1. What are you eating?

2. What is this Bread of Life? Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” John 6:35 ESV

3. What is this Bread of Life? Life – bios or zoe Tim Keller’s son – this is real life Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” John 6:35 ESV

4. What is this Bread of Life? What is “zoe” for you? quality of life, meaning, warmth, energy, ultimate, joy For a 7 year old it may be a soft drink on an airplane. Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.” John 6:35 ESV

5. What is this Bread of Life? False “zoe”? Don’t labor for the food that spoils (6:27) “Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will exhaust your life. Instead be filled with the Spirit.” Ephesians 5:18 (NLT)

6. What is this Bread of Life? “Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will exhaust your life. Instead be filled with the Spirit.” Ephesians 5:18 (NLT) Where is your zoe? Warmth, courage, strength, to get rid of your self- awareness, comfort, security, etc.

7. What is this Bread of Life? Driving back from graduate school

8. Put up a Mirror What is your “zoe”? A thirst for constant intensity, having other people love you, power, beauty, eating, etc. Where are we searching for our zoe?

9. What is this Bread of Life? Alcohol = Depressant Stimulant of the Spirit “Don’t be drunk with wine, because that will exhaust your life. Instead be filled with the Spirit.” Ephesians 5:18 (NLT)

10. What is this Bread of Life? What Jesus is describing is dynamic, energy-filled life, where addictive behaviors, prejudice beliefs, and apathy are challenged to participate in the holistic change of Kingdom living. What he is describing is a responsive life to the Spirit. How is your “response-ability”? “Instead be filled with the Spirit.” Ephesians 5:18

11. Why can’t these people see who Jesus is? Because they have become too familiar with him… So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. John 6:41-43 ESV

12. Because they are a lot like me The Story of an Entitled Preacher

13. Jesus’ Vocation One of John’s primary points through this Gospel is that Jesus is the one who brings life. The God-life, Kingdom-Life, which we as humans were intended to live from the beginning.

14. Jesus’ Vocation However, not all the “bread” we’re eating is from the bread of life.

15. King David Re-imagined “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” John 6:51 ESV

16. King David Re-imagined And David said longingly, “Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate!” Then the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and carried and brought it to David. But he would not drink of it. (continued)

17. King David Re-imagined He poured it out to the L ORD and said, “Far be it from me, O L ORD, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did. 2 Samuel 23:15-17 ESV “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” John 6:51 ESV

18. King David Re-imagined Do the opposite of King David… “I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” John 6:51 ESV

19. Until Bread is Broken It Can Offer Us Nothing