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Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this. We'll live forever. So then you go to John 7, and look, he just says this about the Holy Spirit. And in verse 41, 40 and 41, it says, on hearing these words, some of the people said, this is John 7, 40 and 41, surely this man is a prophet. Others said he's the Christ. Still others ask, how can the Christ come down from Galilee?
Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this. We'll live forever. So then you go to John 7, and look, he just says this about the Holy Spirit. And in verse 41, 40 and 41, it says, on hearing these words, some of the people said, this is John 7, 40 and 41, surely this man is a prophet. Others said he's the Christ. Still others ask, how can the Christ come down from Galilee?
Wait a minute. How many times does he have to say, does not the scripture say that the Christ will come from David's family and from Bethlehem? And I know we hit on this point, but we didn't focus on it. Look, he could have said he was from Bethlehem because that would have been true. That's true. Wrong answer. That's not why he came.
Wait a minute. How many times does he have to say, does not the scripture say that the Christ will come from David's family and from Bethlehem? And I know we hit on this point, but we didn't focus on it. Look, he could have said he was from Bethlehem because that would have been true. That's true. Wrong answer. That's not why he came.
Wait a minute. How many times does he have to say, does not the scripture say that the Christ will come from David's family and from Bethlehem? And I know we hit on this point, but we didn't focus on it. Look, he could have said he was from Bethlehem because that would have been true. That's true. Wrong answer. That's not why he came.
And that's why I came up with that idea about that illustration. Don't tell me where you were born. Tell me what you're about, which is what Jesus did. No, I came from heaven. Forget where I was born. And basically, they're... Problem with him is he had the wrong zip code. And I'm not sure what the zip code of heaven is, but he tried to say in the moment, it's B-R-E-A-D from heaven.
And that's why I came up with that idea about that illustration. Don't tell me where you were born. Tell me what you're about, which is what Jesus did. No, I came from heaven. Forget where I was born. And basically, they're... Problem with him is he had the wrong zip code. And I'm not sure what the zip code of heaven is, but he tried to say in the moment, it's B-R-E-A-D from heaven.
And that's why I came up with that idea about that illustration. Don't tell me where you were born. Tell me what you're about, which is what Jesus did. No, I came from heaven. Forget where I was born. And basically, they're... Problem with him is he had the wrong zip code. And I'm not sure what the zip code of heaven is, but he tried to say in the moment, it's B-R-E-A-D from heaven.
I think it's a great... conversation starter to what we should be doing. And I think we have the wrong narrative in our church buildings. That's why we're not going out and declaring it.
I think it's a great... conversation starter to what we should be doing. And I think we have the wrong narrative in our church buildings. That's why we're not going out and declaring it.
I think it's a great... conversation starter to what we should be doing. And I think we have the wrong narrative in our church buildings. That's why we're not going out and declaring it.
I got his headphones on. So there's a certain amount of you. I promise I'll keep the mic right here.
I got his headphones on. So there's a certain amount of you. I promise I'll keep the mic right here.
I got his headphones on. So there's a certain amount of you. I promise I'll keep the mic right here.
Oh, you spilled your coffee.
Oh, you spilled your coffee.
Oh, you spilled your coffee.
You know why ants don't get ill? Because they live in a hill?
You know why ants don't get ill? Because they live in a hill?
You know why ants don't get ill? Because they live in a hill?