Sermon Tone Analysis

*How We Are Taught By God*

 

/10 //This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

11 And they shall not teach every one his fellow or every one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know me, from the least of them to the greatest.

*Hebrews 8:10-11*/

 

/1 //When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, //“Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee,// 2 //since thou hast given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him.//

3 //And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.

*John** 17:1-3*/

 

 

 

We Learn From God When:

(John 6:25-51)

 

 

Ú We *[LABOR]* for the Food That Endures To Eternal Life!

 

/27 //Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.”//

28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, //“This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.

*Verses 27-29*/

 

/2 //Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread and your labor for that which does not satisfy?

Hearken diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in fatness.

3 Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live; and I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David.

*Isaiah 55:2-3*/

 

 

Ú We Come to Jesus For Life’s Greatest *[SATISFACTION]*!

 

/35 //Jesus// said to them, //“I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst.//

36 //But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe.//

37 //All that the Father gives me will come to me; and him who comes to me I will not cast out.//

38 //For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me;// 39 //and this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up at the last day.//

40 //For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son and believes in him should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

*Verses 35-40*/

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Ú We Stop *[MURMURING]* At The Hard Stuff And Start Believing!

/41 //The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, //“I am the bread which came down from heaven.”//

42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?

How does he now say, //‘I have come down from heaven’?”// 43 Jesus answered them, //“Do not murmur among yourselves.//

44 //No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day.//

45 //It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’

Every one who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me.// 46 //Not that any one has seen the Father except him who is from God; he has seen the Father.//

47 //Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life.

*Verses 41-46*/

Ú We Eat The *[LIVING BREAD]* From Heaven!

 

/48 //I am the bread of life.//

49 //Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.//

50 //This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it and not die.//

51 //I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if any one eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give for the life of the world is my flesh *Verses 48-51*/

 

/62 //Then what if you were to see the Son of man ascending where he was before?// 63 //It is the spirit that gives life, the flesh is of no avail; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.*

John 6:62-63*/

 

THE ROCK SOLID FOUNDATION

/67 //Jesus// said to the twelve, //“Do you also wish to go away?”// 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go?

You have the words of eternal life; 69 and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.* John 6:67-69*/

 

\\ Good morning.

Most of us, even if we have only a cursory knowledge of the Bible, know that it contains two covenants.

Broadly speaking there is an O.T. and a N.T. within its pages.

There are 39 literary works of law, history, poetry, and prophecy in the O.T.

The New contains 27 literary works of biography, history, letters, and prophecy.

What we often are not aware of is how these 66 literary pieces fit together.

How can a collection of law books, Gospel, history, and poetry written over a space of 1500 years by 40 different authors contain a unifying theme and purpose?

The answer is that there is a common source for its inspiration.

God inspired it.

God caused it to come into being.

God’s gift to us of it is one of our greatest spiritual blessings.

I love the Bible more than any book on the face of this earth.

It is the most beneficial collection of literary works to grace my mind and heart; I’ve ever had the privilege of studying.

I cannot begin to tell you all the blessings it brings into my life.

But one is really the topic of our lesson this morning.

It is the way God directly inspires, encourages, and trains me for his work.

When I make that comment I don’t mean just as a preacher.

What I mean is how I live my life in relation to his presence and purpose.

Preachers are just Christians with many flaws and weaknesses.

God with the Bible blesses us all so that he can teach us and have a covenant with our hearts.

This is his purpose in giving the Bible.

God says in Hebrews, /“//10 //This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

11 And they shall not teach every one his fellow or every one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for all shall know me, from the least of them to the greatest.”/

He promises a N.C.

unlike the old one.

God intends for us to draw a contrast between these two.

I’m sure this is in too simplistic terms, but the contrast is between the flesh and the spirit.

The O.C. deals with regulations imposed on the human body.

The N.C. is for the heart and mind’s relationship to the Spirit of God.

The O.C. was external, but the N.C. is internal to our hearts, minds, and spirits.

The N.C. must be put into the mind and heart for it to do what it was inspired to do.

God uses your mind~/heart as is his writing tablet and the Holy Spirit as his pen to put his laws or covenant into your life.

And in our life long process of coming to know God through the Bible God becomes our God and we his people.

The end result according to verse 11 is that we know him.

This then, my friends, is the N.C.

The real Covenant is the one written in your heart, known by your mind, and expressed in your attitudes.

The one that says I love God with all my heart and mind and I know he loves me.

The N.C. is God unveiling himself to you, and you opening your life to that revelation.

The N.C.

exists on pages in a written form in our Bibles, but that is only a template of what should live in our hearts and minds, which is the knowledge of God.

That is why Jesus prays, /“1 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify thy Son that the Son may glorify thee, 2 since thou hast given him power over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom thou hast given him.

3 And this is eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.”/

The N.C.

living in your heart is eternal life.

When Jesus was glorified in the cross he was given power to bring life to you.

This life has the quality of eternity.

It is forever because the N.C. is living and abiding.

That is why you know God and will never perish.

In verse three Jesus defines what is yours by accepting the cross in your faith pledge of baptism and it is to know God.

The knowledge of God is intimate and personal, but it comes from the common source of His written Revelation the Bible.

This is why the next day after Jesus feeds 5000 by the sea he will explain how we are taught by God, and how we come to the knowledge of God.

He uses a metaphor of bread to help us grasp it true meaning.

In John 6:25-51 we are going to explore what God wants you to do so he can teach you and fill you with the knowledge of himself.

This is the eternal life he’s promised from Genesis to Revelation.

It is real and is now and forever.

If you merely look at the Bible as law or a book of patterns then you’ll miss eternal life.

But if you look at it as God written revelation of himself then you can consume bread that will make you live forever.