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Abundant life calls us into deeper connection to the Bread of Life (Jesus) who calls us into deeper connection with creation (actual bread and that which makes physical life possible=) Jesus is both what sustains us physically and spiritually through creation and relationshipĬould be a very interesting eco-justice sermon about our physical and spiritual connection to the world.
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Just as bread was necessary for survival - so a relationship with Jesus is essential to abundant life. Abundance cannot be separated from its source.” Karoline Lewis, John: Fortress Biblical Preaching Commentary, p.83 “Not only is Jesus the source of abundant life, it is being in relationship with his that is also the source. Unlike the synoptics- Jesus is the one who distributes the food to the crowd 10 - “Jesus said, "Make the people sit down." Now there was a great deal of grass in the place” Calls ahead to chapter 10 and back to Psalm 23 - Jesus is the good shepherd who makes his people lie down in green pastures and provides plenty/abundance for them The only miracle that appears in all four gospels “This scene fulfills his prophecy to the Samaritan woman in 4:21 and may reflect a post-70CE perspective in which worship in the Temple is no longer possible, and from John’s viewpoint, no longer necessary” Adele Reinhartz, “John”, The Jewish Annotated New Testament, p. Presumably the Eastern side of the sea of GalileeĮxplicitly Passover - he does not go to Jerusalem for this one (unlike other times) - the people are gathering to him at Passover, not at the Temple Mark 7 - Back to where we left off in Mark (skipping feeding miracle), Jesus talks about what contaminates a life. Jesus compares bread to his flesh.Īug 26 - John 6:56-69 Repeats “Whoever drinks my blood and eats my flesh.” Jesus predicts some will fall away.
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More “I am the bread of life.”Īug 19 - John 6:51-58 Closest thing we have to eucharist meal in John. Calls himself “Bread of life.”Īug 12 - John 6:35, 41-51 Opposition to Jesus festers. John is convinced that these must yield to the fact of seeing the Son.” (Gerald Sloyan, Interpretation: John, p. Opposed to it is a mentality which cannot admit this faith because of its presuppositions. Jesus is the person who, “devoured” in faith, will keep a people alive forever…There emerges from this chapter a strong declaration of what Johannine faith in Jesus consists of. The lawgiver by his petitions kept alive a people fated nonetheless to die. “If the entire fourth gospel is devoted to disclosing who Jesus is so that people can believe in him, this long narrative does it be showing him to be nourishment for the soul better than the manna of Moses’ day.