:27.380
 work for

00:32:27.380 --> 00:32:27.860
 the food

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.680
 that perishes,

00:32:29.440 --> 00:32:29.920
 but for

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:30.420
 the food

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:31.280
 that endures

00:32:31.280 --> 00:32:32.000
 to eternal

00:32:32.000 --> 00:32:32.880
 life,

00:32:33.320 --> 00:32:33.840
 which the

00:32:33.840 --> 00:32:34.180
 Son of

00:32:34.180 --> 00:32:34.680
 man will

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.539
 give to

00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:36.019
 you,

00:32:36.519 --> 00:32:37.160
 for on

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.880
 him the

00:32:37.880 --> 00:32:39.019
 Father has

00:32:39.019 --> 00:32:40.060
 set his

00:32:40.060 --> 00:32:40.539
 seal.

00:32:40.920 --> 00:32:41.420
 Do not

00:32:41.420 --> 00:32:42.039
 work for

00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:42.640
 the food

00:32:42.640 --> 00:32:43.380
 that perishes.

00:32:43.580 --> 00:32:43.740
 You know,

00:32:43.840 --> 00:32:45.560
 this is all

00:32:45.560 --> 00:32:46.200
 most people

00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:46.600
 know how

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:46.900
 to do.

00:32:48.920 --> 00:32:49.960
 This is all

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.460
 that we

00:32:50.460 --> 00:32:51.160
 know how

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:51.620
 to do.

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.580
 We spend

00:32:53.580 --> 00:32:54.220
 our energy,

00:32:54.380 --> 00:32:54.740
 we work

00:32:54.740 --> 00:32:55.060
 hard,

00:32:55.160 --> 00:32:55.480
 we wear

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:55.900
 ourselves

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.320
 out so

00:32:56.320 --> 00:32:56.480
 that we

00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:56.740
 can put

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.299
 food on

00:32:57.299 --> 00:32:57.820
 the table,

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.200
 then we

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:58.620
 eat the

00:32:58.620 --> 00:32:58.860
 food,

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.299
 the food

00:32:59.299 --> 00:32:59.920
 runs out,

00:32:59.960 --> 00:33:00.120
 and now

00:33:00.120 --> 00:33:00.320
 we've got

00:33:00.320 --> 00:33:00.500
 to go

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:00.880
 work some

00:33:00.880 --> 00:33:01.140
 more.

00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:03.080
 We

00:33:03.080 --> 00:33:03.460
 work to

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:03.840
 earn enough

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.259
 money,

00:33:04.560 --> 00:33:05.020
 the money

00:33:05.020 --> 00:33:05.560
 runs out,

00:33:05.620 --> 00:33:05.840
 so now

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:06.120
 we've got

00:33:06.120 --> 00:33:06.320
 to go

00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:06.759
 work some

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:07.020
 more.

00:33:07.120 --> 00:33:07.540
 We hope

00:33:07.540 --> 00:33:07.780
 that we'll

00:33:07.780 --> 00:33:08.220
 just work

00:33:08.220 --> 00:33:08.759
 long enough

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.320
 to earn

00:33:09.320 --> 00:33:09.880
 as much

00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:10.160
 as we

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.420
 can,

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:10.800
 to earn

00:33:10.800 --> 00:33:11.180
 enough so

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.340
 that we

00:33:11.340 --> 00:33:11.720
 have enough

00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:12.140
 money to

00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.460
 put enough

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:12.840
 food on

00:33:12.840 --> 00:33:13.259
 the table

00:33:13.259 --> 00:33:14.400
 for the

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:14.660
 rest of

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.080
 our lives,

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.340
 but at

00:33:15.340 --> 00:33:15.759
 some point

00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:16.120
 the money

00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:16.780
 will expire,

00:33:16.920 --> 00:33:17.220
 the food

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.780
 will expire,

00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:18.140
 or guess

00:33:18.140 --> 00:33:18.440
 what?

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:19.820
 We will

00:33:19.820 --> 00:33:20.220
 expire.

00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:22.380
 It's all

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:24.080
 so empty,

00:33:25.759 --> 00:33:26.320
 but Jesus

00:33:26.320 --> 00:33:27.080
 says there

00:33:27.080 --> 00:33:28.420
 is another

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.880
 way.

00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:31.180
 seek the

00:33:31.180 --> 00:33:32.000
 food that

00:33:32.000 --> 00:33:34.020
 endures to

00:33:34.020 --> 00:33:35.380
 eternal life,

00:33:36.260 --> 00:33:37.120
 which the

00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:37.460
 Son of

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.620
 Man will

00:33:38.620 --> 00:33:39.840
 give to

00:33:39.840 --> 00:33:40.340
 you.

00:33:41.740 --> 00:33:42.100
 You may

00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:42.520
 remember

00:33:42.520 --> 00:33:44.140
 walking through

00:33:44.140 --> 00:33:44.920
 Isaiah 55

00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:46.220
 together late

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.900
 last year,

00:33:47.160 --> 00:33:47.460
 and this

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:48.680
 wonderful

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:49.460
 invitation,

00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:51.580
 come everyone

00:33:51.580 --> 00:33:52.680
 who thirsts,

00:33:53.220 --> 00:33:53.980
 come to the

00:33:53.980 --> 00:33:54.480
 waters,

00:33:55.080 --> 00:33:55.580
 and he who

00:33:55.580 --> 00:33:56.420
 has no money,

00:33:56.560 --> 00:33:57.600
 come buy and

00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:57.820
 eat,

00:33:57.940 --> 00:33:58.760
 come buy wine

00:33:58.759 --> 00:33:59.200
 and milk

00:33:59.200 --> 00:33:59.980
 without money,

00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:01.400
 without price.

00:34:01.900 --> 00:34:02.720
 Why do you

00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:03.240
 spend your

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:03.740
 money for

00:34:03.740 --> 00:34:04.279
 that which

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.960
 is not

00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:05.640
 bread,

00:34:05.859 --> 00:34:06.480
 and your

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.140
 labor for

00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:07.640
 that which

00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:08.300
 does not

00:34:08.300 --> 00:34:09.039
 satisfy?

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.539
 Listen

00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.820
 diligently to

00:34:11.820 --> 00:34:12.480
 me and

00:34:12.480 --> 00:34:13.139
 eat what

00:34:13.139 --> 00:34:13.780
 is good,

00:34:14.219 --> 00:34:14.920
 and delight

00:34:14.920 --> 00:34:15.679
 yourselves in

00:34:15.679 --> 00:34:16.460
 rich food,

00:34:16.599 --> 00:34:17.380
 incline your

00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:18.159
 ear and come

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:19.139
 to me here

00:34:19.139 --> 00:34:19.960
 that your

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:21.059
 soul may

00:34:21.059 --> 00:34:21.960
 live.

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:25.360
 this is the

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.699
 invitation that

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:28.099
 Christ is

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:28.940
 making to

00:34:28.940 --> 00:34:29.940
 these Pharisees,

00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:31.659
 and it's the

00:34:31.659 --> 00:34:33.300
 invitation that

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.800
 he's making

00:34:33.800 --> 00:34:34.800
 to us.

00:34:36.280 --> 00:34:36.900
 He's holding

00:34:36.900 --> 00:34:37.440
 out this

00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:39.340
 incredible offer,

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.679
 a never-ending

00:34:40.679 --> 00:34:41.199
 buffet,

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:42.740
 eternal

00:34:42.740 --> 00:34:43.780
 satisfaction,

00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.579
 free of

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:45.059
 price,

00:34:45.679 --> 00:34:46.159
 eternal

00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:46.960
 provision for

00:34:46.960 --> 00:34:48.000
 our hunger,

00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:49.059
 for our thirst,

00:34:49.059 --> 00:34:50.320
 but how did

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:50.980
 they respond?

00:34:52.500 --> 00:34:53.639
 With physical

00:34:53.639 --> 00:34:54.420
 sight.

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.779
 What must

00:34:56.779 --> 00:34:58.000
 we be doing

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:59.239
 to do the

00:34:59.239 --> 00:34:59.960
 works of God?

00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:00.320
 Do you see

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:00.599
 that?

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:01.920
 You see how

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:03.079
 works-minded,

00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:04.719
 how physical-minded,

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:06.019
 how earthly-minded

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.539
 they are?

00:35:06.639 --> 00:35:07.239
 I've been working

00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:07.960
 for this bread,

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.599
 it perishes,

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:09.199
 it perishes,

00:35:09.320 --> 00:35:09.779
 it perishes,

00:35:09.880 --> 00:35:10.539
 it runs out,

00:35:10.799 --> 00:35:11.360
 you're offering

00:35:11.360 --> 00:35:12.219
 me eternal bread,

00:35:12.340 --> 00:35:13.039
 what do I have

00:35:13.039 --> 00:35:13.440
 to do?

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:14.840
 How do I have

00:35:14.840 --> 00:35:15.759
 to work to

00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:17.019
 get that bread?

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:20.239
 Jesus says,

00:35:20.920 --> 00:35:21.519
 this is the

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.360
 work of God,

00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:23.840
 that you

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:25.940
 believe in

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.559
 him whom

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:27.420
 he has sent.

00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:29.320
 This is the

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:30.279
 message of the

00:35:30.279 --> 00:35:30.719
 gospel,

00:35:31.440 --> 00:35:31.840
 church.

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.219
 Eternal

00:35:33.219 --> 00:35:34.400
 satisfaction

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:35.659
 is given,

00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:36.579
 not earned,

00:35:36.699 --> 00:35:37.460
 is given

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:38.880
 through faith

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:40.039
 in Christ.

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:41.840
 That is so

00:35:41.840 --> 00:35:42.679
 different from

00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:43.159
 the way that

00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:43.739
 we're wired.

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:44.759
 We want to

00:35:44.759 --> 00:35:45.639
 work, we want

00:35:45.639 --> 00:35:46.420
 to earn what

00:35:46.420 --> 00:35:46.860
 we're given,

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.199
 that's the

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:47.799
 American way,

00:35:47.799 --> 00:35:48.659
 you work hard,

00:35:48.659 --> 00:35:49.099
 you earn a

00:35:49.099 --> 00:35:49.399
 paycheck,

00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:50.099
 you get up,

00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:50.500
 you do it

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:50.819
 again.

00:35:51.319 --> 00:35:52.679
 That is not

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.759
 the way it

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:54.339
 works with

00:35:54.339 --> 00:35:54.819
 Christ.

00:35:55.799 --> 00:35:56.359
 And that is

00:35:56.359 --> 00:35:57.119
 not the

00:35:57.119 --> 00:35:57.879
 message of

00:35:57.879 --> 00:35:58.460
 the Bible.

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:00.559
 One of my

00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:01.399
 favorite insights

00:36:01.399 --> 00:36:02.619
 from Tim Keller,

00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:03.519
 he said,

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:05.199
 Buddha's final

00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:05.859
 words before

00:36:05.859 --> 00:36:06.480
 he died,

00:36:06.879 --> 00:36:07.219
 you know what

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:07.559
 they were?

00:36:08.359 --> 00:36:09.259
 Strive without

00:36:09.259 --> 00:36:09.819
 ceasing.

00:36:11.059 --> 00:36:11.480
 Jesus'

00:36:11.719 --> 00:36:12.519
 final words on

00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:13.059
 the cross,

00:36:14.139 --> 00:36:14.940
 it is finished.

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:17.159
 The gospel

00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:18.359
 is not a

00:36:18.359 --> 00:36:19.019
 message of

00:36:19.019 --> 00:36:19.759
 go do,

00:36:19.899 --> 00:36:20.159
 it's a

00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:20.699
 message of

00:36:20.699 --> 00:36:21.559
 this is what

00:36:21.559 --> 00:36:22.239
 Christ has

00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:22.779
 done.

00:36:23.579 --> 00:36:23.779
 Would you

00:36:23.779 --> 00:36:24.440
 receive it?

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:24.719
 Would you

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:25.739
 believe it?

00:36:25.779 --> 00:36:25.960
 Would you

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.679
 stop working

00:36:26.679 --> 00:36:27.239
 to earn it?

00:36:27.279 --> 00:36:27.500
 Would you

00:36:27.500 --> 00:36:28.179
 receive it

00:36:28.179 --> 00:36:28.739
 by faith?

00:36:28.839 --> 00:36:29.199
 Christianity

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:30.319
 is not

00:36:30.319 --> 00:36:31.399
 another job

00:36:31.399 --> 00:36:31.799
 where we

00:36:31.799 --> 00:36:32.539
 earn our

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:32.980
 bread,

00:36:33.099 --> 00:36:33.920
 we receive

00:36:33.920 --> 00:36:34.739
 the bread

00:36:34.739 --> 00:36:35.299
 of life

00:36:35.299 --> 00:36:36.239
 by believing

00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:37.599
 in him.

00:36:39.599 --> 00:36:40.179
 The way

00:36:40.179 --> 00:36:40.460
 that they

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:40.940
 responded,

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.319
 I don't

00:36:41.319 --> 00:36:41.819
 think gives

00:36:41.819 --> 00:36:42.199
 us much

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:43.319
 hope that

00:36:43.319 --> 00:36:43.739
 they got

00:36:43.739 --> 00:36:44.000
 it.

00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.619
 they said,

00:36:45.679 --> 00:36:46.199
 what sign

00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:46.480
 do you

00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:46.920
 do that

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.199
 we may

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:48.300
 see and

00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:48.860
 believe you?

00:36:48.960 --> 00:36:49.559
 What work

00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:50.320
 do you

00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:50.980
 perform?

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.639
 Our fathers,

00:36:52.780 --> 00:36:53.800
 they ate the

00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:54.260
 manna in the

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:54.960
 wilderness as

00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.420
 it is written,

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.340
 he gave them

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:56.860
 bread from

00:36:56.860 --> 00:36:57.460
 heaven to

00:36:57.460 --> 00:36:57.679
 eat.

00:36:57.719 --> 00:36:57.960
 So what

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.179
 can you

00:36:58.179 --> 00:36:58.559
 do for

00:36:58.559 --> 00:36:58.719
 us,

00:36:58.780 --> 00:36:59.000
 Jesus?

00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:00.420
 What can

00:37:00.420 --> 00:37:00.780
 we see

00:37:00.780 --> 00:37:01.139
 you do

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:01.380
 that we

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:01.920
 might see

00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:02.619
 and believe?

00:37:02.840 --> 00:37:03.019
 And of

00:37:03.019 --> 00:37:03.199
 course,

00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:03.880
 Jesus doesn't

00:37:03.880 --> 00:37:04.239
 take the

00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:04.500
 bait,

00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:06.719
 but he does

00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:07.219
 teach them

00:37:07.219 --> 00:37:07.659
 a lesson.

00:37:09.340 --> 00:37:09.880
 Jesus said

00:37:09.880 --> 00:37:10.159
 to them,

00:37:10.260 --> 00:37:10.539
 truly,

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:11.099
 truly,

00:37:11.219 --> 00:37:11.719
 I say to

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:11.900
 you,

00:37:11.960 --> 00:37:12.460
 it was not

00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:13.380
 Moses who

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:13.760
 gave you

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.080
 the bread

00:37:14.080 --> 00:37:14.520
 from heaven.

00:37:14.600 --> 00:37:15.100
 Stop talking

00:37:15.100 --> 00:37:15.780
 about Moses.

00:37:16.700 --> 00:37:17.120
 Don't put

00:37:17.120 --> 00:37:17.580
 your faith

00:37:17.580 --> 00:37:18.140
 in Moses,

00:37:18.280 --> 00:37:18.520
 don't put

00:37:18.520 --> 00:37:18.860
 your hope

00:37:18.860 --> 00:37:19.380
 in Moses.

00:37:19.520 --> 00:37:19.680
 It was

00:37:19.680 --> 00:37:20.400
 not Moses,

00:37:20.600 --> 00:37:20.920
 but my

00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:22.360
 father gives

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:22.820
 you the

00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:24.080
 true bread

00:37:24.080 --> 00:37:24.800
 from heaven.

00:37:25.860 --> 00:37:26.200
 For the

00:37:26.200 --> 00:37:27.160
 bread of

00:37:27.160 --> 00:37:27.780
 God is

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:28.180
 he who

00:37:28.180 --> 00:37:28.800
 comes down

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.360
 from heaven

00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:29.840
 and gives

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.880
 life to

00:37:30.880 --> 00:37:31.580
 the world.

00:37:31.980 --> 00:37:33.280
 I am

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:34.280
 the bread

00:37:34.280 --> 00:37:35.340
 of life.

00:37:36.220 --> 00:37:36.460
 Whoever

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:37.100
 comes to

00:37:37.100 --> 00:37:37.580
 me shall

00:37:37.580 --> 00:37:38.260
 not hunger,

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:38.600
 whoever

00:37:38.600 --> 00:37:39.500
 believes in

00:37:39.500 --> 00:37:40.380
 me shall

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:42.100
 never thirst.

00:37:42.220 --> 00:37:42.700
 It is an

00:37:42.700 --> 00:37:43.140
 offer

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:45.819
 promise of

00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:46.639
 true bread.

00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:48.319
 Not from

00:37:48.319 --> 00:37:48.719
 Moses,

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.559
 but from

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:50.019
 God.

00:37:50.179 --> 00:37:51.199
 Not manna

00:37:51.199 --> 00:37:52.359
 that perishes,

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:53.759
 but a person

00:37:53.759 --> 00:37:55.019
 who comes

00:37:55.019 --> 00:37:55.639
 down from

00:37:55.639 --> 00:37:55.960
 heaven.

00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:56.859
 Not for

00:37:56.859 --> 00:37:57.379
 physical

00:37:57.379 --> 00:37:58.079
 sustenance,

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.480
 but for

00:37:58.480 --> 00:37:59.659
 eternal life.

00:37:59.759 --> 00:38:00.139
 Not just

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.539
 for the

00:38:00.539 --> 00:38:00.920
 Jews,

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.480
 but for

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:02.619
 the world.

00:38:03.299 --> 00:38:03.599
 Any

00:38:03.599 --> 00:38:05.139
 who believe

00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:06.139
 in him.

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:08.239
 Here is the

00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:08.699
 promise,

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:09.539
 church.

00:38:09.539 --> 00:38:12.259
 anyone who

00:38:12.259 --> 00:38:13.219
 comes to

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:13.800
 Christ,

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:15.360
 anyone,

00:38:15.960 --> 00:38:17.000
 from the

00:38:17.000 --> 00:38:17.900
 moment they

00:38:17.900 --> 00:38:18.679
 first believe,

00:38:18.880 --> 00:38:19.179
 they will

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:19.940
 begin a

00:38:19.940 --> 00:38:21.059
 feast for

00:38:21.059 --> 00:38:21.860
 their soul

00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:22.679
 that will

00:38:22.679 --> 00:38:23.860
 last forever.

00:38:24.920 --> 00:38:25.119
 Now,

00:38:25.159 --> 00:38:25.400
 we can

00:38:25.400 --> 00:38:25.940
 taste it

00:38:25.940 --> 00:38:26.440
 now.

00:38:26.559 --> 00:38:26.920
 We live

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:27.320
 by this

00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:27.960
 bread right

00:38:27.960 --> 00:38:28.420
 now,

00:38:28.480 --> 00:38:28.719
 but we

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.059
 know it

00:38:29.059 --> 00:38:29.440
 will get

00:38:29.440 --> 00:38:30.599
 better and

00:38:30.599 --> 00:38:31.599
 better and

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.019
 better,

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:33.099
 more and

00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:33.659
 more and

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:34.779
 more satisfying.

00:38:35.019 --> 00:38:35.199
 We will

00:38:35.199 --> 00:38:36.300
 never lack

00:38:36.300 --> 00:38:36.680
 what we

00:38:36.680 --> 00:38:37.280
 need the

00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:37.720
 most.

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.660
 And our

00:38:38.660 --> 00:38:39.780
 experience of

00:38:39.780 --> 00:38:41.160
 him will

00:38:41.160 --> 00:38:41.920
 only get

00:38:41.920 --> 00:38:42.539
 better the

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.180
 more we

00:38:43.180 --> 00:38:44.120
 feast on

00:38:44.120 --> 00:38:44.780
 him from

00:38:44.780 --> 00:38:45.800
 now to

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.460
 the rest of

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:46.980
 eternity.

00:38:47.140 --> 00:38:47.400
 You will

00:38:47.400 --> 00:38:47.860
 have no

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:49.420
 hunger and

00:38:49.420 --> 00:38:49.680
 you will

00:38:49.680 --> 00:38:50.260
 have no

00:38:50.260 --> 00:38:51.240
 thirst if

00:38:51.240 --> 00:38:52.480
 only you

00:38:52.480 --> 00:38:53.380
 would believe

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:54.580
 in him.

00:38:56.580 --> 00:38:57.300
 Church,

00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:57.620
 we were

00:38:57.620 --> 00:38:58.660
 made to

00:38:58.660 --> 00:38:59.420
 be satisfied

00:38:59.420 --> 00:39:00.640
 in him.

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:02.480
 But we

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:03.100
 are far too

00:39:03.100 --> 00:39:04.080
 easily pleased.

00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:06.599
 so come

00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:07.059
 to him.

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.159
 Trust

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:09.860
 him.

00:39:11.279 --> 00:39:12.019
 Feast

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:13.400
 on him.

00:39:13.679 --> 00:39:14.480
 Lean on

00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:14.860
 him.

00:39:15.019 --> 00:39:16.259
 Believe in

00:39:16.259 --> 00:39:17.480
 him and

00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:18.420
 be satisfied

00:39:18.420 --> 00:39:20.119
 in him.

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:21.500
 And do

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:22.079
 not think

00:39:22.079 --> 00:39:22.799
 too small

00:39:22.799 --> 00:39:23.619
 of him.

00:39:24.659 --> 00:39:24.960
 Let's

00:39:24.960 --> 00:39:25.179
 pray.

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.179
 Lord

00:39:33.179 --> 00:39:33.460
 Jesus,

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.019
 we thank

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:34.419
 you that

00:39:34.419 --> 00:39:34.879
 you are

00:39:34.879 --> 00:39:35.259
 the bread

00:39:35.259 --> 00:39:35.899
 of life.

00:39:37.659 --> 00:39:38.239
 Who came

00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:38.819
 down from

00:39:38.819 --> 00:39:39.239
 heaven,

00:39:39.819 --> 00:39:40.940
 not just

00:39:40.940 --> 00:39:41.339
 to meet

00:39:41.339 --> 00:39:41.960
 our temporary

00:39:41.960 --> 00:39:42.779
 needs,

00:39:42.879 --> 00:39:43.079
 God,

00:39:43.119 --> 00:39:43.379
 but to

00:39:43.379 --> 00:39:43.699
 meet our

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:44.099
 greatest

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.659
 needs,

00:39:44.739 --> 00:39:45.279
 our eternal

00:39:45.279 --> 00:39:45.980
 needs.

00:39:46.719 --> 00:39:47.159
 Lord,

00:39:47.219 --> 00:39:47.839
 we need

00:39:47.839 --> 00:39:49.039
 nothing more

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:50.139
 than to have

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:50.659
 our sins

00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:51.179
 forgiven,

00:39:51.299 --> 00:39:51.699
 to be made

00:39:51.699 --> 00:39:52.399
 right with

00:39:52.399 --> 00:39:52.739
 you,

00:39:52.819 --> 00:39:53.699
 to be satisfied

00:39:53.699 --> 00:39:54.440
 in you,

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:54.980
 not just

00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:55.319
 now,

00:39:55.379 --> 00:39:55.759
 but into

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 eternity.

00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:57.839
 We praise

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 you that

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 that offer,

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 that promise,

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 is available

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 to any who

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 would come to

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 you in

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 faith.

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 And so we

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 pray now

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 that we

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 would rejoice

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 in that

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 provision,

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 if we

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 have it,

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 and that

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 we would

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 repent,

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 if we

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 don't,

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 and seek

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 you in

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 the promises

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 made to

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 us in

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 the gospel.

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 We pray

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 this in

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 Christ's

00:40:16.400 --> 00:40:16.580
 name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.