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Jesus Wants to Satisfy Our Souls!
The Gospel of John
John 6:21-29
Sermon by Rick Crandall
Grayson Baptist Church - October 12, 2016
(Revised August 12, 2019)
BACKGROUND:
*Please open your Bibles to John chapter 6, as we think about being satisfied by the Bread of Life, Jesus Christ.
Before we read, remember that in this chapter, Jesus worked one of His most amazing miracles.
A great multitude had followed the Lord out to the countryside, because they knew that He was miraculously healing people.
*They were so desperate to get close to Jesus that only one person in that whole crowd had any food.
It was a boy who had 5 barley loaves.
We'd call them barley rolls or biscuits.
The boy also had two small fish, and Jesus miraculously multiplied that little bit of food so that it was more than enough to feed the whole crowd!
There were 5,000 men there, plus thousands more women and children!
Everybody ate as much as they wanted.
And in vs. 13, they filled twelve baskets with the leftovers.
*Matthew 14:22 tells us that after everybody ate, "immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away."
While the Lord was sending the people away, John 6:15 says: "Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take Him by force to make Him king."
That's one reason why in vs. 15, Jesus "departed again to a mountain by Himself alone."
Matthew 14:23 tells us that Jesus also went up on the "mountain by Himself to pray."
*Some of the men at the miraculous supper got the idea to make Jesus their king, but of course they didn't know anything about the cross.
They may have been thinking, "If this man can do this miracle, He could crush our Roman enemies like bugs."
Or they may have been thinking, "Let's make this man king, and we can get rich selling all the food He can make!"
*But they were certainly thinking, "Let's make this man king, and we'll never have to worry about another meal!"
We know this, because in vs. 26, Jesus told them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled."
*Last week, we also saw two more amazing miracles.
Starting in vs. 16:
16.
And when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea,
17. got into the boat, and went over the sea toward Capernaum.
And it was now dark, and Jesus had not come to them.
18.
Then the sea arose because a great wind was blowing.
19.
So when they had rowed about three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and drawing near the boat; and they were afraid.
20.
But He said to them, "It is I; do not be afraid.''
21.
Then they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going.
*It would be pretty nice if we got on the plane in Monroe tomorrow morning.
And just as soon as we fastened our seatbelts, the flight attendant said, "We are now arriving in Columbus, Ohio."
That's what happened when Jesus got in the boat!
*With that background, let's read vs. 21-29 to see what happened the next day.
And as we read, please think about being satisfied by our Savior Jesus Christ.
MESSAGE:
*Are you satisfied today?
Have you found real satisfaction in your life?
*Daryl Grimes once said:
-"I am happy when I go hunting or fishing.
-I am happy when I go see a friend or loved one.
-I am happy when I go to church and experience a good service.
-I am happy when I have fun with my kids.
-But none of these things can satisfy my soul.
*Some people are happy when they are high.
-Some people are happy when they are skiing, or snowmobiling.
-Some people are happy when they are partying.
-Some people are happy when they are camping.
-And some people are happy when they are gambling.
-But none of these things can satisfy their souls..." (1)
*Church: There is only one ultimate, eternal source of satisfaction, and that is God Himself.
Jesus Christ wants to satisfy our souls!
He wants to give us eternal, abundant, godly satisfaction.
How does he do it?
1. FIRST: HE HELPS US PURSUE THE RIGHT PRIORITIES.
*That's what Jesus tried to do when the people caught up to Him in Capernaum.
Verses 25-26 tell us that:
25. . .
when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, "Rabbi, when did You come here?''
26.
Jesus answered them and said, "Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled.
*There was a great mystery going on in these verses.
These people were curious.
They wanted to know, so they asked Jesus this question, "You didn't get in the boat with the disciples.
How in the world did you get here?"
Of course, we know.
All the Lord had to do was walk on a little water!
*Paul Decker noted that Jesus didn't handle this situation the way we might have.
Decker explained that he probably would have shown off before the crowd.
"Well, if you really want to know how I got here, I walked on water!
Want to see it again?"
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*We might have done that too, but not Jesus.
He didn't even bother answering their question.
Instead, Jesus got right to the most important point in life.
He knew that those people needed to examine their hearts, and put their trust in Him.
*That's why the Lord basically took the same approach with Nicodemus back in John 3. Nicodemus came to see Jesus by night, sort of spiritually tiptoeing toward the Lord.
But in John 3:1-3, Jesus got right to the point:
1.
There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
2. This man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him.''
3. Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.''
*Jesus got right to the most important point in life.
And He did the same thing with the Samaritan woman at the well.
In John 4:7-26, their whole conversation was basically a series of shocking spiritual revelations for this woman.
*Shock 1 in John 4:7-9:
7. A woman of Samaria came to draw water.
Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink.''
8.
For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.
9. Then the woman of Samaria said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?''
For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
*Shock 2 in vs. 10-12:
10.
Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.''
11.
The woman said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep.
Where then do You get that living water?
12. Are You greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank from it himself, as well as his sons and his livestock?''
*Shock 3 in vs. 13-14:
13.
Jesus answered and said to her, "Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again,
14. but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst.
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