June 30, 2024 Messages

More Than a Handful

From John 6:25-35

The Purpose of the Book of John

I may that is the the of and that by I may have in His name.

📖 John 20:30-31 ESV Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; ³¹but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

Pathway to Receive More than God’s Handful

1. Receive the of instead of your .

📖 John 6:41-42 ESV “So the Jews grumbled about Him, because He said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” ⁴²They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?””

2. Receive God’s AND of .

📖 John 6:35-40 ESV “Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to Me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in Me shall never thirst. ³⁶But I said to you that you have seen Me and yet do not believe. ³⁷All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and whoever comes to Me I will never cast out. ³⁸For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will but the will of Him who sent Me. ³⁹And this is the will of Him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that He has given me, but raise it up on the last day. ⁴⁰For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in Him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.””

God has a for – He wants to Him .

📖 Psalm 139:13 NLT “You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.”

📖 James 4:8 ESV “Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you.”

📖 2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.”

3. Receive when I in .

📖 John 6:40 ESV “For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in Him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.””

📖 Matthew 11:28-29 NLT “Then Jesus said, “Come to Me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take My yoke upon you. Let Me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.”

📖 Ephesians 2:4-9 ESV “But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, ⁵even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— ⁶and raised us up with Him and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, ⁷so that in the coming ages He might show the immeasurable riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. ⁸For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, ⁹not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”