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Called to Confession Called to Confession I’m a nerd. I’m not sure if it is a nerd. I’m just a super anxious person. Although I’m actually quite mellow. I just hate doing the wrong thing. Maybe because I’m a ‘laatlammetjie’. My brother and sister are 7 years older than me. And they were naughty. We laugh…

Luke 4:1-4 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” The Obstacle: Fixing It We live with the belief that EVERY problem MUST be fixed……

The Purpose Fascination - Discovery - Identity - Authenticity One day, Napoleon was speaking of the Divinity of Christ; when General Bertrand said:— “I can not conceive, sire, how a great man like you can believe that the Supreme Being ever exhibited himself to men under a human form, with a body, a…

Impetuous Peter, is probably the person I identify with the most in the New Testament. Peter is the sort of bloke who is all in. Untill he isn’t! Peter loves Jesus. He believes he is the Messiah. He is committed to the cause. He will jump in boots and all. But he hasn’t fully understood the program.…

Bible Question. What is the Great Apostacy? 1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 not to be soon shaken in mind or troubled, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as if from us, as though the day of Christ had come. 3 Let…

Divine Name 13 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14 God said to Moses, “ I am who I am .” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘ I am has…

They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us. My eyes fail because of tears, My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is poured out on the earth Because of the…

This week I will start a series on the “I am” statements of Christ found in the book of John and this week will focus on Chapter 6. The statement indicating Jesus was the “bread of life” comes after He has just fed the five thousand. Jesus leaves and travels to the "other side” of the Sea of Galilee.…

New Interpreter's Bible Commentary (NIBC): John 6 begins a new section in John - chapters 6-10 Very similar themes to chapters 2-5 but in a new context and greater opposition. Chapter 2 begins with a miracle in Galilee. So does chapter 6. Chapter 2’s miracle was about wine. Today’s text is about bread.…

Physical and spiritual Jesus met the physical needs as a means to get to meet the real need, the spiritual needs. Turned water into wine to save embarrassment ( Jn2:1-11 ) Shared his identity with unlikely woman in unlikely place leading to belief of people of Sychar ( Jn4:1-29 ) Healed a nobleman’s…

Exegetical Point: Jesus has power over creation, and can rescue his people. Homiletic Point: Go with Jesus, Receive Jesus and Seek Jesus on His Terms. Intro Have you ever tried walking on water? It’s good fun to have a go. Maybe next time you’re swimming at Blue Pools you can give it a try! What happens…

The Greater Moses Call to Worship Exodus 15:1-3 “1 Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord. They said: I will sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted; he has thrown the horse and its rider into the sea. 2 The Lord is my strength and my song; he has become my salvation. This is my…

Intro: I remember many of the lessons my father taught me, but the most memorable was when he busted a wooden paddle across my back side. I had been fighting with my sister about the radio. Two important lessons I learned that day, one don’t fight with my sister, two don’t interrupt Dad when he was busy…

Jesus says he is the bread of life. We each need to ask ourselves, "Have I ever fed deeply on Jesus?" Find out what this unusual question means as we look through John 6 together.

Jesus gives a reminder for his disciples that the creator of heaven and earth is fully capable of bringing his people where he wants them to go.

Read the text Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. The…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Being satisfied with bread helps us understand what it means to be satisfied with Jesus. Colossians 1:16 "...All things were created through Him and for Him." Jesus was performing signs to indicate he was the Messiah The people saw and understood the signs - see vs. 14 they knew that Jesus had power…

Belief: An opinion of judgment in which a person is fully persuaded. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.…

Salvation Thank you for continuing with us studying salvation. I trust now we have all come to the conclusion that we are all sinners. The Bible is very clear about this. The last video we left off in a sad and dark place, this video however is an answer and a solution to our eternal separation problem.…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

More Tests Phillip- where can we find enough food to buy? it’s impossible… The Men learned that they had nothing to offer the people and the utter sufficiency of Jesus / the men were messengers of what Jesus gives V 14 they were going to make him king this was a test that the disciples would join the…

Manna - what is it? It was God’s supply for His children. God has a supply for your life.

Background After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. And a large crowd was following him, because they saw the signs that he was doing on the sick. Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples. Now the Passover, the feast…