John Week 12

So what happened last week?

Do y'all remember the question from last week?

• So it comes down to this question, are we going to trust the quality of the bread and let it nourish our soul?

When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?” But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, said to them, “Do you take offense at this? Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before? It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. But there are some of you who do not believe.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) And he said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father.” After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.” Jesus answered them, “Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil.” He spoke of Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.
John 6:60‭-‬71 ESV

What is the hardest thing about being a Christian?

• This is a hard thing to stomach that choosing Jesus doesn't make your life easier.
• People think we just need to say I believe in Jesus and they are saved. Would be surprising if I told you 1/5 of your friends that say they are Christian really don't believe.
• The idea of praying, going to church, reading your bible, worshiping God, and spending time with God is too much. It is a chore, yet that is the bread he is offering.
• The Disciple had a choice, how did that end up?
• We have a choice. Those that don't nourish themselves often fall away, some come back, but a cycle starts to happen.
• Those that nourish themselves lead to a hard yet fulfilling life.
• Nourishment brings us to a depth that the things of flesh cannot.
• We even get life everlasting with God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and the body of Christ.

Family Questions

1. What makes life hard?
2.  We have a choice to follow Christ, will you nourish yourself with the things of God?
3. What can you add to nourish yourself this week?