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A Full Breakfast · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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We can turn back to our reading in John's Gospel, chapter 6.
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We're going to look at just this section, verse 25, down to verse 51,
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where Jesus is speaking to this large crowd who have come,
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seeking after him, having seen a miracle that he performed,
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especially the miracle of feeding the 5,000.
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And in verse 26, we read there,
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Jesus answered them,
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Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me not because you saw signs,
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but because you ate your fill of loaves.
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Do not labor for food that perishes,
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but for the food that endures to eternal life,
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which the Son of Man will give to you, and so on.
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So they came because of a miracle that Jesus had performed,
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but Jesus wants to give them now the word,
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give him his word, and to remind them who he is
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and hear how he describes himself as the bread of life.
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Maybe you've gathered here today, you've come here today,
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maybe you were given an invitation as you were walking out in the street this morning
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to come and enjoy a breakfast,
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to come and enjoy maybe a bacon roll and a cup of tea.
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Maybe you've come with that in mind,
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and perhaps then you were invited to come in to the church.
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And it's great that many of you have come in,
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and it's good for us just to come together in this way
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to hear God's word and to share from it.
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Because we are reminded in God's word that it's good for us to eat
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and to enjoy all of these things,
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that if we want to enjoy life to the full,
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that we need an extra ingredient,
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and that is the Lord Jesus himself.
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We've all enjoyed a breakfast, I'm sure, this morning of some sort,
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whether it was in the hall or at home.
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Breakfast, as they say, is the most important meal of the day.
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But I want us now to enjoy a full breakfast,
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to round off the food that we've enjoyed
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by coming to the word of God and to Jesus,
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who is describing himself here as the bread of life.
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But food, it's such a big part of our lives,
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we cannot do without it.
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As I was saying to the younger ones before they went out,
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as we walk around the town this week,
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there's always that smell of food coming from somewhere,
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catching our attention.
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And as soon as we smell that food,
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we start thinking about eating, about sitting and eating.
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And we spend so much time maybe talking about food.
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What are we going to have for dinner?
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What are we going to have in the week ahead?
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Our thoughts are so much taken up by food.
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It has that kind of pull on us.
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Even as you start talking about bacon rolls,
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or if you start talking about what are we having for dinner,
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maybe your mind just wanders and you start thinking about these things.
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I want you to come back.
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Come back.
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Forget about these things for a moment.
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Just let's focus our thoughts on what we have before us here.
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Because here we have Jesus talking about a different kind of food.
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And something that should occupy our thoughts and our minds more and more,
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each and every day.
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Does Jesus have that same pull on your life today as the thought of food does?
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Is Jesus as appealing as the thought of a good meal to you today?
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Well, as we read here in John's Gospel, chapter 6,
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what we find is a people for whom food was a big part of their lives.
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And to go without food meant to go hungry just in the same way as it does for us.
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They ate just like we do.
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They went hungry just as we do.
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And at the beginning of this chapter,
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we find that that first section, verse 1 to 15,
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there was a hunger in their midst.
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There was a hunger in their midst because they had been with Jesus.
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They had been listening to him and the large crowd had come.
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And there in verse 5, it says,
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Where are we to buy bread so that these people may eat?
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There was a hunger in their midst.
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They didn't have anywhere to go and buy food,
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but food appeared from a little boy who provided for them.
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And Jesus multiplied that food for them.
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A miracle happened.
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And so that's where they've come from now.
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They've come and followed Jesus.
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They've come and followed him looking to see what else that he might be able to give.
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And when we come into verse 26 and 27,
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here Jesus gives them a challenge.
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What now are you looking for from me is the question that he has.
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Verse 26,
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Truly, truly, I say to you,
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you are seeking me not because you saw signs,
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but because you ate your fill of loaves.
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Do not labor for the food that perishes,
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but for the food that endures to eternal life.
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That's the challenge that he puts before them.
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What are they coming for?
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What are they really looking for in life?
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A festival has come to an end here in the town.
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People have come.
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People have gone.
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People are on their way away from here.
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But what now in life?
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What's next?
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What are we hungry for now?
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Where are we going?
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What are we going to do in our lives?
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Well, Jesus here gives us a way to find life with him.
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There's three things I want us to look at here together.
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Three things that we can see Jesus speaking about here
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that we find ourselves doing in life as well.
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Well, we find first a people laboring or working.
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Laboring and working, they both mean the same thing.
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A people laboring.
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That's what maybe many of us will go back to.
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We also find a people longing.
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They're looking for something.
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They're longing for something.
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And again, maybe that's your life today as well.
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You're longing for something.
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Then thirdly, we see a people living.
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A people living.
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A people with that sense of,
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I've got something I'm living for.
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And we see here a people who find life and meaning in Jesus.
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Where do you find yourself today?
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Are you someone who's laboring in life?
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A person who's working hard for many different things?
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Are you a person who's got great longings?
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You're like looking for something.
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You're looking for answers.
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You're looking for meaning in life.
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Or are you someone who is living?
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And you've got a living purpose in your heart today.
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And especially that living for Jesus.
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That's the three things we're going to look at together.
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Just for a short time just now.
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So first of all, we see a people laboring.
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A people working.
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We see this in verse 827.
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When Jesus says to them there,
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Do not labor for food that perishes.
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He's asking them,
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What are you doing?
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What's your purpose in life?
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What are you laboring for today?
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What are you working for today?
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The same way that food takes up so much of our thoughts and so much of our times.
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So much of our day-to-day life is taken up in this way of thinking about laboring in life.
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Working in life.
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And what are you working for?
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Because that's what one of our great designs in life is.
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That we work and we have a goal in mind.
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Sometimes it's just to get by day by day.
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A sense of survival.
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I need to labor.
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I need to work.
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Just to get by day by day.
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Sometimes you're working.
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You're laboring because you've got something in mind.
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Perhaps you've been laboring hard to come and visit the island.
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To come to the festival this year.
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You've had to earn that money to buy that holiday.
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To buy that trip.
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You can be working or laboring with something in mind.
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Maybe you're laboring.
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You're working just to get you a comfortable life.
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A home.
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To support a family.
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To support children through university or education or early life.
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We can have so many reasons and purposes for laboring.
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But what's behind it all?
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What's the real purpose behind it all?
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The way we are, there's almost something that always has our focus, our attention when it comes to laboring.
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But is it something that will satisfy?
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Is it something that will last?
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That's what Jesus is asking there in verse 27.
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Do not labor for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life.
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He's saying labor in a way that you see that there is a real purpose.
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A major sports star in America, Tom Brady, an American footballer.
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Quite early on in his career, he was interviewed.
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And he'd had a very successful career by this point.
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He had won three Super Bowls.
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That's the biggest prize in American football.
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But as he was interviewed, this is something that he said.
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Why, having won three Super Bowls, do I still think there's something greater out there for me?
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I think there's got to be more to it than this.
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I mean, this isn't it.
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This can't be what it's all, all that it's cracked up to be.
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You see, there was something missing in his life.
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And the journalist who was interviewing him asked him the question,
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What's the answer then, Tom?
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And Tom Brady's response was, I wish I knew.
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It's quite a sad interview in many ways that a man who was very successful in his career,
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who had won great things in his career, but all the time thinking,
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there's got to be more to it than this.
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And asked, what do you think it is?
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I wish I knew.
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There was something missing.
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And it's such a common story in life today for many people.
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Laboring, working away, even successful in life,
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but still there's something missing.
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Still there's something lacking.
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And perhaps like Tom Brady, you say today,
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I wish I knew what that was.
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I wish I knew.
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Well, as Jesus meets the crowd here,
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what he does is he addresses this question of,
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I wish I knew.
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And in so doing, he describes himself as the missing link.
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When they're saying here,
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Do not labor for that which perishes,
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but that which lasts,
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but the food that endures to eternal life.
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They ask the question,
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Where can we find this?
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How can I do this work?
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But he comes to the point where he says,
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I am the bread of life.
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I am the bread of life.
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I am is one of these great seeings that Jesus has,
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especially in the Gospel of John.
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But it's throughout the Scriptures
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where Jesus or the Lord is saying who he is
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and how much we need him.
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They often go back to the Old Testament.
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They often remind us of just how our lives are so often consumed
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by the things of this world.
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You go back to Isaiah chapter 55.
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There the prophet Isaiah says,
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Why do you spend your money on that which is not bread?
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And why do you labor for that which does not satisfy?
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So the problem in the Old Testament with Isaiah
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is the same one here in John's Gospel.
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Why are you laboring for that which does not satisfy?
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He's not saying don't work.
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That's to be a part of our lives.
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But he's saying,
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Why are you living in a way where you don't see a purpose
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in all that you do?
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And he says to them here,
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You know, you're not coming to me for me.
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You're coming because you saw me perform great miracles.
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What are you really looking for?
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I hope you didn't come here today just to enjoy a breakfast.
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I hope you don't go from here today just to enjoy a meal somewhere
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or to go on laboring in this world with no purpose,
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thinking I wish I knew what the purpose was
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when the purpose is here before us.
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What are you laboring for?
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That's the challenge that we have in these words.
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Is Jesus the center of your attention?
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And then that leads us into the second point,
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which is a people longing.
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A people with a sense of longing,
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which is what we often are as well.
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It's the way we live our lives.
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We're longing for something.
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We're looking for something that will fulfill our lives.
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So what do you want from Jesus?
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What would you want from Jesus today
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if you were able to ask him for one thing?
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Why do you listen to his word?
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Why do you come looking for him?
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Because everyone is looking for something in life.
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But what is it for you?
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Well, in verse 28 to verse 34 here,
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we see a people who are longing for a number of different things.
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They say in verse 28,
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what must we do?
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What must we do to be doing the works of God?
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So they're asking these questions.
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How do we please God?
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Is there something we can do?
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Is there a sign?
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He goes on, show us a sign.
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You have that question as well.
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They've got all these questions.
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How are we going to come and believe in Jesus?
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How can we find this bread that you are speaking about?
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There's a longing.
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And that's the same in our lives.
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There's usually a longing for something in our lives.
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But what we see here is it's a people who are confused.
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A people who are mixed up.
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People who don't really,
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they know they're missing something,
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but they don't know how to find it.
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There's a desire and a longing for good,
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but they're in a muddle.
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They're mixed up.
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They're blowing this way and that way.
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And again, that's the way our lives can so often be.
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We've pulled in different directions.
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Just think of how often we're told in our diets
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what's good for us and what's not,
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and how often it changes.
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How often have we been told
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that chocolate is bad?
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But then maybe another day,
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chocolate is good.
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How often have we been told to avoid dairy products?
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And then the next day you're told
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dairy products are good.
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To avoid fats,
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and then you say you need fats.
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To avoid sugar,
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and you need sugar.
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There can be so much confusion.
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But we know a bad diet is bad for us
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in different ways.
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Not just outwardly,
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but inwardly.
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We know that there is a concern
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if our diet is wrong
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and it's starting to affect our organs
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like our heart or something.
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We know that's not good.
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That's a concern
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and that a doctor shows to us.
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When we're wondering,
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what's good?
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What's bad for me?
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What am I meant to do in life?
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We go to the doctor.
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We seek advice.
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But Jesus here is concerned
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not about our physical health,
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but about our spiritual health.
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He's seeing a people who are confused,
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who have little direction in their life,
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who don't know where to go,
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what to turn to.
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They've got a longing,
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but they don't know where to look.
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Well, Jesus is saying,
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this is where you're to look.
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Look to me.
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Because he has a great concern for us.
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You see this in verse 33 to 35.
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For the bread of God
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is he who comes down from heaven
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and gives life to the world.
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They said to him,
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sir, give us this bread always.
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Jesus said to them,
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I am the bread of life.
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Whoever comes to me shall not hunger,
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and whoever believes in me
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shall never thirst.
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And so there is the answer.
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In their confusion,
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in their muddle,
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in their wondering which direction to go in,
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Jesus is saying,
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I am the bread of life.
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Have your focus on me.
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If you have a pet,
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or if you,
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maybe a dog,
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any time there's food on the go,
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the dog is going to appear,
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suddenly seems to appear out of nowhere,
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and just looks at you longingly
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for some of that food.
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I'm sure many of you have experienced that.
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Well,
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a famous Christian in the past,
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a man called Martin Luther,
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who lived many years ago,
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but he was a strong Christian
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in many ways.
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But he said he often learned from his dog.
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He said,
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oh,
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if I only could pray
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the way this dog watches the meat.
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All his thoughts are concentrated
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on that piece of meat.
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He has no other thought,
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wish,
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or hope.
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And he was saying,
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that's the way I wish I could come
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to God in prayer.
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Because we're so often distracted.
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We're so often led away.
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We're so often our longings
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are pulled in different directions.
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But Jesus is saying here,
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narrow it in.
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Don't get distracted by other things.
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I am the bread of life.
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I am the one
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who is able to satisfy you.
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And so there is where he takes him.
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All who take the bread in this world
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is a bread that perishes.
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But if we come and take of him
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who is the bread of life,
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he gives us guarantees
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for eternity.
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And so is your focus,
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is your longing
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on him.
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That is where
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we are to go.
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Because then thirdly,
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we see if that is the case,
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we find ourselves
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as a people living.
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A people living
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for him.
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Do you believe that every meal
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that you eat each day
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keeps you alive?
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Of course you do.
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Because that's why you eat.
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You don't come to the conclusion
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and say,
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I've had enough.
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We can feel
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so full
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after a big meal
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and say,
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oh,
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I won't have to eat again
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for days.
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But within hours,
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you're going into the cupboard
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for something else to eat.
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Because that's the way we are.
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We eat,
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but we need more.
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We need more.
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We cannot go on.
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We stop eating.
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We die.
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Do you say the same
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about Jesus though?
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I can't live
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without him?
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Or are you saying,
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I can live
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without him?
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Which is it?
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If you say,
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I can live without him,
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you'll realize perhaps
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when it's too late
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that you can't.
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but the word of God
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here is showing us
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that in him
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we can live.
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This is what we see
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in verse 41 and 42.
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They had this attitude
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of we can manage
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without Jesus.
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The Jews grumbled
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about him
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and said,
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because he said,
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I am the bread
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that came down
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from heaven.
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They said,
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is this not Jesus,
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the son of Joseph
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whose father and mother
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we know?
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Is this not just
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an ordinary man?
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Is this not just
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someone who's not
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that important?
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That's the way
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we can be with Jesus.
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We can say
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he's not that important
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to us.
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Or we can see
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that he is truly
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important to us.
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That we cannot live
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without him.
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The bread of this world
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as it says,
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bread that perishes,
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bread that doesn't satisfy,
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is just like chasing
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after the wind.
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We cannot catch it.
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We cannot find it.
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It never satisfies.
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In Greek mythology,
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there was a man
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called King Tantalus.
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And he was punished
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by being chained.
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Where he was chained,
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there was a lake
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and the lake would rise
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up to his chin.
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And any time
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he put his chin down
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to get a drink of water,
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the lake would subside.
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The water would subside away.
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And above him
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was a tree
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with branches
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with fruit
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that was just
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dropping down to him.
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But any time
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he would reach up
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his hand
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to get some of that fruit
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that branch
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would lift away,
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he could never get it.
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King Tantalus
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was his name.
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And that's where
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we get the word
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tantalize from.
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Something that is
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tantalizing
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is something
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that is so close
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that we can almost
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feel it,
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we can almost touch it,
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but we just
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can't get it.
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And that's
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what chasing
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after things
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in this life
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is like so often.
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We're looking
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for satisfaction,
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we're looking
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for fulfillment
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in so many
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different things.
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It's teasing us,
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it's tantalizing,
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but we cannot reach it,
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we cannot touch it.
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There's a frustration.
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Well,
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Jesus is here
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to show us
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that it's not just
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tantalizing for us,
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but that it's truth,
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that it's real,
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that it's something
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that we can have.
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A Savior
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who can give
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eternal life
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is not just
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something teasing,
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it's not just
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something tantalizing,
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it's a reality
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of what we read
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here in this passage.
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In verse 37,
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Jesus says,
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all that the Father
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gives me
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will come to me
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and whoever comes
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I will never
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cast out.
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You're saying,
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but I'm not
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good enough
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for it.
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Well,
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Jesus says,
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come,
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come,
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trust,
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believe,
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repent of your sins
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and turn to me
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and I will never
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cast you out,
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I will never
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put you away.
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In verse 40,
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for this is the will
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of my Father
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that whoever
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looks on the Son
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and believes in him
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should have
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eternal life.
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That is the promise
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that you have
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in his word.
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It's not just
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tantalizing,
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it's truth.
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In verse 47
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and 48,
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truly,
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truly I say to you,
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whoever believes
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has eternal life,
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I am the bread
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of life.
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Will you not
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come to him
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today?
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That's the question
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for us.
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Are you laboring
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today?
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Are you longing
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today?
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These two things
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so often go
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hand in hand.
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We're working,
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we're laboring
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away for something
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that does not
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satisfy.
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We're longing
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for something
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to fulfill us,
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to give us
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that true
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satisfaction
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in life.
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While Jesus
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is saying,
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I am
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the bread
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of life.
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You will find
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fulfillment,
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you will find
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satisfaction
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with me.
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We all
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need
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food.
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food.
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We will
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all have
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enjoyed food
24:53
this morning.
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We will
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all go
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and enjoy
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food
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after
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this service.
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We will
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all go
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on laboring.
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We will
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all go
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on longing.
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But what's
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fulfilling us?
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What's
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helping us
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live?
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We need
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Jesus
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because
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Jesus
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is
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the bread
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of life.
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life.
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Why
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do you
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labor
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for that
25:19
which
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perishes
25:20
instead of
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what endures
25:23
to eternal
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life?
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That is what
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Jesus is
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leading us
25:28
to.
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And may
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he lead
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you today
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and in all
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the days
25:31
ahead.
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May he
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lead you
25:32
to know
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the wonder
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of him
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as the one
25:36
who satisfies
25:37
that longing,
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the one
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who fulfills
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all that
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laboring
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by living
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for him
25:44
who is
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the bread
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of life.
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Let's just
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bow our heads
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in a word
25:48
of prayer.
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Let us pray.
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Lord,
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our gracious
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God,
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we thank
25:53
you that
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your word
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speaks,
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that your
25:56
word guides
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us and
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helps us.
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We thank
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you,
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Lord,
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that you
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remind us
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of what
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our lives
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are like
26:02
so often,
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of how
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we labor
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and how
26:05
we long
26:05
for so
26:06
much in
26:06
this world.
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But we
26:08
pray to
26:08
find that
26:09
sense of
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life and
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living
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in you
26:12
as the
26:12
bread of
26:13
life.
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May we
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know it,
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experience it
26:15
and touch
26:16
it and
26:16
know the
26:17
reality of
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it day
26:19
by day
26:19
as we
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seek your
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good upon
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us.
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In
26:22
Jesus'
26:22
name.
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Amen.
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We're
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going to
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conclude by
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singing again
26:29
to God's
26:30
praise this
26:31
time in
26:31
Psalm 34.
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You'll find
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it on page
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247 of
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the Psalm
26:36
books,
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the Scottish
26:37
Psalter
26:38
version.
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Psalm 34
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verse 8.
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We'll sing
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three verses
26:43
to verse 11.
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The tune is
26:45
St. David.
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Again,
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this Psalm
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just reminds
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us where
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to come
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and find
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that goodness
26:52
of God.
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Oh,
26:53
taste and
26:53
see that
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God is
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good,
26:55
who trusts
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in him
26:56
is blessed.
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Fear God
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is saints,
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and not in
26:59
fear shall
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be with
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want
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oppressed.
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We'll sing
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from verse
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8 to
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11 to
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God's
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praise.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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O taste
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and see
27:14
that
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God
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is
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good,
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who
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trusts
27:20
in him
27:23
is
27:24
blessed.
27:26
Fear God
27:28
is
27:29
safe,
27:30
none
27:31
that
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him
27:33
fear
27:34
shall
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be
27:36
with
27:37
want
27:38
to
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press.
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The
27:43
lions
27:44
young
27:46
may
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agree
27:48
be,
27:50
and
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they
27:52
may
27:53
lack
27:54
their
27:55
burden,
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but
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they
27:59
that
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truly
28:02
seek
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the
28:04
Lord
28:05
shall
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not
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lack
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any
28:10
good.
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O
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children
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hither
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do
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ye
28:21
come
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and
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unto
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me
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give
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ear.
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I
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shall
28:32
you
28:33
teach
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to
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understand
28:38
how
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ye
28:40
the
28:42
Lord
28:43
should
28:44
hear.
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We'll
28:47
close with a
28:48
benediction,
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and after that
28:49
I'll go to
28:49
the main
28:50
door.
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Now may
28:51
grace,
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mercy,
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and peace
28:52
from God,
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Father,
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Son,
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and Holy
28:55
Spirit,
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rest upon
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and abide
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with you
28:58
all,
28:58
now and
28:59
forevermore.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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.