Levi Lusko - Fresh Life Church
Soul Food
John 6:26-35
God intentioned us to rest.
What the disciples saw as an annoyance, Jesus saw as an opportunity.
There’s more than one kind of eating.
That’s food for thought.
I devoured that book.
A full stomach is temporary, a full soul is forever.
7 days in a week
7 colors in a rainbow
7 continents
Every 7 days you shed skin.
Every 7 years every cell in your body is new.
7 is a common number everywhere!
"There seems to be some limitation built into us either by learning or by the design of our nervous systems, a limit that keeps our channel capacities in this general range..."
George Miller
In the Bible, the number 7 represents completion, fullness.
I Am : 7 times in the gospel John.
If I know who He is, then I know who I am.
Week 1 : I Am The Bread Of Life
Ego means I am - He didn’t choose that one.
Eimi means I am
He chose to use : ego eimi
So He said I am, I am.
*Exodus 3:13-4 "Then Moses said to God, "Indeed when I come to the children of Israel and say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they say to me, 'What is His name?' what shall I say to them? And God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM." And He said, "Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'"
Whatever you need, whatever you lack, HE IS!
Understanding who He is helps us understand who we are.
I Am changes who I am.
- Jesus talks about what we eat
He is something to sustain.
He says He is something that we think about often.
Exclusively thinking about physical things is not a great habit.
Don’t labor only for food that perishes.
Don’t care only for the things of this world.
It’s easy to live for things that we can’t keep.
- What we need is a spiritual food
Deep hunger to know and be known by God.
If you misdiagnose what’s wrong with you, you’ll mistreat it.
So if you feel this hunger : you’ll eat what others are telling you.
*Isaiah 55:2 Why do you spend your money on junk food, your hard-earned cash on cotton candy? Listen to me, listen well : Eat only the best, fill yourself with only the finest."
Being full is not the same thing as being satisfied.
If I get this then I’ll be happy.
The target just moves.
God put His stamp on Jesus.
Two Greek words for life :
Bios + zoe
Zoe is eternal life.
John 6:27 "This is the food the Son of Man will give you, and he is the one who wears the stamp of God the Father."
"I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy." C.S. Lewis
When the bread isn’t used as anything but what it is then it can just be enjoyed for what it is.
- How To Receive It
Religious temptation sneaks in : how do we earn our keep?
BELIEVE
"Jesus told them, "This is the only work God wants from you : Believe in the One He has sent."" John 6:29
He didn’t ask them to do anything except believe.
You should be praying that you are fully receiving life with God.
"From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more." John 6:66
"Then Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?" But Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."" John 6:27-28
Receiving things from Jesus can never take the place of being with Jesus.
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