Sermon on John 6:22-35, for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost, "Your stomach's in it, but not your heart"
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen. We’re in the midst of several weeks of Gospel readings that follow a close order of events in Jesus’ ministry. To help you keep track, we had the miracle of the feeding of the 5,000, then Jesus’ walking on water, and upon arrival back on shore, He begins teaching about the Bread of Life, which is in John 6. We will hear that sermon of Jesus in 3 parts, beginning with part 1 today. Crowds still following Jesus are having a tough time keeping up, because they didn’t know about His secret nighttime stroll across the Sea of Galilee, and arrival in the boat with His disciples. But eventually they catch up. But rather than indulging in their attention, Jesus discerns their motives and desires are misguided. Jesus answered, “ Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, ...