October 27

<p><a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/thehighroadshow/3017S1027.mp3" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Download</a></p> <!-- END 1280 Download Link --> <p>John 6:25-7:24 We are in the Christ Stream reading from the Easy-to-Read Version. 7streamsmethod.com | @7StreamsMethod | @serenatravis | #7Streams | <a href= "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=YPPA8XGTQ2YHU">Donate</a></p> <!--more--> <p>Commentary by Dr. Drake Travis</p> <blockquote>Lord God, we dine upon you, we are fed by your son and satisfied by His Life in us.  Amen.</blockquote> <div>6:25ff - Bread was quite the discussion after Jesus had just miraculously fed thousands.  What is going on as word is spreading about Jesus like wildfire, is that people are thinking that Jesus is going to make a marvelous king. In a war there is never going to be a supply line problem because food shortages during battle are a non issue since Jesus makes food in His hands.  And as for the wounded in battle, Jesus can simply heal with a touch. There is no down-time waiting for a young man to heal up again. Once news of Lazarus spreads (chapter 11) it is a delirious movement - they want him to be king and be king now!  Back to bread.  Jesus uses the hunger, the feeding, the follow up questions as a wondrous teaching method.  Remember, bread was an obsession.  It was the main part of the diet along with grapes and olives. The bread was sustenance, the grapes were energy, the olives were health.  Jesus goes to great lengths to explain that HE was good and that He was going to satisfy the hunger of those who had ears to hear and hearts after God.  The reception received a myriad of different responses as Jesus was alluding to a communion that was coming.  For the secular and the temporal minded, Jesus words were disgusting, a great disappointment at least (they wanted the 'free bakery' to stay open). For the casual observer, it confused them. For the disciple, it was merely cause for further explanation and discipleship. Jesus' bread explanation