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 We're in the Gospel of John this morning again, continuing on the story, chapter 6.

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 Just a reminder of what we've been through these past couple weeks.

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 We've looked at some of the pretty spectacular things that Jesus has been doing.

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 First, he fed a crowd of over 5,000 people out in the middle of nowhere with just a boy's lunch.

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 Then last Sunday we saw how he walked at least several miles across the Sea of Galilee

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 and then jumped into a boat with his disciples in the middle of a storm.

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 Amazing.

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 We talked last Sunday about how some of the crowd from the 5,000 that Jesus fed,

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 they couldn't find him the next day on that eastern side of the lake,

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 so they hitched a ride with some of the boats that had come over from Tiberias

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 back to the western side of the lake where they found Jesus.

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 And we ended last Sunday with their question,

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 Rabbi, when did you get here?

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 So we're going to continue the story this morning in John, chapter 6, verse 25.

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 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him,

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 Rabbi, when did you get here?

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 Jesus answered,

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 Very truly, I tell you,

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 you were looking for me not because you saw the signs I performed,

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 but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.

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 So it all starts with the question of the people,

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 the people who had been there at the feeding of the 5,000.

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 And they came back across the lake,

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 they found Jesus,

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 they're puzzled about how Jesus got here,

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 and they ask him,

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 Teacher, when did you get here?

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 And what does Jesus say in response?

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 Let's just hit the pause button for a moment here.

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 What's the true answer to this question?

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 Jesus could have looked them in the eye and said,

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 I actually got here in the early hours of the morning

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 after a leisurely stroll out on the lake.

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 Even as the crowd asks this question,

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 you can imagine the disciples thinking to themselves,

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 like, oh boy,

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 like, how is Jesus going to respond to this?

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 They would never believe what happened last night out on the lake,

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 even if all of us told them that this is what happened.

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 Well, Jesus decides to simply not answer the question.

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 And instead,

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 he makes a statement that shifts the focus of this conversation

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 onto the people themselves.

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 In verse 26,

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 he says,

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 What is Jesus saying to them?

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 Well, let's first notice the kind of statement that this is.

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 Jesus is telling them why they have been looking for him.

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 He's saying,

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 You've been seeking me.

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 You've been searching for me.

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 Not for this reason,

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 but for this reason.

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 Have you ever had somebody tell you

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 why you are doing something?

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 Most of us probably have,

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 and usually we don't appreciate it

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 when someone tells us why we did something.

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 I'm sure many of us have had that happen in a conversation

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 where someone's telling us why we did something,

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 or we almost would take it as an accusation.

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 And perhaps they even assumed wrongly about us.

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 And you're thinking or you're saying,

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 That wasn't my motivation.

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 That wasn't my reason.

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 Who are you to tell me why I did that?

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 Are you judging me?

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 Are you claiming to know my inner thoughts and motivations?

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 Most of the time,

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 it's best not to assume that you know

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 exactly why someone is doing something.

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 There could be reasons you simply do not know.

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 There could be reasons buried in that person's heart,

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 or rooted in that person's past experiences.

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 As Paul said to the Corinthians in his letter,

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 1 Corinthians 2 verse 11,

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 For who knows a person's thoughts

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 except their own spirit within them?

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 And this is kind of a side point here,

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 but wouldn't it be wonderful if all of us just refused

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 to assume that we know why other people do the things they do?

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 And I'm talking to myself here as well.

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 Think of how much less misunderstanding and conflict there would be

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 if we just simply chose not to assume anything about other people's motives.

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 Instead, maybe just ask the question.

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 Ask them why they're doing what they're doing.

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 The truth is,

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 we really don't know other people's motivations,

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 and we can guess at them,

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 we can speculate,

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 but at the end of the day,

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 only they know

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 why they are doing what they are doing.

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 And this is pretty relevant today.

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 I mean, here's one example.

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 Many people assume that people are wearing masks

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 because they're afraid of getting COVID.

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 And yet some of those people

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 would say to you that they are wearing them

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 not because they're afraid of getting COVID,

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 but because they care about you.

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 They want to minimize the chance

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 that they would spread it to you

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 if they happen to have it.

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 For that person, it's not fear.

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 It's in fact kindness and love

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 that motivates them to wear their mask.

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 On the other side of the coin,

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 some people might assume

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 that if you're not wearing a mask,

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 it's because you're angry at the government

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 or because you don't care about the weak

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 and the vulnerable in our community.

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 And yet for some who aren't wearing masks,

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 that's simply not true.

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 Some people are just simply not wearing them

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 because they genuinely don't believe

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 that the masks help

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 in preventing the spread of COVID.

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 Now, I'm not here to try and settle the debate this morning

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 on whether they work or not work or whatever.

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 I just say this to illustrate

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 how often we assume that we know exactly

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 why people are doing what they're doing,

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 and yet how easy it is for us to be wrong.

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 And we do this all the time.

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 We speculate on people's motives and thoughts,

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 like why they're changing jobs,

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 why they had a conflict with so-and-so,

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 why they believe this or that,

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 why they haven't been coming to church,

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 why they just bought a new vehicle,

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 why my kids are acting the way they are.

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 Wouldn't it just be wonderful

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 if we all just embraced this simple truth

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 that Paul reminds us of?

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 Who knows a person's thoughts

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 except their own spirit within them?

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 Back to Jesus.

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 Jesus is saying the kind of thing here

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 that ordinarily we shouldn't say to one another.

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 And notice how he says it.

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 He doesn't say, you know what,

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 I think that the reason you're looking for me

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 is not this, but this.

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 No, he states it very matter-of-factly.

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 He says, truly, truly, I say to you,

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 the reason you're looking for me

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 is not this, but this.

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 He's claiming to know the truth

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 of what's going on in their inner thoughts

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 and motivations.

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 Coming from anyone else,

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 this would probably be an immediate turn-off,

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 and maybe some people were turned off

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 when they heard Jesus say something like this.

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 But with Jesus, it's different.

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 He's already demonstrated repeatedly

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 that he knows things about people

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 that no ordinary person could know.

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 We saw it with Nathaniel.

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 We saw it with the Samaritan woman at the well.

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 The disciples witnessed this kind of thing

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 repeatedly at the first Passover festival

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 that they went to with him.

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 Remember back in John chapter 2,

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 where John said this,

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 Jesus would not entrust himself to the crowd

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 that saw his signs,

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 for he knew all people.

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 He did not need any testimony about men,

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 mankind, for he knew what was in each person.

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 Amazingly, in all these instances,

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 the disciples have seen that Jesus has been correct

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 about people,

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 about their inner motivations

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 and thoughts and reasons.

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 He's not just guessing or speculating.

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 He's not assuming things

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 that he doesn't know to be true.

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 Somehow he has divine knowledge.

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 And he actually knows the things

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 that God alone knows about people.

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 This is the kind of thing that's going on here.

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 Again, in the passage we're looking at this morning,

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 Jesus is telling these people

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 that he knows what's really going on

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 inside their hearts.

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 He knows why they're really going to all this trouble

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 to come all the way back across the lake

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 and hunt him down and follow him around.

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 So now let's look at the reasons Jesus gives.

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 Verse 26.

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 Jesus answered,

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 You are looking for me

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 not because you saw the signs I performed,

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 but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.

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 Do not work for food that spoils,

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 but for food that endures to eternal life.

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 So according to Jesus,

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 why are they following him?

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 What's the real reason?

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 And what's the problem with their motivation?

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 You're looking for me

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 because you ate the loaves and had your fill

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 and not because you saw the signs.

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 Do not work for food that spoils,

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 but work for food that endures to eternal life.

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 Now at first glance,

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 and this is kind of what I was thinking at first,

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 we might think that these people care more about getting more free food

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 than they do about the miracle that Jesus did.

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 It kind of sounds that way a little bit.

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 You guys came all the way across the lake

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 because you got a free meal.

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 Don't wear yourself out for food that spoils.

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 But the more I reflected on this and thought about that,

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 it just didn't make sense.

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 Like how could people really be more excited

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 about getting some free food

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 than about the fact that Jesus whipped this meal

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 for 5,000 people out of almost seemingly nowhere?

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 And we heard two weeks ago

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 that at least some of them started to think

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 that he was the prophet or the Messiah

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 and they wanted to make him king.

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 So did they care more about getting more free food

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 than the miracle?

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 Were they just a bunch of lazy freeloaders and moochers?

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 I don't think so.

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 I think we get a clue about this

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 from what Jesus tells them to do.

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 He says,

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 Do not work for food that spoils,

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 but for food that endures to eternal life.

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 A more literal translation of that

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 would be something like this.

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 Work not for food of the perishing sort,

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 but for food of the lasting unto eternal life sort.

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 As we reflect on these words,

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 we begin to see that Jesus is giving them

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 a larger principle of life.

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 And he's using food as kind of the metaphor.

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 I mean, what kind of food endures to eternal life?

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 This is not ordinary food.

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 This is a metaphor.

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 And do not work for food that spoils.

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 They're meant to apply this more generally,

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 more broadly to their whole outlook.

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 In other words,

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 I don't think Jesus is saying,

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 The reason that you're following me around

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 is just to get more free food.

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 Stop putting in all this effort

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 to get more free food that doesn't last.

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 I think Jesus is saying more than that.

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 And I think the key,

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 if I'm reading this right,

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 is in,

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 we see it a little bit in verse 26.

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 You are looking for me,

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 not because you saw the signs.

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 The signs.

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 Jesus refers to the things that he has been doing.

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 Things like the feeding of the 5,000

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 and healing people as signs.

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 And a sign by definition

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 is something that points to something.

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 So what's the problem with their motivation?

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 If I'm hearing Jesus right,

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 it's that they're more excited

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 about the miracle itself

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 than they are about what it points to.

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 They're thinking,

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 and we can guess here,

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 we don't know for sure,

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 but maybe something like,

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 here's a guy who can multiply bread

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 and they're not going to do it.

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 Come on, everybody.

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 Look at this.

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 What's he going to do next?

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 Isn't this awesome?

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 They're all excited about the miracle

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 and they probably should be,

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 but the main point,

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 it seems,

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 is not the miracle itself,

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 but what the miracle points to.

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 It's a sign.

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 It seems that these particular people

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 are going to such lengths

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 to follow Jesus

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 because they want to be,

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 we might say,

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 sensationalized.

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 They want to see more of the same.

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 They want to be wowed

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 by things like this,

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 this meal that they had.

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 And so it seems that

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 Jesus is saying

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 that the feeding of the 5,000

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 was not something that he did

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 just to fill the stomachs of people.

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 God the Father

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 had given him that work,

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 that miracle to do

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 as a sign.

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 And signs are meant

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 to tell us something.

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 They're meant to point to something.

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 And it was a spectacular sign.

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 It was something

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 impressive.

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 Give a bit of an example here.

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 I mean, imagine you're,

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 happened to be in Madrid,

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 Spain.

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 You're driving around

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 and you see this

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 on the side of a building.

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 That's a pretty big sign.

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 They actually broke

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 the Guinness Book of World Records

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 for the largest billboard

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 back in 2018.

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 The thing is,

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 the size of 20 tennis courts.

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 It covers most of this huge building.

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 And I don't know,

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 I kind of like it.

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 Even how the tree branches

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 kind of go in between the windows.

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 I mean, imagine how much time

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 it took just to put that up

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 and to take it down,

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 all the scaffolding.

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 It's impressive.

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 So impressive,

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 you might even take

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 a slight detour

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 on your way home

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 just to show your kids.

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 Now imagine that

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 the next day

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 after you see this billboard,

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 you're at work

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 and it comes up

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 in conversation

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 and you're talking

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 to someone about it

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 and someone at some point

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 just says,

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 so?

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 Are you going to buy one?

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 And you're kind of like,

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 what are you talking about?

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 Buy one what?

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 Well, a Ford EcoSport.

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 Oh, well,

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 I wasn't even really

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 thinking about that.

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 I was just thinking about

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 how awesome that sign is.

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 Like, it's huge

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 and it's so well done.

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 I think that's a bit

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 of an example,

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 an illustration

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 of what's happening here

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 with the crowd

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 and Jesus.

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 They see the signs

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 that he's doing

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 and how spectacular they are,

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 but they're more caught up

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 in the excitement

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 of the sign

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 than what it points to.

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 Like,

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 hey everyone,

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 here's a guy

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 who can make food appear

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 out of thin air.

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 We saw it.

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 We ate it

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 as much as we wanted.

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 Come on,

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 let's go see

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 what he'll do next.

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 Maybe next time

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 he'll make something

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 even more awesome

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 than that.

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 Who knows?

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 Maybe if we stick

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 with him long enough,

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 it'll be like

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 that Oprah episode

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 where every guest

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 received a brand new car

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 worth 30,000 bucks

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 for free.

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 We don't know exactly

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 what they're thinking,

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 but it seems

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 that this is kind of

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 along the lines

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 of what they're thinking.

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 They're missing the point.

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 The key contrast,

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 I think,

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 comes in what Jesus says

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 in verse 27.

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 Do not work

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 for food that spoils,

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 but for food

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 that endures

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 to eternal life.

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 Again,

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 the more literal,

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 work not for food

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 of the perishing sort,

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 but for food

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 of the lasting

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 unto eternal life sort.

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 They're more excited

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 about the bread

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 than the reality

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 that the bread points to.

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 I think Jesus

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 is saying something

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 to the effect of

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 the physical bread

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 that I made

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 is not the point.

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 Don't put in all this effort

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 to follow me around

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 just to see more things

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 like that.

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 Where's the bread

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 that you ate now?

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 It's gone.

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 It doesn't last.

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 It's a perishable thing.

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 It's either consumed

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 or it spoils.

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 No,

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 the point of the miracle

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 is that you would look for

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 and seek after

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 the food

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 that doesn't perish.

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 The special provision

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 of God

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 that lasts,

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 that never goes bad,

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 that there's always

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 more of,

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 the special food

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 or provision of God

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 that when you eat

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 of it,

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 it gives you

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 not just life

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 for another few days,

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 but life

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 for endless days.

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 And it might be here

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 that we're starting

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 to remember back

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 to what Jesus said

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 to the woman

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 at the well

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 where he again

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 used a familiar thing

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 like water,

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 food,

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 water,

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 to describe

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 a much greater thing.

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 He said to her,

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 whoever drinks

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 the water I give them

00:18:44.259 --> 00:18:45.899
 will never thirst.

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 Indeed,

00:18:47.759 --> 00:18:48.859
 the water I give them

00:18:48.859 --> 00:18:49.480
 will become

00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:50.259
 in them

00:18:50.259 --> 00:18:51.599
 a spring of water

00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:52.539
 welling up

00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:54.399
 to eternal life.

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 It's as though

00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:57.059
 Jesus is saying,

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 I'm here to offer you

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 more

00:18:59.299 --> 00:19:01.059
 than just

00:19:01.059 --> 00:19:02.539
 a spectacular show,

00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:04.359
 more than just

00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:06.000
 some material blessings,

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 more than just

00:19:07.779 --> 00:19:08.420
 some things

00:19:08.420 --> 00:19:09.180
 that will eventually

00:19:09.180 --> 00:19:10.140
 be consumed

00:19:10.140 --> 00:19:11.200
 or spent

00:19:11.200 --> 00:19:12.140
 or wear out

00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:12.859
 or lost

00:19:12.859 --> 00:19:14.000
 when you die.

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.559
 I'm here to offer you

00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:16.980
 the food and water,

00:19:17.140 --> 00:19:18.299
 the most essential

00:19:18.299 --> 00:19:18.980
 needs

00:19:18.980 --> 00:19:20.440
 of your soul,

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 a special provision

00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:23.759
 of God

00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:24.839
 so that you might

00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:25.940
 truly live

00:19:25.940 --> 00:19:26.559
 forever.

00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:30.519
 This is the reality

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:31.339
 that the sign

00:19:31.339 --> 00:19:31.920
 of the feeding

00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:32.980
 of the 5,000

00:19:32.980 --> 00:19:33.740
 points to.

00:19:33.740 --> 00:19:35.400
 If you're going

00:19:35.400 --> 00:19:36.099
 to put in the effort

00:19:36.099 --> 00:19:36.680
 like you've been

00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:37.160
 putting in

00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:38.120
 to follow me around,

00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:39.220
 do it for this reason.

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 Do it to get

00:19:39.839 --> 00:19:40.660
 this food

00:19:40.660 --> 00:19:41.740
 that lasts

00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.720
 into life eternal.

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:48.240
 So you can imagine

00:19:48.240 --> 00:19:48.799
 at this point

00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:49.599
 that Jesus has

00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.220
 their attention,

00:19:50.460 --> 00:19:51.599
 that there's no

00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:53.519
 shortage of questions

00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.779
 rising up

00:19:54.779 --> 00:19:55.299
 in their minds

00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:55.500
 like,

00:19:55.579 --> 00:19:55.660
 well,

00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:56.740
 what kind of food

00:19:56.740 --> 00:19:57.460
 are you talking

00:19:57.460 --> 00:19:58.220
 about, Jesus?

00:19:59.160 --> 00:20:00.180
 What sort of food

00:20:00.180 --> 00:20:01.180
 lasts into

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:02.259
 eternal life?

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:03.640
 we've never

00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:04.119
 heard of that

00:20:04.119 --> 00:20:04.559
 before.

00:20:05.579 --> 00:20:06.259
 What are you

00:20:06.259 --> 00:20:06.720
 saying?

00:20:08.079 --> 00:20:08.900
 Are you talking

00:20:08.900 --> 00:20:10.240
 about a food

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:10.980
 that we eat

00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:12.240
 and then we

00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:12.960
 live forever?

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:14.400
 Is it a food

00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.339
 that,

00:20:16.779 --> 00:20:17.119
 like,

00:20:17.220 --> 00:20:17.819
 what are you

00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:18.680
 talking about?

00:20:19.259 --> 00:20:20.240
 Is it literal

00:20:20.240 --> 00:20:20.740
 food?

00:20:21.500 --> 00:20:21.900
 Kind of like

00:20:21.900 --> 00:20:22.839
 the fruit

00:20:22.839 --> 00:20:23.359
 of the tree

00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:24.319
 of life?

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.079
 Or are you

00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:25.700
 just speaking

00:20:25.700 --> 00:20:26.519
 metaphorically?

00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:27.279
 What is this

00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:29.180
 food and where

00:20:29.180 --> 00:20:29.879
 do we get it?

00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.480
 Where does it

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:32.099
 come from?

00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:35.180
 Jesus answers

00:20:35.180 --> 00:20:35.799
 one of these

00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:36.940
 questions immediately,

00:20:37.220 --> 00:20:37.960
 even before they

00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:38.339
 ask,

00:20:38.900 --> 00:20:39.559
 where does this

00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:40.599
 lasting food

00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.559
 come from?

00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:43.660
 He says,

00:20:43.759 --> 00:20:44.240
 do not work

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.680
 for food

00:20:44.680 --> 00:20:45.379
 that spoils,

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:46.059
 but for food

00:20:46.059 --> 00:20:46.619
 that endures

00:20:46.619 --> 00:20:47.700
 to eternal life,

00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:49.379
 which the

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:49.960
 Son of Man

00:20:49.960 --> 00:20:50.720
 will give you.

00:20:53.640 --> 00:20:54.240
 Which the

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:54.720
 Son of Man

00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.420
 will give you.

00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:56.500
 So where does

00:20:56.500 --> 00:20:57.039
 it come from?

00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:57.599
 It comes from

00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.420
 the Son of Man.

00:20:59.539 --> 00:21:00.220
 And we won't

00:21:00.220 --> 00:21:00.759
 look at all the

00:21:00.759 --> 00:21:01.619
 passages today,

00:21:01.619 --> 00:21:02.079
 but there's

00:21:02.079 --> 00:21:02.899
 many places

00:21:02.899 --> 00:21:03.379
 where it's

00:21:03.379 --> 00:21:04.039
 just obvious

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.659
 that when

00:21:04.659 --> 00:21:05.299
 Jesus says

00:21:05.299 --> 00:21:06.039
 the Son of Man,

00:21:06.159 --> 00:21:06.779
 he's referring

00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.579
 to himself.

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:11.239
 In other words,

00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:12.239
 you get this

00:21:12.239 --> 00:21:13.019
 food that

00:21:13.019 --> 00:21:13.799
 endures to

00:21:13.799 --> 00:21:16.099
 life eternal

00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:17.299
 from me.

00:21:17.299 --> 00:21:19.919
 I will give it

00:21:19.919 --> 00:21:20.299
 to you.

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.500
 It's quite the

00:21:23.500 --> 00:21:23.839
 claim.

00:21:24.180 --> 00:21:24.759
 It's quite an

00:21:24.759 --> 00:21:25.159
 offer.

00:21:27.200 --> 00:21:27.759
 And then

00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:28.559
 Jesus throws in

00:21:28.559 --> 00:21:28.919
 this little

00:21:28.919 --> 00:21:29.559
 statement at

00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:30.159
 the end of

00:21:30.159 --> 00:21:31.919
 verse 27,

00:21:32.919 --> 00:21:33.799
 which the

00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:34.359
 Son of Man

00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:34.980
 will give you,

00:21:35.099 --> 00:21:36.099
 for on him

00:21:36.099 --> 00:21:37.359
 God has

00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:38.799
 placed his

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.299
 seal of

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.680
 approval.

00:21:41.759 --> 00:21:42.319
 Literally,

00:21:42.559 --> 00:21:43.500
 for God the

00:21:43.500 --> 00:21:44.099
 Father has

00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:45.099
 sealed this

00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:45.460
 one,

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:46.339
 referring to the

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:46.980
 Son of Man.

00:21:48.679 --> 00:21:49.439
 What does that

00:21:49.439 --> 00:21:49.740
 mean?

00:21:51.399 --> 00:21:52.119
 There's a couple

00:21:52.119 --> 00:21:53.000
 different ways that

00:21:53.000 --> 00:21:53.699
 the word sealed

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 can be used,

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 but the way that

00:21:55.419 --> 00:21:56.039
 makes the most

00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:56.759
 sense here is

00:21:56.759 --> 00:21:58.220
 like the seal,

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 like a wax seal.

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 Back in the day,

00:22:03.019 --> 00:22:03.740
 it was common for

00:22:03.740 --> 00:22:04.619
 them to use seals.

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 They had a stamp

00:22:06.159 --> 00:22:07.559
 or sometimes even

00:22:07.559 --> 00:22:08.379
 a ring that they

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 would, it had a

00:22:09.679 --> 00:22:10.720
 detailed pattern on

00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:10.879
 it.

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 It was unique to

00:22:11.980 --> 00:22:12.839
 the family that

00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.679
 had it or the

00:22:13.679 --> 00:22:14.679
 town that used it,

00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:15.060
 and they would

00:22:15.060 --> 00:22:15.920
 press it into

00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:17.320
 hot wax or

00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:18.799
 clay to

00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.820
 authenticate

00:22:19.820 --> 00:22:20.440
 whatever the

00:22:20.440 --> 00:22:21.220
 seal was on,

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.740
 to show that

00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.620
 this is the

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:24.240
 real deal.

00:22:24.380 --> 00:22:24.920
 This letter

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:26.460
 really came from

00:22:26.460 --> 00:22:26.980
 me.

00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:28.700
 This license is

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.240
 authentic.

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.140
 It has been

00:22:30.140 --> 00:22:30.880
 issued by the

00:22:30.880 --> 00:22:31.519
 town officials.

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 You may still

00:22:33.220 --> 00:22:34.160
 see a seal of

00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:35.220
 sorts today if

00:22:35.220 --> 00:22:35.940
 you look back on

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:36.460
 your high school

00:22:36.460 --> 00:22:36.960
 diploma.

00:22:38.320 --> 00:22:39.299
 Gold sticker

00:22:39.299 --> 00:22:39.900
 kind of thing

00:22:39.900 --> 00:22:41.440
 with detail and

00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:42.880
 kind of impressions

00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:43.440
 in it.

00:22:45.020 --> 00:22:46.240
 It's there at

00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:47.140
 least historically

00:22:47.140 --> 00:22:48.000
 to prove that

00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.540
 your diploma

00:22:48.540 --> 00:22:49.400
 paper is

00:22:49.400 --> 00:22:49.940
 authentic.

00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.240
 So what is

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.920
 Jesus saying

00:22:53.920 --> 00:22:54.640
 when he says

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:56.140
 for God the

00:22:56.140 --> 00:22:56.860
 Father has

00:22:56.860 --> 00:22:58.280
 sealed the

00:22:58.280 --> 00:22:58.980
 Son of Man?

00:23:00.620 --> 00:23:01.400
 He's saying

00:23:01.400 --> 00:23:02.080
 that God the

00:23:02.080 --> 00:23:02.640
 Father has

00:23:02.640 --> 00:23:03.600
 placed his

00:23:03.600 --> 00:23:05.100
 seal, his

00:23:05.100 --> 00:23:05.960
 mark of

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.840
 authenticity

00:23:06.840 --> 00:23:08.620
 upon the

00:23:08.620 --> 00:23:09.360
 Son of Man.

00:23:10.000 --> 00:23:10.800
 Literally for

00:23:10.800 --> 00:23:11.580
 Jesus, upon

00:23:11.579 --> 00:23:12.299
 me.

00:23:13.339 --> 00:23:14.179
 So that we

00:23:14.179 --> 00:23:14.740
 would know

00:23:14.740 --> 00:23:16.319
 that he is

00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:17.159
 not just a

00:23:17.159 --> 00:23:17.779
 Son of Man

00:23:17.779 --> 00:23:18.599
 but the

00:23:18.599 --> 00:23:19.619
 Son of Man.

00:23:20.359 --> 00:23:20.919
 The one who

00:23:20.919 --> 00:23:21.699
 really can

00:23:21.699 --> 00:23:22.879
 give this

00:23:22.879 --> 00:23:23.619
 food which

00:23:23.619 --> 00:23:25.299
 lasts unto

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:27.199
 eternal life.

00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:28.779
 God hasn't

00:23:28.779 --> 00:23:29.480
 just left us

00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:30.819
 to guess or

00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:31.559
 to speculate.

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:33.240
 He's made it

00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:33.519
 clear.

00:23:33.619 --> 00:23:34.319
 He's put his

00:23:34.319 --> 00:23:34.960
 own unique

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:37.000
 seal, mark,

00:23:37.419 --> 00:23:38.059
 or sign

00:23:38.059 --> 00:23:38.919
 upon him.

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:41.580
 And what

00:23:41.580 --> 00:23:42.240
 is the

00:23:42.240 --> 00:23:42.960
 clear sign

00:23:42.960 --> 00:23:43.600
 or mark

00:23:43.600 --> 00:23:44.340
 or seal?

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.720
 Well, Jesus

00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.240
 has already

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.960
 mentioned the

00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:48.160
 signs he

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:48.580
 has been

00:23:48.580 --> 00:23:49.259
 doing in

00:23:49.259 --> 00:23:50.039
 this conversation.

00:23:50.900 --> 00:23:51.539
 So I would

00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:52.259
 suggest that the

00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:53.000
 seal or mark

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.620
 of authenticity

00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:54.700
 is the signs

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.200
 which the

00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:55.740
 Father has

00:23:55.740 --> 00:23:56.460
 given Jesus

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.120
 to do.

00:23:58.120 --> 00:23:58.840
 Things which

00:23:58.840 --> 00:23:59.620
 are impossible

00:23:59.620 --> 00:24:00.480
 for any

00:24:00.480 --> 00:24:01.039
 ordinary

00:24:01.039 --> 00:24:02.300
 Son of Man

00:24:02.300 --> 00:24:02.759
 to do.

00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.360
 God has

00:24:03.360 --> 00:24:05.620
 set apart

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:07.720
 the Son of Man,

00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:08.339
 the one that

00:24:08.339 --> 00:24:08.980
 was promised,

00:24:09.140 --> 00:24:09.700
 the glorious

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.539
 one by giving

00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.240
 him special

00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:13.140
 works or

00:24:13.140 --> 00:24:14.039
 signs to do.

00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:15.220
 This is

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:16.559
 similar to

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:16.960
 what Jesus

00:24:16.960 --> 00:24:17.620
 said to the

00:24:17.620 --> 00:24:18.299
 religious leaders

00:24:18.299 --> 00:24:18.779
 back in

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:19.279
 Jerusalem.

00:24:20.120 --> 00:24:20.720
 John 5,

00:24:20.779 --> 00:24:21.200
 36,

00:24:21.420 --> 00:24:22.019
 for the works

00:24:22.019 --> 00:24:22.400
 that the

00:24:22.400 --> 00:24:23.039
 Father has

00:24:23.039 --> 00:24:23.680
 given me to

00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:24.079
 finish,

00:24:24.620 --> 00:24:25.160
 the very

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.839
 works that

00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:26.500
 I am doing

00:24:26.500 --> 00:24:27.740
 testify that

00:24:27.740 --> 00:24:28.319
 the Father

00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:29.180
 has sent

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:29.480
 me.

00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.059
 And so I

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.400
 think they

00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:32.900
 are the

00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.200
 seal,

00:24:33.339 --> 00:24:34.160
 they are the

00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:34.940
 distinguishing

00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:37.059
 mark upon

00:24:37.059 --> 00:24:37.740
 Jesus that

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.240
 helps us

00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:38.919
 to identify

00:24:38.919 --> 00:24:39.500
 him as

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.720
 the Son

00:24:40.720 --> 00:24:41.259
 of Man

00:24:41.259 --> 00:24:43.279
 and give

00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:44.000
 us confidence

00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:44.859
 that yes,

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.440
 he really

00:24:45.440 --> 00:24:46.240
 can give us

00:24:46.240 --> 00:24:46.919
 this food

00:24:46.919 --> 00:24:48.059
 which lasts

00:24:48.059 --> 00:24:48.679
 to eternal

00:24:48.679 --> 00:24:49.200
 life.

00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:52.940
 At this

00:24:52.940 --> 00:24:53.539
 point in the

00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.139
 conversation,

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:55.339
 the crowd

00:24:55.339 --> 00:24:56.079
 asks a

00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:56.519
 question.

00:24:58.039 --> 00:24:59.119
 Verse 28,

00:24:59.319 --> 00:24:59.679
 then they

00:24:59.679 --> 00:25:00.240
 asked him,

00:25:00.899 --> 00:25:01.460
 what must

00:25:01.460 --> 00:25:02.159
 we do

00:25:02.159 --> 00:25:03.099
 to do

00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.720
 the works

00:25:03.720 --> 00:25:05.099
 God requires?

00:25:05.099 --> 00:25:09.019
 Jesus answered,

00:25:09.599 --> 00:25:11.019
 the work

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.539
 of God

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.240
 is this,

00:25:12.559 --> 00:25:14.019
 to believe

00:25:14.019 --> 00:25:14.439
 in the

00:25:14.439 --> 00:25:15.199
 one he

00:25:15.199 --> 00:25:15.759
 has sent.

00:25:16.519 --> 00:25:17.099
 Now there's

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.719
 some translation

00:25:17.719 --> 00:25:18.859
 issues here.

00:25:19.919 --> 00:25:20.359
 Literally,

00:25:20.659 --> 00:25:21.379
 it's what

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:22.059
 must we do

00:25:22.059 --> 00:25:22.759
 to work

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.399
 the works

00:25:23.399 --> 00:25:24.000
 of God?

00:25:25.079 --> 00:25:25.740
 And Jesus'

00:25:25.919 --> 00:25:26.939
 answer is

00:25:26.939 --> 00:25:28.039
 literally,

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:28.939
 the work

00:25:28.939 --> 00:25:29.439
 of God

00:25:29.439 --> 00:25:29.919
 is this,

00:25:29.919 --> 00:25:30.339
 that you

00:25:30.339 --> 00:25:31.279
 believe in

00:25:31.279 --> 00:25:31.619
 the one

00:25:31.619 --> 00:25:32.099
 he has

00:25:32.099 --> 00:25:32.439
 sent.

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:33.980
 Now I

00:25:33.980 --> 00:25:34.160
 don't want

00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:34.440
 to get

00:25:34.440 --> 00:25:34.799
 into the

00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:34.980
 whole

00:25:34.980 --> 00:25:35.660
 Calvinism

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.500
 and Arminianism

00:25:36.500 --> 00:25:37.279
 debate here.

00:25:38.200 --> 00:25:38.900
 Some people

00:25:38.900 --> 00:25:39.460
 point to this

00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.200
 passage to

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:40.660
 make the

00:25:40.660 --> 00:25:41.120
 point that

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.759
 even our

00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:43.019
 believing is

00:25:43.019 --> 00:25:43.559
 a work of

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:43.920
 God.

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.420
 It's something

00:25:44.420 --> 00:25:44.820
 that he

00:25:44.820 --> 00:25:45.320
 does in

00:25:45.320 --> 00:25:45.640
 us.

00:25:46.840 --> 00:25:47.500
 If that's

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.880
 what Jesus

00:25:47.880 --> 00:25:48.340
 means,

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.380
 then he's

00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:49.720
 not really

00:25:49.720 --> 00:25:50.299
 answering the

00:25:50.299 --> 00:25:50.759
 question of

00:25:50.759 --> 00:25:51.240
 the people

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.559
 the way

00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:51.860
 that they

00:25:51.860 --> 00:25:52.340
 asked it.

00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:53.559
 And sometimes

00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.360
 Jesus does

00:25:54.360 --> 00:25:54.640
 that.

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.420
 Sometimes he

00:25:55.420 --> 00:25:56.080
 doesn't answer

00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:56.660
 the question

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.799
 the way that

00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:58.080
 it was

00:25:58.080 --> 00:25:58.440
 asked.

00:25:59.000 --> 00:25:59.660
 But the

00:25:59.660 --> 00:26:00.360
 overall flow

00:26:00.360 --> 00:26:00.900
 in the sense

00:26:00.900 --> 00:26:01.940
 of this

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:03.140
 question and

00:26:03.140 --> 00:26:03.840
 this answer,

00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:04.460
 at least to

00:26:04.460 --> 00:26:05.720
 me, I

00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.279
 think Jesus

00:26:06.279 --> 00:26:06.820
 is saying

00:26:06.820 --> 00:26:07.980
 the work

00:26:07.980 --> 00:26:08.640
 of God

00:26:08.640 --> 00:26:10.400
 or the

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:11.580
 work God

00:26:11.580 --> 00:26:12.279
 requires,

00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.240
 the work

00:26:13.240 --> 00:26:13.880
 he wants

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.259
 you to

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.799
 do is

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.240
 that you

00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:16.720
 believe in

00:26:16.720 --> 00:26:17.059
 the one

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.500
 he has

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:17.840
 sent.

00:26:19.660 --> 00:26:20.299
 Seems to

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:20.559
 be the

00:26:20.559 --> 00:26:21.200
 logical flow

00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:21.420
 of the

00:26:21.420 --> 00:26:22.039
 passage here.

00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.420
 Jesus has

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:23.779
 told them,

00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:24.720
 don't work

00:26:24.720 --> 00:26:25.299
 for this,

00:26:25.500 --> 00:26:26.000
 work for

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:26.480
 this.

00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.120
 What do

00:26:28.120 --> 00:26:28.340
 we need

00:26:28.340 --> 00:26:28.820
 to do to

00:26:28.820 --> 00:26:29.440
 work the

00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:29.980
 works that

00:26:29.980 --> 00:26:30.940
 God requires?

00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.140
 requires,

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.140
 this is

00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:32.460
 the work

00:26:32.460 --> 00:26:32.920
 that God

00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.539
 requires.

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.360
 What is

00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:38.519
 it?

00:26:39.160 --> 00:26:39.580
 What is

00:26:39.580 --> 00:26:40.400
 the thing

00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:40.940
 that God

00:26:40.940 --> 00:26:41.799
 wants us

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.220
 to do,

00:26:42.320 --> 00:26:42.940
 that God

00:26:42.940 --> 00:26:43.640
 wants you

00:26:43.640 --> 00:26:44.220
 to do?

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.259
 Very

00:26:46.259 --> 00:26:46.680
 simply,

00:26:47.120 --> 00:26:49.160
 believe in

00:26:49.160 --> 00:26:49.480
 the one

00:26:49.480 --> 00:26:50.160
 he sent,

00:26:51.240 --> 00:26:51.880
 is what

00:26:51.880 --> 00:26:52.580
 Jesus says.

00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:53.500
 It's kind

00:26:53.500 --> 00:26:53.940
 of a strange

00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.420
 answer.

00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.519
 You can

00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:55.779
 kind of

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.400
 imagine that

00:26:56.400 --> 00:26:56.720
 there might

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.100
 be some

00:26:57.100 --> 00:26:57.779
 thinking like,

00:26:58.279 --> 00:27:00.180
 that's it?

00:27:00.940 --> 00:27:01.539
 Like,

00:27:01.840 --> 00:27:02.940
 isn't there

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.299
 more?

00:27:04.620 --> 00:27:05.019
 I mean,

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:06.180
 when it

00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.740
 comes to

00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:08.180
 food,

00:27:08.360 --> 00:27:09.340
 putting perishable

00:27:09.340 --> 00:27:09.980
 food on the

00:27:09.980 --> 00:27:10.299
 table,

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.600
 like,

00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:11.460
 we go to

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.860
 work,

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:12.960
 and we're

00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.160
 going to

00:27:13.160 --> 00:27:13.840
 get this

00:27:13.840 --> 00:27:15.519
 lasting food

00:27:15.519 --> 00:27:16.220
 that never

00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:16.880
 spoils

00:27:16.880 --> 00:27:18.940
 just by

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:19.320
 believing?

00:27:19.319 --> 00:27:19.519
 think?

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.619
 I think

00:27:22.619 --> 00:27:23.339
 Jesus wants

00:27:23.339 --> 00:27:23.720
 to,

00:27:24.240 --> 00:27:24.659
 you know,

00:27:24.740 --> 00:27:25.939
 make it

00:27:25.939 --> 00:27:26.539
 clear that

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:28.779
 there is

00:27:28.779 --> 00:27:29.700
 no earning

00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:30.419
 this food.

00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.379
 You don't

00:27:31.379 --> 00:27:31.740
 go to

00:27:31.740 --> 00:27:32.159
 work to

00:27:32.159 --> 00:27:32.679
 put this

00:27:32.679 --> 00:27:33.159
 food on

00:27:33.159 --> 00:27:33.679
 the table.

00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.319
 He said

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.679
 already,

00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:35.240
 I will

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.659
 give it

00:27:35.659 --> 00:27:36.059
 to you,

00:27:36.619 --> 00:27:37.039
 which the

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.319
 Son of

00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.679
 Man will

00:27:37.679 --> 00:27:38.159
 give you.

00:27:40.099 --> 00:27:40.639
 I don't

00:27:40.639 --> 00:27:40.939
 know what

00:27:40.939 --> 00:27:41.220
 some of

00:27:41.220 --> 00:27:41.460
 them were

00:27:41.460 --> 00:27:41.939
 expecting,

00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.460
 maybe a

00:27:42.460 --> 00:27:42.960
 checklist,

00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.059
 maybe a

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:44.399
 list of

00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:44.759
 commands,

00:27:44.980 --> 00:27:45.460
 maybe a

00:27:45.460 --> 00:27:46.299
 new contract

00:27:46.299 --> 00:27:47.240
 position in

00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:47.539
 Jesus'

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.299
 crusade.

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.339
 food,

00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:50.000
 I don't

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:50.259
 know,

00:27:51.019 --> 00:27:51.639
 but Jesus

00:27:51.639 --> 00:27:52.119
 doesn't give

00:27:52.119 --> 00:27:52.440
 them any

00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:53.779
 hint that

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.539
 this food,

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.480
 this lasting

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:56.299
 food can be

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.279
 bought or

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:57.779
 earned.

00:27:58.539 --> 00:27:59.240
 It's not

00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.799
 something that

00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:00.500
 he is selling,

00:28:00.619 --> 00:28:00.940
 it's not

00:28:00.940 --> 00:28:01.379
 something that

00:28:01.379 --> 00:28:01.839
 he's offering

00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:02.799
 in exchange

00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:03.960
 for a

00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:04.460
 life of

00:28:04.460 --> 00:28:05.259
 good works.

00:28:09.159 --> 00:28:09.919
 He says,

00:28:10.039 --> 00:28:10.799
 which the

00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:11.139
 Son of

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:11.519
 Man will

00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:11.960
 give to

00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:12.180
 you.

00:28:13.019 --> 00:28:13.779
 What do

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.419
 we do to

00:28:14.419 --> 00:28:14.819
 get it?

00:28:15.659 --> 00:28:16.139
 Believe

00:28:16.139 --> 00:28:17.039
 the one

00:28:17.039 --> 00:28:17.500
 he has

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:17.819
 sent.

00:28:19.259 --> 00:28:20.139
 So simple.

00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:21.519
 And yet

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:21.940
 even that

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.339
 statement

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:22.940
 right there

00:28:22.940 --> 00:28:23.460
 is so

00:28:23.460 --> 00:28:24.200
 pregnant.

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:27.220
 Jesus again

00:28:27.220 --> 00:28:27.960
 is holding

00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:28.339
 up the

00:28:28.339 --> 00:28:28.720
 mirror to

00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:28.940
 them.

00:28:30.139 --> 00:28:30.440
 He's

00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:32.700
 saying it,

00:28:33.019 --> 00:28:33.419
 I think

00:28:33.419 --> 00:28:34.079
 it's implied,

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.740
 because they

00:28:34.740 --> 00:28:35.819
 don't believe

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:36.460
 him.

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.119
 I'm calling

00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:39.659
 you again,

00:28:39.779 --> 00:28:40.259
 I'm inviting

00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:40.680
 you again,

00:28:40.839 --> 00:28:41.799
 believe in

00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.039
 me,

00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:42.619
 believe that

00:28:42.619 --> 00:28:43.000
 I am the

00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:43.399
 one that

00:28:43.399 --> 00:28:43.859
 God has

00:28:43.859 --> 00:28:44.240
 sent.

00:28:45.379 --> 00:28:46.059
 Why is he

00:28:46.059 --> 00:28:46.480
 saying it?

00:28:46.500 --> 00:28:47.059
 Because they

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:49.139
 don't believe,

00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:50.519
 many of

00:28:50.519 --> 00:28:50.740
 them.

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.359
 And we'll

00:28:53.359 --> 00:28:53.879
 continue the

00:28:53.879 --> 00:28:54.419
 conversation

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:55.240
 next Sunday.

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:58.240
 But what is

00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:58.879
 God saying

00:28:58.879 --> 00:29:00.019
 to us here

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.819
 this morning

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:02.279
 in all this?

00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:03.039
 There's so many

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:03.759
 places that this

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.339
 could hit home

00:29:04.339 --> 00:29:05.079
 for us today.

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:07.399
 the first

00:29:07.399 --> 00:29:07.919
 thing that we

00:29:07.919 --> 00:29:09.000
 saw was how

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:10.000
 Jesus challenged

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:10.579
 their very

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:12.159
 motives for

00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:13.000
 following him

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.859
 that day.

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.460
 You guys came

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:15.879
 all the way

00:29:15.879 --> 00:29:16.480
 across the

00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:17.679
 lake for

00:29:17.679 --> 00:29:18.079
 the wrong

00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:18.539
 reason.

00:29:19.419 --> 00:29:20.039
 You were

00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:20.659
 more excited

00:29:20.659 --> 00:29:21.220
 about the

00:29:21.220 --> 00:29:22.319
 signs themselves

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.619
 than the

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.599
 reality that

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.059
 they point

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:25.319
 to.

00:29:26.439 --> 00:29:27.119
 There's a

00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:27.699
 question in

00:29:27.699 --> 00:29:27.939
 there.

00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:30.000
 What are

00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:30.619
 your motives

00:29:30.619 --> 00:29:31.740
 for following

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.199
 Jesus?

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:35.980
 Do you

00:29:35.980 --> 00:29:36.539
 know that

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.740
 Jesus knows

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:39.259
 the real

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:39.840
 reasons?

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.420
 Do you

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:42.720
 know that

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.180
 he knows

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:43.720
 what's going

00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.080
 on in

00:29:44.080 --> 00:29:44.840
 your thoughts,

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.880
 in your

00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.240
 heart?

00:29:48.080 --> 00:29:48.340
 Do you

00:29:48.340 --> 00:29:48.600
 know that

00:29:48.600 --> 00:29:49.059
 he sees

00:29:49.059 --> 00:29:49.519
 through the

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:50.120
 face that

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:50.519
 we so

00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:51.019
 often put

00:29:51.019 --> 00:29:51.440
 on for

00:29:51.440 --> 00:29:52.039
 other people

00:29:52.039 --> 00:29:52.420
 that he

00:29:52.420 --> 00:29:53.480
 sees the

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:54.120
 real you?

00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:57.059
 If he

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.539
 were standing

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.019
 up at the

00:29:58.019 --> 00:29:58.660
 front today

00:29:58.660 --> 00:29:59.299
 instead of

00:29:59.299 --> 00:29:59.500
 me,

00:29:59.620 --> 00:29:59.799
 do you

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:00.080
 think he

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:00.620
 would challenge

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.319
 or correct

00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:02.239
 our motives

00:30:02.239 --> 00:30:03.479
 for following

00:30:03.479 --> 00:30:03.779
 him?

00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:06.539
 I think

00:30:06.539 --> 00:30:07.000
 he would.

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:08.619
 And not

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.000
 because he

00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:09.379
 wants to

00:30:09.379 --> 00:30:09.779
 stir up a

00:30:09.779 --> 00:30:10.279
 good fight,

00:30:10.399 --> 00:30:10.799
 but because

00:30:10.799 --> 00:30:11.279
 he loves

00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:11.639
 us.

00:30:12.159 --> 00:30:12.919
 He cares

00:30:12.919 --> 00:30:13.500
 about us.

00:30:13.579 --> 00:30:14.119
 He wants

00:30:14.119 --> 00:30:14.979
 us to

00:30:14.979 --> 00:30:15.519
 follow him

00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:15.899
 for the

00:30:15.899 --> 00:30:16.779
 right reasons,

00:30:17.219 --> 00:30:18.019
 to come to

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.519
 church on

00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.079
 Sunday for

00:30:19.079 --> 00:30:19.479
 the right

00:30:19.479 --> 00:30:19.959
 reasons,

00:30:19.959 --> 00:30:20.679
 to serve

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:21.559
 in the

00:30:21.559 --> 00:30:22.179
 church and

00:30:22.179 --> 00:30:22.579
 in our

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:23.259
 community for

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.699
 the right

00:30:23.699 --> 00:30:24.159
 reasons,

00:30:24.159 --> 00:30:24.699
 to give

00:30:24.699 --> 00:30:25.500
 generously to

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.959
 people in

00:30:25.959 --> 00:30:26.279
 need for

00:30:26.279 --> 00:30:26.679
 the right

00:30:26.679 --> 00:30:27.259
 reasons.

00:30:27.919 --> 00:30:28.519
 He's not

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:28.979
 just looking

00:30:28.979 --> 00:30:29.599
 for a crowd

00:30:29.599 --> 00:30:30.199
 to cheer him

00:30:30.200 --> 00:30:30.779
 on or a

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:31.180
 group of

00:30:31.180 --> 00:30:31.840
 fans to

00:30:31.840 --> 00:30:32.960
 enjoy the

00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:33.440
 show of

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.140
 his miracles

00:30:34.140 --> 00:30:35.220
 and hoot

00:30:35.220 --> 00:30:35.840
 and holler

00:30:35.840 --> 00:30:36.400
 whenever he

00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:36.940
 sticks it to

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:37.779
 the Pharisees.

00:30:41.660 --> 00:30:42.340
 Speaking of

00:30:42.340 --> 00:30:42.900
 motivations,

00:30:43.640 --> 00:30:44.120
 how about all

00:30:44.120 --> 00:30:44.600
 this COVID

00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:45.059
 stuff?

00:30:46.819 --> 00:30:47.360
 Do you

00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:47.779
 think Jesus

00:30:47.779 --> 00:30:48.180
 would have

00:30:48.180 --> 00:30:48.620
 some things

00:30:48.620 --> 00:30:49.240
 to say to

00:30:49.240 --> 00:30:49.680
 us about

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:50.360
 our attitudes

00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.240
 and motives,

00:30:52.120 --> 00:30:52.900
 even our

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:53.580
 behaviors when

00:30:53.580 --> 00:30:54.080
 it comes to

00:30:54.080 --> 00:30:54.360
 COVID?

00:30:55.860 --> 00:30:56.860
 I think so.

00:30:57.519 --> 00:30:58.240
 I felt

00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:59.000
 convicted about

00:30:59.000 --> 00:30:59.500
 it anyway.

00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:02.100
 the second

00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:02.480
 thing we

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:02.900
 saw was

00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:03.580
 the misplaced

00:31:03.580 --> 00:31:04.180
 focus of

00:31:04.180 --> 00:31:04.660
 the crowd.

00:31:06.420 --> 00:31:07.019
 There's a

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.580
 question there

00:31:07.580 --> 00:31:07.920
 too.

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.920
 Are we

00:31:09.920 --> 00:31:10.660
 more excited

00:31:10.660 --> 00:31:11.200
 about the

00:31:11.200 --> 00:31:11.860
 signs that

00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.799
 Jesus did

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:14.200
 than with

00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:14.700
 the greater

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.660
 realities that

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:16.100
 they point

00:31:16.100 --> 00:31:16.360
 to?

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:18.140
 Are we

00:31:18.140 --> 00:31:18.880
 more enamored

00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:19.299
 with the

00:31:19.299 --> 00:31:19.759
 miracles

00:31:19.759 --> 00:31:20.720
 themselves

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:22.100
 than with

00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.500
 the man

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.880
 who did

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:23.160
 them?

00:31:24.700 --> 00:31:25.200
 Now,

00:31:25.240 --> 00:31:25.440
 I know

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.100
 most of us

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.460
 here are

00:31:26.460 --> 00:31:26.920
 not into

00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:27.980
 sensationalism.

00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:29.059
 we're not

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.620
 really that

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:30.000
 kind of

00:31:30.000 --> 00:31:30.700
 group that

00:31:30.700 --> 00:31:32.519
 are chasing

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:33.500
 after miracles,

00:31:33.759 --> 00:31:35.180
 but increasingly

00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:36.000
 in our

00:31:36.000 --> 00:31:36.360
 culture,

00:31:36.360 --> 00:31:37.059
 we are being

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:37.500
 taught that

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.140
 we need to

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:39.220
 invest deeply

00:31:39.220 --> 00:31:39.700
 in the

00:31:39.700 --> 00:31:40.220
 things that

00:31:40.220 --> 00:31:41.299
 entertain us

00:31:41.299 --> 00:31:42.000
 most.

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.980
 We're being

00:31:43.980 --> 00:31:44.680
 told that we

00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.319
 are consumers

00:31:45.319 --> 00:31:45.900
 and we need

00:31:45.900 --> 00:31:46.720
 to weigh

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.599
 carefully what

00:31:47.599 --> 00:31:48.360
 we buy into

00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:48.980
 because it's

00:31:48.980 --> 00:31:49.620
 all about what

00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:50.299
 we can get

00:31:50.299 --> 00:31:50.839
 out of it.

00:31:50.839 --> 00:31:52.899
 And this

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:53.879
 attitude creeps

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.240
 into the

00:31:54.240 --> 00:31:54.679
 church as

00:31:54.679 --> 00:31:54.959
 well.

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:57.079
 For a long

00:31:57.079 --> 00:31:57.720
 time, this

00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.379
 hour of

00:31:58.379 --> 00:31:58.919
 church on

00:31:58.919 --> 00:31:59.720
 Sunday morning

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.720
 has been

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.379
 called a

00:32:01.379 --> 00:32:02.879
 worship service.

00:32:04.119 --> 00:32:05.099
 A service.

00:32:06.939 --> 00:32:08.019
 The idea is

00:32:08.019 --> 00:32:08.399
 that you

00:32:08.399 --> 00:32:09.220
 come here

00:32:09.220 --> 00:32:10.379
 to serve,

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:11.879
 to serve up

00:32:11.879 --> 00:32:12.819
 worship to

00:32:12.819 --> 00:32:13.199
 God.

00:32:14.139 --> 00:32:14.720
 I'll be

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:15.039
 honest,

00:32:15.199 --> 00:32:15.740
 sometimes when

00:32:15.740 --> 00:32:16.079
 I'm writing

00:32:16.079 --> 00:32:16.579
 that weekly

00:32:16.579 --> 00:32:17.240
 email, I

00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:18.419
 feel a little

00:32:18.419 --> 00:32:19.000
 tempted to

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.419
 just take

00:32:19.419 --> 00:32:19.839
 that word

00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:20.819
 service out

00:32:20.819 --> 00:32:21.119
 out.

00:32:22.619 --> 00:32:23.519
 Because I

00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:24.119
 know that

00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:25.039
 many in

00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:25.700
 their hearts

00:32:25.700 --> 00:32:26.619
 don't want

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.240
 to come to

00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.819
 church to

00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:28.419
 give a

00:32:28.419 --> 00:32:29.139
 service to

00:32:29.139 --> 00:32:29.579
 God.

00:32:30.639 --> 00:32:31.319
 They want

00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:31.720
 to come to

00:32:31.720 --> 00:32:32.559
 church to

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.259
 get something

00:32:33.259 --> 00:32:33.819
 from Him,

00:32:33.899 --> 00:32:34.740
 an experience,

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.619
 a blessing.

00:32:37.179 --> 00:32:37.659
 And we see

00:32:37.659 --> 00:32:38.259
 this often in

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.839
 the reasons why

00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:39.519
 people leave

00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.460
 a church or

00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:41.139
 shop around

00:32:41.139 --> 00:32:41.720
 for another

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.159
 church.

00:32:42.279 --> 00:32:42.619
 The church

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:43.119
 didn't have

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.700
 this or

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:44.179
 that or

00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:44.659
 the music

00:32:44.659 --> 00:32:45.200
 wasn't to

00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:46.259
 my liking

00:32:46.259 --> 00:32:47.240
 or the

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.759
 pastor's

00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:48.339
 preaching was

00:32:48.339 --> 00:32:48.720
 biblical,

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.399
 yeah, but

00:32:49.399 --> 00:32:50.039
 it wasn't

00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:50.519
 really to

00:32:50.519 --> 00:32:51.339
 my tastes.

00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:53.160
 Are we

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:53.579
 looking to

00:32:53.579 --> 00:32:54.240
 be entertained

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:54.960
 on Sunday?

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:57.400
 Are we

00:32:57.400 --> 00:32:57.920
 into church

00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.500
 only if it

00:32:58.500 --> 00:32:59.000
 caters to

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.660
 our preferences

00:32:59.660 --> 00:33:00.599
 and tastes?

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.660
 Only if it

00:33:01.660 --> 00:33:02.319
 sounds and

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:02.859
 feels the

00:33:02.859 --> 00:33:03.160
 way we

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:03.539
 like?

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.259
 Following

00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.960
 Jesus and

00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:07.339
 being the

00:33:07.339 --> 00:33:07.779
 church is

00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:08.299
 not about

00:33:08.299 --> 00:33:08.579
 being

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.119
 entertained.

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:10.680
 It's about

00:33:10.680 --> 00:33:11.559
 Jesus, the

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:12.319
 Son of Man

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.660
 and the

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.279
 Son of God

00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:13.819
 who we

00:33:13.819 --> 00:33:15.019
 love and

00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.519
 adore.

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:16.680
 And we'll

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.099
 give Him the

00:33:17.099 --> 00:33:17.720
 best offering

00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:18.400
 of praise that

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:18.879
 we can

00:33:18.880 --> 00:33:19.500
 whenever we

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:20.980
 meet with

00:33:20.980 --> 00:33:21.560
 whatever we've

00:33:21.560 --> 00:33:21.900
 got.

00:33:22.500 --> 00:33:23.180
 It doesn't

00:33:23.180 --> 00:33:23.800
 matter if it

00:33:23.800 --> 00:33:24.360
 doesn't sound

00:33:24.360 --> 00:33:25.020
 polished or

00:33:25.020 --> 00:33:26.020
 professional or

00:33:26.020 --> 00:33:27.780
 entertaining or

00:33:27.780 --> 00:33:28.420
 if we miss a

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:29.840
 chord or sing

00:33:29.840 --> 00:33:30.640
 the wrong note.

00:33:31.840 --> 00:33:32.880
 The Lord knows

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.600
 what we have to

00:33:33.600 --> 00:33:34.860
 give and what

00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:35.400
 we don't.

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.640
 The miracles were

00:33:36.640 --> 00:33:38.380
 meant not to

00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:39.200
 entertain us.

00:33:39.460 --> 00:33:39.940
 They were meant

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.800
 to point to the

00:33:40.800 --> 00:33:41.480
 man who did

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:43.020
 them and the

00:33:43.020 --> 00:33:43.760
 Father who sent

00:33:43.760 --> 00:33:44.020
 him.

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:47.480
 And so does

00:33:47.480 --> 00:33:48.099
 my attitude

00:33:48.099 --> 00:33:50.180
 towards church,

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.619
 towards following

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:52.579
 Jesus need an

00:33:52.579 --> 00:33:53.000
 adjustment?

00:33:55.000 --> 00:33:55.740
 What about for

00:33:55.740 --> 00:33:56.319
 my kids?

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:58.000
 Am I helping

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:58.740
 them?

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.639
 My grandkids?

00:33:59.940 --> 00:34:00.440
 I don't have

00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:01.000
 any but maybe

00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:01.440
 you do.

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.240
 Am I encouraging

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.920
 them to follow

00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:05.099
 Jesus simply for

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:06.879
 who He is and

00:34:06.879 --> 00:34:07.359
 what He has

00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:07.740
 promised?

00:34:10.239 --> 00:34:10.900
 Another thing

00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:12.340
 we see here is

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:13.199
 a clear warning.

00:34:14.019 --> 00:34:14.960
 against spending

00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:15.579
 our efforts

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.380
 mainly on stuff

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:16.820
 that doesn't

00:34:16.820 --> 00:34:18.159
 last and wears

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.500
 out.

00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:20.360
 The stuff of

00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:20.940
 this world.

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.119
 Maybe some of

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.599
 you as we

00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:23.539
 looked at that

00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:25.579
 verse heard

00:34:25.579 --> 00:34:26.259
 these words in

00:34:26.259 --> 00:34:26.719
 the back of

00:34:26.719 --> 00:34:27.139
 your mind.

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.980
 Do not store

00:34:27.980 --> 00:34:28.780
 up for yourselves

00:34:28.780 --> 00:34:30.519
 treasures on

00:34:30.519 --> 00:34:31.000
 earth where

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:32.000
 moth and

00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.739
 vermin destroy

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:33.420
 and where thieves

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:33.980
 break in and

00:34:33.980 --> 00:34:34.739
 steal but store

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:35.420
 up for yourselves

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:36.179
 treasures in

00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.500
 heaven.

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.639
 Sounds a lot

00:34:39.639 --> 00:34:40.780
 like do not

00:34:40.780 --> 00:34:41.739
 work for food

00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:42.500
 that spoils

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:44.420
 but for food

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.019
 that lasts

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:45.619
 unto eternal

00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.099
 life.

00:34:47.420 --> 00:34:48.159
 Jesus said

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:49.539
 at one time

00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.320
 what good is

00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:50.820
 it for someone

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.440
 to gain the

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:52.460
 whole world

00:34:52.460 --> 00:34:53.960
 and yet forfeit

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.659
 their soul?

00:34:54.659 --> 00:34:58.379
 what's your main

00:34:58.379 --> 00:34:59.039
 goal in life

00:34:59.039 --> 00:34:59.579
 right now?

00:35:01.879 --> 00:35:02.460
 What's your

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:02.819
 mission?

00:35:05.219 --> 00:35:05.819
 Is it

00:35:05.819 --> 00:35:06.759
 measured in

00:35:06.759 --> 00:35:07.099
 earthly

00:35:07.099 --> 00:35:07.759
 success?

00:35:09.559 --> 00:35:10.139
 In the

00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.759
 acquiring of

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:11.319
 some certain

00:35:11.319 --> 00:35:12.039
 nice to have

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.639
 things that

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.179
 when I get

00:35:13.179 --> 00:35:13.879
 those things

00:35:13.879 --> 00:35:14.539
 my life's

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:14.839
 going to be

00:35:14.839 --> 00:35:15.079
 good.

00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:15.579
 My life's

00:35:15.579 --> 00:35:15.839
 going to be

00:35:15.839 --> 00:35:16.159
 better.

00:35:17.099 --> 00:35:17.699
 I'll be

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.199
 comfortable.

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:20.960
 I think

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.639
 Jesus wants

00:35:21.639 --> 00:35:22.379
 us to set

00:35:22.379 --> 00:35:23.019
 our aim

00:35:23.019 --> 00:35:23.439
 on the

00:35:23.439 --> 00:35:23.819
 things of

00:35:23.819 --> 00:35:24.119
 heaven.

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:26.019
 On things

00:35:26.019 --> 00:35:26.539
 that last

00:35:26.539 --> 00:35:26.960
 forever.

00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:27.399
 On the

00:35:27.399 --> 00:35:28.179
 true needs

00:35:28.179 --> 00:35:28.539
 of our

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:29.219
 souls and

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.659
 on the

00:35:29.659 --> 00:35:30.039
 souls of

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.219
 other

00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:30.599
 people.

00:35:32.500 --> 00:35:33.299
 Do my

00:35:33.299 --> 00:35:34.319
 overall goals

00:35:34.319 --> 00:35:35.039
 and priorities

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.500
 in life

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:36.059
 right now

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:37.399
 need an

00:35:37.399 --> 00:35:37.819
 adjustment?

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:41.000
 Finally

00:35:41.000 --> 00:35:41.460
 where does all

00:35:41.460 --> 00:35:42.039
 this hit us

00:35:42.039 --> 00:35:42.500
 as we

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:43.599
 prepare to

00:35:43.599 --> 00:35:44.139
 some of

00:35:44.139 --> 00:35:44.439
 us

00:35:44.439 --> 00:35:46.019
 gather with

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:46.460
 family

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:49.260
 and have

00:35:49.260 --> 00:35:50.000
 a delicious

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:52.000
 meal with

00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:52.559
 perishable

00:35:52.559 --> 00:35:52.960
 food?

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:54.800
 Maybe with

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.300
 family and

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:55.880
 friends this

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.320
 Thanksgiving?

00:35:57.039 --> 00:35:57.599
 I don't know

00:35:57.599 --> 00:35:58.019
 how all of

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:58.480
 you plan to

00:35:58.480 --> 00:35:59.059
 mark Thanksgiving

00:35:59.059 --> 00:35:59.559
 this year.

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.079
 I've asked a

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.519
 couple of

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:00.699
 you.

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.519
 It's a

00:36:02.519 --> 00:36:03.159
 strange year.

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:04.119
 That might

00:36:04.119 --> 00:36:05.099
 factor into

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.639
 it or change

00:36:05.639 --> 00:36:06.119
 it for some

00:36:06.119 --> 00:36:06.420
 of you.

00:36:07.220 --> 00:36:07.599
 Some of

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:07.980
 you may not

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:08.400
 be having

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:09.639
 a big meal

00:36:09.639 --> 00:36:10.019
 like you

00:36:10.019 --> 00:36:10.320
 have in

00:36:10.320 --> 00:36:10.780
 the past

00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:11.360
 with family

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.820
 or friends.

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:14.440
 And so

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:14.699
 if there's

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:15.119
 anything we

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:15.539
 take from

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:15.820
 Jesus'

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.440
 words about

00:36:16.440 --> 00:36:16.840
 food,

00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:17.220
 I hope

00:36:17.220 --> 00:36:18.220
 we know

00:36:18.220 --> 00:36:18.760
 that it's

00:36:18.760 --> 00:36:19.559
 not about

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:20.200
 the food.

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:22.260
 It's not.

00:36:23.800 --> 00:36:24.360
 Thanksgiving

00:36:24.360 --> 00:36:24.880
 is about

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.700
 much more.

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.880
 Or maybe

00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:28.159
 you do

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.700
 have plans

00:36:28.700 --> 00:36:29.240
 for a

00:36:29.240 --> 00:36:29.840
 special meal

00:36:29.840 --> 00:36:30.460
 later this

00:36:30.460 --> 00:36:30.880
 afternoon

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:33.019
 or tomorrow.

00:36:35.240 --> 00:36:36.019
 Let's not

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.860
 forget to

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.360
 look with

00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:38.039
 our families

00:36:38.039 --> 00:36:38.700
 as we

00:36:38.700 --> 00:36:39.539
 gather beyond

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:40.240
 the physical

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:41.840
 food and

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.500
 having our

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:42.860
 fill.

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.559
 To the

00:36:44.559 --> 00:36:45.000
 God who

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.519
 has so

00:36:45.519 --> 00:36:46.059
 generously

00:36:46.059 --> 00:36:46.800
 and graciously

00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:47.420
 given us

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.219
 everything

00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:48.880
 good that

00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.420
 we have.

00:36:51.099 --> 00:36:51.940
 Who's not

00:36:51.940 --> 00:36:52.559
 only provided

00:36:52.559 --> 00:36:53.039
 us with

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:54.259
 good perishable

00:36:54.259 --> 00:36:54.739
 food to

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.019
 eat,

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:56.000
 but has

00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:56.420
 given us

00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:56.980
 his son.

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.599
 And through

00:36:58.599 --> 00:36:59.539
 him the

00:36:59.539 --> 00:37:00.320
 food that

00:37:00.320 --> 00:37:01.300
 lasts unto

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:02.199
 eternal life.

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:04.079
 A gift that

00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:04.679
 we receive

00:37:04.679 --> 00:37:05.300
 simply by

00:37:05.300 --> 00:37:05.699
 believing.

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:08.539
 we can

00:37:08.539 --> 00:37:09.039
 thank God

00:37:09.039 --> 00:37:09.359
 for the

00:37:09.359 --> 00:37:09.779
 good food

00:37:09.779 --> 00:37:10.079
 that we

00:37:10.079 --> 00:37:10.859
 enjoy today

00:37:10.859 --> 00:37:11.679
 and tomorrow

00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:12.299
 if we are

00:37:12.299 --> 00:37:13.139
 having a

00:37:13.139 --> 00:37:13.639
 celebration

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.019
 meal.

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:14.960
 But we

00:37:14.960 --> 00:37:15.339
 have so

00:37:15.339 --> 00:37:15.799
 much more

00:37:15.799 --> 00:37:16.359
 than earthly

00:37:16.359 --> 00:37:17.919
 food to

00:37:17.919 --> 00:37:18.359
 be thankful

00:37:18.359 --> 00:37:18.719
 for.

00:37:20.859 --> 00:37:21.419
 Let's

00:37:21.419 --> 00:37:21.639
 pray.

00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:28.519
 Lord Jesus,

00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:29.139
 we thank you

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:29.619
 for speaking

00:37:29.619 --> 00:37:30.299
 these words

00:37:30.299 --> 00:37:30.839
 to the

00:37:30.839 --> 00:37:31.159
 crowd.

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:31.759
 Lord,

00:37:31.759 --> 00:37:33.779
 Lord,

00:37:33.859 --> 00:37:34.440
 we admit

00:37:34.440 --> 00:37:34.940
 that maybe

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.299
 these were

00:37:35.299 --> 00:37:35.639
 not the

00:37:35.639 --> 00:37:36.000
 words we

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:36.399
 wanted to

00:37:36.399 --> 00:37:36.779
 hear from

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.339
 you today,

00:37:38.500 --> 00:37:40.839
 but we

00:37:40.839 --> 00:37:41.259
 ask that you

00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:41.699
 would give us

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:42.379
 ears to hear

00:37:42.379 --> 00:37:42.859
 and hearts

00:37:42.859 --> 00:37:43.139
 that are

00:37:43.139 --> 00:37:43.559
 willing to

00:37:43.559 --> 00:37:44.019
 respond.

00:37:44.699 --> 00:37:45.399
 Make those

00:37:45.399 --> 00:37:46.139
 adjustments that

00:37:46.139 --> 00:37:46.920
 we need in

00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:47.440
 our hearts.

00:37:48.480 --> 00:37:49.339
 Fix our

00:37:49.339 --> 00:37:50.099
 attitudes,

00:37:50.500 --> 00:37:50.599
 Lord,

00:37:50.679 --> 00:37:51.019
 where they're

00:37:51.019 --> 00:37:51.379
 wrong.

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:52.899
 We confess

00:37:52.899 --> 00:37:53.440
 those things

00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:53.879
 to you.

00:37:54.379 --> 00:37:54.819
 Give us

00:37:54.819 --> 00:37:55.279
 the right

00:37:55.279 --> 00:37:55.799
 motives

00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:58.000
 and give

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:58.320
 us a

00:37:58.320 --> 00:37:58.640
 proper

00:37:58.640 --> 00:37:59.420
 understanding

00:37:59.420 --> 00:38:00.120
 of what's

00:38:00.120 --> 00:38:00.660
 really going

00:38:00.660 --> 00:38:01.000
 on in

00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:01.640
 our lives.

00:38:03.660 --> 00:38:04.320
 Thank you

00:38:04.320 --> 00:38:04.840
 for all

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.800
 the good

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.360
 things you

00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:06.740
 have been

00:38:06.740 --> 00:38:08.140
 doing in

00:38:08.140 --> 00:38:09.340
 us, for

00:38:09.340 --> 00:38:10.420
 us, even

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:11.060
 through us.

00:38:12.300 --> 00:38:12.860
 We pray

00:38:12.860 --> 00:38:13.220
 this in

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:13.840
 Jesus' name.

00:38:14.640 --> 00:38:14.940
 Amen.