Marrow Man
Drunk with Powder
What was the sermon text and topic preached at your church today? What gems were mined from the word of God from the pulpit?
I preached on John 6:41-50 and spoke of the crowds' resistance was demonstrated in three ways in the text: their opposition (John's use of "the Jews", their grumbling, and their reference to Jesus' parentage demonstrating this); their inability (Jesus points out that they have not been drawn by the Father as the reason they do not come to Him; the necessity of divine election in understanding the message preached to them); the message delivered to them (even though they misunderstand, Jesus repeats the gospel to them; that He is the bread of life and that all who come to Him will live, while those who do not will die).
I preached on John 6:41-50 and spoke of the crowds' resistance was demonstrated in three ways in the text: their opposition (John's use of "the Jews", their grumbling, and their reference to Jesus' parentage demonstrating this); their inability (Jesus points out that they have not been drawn by the Father as the reason they do not come to Him; the necessity of divine election in understanding the message preached to them); the message delivered to them (even though they misunderstand, Jesus repeats the gospel to them; that He is the bread of life and that all who come to Him will live, while those who do not will die).