The Secret of Living a Supplied Life

I. Recognizing the Abundance of the Supply - John 6:1-15
A. The need of the hungry ones - John 6:1-5; Mark 6:30-46
B. The natural reaction to need (being tested) - John 6:6-9
1. No money (Philip) - John 6:5-7
2. Not enough food (Andrew) - John 6:8-9
C. The crucified & resurrected Christ becoming our supply (5 barley loaves & 2 fishes)
- John 6:9-11
D. The unlimited supply - John 6:11-13; 1:16-17; Eph. 3:20
E. The natural reaction to Christ (an outward king versus inward food) - John 6:14-15
II. Being Supplied to Face the Storms - John 6:16-21
A. Facing the enemy in the environmental storms - John 6:16-18; Matt. 14:24-36
B. Jesus sees our distress and comes to us - Mark 6:47-48
C. Recognizing Jesus in our storms - John 6:19-20
1. Our Supplier is also our Keeper - Mark 6:51-52
D. Learning by faith to take advantage of our environments - Matt. 14:28-31; Rom. 8:28-39
E. Being willing to take Him into our (boat) circumstances - John 6:21; Matt. 14:32-33
III. Enjoying the Content of Our Supply - John 6:22-71
A. By learning the lessons of wrong motives in our enjoyment - John 6:22-31
1. Seeking Jesus for mere physical needs - John 6:22-26
2. Seeking Jesus for mere miracles - John 6:30-31
B. By realizing that the work of God is to be a supplied person - John 6:27-29
C. By feeding on the incarnated Christ - John 6:32-51a
1. The purpose of the incarnation
a) To carry out the Father's will - John 6:38-40
(1) To give Himself as life-supply to the chosen ones - John 6:33-37
(2) To bring us all the way from regeneration to glorification
- John 6:38f
(3) To coordinate with the Father to supply the responding ones
- John 6:41-48
(4) To become the Bread of life available to eat - John 6:48-51a
D. By feeding on the crucified Christ - John 6:51b-55
1. His death issues in giving life - John 6:51b; 2:24
2. Eating and drinking Christ is the way to have life "in ourselves" - John 6:53-55
a) Eating and nibbling the true food and true drink
E. By feeding on the resurrected Christ - John 6:56-59
1. Feeding and abiding in the resurrected Christ - John 6:56
2. Feeding is the way to live by Christ - John 6:57
3. Feeding on the One Who is a Life-giving Spirit - John 6:63; 1 Cor. 15:45
F. By feeding on the ascended Christ - John 6:60-62
1. The natural concept vs. the divine revelation of Christ - John 6:60-62
G. By feeding on the embodied Christ in the Word - John 6:63-71
1. The words being spirit and life - John 6:63, 68
2. Our responses to Christ are linked to the Father's drawing - John 6:44-45, 64-65
3. Sifting between inward and outward Christians - John 6:66-71