The Bread Of Life
Notes
Transcript
Scripture
Scripture
26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed 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. For 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.”
30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?
31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
32 Jesus said 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.
33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”
35 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.
Introduction
Introduction
I want to ask you a very important question
It may sound like a stupid question but it is very important
How many of you get hungry at times?
I am sure that everyone of you should answer yes to that question
How many of you always hungry?
I know plenty people who always hungry
I dunno if Michael listening right now but he is one of those
The fact of the matter is we all get hungry at times - some more than others
Maybe if you always hungry you should go and get tested for worms
But let me ask you another question
What do you do when you get hungry?
How many of you when you get hungry - you go and look for something to drink
Do you do that?
You hungry so you go and get a nice full glass of coca cola cause you are hungry?
Or you go and make some coffee to satisfy this hunger you have
Do you do that when you are hungry....
How many of you look for soemthing to drink when you are hungry?
How many of you when you are hungry you go to watch tv
You have an intense urge to satisfy this hunger so you decide to watch tv?
How many of you when you get hungry you go on your cell phone to satisfy this hunger ?
The fact of the matter is when we get hungry we do not look for something to drink, we do not look for our remote to put on the tv, we do not go on our cell phones
When we are hungry we go and get ourselves something to eat....
It is only when we eat something can our hunger be satisfied
We maybe go and get a doubles or if you greedy you ask for a thriples
It have any greedy people here ? Raise your hands?
or maybe you go and cook your favorite meal when you are hungry
Or maybe you go and get your favorite snack to eat
If you dont have a snack at home - you can go by NAT ONE STOP SHOP in Barrackpore
ok Cindy I give you all a little promotiion there lol
The point I am trying to make is when you are hungry we need soemthing to eat to satisfy this hunger otherwise the hunger would not leave us
my story about flintstones vitamins
Take my word of advice and do not overdose on no vitamins no matter how good it tastes
I am sure everyone here can relate to some time when they were very hungry and had to grab a bite
Sometimes on a Sunday in church - due to COVID the doors and windows are not open
However even though you not hungry - all of a sudden in the middle of the preaching
you smell the neighbors making a nice curry....... you keep smelling this and all of a sudden your belly begin to make a noise.....
You hear a growl and is not no dog growling......
Hunger begins to take you and you know it have nothing to eat so you go in the back to make a cup of coffeee
I said all this to make 1 crucial point there is a hunger we all face at times and we eat to satisfy our hunger
HOWEVER THERE IS A HUNGER THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAVE THAT BREAD CANNOT SATISFY BUT ONLY THE BREAD OF LIFE CAN SATISFY.
That is what I want to share a little on tonight.....
THE BREAD OF LIFE WHO SATISFIES YOUR HUNGER
You are hungry and you need to be filled
You are hungry and you need to be filled
26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
Just to give a little background.
When we read a few verses before this we saw that Jesus had just completed one of the most talked about miracles where
there was a huge crowd around him and he noticed that they were indeed hungry and he was able to take 5 loaves and 2 fishes and he fed around 5000 people with that.
You see Jesus actually cared for these people and their need for hunger to be filled
Jesus cares about your every need
Jesus cares about your basic necessities
I know right now there are many people today who wish that Jesus could come to them right now and mutliply some loaves and fishes
Many people dont have anything to eat
This COVID is affecting lots of people
Not many people have a savings account of millions just waiting to be used during a pandemic
Saturday in Debe while driving i see some ladies with placards saying $1 for my child please
People are suffering, people want food
Sad to say some people are so desperate that they end up turning to crime to get food
That is the reality right now
Jesus knows that you are hungry and he longs to satisfy your basic need....
If you are hungry and you have nothing to eat God can make a way for you to get what you want
I remember it was Brother keith who shared with us his testimony of times when he had absolutely nothing to eat.....
However inspite of those hard times - God has been good to him and has taken care of his necessitites
You see God knows you are hungry and he longs to fill and satisfy you with your needs
Food is a necessity. We all need it in order to live.
However Jesus says to this crowd that that is not the reason you should be following him
These people followed him and he knew it because there was food being shared out......
Sometimes we can be like that
We only go to the church services that have refreshments in it......
So we come to church on days like mothers day or fathers day or christmas dinner and stuff
But God doesnt want us to have that kind of attitude towards him......
That should not be the reason why we follow him
God knows and sees our motives
People are starving for something much greater than food
Here is what I know about you and everyone listening tonight
We all have a hunger for something and that hunger is not for food.....
It is for something greater than food ......
You can eat all the food you want , could go the best restaurants but it will not satisfy us.....
God created us with a need for him and there is nothing and nobobody that can fill that need but him
No food you eat can fill that void
I don’t care how good Tanty Dorris Duck does taste it cannot fill that void in your heart