10.12.25 Lessons from John 6

10.12.25

Lessons ideas from John 6:1-15

6 Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee (that is, the Sea of Tiberias), 2 and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick.

* Do we follow God because he performs for us?

We need God

We want God

We hunger and thirst for righteousness

But is it possible to only seek God for what he can do for us

What’s in it for me - marketing

Instead of asking what Jesus CAN do for me ask What HAS Jesus done and WILL HE CONTINUE doing for me

God has

Always blessed

Always been faithful and

Always been gracious

Look at history

Adam

Genesis 2:8-25

Genesis 3 the temptation and fall

Genesis 3 consequences to snake, woman and

Genesis 3:17-19 consequences to Adam

Blessed in being in the garden

Faithful in training and discipline.

Carrying out justice - teaching discipline

Gracious in forgiving him

Noah

Genesis 6:9-22

Genesis 7:1, :5-10, :16, :23,

Genesis 8:1, :15-end,

Genesis 9:20-25

Blessed in noticing his righteousness

Blessed in giving him a plan for salvation

Blessed him in saving Noah and family

Faithful in cleansing the earth

Faithful in drying the earth

Faithful in carrying out his discipline and plan

Gracious in forgiving him when he sinned

Abram / Abraham

Genesis 11 introduce Abram

Genesis 12:1-9, :10-13,

Genesis 13:14-17

Genesis 15:1-8, 12-end

Blessed in noticing him

Blessed in giving him a plan

Blessed in giving him a promise

Blessed him in restating the promise

Faithful in protecting and providing

Faithful in reinstating that promise and never changing from that promise

Gracious in forgiving him when he failed

Gracious in loving his through his mistakes

In Christ how does this apply to us

In him we are blessed

he described how we could be blessed

Matthew 5:3-12 beatitudes

Not only find him BLESSING but find him FAITHFUL

In him we find him faithful

Faithful by coming according to prophesy

Matthew 2 and John 1

Faithful in promising to return

John 14

Gracious in loving us.

John 3:16

Even when we were not worthy

Romans 5:6-11

Always gracious - gracious to

Peter in his Success, Failure and Reconciliation

Disciples chosen, followed and left him in the garden

Diciples who were ready to go to death

Acts 1 hiding in a room

Acts 2 Church begins

Acts 5 Annanias and Saphira

Acts 8 Simon trying to purchase Spirit power

by 2 Corinthians many problems

Galatians - so easily bewitched

Rev. 2 Church at Ephesus left its first love

2025

John 6: 1-2 People followed because of what Jesus did

Do we worship because Jesus does something for us?

Why not follow because

See what he has already and always done

Always blesses   Always loves        Always shows grace

He did bless you and will bless you

He does love you and will love you

He does give grace and will give grace

They followed him because of what he had done

Will you follow him for what he is and will continue to do?