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Amen. Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in John chapter 6.
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Our text for today is John chapter 6 verses 52 through 59.
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! While you're getting there, I want to talk to you a little bit about our upcoming preaching schedule through the end of the year.
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Just to kind of give you a little bit of an idea of the trajectory that we are headed on.
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First, this will be my last week preaching for some time.
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So the next two weeks, we're going to finish out John chapter 6.
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And Francis Rojas is going to come and preach for us.
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I'm really looking forward to that.
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He is studying the chiastic structure.
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So, pleased, really pleased with that.
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The two weeks after that, we're going to take a little bit of a break from John.
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And TJ Fisher and Alex Kohler, not as a tag team duo, but in two separate weeks,
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are going to walk through the parable of the sower from Matthew chapter 13.
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And then, if you can believe it, we're into Advent season.
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It's already upon us, just four Sundays away after this Lord's Day.
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So, as we have traditionally, we're going to preach through the Advent themes.
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Hope, joy, peace, love, and various elders are going to take care of that.
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Somehow, in the history of our church, it became a tradition that I don't preach those Advent themes.
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And I'm happy for that, because December is a crazy month, isn't it?
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And the guys really kindly jump in and give me a little bit of space for that.
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I also want to let you know that I am going to be taking a sabbatical.
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It wasn't planned to do so this year, but your elders really love me and care well for my soul.
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They know how incredibly busy I am and thin I'm running.
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So, I never take a break and do nothing.
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There's always something going on in the service of the church.
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So, I kind of want to call them planning sabbaticals.
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Big step back, kind of out of the fray, taking a look at next year.
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Lots of time in the Word and prayer, thinking about where the Lord may be leading us into 2026.
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I'm going to be doing that mid-November into the beginning of December.
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You'll hear more about it.
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I won't be entirely gone, but a number of responsibilities I'll set aside for that time.
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So, there we are. That's what we're up to.
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Really happy that I could be here with you this morning and looking once again at John chapter 6.
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Before I pray and read the text, I want to remind you where we've been in this chapter.
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So, there's a couple of miracles that take place.
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And in John's pattern, we see the record of miracles and then teaching.
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So, at the beginning of John 6, Jesus feeds the 5,000.
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And to highlight these, I've been arguing to you that there's a particular literary structure used all throughout this book.
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If you don't know what a chiasm is, I've outlined today's text for you in the bulletin so you can kind of see it.
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The way the text can fold on top of itself, that corresponds.
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And the central point of that particular section of Scripture is meant to draw our attention.
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Give us an interpretive lens.
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Help us to understand it a bit deeper.
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So, when Jesus feeds the 5,000, the central verse is John chapter 6 and verse 10,
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where he says,
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Have the people sit down.
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And John adds,
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Now there was much grass in the place.
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Jesus being seen as the great shepherd,
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as John chapter 10 corresponds to John chapter 6.
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Leaving this miracle,
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The apostles go on across the sea.
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And Jesus joins them later by walking on water.
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And he calms that storm and takes them immediately to the other side.
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And when they see him, understandably in verse 19, they're afraid.
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And he says to them in verse 20,
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Again, this is the central piece of that passage.
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It is I, or you could translate that,
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I am,
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declaring himself to be God.
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And then says,
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Do not be afraid.
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And it's after this that he arrives at the shore.
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And he's in Capernaum.
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And the bread of life discourse begins.
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This mob that he fed on one side of the sea
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has now come around to the other side of the sea.
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And they're seeking him.
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But he says in verse 26 and 27,
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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 the loaves.
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They were coming to him for temporary, temporal food.
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And then he says in verse 27,
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Do not work for the 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.
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For on him God the Father has set his seal.
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And then the bread of life discourse continues,
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which we looked at last week.
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And the emphasis of that next section
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is the rejection of Jesus as the bread of life.
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The central part of that text is verse 42,
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where they said,
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Is not this Jesus, the Son of Joseph,
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whose father and mother we know?
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How does he now say,
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I have come down from heaven?
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We're going to see all of this continue on
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in today's text and on through
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the end of the chapter.
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The rejection of Jesus by the Jews, largely.
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And then some acceptance of him
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toward the end of the chapter.
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The section from last Sunday
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concludes with the following words,
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which will get us into our text for today.
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So I'll begin reading in verse 48.
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Jesus says,
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I am the bread of life.
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Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness,
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and they died.
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This is the bread that comes down from heaven
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so that one may eat of it and not die.
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I am the living bread that came down from heaven.
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If anyone eats of this bread,
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he will live forever.
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And the bread that I will give
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for the life of the world is my flesh.
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Which brings us to verse 52.
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Before I read it, let's pray together.
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Father, help us, we pray,
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as we take up your word together this morning.
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We want to rightly understand it
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and apply it.
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And we humbly recognize
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that we absolutely need your help to do so.
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This was written for your glory
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and for our good.
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And we want to believe its promises
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and obey its commands
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and have affection for you, its author.
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So we ask that you would help us to this end.
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And we pray it in Christ's name.
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Amen.
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John chapter 6, beginning in verse 52.
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The Jews then disputed among themselves,
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saying,
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How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
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So Jesus said to them,
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Truly, truly, I say to you,
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unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man
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and drink his blood,
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you have no life in you.
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Whoever feeds on my flesh
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and drinks my blood
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has eternal life,
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and I will raise him up on the last day.
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For my flesh is true food,
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and my blood is true drink.
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Whoever feeds on my flesh
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and drinks my blood
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abides in me,
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and I in him.
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As the living Father sent me,
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and I live because of the Father,
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so whoever feeds on me,
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he also will live because of me.
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This is the bread that came down from heaven.
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Not like the bread the fathers ate and died,
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whoever feeds on this bread
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will live forever.
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Jesus said these things in the synagogue
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as he taught at Capernaum.
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So notice first,
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before we get into our outline,
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the structure of the text.
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And again, I included that in there for you.
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I won't spend much time on
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walking through it detail by detail,
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but I hope it helps you see
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why is there repetition
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repetition in the way that Jesus is speaking
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and the way John records this dialogue.
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It's important, right?
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Again, drawing our attention
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to a central point.
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It doesn't mean the other parts aren't important,
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but it's meant to help us think
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as we think about the entirety of the text.
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So notice verse 55,
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For my flesh is true food
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and my blood is true drink.
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Something for us to meditate on
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across the rest of today
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and into the rest of the week.
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What does Jesus mean?
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My flesh is true food
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and my blood is true drink.
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I hope our bit of time together in this text
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will help us comprehend
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all that's contained therein.
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So our outline today,
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number one,
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the offense of the invitation.
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And we see this in verse 52, right?
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After this statement,
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this beginning of this discourse
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that Jesus is giving,
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the Jews then disputed among themselves,
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saying,
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How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
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Now, no reasonable person
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would think at this point
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that Jesus is suggesting cannibalism
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and offering up himself for a meal.
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But this seems to be what they're doing.
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I don't know the entire nature
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of the dispute that they have,
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but the question they ask is,
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How is it possible
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that this man can give us himself to eat?
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The fact that they disputed
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means that they argued sharply
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with one another.
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It's a very strong Greek verb.
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They get into a conflict with one another
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about what he means by this.
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He's not at all being literal.
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Of course,
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he is speaking in metaphor.
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Had anybody been paying any attention
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to everything he said up to this point,
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they would know it's a metaphor.
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But what is it that he means?
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They argue about this.
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I think the thing that's most important
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to note here
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is the attitude of their unbelief.
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Who do they turn to
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when they don't understand
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what it is that he is saying?
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Not to him.
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They're not seeking from the Savior
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to understand what he might mean.
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He says something difficult
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for them to understand,
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and who do they turn to?
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To one another.
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They do not ask him for clarification.
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They turn to each other
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in bitter conflict.
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They dispute.
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They argue sharply.
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They philosophize about
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what could be meant by such a thing
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instead of listening
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to the Savior
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and seeking to understand
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what he means
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by having life in him.
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This is the way.
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This is the nature of the Gospel.
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It's offensive to those
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who don't believe.
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How could this be so?
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Don't find yourself
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in this camp.
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Perhaps the Gospel comes to you
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and it strikes at your sinful heart.
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Seek clarity from the Savior.
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Find yourself offended.
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Listen on.
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Understand more.
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There's such an offer given here.
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So secondly, we see in the text
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the necessity of saving faith.
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verse 53 and 54.
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In response to their dispute,
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Jesus adds something on top.
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How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
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They say in verse 52.
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So, John records,
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Jesus said to them,
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truly, truly, I say to you,
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unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man
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and drink his blood,
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you have no life in you.
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Whoever feeds on my flesh
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and drinks my blood
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has eternal life
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and I will raise him up
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on the last day.
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The Jews of this narrative
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had already found the idea
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of eating Jesus' flesh
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offensive.
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But now Jesus expands the metaphor
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to drinking his blood.
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Why is this added?
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Why is this compounding the offense?
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The law of Moses did not allow
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for the drinking of blood
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or the eating of meat with blood
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still in it.
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You can reference Leviticus 17,
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Leviticus 19,
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Deuteronomy 12.
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This was pagan stuff.
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So this addition to the metaphor
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just adds to the offense
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when the point of the metaphor
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is being missed.
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So let's be very sure
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that we don't miss the point
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of the metaphor.
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Now a small aside I think
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is necessary here
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at this point.
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Catholics,
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and some others,
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but predominantly Catholics,
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are quick to make these verses
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sacramental
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and use them
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to argue
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for transubstantiation,
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which is the belief
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that the bread and wine
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literally become
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the body and blood of Jesus
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in the Lord's Supper.
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This is their run-to,
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go-to text.
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Now I suggest to you
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that there is some allusion
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to the supper
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in these verses.
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We could get some understanding
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of the supper,
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but that's not
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what's being taught
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about here.
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We should be very careful
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not to read more
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into the text
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than the purpose
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of the context
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in which it sits.
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It's a little hermeneutical
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exercise that could be done
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at this point,
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which I'll spare you.
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So what is
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the point
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of the metaphor?
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Jesus,
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in
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suggesting that
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his flesh and blood
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must be
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consumed,
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is certainly
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referring
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to his soon-coming
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sacrifice
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and teaching those
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who will hear him
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that identification
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with his death
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grants the believer
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life.
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believing
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that he
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is the Christ
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and that his body
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will be broken
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and his blood
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will be
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spilt.
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Listen to the
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preceding verses.
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Just a few.
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John 6,
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verse 28 and 29.
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Then they said to him,
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what must we do
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to be doing
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the works
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of God?
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How do we
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please
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God?
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Jesus answered them,
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verse 29,
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this is the work
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of God
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that you believe
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in him
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whom he has sent.
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Don't separate that out
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of the context.
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There it is.
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The work is
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believe.
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Eat the flesh
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and drink the blood
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is the metaphor
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to help us understand
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what it is
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we're to believe
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in.
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Another place,
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verse 40,
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for this is the will
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of my Father
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that everyone
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who looks
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on the Son
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and believes
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in him
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should have
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eternal life
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and I will
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raise him up
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on the last day.
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Don't overcomplicate
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what the metaphor
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means.
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Identify,
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believe in
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Jesus'
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sacrifice
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on your behalf.
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Previously,
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I read,
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leading into this text,
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verse 48
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through 51.
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Listen to it now
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with verse 47
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added.
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So this is John 6,
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verse 47
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and following.
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Truly, truly,
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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 of life.
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Your fathers ate
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the manna
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in the wilderness
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and they died.
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Temporal,
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temporal provision
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and they died.
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This is the bread
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that comes down
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from heaven
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so that one may
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eat of it
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and not die.
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I am the living bread
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that came down
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from heaven
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and in your eats
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of this bread
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he will live forever
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and the bread
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that I will give
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for the life
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of the world
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is my flesh.
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And this is what
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causes
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the commotion
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amongst them,
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the unbelief
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and the conflict
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that follows.
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All of this
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need not become
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more complicated
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than this.
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our souls
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will hunger
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and they will thirst
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until they find
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their full
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satisfaction
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in Christ.
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Our souls
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long
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to be restored
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in relationship
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to the Father
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and this comes
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through
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the sacrificial
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work of Jesus
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on behalf
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of his people.
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We just have to believe
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that that's true.
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this happens
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when we take
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hold
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of who he is
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and what he has
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accomplished
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for all
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who will believe
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in him.
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That's what Jesus
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is teaching
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in the Bread of Life
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discourse.
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A quotation
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that I included
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in your
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bulletin
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on this text
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this is
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Charles Spurgeon
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talking about
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this text
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he said
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God be thanked
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for the simplicity
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of the gospel.
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The longer
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I live
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the more
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I bless
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God
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that we have
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not received
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a classical
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gospel
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or a mathematical
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gospel
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or a metaphysical
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gospel
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it is not a gospel
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confined to
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scholars
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and men
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of genius
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but a poor
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man's gospel
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a plowman's
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gospel
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for that is
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the kind
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of gospel
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which we can
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live upon
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and die upon
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it is not to us
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sorry
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it is not
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to us
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not the luxury
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of refinement
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but the staple
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food
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of life.
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You want
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life
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and eternal
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life?
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It comes
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by being
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sustained
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by Jesus
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himself.
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So we see
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in verse 53
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and 54
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the necessity
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of saving
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faith
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justified
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by grace
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through faith
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in Christ
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alone.
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But praise
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God
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it doesn't
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end
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there.
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Our justification
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is a wonderful
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thing
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to glory in
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but he goes
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on
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verses 55
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through 57
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we see
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thirdly
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the union
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of the living
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the union
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the uniting
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of
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the living
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here we see
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the
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for my flesh
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is true
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food
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and my blood
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is true
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drink
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again
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temporal food
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providing for
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temporal life
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but Jesus
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providing for
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eternal
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life
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and then
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he presents
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the most
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precious
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of ideas
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it's an idea
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that I just
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love
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to ponder
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and John
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uses a word
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he is rather
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fond of
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to help us
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to understand
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this
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idea
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Jesus says
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verse 56
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whoever feeds
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on my flesh
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and drinks
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my blood
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and you can
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insert there
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whoever believes
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in me
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abides
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in me
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and I
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in him
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it's the Greek
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word
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meno
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m-e-n-o
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abides
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remains
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dwells
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it's the idea
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of a fixed
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place
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of
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belonging
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the one
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who believes
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in Jesus
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belongs
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in
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him
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and
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likewise
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Jesus
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takes up
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residence
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in the
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believer
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this is an
21:49
extraordinarily
21:50
special
21:52
relationship
21:54
union
21:56
being
21:56
united
21:57
with
21:59
Christ
22:00
so I said
22:01
the union
22:02
of the living
22:03
right
22:03
Jesus
22:03
lives
22:04
and we
22:05
live
22:06
in
22:07
him
22:08
let's look at
22:10
some other
22:10
places that
22:11
John uses
22:12
this word
22:12
to understand
22:13
just how
22:14
special
22:15
this relationship
22:16
is
22:17
you turn
22:18
back to
22:19
John chapter
22:19
1
22:20
and verse
22:21
32
22:22
he records
22:24
there
22:24
John the
22:25
Baptist
22:26
bearing
22:27
witness
22:27
it says
22:28
and John
22:28
bore witness
22:30
he quotes
22:31
him
22:31
I saw
22:32
the spirit
22:33
the holy
22:34
spirit
22:34
descend
22:36
from heaven
22:37
like a
22:38
dove
22:38
and it
22:40
remained
22:41
abided
22:43
remained
22:44
dwelt
22:45
on
22:46
him
22:48
so you
22:48
see
22:49
the picture
22:49
of
22:50
the
22:50
son
22:50
God
22:51
the
22:51
son
22:52
and
22:52
God
22:52
the
22:52
spirit
22:53
being
22:54
united
22:55
together
22:56
now turn
22:58
past our
22:59
text
22:59
to John
23:00
chapter 14
23:01
and verse
23:02
10
23:03
John 14
23:04
and verse
23:05
10
23:06
there Jesus
23:06
says
23:07
do you not
23:08
believe that
23:09
I am in
23:10
the father
23:11
and the
23:11
father is
23:12
in
23:13
me
23:14
the words
23:15
that I
23:16
say to
23:16
you
23:16
I do
23:17
not
23:17
speak
23:17
on my
23:18
own
23:18
authority
23:18
but the
23:19
father
23:20
who
23:20
dwells
23:22
in me
23:23
does
23:24
his
23:24
works
23:25
again
23:25
same
23:26
same word
23:27
being the same
23:28
Greek word
23:28
being used
23:28
there
23:29
we saw
23:30
it translated
23:30
remained
23:31
in chapter
23:31
1 verse
23:31
32
23:32
we see it
23:33
here in
23:33
John 14
23:34
verse 10
23:35
as
23:36
dwells
23:37
we see it
23:38
in our
23:39
text
23:39
as
23:40
abides
23:41
we're going
23:42
to see it
23:42
in a moment
23:43
in the same
23:43
way
23:44
God the
23:47
son
23:48
and God
23:48
the
23:48
father
23:49
united
23:51
dwelling
23:52
together
23:53
you're getting
23:55
the specialness
23:55
of this
23:56
relationship
23:56
this is what
23:58
we're being
23:58
invited into
23:59
if we believe
24:00
in Christ
24:02
one more
24:04
place
24:04
go a little
24:04
bit further
24:05
John
24:05
chapter 15
24:06
and verse
24:07
10
24:07
there
24:10
Jesus
24:10
says
24:11
if you
24:11
keep
24:11
my
24:12
commandments
24:12
you
24:14
will
24:14
abide
24:15
in my
24:17
love
24:17
just as
24:18
I have
24:19
kept
24:19
my
24:19
father's
24:20
commandments
24:20
and
24:21
abide
24:22
in his
24:24
love
24:24
dwell
24:25
remain
24:27
belong
24:29
forever
24:30
what is
24:33
Jesus
24:33
teaching
24:33
us
24:34
in
24:34
these
24:34
few
24:36
words
24:36
whoever
24:38
feeds
24:38
on my
24:38
flesh
24:39
and
24:39
drinks
24:39
my
24:39
blood
24:40
abides
24:40
in
24:41
me
24:41
and
24:42
I
24:42
in
24:43
him
24:44
life
24:46
is
24:46
ours
24:47
by
24:47
faith
24:48
in
24:48
Christ
24:49
because
24:50
we are
24:50
united
24:51
to him
24:51
in his
24:52
death
24:52
and in
24:53
his
24:54
resurrection
24:56
not just
24:57
in his
24:58
death
24:58
but also
24:59
in his
24:59
resurrection
25:01
when God
25:02
looks at
25:03
us
25:03
he sees
25:04
Jesus
25:05
if we have
25:06
placed our
25:07
faith
25:07
in him
25:08
the idea
25:09
of being
25:09
clothed
25:10
in Christ's
25:12
righteousness
25:12
this
25:13
little
25:14
phrase
25:15
in
25:16
Christ
25:16
appears
25:17
again
25:17
and again
25:18
and again
25:19
it's such
25:20
a beautiful
25:21
beautiful
25:22
idea
25:23
Jesus
25:25
goes on
25:26
in verse 57
25:26
as the
25:27
living
25:27
father
25:28
sent me
25:29
and I
25:30
live
25:30
because
25:30
of the
25:31
father
25:31
so
25:31
whoever
25:31
feeds
25:32
on
25:32
me
25:33
he
25:33
also
25:33
will
25:34
live
25:34
because
25:35
of
25:36
me
25:36
why
25:37
because
25:37
we are
25:38
united
25:38
to him
25:40
look at
25:41
the same
25:42
idea
25:42
not using
25:43
that same
25:44
Greek
25:44
word
25:45
but look
25:46
at the
25:46
idea
25:47
elsewhere
25:47
in
25:49
John
25:49
chapter
25:50
14
25:51
again
25:51
verse
25:52
18
25:53
through
25:53
20
25:54
there
25:54
Jesus
25:55
is talking
25:55
about
25:55
departing
25:56
but he
25:57
says
25:57
in
25:57
verse
25:57
18
25:58
I
25:58
will
25:58
not
25:58
leave
25:59
you
25:59
as
26:00
orphans
26:01
I
26:01
will
26:01
come
26:02
to
26:02
you
26:03
yet
26:04
a little
26:04
while
26:04
in
26:04
the
26:04
world
26:05
will
26:05
see
26:05
me
26:05
no
26:05
more
26:05
but
26:06
you
26:06
will
26:06
see
26:06
me
26:07
because
26:07
I
26:08
live
26:08
you
26:08
also
26:09
will
26:10
live
26:11
in
26:12
that
26:12
day
26:12
you
26:12
will
26:13
know
26:13
that
26:13
I
26:14
am
26:14
in
26:14
my
26:15
father
26:15
and
26:16
you
26:16
in
26:16
me
26:17
and
26:17
I
26:18
in
26:19
you
26:20
united
26:22
to
26:22
Christ
26:22
by
26:23
belief
26:23
in
26:24
him
26:24
Paul
26:26
teaches
26:26
the same
26:27
different
26:28
phrase
26:29
I mentioned
26:29
it already
26:30
two
26:30
sweet
26:31
words
26:32
in
26:33
Christ
26:35
he
26:36
writes
26:36
in
26:36
Romans
26:37
chapter
26:37
6
26:37
verse
26:38
23
26:38
for
26:38
the
26:39
wages
26:39
of
26:39
sin
26:39
is
26:39
death
26:40
but
26:41
the
26:41
free
26:41
gift
26:41
of
26:41
God
26:42
is
26:42
eternal
26:43
life
26:43
in
26:44
Christ
26:45
Jesus
26:45
our
26:47
Lord
26:47
and
26:48
in
26:48
Romans
26:48
chapter
26:48
8
26:49
and
26:49
verse
26:49
1
26:50
there
26:50
is
26:50
therefore
26:51
now
26:51
no
26:52
condemnation
26:53
for
26:53
those
26:54
who
26:54
are
26:55
in
26:56
Christ
26:57
Jesus
26:58
but
27:01
not
27:01
only
27:01
are
27:01
all
27:02
who
27:02
believe
27:02
in
27:03
Jesus
27:04
in
27:05
Christ
27:05
but
27:06
also
27:07
he
27:08
is
27:09
in
27:10
us
27:10
mentioned
27:11
already
27:11
John
27:11
chapter
27:11
14
27:12
and
27:12
verse
27:13
20
27:14
let's
27:15
know
27:15
what
27:15
Paul
27:15
says
27:15
in
27:15
Colossians
27:16
1
27:16
verse
27:17
27
27:18
to
27:18
his
27:18
saints
27:19
God
27:19
chose
27:20
to
27:20
make
27:20
known
27:20
how
27:20
great
27:21
among
27:21
the
27:21
Gentiles
27:22
are
27:22
the
27:23
riches
27:23
of
27:23
the
27:24
glory
27:24
of
27:25
this
27:25
majesty
27:26
which
27:26
is
27:27
Christ
27:27
in
27:28
you
27:29
the
27:30
hope
27:30
of
27:31
glory
27:31
so
27:32
we're
27:32
united
27:33
to
27:33
him
27:33
we're
27:33
positionally
27:34
in
27:35
him
27:35
we belong
27:36
to
27:36
God
27:36
in
27:37
Christ
27:38
and
27:38
he
27:38
dwells
27:39
in
27:40
us
27:41
by
27:42
the
27:42
spirit
27:42
it's
27:44
an
27:44
astounding
27:45
reality
27:45
hard to
27:46
comprehend
27:47
all that
27:47
it means
27:48
look for
27:49
these
27:49
phrases
27:49
that are
27:50
again
27:50
and again
27:51
and again
27:52
placed
27:52
all throughout
27:53
the text
27:54
to help
27:54
us wrap
27:55
our little
27:56
feeble
27:56
minds
27:57
around the
27:57
blessing
27:58
that is
27:58
ours
27:58
by belief
28:00
in
28:01
Jesus
28:01
D.A.
28:03
Carson
28:04
who
28:04
wrote
28:04
a
28:05
wonderful
28:06
commentary
28:06
on
28:08
John's
28:08
gospel
28:08
says
28:09
this
28:09
quote
28:10
the
28:10
mutual
28:10
indwelling
28:11
pictured
28:11
here
28:12
is
28:12
obviously
28:13
not
28:13
precisely
28:14
reciprocal
28:15
!
28:16
That the
28:16
believer
28:17
remains
28:17
in
28:17
Jesus
28:18
means
28:18
he or
28:18
she
28:18
continues
28:19
to be
28:19
identified
28:20
with
28:20
Jesus
28:21
continues
28:22
as a
28:22
Christian
28:23
continues
28:24
in
28:24
saving
28:24
faith
28:25
and
28:25
consequent
28:26
transformation
28:27
of
28:28
life
28:28
that
28:29
Jesus
28:30
remains
28:30
in
28:30
the
28:30
believer
28:30
means
28:31
that
28:31
Jesus
28:32
identifies
28:32
with
28:33
the
28:33
believer
28:33
but
28:34
not
28:35
in
28:35
the
28:35
reciprocal
28:35
trust
28:36
and
28:36
transformation
28:36
that
28:37
would
28:37
be
28:37
absurd
28:38
Jesus
28:39
doesn't
28:39
need
28:39
to
28:40
trust
28:40
in
28:40
me
28:40
I
28:41
need
28:41
to
28:41
trust
28:41
in
28:42
him
28:42
but
28:43
in
28:44
help
28:45
blessing
28:46
life
28:47
and
28:48
personal
28:49
presence
28:50
amen
28:52
what a
28:53
thing
28:53
what a
28:54
thing
28:54
to be
28:55
united
28:55
with
28:57
the
28:57
living
28:57
and
28:59
then
29:00
notice
29:00
lastly
29:01
the
29:02
last part
29:02
of the
29:03
text
29:03
verse
29:04
58
29:05
verse
29:07
59
29:07
just
29:07
places
29:08
us
29:08
back
29:08
in
29:09
the
29:10
chiastic
29:10
structure
29:10
they're
29:11
arguing
29:11
in
29:12
the
29:12
synagogue
29:12
and
29:12
he's
29:13
teaching
29:13
in
29:14
the
29:14
synagogue
29:15
verse
29:16
58
29:16
notice
29:17
the
29:17
superiority
29:17
of
29:19
the
29:19
savior
29:19
superiority
29:20
of
29:21
the
29:22
savior
29:22
jesus
29:24
says
29:25
this
29:25
is
29:25
the
29:25
bread
29:25
that
29:26
came
29:26
down
29:26
from
29:26
heaven
29:27
not
29:27
like
29:28
the
29:28
bread
29:29
the
29:29
fathers
29:30
ate
29:30
and
29:31
died!
29:32
that
29:32
manna
29:32
that
29:32
was
29:33
provided
29:33
as
29:34
god's
29:34
people
29:34
were
29:34
carrying
29:35
after
29:36
the
29:37
exodus
29:37
in
29:37
the
29:38
wilderness
29:38
to
29:38
provide
29:39
for
29:39
their
29:39
temporal
29:40
need
29:41
jesus
29:42
says
29:42
whoever
29:42
feeds
29:43
on
29:43
this
29:43
bread
29:44
will
29:44
live
29:45
forever
29:47
jesus
29:48
is
29:48
revealed
29:49
throughout
29:49
the
29:50
old
29:50
testament
29:50
in
29:51
types
29:51
and
29:52
shadows
29:53
they
29:54
abound
29:55
they're
29:56
all
29:56
over
29:57
the
29:57
place
29:58
the
29:58
old
29:58
testament
29:59
is
29:59
constantly
30:00
meant
30:00
to be
30:00
saying
30:01
to
30:01
us
30:01
not
30:01
this
30:02
not
30:02
this
30:02
not
30:02
this
30:03
not
30:03
this
30:03
not
30:03
this
30:03
look
30:04
to
30:04
a
30:05
coming
30:05
one
30:05
who
30:06
is
30:06
the
30:06
greater
30:07
the
30:07
superior
30:08
to
30:09
all
30:09
of
30:10
these
30:10
things
30:11
he
30:13
is
30:13
seen
30:13
in
30:14
events
30:14
like
30:16
the
30:16
exodus
30:16
in
30:18
people
30:18
like
30:19
Melchizedek
30:20
and
30:21
David
30:22
Joshua
30:23
Moses
30:24
in
30:26
places
30:26
like
30:27
the
30:28
tabernacle
30:28
place
30:29
where
30:29
God
30:29
dwelt
30:30
amongst
30:30
men
30:31
and
30:33
in
30:33
objects
30:34
like
30:35
Noah's
30:35
ark
30:36
the
30:37
Passover
30:37
lamb
30:38
the
30:38
bronze
30:39
serpent
30:39
and
30:40
the
30:41
manna
30:42
the bread
30:43
from
30:43
heaven
30:44
right
30:44
jesus
30:44
picks this
30:45
up
30:45
in a
30:46
metaphor
30:46
right
30:47
to
30:47
say
30:47
temporal
30:48
bread
30:48
I
30:49
am
30:50
the
30:50
superior
30:51
version
30:52
of
30:53
that
30:53
right
30:54
that
30:54
was
30:54
just
30:55
a
30:55
shadow
30:56
of
30:56
me
30:57
he
30:59
indicts
30:59
the
30:59
Jews
30:59
in
31:00
John
31:00
chapter
31:00
5
31:00
verse
31:01
39
31:01
where
31:01
he
31:02
says
31:02
you
31:02
search
31:02
the
31:03
scriptures
31:03
because
31:03
you
31:03
think
31:04
that
31:04
in
31:04
them
31:05
you
31:05
have
31:06
eternal
31:07
life
31:08
and
31:08
it
31:08
is
31:08
they
31:09
that
31:09
bear
31:10
witness
31:10
about
31:12
me
31:12
but
31:14
they
31:14
failed
31:14
to
31:14
come
31:15
to
31:16
him
31:16
Jesus
31:18
is
31:18
the
31:18
substance
31:19
of
31:19
all
31:20
the
31:21
types
31:21
and
31:22
shadows
31:23
search
31:24
the
31:24
scriptures
31:25
and
31:26
have
31:26
them
31:26
lead
31:27
you
31:27
to
31:27
the
31:27
one
31:28
whom
31:28
you
31:29
can
31:29
have
31:30
life
31:30
eternal
31:31
life
31:32
in
31:33
by
31:33
belief
31:34
in his
31:34
person
31:35
and his
31:36
work
31:36
on
31:37
your
31:37
behalf
31:38
a
31:40
couple
31:40
of
31:40
quick
31:40
applications
31:41
and
31:41
we'll
31:42
close
31:42
our
31:42
time
31:42
firstly
31:44
Jesus
31:44
must
31:45
not
31:45
be
31:46
merely
31:46
admired
31:48
!
31:48
We've
31:48
talked
31:49
about
31:49
this
31:49
Jesus
31:49
can't
31:50
just
31:50
be
31:50
a
31:50
good
31:51
moral
31:51
teacher
31:52
this
31:52
is
31:52
what
31:52
the
31:52
world
31:53
wants
31:53
to
31:53
do
31:53
with
31:53
him
31:54
all
31:54
the
31:54
time
31:55
right
31:55
he
31:55
must
31:56
be
31:56
Lord
31:57
he
31:57
must
31:57
be
31:57
received
31:58
!
31:58
He
31:58
must
31:59
understand
31:59
all
32:00
that
32:00
he
32:00
is
32:01
on
32:02
behalf
32:02
of
32:02
his
32:02
!
32:02
Jesus
32:04
was
32:04
not
32:04
!
32:06
speculation
32:06
in the
32:07
bread of
32:07
life
32:08
discourse
32:08
he
32:09
wasn't
32:09
asking
32:10
him
32:10
to
32:10
start
32:10
philosophizing
32:12
about
32:12
what
32:12
he
32:12
could
32:12
possibly
32:13
mean
32:14
he
32:14
was
32:15
pressing
32:16
belief
32:17
we
32:19
must
32:19
draw
32:19
our
32:20
very
32:20
life
32:21
from
32:22
him
32:23
place
32:23
absolute
32:24
trust
32:24
in
32:26
his
32:26
saving
32:26
work
32:26
if
32:28
you
32:28
have
32:29
believed
32:29
in
32:30
Christ
32:31
second
32:32
point
32:32
of
32:33
application
32:33
rest
32:35
in
32:36
Jesus
32:36
work
32:36
on
32:37
your
32:38
behalf
32:39
it's
32:41
a
32:41
completed
32:42
task
32:43
it
32:44
is
32:44
finished
32:45
the
32:45
work
32:46
of
32:46
God
32:46
is
32:46
to
32:47
believe
32:47
in
32:48
his
32:48
son
32:49
we
32:50
sang
32:50
just
32:51
some
32:52
moments
32:52
ago
32:52
a song
32:53
that's
32:54
new
32:54
ish
32:54
to
32:55
us
32:55
introduced
32:56
last
32:56
Sunday
32:56
we sang
32:57
again
32:57
this
32:57
Sunday
32:58
called
32:58
all
32:58
sufficient
33:00
merit
33:01
and the
33:02
point
33:03
is
33:03
that
33:03
the
33:03
merit
33:03
is
33:03
not
33:04
ours
33:04
but
33:04
it's
33:05
given
33:05
to
33:06
us
33:06
verse
33:08
4
33:08
says
33:08
all
33:09
sufficient
33:09
merit
33:10
firm
33:10
in
33:11
life
33:11
and
33:11
death
33:12
the
33:13
joy
33:13
of
33:13
my
33:13
salvation
33:14
shall
33:14
be
33:15
my
33:15
final
33:16
breath
33:17
when
33:18
I
33:18
stand
33:18
accepted
33:19
before
33:19
the
33:20
throne
33:20
of
33:20
God
33:20
I'll
33:21
gaze
33:21
upon
33:22
my
33:22
Jesus
33:22
and
33:23
thank
33:23
him
33:24
for
33:25
the
33:25
cross
33:25
yes
33:26
I'll
33:27
thank
33:27
him
33:27
for
33:28
the
33:29
cross
33:29
and the
33:30
chorus
33:30
it is
33:31
done
33:31
it is
33:32
finished
33:33
no
33:34
more
33:35
debt
33:35
I owe
33:36
paid
33:36
in
33:36
full
33:37
all
33:38
sufficient
33:39
merit
33:39
now
33:40
my
33:41
own
33:43
rest
33:44
in
33:44
Jesus
33:44
finished
33:45
work
33:45
on
33:46
your
33:46
behalf
33:47
and
33:48
then
33:49
as a
33:49
loop
33:50
back
33:50
to
33:51
my
33:51
random
33:51
aside
33:51
as
33:53
we
33:53
take
33:53
the
33:53
Lord's
33:54
Supper
33:54
together
33:54
as
33:55
a
33:55
church
33:56
we
33:56
do
33:56
this
33:56
each
33:57
Lord's
33:57
Day
33:57
we
33:58
call
33:59
it
33:59
our
33:59
members
33:59
gathering
33:59
it
34:00
happens
34:00
before
34:00
this
34:01
time
34:01
take
34:03
the
34:03
Lord's
34:03
Supper
34:03
as
34:04
a
34:04
sign
34:05
of
34:05
Christ's
34:06
saving
34:07
work
34:07
help
34:08
it
34:08
draw
34:09
your
34:09
mind
34:10
to
34:10
this
34:10
great
34:11
reality
34:11
of
34:11
what
34:12
it
34:12
means
34:12
to
34:12
feast
34:13
on
34:13
Christ
34:14
Spurgeon
34:16
once said
34:16
there is
34:17
no
34:17
magic
34:18
in
34:18
bread
34:18
or
34:18
wine
34:19
but
34:19
oh
34:19
there
34:20
is
34:20
infinite
34:21
grace
34:22
in
34:23
Christ
34:23
crucified
34:24
let's
34:26
pray
34:26
together
34:26
as