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SERMON SERIES BIG IDEA: Let’s reclaim Gospel-powered spiritual disciplines for the sake of godliness (i.e. good works to the glory of God and for the good of His people).

25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” 

JOHN 6:25-27(ESV)

25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” 

JOHN 6:25-27(ESV)

28b “What must we do, to be doing the works of

God?”

29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

JOHN 6:29(ESV)

29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

JOHN 6:29(ESV)

30b “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers

ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from

heaven to eat.’”

14 And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground. 15 When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” (“It is manna.”) For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat. 16 This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an omer, according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.’”17 And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less. 18 But when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat. 

EXODUS 16:14-18(ESV)

14 And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground. 15 When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another,

“What is it?” (“It is manna.”) For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat. 16 This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an omer, according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.’”17 And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less. 18 But when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat. 

EXODUS 16:14-18(ESV)

14 And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground. 15 When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another,

“What is it?” (“It is manna.”) For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat. 16 This is what the LORD has

commanded: ‘Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an omer, according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.’”17 And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less. 18 But when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat. 

EXODUS 16:14-18(ESV)

14 And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground. 15 When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another,

“What is it?” (“It is manna.”) For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat. 16 This is what the LORD has

commanded: ‘Gather of it, each one of you, as much as he can eat. You shall each take an omer, according to the number of the persons that each of you has in his tent.’”17 And the people of Israel did so. They gathered, some more, some less. 18 But when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat. 

EXODUS 16:14-18(ESV)

Psalm 34:8a “Oh, taste and see that the LORD

is good!”

11 Take care lest you forget the LORD your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today… 14 …then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery…

DEUTERONOMY 8:11, 14(ESV)

11 Take care lest you forget the LORD your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today… 14 …then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD

your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery…

DEUTERONOMY 8:11, 14(ESV)

GOSPEL

1 The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers. 2 And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. 3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. 4 Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years. 5 Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you. 

DEUTERONOMY 8:1-5(ESV)

1 The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers. 2 And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. 3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. 4 Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years. 5 Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you. 

DEUTERONOMY 8:1-5(ESV)

GOSPEL TRUTHS ABOUND

1 The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers. 2 And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. 3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers

know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. 4 Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years. 5 Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you. 

DEUTERONOMY 8:1-5(ESV)

GOSPEL TRUTH

1 The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers. 2 And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. 3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. 4 Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years.5 Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you. 

DEUTERONOMY 8:1-5(ESV)

GOSPEL CONDUCT

1 The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess

the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers. 2 And you shall remember the whole way that the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. 3 And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. 4 Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years.5 Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the LORD your God disciplines you. 

DEUTERONOMY 8:1-5(ESV)

GOSPEL CONDUCT

32 Jesus then said to them, “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. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

JOHN 6:32-33(ESV)

32 Jesus then said to them, “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. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

JOHN 6:32-33(ESV)

34b “Sir, give us this bread always.”

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. 

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.”

JOHN 6:35, 40(ESV)

41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”  

JOHN 6:41(ESV)

42b “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. 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.”

JOHN 6:43, 47-51(ESV)

43 Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. 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.”

JOHN 6:43, 47-51(ESV)

52b “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.” 

JOHN 6:53-58(ESV)

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.” 

JOHN 6:53-58(ESV)

60b “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? 

JOHN 6:61(ESV)

61 But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? 

JOHN 6:61(ESV)

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?” 

 

JOHN 6:67(ESV)

67 So Jesus said to the Twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” 

 

JOHN 6:67(ESV)

68b “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.”  

John 5:39-40 39 You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me, 40 yet you refuse to come to me that you may have life. 

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

John 1:14, 16-18 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.  16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

 

THE WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE

Luke 24:27, 44-45 27 And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself... 44 Then he said to them, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.” 45 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures…

2 Timothy 2:15 Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.

 

THE WORDS OF ETERNAL LIFE

Deuteronomy 6:8  

You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

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CONSUMING THE WRITTEN WORD

 

THE HAND ILLUSTRATION

1. Hear—Rom 10:17; Jer 3:15; Neh 8:1-18

2. Read—Rev 1:3; Deut 17:18-20

3. Study—Acts 17:11; 2 Tim 2:15; Ezra 7:9-10

4. Memorize—Ps 119:11; Prov 7:1-3

5. Meditate—Psalm 1; Josh 1:8

6. Apply—James 1:22-25; Luke 6:46-49

 

CONSUMING THE WRITTEN WORD

1. Hear—Rom 10:17; Jer 3:15; Neh 8:1-18

2. Read—Rev 1:3; Deut 17:18-20

3. Study—Acts 17:11; 2 Tim 2:15; Ezra 7:9-10

4. Memorize—Ps 119:11; Prov 7:1-3

5. Meditate—Psalm 1; Josh 1:8

6. Apply—James 1:22-25; Luke 6:46-49

 

CONSUMING THE WRITTEN WORD

1. Hear—Rom 10:17; Jer 3:15; Neh 8:1-18

2. Read—Rev 1:3; Deut 17:18-20

3. Study—Acts 17:11; 2 Tim 2:15; Ezra 7:9-10

4. Memorize—Ps 119:11; Prov 7:1-3

5. Meditate—Psalm 1; Josh 1:8

6. Apply—James 1:22-25; Luke 6:46-49

 

CONSUMING THE WRITTEN WORD

1. Hear—Rom 10:17; Jer 3:15; Neh 8:1-18

2. Read—Rev 1:3; Deut 17:18-20

3. Study—Acts 17:11; 2 Tim 2:15; Ezra 7:9-10

4. Memorize—Ps 119:11; Prov 7:1-3

5. Meditate—Psalm 1; Josh 1:8

6. Apply—James 1:22-25; Luke 6:46-49

 

CONSUMING THE WRITTEN WORD

1. Hear—Rom 10:17; Jer 3:15; Neh 8:1-18

2. Read—Rev 1:3; Deut 17:18-20

3. Study—Acts 17:11; 2 Tim 2:15; Ezra 7:9-10

4. Memorize—Ps 119:11; Prov 7:1-3

5. Meditate—Psalm 1; Josh 1:8

6. Apply—James 1:22-25; Luke 6:46-49

 

CONSUMING THE WRITTEN WORD

1. Hear—Rom 10:17; Jer 3:15; Neh 8:1-18

2. Read—Rev 1:3; Deut 17:18-20

3. Study—Acts 17:11; 2 Tim 2:15; Ezra 7:9-10

4. Memorize—Ps 119:11; Prov 7:1-3

5. Meditate—Psalm 1; Josh 1:8

6. Apply—James 1:22-25; Luke 6:46-49

 

CONSUMING THE WRITTEN WORD

What’s the next right step for you to become a self-feeder on the Word of God?