Give us bread! Show us Miracles! Be Our Worldy King! These are the demands of the crowd that Jesus had fed with loaves and fishes by the Sea of Galilee. They would be content with worldly bread and showy miracles and a strong-man ruler. But Christ came not to provide the natural man with his carnal wants, but to be the Messiah and Savior of the world and to deal with the real problem of mankind - their sin nature and alienation from God. He is the true bread of heaven, not merely someone who will fill the bellies of the people.
This sermon also discusses how Dostoyevski in his parable of the Grand Inquisitor from 'The Brothers Karamazov' insightfully saw that false religions and Utopian Social Movements, like Roman Catholicism, the Cults, and Communism always seek to enslave men with the very things the fallen man wants: Bread, Miracles, and Worldly Authority.
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Pastor Andrew Webb
The Bread of Life The Gospel According to John Providence ARP Church
I was converted out of paganism and the occult in 1993 and while I was initially Charismatic/Arminian in my theology, I became Reformed and Presbyterian through bible study and the influence of ministries like Ligonier. After teaching in local bible studies, and taking seminary...
