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So - we’re now going to jump back into our trek through the gospel of John...
I do think it would be wise if we revisited a bit, where we’ve been.
The last time we were in this book, we were in chapter 6...
…and we had read through this text...
So if we remember, Jesus is really saying some HARD things to mankind here...
He’s saying things - speaking about SPIRITUAL things…YET - talking about bread and flesh.
And not only that - but what we focused on 5 weeks ago IN THIS PASSAGE - was the UNBELIEF of mankind.
In how:
UNBELIEF:
It’s Wisdom Relies on Human Reasoning
Rebels Against Truth
Cannot Overcome Itself
Believes Life is Found in the Physical
And so Jesus - in this PASSAGE attacks UNBELIEF...
SAYING - Life (Spiritual LIFE - is found in HIM…by faith).
NOW - that sort of message - would NOT have been popular for those who DID ELEVATE the physical...
AKA - the Jews...
And we know the Jews didn’t like this message based on how they respond...
So let’s see how they respond
If you remember back to our sermon about Unbelief…one of our points from that sermon was this:
UNBELIEF: Believes Life is Found in the Physical
And this point came from this text...
Do you remember this exchange?
Here we have Jews who were a part of the 5000 who were fed by Jesus…miraculously...
And they’re asking Jesus - What sign do you perform so that we’ll believe…??
“our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness”
And so they mention the manna from back in the OT wondering...
As IF - BECAUSE they ate the manna, they were special.
And Jesus ends up - putting them in their place - HELPING them to reorient their thinking...
So Jesus is SETTING this up now - to CONTRAST the manna - with HIMSELF as - the Bread of LIFE...
Multiple times up until our text today - Jesus has DECLARED Himself to be - THE BREAD OF LIFE...
a CLEAR contrast to the manna in the wilderness
And now TODAY - Jesus doubles down on His claim!! - And kicks it up a notch!
And what we end up seeing today is this:
SLIDE: Eternal Life: Exclusively Found in Jesus Christ
Eternal Life
What did Jesus say?
There is something that is PERVASIVE in our society today...
More than ever before...
And it’s something that we all have to deal with...
It’s something that is GROWING day by day...
Something that is TAKING over human thought...
And it’s something that ATTACKS REALITY and at the same time - Creates its own...
What is it?
RELATIVISM
RELATIVISM says:
You can’t IMPLY gender
Gender is whatever you want it to be
What’s right for you may not be right for me
We see this EVERYWHERE…and it’s destroying the culture
See Relativism would look at this verse and say - You can’t say that!
That can be true for you, but it’s not true for me!
And what Relativism hates about these verses is the - Exclusivity they claim!
These verses say - UNLESS you eat the flesh of the Son of Man…UNLESS you drink His blood...
…you have NO life in you
UNLESS this is true about you - you have NO LIFE in you!!
NOW - have you ever went to a funeral for a loved one...
And you look at them in the casket…and you’re able to JUDGE that they are in fact - WITHOUT life…?
NOW - you LOVE this person in the casket...
WHAT would it take - if you saw your OTHER - still living RELATIVE - come in, and you knew that this STILL living relative…actually had the power to RESTORE life to your dead relative?
What would happen if you saw them WALK IN....look at the casket and then WALK OUT and leave?
Would someone have to CONVINCE you to run after them and tell them to get back in there…to restore life to them?
HOW would you feel if they REFUSED to restore life to your loved one?
How would you feel?
Baffled?
Angry?
Enraged?
OK - now - Jesus says - UNLESS YOU eat my flesh and drink my blood - you have NO LIFE!
WHICH means - if you EAT Jesus’ flesh and DRINK His blood - you WILL have eternal life!
So what does it mean to EAT the flesh of Jesus and DRINK His blood?
OK - so here we have HUNGER and THIRST being discussed!
Jesus says - UNLESS you EAT MY FLESH - you have no life in you!!
Well - in v35 here - we see that SATISFYING our Spiritual hunger = equates to = COMING TO JESUS!
“Come to me and you shall NOT hunger!”
So - the coming to Jesus SATISFIES the hunger!
What about DRINKING the blood of Jesus!?
Whoever BELIEVES in me shall never thirst!!
SO - Belief in Jesus - Satisfies the thirst!!
So when Jesus says in v53...
When Christ says - Unless you EAT my flesh and drink my blood, you have NO LIFE in you...
He’s saying...
UNLESS you come to Me and Believe in Me - you have NO LIFE in you...
LIFE is EXCLUSIVELY found in Jesus Christ!!
More directly - Eternal Life is EXCLUSIVELY found in - Faith/Belief/Trust in Jesus Christ
And the reason this is true is because ETERNAL LIFE itself - IS Jesus Christ!!
Jesus is THE LIFE!
He has ETERNALLY existed!
Remember John 1:1
in John 1:1
- there is NO reference to specific point in the past...
It’s just - In the beginning - and the next word is HUGE - WAS…the Word.
It doesn’t say - In the beginning - the Word CAME into being...
It doesn’t say - In the beginning - BEGAN the Word...
NO - in the beginning WAS - the Word...
In the beginning - THERE - was the Word...
This is saying that the WORD - Jesus Christ - was NOT created!
He had NO BEGINNING!
from Everlasting… is Jesus Christ!
And SO - is there ANYTHING more REAL than Jesus Christ?
See - everything around us CONFUSES us!
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