Jan 7, 2018 | by Jonathan Waller | series: The Gospel John
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“Come to Your Senses!”
John 6:41-71
- Introduction: Have you ever had to sit and watch someone do something foolish and thought, “Oh no! Come to your senses!”
- This can happen with others
- This can happen in scripture
- Does it happen to us?
- Our minds can only take us so far before we will hit a barrier of our own understanding
- We cannot understand the things of the Spirit on our own
- The Jews didn’t understand how Jesus was from heaven, nor did they understand how they were supposed to eat of his flesh to have life
- Jesus doesn’t try to explain it to their senses
- Sometimes we have to surrender & trust God even when we don’t understand
- Without turning over our understanding, we’re only left with one option, and that is to leave
- Many of Jesus’ disciples turned away because they were at a crossroads of losing their understanding
- When we hold onto understanding, we will reach a point when we can’t follow God any longer
- Once we surrender, Jesus takes us to greater understanding
- The 12 surrendered over their understanding to Jesus even when he taught them something they didn’t like
- Because they had nowhere else to go, and stayed as a result, God gave them greater understanding of his statement and even his plan of salvation through Passover
- Conclusion: Heaven is watching us!
- We must fix our eyes on Christ