Order of Worship 7:45, 9:00, & 10:30
Living Bread
John 6:35-51
35Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.36But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe.37All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.38For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.39And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.40For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.” 41At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”42They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?” 43 “Stop grumbling among yourselves,”Jesus answered. 44“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.45It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’6:45Isaiah 54:13Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me.46No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.47Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life.48I am the bread of life.49Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.50But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die.51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”
When carbs are good: the bread of life
Bread: a very ordinary food that was a staple at every meal
Head knowledge
Heart knowledge
Which directs our actions?
Who does Jesus think he is, telling us that He is all we need?
“Stop grumbling among yourselves.” John 6:43
When have you been so swallowed up in ‘grumbling’ that you missed the blessing of Jesus right in front of you? Why do we get caught up in the ‘grumbling’ cycle?
“Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert yet they died.” John 6:49
How are you sustained, nourished, & strengthened by the Bread of Life that is Jesus?
“Granddad used to say we go to church on communion Sunday to feast on the bread and juice — on those and other Sundays we feast on the Word of God as well. He would say that “anyone who goes away hungry — it’s their own dang fault.” The feast is laid out, the invitation is given and the table is before us. So if we go away hungry, why did that happen? What is stopping us from joining in the feast?” (Dr. Karyn Wiseman)
TODAY'S PREACHER
Debbie Reese is Co-Directing Pastor of Calvary UMC