Why are we here?
People came to Jesus with mixed motives, wanting Him to do miracles, and to feed their hungry belly’s...in other words, Jesus had their attention.
It is at this point in the Gospel of John that Jesus clearly addresses the Gospel--the rescue plan of God--in a way that asks us to humble our hearts, and allow God to align them to His will and understanding, and not our own.
With great clarity Jesus knew why He was here; “For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will. 39 And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day. 40 For it is my Father’s will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.”
‘For I have come down,’ this phrase appears 5 times in this passage. Do you hear the intentionality? Do you hear the clarity? Jesus knew exactly what He was here to do. His whole life was focused and centered around the mission that He was on--Salvation.
Have you been saved by Jesus?
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If so, Praise God! Now what?
When a baby is born we haven’t ‘arrived’...we’ve just gotten started. We have the privilege now of being born again, adopted into God’s family, justified, redeemed, forgiven, atoned for...we have a new life and are new creations in Christ. We have been given the Holy Spirit as a deposit from God to assure us of the fulfillment of God’s promise, and to sanctify and shape us more and more like Jesus daily. We are given a super power (a spiritual gift) to help us encourage, equip, exhort, resource, and release the body to join Jesus on His mission. Thanks and worship should overflow out of our hearts. A desire to be like our God who loves us so much should fill our beings. And with that, we are sent out on mission, with Jesus, to help people take next steps with Jesus--in and through our lives--by the power of the Holy Spirit working in and through us. We are commissioned to make disciples everywhere we go (Matthew 28: 18-20; Acts 1:8) --we just need to be willing to say ‘Yes’ to the Holy Spirit.
All that to ask this question:
After all that Jesus has done for you, and those around you, and all those you know and don’t know...After all the sacrifice He has made...knowing that Jesus has created you for such a time as this...
Why are you here?
As Jesus reminds you of His rescue plan, and asks you to humble your heart; As Jesus asks you to allow God to align your heart with His will and understanding--not your own--are you willing and ready to follow Him on the adventure of a lifetime?
(Want to talk more about this? Contact me Eric Holtrop)
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29 Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”
30 They answered, “Show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you. What can you do? 31 After all, our ancestors ate manna while they journeyed through the wilderness! The Scriptures say, ‘Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[g]”
32 Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, Moses didn’t give you bread from heaven. My Father did. And now he offers you the true bread from heaven. 33 The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34 “Sir,” they said, “give us that bread every day.”
35 Jesus replied, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But you haven’t believed in me even though you have seen me. 37 However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them. 38 For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will. 39 And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day. 40 For it is my Father’s will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.”
41 Then the people[h] began to murmur in disagreement because he had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he say, ‘I came down from heaven’?”
43 But Jesus replied, “Stop complaining about what I said. 44 For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them up. 45 As it is written in the Scriptures,[i] ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me. 46 (Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only I, who was sent from God, have seen him.)
47 “I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life. 48 Yes, I am the bread of life! 49 Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died. 50 Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh.”
52 Then the people began arguing with each other about what he meant. “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” they asked.
53 So Jesus said again, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you. 54 But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise that person at the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him. 57 I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 I am the true bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will not die as your ancestors did (even though they ate the manna) but will live forever.”
-John 6: 29-58
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