John 6
This is just a side note, but while reading John 6, I got soooooooooooo hungry. I just woke up, and as Jesus kept mentioning “bread of life,” I was sitting in front of my computer drooling. So I am making dumplings while writing this post! =)
Update about myself: I am eating, trying to get back in shape, researching, and catching up with friends. Oh by the way…I got my GRE psychology score (the test I was bummed about b/c I thought I failed), but surprisingly I did really really really well. For the people who prayed….God listened!!! Thank you for praying for me guys!!!!!
John 6 began with Jesus feeding the 5000. In this section, the last verse really spoke out to me,” Jesus, knowing that they intended to make him king by force, withdrew again to a mountain by himself.” Recalling Pastor Victor’s sermon yesterday on learning to be served by Christ, rather than always serving him, I was a bit shocked at how I never allowed Jesus to work in my life. Always complaining, interrogating his deeds in prayer, and even yelling at him to do certain things, the story of Jesus feeding the 5000 brought peace in my life. I will now be more mindful of being served by Jesus with my hands tied, rather than trying to throw a fit all the time. HAHA
Okay, now I am eating the dumplings. Yum…
“I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the word” (v. 51). The word (aka bible I presume) is full of promises God gives to his people. The security of his promises and obeying God is found through his death and resurrection. Jesus promises eternity for those who eats his flesh…which is manifested through the word. The personal application I take from this segment is…read yooo bible daily!
Alright beautiful people! I hope you guys are having fun and smiling hardcore.
BYE!!!
2 comments:
hahahahaha daniel.
Good job on the GREs!!! i'm so proud of you :)
There were two passages that really got me thinking in this chapter.
vv. 28-29: Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?" Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."
Maybe it's just American culture, but I feel like I always have to do something to earn something. These guys were wondering the same thing--how can I earn my way into heaven? Jesus says you just have to believe in me, but he still calls it work. That's no joke. Being a Christian is hard work. Going counter-cultural to so much of the world and simply surrendering our lives and everything that entails are not easy at all. I think I'm learning that more and more these days.
vv. 65-66: He went on to say, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him." From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
Why did many of his disciples leave him? Was it the bread of life stuff he was talking about? Was it the only the Father can enable people to come to Jesus part? Why did they follow him in the first place? Was it for all the free food they got? Did they really believe he was the Christ? This passage made me think a lot about evangelism and ministry. Jesus said a lot of tough things for people to accept, and He didn't sugarcoat it or lie about it or remain silent about it. Consequently, a lot of his followers left, until there were the Twelve (I'm thinking a shrinkage of 5,000 to 12. It might've been less drastic and more drastic, but we know it shrank a lot). And look how much Christianity and the Church has grown since there. I think I'm realizing more and more that the gospel is the gospel. I don't need to sugarcoat it or lie about it or be silent about it. Just need to live it out and speak it out, allow God to do the enabling rather than me doing the convincing, and God will be glorified. Sounds simple right? But Jesus already said it'd be work...
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