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My Sermon on John 6:35-71

Dan Sullivan · August 5, 2019 ·

Here are my notes/sermon from John 6:35-71.

John 6:35–71

[35] Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. [36] But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. [37] All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. [38] For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. [39] And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. [40] For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

Some people can read this from a Calvinist perspective and think “All that the Father gives to me will come to me” means they are pre-chosen. BUT notice what He says next:

Whoever comes to me I will never cast out.

Any fear we have of ‘not being chosen’ here is blown away, since Jesus says whoever comes to Him will never be cast out.

[41] So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” [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’?” [43] Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. [44] No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.

Look at how many times Jesus talks about His mission being resurrection. His mission is to raise people on the last day. He succeeded at that for Himself, and we can be confident that He will succeed at that for us too.

Also notice this language about “nobody can come unless my father calls him” We get some insight into this with Pharoah and Moses in Exodus. God reached out to Pharaoh for a time. Eventually, Pharaoh’s actions showed that he wasn’t going to turn and listen to God, so God gave him over fully to what he, Pharaoh, wanted. That is Romans 1 kind of stuff. God has reached out to the Pharisees, but only those that responded are going to be drawn to Jesus, the rest will be driven away.

You Really Can Know God

[45] It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me—[46] not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father. [47] Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. [48] I am the bread of life. [49] Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. [50] This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. [51] I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

 Jesus says He is the basic living sustenance of everything we could ever need. Him, giving up His flesh/desire/self-seeking is the bread of life.

[52] The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” [53] So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. [54] Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. [55] For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. [56] Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. [57] As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. [58] This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”

Remember that Jesus said He would teach in parables to make people wonder and ask for more. If you don’t stumble over the ‘feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood’ part, Jesus says He abides in you and you abide in Him.

If Jesus really is the Son of God, wouldn’t you want to figure out how to live in Him and for Him to live in you? That seems like a high priority. That seems like a big enough deal to say, “I want to know what He means by that.” Rather than saying, “That’s Nuts!”

[59] Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum.

He wasn’t teaching this on the countryside anymore. Somewhere in this discourse, the crowd and Jesus have moved into the synagogue, where He taught sometimes as a guest Preacher.

With that whole idea of what if it’s true? In mind, read this next section:

[60] When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” [61] But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? [62] Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? [63] It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. [64] But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) [65] And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.”

[66] After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. [67] So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” [68] Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, [69] and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”

Peter gives the awesome statement that is the true follower of Jesus. It’s the statement that whatever Jesus says, we acknowledge that He’s our only hope!

 [70] Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.” [71] He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him. (ESV)

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Advent of Peace

Dan Sullivan · December 8, 2013 ·

This weekend I was scheduled to teach at Westminster, but the snowpocalypse was bad enough that we decided to cancel services this Sunday. Instead, we are emailing out a link to this post, so everyone can be cheered on in the safety of their own homes.

First is a note from Dave, then a video message from me:

Last Sunday, we lit the candle of Hope. The world tells us to hope in so many things, but we know that we have to look to something greater than this world in order to have true hope.

This Sunday, we won’t be physically lighting a candle, but we can still think about the Peace that God sent to this world. This past week, the world lost Nelson Mandela. He was a man who fought against inequality and struggle between races. Mandela worked every day to advance the peace that he felt all people deserved to experience. His efforts paid off for South Africa, and influenced so many in this world.

There are great people in this world whose life work is the advancement of peace. God offers us a peace that this world will never touch. Christ told us about peace in John 14:27: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.”

God offers every person a peace that remains in hard times; a peace that can’t be wiped away by struggle. It’s a peace that can’t be understood this side of eternity. We may not be able to fully understand it, but I assure you…it can be experienced!

Advent of Peace from Daniel Sullivan on Vimeo.

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Chapel talk about Noah

Dan Sullivan · December 1, 2013 ·

I was able to preach at chapel at the Evansville Rescue Mission. I talked about Noah and Genesis 5-7.

I’m going to try to go through some sections at the Mission that cover Bible stories we’ve heard in Sunday School at a rated G, coloring sheet level, but may have never gone back and read as an adult with real depth. This is what I hope is the first of this series.

 

(Meta: I’m also experimenting with podcast options, so give me feedback on this listening experience.)

You can also listen to it right here: 

http://biblescribbler.com//wp-content/uploads/podcast/ERMChapelNoahDTS-MP3%20for%20Audio%20Podcasting.mp3

Or listen via iTunes

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WCAGLS Session 13: Gary Schwammlein

Dan Sullivan · August 9, 2013 ·

Session 13: Gary Schwammlein and Bill Hybels

"The local church is the hope of the world, when it's working right. I went to the local church, they don't even have enough hope to share with the people that go there on a weekend, much less the world!"

He said that too many people just quote the first half of Bill's quote, but that is just wrong. "you need the whole quote!"

In Calcutta India, there is a church that feeds 10,000 people a day. There are 250 churches among 20,000,000 people, in a population that is less than 1% christian.

When there is a passionless church operating, they are wrong. They need to shut down and sell their building to somebody that will do what God wants them to do!

Strengthening the leadership gifts strengthens every other gift in a church.

"If you want your leadership to matter, lead in the things that matter to God." [that goes for everything!]

This guy was in Vietnam, praying in a hotel room, and the words to an old German hymn came to mind. He found it on youtube and played it on repeat for 2 hours while he prayed! Praise God for YouTube!

"If you're not dead, you're not done!"

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