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/Scripture: John 6:25-70/
If I wanted to hear the pitter-patter of little feet, I'd put shoes on my cat.
Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead.
Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow.
Do not walk beside me, either, Just leave me alone.
When I'm feeling down, I like to whistle.
It make the neighbor's dog run to the end of his chain and gag himself.
It takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown, and fewer still to ignore someone completely.
The journey of a thousand miles begins with a broken fan belt and a leaky tire. . .
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That’s not the way that it goes is it?
The journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step.
How long does it take to get to _____________?
You name it.
The variables are many.
Depends on whether or not it is possible to drive legally 10 mph over the speed limit.
Some people think it is.
Others drive 10 mph under.
Like the woodland snail who was run over by the turtle while crossing the hiking path.
Interviewed in the hospital by the Hiking Way Patrol Squirrel, the snail gave this comment, “I didn’t see a thing, it all happened so fast.
I guess as important as anything it would depend on how far away from ___________ you are when you start.
Some people find their way to God quickly.
They are fortunate enough for a variety of factors to have begun the journey, closer to the destination.
Others who have similar advantage just don’t want to go and like the children of Israel they turn a short journey into a long one.
Two and ½ months should have taken the enslaved Israelites across the desert to the Promised Land.
But they came to an impasse, a gridlock and, unwilling to trust God they turned away and died homeless in the sands.
Where does the journey begin?
Most of us are on the spiritual journey long before we realize it.
The way to God for many is a process of eliminating all the alternatives.
Today’s’ scripture lesson is a similar journey that began on a hillside with Jesus */feeding the multitude/*.
It follows to the opposite shore of Galilee with Jesus */leading the multitude/* and today we see them at the turning point, with Jesus */weeding the multitude/*.
He takes */curious/*, the */crowd/*, the */consumers/* and challenges them to become the */committed/*.
The fact that those who would have coerced Christ into political power and a secular agenda had now followed him to the other side of the lake, is proof of the fact that:
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You can follow Him without believing in Him.
22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone.
23 Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.
/Jesus the Bread of Life /
25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
26 Jesus answered, *“I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.*
27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you.
On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”
28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
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I have read recently today there are more unsaved people attending church regularly than perhaps ever before.
In a sense they are following Christ.
Something brings them each week.
This is wonderful in my estimation because ti would indicate to me that they are on that journey, in their first steps.
It’s good that you are here today and that you are “listening” to hear God’s voice in your life.
I am hoping that as you listen you will be aware that you could spend a lifetime in the house of God and not know God.
If you dress right, put a little in the offering plate, keep a low profile no one is likely to bother you too much.
Most will assume that you have received Christ.
That’s okay, sort of.
The danger is that after a while you will begin to assume that just because you’ve been around that you are okay.
Nope, you can follow Christ without believing in Him.
Ask Judas.
He saw the whole thing from beginning to end and he never believed.
He sold him out in the end for thirty pieces of silver.
Where are you today in the journey.
Perhaps you are following him.
Regularly you find yourself in church but you don’t know a fraction of the stories that the preacher refers to.
You accept that the Bible is God’s word on one hand but not a book that influences your life in any measurable way.
You’re not crazy about praying so you don’t unless you’re sick or in trouble.
But if God were the unfamiliar face in an elevator, you’d stare at the numbers before you’d make conversation..
þ */Curious/*.
There were people who came to see Jesus just out of curiosity.
They heard what was going on and wanted to see.
These people don’t hang on long.
Curiosity is quickly satisfied and if people are to move beyond this stage, they must decide relatively quickly.
We are told that in the average church regardless of size, 10% attrition annually is normal.
Much of that is simply people who come for a while and determine that what we are is not what they are looking for.
þ */Crowd/*.
That’s the next step.
If a person stays long enough they can melt into the crowd.
In some ways this step provides a greater degree of anonymity than the curious.
We are more likely to recognize visitors than those who disappear into the woodwork.
Not only that, it’s too easy to get lost in the crowd.
There are 10 small group leaders lost in the crowd.
There’s a Best Years Fellowship Leader lost in the crowd.
We’re thankful for the leadership that Paul Inman has given to this group over the last 4 years or so but now it’s time for someone else to step up to the plate.
But we can’t find them because they are lost in the crowd.
There’s a person who is willing to take charge of the tape ministry, lost in the crowd.
There’s a Sunday School teacher for Jr. boys lost in the crowd.
There’s a leader for our drama team lost in the crowd.
These are extremely qualified people but we can’t find them.
It’s almost as though they like being lost and don’t want to be found.
þ */Consumers /* The longer that people hang on without taking “belief-steps” the more entitled they feel.
They believe that just because they have “been around” they are entitled.
They become consumers.
They could tell you everything that is wrong with the church.
They grow fat in the stands watching and labeling the efforts of the overworked.
They stuff their spiritual faces like armchair athletes.
They know the game from a distance but fail to understand that playing the game is a different experience than watching the game.
No one has ever made the hockey hall of fame because they showed up at the game.
No perfect player has ever made it to the hall of heroes.
Jesus had his consumers.
*“I tell you the truth, you are looking for me, not because you saw miraculous signs but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.*
*“What miraculous sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you?
What will you do?*[2]* *
*34 **“Sir,” they said, “from now on give us this bread.”
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You can’t make a world changer out of a consumer.
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