Full Service
10th Sunday after Pentecost, August 1, 2021
Holy Eucharist - Renewed Ancient Text; 2019 BCP, p.123
Order of Worship:
Open Hymn #535 Ye Servants of God
Song of Praise #551 Rise Up Ye Saints of God Collect BCP, p.618
Exodus 16:2-4, 9-21
Psalm 78:14-26
Seq Hymn #707 Take My Life and Let It Be
John 6:22-40
Sermon The Rev. Wey Camp
Nicene Creed BCP, p.127
Prayers of the People BCP, p.128
Communion BCP, p.132
#335 I Am The Bread of Life
Spiritual Communion Prayer - BCP, p.677
Close Hymn #690 Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah
John 6:22-40 Sermon Notes
Intro - Food
John 6:35 - 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.
Context - Feeding of the 5,000, Walking on the Water, Jesus is speaking to unbelievers.
John 6:26 - Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves.
1. I am the bread of life - zoe - not mere existence but quality of life.
not bios - existence, biological life in this world.
John 6:27 - Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life (Zoe), which the Son of Man will give to you.
Jesus is promising to give us, not eternal bios existence, but eternal Zoe life.
2. I am the bread of life - artos - food, any kind of nourishment.
Bread did not mean carbohydrates, it meant sustenance.
Bread - manna in the Exodus wilderness wanderings.
Exodus 16:14-15 — And when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground. 15 When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.
They were also told not to hoard it, save it, store it up.
Why not? Because it would spoil, go bad, be filled with worms and stink.
“There was something we grasped at, in the first moment of longing, which just fades away in the reality. …something has evaded us.” (“Hope” Mere Christianity, CS Lewis)
3. I am the bread of life - Jesus does not give the bread of life, He is the Bread.
John 6:35 - 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.
The Gospel - The Good News of the Cross and Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
How do we come to Him? How do we Believe in Him?
Begin - Repent and Believe.
Daily - We feed on Him by Prayer and Bible Study.
Bible in One Year (www.bibleinoneyear.org)
Weekly - Bible Study and Worship with Other Believers.
The Holy Eucharist