Your Faith Journey - Finding God Through Words, Song And Praise

Sometimes Jesus is so annoying We are in the midst of the Gospel of John’s discourse on the Bread of Life It began a couple of weeks ago when Pastor Ellen read about the miracle of the loaves and fish feeding 5,000 people Everyone is in awe of witnessing this incredible miracle Jesus has them in a really good place He captured their attention in a big way They suspect something incredible is going on They seek him out, track him down, and really are curious They engage him, wanting to understand what’s going on And then he blows it He rambles on and on for three weeks in the lectionary about being living bread from heaven I’m with the Jews on this one They are feeling confused, frustrated, and they begin to complain “Hey, we know you – we know your mom, we know your dad – what do you mean ‘You came down from heaven’?!” And then Jesus doubles down on being annoying First, by telling them not to complain And then by talking way over their heads about learning from the Father, coming to Jesus, hearing from the F