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QJA: Love Me?
Well here we are , at the end of our series “The Questions Jesus Asked.”
Tonight we will look a the answers Jesus gave.
You should come for this discussion.
6pm.
What we have read today isn’t new.
I preached on this 2 1/2 years ago.
Today the Scripture is the same, the context has changed.
I would like you to look at this passage first in the humorous.
Verses 1-5 end this way; “children have you any food?”
I’m back from the dead and I’m hungry.
Hey guys it’s me, I just conquered Hell and the Grave and I’m starved.
I haven’t eaten for three days.
How about Jesus opening with ‘(SHOUT) Its me, you’re not going to believe where I’ve been...”
It could be read “hey, I’m cooking here.
Have you eaten?”
The text, when read closely, implies, Jesus is cooking.
Hey guys it’s me, I took on death, it really wasn’t any contest.
Do you have any salt?
Are you hungry?”
But truly, Jesus “sees.”
The disciples have been out all night fishing.
They returned to where they where when Jesus found them.
They have labored.
They haven’t caught anything, they’re disappointed.
Jesus calls to them, children, have you any food?
It says, “I care.”
The point being, the same Jesus that asked questions prior to His death, is the same Jesus walking the shore and asking questions of His disciples.
What questions should Jesus ask?
If you and I had been crucified, and came to our friends and family, we might have questions also.
Peter, what the heck?
Andrew, Thomas, where were you man, you left me hanging!
(Careful here)
James, John, did you watch out for Mary?
But Jesus, post Crucifixion, walking the road toward Emmaus, asks questions.
As a friend might ask if he comes late to the conversation, having run, breathless, “what are you talking about?”
It’s what Jesus does.
The disciples are fishing.
I believe confused by the events of the last few days, so they return to what they know.
If you are a fisherperson, and you approach another fisherperson, you might ask, “any luck?” Yeah, what were you using for bait?
How deep are the fish?
Mom would come upon her fisherman, having returned from a day at the lake and ask, have you anything to eat?
Not Jesus.
Have you any food?
Have you had a hungry teenager in your house?
They hit that place where growth is ruling and food is consumed at a high rate of speed.
School lunch just didn’t fill them up and they hit the door after school with wide eyes and the refrigerator is about to become their new best friend.
I can hear him, “I’m starving, is there anything to eat?”
I can hear him, “I’m starving, is there anything to eat?”
The disciples and apparently Jesus eat breakfast once the fish they bring are cooked.
By eating, Jesus is saying, I’m real, I’m alive, I’m not a ghost, or a figment of your imagination.
I’m not a ...
The other element is Jesus reaffirming His humanity.
I am God, I am not far from you.
I am not a distant God.
I am real.
I’m as real as you are, although in a glorified state, I know hunger, as you know hunger.
And I’m hungry.
Do you want to know what I’m hungry for?
Do you play that game in the car?
What does everyone want to eat? Silence.
So you make a suggestion and your hear, nah.
Another suggestion and a nah.
So you say what do you want.
Silence.
I don’t care.
I don’t know, whatever, but not that!
What is Jesus hungry for?
The fellowship of His friends.
It implies a vulnerability on Jesus part.
Post resurrection, conquering death, Hell and the grave, having displayed faith in the Father perfectly and being resurrected, He is vulnerable to His disciples.
The men he called, fisherman He said he would make fisher of men, all sat on the bank and ate fish.
What is the comfort food at your house?
It is mashed potatoes at our house.
We eat mashed potatoes.
Whipped with milk, butter, salt and pepper, smooth, no chunks, melted butter on top, steaming.
For Jesus is it broiled fish.
For Jesus is it broiled fish.
Maybe their minds go back to the week previous, Thursday, when they gathered at the table for the passover meal.
All was good.
Jesus was breaking bread, passing it out.
He had some meaningful words.
When they gathered around with food, it was like they were family.
This gathering wasn’t new.
They gathered.
They ate.
They fed 5000, 4000, they gathered in the night and in the day.
Last Thursday, He used the words, “do this in remembrance of me.”
Do what?
Gather, break bread, remember.
Have a common meal and know that I am with you.
Every time you break bread, I’m with you.
Our work doesn’t all have to be spiritual to be with Jesus.
He is interested in our whole lives, the lives we actually live.
He did it on the road to Emmaus, and at the camp fire.
He was with them, present, eating, hungry, vulnerable, open to their questions, fellowship, their laughter, their fears.
So they sit, and they eat, quietly.
They know what happened.
They weren’t there they were hiding, they are probably waiting for the hammer to drop.
They were to be caught and tortured next.
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