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Bread of Life
Call to Worship
Intro
We have a running joke in our house.
When Corrie says “I’m Hungry” we have about 20 mins to get her some food before she becomes angry.
If she says, “I’m Starving,” we have exactly 10.94 seconds to get her some food before she transforms into something very scary.
In fact, just the other day she said “I’m Starving” and I went to give her a hug and ended up waking up the next morning.
I kid, but we all know what it’s like to feel hunger.
To hear and feel our stomach growl and rumble b/c we didn’t have enough time to grab breakfast.
I read something earlier this week that said we can go 8-21 days without food and water.
And we can last up to 2 months without food if we have adequate access to water.
Now if we are being honest none of us want to go a few hours without eating much less a few days.
We long to eat.
We long to consume.
We long to taste the delicious foods.
As we are talking about this right now I can only imagine that a few of you are starting to get hungry for lunch.
And if you remember last week, we covered Jesus’ Feeding of the 5000 noting that it was closer to 15-20000 people who were fed.
And that daily bread was something that they had to fight for.
That more than likely most of them knew what it actually meant to be hungry.
So when Jesus departed from them they wanted to search him out so that he could provide more food for them.
So that their bellies could be filled.
But Jesus wasn’t as concerned about filling their bellies as he was with saving their souls, but they were Short sighted.
Here’s the thing, God knows what we need more than we do.
We may think we know what we need.
But God knows that above all we need to be rescued.
We need forgiveness.
We need to be restored into a right relationship with him.
We all have a spiritual hunger that has to be satisfied.
And as we will see, it will either be completely satisfied by the Bread of Life or we will continue to seek to fill up on things that will destroy us.
To set the stage for today’s text I want to look at a few verses leading up to what Jesus has to say to those questioning him.
We covered this last week but I wanted to remind you of where we are.
John through his masterful retelling of Jesus’ encounter with these people is proving that Jesus is the new and greater Moses.
He is the bread that came down from heaven.
And he isn’t here to simply fill our bellies but to restore our souls.
To bring us life.
So those present ask him to give them this bread from heaven that will satisfy.
But they are still thinking about some magical and miraculous loaf of Bread, but Jesus is about to hit them with the reality.
They say “Sir, give us this bread always.”
And Jesus responds.
Bread of Life
“I am the Bread of Life.”
Is the first of Seven Definitive Statements about Jesus’ Deity in John’s Gospel.
Remember the “I am” phrase ego eimi is Jesus Identifying himself with the God that led Moses out of Egypt.
When Moses asked who should I tell them sent me God responded “I AM WHAT I AM.”
And Jesus here is Saying “I AM” the same one Moses met with in the desert.
And as the Bread of Life he is saying that no one who comes to him will be hungry and thirsty again.
If we truly obey, submit, and trust in Jesus we will see the futility in all other pursuits.
All you have to do is ask someone who has tried it all.
They’ve tried the sex, drugs, and alcohol and come up empty handed.
They’ve chased after the dollar.
They’ve chased after relationships.
They’ve chased after making their place in this world.
But they always want more.
They want more money, relationships, fame, recognition.
And the reason they want more is b/c they aren’t satisfied.
Let me tell you how this played out in my life.
In my late teens through late 20’s I was habitually discontent with everything in my life.
I would claim to be a follower of Jesus, but I didn’t lean on him to satisfy my soul.
I would always want the newest coolest toy.
New Phone, New Car, New Job.
I was constantly seeking and searching for the new thing that would make me feel good.
I was extremely good at starting something and being hyper-fixated on it for about 3 weeks and then never following through.
It was because I thought that this new endeavor would satisfy me and when it came up short I abandoned it.
And I have to be honest, this is still somewhat of a struggle for me.
Especially when I take my eyes off of Jesus.
But when I run to him with my problems.
Run to him with my inconsistencies.
Run to him instead of the things that temporarily satisfy I find true satisfaction.
There are many people in our circles of influence, at home, in our workplace, in our schools who are hungry for spiritual things.
They want to believe in a higher power.
They want to be a part of something bigger.
But in our post-Christian culture they seem themselves as God.
The seek satisfaction in their truth, their lives, their ability to attain some higher form.
What we need to do is to take them to the bread of life.
We need to take them to Jesus.
Because only there will they be satisfied.
And for sure not everyone will trust.
Not everyone will believe.
Even the people standing before Jesus right now in this passage don’t believe.
But we can rest assured that some will.
And the reason they will believe is b/c God will call them to himself.
And if God calls them to repentance and belief.
Jesus will hold them.
I want us to listen again to these comforting words of Jesus
John 6:37-40 “37 Everyone the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never cast out.
38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
39 This is the will of him who sent me: that I should lose none of those he has given me but should raise them up on the last day.
40 For this is the will of my Father: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him will have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.””
If you are drawn by the Father to the Son you will not be cast out.
You are not responsible for your own salvation.
Jesus is.
And there is nothing that you can do, if you truly belong to him to be cast out.
Because it is God’s will that Jesus holds on to those who are Saved.
And for those of us who believe in the Son.
Those of us who place our trust in the Son.
Those of us that are drawn by the Father to faith will be raised up when the end of Time comes.
Isn’t it amazing that this is the Will of the Father?
That people come to salvation.
That people are resurrected to new life.
That people are restored to fellowship with a holy God
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