Eat Him Up: Part 1

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! We're going to be looking at John chapter 6, starting verse 22, page 1059 of your pew Bibles.

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And as we were singing, our salvation is bound up together.

I couldn't help but think of yesterday we had this classy carnival, this volunteer

appreciation, and we laughed a lot. And so in our laughter, we share joy together.

So Zach, thank you so much for acting on your idea to do this. And once again, I just want

to thank Amy Bostetter for just the excellent job you did yesterday. We consumed a lot of

food, and there was a lot of variety of food. Some would say, I have some friends in the

house. I would say it was gross tech when it comes to food. Yep, that was just for you.

We're all consumers. Every one of us must eat and drink to live. Feeding is an essential requirement

to living. And you know what? I think we would all agree it would do you well. It would do

me well to make sure we're asking questions of what we consume. To be asking questions like,

hey, is this good for me? You read the label on the back, and you're like, hey, is this the

right amount of whatever I'm eating to eat? Does this have the right sort of nutritional

values for my body? So we look at labels to make sure what we're eating and drinking is

good for us, because we're careful of what we put into our bodies. It's good to question

what you're consuming. But let's be honest. We consume things beyond physical food and drink.

We consume social media. Has anybody else like me gotten sucked into the scrolling matrix? Yes.

It's funny. I scroll and scroll, and I'm hungry for something, but I'm not satisfied.

Anybody consume pleasing people? You just want to please people? You make it your aim,

but it never satisfies. Making a name for yourself. Seeking to control situations. Maybe you're consumed

with your appearance. Maybe you're seeking to quench your thirst by making money. Maybe you're drinking

deep from the well of independence. And what I mean by that is it's this posture where you're saying,

nobody tells me what to do. And I drink deep from that well. We feed on busyness. We feed on large

amounts of entertainment. And wouldn't it be great if on all these consumables there was some kind of

nutritional value, some kind of chart to tell us, is this good for me? How much should I consume?

Here's my point. We consume far more than just food and drink. And it's good to question what we

consume. This morning, we're going to look at a passage in which Jesus answers five questions.

And he makes an audacious claim. He says, consume me. I am the bread of life. Eat me up and you will

never hunger again. You will never thirst again. Eat me up and live eternally, full and forever life.

And so what we're going to do is we're going to look at these five questions and five answers.

There's a lot of information here. So I'm just going to keep us moving through it. So you're

going to have to keep up with me in your Bibles. Okay. So John chapter six, first question is in verse 25.

Rabbi, when did you come here? Let me give you the backstory. The day before this question was asked,

this question is being asked in the city of Capernaum. But the day before Jesus had fed 5,000 men,

15 to 20,000 people altogether. He did so as a miraculous sign in the wilderness. And after he fed

everybody, he sent his disciples in a boat out on the sea of Galilee. He dismissed the crowds. He went up

and prayed. And then around three to 6 a.m., he came to his disciples walking on the water in the

midst of a storm. And he revealed himself at sea. He is the great incarnate I am, the king of all creation.

And that's really good news for us who regularly deal with chaos. Do I have an amen?

Well, it's the next day, verse 22. That's where our passage starts.

The crowd comes back to where Jesus had miraculously fed them. And they're looking for Jesus,

but Jesus is MIA, missing in action. So in verse 24, they get in their boats, they row to Capernaum.

And at the end of verse 24, we read that they are seeking Jesus. And they finally find him in Capernaum.

And they ask him the question, Rabbi, when did you come here? And they're asking this, by the way,

they found him in the synagogue in Capernaum. We know that from verse 59 in the passage.

Now, if it was me, and I am not Jesus, but if a crowd found me and asked, hey, what time did you

get here? I would be like, well, you know, after I fed 15 to 20,000 people, I prayed, dismissed you all.

And then I walked out on the Sea of Galilee, revealed myself as the great incarnate I am.

I got my disciples here, lickety split. It came up on shore. And so, you know what? I didn't even

break a sweat. So, you know, three to six AM, that's when I showed up here. But that's not how

Jesus answers. What Jesus says in verse 26 is something in which he totally ignores the question.

In verse 26, he drops a truly, truly. And there's a number of these truly, trulys in this passage.

Truly, truly, I say to you, this is Jesus' way of saying this. Let me set the record straight.

Hear me out. And he goes on to tell this crowd that has been seeking him, he goes on to tell them,

hey, let me tell you why you've come seeking me. Let me just read this to you. Truly, truly, I say to you,

you are seeking me not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of loaves.

So what he's saying to them is this. You're not seeking me for me. You're seeking me for you

because you ate well yesterday and you want to eat well again. You're here for the food that perishes,

not for the food that endures to eternal life. And so at this moment, Jesus does something very

interesting. He says, hey, let me tell you something. Let's just be clear. There are two

kinds of foods that you work for that you seek. Food number one is the food that perishes.

You eat it and you're going to have to eat it again and then eat it again and then eat it again. And food

number two is the food that endures to eternal life. You just need to eat it once.

And he says to them, essentially, you are here for the food that perishes. Do not work for that food.

Do not prioritize. Seek that food above all else.

You know, this is the same kind of like do not work for that applies to all of the other consumables

that we have already named. Don't prioritize as your name, a number one thing to live for as money.

It's a food that perishes. Don't prioritize pleasing people or falling into the scrolling trap.

Seek the food of eternal life that is given by the Son of Man. It's a title Jesus uses for himself.

Speaks of himself often that way in the third person.

And what that refers to is a passage in the Old Testament that anticipates the coming of a forever king

who will establish a forever kingdom. And now we're learning that this forever king of a forever

kingdom gives a forever food that if you consume it, you live forever.

This is Jesus who has been sealed by God the Father.

Have you heard of the good housekeeping seal of approval?

This is the good, good Father seal of approval on God the Son as the Son of Man.

The one whom is authorized and able to be the source of eternal life.

So question number one is, hey, Jesus, what time did you get here?

And Jesus says, you came here looking for food that perishes, but I'm the food that keeps on giving.

Question number two, verse 28.

Remember in verse 27, Jesus just said, don't work for the food that perishes,

but implied work for the food that endures to eternal life.

And these Jewish folks who are seeking something to eat, they're like, work, we can do work.

And so they ask him in verse 28, what must we do to be doing the works of God?

It's like they're saying, okay, okay.

Tell us what we need to do in order to earn, receive, get this eternal kind of food that you're talking about.

What do we need to do?

Could you spell it out for us?

In fact, could you imagine someone saying, someone like me,

Jesus, can you spell that out in an itemized list that has little boxes that I can check off as I'm working my way through it?

Can you tell me what to do in order to receive this eternal life that is found in you apparently?

Their thinking is a classic misunderstanding of how to obtain eternal life, of how to be saved,

of how to be made right with God, how to have your sins forgiven.

This mistaken understanding of salvation is called a works-based salvation.

And the thinking is, I earn God's salvation by doing the right things.

It's this thought of, when I come to the end of my life, in the great scales of life,

and my good works are weighed against my evil works.

If my good works outweigh my evil works, then I have earned God's salvation.

But the thing is, that is not what our Bibles teach,

and that is absolutely not what Jesus is saying here.

It's a tragic misunderstanding,

because you cannot receive God's gift by working for it.

The gift of eternal life is not received by working for it.

It's received by faith, by belief.

And so, in verse 29, Jesus says this.

Jesus knows that.

And so, he's like, let me clarify you what I mean by work.

This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent, referring to himself.

The work that you must do in order to receive eternal life is by believing in the one that he has sent.

The food that endures to eternal life.

He's talking about himself in the third person again, which is kind of classic Jesus.

And what he's saying is, you must trust me.

That's the work.

You must believe in me whom God has sent.

You must depend on me in order to receive the food of eternal life.

God's salvation is not a meal that's earned, but it's a meal that's received as a gift.

Have you ever gotten into a squabble with a friend over lunch?

Because you're like, I'll pay for lunch.

And they're like, no you won't.

And you're like, why not?

And they're like, because I pay my own way.

Duh.

And they're like, but no, no, no, no.

I want to bless you.

And they're like, no, no.

I do my thing.

I pay for my own food.

Do you know why it's so difficult to have someone pay for lunch for you?

Because it means you've got to humble yourself and receive a gift.

And that's what Jesus is talking about right here.

It's not by working.

You receive this food that endures to eternal life by humbly believing.

Salvation is free to us, but it was not free to God in the giving.

It cost him.

Jesus paid the price of our salvation, which makes it free to us, but costly to the living God.

It's an incredible salvation.

And the way we receive it is by believing.

So the second question is, what do we do?

Okay, okay, do the works of God.

Yes.

What do we do?

And Jesus says, believe.

Believe in me.

The one that God has sent.

Which brings us to question number three.

And this is in verse 30.

Question number three is, then what sign do you do that we may see and believe you?

What work do you perform?

So again, this crowd that has been fed the day before, they found Jesus in a synagogue in Capernaum.

They're starting to ask all these questions.

They're like, believe.

Okay.

You've been sent from God.

Okay, show us a miraculous sign to validate that you have been sent from God and you give eternal life.

And then in verse 31, they're like, like this.

Here's an example.

Do a sign like this.

Do you remember how our fathers ate manna in the wilderness?

Jesus, and how God miraculously provided for them?

He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

Now, if you could do a miracle like that, Jesus, we would see and believe who you are.

Which is incredibly ironic.

Because these are the same people the day before.

The ones that are asking for a sign on the scale of Exodus 16, God providing manna.

These are the same people, a multitude, who were in a wilderness,

who were miraculously fed by Yahweh incarnate.

They've already been shown the sign.

But they don't believe.

So this is very ironic that they would ask for that.

What this is starting to expose is that there is unbelief in this crowd

that has come looking to have their stomachs filled.

But Jesus doesn't point out the irony of it in verses 32 through 33.

In those verses, Jesus answers them with another,

Truly, truly, truly, truly, I say to you,

it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven,

but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

So it's another truly, truly, it's another one of these,

him saying, hey, let me set the record straight.

Any grammar nerds in the room?

I see that hand.

When God inspires the Bible,

every word originated in his mind,

even the verb tenses.

I want you to see the verb tenses.

Because in this little verse, the verb tenses matter a lot.

You ready?

Verse 32.

Jesus answers them.

And he says,

Truly, truly, I say to you,

it was not Moses who gave past, present, future.

You tell me.

Past.

It was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven,

but my Father,

and we're expecting him to say,

who gave you the bread from heaven,

but Jesus goes present.

But my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

See what Jesus just did right there.

It's not Moses.

It was my Father back then providing food for you,

and it's my Father who is now providing you,

giving you the true bread,

the real bread,

the bread that endures to eternal life,

bread,

me.

Me.

He goes from then to now.

And so Jesus just stays on target.

He's like,

you're not getting it.

You're looking at the new and better manna,

is what he's saying.

And so when you pay attention to the verb tenses,

you realize that Jesus is doing something extraordinary.

It was not Moses who provided the bread,

but it's God the Father now providing eternal life.

And the scope of that eternal life is the whole world.

He's giving life to the whole world.

All those who are dead in their sin,

living in darkness.

Jesus is God's provision of life,

eternal life to all.

What we're being told here,

what we're seeing is,

it's like Jesus saying,

don't live on the old manna.

Don't live in the past.

God is giving you new and better manna now.

You know,

when God first provided manna to the Israelites,

do you know what manna means?

It literally means,

what is it?

And so they wake up in the morning,

and God provides this stuff on the ground

that is flaky,

wafer-like,

and it tastes a little bit like honey.

And they wake up and they're like,

what is it?

And what Jesus is doing right here is,

it's like,

it's not what is it,

it's who is it?

You're looking at the new and better manna.

The food that endures to eternal life.

In verse 34,

they say,

we'll take it.

Give it to us.

And keep giving it to us.

But Jesus is like,

you're not getting it.

I would love to have seen Jesus' facial expression

at this moment.

Was it this kind of thing

where he just kind of rolls his eyes

and like,

oh man.

Because what happens in verse 35

is this audacious claim.

To their,

like,

I'll take it,

Jesus says to them,

I am the bread of life.

It's not an it,

it's a who.

It's not a what is it,

it's a who is it.

And it's me.

I am the bread of life.

Whoever comes to me

shall not hunger,

and whoever believes in me

shall never thirst.

What he's saying is,

I am the new and better manna

sent by God

from heaven

to give eternal life

to the entire world,

to those who believe.

If you're familiar

with the Gospel of John,

you know that this is

the first of seven

I am statements

Jesus makes about himself.

I am the bread of life.

I am the light of the world.

I am the gate.

I am the good shepherd.

I am the resurrection of life.

I am the way,

the truth,

and the life.

And I am the vine.

These are all different ways

of talking about salvation.

That Jesus is our salvation.

And so when you hear Jesus say,

I am the bread of life,

you need to hear that

as a claim on salvation.

I am the source of eternal life.

I'm the eternal life

you must consume.

In verses 37 through 40,

Jesus is very clear

on why God his Father sent him,

and that is to do

the will of his Father.

We see it.

Three times,

Jesus says,

I'm here to do the will

of my Father

in this section.

And so we get to ask,

well, what is the will

of the Father?

Of why he sent him?

In verse 37,

we read,

all those the Father

has given me

will come to me,

will come to him.

It's God's will,

God the Father's will,

that all that he gives the Son

will come to the Son,

will believe in the Son.

Verse 40,

it's God's will

that all who he gives

to the Son

will look upon the Son

and believe in the Son

and will receive eternal life.

Verse 37,

it's God's will

that the Son

cast out none of those

who God the Father gives him.

And verse 38,

it's God's will

that God the Son

would lose none

of those God the Father

has given him.

In verses 39-41,

all that God the Father

gives to Jesus

will be raised up

on the last day.

Here's what's going on here.

It's the will of God the Father

that Jesus the Son

save to the uttermost

all those the Father

gives to the Son

to be saved.

saved to the uttermost

from the earliest beginnings

to the coming

to the drawing

all the way

to the last day

they will be raised up

unto eternal life.

All of that

is not a salvation

of works.

It's a salvation

by God's grace.

what we see here

in this passage

and it might make

some of you uncomfortable

is that God

has given

a specific group

of people

in other places

of the Bible

called the elect

to the Son

to save

from beginning

to end.

It is

a work

of God

from beginning

to end.

So if you're looking

for a sign

in the room

like this crowd

was looking

for a sign

like

like if Jesus

if Christianity

is the real thing

you know what Jesus

would say?

I am the sign.

I am the bread

of life.

Believe in me.

What sign

do you do?

This third question

Jesus is saying

I am the bread

of life

the new

and better

manna.

And what's

ironic about

this little

passage here

is that

these Jews

they had

seen

what he had

already done

but did not

believe.

Do you believe?

Now

we move

to question

number four

if there was

if there was

some kind

of skepticism

in question

three

it's all

on in question

four.

In 41

and 42

we have

this kind

of question

isn't he

Joe and Mary's

son?

So the Jews

grumbled

about him

because he said

I am the bread

of bread

that came

down from

heaven

this is 41

and 42

they said

is not this

Jesus?

The son of

Joseph

whose father

and mother

we know?

How does he

now say

I have

come down

from heaven?

They're not

asking Jesus

this question.

They're grumbling

amongst

themselves.

Jesus

overhears

them grumbling.

You know

what's interesting

is that

in Exodus

16

what led

up to

the giving

of manna?

What is it?

Israel

was grumbling.

They were

doubting

that God

could provide

for them

and they

longed

for the

meat pots

of Egypt.

And here

this

group of

Jews

this

multitude

who's come

seeking

Jesus

they doubt

his claim

that he

is the

new

and better

manna

come down

from heaven

and in

their unbelief

they ask

this question

isn't

this guy

Joe and

Mary's son?

Isn't he

the carpenter's

son?

And what

they're assuming

is that

they know

where Jesus

is from

they

know his

background

but they're

tragically

mistaken

because we

know

John

1

14

and the

word

became

flesh

and dwelt

among

us.

We

know

from the

other

gospels

that

Jesus

was

miraculously

conceived

by the

Holy Spirit

in the

Virgin Mary's

womb

to be

the

son

of

God.

Their

unbelief

had blinded

them

and so

in

verse 43

Jesus

obviously

overhears

their

grumbling

and he

tells them

stop

grumbling.

Stop

your

grumbling.

And

then in

verse 44

he says

something

that again

can make

us

uncomfortable.

No one

can come

to me

unless

the

father

who

sent

me

draws

him

and I

will

raise

him

up

on

the

last

day.

No one

can come

to me

unless

the

father

who

sent

me

draws

them.

Their

unbelief,

their grumbling

is evidence

that they

not come

to Jesus

because of

who Jesus

is.

They

haven't been

drawn

by the

father.

father.

What this

notion of

God the

father

drawing

a group

of people

to the

son

is known

as

irresistible

grace.

That those

whom God

has set

his love

on from

before the

foundation

of the

earth,

he will

draw them

to faith

in Jesus

Christ

by his

grace.

All that

the father

has given

to Jesus

will come

to Jesus

because the

father draws

them.

Think about

it this

way.

God in

his grace

inclines

the heart

of dead

sinners

to believe

in Jesus.

That's

how sinful

we are.

That we

wouldn't

choose Jesus

on our

own because

we're blinded

by our

sin.

Old

timers

called this

drawing

of God

the quickening

of God.

that someone

would be

quickened

by the

Holy Spirit

to believe

on Jesus.

The Spirit

of God

inclining

our hearts

to believe

in Jesus.

We're so

dead in

our sins

that God

must first

incline

our hearts

to believe

in Jesus.

That's this

idea of

God drawing

us to

the Son.

Salvation

is a

gracious

work of

God from

beginning

to end

unless

the Father

draws

him.

And then

in verse

45

Jesus

goes into

further

explaining

what he

means by

the Father

drawing him

to the

Son.

He quotes

Isaiah

54

13

it is

written

in the

prophets

and they

will all

be taught

by God.

And then

Jesus

says

everyone

who has

heard

and learned

from the

Father

comes

to me.

So this

drawing

of God

is some

kind of

instructing

of God.

It's a

kind of

revealing

of who

the Christ

is to

someone

who's not

a believer.

Someone who

is in

their sin.

And the

result

is that

someone who

just doesn't

hear the

gospel.

They hear

and learn.

They take

it to

heart.

And Jesus

says

hey

I know

this is

the case

because of

everyone on

the planet

I have

seen the

Father.

I've been

with him.

I'm from

heaven.

In

verses 47

through 48

Jesus

comes back

to this

claim that

I am the

bread of

life.

In verse

47 he

drops

another

truly

truly

I say

to you

whoever

believes

has

eternal

life.

Whoever

believes

in me

has

eternal

life.

He

will

not

die.

He

will

live.

He's

saying

I

am

the

bread

of

life.

It

is

this

audacious

claim

on

salvation.

And

then

just to

push

it

further

he

says

to

these

Jews

seeking

to have

their

bellies

filled

your

fathers

ate

the

manna

in

the

wilderness

and

they

died.

The

old

manna

didn't

give

life.

And

then

he

says

in

verse

50

this

is

the

bread

that

comes

down

from

heaven

the

bread

of

life

Jesus

so

that

one

may

eat

of

it

and

not

die

but

live

forever

verse

51

live

forever

what a

contrast

Jesus

is saying

that the

old

manna

will

not

save

you

but

the

new

and

better

manna

will

and

the

way

that

you

consume

me

is

by

believing

in

me

so

question

four

there's

this

grumbling

isn't

this

Joe

and

Mary

son

and

then

Jesus

just

reiterates

I

am

the

bread

of

life

the

new

and

better

manna

if

you

eat

of

me

you

will

not

die

but

if

you

eat

of

that

manna

you

will

there's

an

interesting

little

phrase

in

verse

51

and

it's

it's

the

phrase

at

the

end

and

the

bread

that

I

will

give

for

the

life

of

the

world

is

my

flesh

that's

really

interesting

because

it's

substitutionary

language

it's

it's

Jesus

saying

hey

the

bread

this

bread

that

I

will

give

for

the

world

is

my

flesh

and

for

those

of

us

who

has

ears

to

hear

what

we

hear

is

Jesus

Christ

is

going

to

die

in

our

place

other

people

hear

it

as

cannibalism

which

brings

us

to

question

number

five

question

number

five

52

how can

this man

give us

his flesh

to eat

the Jews

in the synagogue

are like

what did he

say

did he just

say that

his flesh

is the bread

that we're

to eat

because that

sounds really

gross

do you

remember

Jesus

talking

with

Nicodemus

in

John

3

Jesus

tells

him

you

must

be

born

again

and

what

does

Nicodemus

do

wait

hold on

a second

how am I

supposed to

get back

in my

mother

how does

that

work

he was

thinking

literally

he was

thinking

physically

but Jesus

wasn't

talking about

a physical

rebirth

he was

talking about

a spiritual

rebirth

do you

remember

Jesus

conversation

with the

woman at

the well

in

John

4

Jesus

says

hey

I've

got

I've

got

I've

got

living

water

if

you

knew

I

had

it

you'd

ask

me

for

it

and

she

goes

but

hold on

a second

you don't

have

anything

to

kind of

pull

water

up

with

in

the

well

steep

she's

she's

thinking

literally

she's

thinking

physically

what

Jesus

is

talking

about

is

a

spiritual

nourishment

he's

talking

about

the

Holy

Spirit

who

once

he

indwells

you

brings

about

springs

welling

up

to

eternal

life

and so

what

we've

seen

so far

in the

book

of

John

is

is

this

misunderstanding

of what

Jesus

is

saying

and

taking

him

very

literally

about

physical

things

when he's

not

he's

talking

about

spiritual

realities

and that

is

what's

happening

here

that

they

think

that

Jesus

is

talking

about

cannibalism

eating

his

flesh

and

drinking

his

blood

which

is

rather

coarse

but

what

he's

talking

about

is

something

radical

a

radical

dependence

on

him

a

radical

vital

faith

in

him

so

in

verses

53

through

58

Jesus

very

intentionally

very

graphically

repeatedly

says

that

in

order

for you

to have

eternal

life

you must

consume

his

flesh

and

his

blood

you must

eat

his

flesh

and

drink

his

blood

it's

not a

call

to

cannibalism

it's

a call

to

radical

dependence

radical

belief

we must

depend

on

Jesus

as if

we're

consuming

him

you know

just how

we

eat

food

and

drink

water

to

live

we

consume

Jesus

to

live

eternally

he's

the only

source

of

eternal

life

eternal

life is

found in

no one

else

therefore

we must

eat

him

up

in

order

to

live

there's

another

clue

in this

passage

in

verse

56

Jesus

says

whoever

feeds on

my flesh

and drinks

my blood

abides

in me

and I

in him

we're

going to

see that

word

abide

show up

again

in

John

15

John

15

5

Jesus

says

I'm

the

vine

you

are

the

branches

whoever

abides

in me

and I

in him

will bear

much

fruit

but apart

from me

you can

do

nothing

it's

a picture

of radical

dependence

to live

to bear

fruit

and what

Jesus is

describing

here is

this

essential

vital

dependence

on him

for

eternal

life

it's

found in

no one

else

do you

know why

he's using

shocking

language

it's

functioning

like a

parable

if you're

familiar

with

parables

like in

the

parables

Jesus

speaks

in

Matthew

13

here's

what

they

do

Jesus

will

speak

a

parable

and for

those

who are

not being

drawn

taught

by God

the

parable

will make

no sense

to them

and will

expose

their

unbelief

but for

those

who are

being

drawn

by God

who do

have

understanding

who are

being

taught

the

parable

makes

a ton

of

sense

and so

they

believe

that's

what's

going on

here

Jesus

is using

shocking

language

to expose

to

unbelief

as well

as to

nurture

faith

those

who hear

cannibalism

don't

understand

the vital

dependence

of faith

in Jesus

for

eternal

life

but those

who hear

Jesus

invitation

to trust

him

unto

eternal

life

it's

like

oh man

you just

whet my

appetite

and I'm

going to

eat you

up

I can't

get enough

so here's

this question

how can

this man

give us

his flesh

to eat

and the

answer

is

Jesus

saying

I am

the source

of eternal

life

and to

consume

me

is to

trust

exclusively

in me

to

trust

vitally

in me

and so

when we

take the

Lord's

supper

here's

what that

means

when we

take

the

cracker

and we

take the

cup

these

things

don't

turn

into

the

flesh

and

blood

of

Jesus

they

remind

us

of what

Jesus

has done

that he

is the

source

of eternal

life

it's

it's a

picture

of a

spiritual

reality

so

five

questions

five

answers

we've

covered

a lot

of

ground

here's

the

claim

Jesus

is

making

I

am

the

new

and

better

manna

I'm

the

bread

of

life

and

our

response

the

call

is to

eat

him

up

eat

him

up

and

live

trust

in

him

exclusively

and

vitally

so

I'm

going to

apply

this

in

two

ways

first

is

it's

good

to

question

what

you're

consuming

it's

good

to

question

especially

if

you're

consuming

food

that

perishes

you

got to

read

the

label

the

labels

on

that

nutritional

chart

on the

back

of the

packaging

of

whatever

you

eat

you

can

use

your

phone

app

to

do

that

now

you

can

find

out

the

serving

size

the

calories

the

nutritional

values

and

you

can

be

thinking

like

okay

how much

of this

do I

need

to

eat

and

drink

but

you're

like

hold on

a second

self-ide

didn't you

say

that there

are a lot

of

consumables

that we

eat

a lot

and drink

a lot

of

that

don't

have

this

label

on it

what are

we

supposed

to do

with

that

I

mean

we

like

to

consume

!

entertainment

social

media

people

pleasing

control

sexual

passions

sports

teams

we

love

our

personal

fitness

and

appearance

we

love

to

consume

money

and

material

things

but

there's

no

nutritional

labels

on

those

how

do we

know

if

it's

good

for

us

or

not

let me

give you

a crash

course

in

discernment

four

questions

you can

ask

first

one

is

this

what

is

the

nature

of

this

consumable

is

this

perishable

or

imperishable

second

can

I

enjoy

this

consumable

to

the

glory

of

God

can

I

consume

this

and

God

be

praised

by

it

third

question

what's

the

appropriate

serving