Class 3 from this series was used in GCT Episode 368.<\/p>\n
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\nus his second study under the
\ngeneral theme at the breaking of<\/p>\n
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\nbread.
\nAnd the topic of this class is <\/p>\n
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\nuntil it be fulfilled.
\nJohnny, please. <\/p>\n
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\nThanks, Paul.
\nGood morning brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters.
\nJust to kind of get us back into<\/p>\n
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\ncontext, yesterday I made the
\nmistake of trying to ram a <\/p>\n
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\nlittle bit too much into our
\nsession, I think. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I probably towards the end
\nthere I started rushing to the <\/p>\n
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\npoint that you probably lost the
\nflavour of what I was trying to <\/p>\n
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\nconvey.
\nBut I hope you managed to get <\/p>\n
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\nthe, the essence of what I was
\ntrying to do, which was to get <\/p>\n
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\ninto the mindset and into the
\ndemeanour and the feelings of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Lord Jesus Christ as he
\napproached the breaking of bread<\/p>\n
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\nwith his disciples.
\nHow he wanted to share with them<\/p>\n
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\nhis joy, his peace, his, his
\nsense of composure, his <\/p>\n
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\nunderstanding of what he was
\ngoing to achieve and how <\/p>\n
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\nwonderful that was that he might
\nshare that with, with his <\/p>\n
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\nbrothers and sisters.
\nTo the point that there in the <\/p>\n
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\ngarden, he was still determined
\nthat Peter, James and John <\/p>\n
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\nspecifically would would have
\ngrasped all of those feelings, <\/p>\n
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\nthat they might continue to be
\nable to share those with the <\/p>\n
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\nrest of the disciples after he’d
\ngone. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I hope you managed to catch
\nthat flavour, even though I like<\/p>\n
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\ngabbled away for over an hour
\nand and rushed like crazy. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m going to try not to do that
\nso much this morning, but it is <\/p>\n
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\na bad habit.
\nSo what I want us to think about<\/p>\n
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\nthis morning is this phrase that
\nLuke particularly uses in his <\/p>\n
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\naccount of the the Last Supper.
\nUntil it be fulfilled, I will no<\/p>\n
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\nlonger eat.
\nThis bread I will no longer <\/p>\n
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\ndrink.
\nI will not drink of the fruit of<\/p>\n
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\nthe vine until it be fulfilled
\nin the Kingdom of God. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat does that mean?
\nWhat did the Lord Jesus Christ <\/p>\n
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\nmean by that idea that some
\nessence of the symbols that He <\/p>\n
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\nwas sharing in the bread and in
\nthe wine would have some future <\/p>\n
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\nfulfillment for Him and for us?
\nWhat did he mean by that? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd to do that, I wanted to look
\nat each of the symbols in turn, <\/p>\n
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\nfirst the bread and then the
\nwine and see what, what essence <\/p>\n
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\nof the, the symbols that the
\nLord Jesus was trying to share. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’ll have some future
\nfulfilment for each one of us. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the reason I want to do that
\nis so that when we sit down week<\/p>\n
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\nby week and we, we eat the bread
\nand we, we drink the wine just <\/p>\n
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\nas quickly as that happens, it
\njust kind of comes and goes in a<\/p>\n
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\nmoment, doesn’t it, that we
\nmight be able to sit down or I <\/p>\n
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\ncertainly wanted to be able to
\nsit down and think. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat, what future significance
\ndoes this have for me is I just <\/p>\n
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\ntake this simple piece of bread
\nand I just sip this wine and <\/p>\n
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\nshare it in fellowship with my
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat is the future significance?
\nThat the Lord wanted me to <\/p>\n
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\nattach to that I will not drink
\nuntil I drink it new with you <\/p>\n
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\nuntil it be fulfilled in the
\nKingdom of God so that’s what I <\/p>\n
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\nwhat I want to explore with you
\nthis morning and the very words <\/p>\n
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\nthat Jesus uses there demand
\nthat in some way this. <\/p>\n
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\nThis meal that he shared with
\nhis disciples was prophetic. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was going to have some future
\nfulfilment. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I want you to come with me,
\nfirst of all to Exodus 13, just <\/p>\n
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\nreally quickly, because the
\nPassover for the children of <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael had the same essence
\nabout it. <\/p>\n
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\nExodus Chapter 13 of.
\nCourse, Moses is giving here <\/p>\n
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\nfrom God the instructions for
\nsharing the Passover. <\/p>\n
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\nTo the men and women of Israel,
\nand these were the words that he<\/p>\n
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\ngave them.
\nVerse 3 of Exodus 13, Remember <\/p>\n
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\nthis day, said Moses.
\nVerse 3, Exodus 13, in which you<\/p>\n
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\ncame out from Egypt out of the
\nHouse of bondage for by <\/p>\n
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\nstrength.
\nOf hand the Lord brought you out<\/p>\n
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\nfrom this place.
\nThere will no leavened bread be <\/p>\n
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\neaten this day.
\nYou came out in the month, Abib.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd it will be when the Lord
\nwill bring you into the land of <\/p>\n
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\nthe Canaanites, Hittites,
\nAmorites, Hivites and Jebusites,<\/p>\n
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\nwhich He swear to your Father’s
\nto give you a land flowing with <\/p>\n
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\nmilk and honey.
\nYou will keep this service in <\/p>\n
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\nthis month.
\nDo you sense the essence of of <\/p>\n
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\nprophecy there that that Moses
\nwas giving? <\/p>\n
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\nThere is something about this
\nPassover meal that you’re going <\/p>\n
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\nto share that is going to reach
\nits fulfilment when you arrive <\/p>\n
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\nin the Promised Land, when
\nfinally you get there, He says. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you, when the Lord has given
\nyou the land of the Canaanites, <\/p>\n
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\nHittites, Amorites, Hivites, and
\nJebusites, which he’s been <\/p>\n
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\npromising to your father’s for
\ngenerations, when you finally <\/p>\n
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\narrive there, you’re going to
\neat this meal again. <\/p>\n
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\ncelebration of everything that <\/p>\n
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\nIt will be in order to help you <\/p>\n
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\nremember not just the cost that
\nwas paid, not just all the <\/p>\n
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\nexperiences you went through in
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\nable to share it in, in a new
\nand in an awesome way that <\/p>\n
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\nyou’re now sitting there in the
\npromised land that has been <\/p>\n
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\npromised to your, your father’s
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\ngreat grandfather’s.
\nNow it’s yours and you’re there <\/p>\n
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\nand it’s been fulfilled.
\nAll the things that God has been<\/p>\n
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\npromising to you have now
\nreached their conclusion and <\/p>\n
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\ntheir completion.
\nAnd when you sit down to eat <\/p>\n
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\nthat meal, finally one day when
\nit happens, you will. <\/p>\n
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\nRealise that God has completed
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\nIsn’t that lovely? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd may it be, brother and
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\nMay it be we remember that
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\nit’s been completed in the
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\nwill sit and share a meal with
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ when <\/p>\n
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\neverything that today, these
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\nreal. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we will sit down at a great
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\nChrist.
\nAnd all the things that in our <\/p>\n
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\nlives we’ve only dreamed about,
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\nstrived for one day they’ll be
\nreal. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd may each week as we come and
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\nremember that that this is not
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\nIt’s a great looking forward to
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\nnew with the Lord Jesus Christ
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\nWell, as we come back to our our
\nNew Testament, come with me to <\/p>\n
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\nJohn chapter. 6.
\nOne of the. <\/p>\n
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\nStaggering things about the
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\nSupper in the Gospels is how
\nbrief it is. <\/p>\n
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\nI think in Matthew and Mark it
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\nJesus took the bread and blessed
\nand break and gave it to them <\/p>\n
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\nand said take, eat.
\nThis is my body. <\/p>\n
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\nYou can almost recite it word
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\nLuke takes an extra verse, 5
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\nAlright, isn’t it extraordinary
\nthat this absolutely momentous <\/p>\n
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\nmoment that we remember?
\nEvery week by the grace of God <\/p>\n
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\nis just captured in four or five
\nverses It in certainly in <\/p>\n
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\nMatthew, Mark and Luke.
\nWhen you come to John, John is <\/p>\n
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\nrather unusual as you know,
\nJohn, rather than just having a <\/p>\n
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\nfew verses in the upper room in
\nhis gospel, has John 131415164. <\/p>\n
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\nChapters in the upper room,
\nright? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet the the amazing thing
\nabout John’s gospel is even <\/p>\n
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\nthough he spends 4 chapters of
\nhis gospel. <\/p>\n
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\nIn the upper room with the Lord
\nJesus Christ, he never once <\/p>\n
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\nmentions the actual giving of
\nthe bread and the wine. <\/p>\n
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\nHe never says Jesus said this is
\nthis bread is my body which is <\/p>\n
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\ngiven for you this do in
\nremembrance of me. <\/p>\n
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\nHe never mentions it.
\nSo in those four chapters there <\/p>\n
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\nin the upper room, John never
\nsays and Jesus took the cup and <\/p>\n
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\npassed it around and said this
\ncup is the new covenant in my <\/p>\n
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\nblood.
\nNever mentions it. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that’s absolutely
\nextraordinary, isn’t it really? <\/p>\n
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\nYou would think that the
\ndisciple who spent the most time<\/p>\n
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\nof his gospel there in the upper
\nroom would have would have <\/p>\n
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\ncaptured those moments when
\nJesus shared the bread in the <\/p>\n
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\nwine specifically.
\nBut I want to suggest you a <\/p>\n
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\nreason why he didn’t run
\nsisters, and that’s because he <\/p>\n
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\ndevotes two other chapters of
\nhis Gospel elsewhere to those <\/p>\n
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\nprinciples.
\nAnd the first one is here in <\/p>\n
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\nJohn chapter 6 at the feeding of
\nthe 5000. <\/p>\n
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\nNow John only records a handful
\nof miracles, as you know, and <\/p>\n
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\nhis his choice of miracles is
\nvery different to the other <\/p>\n
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\ngospel writers.
\nAnd this is the one that he <\/p>\n
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\nchooses to recount along with
\nall the others, which makes the <\/p>\n
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\nfeeding of the 5000 the only
\nmiracle that’s recorded in all <\/p>\n
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\nfour gospels.
\nAnd John has the longest account<\/p>\n
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\nof it by a long way, virtually
\nall of John chapter. 6 which as <\/p>\n
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\nyou just cast your eye down it,
\nit’s one of it’s a big chapter <\/p>\n
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\n71 verses is virtually all given
\nto the feeding of the 5000. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I want to suggest to you,
\nBrent, sisters, we’re just going<\/p>\n
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\nto look at one or two of the
\ndetails really quickly that the <\/p>\n
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\nreason is because John deals
\nwith the principle of the bread <\/p>\n
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\nand what it was to signify.
\nAnd what he wanted you and I to <\/p>\n
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\nthink about when we shared it
\ntogether was dealt with right <\/p>\n
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\nhere a year, I believe, at least
\nbefore the Lord’s own death. <\/p>\n
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\nJohn dealt with the the the
\nprinciple of the sharing of the <\/p>\n
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\nbread.
\nAnd we’ll come in a moment to <\/p>\n
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\nthe wedding at Cana, where I
\nbelieve he dealt with the wine. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that we might understand the
\nsymbology and the principles of <\/p>\n
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\nthese symbols.
\nSo let’s have a look, John, John<\/p>\n
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\nchapter 6.
\nLet’s just come in at the <\/p>\n
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\nbeginning here.
\nJesus went up into a mountain in<\/p>\n
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\nverse 3, and there he sat with
\nhis disciples and the Passover, <\/p>\n
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\na feast of the Jews.
\nWas at hand and I want to notice<\/p>\n
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\ncarefully what John said about
\nthat everybody knows the the <\/p>\n
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\nPassover is a feast of the Jews,
\nright? <\/p>\n
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\nThere’s no other nation on earth
\nthat has the Passover as one of <\/p>\n
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\ntheir feasts, one of their
\ncultural times of the year, one <\/p>\n
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\nof their festivals.
\nSo why does John the the words <\/p>\n
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\naren’t used, you know, just for
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\nI was trying to tell the
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\nknow, you never come to a
\nchapter in the Bible where, <\/p>\n
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\nwhere God decides just to fill
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\nlook like it.
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\nbit too short.
\nWhy does John say it was a feast<\/p>\n
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\nof the Jews?
\nAnd I want. <\/p>\n
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\nTo suggest to you Brent sisters,
\nit’s because. <\/p>\n
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\nIt was no longer the the feast
\nof God’s people. <\/p>\n
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\nThe Jews had made it their
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\nIt wasn’t the Lord’s Passover as
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\nExodus.
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\nFeast of the Jews.
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\nThe great things that we were
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\nit should should have signified
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\nstrained away.
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\ngreat feast that should have
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\ntheir deliverance and their
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\na feast of the Jews.
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\ndid as part of their tradition,
\nas part of their ritual, and all<\/p>\n
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\nof the grandeur and the majesty
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\nbeen lost.
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\nAnd one of the things that we’re
\nchallenged by week by week, one <\/p>\n
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\nnature is whenever you do <\/p>\n
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\nsomething habitually by ritual,
\nthere becomes a danger in it of <\/p>\n
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\nit losing its grandeur and its
\nmajesty, doesn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd let’s make sure, Bren
\nsisters, that our Passover feast<\/p>\n
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\nnever becomes, well, a feast of
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\nThat it always remains the
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\nmemorial, not ours, not
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\ninto, that we just turn it week
\nby week to that it becomes and <\/p>\n
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\nremains his feast, his memory.
\nHis meal. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd Jesus lifted up his eyes,
\nverse 5, and saw a great company<\/p>\n
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\ncoming to him.
\nAnd the other gospel writers <\/p>\n
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\ntell us that the disciples
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\npoint and suggest that Jesus
\ndismisses the crowd. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy don’t you send them away?
\nYou know that it’s well late in <\/p>\n
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\nSend them away. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy don’t you tell them to go
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\nBut here in John, John’s focuses
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\nWhen Jesus saw verse 5, a great
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\nPhilip, where are we going to
\nbuy bread, Philip, that all <\/p>\n
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\nthese people may eat?
\nAnd this he said, verse 6, to <\/p>\n
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\nI think that’s beautiful.
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\nLord’s life where Jesus didn’t
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\nI wish my life was like that.
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\nload of people that you you <\/p>\n
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\nknow, you’ve never met.
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\nwhat’s going on.
\nI don’t know what it’s going to <\/p>\n
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\nlook like, feel like, how I’m
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\nShall we buy bread, Philip, for
\nall these people? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd he was teasing him in a way,
\nwasn’t it? <\/p>\n
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\nSometimes it feels a little
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\nBut he was testing Philip.
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\nWhere are we going to buy bread,
\nPhilip, that all these people <\/p>\n
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\nwill be able to eat?
\nAnd the note about you, Brent <\/p>\n
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\nsays, I sometimes feel like the
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\nHow are you going to fix it?
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\nassess it and evaluate it to the
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\nwhat I don’t know?
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\nI can’t see a solution.
\nWhere, Where, says Philip, where<\/p>\n
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\non earth could we ever go here
\nin a wilderness to buy enough <\/p>\n
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\nbread, not just so that
\neverybody can take a piece like <\/p>\n
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\nwe do on a Sunday morning, but
\nthat everybody can eat a meal <\/p>\n
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\nand be filled?
\nWhere is there a place in the <\/p>\n
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\nI I can’t see a.
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\nAnd Jesus already knew what the
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\nAnd sometimes in our life, bread
\nand sisters, our problems are <\/p>\n
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\njust like that.
\nThe Lord wants us to take a good<\/p>\n
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\nhard look, walk all around it,
\nmeasure it, weigh it up until we<\/p>\n
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\nreach the conclusion that we
\ndon’t know the answer, so that <\/p>\n
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\nUs where will we find enough
\nbread, Philip? <\/p>\n
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\nWhy don’t you give them to eat?
\nAnd Philip answered him, verse <\/p>\n
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\n7200.
\nPennyworth of bread is not <\/p>\n
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\nsufficient for them that
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\nAnd I guess Philip was speaking
\nfor all of them. <\/p>\n
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\nI guess they were all standing
\nthere going. <\/p>\n
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\nI’ve no idea.
\nHe’s now telling us. <\/p>\n
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\nCan you believe it?
\nCan you imagine Peter standing <\/p>\n
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\ntold us to do.
\nHe’s suggesting that we go and <\/p>\n
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\nfind some bread to feed. 5010
\nthousand, 12,000 people, 5000 <\/p>\n
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\nAnd unwittingly, perhaps, Philip<\/p>\n
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\nis quoting from the words of
\nMoses. <\/p>\n
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\nJust keep a finger in John and
\ncome back to Numbers 11 because <\/p>\n
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\npeople of come and started <\/p>\n
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\nWhy, why, why have you afflicted
\nyour servants? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd wherefore have I not found
\nfavour in your sight, that you <\/p>\n
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\nlay the burden of all this
\npeople upon me? <\/p>\n
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\nHave I conceived all this
\npeople? <\/p>\n
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\nHave I begotten them that you
\nshould say unto me? <\/p>\n
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\nCarry them in your bosom as a
\nnursing father bears the sucking<\/p>\n
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\nchild to the land which you
\nswear to their fathers. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you can I, I don’t know
\nabout you, Bren sisters, how it <\/p>\n
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\ndepends how long ago it is since
\nyou you had your children. <\/p>\n
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\nI can totally understand how
\nMoses feeling here. <\/p>\n
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\nHe says, you’ve given me this
\nchild that’s hungry and it’s <\/p>\n
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\ncrying out for food, and you’ve
\nnot given it a mother. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I’m the one who’s carrying
\nall this people. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd do you think I can give
\nthese people food? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I tell you, when Esther’s
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\nearly days. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, what can a father do to
\ngive a child food when he’s <\/p>\n
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\ncrying out and he’s hungry?
\nAnd that’s how Moses felt. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ve left me and abandoned me
\nwith all these people and you <\/p>\n
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\nexpect me to give them food?
\nCan a nursing father do that for<\/p>\n
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\na nursing?
\nChild verse 13 Hear the words <\/p>\n
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\nPhilip.
\nPhilip locks onto When should I <\/p>\n
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\nhave flesh to give unto all this
\npeople, for they weep unto me <\/p>\n
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\ngive.
\nGive us flesh that we may eat. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s too heavy for me.
\nWhere can. <\/p>\n
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\nYou find enough.
\nFood, says Philip, in a <\/p>\n
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\nwilderness to to supply food for
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\nthe answer of the Lord was here.
\nIn Numbers 11, verse 21, Moses <\/p>\n
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\nsaid, The people among whom I am
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\nhave said, I will give them
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\nShall the flocks and herds be <\/p>\n
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\nslain for them to suffice for
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\nOr shall all the fish of the sea
\nbe gathered together for them to<\/p>\n
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\nsuffice for them?
\nAnd the Lord said to Moses, Is <\/p>\n
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\nthe Lord’s hand waxed short?
\nYou will see now whether my <\/p>\n
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\nword.
\nWill come to pass to you or not.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd in a way, God was doing with
\nMoses what the Lord was doing <\/p>\n
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\nwith Philip here, wasn’t he?
\nThere were 600,000 men. <\/p>\n
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\nBesides women and children,
\nthey’re in the wilderness when <\/p>\n
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\nGod fed them with manna.
\nAnd you can almost hear the Lord<\/p>\n
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\nJesus saying to Philip, well, do
\nyou think God can’t feed 5000 <\/p>\n
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\nwith bread here in the
\nwilderness and back in John 6, <\/p>\n
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\nAndrew now comes to the Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a lovely moment.
\nJohn chapter 6 and verse eight. <\/p>\n
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\nOne of his disciples, Andrew,
\nSimon Peter’s brother, said to <\/p>\n
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\nhim, There is a lad here who has
\nfive barley loaves and two small<\/p>\n
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\nfishes.
\nBut what are they? <\/p>\n
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\nAmong so many.
\nIsn’t that a lovely question? <\/p>\n
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\nI’d love to know the tone in
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\nLord Jesus that question.
\nHere I there’s a lad here, he <\/p>\n
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\nsays he has five.
\nLoaves and two fish, but what <\/p>\n
337
\n00:18:01,040 –> 00:18:03,400
\nare they among so many?
\nI don’t know whether he was <\/p>\n
338
\n00:18:03,400 –> 00:18:06,440
\nsaying it in like despair.
\nYou know. <\/p>\n
339
\n00:18:06,440 –> 00:18:09,800
\nWell, the best we’ve done, Lord,
\nis 5 loaves and two fishes. <\/p>\n
340
\n00:18:09,800 –> 00:18:13,640
\nBut what use is that?
\nOr was he saying with a note of <\/p>\n
341
\n00:18:13,640 –> 00:18:15,280
\nenquiry?
\nTo the Lord. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:18:15,600 –> 00:18:17,880
\nWell, we’ve got 5 loaves and two
\nfish here. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:18:18,560 –> 00:18:22,120
\nBut what are they?
\nAmong so many, as if to say to <\/p>\n
344
\n00:18:22,120 –> 00:18:25,920
\nthe Lord, I have a feeling you
\nmight be able to do something <\/p>\n
345
\n00:18:25,920 –> 00:18:28,880
\nwith this.
\nThis is the best we can do. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:18:29,320 –> 00:18:31,840
\nNow it’s over to you.
\nWouldn’t that be lovely? <\/p>\n
347
\n00:18:32,720 –> 00:18:34,440
\nYou know, sometimes, brothers
\nand sisters, we feel we have <\/p>\n
348
\n00:18:34,440 –> 00:18:38,000
\nvery little to offer the Lord
\nJesus Christ in service in our <\/p>\n
349
\n00:18:38,000 –> 00:18:40,560
\nlives.
\nAnd yet all this young lad who <\/p>\n
350
\n00:18:40,600 –> 00:18:44,440
\nis unnamed to this day in the
\nrecord of Scripture had to offer<\/p>\n
351
\n00:18:44,440 –> 00:18:48,920
\nwas 5 loaves and two fish, and
\nyet he was willing to give it <\/p>\n
352
\n00:18:49,320 –> 00:18:51,920
\ninto the hands of the Lord to
\nsee what He would do with it. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:18:52,960 –> 00:18:55,880
\nNever underestimate Brent
\nsisters, what the Lord can do <\/p>\n
354
\n00:18:56,280 –> 00:18:58,520
\nwith your 5 loaves and two
\nfishes. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:18:59,280 –> 00:19:02,320
\nWhatever your 5 loaves and two
\nfish might be, never <\/p>\n
356
\n00:19:02,320 –> 00:19:05,120
\nunderestimate when you give it
\ninto the hands of the Lord and <\/p>\n
357
\n00:19:05,120 –> 00:19:09,920
\ninto His service what He can do
\nwith it and with this small <\/p>\n
358
\n00:19:09,920 –> 00:19:13,000
\nbasket of food.
\nThe Lord Jesus was now going to <\/p>\n
359
\n00:19:13,000 –> 00:19:16,280
\nfeed a great multitude with
\nplenty to spare. <\/p>\n
360
\n00:19:17,920 –> 00:19:22,840
\nAnd here in verse 11, we get the
\nwords that John doesn’t use <\/p>\n
361
\n00:19:22,840 –> 00:19:25,880
\nagain.
\nLater in the upper room, Jesus <\/p>\n
362
\n00:19:25,880 –> 00:19:30,800
\ntook the loaves, and when he’d
\ngiven thanks, he distributed to <\/p>\n
363
\n00:19:30,800 –> 00:19:34,840
\nthe disciples and the disciples
\nto them that were set down. <\/p>\n
364
\n00:19:35,160 –> 00:19:36,400
\nAnd you know those words, don’t
\nyou? <\/p>\n
365
\n00:19:36,400 –> 00:19:40,560
\nThere’s just no mistaking where
\nthose words will be used again <\/p>\n
366
\n00:19:40,560 –> 00:19:42,440
\nby the other Gospel writers in
\nthe upper room. <\/p>\n
367
\n00:19:42,440 –> 00:19:47,160
\nAnd yet here they are in John 6
\nat the feeding of the 5000 for <\/p>\n
368
\n00:19:47,160 –> 00:19:50,120
\nJohn for his gospel.
\nNow what did they mean? <\/p>\n
369
\n00:19:50,560 –> 00:19:52,560
\nWhat?
\nWhat was the symbology behind <\/p>\n
370
\n00:19:52,560 –> 00:19:55,880
\nthis bread now that the Lord
\nJesus wanted to focus on? <\/p>\n
371
\n00:19:55,920 –> 00:19:59,160
\nJesus took the bread and when he
\nhad given thanks, he gave it to <\/p>\n
372
\n00:19:59,160 –> 00:20:02,760
\nthe disciples and the disciples
\nto those who were set down. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:20:02,760 –> 00:20:04,600
\nWell, the answers actually came
\nthe next day. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:20:04,600 –> 00:20:07,000
\nCome down later in the chapter
\ndown to verse 25. <\/p>\n
375
\n00:20:10,000 –> 00:20:13,640
\nWhen they found him on the other
\nside of the sea, they said to <\/p>\n
376
\n00:20:13,640 –> 00:20:15,440
\nhim, Rabbi, when did you get
\nhere? <\/p>\n
377
\n00:20:15,800 –> 00:20:17,720
\nAnd of course, what we need to
\nremember, Brensys, is there was <\/p>\n
378
\n00:20:17,720 –> 00:20:20,720
\nanother miracle taking place at
\nthe same time as the feeding of <\/p>\n
379
\n00:20:20,720 –> 00:20:24,160
\nthe 5000, and that was Peter
\nwalking on the water that night <\/p>\n
380
\n00:20:24,160 –> 00:20:26,520
\nafter the feeding of the 5000,
\nthey crossed the lake. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:20:26,760 –> 00:20:28,720
\nJesus had gone out to them on
\nthe on the lake. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:20:29,200 –> 00:20:32,640
\nPeter had walked on the water in
\nthat storm tossed sea and they’d<\/p>\n
383
\n00:20:32,640 –> 00:20:35,360
\narrived at the other side.
\nAnd so when you just read here, <\/p>\n
384
\n00:20:35,360 –> 00:20:37,600
\nwhen they found him on the other
\nside of the sea, they said to <\/p>\n
385
\n00:20:37,600 –> 00:20:40,040
\nhim, Rabbi, when did you get
\nhere? <\/p>\n
386
\n00:20:40,320 –> 00:20:42,800
\nIt was because they couldn’t
\nbelieve that during the night <\/p>\n
387
\n00:20:42,800 –> 00:20:45,280
\nthat had just passed in that
\ngreat storm. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:20:45,280 –> 00:20:47,040
\nHow on earth?
\nThe Lord had managed to cross <\/p>\n
389
\n00:20:47,040 –> 00:20:49,480
\nthat lake.
\nIsn’t that lovely? <\/p>\n
390
\n00:20:50,200 –> 00:20:53,000
\nAnd another lovely miracle for
\nthe disciples very personally. <\/p>\n
391
\n00:20:53,000 –> 00:20:56,560
\nIt happened during that night,
\nand Jesus answered them, verse <\/p>\n
392
\n00:20:56,560 –> 00:21:01,320
\n26 and said, Verily, verily, I
\nsay unto you, you seek me, not <\/p>\n
393
\n00:21:01,320 –> 00:21:05,200
\nbecause you saw the miracles,
\nbut because you did eat of the <\/p>\n
394
\n00:21:05,200 –> 00:21:10,160
\nloaves and were filled labour,
\nnot for the meat which perishes,<\/p>\n
395
\n00:21:10,520 –> 00:21:13,360
\nbut for the meat which endures,
\nand to everlasting life, which <\/p>\n
396
\n00:21:13,360 –> 00:21:17,120
\nthe Son of man will give to you,
\nfor him has God the Father <\/p>\n
397
\n00:21:17,360 –> 00:21:18,960
\nsealed.
\nAnd that’s a really sad <\/p>\n
398
\n00:21:18,960 –> 00:21:20,760
\nstatement from the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
399
\n00:21:21,080 –> 00:21:24,400
\nHe says, I know you’re not
\nfollowing me because you you saw<\/p>\n
400
\n00:21:24,400 –> 00:21:27,080
\nand you understood the miracle
\nthat I did yesterday. <\/p>\n
401
\n00:21:27,600 –> 00:21:32,040
\nYou came because, well, you had
\na good meal and you’re you’re <\/p>\n
402
\n00:21:32,040 –> 00:21:33,680
\ncoming so that you can have
\nanother one. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:21:34,480 –> 00:21:38,200
\nYou’re coming because you you
\nate the loaves and were filled. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:21:38,200 –> 00:21:41,760
\nAll they could see was bread.
\nAnd you know, Brian says I have <\/p>\n
405
\n00:21:41,760 –> 00:21:43,640
\na personal confession to make to
\nyou. <\/p>\n
406
\n00:21:44,480 –> 00:21:47,840
\nFor a long time in my early
\nlife, in the truth, I came week <\/p>\n
407
\n00:21:47,840 –> 00:21:51,360
\nby week to the Sunday meeting
\nand all I could see on the plate<\/p>\n
408
\n00:21:51,360 –> 00:21:55,000
\nwas bread.
\nThat’s all I could see, nothing <\/p>\n
409
\n00:21:55,000 –> 00:21:57,760
\nmore.
\nAnd this was the challenge that <\/p>\n
410
\n00:21:57,760 –> 00:21:59,400
\nthe Lord was giving to these
\nJews. <\/p>\n
411
\n00:21:59,400 –> 00:22:02,400
\nThat’s all you can see.
\nBread and it has no greater <\/p>\n
412
\n00:22:02,400 –> 00:22:05,560
\nsignificance to you, no, no
\ngreater impact on your lives <\/p>\n
413
\n00:22:05,560 –> 00:22:09,480
\nthan that it’s just bread and
\nyou need to be really careful, <\/p>\n
414
\n00:22:09,480 –> 00:22:12,120
\nsays the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nAnd and he made a really <\/p>\n
415
\n00:22:12,120 –> 00:22:16,080
\ncritical quote from Isaiah verse
\n27. <\/p>\n
416
\n00:22:16,400 –> 00:22:19,880
\nLabour not for the meat which
\nperishes, but for that meat <\/p>\n
417
\n00:22:19,880 –> 00:22:22,440
\nwhich endures, and to
\neverlasting life which the Son <\/p>\n
418
\n00:22:22,440 –> 00:22:25,000
\nof man shall give to you.
\nWill you keep your finger in <\/p>\n
419
\n00:22:25,000 –> 00:22:29,680
\nJohn again, and come back with
\nme to to Isaiah 55, where the <\/p>\n
420
\n00:22:29,680 –> 00:22:32,200
\nLord is quoting there, because
\nwe begin to get the first hint <\/p>\n
421
\n00:22:32,200 –> 00:22:35,680
\nof what Jesus really wanted to
\nus to see and understand in this<\/p>\n
422
\n00:22:35,680 –> 00:22:41,160
\nsymbol of the bread, Isaiah 55.
\nThis is where he quotes from <\/p>\n
423
\n00:22:41,160 –> 00:22:44,320
\nLabour, not for the meat which
\nperishes, but for that bread <\/p>\n
424
\n00:22:44,320 –> 00:22:46,200
\nwhich will endure to everlasting
\nlife. <\/p>\n
425
\n00:22:49,480 –> 00:22:53,680
\nIsaiah 55 Lovely words, well
\nknown words. <\/p>\n
426
\n00:22:55,520 –> 00:22:58,840
\nOh everyone that thirsts verse
\none, come to the waters, and he <\/p>\n
427
\n00:22:58,840 –> 00:23:02,000
\nthat has no money come buy, buy
\nand eat. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:23:02,200 –> 00:23:04,920
\nBuy wine and milk without money
\nand without price. <\/p>\n
429
\n00:23:05,080 –> 00:23:08,160
\nWhy do you spend money for that
\nwhich is not bread, and your <\/p>\n
430
\n00:23:08,160 –> 00:23:10,320
\nlabour for that which doesn’t
\nsatisfy? <\/p>\n
431
\n00:23:10,960 –> 00:23:14,240
\nHearken diligently unto me, and
\neat ye that which is good. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:23:14,560 –> 00:23:16,800
\nLet your soul delight itself in
\nfatness. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:23:16,800 –> 00:23:20,480
\nIncline your ear and come unto
\nme here, and your soul shall <\/p>\n
434
\n00:23:20,480 –> 00:23:23,080
\nlive, and I will make an
\neverlasting covenant with you. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:23:23,120 –> 00:23:25,720
\nEven the sure mercies of David.
\nThey’re lovely words, aren’t <\/p>\n
436
\n00:23:25,720 –> 00:23:29,120
\nthey, Bren Sisters, why was it
\nthat the Lord quoted from those <\/p>\n
437
\n00:23:29,120 –> 00:23:32,320
\nwords at this moment there in
\nJohn 6 at the feeding of the <\/p>\n
438
\n00:23:32,320 –> 00:23:36,080
\n5000, All you can see is bread.
\nHe said you’re coming to me not <\/p>\n
439
\n00:23:36,080 –> 00:23:38,840
\nbecause you understand and you
\nyou appreciate the miracle, but <\/p>\n
440
\n00:23:38,840 –> 00:23:40,880
\nbecause all you can see is
\nbread. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:23:41,200 –> 00:23:43,840
\nAnd he’s challenging us, bread
\nand sisters, to be able to <\/p>\n
442
\n00:23:43,840 –> 00:23:47,080
\ndifferentiate in our lives
\nbetween tangible, transient <\/p>\n
443
\n00:23:47,080 –> 00:23:51,360
\nthings and spiritual everlasting
\nthings. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:23:52,400 –> 00:23:54,040
\nThis one again.
\nCome ye. <\/p>\n
445
\n00:23:54,280 –> 00:24:00,040
\nEveryone who thirsts to the
\nwaters come and buy and eat, but<\/p>\n
446
\n00:24:00,040 –> 00:24:03,040
\ncome and buy without money and
\nwithout price. <\/p>\n
447
\n00:24:03,040 –> 00:24:05,960
\nThe bread that we eat, bread and
\nsisters week by week on a Sunday<\/p>\n
448
\n00:24:05,960 –> 00:24:08,720
\nmorning, you cannot put a price
\non it. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:24:09,520 –> 00:24:12,480
\nThere is there is nothing else
\nin this world that can come <\/p>\n
450
\n00:24:12,480 –> 00:24:15,240
\nclose to that which we share
\nweek by week. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:24:15,240 –> 00:24:17,760
\nIt’s beyond price.
\nYou can’t put a label on it. <\/p>\n
452
\n00:24:17,760 –> 00:24:22,360
\nYou can’t buy it in sobis.
\nNot this kind of bread. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:24:23,440 –> 00:24:26,200
\nWhy do you spend money?
\nHe says verse 2 for that which <\/p>\n
454
\n00:24:26,200 –> 00:24:30,200
\nis not bread and your labour for
\nthat which doesn’t satisfy. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:24:30,200 –> 00:24:33,640
\nI ask myself that every payday
\nback home, right? <\/p>\n
456
\n00:24:34,320 –> 00:24:36,760
\nBecause it comes in and it goes
\nout so quick. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:24:36,880 –> 00:24:39,280
\nIn fact, more goes out than
\ncomes in, right? <\/p>\n
458
\n00:24:39,400 –> 00:24:41,240
\nThat’s how it works, isn’t it?
\nMonth by month. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:24:41,640 –> 00:24:43,360
\nAnd you sit down at the end of
\nit and you think, well, what did<\/p>\n
460
\n00:24:43,360 –> 00:24:46,320
\nI achieve with that?
\nI put bread on the table, God <\/p>\n
461
\n00:24:46,320 –> 00:24:50,040
\nwilling, for my family and I put
\nclothes on my body. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:24:51,320 –> 00:24:53,600
\nAnd in the long run, Bren
\nSisters, you know as well as I <\/p>\n
463
\n00:24:53,600 –> 00:24:58,800
\ndo the aching, gaping hole that
\nleaves in a man’s life when all <\/p>\n
464
\n00:24:58,800 –> 00:25:02,200
\nof his focus is on providing
\nthings which don’t ultimately, <\/p>\n
465
\n00:25:02,200 –> 00:25:06,800
\ntruly, deeply, spiritually and
\nemotionally satisfy men and <\/p>\n
466
\n00:25:06,800 –> 00:25:10,400
\nwomen made in the image of God.
\nThere is nothing lasting or <\/p>\n
467
\n00:25:10,400 –> 00:25:13,360
\nsatisfying, Bren Sisters, in
\nthis world that can be bought <\/p>\n
468
\n00:25:13,360 –> 00:25:15,640
\nwith money.
\nWhy are you running around to <\/p>\n
469
\n00:25:15,640 –> 00:25:18,840
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ all of
\nyour lives chasing bread, <\/p>\n
470
\n00:25:19,640 –> 00:25:22,040
\nchasing things that are
\ntransient and passing and still <\/p>\n
471
\n00:25:22,040 –> 00:25:23,920
\nleave you hungry at the end of
\nthe day? <\/p>\n
472
\n00:25:24,560 –> 00:25:26,480
\nAll of your lives you’re
\nfocusing on all of those <\/p>\n
473
\n00:25:26,480 –> 00:25:29,800
\ntransient, passing things that
\ngive you no lasting value or <\/p>\n
474
\n00:25:29,800 –> 00:25:33,120
\nbenefit.
\nNow listen to the antidote. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:25:33,120 –> 00:25:38,920
\nThen end of verse 2.
\nHearken diligently unto me and <\/p>\n
476
\n00:25:38,920 –> 00:25:43,360
\neat ye that which is good.
\nLet your soul delight itself in <\/p>\n
477
\n00:25:43,360 –> 00:25:44,800
\nfatness.
\nI want you to eat something <\/p>\n
478
\n00:25:44,800 –> 00:25:47,080
\ndifferent, says Isaiah.
\nAnd this is what it is. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:25:47,080 –> 00:25:50,280
\nVerse 3 Incline your ear and
\ncome unto me. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:25:50,560 –> 00:25:54,120
\nHear and your soul shall live.
\nAnd I will make with you an <\/p>\n
481
\n00:25:54,120 –> 00:25:56,040
\neverlasting covenant, even the
\nsure mercy of David. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:25:56,040 –> 00:25:58,520
\nThat’s what I want you to be,
\nthe bread I want you to be <\/p>\n
483
\n00:25:58,520 –> 00:26:00,800
\nbuying, says Isaiah.
\nThat’s what I want you to be <\/p>\n
484
\n00:26:00,800 –> 00:26:04,040
\neating day by day here.
\nAnd your soul shall live. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:26:04,040 –> 00:26:06,280
\nIncline your ears and come to
\nme. <\/p>\n
486
\n00:26:06,280 –> 00:26:09,760
\nEat that which is good.
\nLet your soul delight itself in <\/p>\n
487
\n00:26:09,760 –> 00:26:11,840
\nfatness.
\nThat’s the food, Bren sisters, <\/p>\n
488
\n00:26:11,840 –> 00:26:14,840
\nthat if we really believe it, if
\nwe spend our time eating it, <\/p>\n
489
\n00:26:14,840 –> 00:26:16,440
\nwe’ll never leave us.
\nHungry. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:26:19,440 –> 00:26:21,960
\nDo you know Bren sisters
\nsometimes when we come to share <\/p>\n
491
\n00:26:21,960 –> 00:26:23,280
\nmeals?
\nAnd I’ve noticed it happens <\/p>\n
492
\n00:26:23,280 –> 00:26:25,600
\nparticularly at Christadelphian
\nBible schools, and this one is <\/p>\n
493
\n00:26:25,600 –> 00:26:29,000
\nno different.
\nThe abundance of food is always <\/p>\n
494
\n00:26:29,000 –> 00:26:31,000
\npresent, right?
\nIt’s a Christadelphian tray <\/p>\n
495
\n00:26:31,000 –> 00:26:34,560
\nanywhere in the world.
\nAnd the nicest things are always<\/p>\n
496
\n00:26:34,560 –> 00:26:36,280
\nthe worst things for you, aren’t
\nthey? <\/p>\n
497
\n00:26:36,560 –> 00:26:40,520
\nThose big gigantic cakes that I
\nnotice are still, still still <\/p>\n
498
\n00:26:40,520 –> 00:26:42,840
\nneed to be eaten up.
\nAll the things that we like the <\/p>\n
499
\n00:26:42,840 –> 00:26:44,920
\nmost and that we enjoy the most
\nare the things that are the <\/p>\n
500
\n00:26:44,920 –> 00:26:49,520
\nworst things for you, right?
\nAnd so it is in the world, the <\/p>\n
501
\n00:26:49,520 –> 00:26:52,880
\nthings that taste the best
\ninitially, the things that we <\/p>\n
502
\n00:26:52,880 –> 00:26:55,240
\nlike the most are the things
\nthat we know if we were to eat <\/p>\n
503
\n00:26:55,240 –> 00:26:58,240
\nthem 24\/7, would kill us pretty
\nquickly. <\/p>\n
504
\n00:26:59,560 –> 00:27:02,840
\nAnd yet here says, says the Lord
\nJesus Christ, if you incline <\/p>\n
505
\n00:27:02,840 –> 00:27:07,320
\nyour ear and come to me, if you
\nlisten to my words, if, if, if <\/p>\n
506
\n00:27:07,320 –> 00:27:10,360
\nmy words, as the psalmist
\ndescribes, are like honey to <\/p>\n
507
\n00:27:10,360 –> 00:27:12,120
\nyour taste, and sweet in your
\nmouth. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:27:12,400 –> 00:27:14,920
\nIf we can see them in that
\ncontext and in that perspective,<\/p>\n
509
\n00:27:15,280 –> 00:27:18,280
\nthen they will satisfy you in a
\nway that nothing else can. <\/p>\n
510
\n00:27:19,320 –> 00:27:23,480
\nNothing else can and all the
\nbest bits will not make you big <\/p>\n
511
\n00:27:23,480 –> 00:27:27,880
\nand fat and kill you.
\nIf we see the Lord the word of <\/p>\n
512
\n00:27:27,880 –> 00:27:30,560
\nGod being like one of those
\ncakes that’s there in the cooler<\/p>\n
513
\n00:27:30,560 –> 00:27:34,160
\nat the back that you just want
\nto eat 24 hours a day, I <\/p>\n
514
\n00:27:34,160 –> 00:27:35,680
\nguarantee you it will never kill
\nyou. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:27:37,200 –> 00:27:39,720
\nAnd if we can see the word of
\nGod in that way, brain system, <\/p>\n
516
\n00:27:39,720 –> 00:27:43,320
\nbe attracted to it and and feel
\nit’s appeal in that way, it will<\/p>\n
517
\n00:27:43,320 –> 00:27:46,720
\nsatisfy us in a way that nothing
\nelse can. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:27:47,600 –> 00:27:49,920
\nJust come down to verse 10 of
\nthis chapter in Isaiah. <\/p>\n
519
\n00:27:50,480 –> 00:27:53,000
\nFor as the rain comes down, and
\nthe snow from heaven, and <\/p>\n
520
\n00:27:53,000 –> 00:27:56,160
\nreturns not thither, but waters,
\nthe earth makes it bring forth <\/p>\n
521
\n00:27:56,160 –> 00:27:59,440
\nand bud, that it may give sea to
\nthe sower, and bread to the <\/p>\n
522
\n00:27:59,440 –> 00:28:03,960
\neater, so will my word be that
\ngoes forth out of my mouth. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:28:03,960 –> 00:28:07,560
\nIt will not return unto me void.
\nBut it shall accomplish that <\/p>\n
524
\n00:28:07,600 –> 00:28:10,400
\nwhich I please, and it will
\nprosper in the thing whereto I <\/p>\n
525
\n00:28:10,400 –> 00:28:12,160
\nsent it.
\nIt’s my word. <\/p>\n
526
\n00:28:12,160 –> 00:28:14,480
\nI want you to be eating.
\nThat’s the very first hint we’re<\/p>\n
527
\n00:28:14,480 –> 00:28:16,920
\ngoing to get from John Six, that
\nthat’s what the bread <\/p>\n
528
\n00:28:16,920 –> 00:28:18,240
\nrepresents.
\nIt’s the. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:28:18,240 –> 00:28:21,720
\nWord of God, as the rain comes
\ndown, and the snow from heaven, <\/p>\n
530
\n00:28:21,720 –> 00:28:24,120
\nand we doesn’t return thither,
\nbut what is the earth? <\/p>\n
531
\n00:28:24,120 –> 00:28:26,640
\nSo that it might bring forth and
\nbird, and give sea to the sower,<\/p>\n
532
\n00:28:26,640 –> 00:28:31,640
\nand bread to the eater.
\nSo shall my word be incline your<\/p>\n
533
\n00:28:31,640 –> 00:28:34,000
\near.
\nAnd come to me eat, and your <\/p>\n
534
\n00:28:34,000 –> 00:28:37,040
\nsoul shall live.
\nCome back on me to to John 6, <\/p>\n
535
\n00:28:39,520 –> 00:28:43,880
\nJohn 6, and verse 35.
\nAll you see is. <\/p>\n
536
\n00:28:43,880 –> 00:28:48,840
\nBread, he says, but the miracle
\nwas about more than that. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:28:48,840 –> 00:28:53,040
\nThe bread that the Lord supplied
\nhad much greater significance. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:28:53,040 –> 00:28:56,680
\nVerse 35 of John 6.
\nJesus said to them, I am the <\/p>\n
539
\n00:28:56,680 –> 00:28:59,840
\nbread of life.
\nHe who comes to me will never <\/p>\n
540
\n00:28:59,840 –> 00:29:03,480
\nhunger and he that believes on
\nme will never thirst. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:29:03,840 –> 00:29:06,080
\nThat’s lovely isn’t it?
\nAnd I wonder if that’s how we <\/p>\n
542
\n00:29:06,080 –> 00:29:08,000
\nfeel, Bren sisters.
\nWeek by week, I wonder if we <\/p>\n
543
\n00:29:08,000 –> 00:29:12,080
\ncome.
\nFeeling hungry and how full we <\/p>\n
544
\n00:29:12,080 –> 00:29:16,600
\nfeel when we leave.
\nHaving had our meal week by week<\/p>\n
545
\n00:29:17,040 –> 00:29:18,640
\nof fellowship around the Word of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:29:18,640 –> 00:29:21,440
\nVerse 41.
\nThis was a difficult concept. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:29:21,440 –> 00:29:22,760
\nIt’s difficult even for us,
\nisn’t it? <\/p>\n
548
\n00:29:22,800 –> 00:29:25,840
\nJesus is saying I’m the bread
\nyou need to eat me if anyone <\/p>\n
549
\n00:29:25,840 –> 00:29:28,720
\neats my flesh.
\nAnd the Jews naturally had a <\/p>\n
550
\n00:29:28,720 –> 00:29:30,920
\nproblem with that.
\nVerse 41 the Jews murmured at <\/p>\n
551
\n00:29:30,920 –> 00:29:34,000
\nhim, because he said I am the
\nbread which came down from <\/p>\n
552
\n00:29:34,000 –> 00:29:36,400
\nheaven.
\nThey said, is not this Jesus the<\/p>\n
553
\n00:29:36,400 –> 00:29:38,960
\nson of Joseph, whose father and
\nmother we know? <\/p>\n
554
\n00:29:38,960 –> 00:29:42,640
\nHow is it then that he says I
\ncame down from heaven? <\/p>\n
555
\n00:29:43,200 –> 00:29:49,760
\nVerse 48 Jesus carries on, I am
\nthe bread of life. <\/p>\n
556
\n00:29:49,760 –> 00:29:52,320
\nYour father’s did eat manna in
\nthe wilderness and are dead. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:29:52,840 –> 00:29:54,840
\nThey think they were eating
\nbread from heaven, but they <\/p>\n
558
\n00:29:54,840 –> 00:29:57,960
\nweren’t because it didn’t give
\nthem any long lasting <\/p>\n
559
\n00:29:58,080 –> 00:30:00,480
\nsatisfaction.
\nThey didn’t understand what it <\/p>\n
560
\n00:30:00,480 –> 00:30:03,040
\nreally represented.
\nYour Father’s 8 manner in the <\/p>\n
561
\n00:30:03,040 –> 00:30:04,720
\nwilderness, verse 49 and are
\ndead. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:30:04,880 –> 00:30:08,360
\nBut this is the bread which came
\ndown from heaven, that a man may<\/p>\n
563
\n00:30:08,360 –> 00:30:11,680
\neat thereof and not die.
\nI am the living bread which came<\/p>\n
564
\n00:30:11,680 –> 00:30:14,760
\ndown from heaven.
\nIf any man eat this bread, he <\/p>\n
565
\n00:30:14,760 –> 00:30:16,960
\nwill live forever.
\nAnd the bread that I will give <\/p>\n
566
\n00:30:16,960 –> 00:30:19,760
\nis my flesh, which I will give
\nfor the life. <\/p>\n
567
\n00:30:19,760 –> 00:30:22,040
\nOf the world.
\nAnd that is a difficult concept,<\/p>\n
568
\n00:30:22,040 –> 00:30:24,200
\nisn’t it, Brent sisters?
\nWhat was the Lord really asking <\/p>\n
569
\n00:30:24,200 –> 00:30:26,320
\nhim to do?
\nYou know Norway? <\/p>\n
570
\n00:30:26,320 –> 00:30:29,080
\nOn his arms and his legs eat my
\nflesh. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:30:30,160 –> 00:30:33,080
\nWhat was it that the Lord was
\nchallenging them to do? <\/p>\n
572
\n00:30:33,080 –> 00:30:38,000
\nVerse 55 For my flesh is meat
\nindeed, and my blood is drink <\/p>\n
573
\n00:30:38,000 –> 00:30:39,880
\nindeed.
\nHe who eats my flesh and drinks <\/p>\n
574
\n00:30:39,880 –> 00:30:42,240
\nmy blood.
\nDwells in me, and I in Him, and <\/p>\n
575
\n00:30:42,240 –> 00:30:45,200
\nas the living Father has sent.
\nMe and I live by the Father. <\/p>\n
576
\n00:30:45,200 –> 00:30:48,680
\nEven so, he who eats me, he will
\nlive by me. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:30:48,680 –> 00:30:51,720
\nThis is the bread that came down
\nfrom heaven, not as your <\/p>\n
578
\n00:30:51,720 –> 00:30:53,440
\nFather’s did eat Manna and her
\ndead. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:30:54,120 –> 00:30:57,040
\nHe who eats of this bread will
\nlive forever. <\/p>\n
580
\n00:30:57,600 –> 00:30:59,720
\nAnd you couldn’t have had a
\nfiner breaking of bread <\/p>\n
581
\n00:30:59,720 –> 00:31:04,080
\ndiscourse than that, could you?
\nNone of the disciples the the <\/p>\n
582
\n00:31:04,080 –> 00:31:06,720
\ngospel writers go into that.
\nLevel of detail about the <\/p>\n
583
\n00:31:06,720 –> 00:31:09,600
\nmeaning of the bread in their
\ndiscourse in the upper room. <\/p>\n
584
\n00:31:09,600 –> 00:31:11,120
\nAnd John does it for us right
\nhere. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:31:11,440 –> 00:31:13,200
\nI am the bread which came down
\nfrom heaven. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:31:13,200 –> 00:31:17,160
\nIf any man eats my flesh, he
\nwill never hunger, and he will <\/p>\n
587
\n00:31:17,160 –> 00:31:20,120
\nlive forever.
\nWhat does he mean, Brent <\/p>\n
588
\n00:31:20,120 –> 00:31:21,320
\nsisters?
\nWhat did he mean? <\/p>\n
589
\n00:31:21,560 –> 00:31:25,400
\nI want you to eat my flesh.
\nAnd what I want to. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:31:25,400 –> 00:31:28,760
\nSuggest to you, Brent sisters,
\nthat John was picking up on one <\/p>\n
591
\n00:31:28,760 –> 00:31:31,680
\nof the key themes of his entire
\ngospel that began right at the <\/p>\n
592
\n00:31:31,680 –> 00:31:34,920
\nbeginning.
\nIn the beginning was the Word, <\/p>\n
593
\n00:31:36,120 –> 00:31:41,600
\nand the Word was made flesh, and
\nwe beheld His glory, that of the<\/p>\n
594
\n00:31:41,680 –> 00:31:45,120
\nonly begotten of the Father.
\nAnd John is taking us right back<\/p>\n
595
\n00:31:45,120 –> 00:31:47,760
\nto one of the foundation
\nprinciples, Brent sisters, of <\/p>\n
596
\n00:31:47,760 –> 00:31:51,280
\nthe very world that we live in.
\nDo you remember the most common <\/p>\n
597
\n00:31:51,280 –> 00:31:53,680
\nrecurring phrase in Genesis
\nchapter 1? <\/p>\n
598
\n00:31:54,160 –> 00:31:56,840
\nAnybody remember it?
\nI was doing this with the teens <\/p>\n
599
\n00:31:56,840 –> 00:31:58,800
\nlast night as well.
\nThere’s lots of common recurring<\/p>\n
600
\n00:31:58,800 –> 00:32:04,640
\nphrases in Genesis chapter one,
\nbut the most common is and God <\/p>\n
601
\n00:32:04,640 –> 00:32:07,200
\nsaid.
\nAnybody know how many times that<\/p>\n
602
\n00:32:07,200 –> 00:32:10,840
\nphrase is used in Genesis?
\n110 times. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:32:11,160 –> 00:32:13,240
\nYou just go through Genesis
\nchapter 1 and note them if you <\/p>\n
604
\n00:32:13,240 –> 00:32:17,080
\nhaven’t already. 10 times.
\nAnd God said it’s the very first<\/p>\n
605
\n00:32:17,080 –> 00:32:20,320
\nthing that ever happened.
\nThe very first creative moment <\/p>\n
606
\n00:32:20,320 –> 00:32:23,280
\nthat ever took place there in
\nGenesis one, verse 3 after the <\/p>\n
607
\n00:32:23,280 –> 00:32:27,040
\nintroduction of those two verses
\nwas and God said let there be <\/p>\n
608
\n00:32:27,040 –> 00:32:30,880
\nlight and there was.
\nSo and if you notice as you go <\/p>\n
609
\n00:32:30,880 –> 00:32:32,720
\nthrough the creation account, we
\ndon’t have time to look at it <\/p>\n
610
\n00:32:32,720 –> 00:32:34,760
\nnow.
\nThe thing that sparked off the <\/p>\n
611
\n00:32:34,760 –> 00:32:38,400
\ncreative power every day of
\ncreation was the power of God <\/p>\n
612
\n00:32:38,400 –> 00:32:41,040
\nspeaking.
\nSo every day is marked there in <\/p>\n
613
\n00:32:41,040 –> 00:32:43,960
\nGenesis 1, isn’t it?
\nAnd God said starts the day and <\/p>\n
614
\n00:32:44,120 –> 00:32:45,920
\nthen you get to the end of the
\nday and it says and the evening <\/p>\n
615
\n00:32:45,920 –> 00:32:48,680
\nand the morning were the first
\nday and day 2 begins. <\/p>\n
616
\n00:32:48,720 –> 00:32:51,920
\nAnd God said and the evening in
\nthe morning were the second day <\/p>\n
617
\n00:32:51,920 –> 00:32:56,120
\nand day three begins.
\nAnd God said every single day <\/p>\n
618
\n00:32:56,280 –> 00:32:58,320
\nbegan with the power of God’s
\nword. <\/p>\n
619
\n00:32:58,480 –> 00:33:01,240
\nAnd it’s a great lesson, Brent
\nsays, in our lives, how much of <\/p>\n
620
\n00:33:01,360 –> 00:33:04,600
\nour days are formed and shaped
\nby the power and the influence <\/p>\n
621
\n00:33:04,600 –> 00:33:07,040
\nand the motivation and the
\nchallenge of the word of God. <\/p>\n
622
\n00:33:07,320 –> 00:33:10,640
\nAnd God said, because when God
\nspeaks, for instances, for those<\/p>\n
623
\n00:33:10,640 –> 00:33:13,480
\nwho are listening with an
\nattentive ear, powerful things <\/p>\n
624
\n00:33:13,480 –> 00:33:18,160
\ncan happen.
\nAnd what God wants, Princess, is<\/p>\n
625
\n00:33:18,160 –> 00:33:20,200
\nthat same.
\nCreative power that brought this<\/p>\n
626
\n00:33:20,200 –> 00:33:23,840
\nworld into being, to have its
\neffect in the lives of men and <\/p>\n
627
\n00:33:23,840 –> 00:33:27,280
\nwomen like you and me.
\nIn the beginning was the Word, <\/p>\n
628
\n00:33:27,280 –> 00:33:32,240
\nand the Word was God, and the
\nWord was with God, and the Word <\/p>\n
629
\n00:33:32,240 –> 00:33:36,800
\nbecame flesh, and we beheld his
\nglory, that of the only begotten<\/p>\n
630
\n00:33:36,800 –> 00:33:38,560
\nof the Father, full of grace and
\ntruth. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:33:39,120 –> 00:33:41,520
\nAnd what you’re seeing in me,
\nsays the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:33:41,680 –> 00:33:46,560
\nIs the creative power of God’s
\nWord living a living embodiment?<\/p>\n
633
\n00:33:46,560 –> 00:33:50,160
\nThere is nothing about my life,
\nmy character, my personality <\/p>\n
634
\n00:33:50,360 –> 00:33:53,440
\nthat hasn’t been influenced and
\nmotivated and driven and shaped <\/p>\n
635
\n00:33:53,440 –> 00:33:55,880
\nand moulded by the power of the
\nWord of God. <\/p>\n
636
\n00:33:56,040 –> 00:33:59,000
\nHow much of your lives, brother
\nand sisters, are Word made <\/p>\n
637
\n00:33:59,080 –> 00:34:03,160
\nflesh?
\nHow much of your flesh has been <\/p>\n
638
\n00:34:03,160 –> 00:34:08,040
\nchallenged and shaped and driven
\nand empowered by the word of God<\/p>\n
639
\n00:34:08,280 –> 00:34:12,280
\nin our daily living?
\nAnd when you come week by week, <\/p>\n
640
\n00:34:12,280 –> 00:34:15,880
\nsays the Lord Jesus Christ, and
\neat this bread, you’re eating my<\/p>\n
641
\n00:34:15,880 –> 00:34:18,199
\nflesh.
\nYou’re eating the thing that <\/p>\n
642
\n00:34:18,199 –> 00:34:21,960
\nmade my life what it is, the
\nword of God. <\/p>\n
643
\n00:34:23,120 –> 00:34:25,920
\nYou need to be empowered by the
\nword of God, says the Lord <\/p>\n
644
\n00:34:25,960 –> 00:34:28,280
\nJesus.
\nAs much as I have been, this <\/p>\n
645
\n00:34:28,280 –> 00:34:32,639
\nbread is my body.
\nIf any man eat my flesh, he will<\/p>\n
646
\n00:34:32,639 –> 00:34:35,639
\nnever hunger.
\nAnd if you know what constitutes<\/p>\n
647
\n00:34:35,639 –> 00:34:40,280
\nmy flesh, it’s not blood, it’s
\nnot muscles and and skin, tissue<\/p>\n
648
\n00:34:40,280 –> 00:34:45,400
\nand sinew and bone.
\nMy flesh is it, it’s structure, <\/p>\n
649
\n00:34:45,400 –> 00:34:49,920
\nit’s material.
\nIt’s just been infused with the <\/p>\n
650
\n00:34:49,920 –> 00:34:53,159
\nWord of God.
\nAnd when we eat this bread, <\/p>\n
651
\n00:34:53,159 –> 00:34:57,240
\nbrother and sisters, week by
\nweek, that’s what we need to be <\/p>\n
652
\n00:34:57,360 –> 00:34:59,560
\nthinking.
\nAbout back to John 6. <\/p>\n
653
\n00:34:59,560 –> 00:35:07,000
\nJust finally, John 6 and verse
\n60. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:35:11,360 –> 00:35:14,680
\nMany of his disciples, when they
\nheard this explanation of the <\/p>\n
655
\n00:35:15,000 –> 00:35:18,920
\nsymbology of the bread, said,
\nWell, this is a hard saying. <\/p>\n
656
\n00:35:18,920 –> 00:35:20,760
\nWho can, who can hear it?
\nWe. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:35:21,280 –> 00:35:23,160
\nJesus.
\nYou’re speaking almost in a way <\/p>\n
658
\n00:35:23,160 –> 00:35:26,600
\nwhich is beyond our ability to
\ngrasp and understand. <\/p>\n
659
\n00:35:27,400 –> 00:35:30,240
\nAnd Jesus knowing in himself
\nthat his disciples murmured at <\/p>\n
660
\n00:35:30,240 –> 00:35:32,800
\nit, he said to them, does this
\noffend you? <\/p>\n
661
\n00:35:33,200 –> 00:35:36,280
\nAnd he’s now going to give you
\nthe the magic key to this whole <\/p>\n
662
\n00:35:36,840 –> 00:35:40,800
\nmiracle and to the symbol of it,
\nverse 62. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:35:40,800 –> 00:35:42,280
\nWhat?
\nAnd if you see the Son of Man <\/p>\n
664
\n00:35:42,280 –> 00:35:46,160
\nascend where he was before, it
\nis the spirit that makes you <\/p>\n
665
\n00:35:46,160 –> 00:35:49,240
\nalive.
\nThe flesh profits nothing. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:35:49,680 –> 00:35:53,280
\nAnd the words that I speak unto
\nyou, they are spirit. <\/p>\n
667
\n00:35:53,640 –> 00:35:56,440
\nAnd they are life.
\nIt’s not the bread, it’s not my <\/p>\n
668
\n00:35:56,440 –> 00:35:58,320
\nflesh in itself.
\nI’m not asking you to eat my <\/p>\n
669
\n00:35:58,320 –> 00:36:00,680
\nbody.
\nI’m not asking you to just eat <\/p>\n
670
\n00:36:00,680 –> 00:36:02,360
\nthe bread.
\nAnd there is some magical <\/p>\n
671
\n00:36:02,640 –> 00:36:06,040
\ncomponent to the bread that will
\nthat will give you eternal life.<\/p>\n
672
\n00:36:06,320 –> 00:36:09,880
\nIt’s the the spirit will make
\nyou alive, the power of the word<\/p>\n
673
\n00:36:09,880 –> 00:36:11,880
\nof God.
\nAnd it’s that word that is <\/p>\n
674
\n00:36:11,880 –> 00:36:15,080
\nsymbolised in the in this bread,
\nthe flesh profits nothing. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:36:15,240 –> 00:36:18,280
\nThe bread is useless to you if
\nall you see is bread. <\/p>\n
676
\n00:36:19,280 –> 00:36:21,760
\nIt’s the power that it
\nsymbolises that will give you <\/p>\n
677
\n00:36:21,760 –> 00:36:23,760
\nlife and the.
\nWords that I speak. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:36:23,760 –> 00:36:27,800
\nUnto you they are Spirit and
\nthey are life. <\/p>\n
679
\n00:36:27,800 –> 00:36:30,520
\nThat’s the power bread and
\nsisters in this miracle. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:36:32,240 –> 00:36:34,880
\nAnd I want you to notice what
\nhappened as a result of this day<\/p>\n
681
\n00:36:35,520 –> 00:36:38,760
\nin the wilderness, having fed
\nthis multitude with bread. <\/p>\n
682
\n00:36:40,080 –> 00:36:42,800
\nIt’s a sad moment really for the
\nLord Jesus Christ, and yet at <\/p>\n
683
\n00:36:42,800 –> 00:36:46,480
\nthe same time a great heart
\nwarming moment for him. <\/p>\n
684
\n00:36:46,480 –> 00:36:51,400
\nVerse 66.
\nFrom that time, many of His <\/p>\n
685
\n00:36:51,400 –> 00:36:54,240
\ndisciples went back and walked
\nno more with Him. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:36:55,040 –> 00:36:57,680
\nIt was a defining point for some
\nof the disciples. <\/p>\n
687
\n00:36:58,400 –> 00:37:01,040
\nMany of them at this very moment
\nin time, felt they could no <\/p>\n
688
\n00:37:01,040 –> 00:37:04,320
\nlonger pursue their journey with
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
689
\n00:37:04,920 –> 00:37:07,880
\nThey weren’t persuaded that the
\nwords that He were giving them <\/p>\n
690
\n00:37:07,880 –> 00:37:10,440
\ngave them, would give them the
\nkey to eternal life. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:37:11,240 –> 00:37:12,640
\nAnd they walked no more with
\nHim. <\/p>\n
692
\n00:37:13,680 –> 00:37:19,280
\nBut notice what happens next,
\nJesus said to the 12 Will ye <\/p>\n
693
\n00:37:19,280 –> 00:37:22,440
\nalso go away?
\nAre you going to leave me as <\/p>\n
694
\n00:37:22,440 –> 00:37:24,480
\nwell?
\nIs this too challenging for you?<\/p>\n
695
\n00:37:25,840 –> 00:37:28,200
\nAnd one disciple in particular,
\nbrother and sisters, said <\/p>\n
696
\n00:37:28,200 –> 00:37:31,680
\nsomething that I believe melted
\nthe heart of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
697
\n00:37:31,680 –> 00:37:33,640
\nChrist and brought tears to his
\neyes. <\/p>\n
698
\n00:37:34,480 –> 00:37:35,840
\nHe was the only other man that
\nday. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:37:35,840 –> 00:37:39,000
\nRegardless of what you think of
\nSimon Peter, he was the only <\/p>\n
700
\n00:37:39,000 –> 00:37:42,160
\nother man on that wilderness
\nthat day who understood what the<\/p>\n
701
\n00:37:42,160 –> 00:37:44,320
\nLord had been teaching.
\nNoticed what he said. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:37:44,640 –> 00:37:48,320
\nWill ye also go away and Simon
\nPeter answered him. <\/p>\n
703
\n00:37:48,320 –> 00:37:55,600
\nVerse 68 Lord, to whom shall we
\ngo you have the words of eternal<\/p>\n
704
\n00:37:55,600 –> 00:37:57,840
\nlife.
\nIsn’t that lovely? <\/p>\n
705
\n00:37:58,000 –> 00:38:01,480
\nFor all of Peter’s failings,
\nBren sisters Peter had latched <\/p>\n
706
\n00:38:01,480 –> 00:38:03,320
\non to the very.
\nThing that the Lord had been <\/p>\n
707
\n00:38:03,320 –> 00:38:08,000
\nteaching that that last 24 hours
\nthat this bread represents His <\/p>\n
708
\n00:38:08,000 –> 00:38:10,320
\nword.
\nWhich has the ability to give <\/p>\n
709
\n00:38:10,320 –> 00:38:12,680
\neternal life?
\nAnd are you also going to leave <\/p>\n
710
\n00:38:12,680 –> 00:38:14,960
\nme, you?
\n12 says the Lord Jesus Christ <\/p>\n
711
\n00:38:15,200 –> 00:38:17,400
\nand Peter instantly.
\nLord, to who? <\/p>\n
712
\n00:38:17,480 –> 00:38:20,080
\nWhere else can we go?
\nWhere else can we go and find <\/p>\n
713
\n00:38:20,080 –> 00:38:21,800
\nbread that will satisfy us like
\nthis? <\/p>\n
714
\n00:38:21,960 –> 00:38:24,920
\nWho else can tell us and teach
\nus things that will, that will <\/p>\n
715
\n00:38:24,920 –> 00:38:27,200
\nfill the holes in our lives like
\nyou can? <\/p>\n
716
\n00:38:27,560 –> 00:38:32,440
\nLord, to whom shall we?
\nGo, You have the words of <\/p>\n
717
\n00:38:32,440 –> 00:38:34,840
\neternal life and I’m going to
\neat them all day long, says <\/p>\n
718
\n00:38:34,840 –> 00:38:36,920
\nPeter.
\nI’m going to stay with you and <\/p>\n
719
\n00:38:36,920 –> 00:38:39,600
\neat them until I’m so full I
\ncan’t eat anymore. <\/p>\n
720
\n00:38:40,440 –> 00:38:42,520
\nAnd may it be, Brent says, we
\ncan come to the breaking of <\/p>\n
721
\n00:38:42,520 –> 00:38:45,200
\nbread week by week with the
\nattitude of the apostle Peter. <\/p>\n
722
\n00:38:45,880 –> 00:38:49,360
\nLord, you have the words of
\neternal life and I want to come <\/p>\n
723
\n00:38:49,360 –> 00:38:52,880
\nand eat them and feast on them
\nand share them with you. <\/p>\n
724
\n00:38:54,760 –> 00:38:56,840
\nWell, come with me to John
\nChapter 2 really quickly. <\/p>\n
725
\n00:38:56,840 –> 00:39:03,200
\nBecause, Sir, that was the
\nsymbol of the bread, I will not <\/p>\n
726
\n00:39:03,240 –> 00:39:07,440
\neat anymore thereof until it be
\nfulfilled in the Kingdom of God.<\/p>\n
727
\n00:39:07,440 –> 00:39:10,960
\nAnd brethren, sisters, one day
\nwhen we eat that bread anew with<\/p>\n
728
\n00:39:10,960 –> 00:39:13,720
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ in the
\nKingdom of God, it will be <\/p>\n
729
\n00:39:13,720 –> 00:39:16,040
\nbecause we have become Word made
\nflesh. <\/p>\n
730
\n00:39:16,480 –> 00:39:19,240
\nThe Word of God will have had
\nsuch an effect on our lives that<\/p>\n
731
\n00:39:19,240 –> 00:39:21,840
\nwe will share a body like the
\nLord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
732
\n00:39:21,840 –> 00:39:24,880
\nWhen we finally sit with Him and
\nshare that meal, we will have <\/p>\n
733
\n00:39:24,880 –> 00:39:27,680
\nhis body.
\nIt will be a a meal with with <\/p>\n
734
\n00:39:27,680 –> 00:39:29,240
\nthe fulfilment of all of these
\nthings. <\/p>\n
735
\n00:39:29,240 –> 00:39:31,720
\nIt won’t be just a sitting down
\nsharing a breaking of bread. <\/p>\n
736
\n00:39:31,920 –> 00:39:34,640
\nThat bread, which represents the
\npower of His Word to give <\/p>\n
737
\n00:39:34,640 –> 00:39:37,360
\neternal life, won’t be just
\nsomething we eat with Him at a <\/p>\n
738
\n00:39:37,360 –> 00:39:40,800
\nmeal.
\nIt will have become a reality we<\/p>\n
739
\n00:39:40,800 –> 00:39:43,400
\nwill have been given.
\nEternal life by the power of <\/p>\n
740
\n00:39:43,400 –> 00:39:45,440
\nthat word.
\nThat’s what it seems to me the <\/p>\n
741
\n00:39:45,440 –> 00:39:48,960
\nLord Jesus meant when he said I
\nwill not eat any more thereof <\/p>\n
742
\n00:39:49,240 –> 00:39:52,000
\nuntil it be fulfilled in the
\nKingdom of God. <\/p>\n
743
\n00:39:52,000 –> 00:39:55,240
\nWhen that word has had its full
\neffect inside the hearts and <\/p>\n
744
\n00:39:55,240 –> 00:39:58,440
\nminds of each and every one of
\nus, that’s when he will share it<\/p>\n
745
\n00:39:58,440 –> 00:40:02,640
\nwith us new in his Kingdom.
\nLet’s never underestimate Bren <\/p>\n
746
\n00:40:02,640 –> 00:40:04,280
\nsisters.
\nThe power of the Word of God <\/p>\n
747
\n00:40:04,280 –> 00:40:08,720
\nweek by week when we come to
\nshare it together well. <\/p>\n
748
\n00:40:09,160 –> 00:40:12,560
\nFinally, then, this miracle at
\nCana, John’s the only one who <\/p>\n
749
\n00:40:12,560 –> 00:40:18,600
\nrecords this miracle of water
\ninto wine, and this was going to<\/p>\n
750
\n00:40:18,600 –> 00:40:22,080
\nbe John’s way of telling us what
\nthe wine symbolises. <\/p>\n
751
\n00:40:24,040 –> 00:40:27,120
\nAnd John stretched his gospel
\nvery carefully, and both the <\/p>\n
752
\n00:40:27,120 –> 00:40:31,440
\nfirst week and the last week of
\nthe Lord’s ministry are noted <\/p>\n
753
\n00:40:31,760 –> 00:40:34,800
\nday by day.
\nSo here in John chapter 1 and <\/p>\n
754
\n00:40:34,800 –> 00:40:38,160
\n2:00, every single day of the
\nfirst week of the Lord’s <\/p>\n
755
\n00:40:38,160 –> 00:40:40,880
\nministry is carefully
\ncatalogued. <\/p>\n
756
\n00:40:41,760 –> 00:40:44,560
\nAnd of course, when you get to
\nthe end of John’s gospel, every <\/p>\n
757
\n00:40:44,560 –> 00:40:48,080
\nday of the last week of his
\nministry is very carefully <\/p>\n
758
\n00:40:48,360 –> 00:40:52,080
\ncatalogued.
\nThe first week ends in the first<\/p>\n
759
\n00:40:52,080 –> 00:40:55,480
\nof John signs a wedding feast
\nwith new wine. <\/p>\n
760
\n00:40:56,040 –> 00:40:58,720
\nAnd the last?
\nWeek will end with it too, with <\/p>\n
761
\n00:40:58,720 –> 00:41:03,560
\nits symbols completed new life.
\nIn the resurrection of the Lord <\/p>\n
762
\n00:41:03,560 –> 00:41:08,120
\nJesus Christ and in John 2 and
\nverse 11, I’m not going to go <\/p>\n
763
\n00:41:08,120 –> 00:41:09,320
\nthrough the details of the
\nstory. <\/p>\n
764
\n00:41:09,320 –> 00:41:12,040
\nYou know it well enough.
\nThe water pots, the six water <\/p>\n
765
\n00:41:12,040 –> 00:41:15,040
\npots of stone that are now going
\nto be turned into wine for this <\/p>\n
766
\n00:41:15,040 –> 00:41:16,880
\nwedding feast that’s run out of
\nwine. <\/p>\n
767
\n00:41:17,200 –> 00:41:20,200
\nAnd in verse 11 we get the
\nexplanation by John of what the <\/p>\n
768
\n00:41:20,200 –> 00:41:23,760
\npurpose of the miracle was.
\nThis beginning of miracles did <\/p>\n
769
\n00:41:23,760 –> 00:41:27,560
\nJesus in Cana of Galilee.
\nAnd manifested forth his glory, <\/p>\n
770
\n00:41:27,880 –> 00:41:29,800
\nand his disciples believed on
\nhim. <\/p>\n
771
\n00:41:30,240 –> 00:41:31,800
\nThat was the purpose of this
\nmiracle. <\/p>\n
772
\n00:41:32,000 –> 00:41:36,120
\nIt wasn’t a big national affair
\nlike the the feeding of the 5000<\/p>\n
773
\n00:41:36,280 –> 00:41:39,080
\nto feed a multitude.
\nAlthough everybody at that feast<\/p>\n
774
\n00:41:39,080 –> 00:41:41,880
\ntasted that new wine.
\nIt was only the disciples who <\/p>\n
775
\n00:41:41,880 –> 00:41:44,080
\nknew where it had come from, who
\nknew of its. <\/p>\n
776
\n00:41:44,080 –> 00:41:45,920
\nOrigin and how it had come
\nabout. <\/p>\n
777
\n00:41:46,400 –> 00:41:49,520
\nAnd the purpose of this miracle
\nwas very specifically for the <\/p>\n
778
\n00:41:49,520 –> 00:41:52,680
\ndisciples that they may believe
\non Him. <\/p>\n
779
\n00:41:54,160 –> 00:41:56,840
\nAnd we only know Bran sisters at
\nthis point in time in John’s <\/p>\n
780
\n00:41:56,840 –> 00:42:02,760
\ngospel of 6 disciples, not all
\n12 have been chosen yet in <\/p>\n
781
\n00:42:02,760 –> 00:42:05,120
\nJohn’s gospel and the ones we
\nknow about. <\/p>\n
782
\n00:42:05,120 –> 00:42:09,840
\nAre Andrew and Peter, of course
\nJames and John, Philip and <\/p>\n
783
\n00:42:09,840 –> 00:42:14,680
\nNathaniel who’ve already been
\nmentioned there in chapter 1-6, <\/p>\n
784
\n00:42:14,680 –> 00:42:18,440
\ndisciples that we know about?
\nSo the only 6, the only <\/p>\n
785
\n00:42:18,440 –> 00:42:21,200
\ndisciples who would have known
\nabout the the glory of Jesus <\/p>\n
786
\n00:42:21,200 –> 00:42:24,920
\nthat was going to be manifested
\nat this wedding were those six. <\/p>\n
787
\n00:42:25,920 –> 00:42:30,880
\nAnd there were 6 stone water
\npots filled to the brim with <\/p>\n
788
\n00:42:30,880 –> 00:42:33,960
\nwater that we’re now going to be
\nturned into wine. <\/p>\n
789
\n00:42:34,520 –> 00:42:36,840
\nAnd that’s really important,
\nBrent and sisters, because each <\/p>\n
790
\n00:42:36,840 –> 00:42:40,320
\nof the disciples of the Lord
\nJesus Christ, you and me <\/p>\n
791
\n00:42:40,320 –> 00:42:43,880
\nincluded, need to be filled to
\nthe brim with this new wine. <\/p>\n
792
\n00:42:47,120 –> 00:42:53,120
\nAnd these 6 stone water pots
\nwere there, we’re told verse 6 <\/p>\n
793
\n00:42:53,560 –> 00:42:56,960
\nthere were 6 water pots of stone
\nthere after the manner of the <\/p>\n
794
\n00:42:56,960 –> 00:43:01,320
\npurifying of the.
\nJews containing 2 or 3 firkins <\/p>\n
795
\n00:43:01,320 –> 00:43:03,760
\napiece.
\nAnd this is a similar statement <\/p>\n
796
\n00:43:03,760 –> 00:43:07,160
\nto John’s statement in John 6
\nabout the feast of the Passover,<\/p>\n
797
\n00:43:07,160 –> 00:43:10,720
\na feast of the Jews, right?
\nThe Jews were obsessed with <\/p>\n
798
\n00:43:10,720 –> 00:43:13,640
\npurifying.
\nYou can scour your law of Moses <\/p>\n
799
\n00:43:13,640 –> 00:43:17,240
\nand I can find no evidence where
\ntwo or three firkins apiece <\/p>\n
800
\n00:43:17,400 –> 00:43:19,960
\nwould of water would have been
\nneeded for, for Jewish <\/p>\n
801
\n00:43:19,960 –> 00:43:22,800
\npurifying.
\nThere was purifying required <\/p>\n
802
\n00:43:22,800 –> 00:43:25,120
\nthat required water, absolutely
\nright. <\/p>\n
803
\n00:43:25,320 –> 00:43:29,600
\nBut this quantity I, I struggle
\nto find an occasion where in the<\/p>\n
804
\n00:43:29,600 –> 00:43:32,320
\nLaw of Moses where that much
\nwater would have been needed for<\/p>\n
805
\n00:43:32,320 –> 00:43:34,360
\npurifying.
\nAnd again, we get this statement<\/p>\n
806
\n00:43:34,360 –> 00:43:37,240
\nof John that this was after the
\nmanner of the purifying of the <\/p>\n
807
\n00:43:37,240 –> 00:43:40,080
\nJews.
\nThis wasn’t of the Lord, it was <\/p>\n
808
\n00:43:40,080 –> 00:43:43,840
\nof the Jews.
\nThey’d so emasculated the power <\/p>\n
809
\n00:43:43,840 –> 00:43:47,520
\nof the Law of Moses that they’d
\nnow added all of these things <\/p>\n
810
\n00:43:47,520 –> 00:43:51,080
\nand made it so, so complicated
\nand added so much to it that <\/p>\n
811
\n00:43:51,080 –> 00:43:54,480
\nthey needed this much water for
\npurifying and for their rituals <\/p>\n
812
\n00:43:54,480 –> 00:43:57,400
\nand for their habits.
\nThat this was now about the <\/p>\n
813
\n00:43:57,400 –> 00:43:59,240
\nJews.
\nIt wasn’t about God, it wasn’t <\/p>\n
814
\n00:43:59,240 –> 00:44:01,440
\nabout the things of the Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
815
\n00:44:01,440 –> 00:44:03,400
\nIt was about the Jews and their
\ntradition. <\/p>\n
816
\n00:44:03,680 –> 00:44:07,600
\nAnd they had these six big stone
\nwater pots there after the <\/p>\n
817
\n00:44:07,600 –> 00:44:11,800
\nmanner of their purifying.
\nAnd the purifying that the Lord <\/p>\n
818
\n00:44:11,800 –> 00:44:16,400
\nwas now going to provide was
\njust incomparably better with <\/p>\n
819
\n00:44:16,400 –> 00:44:21,640
\nanything the Jews could provide,
\nand traditionally. <\/p>\n
820
\n00:44:23,400 –> 00:44:27,360
\nIt was the bridegroom’s job at a
\nwedding to supply the wine, and <\/p>\n
821
\n00:44:27,360 –> 00:44:30,840
\nnot only is this a disaster for
\nthe bridegroom that now it is <\/p>\n
822
\n00:44:30,840 –> 00:44:32,600
\nwedding feast, they’ve run out
\nof wine. <\/p>\n
823
\n00:44:33,520 –> 00:44:35,560
\nIt’s symbolic, Brent sisters,
\nthat there is no other <\/p>\n
824
\n00:44:35,560 –> 00:44:38,280
\nbridegroom you will ever find
\nthat can give you the life that <\/p>\n
825
\n00:44:38,400 –> 00:44:41,160
\nJesus can.
\nIsn’t that lovely? <\/p>\n
826
\n00:44:41,160 –> 00:44:45,200
\nEven in our human marriages,
\nbrethren, I you. <\/p>\n
827
\n00:44:45,200 –> 00:44:48,720
\nKnow in your own life the
\nchallenge of trying to live up <\/p>\n
828
\n00:44:48,720 –> 00:44:51,640
\nto the example of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist in your marriage. <\/p>\n
829
\n00:44:52,240 –> 00:44:56,120
\nBut even for you and I, there is
\nno husband that this world has <\/p>\n
830
\n00:44:56,120 –> 00:45:00,360
\never known that can provide the
\nkind of life and the consistency<\/p>\n
831
\n00:45:00,800 –> 00:45:03,880
\nand the unfailing.
\nCharacteristics that the Lord <\/p>\n
832
\n00:45:03,880 –> 00:45:07,200
\nJesus Christ can supply for each
\nand every one of us as His <\/p>\n
833
\n00:45:07,200 –> 00:45:09,760
\nbride.
\nAnd that’s what this wedding is <\/p>\n
834
\n00:45:09,760 –> 00:45:12,880
\ngoing to teach us, that when
\neverything fails, humanly <\/p>\n
835
\n00:45:12,880 –> 00:45:16,640
\nspeaking, it’s only the Lord
\nthat can provide that which is <\/p>\n
836
\n00:45:16,640 –> 00:45:19,360
\neternal and that which is
\nconsistent. <\/p>\n
837
\n00:45:21,000 –> 00:45:23,600
\nCan we just keep a finger in
\nJohn Tuber and citizen, come <\/p>\n
838
\n00:45:23,600 –> 00:45:27,280
\nwith me to Matthew Chapter 9.
\nBecause these symbols of Jewish <\/p>\n
839
\n00:45:27,280 –> 00:45:31,240
\npurifying and the bride and the
\nbridegroom are going to become <\/p>\n
840
\n00:45:31,240 –> 00:45:36,320
\nthe key issues of this this
\nmiracle and it’s explanation. <\/p>\n
841
\n00:45:38,880 –> 00:45:48,080
\nMatthew Chapter 9 and verse 14,
\nthe disciples of John came to <\/p>\n
842
\n00:45:48,160 –> 00:45:50,360
\nJesus.
\nSaying, Why do we and the <\/p>\n
843
\n00:45:50,360 –> 00:45:54,440
\nPharisees fast OFT, but your
\ndisciples don’t fast? <\/p>\n
844
\n00:45:55,400 –> 00:45:58,200
\nAnd Jesus said to them, Can the
\nchildren of the bride chamber <\/p>\n
845
\n00:45:58,200 –> 00:46:01,000
\nmourn as long as the bridegroom
\nis with them? <\/p>\n
846
\n00:46:01,760 –> 00:46:04,360
\nBut the days will come when the
\nbridegroom will be taken from <\/p>\n
847
\n00:46:04,360 –> 00:46:09,000
\nthem, and then will they fast?
\nSo John’s disciples are coming <\/p>\n
848
\n00:46:09,000 –> 00:46:11,800
\nto the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nStill not convinced, brother and<\/p>\n
849
\n00:46:11,800 –> 00:46:15,120
\nsisters, that Jesus is who he
\nclaims to be and in fact who <\/p>\n
850
\n00:46:15,120 –> 00:46:19,640
\nJohn himself had claimed he was.
\nAnd when they come to to when <\/p>\n
851
\n00:46:19,640 –> 00:46:22,800
\nthe disciples of John come to
\nJesus challenging him over these<\/p>\n
852
\n00:46:22,800 –> 00:46:26,240
\nJewish traditions, Jesus says to
\nthem, now listen, can the <\/p>\n
853
\n00:46:26,240 –> 00:46:28,680
\nchildren of the bride chamber
\nmourn as long as the bridegroom <\/p>\n
854
\n00:46:28,680 –> 00:46:30,600
\nis with them?
\nAnd what the Lord Jesus is <\/p>\n
855
\n00:46:30,600 –> 00:46:32,600
\ndoing, Bruns is he’s saying now
\nlisten, you need to go and <\/p>\n
856
\n00:46:32,600 –> 00:46:34,400
\nlisten to what your own master
\nsaid. <\/p>\n
857
\n00:46:34,680 –> 00:46:38,440
\nYou go back to John and listen
\nto what he said about me because<\/p>\n
858
\n00:46:38,440 –> 00:46:42,000
\nhe said that I was the
\nbridegroom, right? <\/p>\n
859
\n00:46:42,000 –> 00:46:44,000
\nThat’s what he said.
\nAnd in fact, if you come back to<\/p>\n
860
\n00:46:44,000 –> 00:46:47,000
\nJohn chapter 3, keep a finger in
\nMatthew 9 if you can. <\/p>\n
861
\n00:46:49,040 –> 00:46:52,320
\nIt was John himself who regarded
\nthe Lord Jesus as the <\/p>\n
862
\n00:46:52,320 –> 00:46:56,000
\nbridegroom.
\nJohn chapter 3 and verse 25. <\/p>\n
863
\n00:46:56,320 –> 00:47:00,600
\nAnd notice how this came about.
\nThere arose a question between <\/p>\n
864
\n00:47:00,600 –> 00:47:05,280
\nsome of John’s disciples and the
\nJews about purifying. <\/p>\n
865
\n00:47:05,840 –> 00:47:09,680
\nAlright, so you see at this
\nwedding the six pots of water <\/p>\n
866
\n00:47:09,680 –> 00:47:13,160
\nfor purifying, and the disciples
\nof John and the Jews are <\/p>\n
867
\n00:47:13,160 –> 00:47:18,320
\ndebating about purifying.
\nAnd they came to John verse 26, <\/p>\n
868
\n00:47:18,600 –> 00:47:21,840
\nand said to him, Rabbi, he that
\nwas with you beyond Jordan, to <\/p>\n
869
\n00:47:21,840 –> 00:47:26,560
\nwhom you bear witness, behold
\nthe same baptizer, and all men <\/p>\n
870
\n00:47:26,560 –> 00:47:28,600
\ncome to him.
\nAnd you can imagine John’s <\/p>\n
871
\n00:47:28,600 –> 00:47:31,440
\ndisciples coming to him going,
\nlisten, we’ve got this dispute <\/p>\n
872
\n00:47:31,440 –> 00:47:35,200
\nabout purifying and we have a
\nproblem because all of these men<\/p>\n
873
\n00:47:35,200 –> 00:47:37,280
\nand women are going to the Lord
\nJesus Christ and they’re not <\/p>\n
874
\n00:47:37,280 –> 00:47:39,720
\ncoming to you, they’re leaving
\nyou and they’re going to him, <\/p>\n
875
\n00:47:39,720 –> 00:47:41,280
\nand they’re being baptized by
\nhim. <\/p>\n
876
\n00:47:42,960 –> 00:47:45,120
\nAnd John answered verse 27 and
\nsaid. <\/p>\n
877
\n00:47:45,920 –> 00:47:48,800
\nA man can receive nothing except
\nit be given him from heaven. <\/p>\n
878
\n00:47:49,040 –> 00:47:53,000
\nYe yourselves bear me witness
\nthat I said, I am not the <\/p>\n
879
\n00:47:53,000 –> 00:47:55,800
\nChrist, but that I am sent
\nbefore Him. <\/p>\n
880
\n00:47:55,800 –> 00:47:59,080
\nHe who has the bride is the
\nbridegroom. <\/p>\n
881
\n00:47:59,640 –> 00:48:02,280
\nBut the friend of the bridegroom
\nwho stands and hears him, <\/p>\n
882
\n00:48:02,280 –> 00:48:05,400
\nrejoices greatly because of the
\nbridegroom’s voice. <\/p>\n
883
\n00:48:05,760 –> 00:48:08,120
\nThis my joy, therefore, is
\nfulfilled. <\/p>\n
884
\n00:48:08,480 –> 00:48:11,360
\nHe must increase.
\nBut I must decrease. <\/p>\n
885
\n00:48:11,360 –> 00:48:14,720
\nSo they came with this original
\ndispute over purifying and, and <\/p>\n
886
\n00:48:14,720 –> 00:48:16,640
\nwho really people ought to be
\nfollowing. <\/p>\n
887
\n00:48:16,640 –> 00:48:20,120
\nShould it be John or should it
\nbe the Lord Jesus Christ And <\/p>\n
888
\n00:48:20,120 –> 00:48:22,800
\nJohn had told them explicitly to
\nfollow Jesus. <\/p>\n
889
\n00:48:23,000 –> 00:48:27,320
\nHe is the bridegroom and, and,
\nand the one who has the bride is<\/p>\n
890
\n00:48:27,320 –> 00:48:29,720
\nthe bridegroom.
\nThat’s what he said. <\/p>\n
891
\n00:48:29,720 –> 00:48:32,760
\nAnd who was the bride?
\nJust notice again what they said<\/p>\n
892
\n00:48:32,760 –> 00:48:37,800
\nto him end of verse 26.
\nAll men are coming to him. <\/p>\n
893
\n00:48:38,520 –> 00:48:42,200
\nAll men come to him, they said.
\nAnd John now says, well, he who <\/p>\n
894
\n00:48:42,200 –> 00:48:45,080
\nhas the bride, all men are
\ncoming to him. <\/p>\n
895
\n00:48:45,800 –> 00:48:47,920
\nHe who has the bride is the
\nbridegroom. <\/p>\n
896
\n00:48:48,680 –> 00:48:51,640
\nAnd he now must increase and I
\nmust decrease. <\/p>\n
897
\n00:48:51,640 –> 00:48:54,920
\nAnd it was John’s way of saying,
\nlisten, you are the bride. <\/p>\n
898
\n00:48:54,960 –> 00:48:58,640
\nAll men who will go to him are
\nthe bride of Christ and he is <\/p>\n
899
\n00:48:58,640 –> 00:49:01,520
\nthe bridegroom.
\nI’m just the best man, as we <\/p>\n
900
\n00:49:01,520 –> 00:49:03,680
\nwould call him in the UK.
\nI’m just the bridegroom’s <\/p>\n
901
\n00:49:03,680 –> 00:49:05,440
\nfriend.
\nGo to him. <\/p>\n
902
\n00:49:06,200 –> 00:49:09,120
\nIf you want to be the bride of
\nChrist, you must go to him. <\/p>\n
903
\n00:49:09,440 –> 00:49:13,600
\nI must decrease and he must
\nincrease and so there in in <\/p>\n
904
\n00:49:13,600 –> 00:49:17,400
\nMatthew Chapter 9 when if you
\njust come back there if you kept<\/p>\n
905
\n00:49:17,400 –> 00:49:21,280
\na finger there when they came to
\nto to Jesus going listen, why do<\/p>\n
906
\n00:49:21,280 –> 00:49:25,920
\nour why do we fast regularly and
\nyou your disciples don’t Jesus <\/p>\n
907
\n00:49:25,920 –> 00:49:30,560
\nrefers them right back to what
\nJohn himself had said verse 15 <\/p>\n
908
\n00:49:30,560 –> 00:49:33,520
\nthere in in Matthew 9.
\nCan the children of the Bride <\/p>\n
909
\n00:49:33,520 –> 00:49:35,920
\nChamber mourn as long as the
\nbridegroom is with them? <\/p>\n
910
\n00:49:37,040 –> 00:49:41,400
\nDo you want to be my bride?
\nDo you want to come to me and <\/p>\n
911
\n00:49:41,400 –> 00:49:45,080
\nget rid of these disputes about
\nthe Jews and their purifying and<\/p>\n
912
\n00:49:45,080 –> 00:49:47,120
\nfasting?
\nThat cannot give you the <\/p>\n
913
\n00:49:47,120 –> 00:49:51,320
\nfulfilment you’re looking for.
\nI am the bridegroom and if you <\/p>\n
914
\n00:49:51,320 –> 00:49:54,600
\nwant to be my bride, I can give
\nyou the fulfilment and the <\/p>\n
915
\n00:49:54,600 –> 00:49:57,240
\nsatisfaction that you’re looking
\nfor. <\/p>\n
916
\n00:49:59,040 –> 00:50:02,960
\nAnd then in Matthew Chapter 9,
\nBrent says in verse 16 the Lord <\/p>\n
917
\n00:50:02,960 –> 00:50:06,560
\nexplains.
\nThe meaning of the wine at Cana.<\/p>\n
918
\n00:50:07,080 –> 00:50:11,600
\nAt the wedding feast.
\nNo man puts, he says, a piece of<\/p>\n
919
\n00:50:11,600 –> 00:50:15,080
\nnew cloth on an old garment, for
\nthat which is put in to fill it <\/p>\n
920
\n00:50:15,080 –> 00:50:17,720
\nup takes from the garment, and
\nthe rent is made worse. <\/p>\n
921
\n00:50:18,240 –> 00:50:20,760
\nNeither do men put new wine into
\nold bottles. <\/p>\n
922
\n00:50:21,200 –> 00:50:24,840
\nOr the bottles break and the
\nwine runs out and the bottles <\/p>\n
923
\n00:50:24,840 –> 00:50:28,280
\nperish, but they put new wine
\ninto new bottles. <\/p>\n
924
\n00:50:28,640 –> 00:50:32,160
\nAnd both are preserved.
\nNow I don’t know a lot about <\/p>\n
925
\n00:50:32,160 –> 00:50:35,680
\nwine brains sisters, but I know
\na little bit and I know in the <\/p>\n
926
\n00:50:35,680 –> 00:50:38,760
\n1st century here in the Middle
\nEast, their their wine bottles <\/p>\n
927
\n00:50:38,760 –> 00:50:42,000
\nwere not glass like ours.
\nThey were wineskins. <\/p>\n
928
\n00:50:43,040 –> 00:50:46,280
\nAnd if an old wineskin which has
\ndried out a bit and has become <\/p>\n
929
\n00:50:46,280 –> 00:50:48,760
\nbrittle, if you try putting new
\nwine into it which is still <\/p>\n
930
\n00:50:48,760 –> 00:50:51,880
\nfermenting, still got lots of
\nenergy and power. <\/p>\n
931
\n00:50:52,280 –> 00:50:55,000
\nYou know, it’s sometimes when we
\ndo that in our country, you make<\/p>\n
932
\n00:50:55,000 –> 00:50:57,040
\nthe wine and if it’s still
\nfermenting a little bit and it’s<\/p>\n
933
\n00:50:57,040 –> 00:50:59,440
\nstill got energy, it will pop
\nthe cork out of the bottle. <\/p>\n
934
\n00:50:59,440 –> 00:51:01,800
\nAnd the energy?
\nWill be too much for the bottle <\/p>\n
935
\n00:51:01,800 –> 00:51:04,680
\nto bear and the the cork will
\npop out and the wine will be <\/p>\n
936
\n00:51:04,680 –> 00:51:07,120
\nspilled.
\nWell here in the Middle East <\/p>\n
937
\n00:51:07,120 –> 00:51:09,800
\njuice is saying if you try and
\nput new wine into an old bottle,<\/p>\n
938
\n00:51:10,280 –> 00:51:13,440
\nthe whole skin won’t.
\nBe able to contain the energy <\/p>\n
939
\n00:51:13,440 –> 00:51:16,200
\nand the power of the wine and it
\nwill break and both will be <\/p>\n
940
\n00:51:16,200 –> 00:51:19,040
\nlost.
\nThe wineskin will tear and the <\/p>\n
941
\n00:51:19,040 –> 00:51:20,840
\nnew wine that went into it will
\nbreak. <\/p>\n
942
\n00:51:20,840 –> 00:51:23,400
\nAnd bro and sisters, can we see
\nwhat the Lord Jesus is telling <\/p>\n
943
\n00:51:23,400 –> 00:51:26,800
\nus?
\nIf you want the new wine, which <\/p>\n
944
\n00:51:26,800 –> 00:51:31,080
\nrepresents the life of the Lord
\nJesus Christ, the new life, then<\/p>\n
945
\n00:51:31,080 –> 00:51:33,920
\nit’s going to need to go into a
\nnew bottle, not an old one. <\/p>\n
946
\n00:51:34,640 –> 00:51:36,360
\nAnd that’s a great challenge for
\nall of us. <\/p>\n
947
\n00:51:36,360 –> 00:51:38,240
\nHow much of A new bottle are
\nyou? <\/p>\n
948
\n00:51:39,080 –> 00:51:41,520
\nBecause if you try pouring the
\nnew wine of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
949
\n00:51:41,520 –> 00:51:45,040
\nChrist into an old bottle that’s
\nnot flexible, not able to change<\/p>\n
950
\n00:51:45,040 –> 00:51:48,760
\nand adapt and be moulded and
\nshaped and contain the energy of<\/p>\n
951
\n00:51:48,760 –> 00:51:51,120
\nthe power of the.
\nLife of the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
952
\n00:51:51,640 –> 00:51:54,480
\nThen it will break it and burst
\nit, and the wine will be lost. <\/p>\n
953
\n00:51:55,000 –> 00:51:57,520
\nIf we want to contain Bren
\nSisters, the new life of the <\/p>\n
954
\n00:51:57,520 –> 00:52:00,320
\nLord Jesus Christ, if we want to
\ncapture it in our lives, if we <\/p>\n
955
\n00:52:00,320 –> 00:52:03,200
\nwant to be shaped by it,
\nchallenged by it, moulded by it,<\/p>\n
956
\n00:52:03,320 –> 00:52:06,000
\nIf we want to be pliable and
\nflexible and able to be <\/p>\n
957
\n00:52:06,000 –> 00:52:08,880
\nchallenged by the power of the
\nwords of the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
958
\n00:52:09,120 –> 00:52:13,840
\nThen we need to be a new bottle
\nwilling to be to feel the power <\/p>\n
959
\n00:52:13,840 –> 00:52:18,120
\nand the the the the elasticity
\nwhen it comes of the of the <\/p>\n
960
\n00:52:18,120 –> 00:52:20,840
\nenergy of the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nAnd you know that in your life, <\/p>\n
961
\n00:52:20,840 –> 00:52:23,760
\nand I know it in mine.
\nYou know when the challenge of <\/p>\n
962
\n00:52:23,760 –> 00:52:26,280
\nthe life of the Lord Jesus
\nChrist pushes you outside your <\/p>\n
963
\n00:52:26,280 –> 00:52:29,800
\ncomfort zone, asks you to think
\nthings that naturally you <\/p>\n
964
\n00:52:29,800 –> 00:52:31,640
\nwouldn’t think asks.
\nYou to do. <\/p>\n
965
\n00:52:31,640 –> 00:52:34,920
\nThings that are beyond what you
\nwould normally naturally have <\/p>\n
966
\n00:52:34,920 –> 00:52:38,320
\ndone ask you to be the kind of
\nperson that naturally normally <\/p>\n
967
\n00:52:38,600 –> 00:52:42,040
\nyou wouldn’t have been.
\nAnd if you want to preserve the <\/p>\n
968
\n00:52:42,040 –> 00:52:46,040
\nnew wine, Bren Sisters that the
\nLord Jesus gives you, then you <\/p>\n
969
\n00:52:46,040 –> 00:52:49,640
\nneed to be a new bottle, able to
\ncontain it, not an old one <\/p>\n
970
\n00:52:49,640 –> 00:52:52,040
\nthat’s too brittle, too dried
\nout. <\/p>\n
971
\n00:52:52,480 –> 00:52:56,880
\nAnd unable to change just as we
\ndraw thoughts to a close. <\/p>\n
972
\n00:52:56,880 –> 00:53:03,280
\nJust have a look here in at this
\nword that’s used of what happens<\/p>\n
973
\n00:53:03,280 –> 00:53:05,080
\nwhen the bottle breaks.
\nNeither do men. <\/p>\n
974
\n00:53:05,080 –> 00:53:08,400
\nVerse 17 Put new wine into all
\nbottles, else the bottles break <\/p>\n
975
\n00:53:08,800 –> 00:53:11,960
\nand the wine runs out.
\nAnd if you. <\/p>\n
976
\n00:53:11,960 –> 00:53:14,680
\nFollow that Greek expression.
\nThere runs out. <\/p>\n
977
\n00:53:15,560 –> 00:53:19,360
\nIt’s the description the Lord
\nused of His own life when He <\/p>\n
978
\n00:53:19,480 –> 00:53:24,320
\ninstituted the Last Supper.
\nThis cup is my blood of the <\/p>\n
979
\n00:53:24,320 –> 00:53:28,680
\ncovenant which has been poured
\nout shed for you. <\/p>\n
980
\n00:53:29,520 –> 00:53:33,080
\nThe I’ve broken the bottle of
\nhumanity, says the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
981
\n00:53:33,080 –> 00:53:35,760
\nChrist.
\nMy life has broken the bottle of<\/p>\n
982
\n00:53:35,760 –> 00:53:40,480
\nhumanity and has been poured out
\nfor your sake and unless you <\/p>\n
983
\n00:53:40,480 –> 00:53:44,440
\nallow my life to fill up yours,
\nyou will be broken as. <\/p>\n
984
\n00:53:44,440 –> 00:53:48,280
\nWell, and you will lose the life
\nthat the Lord Jesus is willing <\/p>\n
985
\n00:53:48,560 –> 00:53:50,600
\nto give you.
\nAnd you know, we have a good <\/p>\n
986
\n00:53:50,600 –> 00:53:54,120
\nexample in Scripture.
\nThe word is used in Acts chapter<\/p>\n
987
\n00:53:54,120 –> 00:53:57,760
\n1 and verse 18 of Judas.
\nDo you remember the words used <\/p>\n
988
\n00:53:57,760 –> 00:53:58,960
\nto describe what happened to
\nhim? <\/p>\n
989
\n00:53:59,280 –> 00:54:02,040
\nThis man purchased a field with
\nthe reward of iniquity, and <\/p>\n
990
\n00:54:02,040 –> 00:54:05,400
\nfalling headlong, he burst
\nasunder in the midst, and all <\/p>\n
991
\n00:54:05,400 –> 00:54:08,560
\nhis bowels gushed out.
\nIt’s horrible, isn’t it? <\/p>\n
992
\n00:54:09,480 –> 00:54:13,440
\nAnd yet that’s the very phrase
\nthat Luke used there in Acts <\/p>\n
993
\n00:54:13,440 –> 00:54:15,480
\nchapter 1 to describe what
\nhappened to Judas. <\/p>\n
994
\n00:54:15,840 –> 00:54:18,600
\nThe bottle was broken.
\nThere was a man who was too <\/p>\n
995
\n00:54:18,600 –> 00:54:22,720
\nimpliable, too inflexible to
\ncontain the power and the energy<\/p>\n
996
\n00:54:22,720 –> 00:54:25,000
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ, and he
\nwas broken. <\/p>\n
997
\n00:54:25,160 –> 00:54:27,560
\nAnd not only was the wine that
\nthe Lord had poured out. <\/p>\n
998
\n00:54:27,560 –> 00:54:30,760
\nFor him, wasted.
\nSo was the bottle into which it <\/p>\n
999
\n00:54:30,760 –> 00:54:33,600
\nwas given.
\nBoth were lost, not just the <\/p>\n
1000
\n00:54:33,600 –> 00:54:37,880
\nwine, but Judas himself.
\nAnd may it be Brent says that <\/p>\n
1001
\n00:54:37,880 –> 00:54:40,600
\nthat doesn’t happen to you and
\nto me. <\/p>\n
1002
\n00:54:41,560 –> 00:54:43,160
\nWell, I’ve overshot the mark
\nagain. <\/p>\n
1003
\n00:54:43,640 –> 00:54:46,800
\nThere we go, thank you for your
\npatience. <\/p>\n
1004
\n00:54:46,920 –> 00:54:49,040
\nMay it be bruh.
\nAnd sisters, as you take the <\/p>\n
1005
\n00:54:49,040 –> 00:54:53,160
\nbread of heaven and share in the
\nroyal cup of the King, may we <\/p>\n
1006
\n00:54:53,160 –> 00:54:55,680
\nreflect on the power of the Word
\nof God in our life. <\/p>\n
1007
\n00:54:56,680 –> 00:54:59,240
\nA man.
\nWho was witness to be the living<\/p>\n
1008
\n00:54:59,240 –> 00:55:03,160
\nembodiment of the Word of God.
\nAnd may as we drink from His <\/p>\n
1009
\n00:55:03,160 –> 00:55:06,040
\ncup, we remember that this new
\nwine has extraordinary <\/p>\n
1010
\n00:55:06,040 –> 00:55:09,760
\npotential.
\nIt is the new life, his life. <\/p>\n
1011
\n00:55:10,720 –> 00:55:13,640
\nAnd although in each we we know
\nwe are really earthen vessels, <\/p>\n
1012
\n00:55:13,640 –> 00:55:16,720
\naren’t we?
\n6 stone water pots there brittle<\/p>\n
1013
\n00:55:17,000 –> 00:55:20,240
\nearthen vessels.
\nMay it be, Brent says, that we <\/p>\n
1014
\n00:55:20,240 –> 00:55:23,880
\nare changed into new wineskins.
\nBecause the miracle of Cana <\/p>\n
1015
\n00:55:23,880 –> 00:55:27,640
\nwasn’t that God, through the
\nLord Jesus Christ, turned water <\/p>\n
1016
\n00:55:27,640 –> 00:55:32,160
\ninto wine.
\nIt was that six men, earthen <\/p>\n
1017
\n00:55:32,160 –> 00:55:37,480
\nvessels, were made into new men,
\nwineskins full of the new life <\/p>\n
1018
\n00:55:37,480 –> 00:55:40,360
\nof the Lord Jesus Christ.
\nAnd may each and everyone of us <\/p>\n
1019
\n00:55:40,360 –> 00:55:42,640
\nfriend sisters feel that
\ntransition in our own lives, <\/p>\n
1020
\n00:55:42,640 –> 00:55:46,880
\nweek by week, as we come to
\nshare the royal bread and wine <\/p>\n
1021
\n00:55:47,160 –> 00:55:47,920
\non the table.\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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