John 6:22-71 Jesus is the Bread of Life (2nd recording)

Hey folks, this is Pastor David. Hopefully, this is going to work this time, I preach this message on Sunday, April 16th, but it did not record either by my recorder, my voice recorder or by The Proclaimers system. So we're going to try it again. I'm preaching this message all over again from home. So it's going to be slightly different than what we've heard on Sunday. You're not going to hear. The congregation are the amen. Still after the Coffs, the booze the xcetera. But today, we're going to be in John chapter 6, I'll talk to you about Jesus as the bread of life. And as we talked about Jesus as the bread of life, it's really important for us to realize that there's a lot impacted and Anyone. So today sermon contains 100 points. Jokingly really, what I wanted to share is that as John writes for faith and belief, he is writing about the seven manifestations of Jesus, as the Messiah. We were with this series of messages before Easter and then course Palm Sunday. We had the puppets and then Easter Sunday, we're as we celebrated Resurrection Sunday. So we're back to the seven manifestations of Jesus as the Messiah Just to get you back on track with the thought process. The sign. Number four was when he fed the 5000 plus. And now and the miraculous sign. Number 5, that John records. We see Jesus being the bread of life, not

a sermon contains and that it's a story about Works versus Grace that I wanted to open us up with Another story about a man who dies and goes to heaven.

Play Peter says, here's how it works. You need 100 points to make it in heaven.

and I'll give you a certain number of points for I depending how good it was when you reached the man. Says, well I was married to the same woman for 50 years. I never cheated on her even in my heart. Peter replied. Oh, that's wonderful. That's worth three points. Three points. The man replied because, well, I attended church, all of my life, and I supported its Ministry with my ties and my offerings time Talent.

Peter said terrific, that's certainly worth the point. 1 Point. Well, I started the soup kitchen in my city and I worked in a shelter for homeless veterans.

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Only two points. He replied. The man started to cry. You said at this rate, the only way I can get into heaven by Peters. There's your hundred point Come On In. It's not a hundred points to the sermon, that's just a fun. Spray to remind us that we cannot earn our Salvation nor will we ever deserve it? And as John is writing, he's writing to put on display Jesus as the promised Messiah. One of the key words will see throughout his gospel is Beaufort, to have belief, he's writing for faith and belief looking at the seven manifestations. And actually, this chapter, where Jesus is the bread of life. That's the first of the I am statements.

So, another thing he's looking at and this is something that I didn't fully grasp until just recently, you know, as many times as the read the Bible, it's always knew God's word never changes, but our understanding does change a little bit. He is dealing and confronting with their belief in Salvation, through the works of Moses. And they're not able to see the grace of the Lord Jesus. Works versus Grace that you may believe, that's the key thing throughout his gospel. So we're going to take today's text, John chapter 6, starting a verse 22, all the way through 71 and put it under the first versus Grace, not Muslims. They work off of a point system by doing the different things they do, they try to earn points with a la, there's no guarantees that they'll make it into what I would refer to, as their version of Heaven. They live by the threat of never being good enough.

Next we have Catholics. They work off of a Penance system. There's a 7 Sacrament with the people at the days of Martin Luther. We're having to pay the church in order to have forgiveness, they have Purgatory where you would have a special mass conducted for the deceased and water to help, pray, and pay them into heaven. Some will say they don't do that anymore. I know it's has recent of

In 2011, my mom wanted all of us kids to pool our money together in order to come up with enough money, for the Catholic Church, to do a special match to help my dad get past purgatory and into heaven. Next we have Lutheran, stay also work off of the catechism that you'll see about the catechism at least in the order that I had in one particular Lutheran Church where my wife and I had performed the gospel illusion show for their churches School. Pastor said that, they believe that. Everybody is saved finished the catechism class, but if they leave, you then have to opt out. So, they get asked a bunch of question of disciples books of the Bible, kind of a quick class. And that class, the, the pasture then print out that he saved. Not may not be that in every Lutheran church, but for the sake of today, that's the point.

Pennant Lutheran. Catechism, charismatic. And not all of them of United. Holiness, Pentecostal Church. Some assembly got. They really work off of an emotional system. They emphasize the second baptism in Fire and by the holy spirit with proof of speaking in tongues, your focus is on emotions, the Holy Spirit on property on speaking life into people So there's a difference in how they approach Works versus Grace, the Jews work off of an historical system. As I mentioned a little bit ago, they're really focusing on Moses as their Savior and that's historical because it's a reference to win, Moses lead.

Parted the Red Sea, which we know God is the one who did it. And that Moses was the one who provided Manna in the desert Wilderness for the 40 Years. Of course, we know that God is the one who provided that to where the Baptist fit in.

If the carnival Baptist are known for being anti-gay do Baptists that term. Paedobaptism means the baptism of infants. We believe in fully emerging immersion. It's symbolic is somebody. Who is a born-again Believer based on Romans chapter 6, we know from John's gospel chapter 3 and 4. And again, that the Nicodemus So in all the studies that I've gone through friends, I'm kind of a bapticostal. If you will get here to baptist beliefs and principles in the truth of God's word and Eileen a little bit over toward the charismatic tide. Not in the second baptism. Not in speaking in tongues, not an solely, focusing on the emotions of worship, but I think there can be more emphasis working of the Holy Spirit within a Baptist Church, you just don't see that. So, how does all this tie into Jesus as the Breath of Life? What do we see their? Well, these

it has four different group chat that way the Gospel of John. In the story, we're seeing for different group, with the crowds follow, Jesus, almost as if they were fans. Kind of like somebody wanting to get a ticket to every airing of an Oprah Show and hope that they'll get something buddy. It's a brand new car, the Jews. They had their faith in religion, and she said, they were saying, prove us wrong rabbit, South being, right, choose. By the way, is a negative term. We will see that. The disciples followed when it was easy and beneficial but got tough. They fell away. I almost hate to use the term disciple spirit that just End of the 12th. Minus pieces are Judas. They were the ones who really stopped dropped. And rolled, they are safe from the fire. I using that little phrase. When they were call to follow Jesus, they stopped what they were doing. They dropped what they were doing and they came and Roll Jesus. Did XX its broken down into several sections. Starting with the the first section of the flow of

see that in verses 22 through 25 follow upon arrival at the end.

So listen.

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A lot of salt, John 6:20. The next day, the crowd that had stayed on the opposite, shore of the lake realize that only one boat in there and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away, then some boat other name of Lake of the Sea of Galilee is Tiger.

The crowd realize that neither Jesus.

So Jesus had just fed the 5000, plus the disciples, or maybe just a 12-day travel by boat toward Capernaum on the other side of the sea. Jesus had walked on water. Give me a little bit of the back background. What it happened? Just prior to the first one, Jesus walked on water, he met them three to four mile into their journey, across the sea which was about seven miles wide. See if Galilee is about 7 miles wide and then he got into the boat and immediately it says they were at the shore. Oh, that's in verse 21 of chapter 6. The Next Day, When the Crowds realize that the show had left town. They went chasing after Jesus to see his That leads us to the second section is when one person is talking like what I'm doing now, but this is actually a dino browser people, the crowds are asking questions. So I take it, that's a m. So give me a little Grace here while you revert, 26 through 30

Jesus answered prayer.

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Man, will give you. For on him. God the Father deal. and then, They asked him. What was what must we do to do the works of that. God requires that's probably the 429 is this answered the work of God is this to believe or the work of God it.

So they asked him. What sign then will you give that? We may see it and believe you. What will you do? Oh, he just fed 5000. I know in first 20 quick they call him Rabbi, and Jesus was recognized to be a rap about the disciples on the Baptist, John the gospel writer record 1:34. The John the Baptist was pointing the Jesus, this is a chosen one and verse 38, they said Rabbi which means teacher where are you staying? Now the phrase, chosen one. That we're going to see in this text hear from Isaiah 42:8. One where it says here is my servant whom I uphold My Chosen One in whom I Delight I will put my spirit on him and he will bring Justice. Cuz I will put my spirit on him. We know the Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dub, if Jesus is baptism. There's the word here that I looked up in the Greek.

It says, do not. Food. Built this word in the grossest. That's like saying, bro sis Well. Word that is translated as food in John's gospel. When you go over to Hebrews chapter 12 in verse 16 is transferred translated, food meal and Hebrews. 12 is talking about when Esau sold his Birthright for a single meal. And here are the word translated as food. That's in John 5:32. It's an 6:27. A couple of times and verse 55. Paul also uses this word over in 2nd Corinthians. 9:10.

kind of odd but when you really look what John is reading app, Food. That spoiled. Kind of the same idea in.

Earth where moth and rust, destroy. In other words, the spiritual truth or is don't about the things world. When I want you to focus on spirit,

you blocked me because you came and you ate loads and you had your fill. That's the Earth, leave the bread of life, and that's a spiritual truth. It's an eternal truth. We know that physical fitness short-lived man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God. According to Matthew 4:4 and we know that spiritual food leads to eternal life. Not Jews that made. Jesus made it hard for them to believe in order to weed out the riff raff.

Later and verse 53, he'll say, unless you eat the Flesh of the son of man. And drink his blood, you have no life in you. Well, that's figurative speech. In other words, Jesus is bigger and better than the manner of old with Moses in the watering Jews and the Wilderness, the Israelites In verse 28, they asked the question, what must we do? To be doing the works.

They believed not in Jesus, but their belief was that they could please God and earn eternal life by doing good works. Member of the overarching themes up to in John's gospel is the confrontation between works or Works. In razor works at belief.

No, we follow Ephesians 2 and verse 10, where we do good works to bring glory to God, who had already saved us.

There's a Bible verse from Romans. I want us to see real quickly says for, I can testify about them that they are zealous for God. But their Zeal is not based on knowledge. Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own. They did not submit to God's righteousness. Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes they're seeking after self-righteousness instead of the righteousness provided by Jesus. It's an issue of belief of faith of trust. Those three words are often interchangeable, but the high percent of a high percentage of the that the Greek word pistachio. Is translated as believe. And that's one of John's favorite words that is to believe. We're going to see in a little bit in versus 56.57 that there's another important theological term which is buy it and remain will cover that when we get to it. Let's go. Section of God's work. We have an enduring, the blog here, is the eat that the center of the text for Jesus, being the bread of life. It's the Mana. You've heard me say before then that the Jews got tired of the way that Mana was cooked. So they wanted to come up with new recipes and they invented the bread.

Hook up, mana 31 through 36, our ancestors ate, the Manna in the wilderness as it is written. He gave them bread from Heaven to eat. I'm in chapter 6. Now, inverse 32, sheets, it sent to them, very truly, I tell you it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven. But it is my father who gives you the true bread from heaven, for the bread of God, is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.

Sir, they said always give us this bread. Then Jesus declared. I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me until you believe

they were looking for a sign and earlier, I kind of jokingly or chuckled when I said, wasn't feeding 5000 enough of a sign or verse 31, it talks about our ancestors, ate the man in the wilderness, as it was written, he gave them bread from Heaven to eat with her thinking, that Moses was the one who gave them the bread, The Manor. And in essence, what they are saying to Jesus. Is this?

Jesus, if you were more than Moses, then do more than Moses did, They were comparing Jesus feeding the 5,000, to Moses feeding an entire nation for 40 years. What they fail to realize is that Moses did not feed Israel. God did. And Jesus Is God, he is the bread of Life come down from heaven, that bread of life is seeing hearing verses 32 and 33 again inverse 38 vs 41 + 4250 + 51. + 58 That's really enough fences. Anna verse 35, where it says, I am the bread of life. This is the first of the seven. I am statements. He'll go on to say, on the light of the world. The door of the sheep, I am the Good Shepherd. I am the resurrection and the life, the way the truth, and the life. I am the True Vine Hill even say before Abraham, was I

+ 8. Vs 37, through 40. Jesus continuing to speak here. He says all those the father gives me will come to me and whoever comes to me

Have a not to do my will, but to do the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me that I shall lose. None of all those, he has given me, but raise them up. At the last day verse 44, my father's will is that everyone who looks to the Sun and hears that word again from John believes in him shall have eternal life and I will race up at the last day. So the Mandate here, it's that to believe and trust you or eternal life. Without. Nothing else matters. What does Nothing Else? Matters brings us to the next section, verses 41 and 42. The murmur. Where the stomachs have been rumbling in the mouth to Ben Crump. First 41 at this, the Jews. I'll mention this really quickly here whenever you see the term Jews. Think hostile unbelievers. That's a negative term. Back to verse 41 at this that use their begin to Grumble about him because he said I am the bread that came from Heaven. They said is this not Jesus? The son of Joseph, his father and mother we know

Remember, they're missing it because they're focused on Earthly things.

Goes on to say, how can he now? Say I came down from heaven.

They Grumble just like their forefathers did in the wilderness. We see that in Exodus chapter 15 verse 24. When they're complaining, what shall we drink? We want to go back to Egypt. We want to be in slavery on hard labor. I want to go to Miami. They could not see Jesus in any other way than from an earth effective. What's the next one? The meaning we got the meanderings monologue. Murmur. Now the meeting. 43. Stop grumbling among yourselves. Jesus answered no one can come to me unless the father who sent me draws them and

Everyone who has her the father and learned from him, comes to me. No one has seen the father, except the one who is from God only, he has seen the father, very truly. I tell you the one who believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the Manna in the wilderness yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world.

There's some questions in this text that I want to briefly address talkin about other drawing people to himself and we know that's truth. We know and John 12:32 Jesus said when I am lifted up from the earth will draw all

Paul record over in 1st, Timothy Chapter to the latter part of verse 3 and then 2 verse 4. Ray says, this is good and pleases God, our savior who wants all people to be saved and come to a knowledge of the truth. remember earlier, I was talking about the the Muslims in the Catholics and the lutherans, remember the Lutheran Duran opt-out scenario at least in the context that I reference So to believe, or believes that's hottest a yawn. That's a present active participles and participial it means a True Believer. Is characterized by his or her continuing trust in Jesus for salvation. It's present. And that its current and ongoing, it's a participle which is both a verb and adjective or noun.

That is a verse that divided Catholics from Lutheran's to the rest of Protestants Baptist for example. Where Jesus said, I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flat But I will go for it, the life of the world. Catholics believe in something called transubstantiation. which means that when they observe the Eucharist or what we would call the Lord's Supper, The element literally morphed into the blood and Body of Christ. Literally. Jesus is on the cross the crucifixion, Catholic Church. Somebody wants that. That's because they have to crucify him over and over every time they observe the Eucharist that's the transubstantiation that Catholics observe. Consubstantiation. Is that the flesh-and-blood coexists in the elements? It looks the same. Jesus's shape-shifted. I don't know how to describe it without having to go into great detail, but they believe that believe that Jesus literally becomes the elements The lutherans believe that he coexists in the element where Baptist realize that this is figurative speech. It is symbolic. That it's a ruff. Bad word, Will You observe?

We're going to go on vs 52 through 59. I'm going to read this as fast as I can. So follow a long session, the juice began to argue sharply among themselves. How can this man? Give us his flesh to eat. Jesus said to them very truly. I tell you, unless you eat the Flesh of the son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks. My blood has eternal life and I will raise them up on the last day. For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks, my blood remains in me and I in them. Just as the living father, sent me and I live because of the father. So the one who feeds on me will live because of me, this is the bread that comes down from heaven. Your ancestors, ate Manna and died. But whoever feeds on the bread will live forever. He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum,

There's a word here that I want to highlight that. It's not just a belief but to remain in that belief.

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks. My blood remains in me.

That would remain also in some translations. It is translated as a b and a man as one of the most theological terms and John's gospel probably the most important theological term in John's gospel. Is he, the father remains in the sun, 14:10, the spirit remains on Jesus, chapter 12, Believers remain in Jesus and Jesus in them. 16:56 15:4. No other 12 New Testament uses of this Greek word meno which means to abide a remain. John's writings account for literally 50% or 66 of those uses. So we see it is a key theological term in John's gospel. He uses that term 40 times and his gospel 23 times, and 1st John and three more times and 2nd John.

See, there's no salvation based on the law because no one can adhere to its righteous requirements. Except for Jesus, who then extends the offer of Salvation through faith,

the Mecha vs 60 through rather than reading it. I just want to highlight their hearing Jesus speak. They're saying this is really hard teaching who can accept it. Other. She said, does this offend you, the spirit gives life, the flesh can do nothing. Jesus knew from the beginning which of them, which of them did not believe in who would betray him. Goes on to say that the 12, what about you, 468, Summit, Peter answer.

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About meaning cutest the the one who would betray him. As the people began to grasp the teaching of Jesus, in this text, the enthusiasm toward him as a political Messiah, would begin to dwindle best the Galilean crowd. the Galilee and followers the outline of the crowds that use the disciples and the 12 other called Disciples in this context, but they were partly is true disciples because the left and when things got tough At this point, in the ministry of Jesus, the Jews, the Jewish leaders became even more hostile toward him.

Paul would write in 1st Corinthians, 1:23 that the crucified Messiah was a stumbling block to the Jews. So while the world, including those who follow false doctrines May reject the true Jesus, it is our job. The true Jesus with them. Let's brings us into a little bit different outline, we've been talking about the flow through all these different points here. Now we're getting into the food. You know, the emphasis of water, the fact that this story is at the center of John's argument presentation, that Jesus is the way, the truth and the life. And we've been dealing with Works versus belief. No water flow through the allusion or reference reuse of water flows through John's gospel.

In chapter 1 Jesus's baptize chapter 2. He turns water to wine. Chapter 3 says you have to be born of water and the Holy Spirit not to reject be born again. John the baptizer Baptist is baptizing where there's plenty of water and 3:25 talks about the ceremonial washing. Moving in the chapter for Jesus meets The Samaritan woman at the well, which is the Living Water. He's offering and this is at Jacob's. Well, he says, give me a drink at, but if you drink my water you'll never thirst again. There's also an 4:36, another reference to the water to wine scenario. Chapter 5. There's a healing at the pool, chapter 6, or this text hear. Jesus said walk done. A refers to my blood drink. With the food.

Where is the outline? I've got here to talk about the crown, stay focused on the physical. They were seeking after Mana.

For the wrong reasons. The Jews who are Ferris akel. They were shaking religion with the wrong results, the disciples are those who initially had followed, they were seeking God, but with the wrong motivations or motives, if you will. And then the 12:00 - 1, they were forgiven. They were seeking after Jesus the right relationships. These four groups, these four levels of faith, if it will get us to a closing. Now you've heard it said a day's wage for a loaf of bread like we might be getting there pretty soon. But that's another story about a Scottish doctor, good. Lived a long time ago. it says, when the books of a certain Scottish doctor were examined after his death, It was found that a number of the accounts were crossed through with a note that read forgiving too, poor to pay. The physician's wife later decided that these accounts must be paid in full and she proceeded to sue the people for the money. When it came to court. The judge had one question. He said to the woman looking at the books where it was penned in forgiving too, poor to pay The judge said ma'am. Is this your husband's handwriting? When she replied that it was he responded. There is no court in the land that kind of Tain, a debt. Once the word forgiven has been written,

And that's the good news that the gospel today.