1 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,960 Welcome to the Liberty Baptist Sermon Archives. 2 00:00:06,200 --> 00:00:09,040 The message you're about to hear was preached at Liberty Baptist 3 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:13,040 Church in Easton, MA. You can find out more about us 4 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:17,280 or contact us at my libertybaptist.org or just look 5 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:19,760 us up on Facebook. And now we hope that this 6 00:00:19,760 --> 00:00:22,080 message from God's Word will be a blessing to you. 7 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:26,240 Well, this morning we are in John chapter 6. 8 00:00:26,240 --> 00:00:30,640 The title of my message is this. It is that Christ is the bread 9 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:32,200 of life. Now this is different than some 10 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,280 of the other messages that we have looked at thus far because 11 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,560 we have looked at Christ from a multitude of angles, looking at 12 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,600 his characteristics. But we haven't exactly called 13 00:00:41,640 --> 00:00:46,000 Jesus Christ anything close to bread in our series here thus 14 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:48,040 far. But these are not my words here 15 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:49,240 that I'm giving you this morning. 16 00:00:49,240 --> 00:00:53,240 I am not trying to make a clever analogy and trying to call Jesus 17 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,440 Christ the bread of life, life. Rather this is Christ's own 18 00:00:56,440 --> 00:01:00,400 words for us to help us understand exactly who he is and 19 00:01:00,400 --> 00:01:04,280 that he is the sustainer of life, both physically and 20 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,640 spiritually. All life is found in Jesus 21 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:09,040 Christ. And so I wanted to get right to 22 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:10,600 it this morning. John chapter 6. 23 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,400 Why don't you go ahead and stand with me, if you will. 24 00:01:12,640 --> 00:01:16,160 John chapter 6 and we're going to read one verse say, pastor, 25 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:17,880 that going to be it's going to be a short message. 26 00:01:17,880 --> 00:01:19,560 And the answer is, Don't you wish all right? 27 00:01:20,560 --> 00:01:25,760 Verse #35 says this. And Jesus said unto them, I am 28 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:29,960 the bread of life, He that come to me shall never hunger, and he 29 00:01:29,960 --> 00:01:31,880 that believeth on me shall never thirst. 30 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,040 Why don't you read that with me again out loud? 31 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:40,000 Verse #35 And it says, And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread 32 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,480 of life. He that cometh to me shall never 33 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:47,880 hunger, and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. 34 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:49,760 Why don't you be seated and let's pray together? 35 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:55,800 Heavenly Father, we do thank you for this morning and we thank 36 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,480 you for all we've received. Well, Lord, we do come to the 37 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,640 place where it is the Word of God that needs to be brought 38 00:02:00,640 --> 00:02:03,040 forth. And I pray that it is done so 39 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:06,600 that it's not myself or anything that I do this morning that 40 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:10,039 causes hearts and minds to be able to be changed. 41 00:02:10,479 --> 00:02:12,440 Or if that's the case, it'll be very short lived. 42 00:02:12,720 --> 00:02:14,920 But rather I pray to your Holy Spirit that illuminates the 43 00:02:14,920 --> 00:02:17,840 hearts here today. If someone has never tasted of 44 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,480 that bread of life, may this be that day where they trust in 45 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,960 Christ as their Savior. For some of us who maybe have 46 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:28,000 gotten to the place where we feel a little self-sufficient in 47 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,760 our life, help us to remember that the bread of life isn't 48 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:35,240 just about being saved, but rather that Christ is our life 49 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,560 no matter what stage of life we are in. 50 00:02:37,880 --> 00:02:40,600 And we ask it all in Jesus name. Amen. 51 00:02:41,360 --> 00:02:43,200 You know we think of Christ being the bread of life. 52 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:46,400 It could cause a little bit of confusion at 1st and the reason 53 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:52,040 why is because for us bread is good but it's not exactly the 54 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:54,720 sustainer of life is. In fact, it seems quite the 55 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:58,320 opposite nowadays with gluten free everything, it seems like 56 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,360 everybody's trying to get bread out of the house. 57 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,400 What do people say? You pass them some bread, say, 58 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,240 oh, I'm watching my carbs right. You know they don't want bread 59 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:06,360 anymore. Nobody wants bread. 60 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,400 I'll say this, if you don't want the bread, give it to me. 61 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:09,560 All right? I'll take your bread if you 62 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:12,200 don't want it. Because I enjoy bread, but it's 63 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:16,360 not the sustainer of life as it would be maybe thought of in 64 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:18,480 other times. In fact, I remember we lived in 65 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:21,080 Tampa, FL and that's where I grew up. 66 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,040 And then after Bible college, we lived there for seven years. 67 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,920 And one of my favorite memories on Saturdays when there wasn't 68 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:29,440 anything going on, which didn't happen very often, but when 69 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:31,400 there was a Saturday where there wasn't a whole lot going on, I 70 00:03:31,400 --> 00:03:34,200 remember Saturday morning, I go to a little store right around 71 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,600 the corner from where we live. And I'd get some Jose, Are you 72 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:40,440 ready? Some Cafe and I get some Cuban 73 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:42,040 bread. That was my favorite. 74 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,560 Now, not that Miami Cuban bread that you're used to, Jose. 75 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,120 All right, I'm talking about real Tampa Cuban bread. 76 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:48,880 It's a little bit different, but it's all good. 77 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:51,080 Amen. But they would toast it and put 78 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,960 butter on it and it's just, it is so unhealthy to. 79 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,960 So you got dairy, you got carbs, You got it all, man, I'll tell 80 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,160 you. I miss it. 81 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:00,600 All right. There's not much I miss about 82 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,920 Florida. I enjoy living in New England by 83 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,440 the grace of God. But I will say this, that Cuban 84 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,400 bread, on a Saturday morning, if I have to visit Tampa or do 85 00:04:08,400 --> 00:04:11,560 business or anything like that, the first thing I do is go to a 86 00:04:11,560 --> 00:04:14,520 place that will serve real pressed Cuban bread with butter. 87 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:18,720 And it is delicious. Now, I say that saying I enjoy 88 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:20,800 it. But, you know, living up here 89 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,880 now for over 13 years, my life has gone on just fine without 90 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:27,560 it. I mean, I like bread. 91 00:04:28,200 --> 00:04:30,280 I like Cuban bread particularly. I don't know what it is about 92 00:04:30,280 --> 00:04:32,960 the crunchiness of the crust, the softness of the inside, and 93 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:36,400 of course, lots of butter. But I, I can live without it. 94 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:42,040 But yet Jesus tells us here this morning that this is situation 95 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,120 that's different than what we're used to. 96 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:46,520 We're used to pushing the bread to the side. 97 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:48,880 It's got carbs. We're used to pushing the bread 98 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:50,880 to the side. I'm not doing gluten. 99 00:04:50,960 --> 00:04:54,280 We're used to saying that bread is a side, but not the main 100 00:04:54,280 --> 00:04:57,640 attraction to that which we eat. Nobody says, what's the meal 101 00:04:57,640 --> 00:04:58,480 tonight? And you say? 102 00:04:58,480 --> 00:05:00,840 Bread. I mean, you might, you're 103 00:05:00,840 --> 00:05:02,920 struggling if that happens, if we probably all been there, 104 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:05,560 here, there, haven't we? But for the most part, we 105 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:08,760 understand that that's not the way that man lives, that we 106 00:05:08,760 --> 00:05:12,480 don't live. By eating bread in that sense. 107 00:05:12,480 --> 00:05:15,920 But for while for us the bread of life title may not lend 108 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:20,120 immediately understanding of what it is, but yet we 109 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:24,440 understand that to the Jews he was speaking to, they understood 110 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:28,400 exactly what he meant when He said I am the bread of life. 111 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:31,040 Our understanding might be clouded a little bit, but the 112 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:34,680 Jews were very well understanding of exactly that 113 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:38,440 which Jesus was speaking about. Now for us to truly know why 114 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:42,800 Jesus is saying verse #35 in the 1st place, it helps us to 115 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:45,240 understand what's going on in the rest of the chapter. 116 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:47,760 Now we're not going to read the rest of the chapter because it's 117 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:51,200 well, you know, over 60 verses. But if you're to go previously 118 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:56,360 from verses 1 to 14 is the very famous passage of the feeding of 119 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:58,720 the 5000. You'll remember there were 5 120 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:02,600 loaves and the fish that were there and there were 5000. 121 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:05,480 But I want to remind you that it wasn't just 5000 that were fed. 122 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,760 The Bible makes it clear as 5000 men that were fed. 123 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,200 So that would have been, there were women and children as well. 124 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:14,000 I've heard that it could have been anywhere from 12,000 to 125 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,600 20,000 people that were fed on that day. 126 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:18,360 Well, it doesn't matter. There wasn't enough for three 127 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:22,320 people to eat, let alone 12,000 or 20,000 or 5000. 128 00:06:22,320 --> 00:06:25,560 But here's what we know, that when God took that little bit 129 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:29,240 that was offered by that little boy and blessed it, it went far 130 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:32,640 beyond that which man could expect or understand. 131 00:06:32,840 --> 00:06:35,840 That's a reminder to us today. You give God the little bit that 132 00:06:35,840 --> 00:06:39,480 you have and that He will stretch it far beyond that which 133 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:41,200 you can do on your own. I'm not just talking about 134 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:43,000 money. I'm not just talking about your 135 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:44,840 food. I'm talking about your life. 136 00:06:44,840 --> 00:06:48,280 Give Him whatever you have and He will take you far greater 137 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:50,000 places than you could even imagine. 138 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,600 I'm not talking about going to some far-flung country when I 139 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:56,080 say going to greater places. I'm just saying that He will do 140 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,360 more with your life than you could ever do with it on your 141 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,000 own. And then you get to verse #15 142 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:04,720 and Jesus tells the disciples to get on the ship and to go across 143 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:07,080 the Sea of Galilee. Now, it seems like every time 144 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:09,560 these guys, they were fishermen, but every time we read about 145 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:11,760 them going over the sea of galley, something bad happens. 146 00:07:11,760 --> 00:07:14,120 It's like a three hour tour. You know what I'm saying? 147 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,440 Some of you at a certain age know what I'm talking about, and 148 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:19,680 others have no clue what I'm talking about, but that's OK. 149 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,040 And they go out on the water and of course calamity strikes. 150 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,520 Here is the the water becomes boisterous. 151 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,000 And in the middle of all of this, what happens? 152 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:32,160 Jesus is walking on the water in the midst of the storm and 153 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:34,440 brings peace to them in the midst of storm. 154 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,600 A reminder again that Jesus doesn't always save us from the 155 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,440 storm, but he can bring peace to us while we're in the midst of 156 00:07:40,440 --> 00:07:41,200 the storm. Amen. 157 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:45,000 And so we see that there is the bread that has been fed to the 158 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,800 Jews anywhere from 12 to 20,000. Then they go all the way across 159 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,400 the Sea of Galilee. Not a large body of water, but a 160 00:07:52,400 --> 00:07:55,680 tempestuous body of water as it's shown here in our text. 161 00:07:55,840 --> 00:08:00,400 But then in verse #22 it tells us that the multitudes realize 162 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,920 that they go back the next morning, that Jesus is gone. 163 00:08:04,120 --> 00:08:06,760 And So what do they do? The word starts to get out that 164 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:09,800 the disciples had gone across, across the Sea of Galilee. 165 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:12,000 So now all of a sudden there's a Stampede. 166 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,080 All of these people are now trying to find their way across 167 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,560 the Sea of Galilee, going around the Sea of Galilee. 168 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:21,080 Whatever they can, they are trying to find Jesus. 169 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:23,600 They want to know more about him. 170 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:27,760 And I would submit to you, they also want more bread. 171 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,400 And so they come and they get to this place where they find Jesus 172 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:37,039 in verse #25 there's a conversation that begins to 173 00:08:37,039 --> 00:08:41,600 unfold between these physically hungry people that they fed. 174 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:45,400 They were fed the day before, but now they're hungry again. 175 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,240 They have come to find Jesus Christ. 176 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,680 But Jesus is going to engage with them in a different way 177 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,160 than he did the day before. So go back to verse #25 just go 178 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:58,280 maybe a page over in your Bible, and let's look from verse #25 179 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:01,400 And it says, And when they had found him on the other side of 180 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:04,880 the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi meaning, Teacher, when 181 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:07,840 cometh thou hit her? And Jesus answered and said to 182 00:09:07,840 --> 00:09:10,000 them, Verily, verily, I say unto. 183 00:09:10,240 --> 00:09:12,400 You ye seek. Me not because you saw the 184 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,400 miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves and we're 185 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:16,600 filled. Now stop right there. 186 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:21,240 Every time that someone asked Jesus a question, he avoids the 187 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,720 question because he answers the real question that's in their 188 00:09:23,720 --> 00:09:25,640 hearts. It's not because he's not able 189 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:27,640 to answer the question. They say, hey Jesus, when did 190 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:30,280 you get over here? He doesn't answer that question. 191 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:33,560 He says I know why you're here. He said the reason why is 192 00:09:33,560 --> 00:09:36,840 because you did eat the loaves and were filled. 193 00:09:36,840 --> 00:09:41,760 You are looking for more bread. I know why you're here. 194 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:45,960 Jesus knew the heart by the way. God knows your heart this 195 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:47,760 morning. There is nothing you can conceal 196 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:49,160 from God. There's nothing you can hide 197 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:51,640 from God. Now to some that is scary 198 00:09:52,360 --> 00:09:55,400 because of what's in the heart. To others that brings peace, 199 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:59,120 because God knows the troubles and the difficulties and the 200 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:02,800 struggles that you have. Now he continues in verse #27 He 201 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:05,800 says, labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that 202 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:09,680 meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son 203 00:10:09,680 --> 00:10:14,520 of man shall give unto you. For him God the Father sealed. 204 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:19,240 Now Jesus trying to communicate something not earthly but 205 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,920 heavenly. Here He says, You came for meat 206 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:27,480 meal that made you hungry. Again He says, But I've got 207 00:10:27,480 --> 00:10:30,880 something that'll satisfy if you'll listen, because the Son 208 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:34,360 of Man who was sent from God is ready and willing to give it to 209 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:36,240 you. Now the Jews ask him a couple 210 00:10:36,240 --> 00:10:42,120 questions, and they show their lack of spiritual understanding 211 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,800 and discernment with the two questions that they ask. 212 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:48,160 First is this verse #28. And they said unto him, What 213 00:10:48,160 --> 00:10:54,520 shall we do, that we might see the works of God now? 214 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,600 I'll remind you that the they that's there goes all the way 215 00:10:59,600 --> 00:11:04,040 back to what we saw come earlier in verse #22 it says the day 216 00:11:04,040 --> 00:11:06,360 following when the people which stood on the other side of the 217 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:08,040 sea saw that there was none of the boat there. 218 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:10,680 Meaning these were the people that were on the other side. 219 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:14,240 These are the people that Jesus is now addressing, many of whom 220 00:11:14,240 --> 00:11:16,720 had received the miraculous bread yesterday. 221 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:19,160 And now they're saying this. Well, what have you done for us 222 00:11:19,160 --> 00:11:22,720 lately? What kind of work are you going 223 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,960 to do? Just took the loaves and the 224 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:29,720 fishes and had 12 baskets that were leftover. 225 00:11:29,720 --> 00:11:32,320 I don't know about your house, but it don't take long for the 226 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:34,240 groceries that are full to be empty. 227 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:37,040 It doesn't go the other way around unless I've been to the 228 00:11:37,040 --> 00:11:40,840 store and spent about $500 on five loaves and two fishes. 229 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:42,120 That's what it feels like right now. 230 00:11:44,440 --> 00:11:47,840 But what do we see here? Jesus, you're asking? 231 00:11:48,440 --> 00:11:50,960 What shall we do that we might work the works of God? 232 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,040 They don't understand what is right before them. 233 00:11:54,640 --> 00:11:58,720 And Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, 234 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:02,400 that you believe on him whom he hath sent. 235 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:06,000 He says you want to know what the real work at work here is, 236 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,520 if you will. It's that you need to believe in 237 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:12,640 the one who was sent from God. That's what's at work here. 238 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:16,200 This is not some kind of kind of feeding mission. 239 00:12:16,840 --> 00:12:22,480 This is not Jesus giving a philanthropic help to those who 240 00:12:22,480 --> 00:12:26,800 were hungry, although He did. The point of feeding their belly 241 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:28,840 was to meet the need of the heart. 242 00:12:29,600 --> 00:12:31,760 By the way, any kind of ministry that we have here at Liberty 243 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:35,200 Baptist Church, we may want to meet physical needs, but the 244 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,960 real point is to meet spiritual needs because we could have a 245 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:40,640 food pantry. We do not, but we could have a 246 00:12:40,640 --> 00:12:42,360 food pantry. That's a blessing. 247 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:46,120 But if we have the food pantry and don't meet the spiritual, we 248 00:12:46,120 --> 00:12:48,080 missed the mark. Here's what we do have. 249 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,000 We have a back to school bash that comes every summer and we 250 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:55,000 hand out school supplies and haircuts and all kinds of stuff. 251 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,160 But I think this year we'll have vision checks. 252 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:59,760 We have a a group that's coming in that's going to help check 253 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:01,920 visions of the young people and all these different things. 254 00:13:02,040 --> 00:13:04,640 That's all wonderful. But if we do that and never tell 255 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:06,880 them about Christ, we've missed the mark. 256 00:13:07,960 --> 00:13:10,920 And so Jesus says here, you've missed what this is really all 257 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:13,360 about. It's not about the bread, He's 258 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:16,720 going to say in a minute. It's about the bread of life. 259 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:19,360 Verse #30 Here's a second question. 260 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,840 They said therefore and to him, What signs show us thou then 261 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:24,720 that we may see and believe thee? 262 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:30,400 What does thou work now? This is even worse than the 263 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:34,440 first. Because he is saying to them, 264 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:38,320 you need to believe on me. And they say, why should we? 265 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:41,640 What have you done? What can you do? 266 00:13:41,640 --> 00:13:46,240 Now they're wanting a repeat of that which Jesus had done 267 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:49,040 before. Now understand that the prophet 268 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,520 often authenticated himself with a sign. 269 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:54,880 This is common in the Old Testament for the message to be 270 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:58,040 authenticated. The Jews did seek after a sign. 271 00:13:58,040 --> 00:14:00,960 This is biblical that they would do such a thing, and Jesus would 272 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:03,600 often speak to them through signs to authenticate the 273 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,760 messenger. But Jesus has already been 274 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:11,360 authenticated. Jesus has already showed who he 275 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:13,560 is. And there are some who would say 276 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:16,200 something like this. Well, if Jesus did this in my 277 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,400 life, then I would believe it. Well, if Jesus would Get Me Out 278 00:14:18,400 --> 00:14:21,040 of my financial situation, then I believe Jesus would heal me, 279 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:23,520 then I believe him. If Jesus would write it in the 280 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:27,800 clouds, then I believe him. And the fact of the matter is 281 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:33,080 that faith is not about what you see, but about what is unseen. 282 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:36,680 Hebrews chapter #11. And it comes to the place where 283 00:14:36,680 --> 00:14:40,080 it's not about what Jesus can show you, but about what you 284 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,400 believe of how he's revealed himself through His word. 285 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:51,160 What more did Jesus have to do? He had taught for a extended 286 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:54,120 period of time 1st and taught of Himself. 287 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:56,800 Then he had fed them. And that still wasn't enough. 288 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:02,160 And so it says Jesus says rather verse 30, they said, therefore, 289 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:05,000 until well, we already read that verse 31, our fathers did eat 290 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:06,880 mana in the desert as it was written. 291 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,120 He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 292 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,760 Now stop right there. Now we're getting to this place 293 00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:16,400 where the bread is important because again, to us bread is a 294 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:19,280 supplemental. To us, bread is extra. 295 00:15:19,280 --> 00:15:21,160 In fact, to us bread is something that we cut out 296 00:15:21,160 --> 00:15:25,440 sometimes nowadays. But now the Jews had brought up 297 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:28,920 the fact of the mana which fell in the desert. 298 00:15:28,920 --> 00:15:32,600 Now, what is mana? And the answer is, what is it? 299 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:35,520 You say, well, I thought you said, what is mana? 300 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:38,360 Well, that is, what is it? The word mana in Hebrew 301 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,920 literally meant what is it? Because they were out there in 302 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:45,400 the desert and they needed sustenance and what took place? 303 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:48,440 God brought the mana down from heaven every day. 304 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:50,440 And the first day they looked at it, they picked it up and they 305 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:52,000 said, what is it? Mana? 306 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:54,520 I said, it's called a mana for the rest of the time. 307 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,280 Can you imagine that? What is it? 308 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:57,560 So every day, what do they eat? What is it? 309 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:01,040 Every day sometimes maybe you look in your house, you look at 310 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:02,560 something in the refrigerator, you say, what is it? 311 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,480 Now you can say it's mana, but I'll tell you it's not mana from 312 00:16:04,480 --> 00:16:06,320 heaven because there's stuff growing on it. 313 00:16:06,320 --> 00:16:07,920 Probably. I'm mana from heaven, all right, 314 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,040 but you might. Look at it, say, what is it? 315 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,880 But that's what they were doing. But it was the bread of it 316 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:16,840 literally was the sustenance of which they were able to eat for 317 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:22,400 40 years that God continually fed them from his heavenly ovens 318 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,800 every day. And the Bible says that it 319 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:28,480 tasted like honey and like coriander seed and it was 320 00:16:28,480 --> 00:16:31,440 something unlike anything thing that we could even imagine that 321 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:36,800 literally from God's own hand he fed them, He did give them bread 322 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:39,680 from heaven to eat. But in verse 32, then Jesus 323 00:16:39,680 --> 00:16:42,880 said, and then verily, verily I say unto you, Moses gave you not 324 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:46,600 that bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you the true bread 325 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:49,440 from heaven. Now verse 31, when it says he 326 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:52,440 gave them bread from heaven to eat, because of the way Jesus 327 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:56,040 responds, it makes it seem like that really the Jews believe 328 00:16:56,040 --> 00:17:00,360 that the he there is not God who provided the bread, but Moses 329 00:17:00,760 --> 00:17:04,240 that provided the bread. That that pronoun there he needs 330 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,160 an antecedent meaning that what does that word stand for? 331 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,200 Well, the way Jesus corrects them, it seems like they think 332 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:14,920 the bread came from Moses because he corrects them. 333 00:17:14,920 --> 00:17:17,079 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread 334 00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:20,640 from heaven, but my Father giveth you that true bread from 335 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,319 heaven. See, they had such reverence 336 00:17:22,319 --> 00:17:24,119 from Moses, but this is where the problem was. 337 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:27,079 They had such reverence for the past, but yet they had not 338 00:17:27,079 --> 00:17:29,040 reverence for the God of the past. 339 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:31,560 They said they revered Moses. They said they revered the 340 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:33,880 prophets, and Jesus would expose the later time. 341 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,360 You say you love the prophets, but you killed the prophets. 342 00:17:36,800 --> 00:17:39,040 You hated them, but now you say you love them. 343 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:42,200 And so here they are. They are ascribing to Moses that 344 00:17:42,200 --> 00:17:45,000 which actually came from God himself, and they are 345 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:49,840 spiritually blinded. To what God is doing here, my 346 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:51,600 Father, giveth you the true bread from heaven. 347 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:55,800 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven and 348 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,320 giveth life into the world. Then say, said unto him, Lord, 349 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,840 evermore, give us this bread. They said, Jesus, if you're 350 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,000 offering something like that bread that came from the 351 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:09,960 heavens, then we want it now. And Jesus looks at him in verse 352 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:17,120 #35 and says, I am that bread. And Jesus say that I'm the bread 353 00:18:17,120 --> 00:18:19,560 of life. He that cometh to me shall never 354 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:21,480 hunger. He that believeth on me shall 355 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:25,360 never thirst. By faith, those people in the 356 00:18:25,360 --> 00:18:28,520 wilderness ate the bread. God provided more water 357 00:18:28,520 --> 00:18:31,280 miraculously for them, and they lived. 358 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:36,240 And Jesus said, even greater than that is I the bread of 359 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:41,640 heaven, that if you believe on me, you will be sustained. 360 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,320 Psalm 105, verse 40 says the people asked, and He brought 361 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,960 them quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. 362 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,080 Nehemiah Chapter 9, verse #15 And gave us them bread from 363 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,720 heaven for their hunger, brought us forth water for them out of 364 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,520 the rock for their thirst, and promised them that they should 365 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:02,200 go in to possess the land which they had sworn to give them. 366 00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,720 So what happens? Jesus is responding to their 367 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:09,440 faithlessness. Jesus responded to their 368 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,320 questions, well, will you show us something? 369 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:14,000 Will you just do something? And then when he does something, 370 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:16,280 it's basically, well, but will you do more? 371 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,240 And the issue wasn't about what Jesus wasn't willing to do. 372 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,280 The issue was this, that they kept moving the goal posts 373 00:19:23,560 --> 00:19:26,080 because really they did not want to believe in Christ. 374 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,440 The fact that they didn't even understand who provided them the 375 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,400 man in the wilderness showed them that they had a 376 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:35,720 misunderstanding of who God was. So Jesus responds, verse 32 to 377 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:37,320 35. But let me show you a couple 378 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:39,280 other places. Go down to verse #47 because we 379 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,120 can't cover this whole chapter. Look at verse #47 He says, 380 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:45,240 Verily, verily, I say unto you, he that believeth on me hath 381 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,840 everlasting life. Now we'll just stop here. 382 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:49,680 For a moment. There are those who try to teach 383 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:52,200 that Jesus was just a good man, that he was a prophet, He had 384 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:56,120 some good words. That verse alone would take that 385 00:19:56,280 --> 00:19:59,720 thought process and throw it out the window because either Jesus 386 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:03,240 was exactly who he said he was, or he was a charlatan. 387 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:09,400 Or he was crazy because he was literally offering people 388 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:13,880 eternal life and good men don't do that when they can't have the 389 00:20:13,880 --> 00:20:18,240 means to do it. But Jesus offered it because, 390 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:23,360 well, he was who he said he was. Verse #48 I am that bread of 391 00:20:23,360 --> 00:20:25,680 life in my Bible have circled I am. 392 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,320 Who else was the I Am? Well, he himself, the father, of 393 00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:33,840 course, is the burning Bush, but God himself, Jesus being God, he 394 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:37,280 is making a clear line between himself because every time he 395 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:40,040 says that word I am, it seems like people get upset. 396 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:44,320 In fact, he said in the garden when the the the soldiers were 397 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,600 coming around him, they said, are you Jesus of Nazareth? 398 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:49,320 He said I am. And they all fell backwards as a 399 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:51,800 way to show that they weren't going to take Jesus. 400 00:20:51,800 --> 00:20:54,560 He was going to go with them willingly because you don't trap 401 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:59,720 the IM of IMS. I am that bread of life. 49 Your father's did 402 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:02,040 eat man in the wilderness. They are dead. 403 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,240 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may 404 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:10,400 eat thereof and not die. I'm that living bread which came 405 00:21:10,400 --> 00:21:12,720 down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he 406 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,720 shall live forever. And the bread which I will give 407 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:19,480 is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 408 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,200 I like bread. I like going down the White's 409 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:24,440 Bakery right around the corner here. 410 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:25,840 This isn't a sponsorship, all right. 411 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,160 We don't do anything like that, particularly from the pulpit. 412 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:30,600 But right around the corner on Pearl St. there's Sunday 413 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:33,080 afternoons right after church when we're finally ready to go. 414 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,480 Then I'll go down the White's Bakery and get a loaf of bread 415 00:21:35,480 --> 00:21:37,000 and take it home to go with lunch. 416 00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,800 And it's good. And I enjoyed, I'll tell you I 417 00:21:39,800 --> 00:21:42,440 don't like buying it because I'll say, you know, I just, y'll 418 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:46,360 have a slice or two, You know, it's kind of like a Lay's potato 419 00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:48,680 chip. You can't eat just one and it 420 00:21:48,680 --> 00:21:49,880 doesn't last. Why? 421 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:51,440 Because. And everyone says well where did 422 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,040 it go? And I usually blame AJ but it's 423 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:57,400 usually me go because because it's so good. 424 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:58,960 But here's the problem in a couple hours. 425 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,480 You're hungry again. You. 426 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:03,960 You. Eat it and you're satisfied. 427 00:22:03,960 --> 00:22:06,840 But the satisfaction? Does not last. 428 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:10,200 Now this is important. Jesus says if you have the 429 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:15,360 bread, the mana that was in in the earth that your father came, 430 00:22:15,520 --> 00:22:18,920 that your father's ate that was from the the the bakery of 431 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,880 heaven, if you will, that if you ate that, if I provided you that 432 00:22:21,880 --> 00:22:26,320 today you'd still be hungry and you'd still die just like your 433 00:22:26,320 --> 00:22:28,680 father's did. But I'm offering something 434 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:33,800 lasting and abiding. I am that bread of life that 435 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:39,040 gives what everlasting life drop down to verse #58 This is that 436 00:22:39,040 --> 00:22:41,200 bread which came down from heaven, not as your Father's did 437 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:44,280 eat manna and are dead. He that eat of this bread shall 438 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,840 live forever. See, this is where the 439 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:49,720 adjustment in our thinking is necessary. 440 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:52,400 Bread for us again is a wonderful additive, but it is 441 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:57,320 not necessary in the sustaining. Of life, but Jesus proclaimed 442 00:22:57,400 --> 00:22:59,920 that He is the one that we partake. 443 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,440 We shall be enlivened and sustained spiritually. 444 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,360 Just the Israelites could not have lived in the wilderness 445 00:23:07,480 --> 00:23:09,480 without having sustenance from God. 446 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:14,200 You and I cannot live physically or spiritually without the bread 447 00:23:14,200 --> 00:23:18,120 of life sustaining us. You need the bread of life. 448 00:23:18,200 --> 00:23:21,400 He is not just something to add to your life with everything 449 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:24,320 else that you have, like having a loaf of bread and a meal. 450 00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:26,640 That's the way a lot of people. People treat Jesus Christ today 451 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:28,160 well. I'm going to have my own things, 452 00:23:28,240 --> 00:23:30,360 but then I'm going to add some bread as well. 453 00:23:30,360 --> 00:23:33,280 No, no, He is the bread of life. He is a sustainer without man 454 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:37,760 and they died. And without Jesus Christ you'll 455 00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:41,360 die in your sins and iniquities. And that instead of eternal 456 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:44,640 life, the Bible says there's a second death at the lake of 457 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,800 fire. See, there's two issues here 458 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,080 today that are needed for us to understand. 459 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,720 And the first is this, that you need the bread of life for 460 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,640 salvation. You need the bread of life, 461 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,600 Jesus Christ for salvation. I was taking AJ to an 462 00:23:58,600 --> 00:24:01,400 appointment here just a few days ago down in Boston. 463 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:05,000 And as we were driving through, we went through the very well 464 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,520 known intersection of Mass and Cast. 465 00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:09,800 So you know exactly what I'm talking about. 466 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,280 You can watch it on the news, you can read it online, and you 467 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:13,560 can find the hopelessness that's there. 468 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:16,760 Diane and I have gone through Mass and Cast before and seen 469 00:24:17,360 --> 00:24:21,400 people on the ground passed out with needles hanging out of 470 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:25,640 their arms. It's that every bit of it. 471 00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:31,920 And worse, you know, the answer to mass and cast, you say, is 472 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,960 it, is it, is it some sort of detox facility? 473 00:24:35,760 --> 00:24:37,040 I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that. 474 00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:38,840 In fact, there's some need for that, isn't there? 475 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:42,320 Is it some sort of program? There's nothing wrong with the 476 00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:43,720 program. There's some need for that. 477 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,120 But you know, important, more important than any of those 478 00:24:46,120 --> 00:24:50,200 other things is they need the bread of life. 479 00:24:51,320 --> 00:24:53,600 They need the bread of life because what good is if they 480 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:56,440 detox and what good is if they come clean, and what good is if 481 00:24:56,440 --> 00:24:59,960 they live sober for 20 or 30 or 40 years and then die in their 482 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:03,080 iniquities and sins and still split hell wide open. 483 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:07,560 What good has been done? You put window dressing on 484 00:25:07,560 --> 00:25:10,520 something, but yet never really met the needs of the heart. 485 00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:13,320 They need the bread of life. And I'm afraid that when we 486 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,520 think of those who need the bread of life, we think of those 487 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:19,000 who are the down and outers. We think of those who are strung 488 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:20,120 out. We think of those who are 489 00:25:20,120 --> 00:25:22,320 drunken. We think of those who are living 490 00:25:22,320 --> 00:25:24,520 on their last dime. These are the people that we 491 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:30,320 think of. But yet there's millions, yeah, 492 00:25:30,360 --> 00:25:37,680 billions who live on this world. That may not be strung out, that 493 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:44,080 may not be Alcoholics, that may not be adulterers, but they just 494 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:48,440 as needfully must have the bread of life in their life as well. 495 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,320 What does this world offer? Not bread. 496 00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:58,760 It offers tainted goods. The tainted goods of vain 497 00:25:58,760 --> 00:26:01,760 religion. Self promotion. 498 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:07,960 Sexual promiscuity, unbridled greed, the love of money, the 499 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:12,560 desire for promotion, hatred, all of these things are welled 500 00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,440 up within the heart of man and these are dainties of which 501 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:19,480 Satan is trying to feed people on and trying to control people 502 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,720 with. And it's all the same time 503 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:23,960 they're looking at those on massive caste and saying at 504 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:27,440 least I'm not as bad as that. Well, no, you are ending up in 505 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:30,960 the same spot as they are because they are sinners in need 506 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,400 of the bread of life and you are a Sinner, Sinner in need of the 507 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,680 bread of life. And you may be a lesser Sinner 508 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:37,920 than that Sinner if we were to judge that way. 509 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,360 But you're still a Sinner in need of a Savior, and only the 510 00:26:41,360 --> 00:26:44,920 bread of life can satisfy. There is nothing of this life of 511 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,080 which you can partake that will satisfy you other than Jesus 512 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,880 Christ. Well, I need another promotion. 513 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,320 Well then what happens after that? 514 00:26:53,160 --> 00:26:55,920 Well, I need someone who gadgets, but what happens after 515 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,160 that? I need a new car. 516 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,080 What happens after that? We need a vacation. 517 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,480 What happens after that? I need a spouse. 518 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:09,640 What happens after that? Over and over again. 519 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,480 We can name all of these issues that would try to fill your 520 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,360 life. Not all of them are bad, but 521 00:27:16,360 --> 00:27:18,160 they won't fill your life like Jesus will. 522 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:27,520 The issue is the world will offer like a smorgasbord, all of 523 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:29,920 these different things. Taste it, it's good. 524 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:32,920 The man will go around and take a little bit of this, a little 525 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,400 bit of that. We went to a smorgasbord in 526 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:40,040 Lancaster, PA, a few years ago called Shady Maple. 527 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,240 For $16.00 you could eat until you're in a coma. 528 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,880 It's unbelievable. I've never seen anything like it 529 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,080 in my life. It's unbelievable. 530 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,960 It really is. Could you imagine all these 531 00:27:51,120 --> 00:27:53,960 pastries and and fruit and nobody ate the fruit? 532 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,120 But anyway, all these, all these meats and vegetables and all 533 00:27:57,120 --> 00:27:58,800 these different things. It was incredible. 534 00:27:59,040 --> 00:28:01,640 But could you imagine somebody just sitting down with a couple 535 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:05,880 of rolls, having paid 16 bucks and say, you know what? 536 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,320 I think I'll just stick to these rolls. 537 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:09,720 There's there's steak man, there's. 538 00:28:10,360 --> 00:28:13,320 There's. There's fish, there's all the 539 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,400 seafood you want, there's prime rib. 540 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:18,240 What are what are you doing? You just eating bread? 541 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:22,680 Nobody would do that. We know what the we know what 542 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,320 Satan does. Says why would you need Jesus? 543 00:28:26,040 --> 00:28:27,080 You think that's going to fulfill you? 544 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,480 I got all these other things fulfill you. 545 00:28:29,480 --> 00:28:34,080 They all look so exciting until you realize that the end thereof 546 00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:38,640 is the ways of death. The Bible says you don't need to 547 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:40,720 dabble around to find what you need. 548 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:45,720 You just need Jesus. He is the bread of life. 549 00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:49,000 You need Him to be the bread of life and salvation. 550 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,040 But secondly, you also need to understand this, that if He is 551 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:56,880 the sustainer of your life as it deals with salvation, He is the 552 00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:00,400 sustainer of your life after you get saved as well. 553 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:08,640 No, He continues to give your life meaning and purpose and 554 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:13,480 direction and on and on. Oh, do we need the bread of life 555 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:16,520 for heaven? Yes, but do we need the bread of 556 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:20,760 life for this earth as well? Oh yes, that the bread of life 557 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,120 isn't just about a ticket to heaven. 558 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:25,440 The bread of life is about understanding. 559 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:31,840 I need him every hour. Could you imagine going to a 560 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:36,200 steakhouse and they have beautifully cooked steaks? 561 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:40,280 You see how from the other tables, how how well marbled 562 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:43,520 they are and how, how expensive they are. 563 00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:46,120 And you see all of these things and they come to your table and 564 00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:48,240 say, what would you like? And you've already looked around 565 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:49,640 at what everyone else is eating. So you know what? 566 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:55,360 I I like a Big Mac Now now now why do? 567 00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:59,000 Why do people like Big Macs? You know, look, you know, it's 568 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:00,080 funny. Everyone says I don't eat at. 569 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:01,240 McDonald's. So somebody's eating at 570 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,280 McDonald's because it looks like the line's out the door out 571 00:30:03,280 --> 00:30:05,680 there some of these days. And I know not everybody does, 572 00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:07,120 but you wanted people like Big Macs. 573 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:08,920 I'm one of them to do. Unfortunately. 574 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:15,280 They're quick and they're cheap. Well, they were quick and cheap, 575 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:17,400 but they're. Supposed to be. 576 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,840 Quick and cheap. That's the idea. 577 00:30:20,960 --> 00:30:25,520 We know even after we're saved, Satan does a wonderful job at 578 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,320 trying to get us to partake in things that are only temporary. 579 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:35,560 They don't last. The bread of life was about 580 00:30:35,560 --> 00:30:38,320 eternality. It was about things that would 581 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:42,880 remain. Jesus would say in Matthew 582 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:47,680 chapter 8, he would say actually Matthew Chapter 7, I believe he 583 00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:52,120 says do not lay up treasures in heaven where moth and dust doth 584 00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:54,000 corrupt and where thieves breakthrough and steal. 585 00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:58,360 They not on earth, but lay up in heaven those things for where 586 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:01,240 your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 587 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:04,320 What does he say? There's things that abide and 588 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:08,520 they're things that last. You know the bread of life will 589 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:10,840 sustain you. You eat of him. 590 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:13,720 You will be sustained. Your television won't sustain 591 00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:16,560 you. Sports won't sustain you, 592 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,000 particularly the Celtics. They won't sustain you. 593 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:22,960 Your upcoming plans won't sustain you. 594 00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:28,240 Your money won't sustain you. Your family won't sustain you. 595 00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:33,400 You say, well, what's wrong with some of those things in and of 596 00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:40,080 themselves are not bad, but they won't sustain you, Sir. 597 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:41,840 Your wife won't sustain you spiritually. 598 00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,840 Vice versa is true as well. Children, as you grow, your 599 00:31:46,840 --> 00:31:48,680 parents won't sustain you spiritually. 600 00:31:49,520 --> 00:31:52,440 You have to have a spiritual walk of your own, a place where 601 00:31:52,440 --> 00:31:56,000 you get to realize that it's not the faith of my parents, but 602 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,800 it's my faith as well. Not just trusting him as your 603 00:31:57,800 --> 00:32:00,920 Savior, but also that you're going to serve Him day-to-day, 604 00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:05,280 even after you leave the home. That He is the bread of life. 605 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,600 He's, He's everything. That manna to them was 606 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,880 everything. And that for us in our lives, 607 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:12,840 Christ is the manna. He's the bread of life. 608 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,920 He sustains us the words clear about this issue. 609 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,880 Psalm 34 verse 80 taste and see that the Lord is good. 610 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:20,960 Blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 611 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:23,800 Psalm 119 verse 103. How sweet are thy words, and am 612 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:26,200 I taste sweeter than honey to my mouth. 613 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:29,560 First, Peter 2 verses 2 and three as newborn babes, desire 614 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,800 the sincere milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if. 615 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:36,320 So be have tasted that the Lord is gracious. 616 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,880 The more I read this book, the more I read how gracious God is. 617 00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,800 The more I read this book, the more I realize how loving God 618 00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,280 is. The more I read this book, the 619 00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:47,400 more he sustains. Me the the bread of life as we 620 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:51,120 find it here in this book. It's labor for those things that 621 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:55,160 last for eternity. This is what sustains us. 622 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,680 And as believers, far too often we get caught up in all these 623 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:00,200 other things. And I know we have to deal with 624 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,160 this world. We can't just avoid the world 625 00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:03,760 all together. In fact, we need to interact 626 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:05,480 with the world so we can help win the world to Christ. 627 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:08,560 Amen. We're not to participate in the 628 00:33:08,560 --> 00:33:11,440 world shenanigans, but we're able to meet people where they 629 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,800 are, to be able to help them to know there is a different way, 630 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,840 the only way. Jesus Christ, this is what we're 631 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:20,680 called to do. But don't think that you can 632 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,000 sustain yourself on your own. Maybe you have trouble with 633 00:33:23,000 --> 00:33:25,720 habitual sin in your life. You don't know what to do. 634 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,760 You're at your wit's end. Well, I'll tell you, the answer 635 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,360 is not in you. The answer is in the bread of 636 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:34,120 life. He is the one who will sustain 637 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:36,760 you through the trials of which you've imposed on yourself. 638 00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:38,560 He is the one that will get you through. 639 00:33:38,560 --> 00:33:40,040 He is the one that will help you. 640 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:41,920 He is the one that will give you guidance. 641 00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:48,080 It's all about Him in every way. It is all about Jesus Christ. 642 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:53,320 So what's the conclusion of this whole matter? 643 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:55,920 Because Jesus is talking to these people that should have 644 00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,200 known better, they didn't know better. 645 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:00,160 And really it comes down to this. 646 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,960 There's only two options. Drop down to verse #66 if you 647 00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:06,280 will. And I've said this before, I 648 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,040 don't think this is a coincidence that this is John 649 00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:13,239 666. You'll understand in a minute 650 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:16,000 when we read it. From that time, many of his 651 00:34:16,000 --> 00:34:19,560 disciples went back and walk no more with him. 652 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:23,719 There were some who claimed to be disciples, to claim to be 653 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:27,560 followers who said this? I'm not down for this. 654 00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:36,280 And they were gone. This book is serious, following 655 00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:39,880 Christ is serious. And there were some who said I 656 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,120 don't want that, I don't want that. 657 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:47,199 And they walked away. Can you imagine Jesus having fed 658 00:34:47,199 --> 00:34:51,480 you to the full bread and fish the day before miraculously, and 659 00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:53,960 the next day stumbling at the fact that he said he was the 660 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:59,560 bread of life and being gone? That's John 666 but go to the 661 00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:04,000 verse #68 actually go to, just go to 67. 662 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,520 Jesus said of the 12, will you also go away? 663 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:11,520 Says what about you guys? Seems like we started the day 664 00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:14,480 with 12. We magnified by a few thousand 665 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:17,040 and by the time the day is done, we're back to 12. 666 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,960 What about you guys? And Peter again, not the most 667 00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:27,000 perceptive man before the day of Pentecost, says one of probably 668 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,040 the two best things he said in the Gospels. 669 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:33,480 He said, this Lord, to whom shall we go? 670 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:40,240 Why, thou hast the words of eternal life, and we believe and 671 00:35:40,240 --> 00:35:45,760 are sure that thou art that Christ the Son of the living 672 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:48,360 God. There were two choices. 673 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:53,280 Some walked away, said the bread's not for me, and they 674 00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,080 died in their trespasses and sins. 675 00:35:56,080 --> 00:36:02,640 There were others like Peter and ten others who said this, Where 676 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:06,520 else are we going to go? Because you have the words of 677 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,480 eternal life, we will follow you. 678 00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:13,360 And when you truly understand who Jesus Christ is, I mean, 679 00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:19,040 truly you will do whatever you can do to make sure that He is 680 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,920 the priority in your life. And when he's not the priority 681 00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:24,800 of their life, it tells us that we don't truly understand him as 682 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,800 we ought because if we did, we would be appropriating him for 683 00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:33,400 every single area of our life. Going back to that story about 684 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:37,000 Cuban bread a little while ago, we were in Springfield, MO about 685 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:40,280 a year ago, I guess it was, and we were visiting there and 686 00:36:40,280 --> 00:36:44,440 preaching and I was online and I, I found that there was a 687 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:47,880 Cuban sandwich shop in Springfield, MO. 688 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:49,520 You said that doesn't make a lot of sense. 689 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,160 And the answer is it don't make a lot of sense, to be honest 690 00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,240 with you in the middle of the Ozarks that there is a Cuban 691 00:36:55,240 --> 00:36:57,040 sandwich shop. So I had a lot of questions. 692 00:36:57,640 --> 00:37:01,440 So I went over to this shop and with the family and we said 693 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:03,480 we're going to go get Cuban sandwiches, Cuban sandwiches 694 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:07,520 made with Cuban bread. It has ham and pork and Pickles 695 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,160 and mustard. And depending on where you go, 696 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:10,320 they put other stuff inside of it too. 697 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,000 But it's all pressed together in that Cuban bread and it's again, 698 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:16,360 amazing. All right, so I go there and the 699 00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:19,920 owner is there working and I kind of like it said about the 700 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:21,600 Pharisees of Jesus. I proved him with hard 701 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,000 questions. It's like I I want there's some 702 00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,800 things I need to know. All right, So I, I said, hey, 703 00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:29,160 I'm from Tampa, FL. I said, where did, where did you 704 00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:31,640 get your bread from? Because usually even around 705 00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:33,600 here, there's a couple Cuban restaurants around here. 706 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,120 When he asked I went to one. They made a Cuban sandwich for 707 00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:37,800 me and I said, where'd you get your Cuban bread? 708 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:42,520 He she's at Costco. No, not quite. 709 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,360 And so it was good, but it was a Cuban bread. 710 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,200 So I asked him where, where did you get your Cuban brace? 711 00:37:48,240 --> 00:37:52,920 I'm from Tampa too. He says I I get my bread from LA 712 00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:54,800 Sagunda. Now, if you're from Tampa, you 713 00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,320 know, La Sagunda is where it's at. 714 00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,200 They make the bread for almost everybody in Tampa. 715 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:01,480 A lot of people that have Cuban bread, they get it delivered 716 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:04,360 every day from LA Sagunda. They make it fresh right there 717 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:05,920 in the oven. They put a little palm branch in 718 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:06,640 it. It just goes. 719 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:08,240 Anyway, you don't want to know about all that. 720 00:38:08,240 --> 00:38:09,840 But anyway, I'm getting to a point here. 721 00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:12,720 Or just give me a second. And so I started asking, well, 722 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:14,120 how do you make this and how do you make that? 723 00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:16,080 How do you get the bread? And he's explaining this all to 724 00:38:16,080 --> 00:38:18,360 me, and it's incredible. I said, well, how do you get La 725 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:22,160 Segunda to send you bread from Tampa all the way to Missouri? 726 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:25,560 He says well I had to ask them if they would make me a special 727 00:38:26,080 --> 00:38:29,440 size of loaf, one that I could make 2 sandwiches out of. 728 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:31,520 They don't even make a loaf like this, but they made special 729 00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:33,400 pans. I made a special order and they 730 00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:36,240 make it for me. They par bake it and then they 731 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:40,000 flash freeze it and then they send it here and then I bake it 732 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,480 in my ovens, finish it off, cut it and do all that. 733 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:46,480 And I tasted it and it was just like I was sitting in a 734 00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,120 restaurant back in Tampa in the middle of the Ozarks. 735 00:38:49,200 --> 00:38:52,960 Don't make any sense. Total cost per sandwich, $25. 736 00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:54,600 No, I'm just kidding. That was it was. 737 00:38:55,080 --> 00:38:58,360 No, it was actually fairly reasonably priced for all the 738 00:38:58,360 --> 00:38:59,920 trouble he went to to be able to get that. 739 00:39:00,600 --> 00:39:05,920 And and I was amazed that this man went to such incredible 740 00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:11,440 lengths to achieve the authenticity of what he was 741 00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:15,000 trying to get for bread. But this is the conclusion I 742 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:16,640 came up to listen to. We're almost done. 743 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,960 The conclusion I came up to was he understood that the bread was 744 00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:25,760 so important that he would have gone to any length to make sure 745 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:30,120 that he got it in his shop. He knew that having it was so 746 00:39:30,120 --> 00:39:35,000 important, he would go to any length and almost any cost to be 747 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,920 able to get it. I think if a guy was willing to 748 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:43,200 do that for a loaf of bread that only myself and Jose and my 749 00:39:43,200 --> 00:39:47,200 family in this room even understands about, and certainly 750 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:48,840 not one of the Ozarks understands about because we're 751 00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:52,960 the only one there. My question is, shouldn't we, 752 00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:59,600 who knows the bread of life go to whatever length we need to to 753 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:04,240 make sure that He is our everything in every part of our 754 00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:07,120 life? He will sustain you through 755 00:40:07,120 --> 00:40:09,680 temptation, believer. He will help you. 756 00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,840 He will sustain you through your financial difficulties. 757 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:16,320 He will help you. He will sustain you when you are 758 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:19,600 discouraged, He'll help you. He will sustain you when you 759 00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:22,200 don't know which way to turn. He'll help you. 760 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,840 He will sustain you when you're not sure how you're even going 761 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:29,080 to go another step. He will help you. 762 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:31,200 Why? Because he's not just any bread. 763 00:40:32,200 --> 00:40:37,360 He's not even Cuban bread. He is the bread of life who 764 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,680 gives eternal life but also meaning to this life as well. 765 00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:45,240 Thank you for listening to the sermon from the pulpit of 766 00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:48,160 Liberty Baptist Church. If this message was a blessing 767 00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:51,600 to you, or if there's any way we can serve you, please let us 768 00:40:51,600 --> 00:40:56,200 know by contacting us at info@mylibertybaptist.org. 769 00:40:56,520 --> 00:41:01,040 Or you can visit us this Sunday at 800 Washington St. in Easton, 770 00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,880 MA. May the Lord bless you as you 771 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:05,080 grow in His Word.