“I am the Bread of Life”
Jn 6:32-51 March 1, 2009 1st in Lent Play
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GOING FOR GRIT NOT GRAIN
• absurdity of birds eating sand when sunflower seeds
available
• God invites us to obtain what truly satisfies (Is
55:1ff)
• addictive behaviours attempt to medicate underlying
emotional pain
BETTER THAN DEMPSTER’S OR EVEN WONDER-BREAD
• Nature: true, living (32, 49, 51, 58)
• Origin: came down from heaven (32,38, 50, 51; 14f;
Deut 18:15)
• Effect: gives life, raises up at last day,
eternal/everlasting life, never lost (33, 50f, 57; 39, 40, 44, 54, 1Cor
15:51f; Jn 20:19; 47, 51; 37, 10:28)
• Use: come to, believe in, ‘eat/feed on’ (35, 37,
40, 44f, 47, 50f, 54, 56ff; Lev 17:10f)
WHAT MONEY CAN’T BUY
• temporal values one of the more ‘respectable’
besetting sins
• material wealth useless in winning
affection/respect from family members
• Jesus’ words life-giving, life-nourishing, free