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April 5
Saturday


WORDS OF LIFE

READ:
John 6:60-71
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Lord, to whom shall we
go? You have the words
of eternal life.
__John 6:68
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In his book Amusing Ourselves to death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business, Neil Postman warns us of the danger of a world of information overload. He reminds us of a chilling futuristic vision--Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, which describes a world thoroughly flooded with information. But that data is manipulated so that none of it has any significance.

A glance at the Internet or a magazine rack hints that we are living in just such a culture. We're drowning in a sea of information often marketed by the unscrupulous. We need discernment to choose wisely whom we will listen to.

In John 6, Jesus delivered His "I am the bread of life" message (v.35). It was a sermon so controversial that, at its conclusion, many of His followers went away and stopped following Him (v66). They chose to stop listening to the voice of Christ. When Jesus challenged His disciples as to whether they would also walk away, Peter wisely responded, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have thew words of eternal life" (v.68).

In a world swamped with confusing and contradictory information, we can, like Peter, turn to Christ for wisdom. He cuts through the words of confusion with words of life.
__Bill Crowder
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``````````````There's so much wisdom to be learned,``````````````
``````````````````So many ways for me to grow,`````````````````
``````````````````Lord, I would listen like a child,`````````````````
```````And learn what You would have me know. __K. De Haan````````
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If you want to be wise, listen to Jesus.

*****************Today's Bible Reading __ John 6:60-71************

60 Therefore many of His
disciples, when they heard
this, said, "This is a hard
saying; who can understand
it?"

61 When Jesus knew in
Himself that His disciples
complained about this, He
said to them, "Does this
offend you? 62 what then if
you should see the Son of
Man ascend where He was
before? 63 It is the Spirit
who gives life; the flesh
profits nothing. The words
that I speak to you are
spirit, and they are life.

64 But there are some of you
who do not believe." For
Jesus knew from the
beginning who they were
who did not believe, and
who would betray Him.

65 And He said, "Therefore I
have said to you that no one
can come to Me unless it
has been granted to him by
My Father."

66 From that time many of
His disciples went back and
walked with Him no more.

67 Then Jesus said to the
twelve, "Do yo also want
to go away?"

68 But Simon Peter
answered Him, "Lord, to
whom shall we go? You
have the words of eternal
life. 69 Also we have come
to believe and know that
You are the Christ, the Son
of the living God."

70 Jesus answered them,
"Did I not choose you, the
twelve, and one of you is a
devil?" 71 He spoke of Judas
Iscariot, the son of Simon,
for it was he who would
betray Him, being one of
the twelve.

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John's account was the final gospel record written, and the author,
John the son of Zebedee, outlived all of the other disciples of Jesus.
His writing often focuses on two important contrasts: light versus
darkness and life versus death. __Bill crowder