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It is easy for us to look back and see the meaning of Jesus’ metaphor, “I Am the bread of life” We have 2000 years of Christian tradition that helps us to see the significance of what Jesus was on about. But many of the people that Jesus said these words to completely missed his point. Their context…

This week I will start a series on the “I am” statements of Christ found in the book of John and this week will focus on Chapter 6. The statement indicating Jesus was the “bread of life” comes after He has just fed the five thousand. Jesus leaves and travels to the "other side” of the Sea of Galilee.…

Jesus’ Seven “I Am” Claims “I am the bread of life” . “I am the light of the world”. “I am the door”. “I am the good shepherd”. “I am the resurrection and the life”. “I am the way, the truth, and the life”. “I am the true vine”. What does bread symbolize? 22 On the next day the crowd that remained on…

Show and tell Ever play show and tell before? If we are honest we still do. We want people to show us something before we believe, but God calls us to believe then will show us. (Insert Show and tell picture here) What is something that you have shown and then told about? The Jews were demanding another…

Leonard Ravenhill , an English evangelist who challenged the church to hunger and thirst for revival through prayer, puts it like this. There's nothing more transfiguring than prayer. People often ask, "Why do you insist on prayer so much?" The answer is very simple - because Jesus did. You could change…

Exegetical Point: Jesus is the new Moses who feeds with miraculous bread, but he is not slave to the people. Homiletic Point: Jesus, the New Prophet, provides all our greatest needs Intro Christmas day. It’s one of my favorite days of the year! Unfortunately it’s not for very spiritual reasons... You…

Hard to hear Have you ever been told something that is hard to hear, hard to accept? Jesus continues with his teaching, focused on the Jews. Jesus has been on a divine journey with some great divine times of teaching along the way. Recently we have looked at: Jesus feeds the 5,000 who were obedient (6:1-15)…

Introduction Fancy restaurants serve bread. Not always an appetizer. להם = food. Necessary for life. Ukraine as breadbasket. Food insecurity to Starvation. Israel understood physical hunger. Left Egypt and traveling through the wilderness. One month to the day. They begin grumbling against Moses and…

Some teachers are better at communicating than others. One can make a difficult biology lesson or calculus formula clearer and easier to understand when another only makes these subjects feel more complicated and confusing. Yet sometimes even the best of teachers will say things that are hard to understand…

An Atheist tourist was walking around Belfast and noticed all the community centre events for either Catholics or Protestants. After checking out yet another board, he asked a staff member: Atheist: "What do you do in this town if you're an Atheist?" Staff member: "Well sir, that depends.” Atheist: “Depends…

John 6:22-58 As we continue going through the Verily, verily statements from Jesus we are looking at the Truth emphasized by Jesus Himself. This is a very difficult passage for many to accept, and it is no different today than it was in Jesus day, or in the early church. This is a perfect example of……

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I don’t know about you, but when I start eating popcorn or potato chips and get a taste of them I want more. Some foods seems to stimulate our appetite. The same is true spiritually. When we get a taste of God and His word we want more. Jesus has recently miraculously fed a large multitude, and when…

After Jesus was crucified, He hung around for forty more days teaching his much loved disciples many things. John wrote about a few of the things He did, then said, Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain…

Intro: I remember many of the lessons my father taught me, but the most memorable was when he busted a wooden paddle across my back side. I had been fighting with my sister about the radio. Two important lessons I learned that day, one don’t fight with my sister, two don’t interrupt Dad when he was busy…

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Jesus’ outline of Revelation: What was seen: Jesus Glorified - Revelation 1:9-20 . What is: the Seven Churches - Revelation 2-3 . What will be: Jesus’ judgement in the seven seals, trumpets and bowls. Revelation 4-22 . Revelation 2:17 . 17 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.…

New Interpreter's Bible Commentary (NIBC): John 6 begins a new section in John - chapters 6-10 Very similar themes to chapters 2-5 but in a new context and greater opposition. Chapter 2 begins with a miracle in Galilee. So does chapter 6. Chapter 2’s miracle was about wine. Today’s text is about bread.…

Rise Above and Overcome! There are foods that satisfy, and there are foods that fulfill. I want to show you the differences between three types of food found in the bible. A milk that tastes like fulfillment A food that satisfies. A food that fulfills. We do things in life to stop pain or to satisfy…

Hebrews 9:1-12 The articles and artifacts of the old covenant. They are all there to point to Jesus who is the minister of a far better covenant. Jesus, the minister of the New and far better covenant. v.4, there is the ark, the tablets of the covenant. Today the urn of manna. Exodus 16:2-4 2 And the…

Introduction: You can tell much about a person by how they furnish and decorate their home... 1. The interior furniture, 37:1-29 A. The Ark, 37:1-9. The most holy piece of furniture and the only piece in the Holy of Holies, that part inside the tabernacle tent that was set apart from rest by an inner…

Introduction Open your Bibles to Matthew Chapter 15 Jesus Has just fed another crowd of thousands of people, assuring them, and us, that He is the one who provides, who sustains, who gives. Not just once, but again and again! He is the one who takes care of our physical and spiritual needs. He is the…

The Bread of Life (6:22–71) Are you prepared to confront the person of Jesus as the fullness of God? Jesus has confessed in dramatic fashion His true identity. Jesus will now challenge His interested followers to see if they are willing to accept Him as He truly is. 1. The Crowd Pursues Jesus (vs. 22–24).…

Today’s text is tailored to teach us that “ Jesus is point blank with the spiritually blind and patient with the spiritual slow .” JESUS IS POINT BLANK WITH THE SPIRITUALLY BLIND. The spiritually blind are argumentative. The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, seeking from him a sign from heaven…

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