Kerwin Baptist Church Daily Broadcast

Welcome to the Kerwin Baptist Church broadcast our desire is for the word of God spread throughout all me know join is now for a portion of one of our services here at Kerwin Baptist Church located in Kernersville, North Carolina know what happened in John chapter 6. Let me fill you in if I can. This is the feeding of the 5000, and Jesus had worked that miracle we know much about that that there was 5000 men probably plus women and children in Jesus took five little pieces of bread and a few small fish and Jesus worked one of the most miraculous miracles. If that is even a term I think miracle means that obviously is miraculous. But I don't get it.

It's just one of the most unbelievable miracles. But when it comes to Jesus.

Nothing should surprise us. He has all power and as he worked this miracle and fed 5000 people plus wives and children and not just fed them, but filled them. By the way, you'll find is a Christian as you begin your walk with Christ that he didn't just feed you. He feels you are very different experience. He said I've come that ye might have life more abundant life is feeding, but more abundant is filling and as he works this miracle.

Obviously the crowds began to follow him and as they get done feeding the 5000. Jesus slips away with his disciples and Jesus takes off across the Sea of Capernaum, and then the disciples jump into a boat and there heading across the seat of the Capernaum and sure enough, here comes a storm and then in chapter 6 we find that Jesus deals of the storm with the disciples. So were to pick it up in verse 22 so understand the context he had just worked a miracle regarding bread and now in verse 22 a want you to pick it up just to read these verses and and I you need to understand these for context and it you know, 845 850 in the morning just just hold on you.

You need this. This is gonna really really help you. Okay.

Look at verse 22 the day following. This is the next day after Jesus had fed the 5000 and and there in the storm in the middle of the sea Jesus on the disciples and he works a miracle there and the Bible says in verse 22. That the day following. When the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat. There seem that one where into his disciples were entered and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place notices where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks, talking about the feeding of the 5000 how Jesus gave thanks to the father broke that bread and those fish and then began to feed the 5000. Here they are rushing down to the sea, trying to follow Jesus. They realize there's no boats there that that literally Jesus is in there and the disciples were in a boat and they had left but they knew that Jesus wasn't in the boat with him with them skews me so they were looking for Jesus. Now notice verse 24, when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there. Neither his disciples. They also took shipping which means that many of them paid a fair found a boat and began to try to follow them across the see of Capernaum and noticed this and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus so far so good. We think verse 25 when they had found him on the other side of the sea and Jesus being who he is.

It reminds me that what Jesus is. I am not.

If I had gone across an entire city of Capernaum to get a moment's rest. Then I turn around and here they come. I can imagine I might've felt you guys just give me a day or two that we serve a Savior anytime of the night anytime of the day.

Whatever's going on in our life. We can go right to own. He never turns us away. We turn him away, but he never turns us away.

Verse 25 when they found me outside of the sea. They said and him, Rabbi Nguyen. Caymus now Heather verse 26 Jesus answered them and said, barely barely a saint you you seek me not because you saw the miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves and were filled. Labor not for the meat which perishes but for that meat which endure them to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give unto you. For him half the father sealed have God the father seal Vincent and him what shall we do that we might work the works of God. Jesus answered and said to them, this is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he absent.

They said their foreign to him. What signs show us valve in that we may see and believe the what does that work how do you get this verse 31. Our father's leading man in the desert as it is written, he gave them bread from heaven to even Jesus said of them barely barely I send you Moses gave you.

Not that bread from heaven, but my father give you the true bread from heaven were to be talking about that next week.

I can't wait. By the way for the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven and giveth life under the world then said they unto him, Lord nevermore give us this bread.

They still don't get it. We are thickheaded are we Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life. Lord we need your help today, Lord everyone of us in this building are in the story. We just don't see it every one of us today are efface in this particular crowd we just don't realize it. And Lord for us to ever understand that you are the bread of life. We've got to understand where we are and see ourselves for who we are and to see you for who you are, Jesus name we pray. Amen.

At this stage of Jesus's ministry, it was important for him to make clear to people who he was and what he came to accomplish.

He introduces the IM statements and it means that Jesus as a way to explain and try to describe the people his minister who he was. All these things as as he begins to do that he uses these and I am statements to make sure they can understand. These were not just meant to explain who Jesus was and they were just meant to explain what he could do, but they were also meant to make them understand that he was the only one that could do you see for him to say I am the bread of life. It doesn't just mean that he is the bread of life.

It means he is the only one that is the bread of life begins with this statement. IM the bread of life. In this passage the context of the entire chapter, we are given insight why Jesus was compelled to make this statement. These people on this day and how it applies to our life. There's two parts of the story that I will look at this week and next week there is of course Christ and there is the crowd and today were going to talk about the crowd and you and I are in this crowd notice.

If you would number one I want you to see the issue why did Jesus as he left them and went to the other side of the Sea of Capernaum, and they literally found a ship paid a fair went to all the effort to come across the sea of Capernaum to see Jesus and why did he feel compelled when they got there because Jesus knew their heart. He knew their motives. He knew what they were really therefore he knew who they were better than they even knew who they were and I want to remind you today that Jesus knows you and he knows me better than we know ourselves number one I want to look at verse 25 and I want to see number one, they diminished Jesus as a means to an end. They had diminished Jesus as a means to an end say that's an odd statement preacher. Look at verse 25 and when they had found them on the other side of the sea. They said unto him, notice closely.

Rabbi Nguyen Caymus, thou did you get. They said Rabbi. They didn't say Lord this word Rabbi means teacher. You see, they didn't see him, even after the miracles that he had done the display of only the son of God, only the son of God could have the power to do what he did but they still did not see him as Lord.

They saw him as a so why is that so important. Look at me to them. Jesus was a teacher but he wasn't there. Lord, or they would've called him you think after what he had just show them they would believe in him, but not yet.

They just saw him as a person that could teach them some they saw Jesus as someone that can educate them and help them further themselves and understand this in a minute. You see, they loaded in a boat and cross the sea of Capernaum that day because they felt there was something that they needed from Jesus. It wasn't that they felt they needed Jesus.

They just needed something that he could do for them. They saw him as someone that could maybe get them to God. Instead of seeing him as the son of God. They saw him as a means to an end to progress on understand that I described you today that learning about God will never replace knowing God, our churches are full of people who are content to learn about God, but they really don't know God personally. Slowly, if we are not careful we can begin to place God in areas of our life into roles that we want to use him for he becomes healer instead of Lord he becomes need supplier instead of Lord he becomes insurance agent instead of Lord he has become a means to an end.

He becomes our get in place.

He becomes our emergency first responder we go to Jesus. When we feel that there is an area that he can help us with. They were not following him because he was there.

Lord, they were following him because they wanted something from him is he following Jesus became about them, not about Jesus, will Baptist Church.

This can happen to us.

This can slip into our lives for not careful, do we not get frustrated when we feel that God is not helping our cause. Do we not become upset with God. When God is not helping to make our plan happen, do we only grab our boat and cross the sea in search of Jesus when we have a plan that needs his assist. Or maybe we have an emergency that needs his help me I say something to Carl Baptist Church this morning. We are not to follow him because of what he could do for us. We are to follow him because he's Lord. See if you follow him because of what he can do for you.

The moment he doesn't do for you what you think he should. He is now no longer Lord in your life. They had made Jesus a means to an end. Number two in verse 26 they desired temporary satisfaction. You see all these reasons, this is leading up to why Jesus made the statement that he made.

This is all leading up why Jesus said what he did. Verse 26 Jesus answered them and said, verily, verily, I say if you you seek me not because you saw the miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves and were feel this is all about you notice this later. Not for me which parish but for that meat which endure on to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give unto you, look at me, what was Jesus saying he said you're seeking me because you want temporary bread and meat. You're not following me because of the miracles that you saw your following me because I fed you out meal miraculously in you want more of a meal, you want something else that satisfies Jesus is saying it wasn't me that you worshiped. It was the meal I served, that your worshiping you desire a quickfix Jesus is saying an immediate solution with no lasting satisfaction you are enamored with the temporary but are blinded to the eternal all your focus is on one meal that only lasted a day and bread that only stayed fresh for a short while, when you should be seeking what is everlasting in your life.

Jesus is saying you can't see past today is why Jesus says, set your affection on things above, not on things of the earth. We do this, you know you understand what's going on. Or do you see where we fit into this story. So often, our life is obsessed with the temporary and said instead of the term, we come to Jesus because of what we want now and what we think we need now, but we lay aside his eternal omniscience.

So often, our life is obsessed with the temporary are schemes and manipulations become quickly stale bread. Our earthly obsessions quickly become perishing meat as the passage says we give ourselves to some temporary meal or things that become first place in our lives and yet we are so quick to feel empty again and we wonder why were not more happy in the Christian life must be because God hasn't fed me enough in order to understand. Look at me this morning in order to understand eternal bread. We must understand the danger of temporary bread to know the value of the eternal, we must understand the lack of value in the temporary. That's why Jesus said lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves can break through and steal but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither mosque nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves can break through and we think just because were in the crowd following Jesus that we are okay. We think just because we go to church pray for our meals and read the Bible we must have our priorities. Yet as we look at our lives. Where is our time being consumed with the temporary we have done nothing to lay for ourselves treasures in heaven, besides maybe putting a post on Facebook. All we must be super Christians. How often we overlook the eternal because we so desperately want a miraculous meal. Now number three verse 28, they determined to be self-sufficient. Verse 28 and they said unto him that please get this. I had never seen what shall we do that we might work the works of God, did you hear that they several of them tell us what is it that we can do so that we can do the work of God so that God doesn't even have to do it will do it if you'll just tell us what we Jesus answered and said unto them, this is the work of God that he believe on him whom he hath sent. Are you ready notice what shall we do that we might work the works of God. They wanted to learn how to do God's work. There way. They wanted Jesus to teach them how to accomplish their agenda without having to rely upon Jesus.

That insight will Jesus. You do the works of God and will follow you. They said hey tell us how we can work the works of God.

They want to. The results of God's work, but they wanted to do it in their power. This was not about submitting to Jesus. This was about empowering themselves and so often. That's how we look at Jesus Christ a way that we can make ourselves better and more self sufficient. See they wanted to do the work. Look at me. They wanted to create a miraculous meal they wanted to be able to feed 5000 but they did not want to have to depend upon Jesus to do it after all he was just a teacher of all the issues this crowd had. This is one of the most dangerous for you and me. We so easily get to the point that we now know the works of God. We know what it looks like we know how it comes across. We know how to put on that show. We begin to realize how to appear to be doing God's work, but we end up doing it in our own power. We so easily become self-sufficient sing Timothy 35 says it this way. Having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof.

It becomes about what we do, we work the works of God but were missing the power we must understand the work that God wants us to do is to believe and truly trust upon Jesus to accomplish everything is what Jesus said this is the work of God, and I can see him looking literally, can you see it.

This is pointing to himself. This is the work of God, that you believe on him from the father said that was Jesus.

It isn't about you guys doing the work. It's about you trusting me to do the work to do nothing without the power of Christ. Second Corinthians 12 nine Paul gives us this insight that God responded to Paul's request that he would take away the suffering. My grace is sufficient for the for my strength is made perfect in weakness.

God said so.

Paul responds most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon. Have you become self-sufficient. Think if I was honest, I find myself there a lot since the moment I can remember I've been in church I've seen the works of God, know how to do some of the works of God and so do you. If you're not careful, we can just start doing it and not need Jesus. While we do number four is a preacher. He almost done. I can't take this much longer. Yeah, I guess. Verse 30 they said therefore unto him, what sign show us thou then that we may see and believe the notices last race. What do us thou work there talking to the very son of God, the creator of the universe. Number four.

They demanded a sign I said well if you want us to believe that you're the one that God sent then what sign do you have to show us so that we can see will be the judge of this what work can you do we look at that, we think, what a jerk. What a bunch of jerks. Yes, we are don't judge him to quit till I'm done with this point. Verse 31 they said this our father's did eat manna in the desert as it is written, he gave them bread from heaven. He talking about Moses they demanded a sign. This is what Moses did with here or can you do now they're saying this Jesus, you need to convince us they're saying you need to prove your self to us. If we see something convincing, then we will believe, isn't it ironic that they have totally overlooked all the miracles that they had already seen these are the very people that just yesterday were fed miraculously by Jesus Christ. But that wasn't enough for them. They wanted another sign they wanted their own sign. They put themselves in the place of the Fort as if Jesus needed to prove himself to them. We get that way we get on our knees and we act like we're little bit upset that you know God knew how.

I can't believe you've allow me to get in the situation. Why haven't you done something about this. In other words, hey I haven't seen anything lately.

God to convince me that you're really able to be trusted. I mean, I get a listen hey the determining factor here. You need to prove yourself to me every once in a while.what you glad you showed up at church on a Sunday morning. They gave no relevance at all to all the miracles that Jesus had already done. They wanted their own sign to justify their belief. If you and I are not careful we can do the same thing is I don't know preacher, I would. I would never do something like that or we will trust God in questionable times, unless he gives us some sign that we can still trust we conveniently overlook all that God has already done our life but God what have you done for me lately.

We get down Fred worried have to dab we look around as if God is not in control as if God had helped you already, as if God hadn't already met every need that you've ever had in your life as if God didn't give us breath this morning as if God had shown protection over and over and over again in our life but God give me aside today is 2020. You know you got a virus around show me a sign do something to make me feel comfortable entrusting you and I just listen you're looking at me like I have a minute. If you agree with what I'm saying today.

I'm right about this because this is the Bible see were not to see him as the bread of life. If all we want from him is Brent God. If you'll just do this all know I can trust you, God, if you will just heal if you'll just meet this need.

If you'll just change this person if you'll just make this happen. If you just take this out of my life. If you just make me feel that I'll be okay. No, it's funny to even try to use God's word against him. They said this, that hey listen our father's did eat manna in the desert because Moses gave that to them. They had a sign back then we need a sign that yes you yeah yeah you you you fat us one meal but pay our fathers were fed for 40 years by most, if you're really God, then why can't you do for us what Moses did for them. If you're really God, then why are you letting this happen to me Lord, we come up with are few verses that we want to throw back in God's face as if he didn't write it and were saying God I think today you need to prove yourself to me again because I'm just not convinced. Thank you for listening to you received a blessing from our broadcast. The current Baptist Church is located at 4520 Old Hollow Rd. in Kernersville, NC. You may also contact us by phone at 336-993-5119 or occur when Baptist Church.com enjoy our services live all Armenian on her website and church.

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