“Finding a Better Life”
Work Hard, Pray Harder! – August 22, 2021
Matthew Trexler
Matthew 6:11 – Give us today our daily bread.
1. They wanted the wrong things from Jesus.
John 6:26 – Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
2. The wrong view of salvation.
John 6:28 – Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
3. Wrong view of faith.
John 6:30 – So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?
Hebrews 11:1 – Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:6 – And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
John 6:32-24 – Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”
John 6:35-40 – Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
Genesis 22:8 – Abraham answered, “God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them went on together.
John 1:29 – The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
THE PLAN = “God provides what none of us could do on our own.”
1. I am the bread of Life.
John 6:35 – Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
2. Your going to be with me forever.
John 6:40 – For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
1 Corinthians 15:22 – For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.