Ben's Brain Dump

^3-4The rest of them replied, "We're going with you." They went out and got in the boat. They caught nothing that night. When the sun came up, Jesus was standing on the beach, but they didn't recognize him.

So Peter Decided that he was going fishing... and his bro's decided to go w/ him... they were fishing all night.. and came back to the shore and saw Jesus standing there

BUT they DIDN'T recodnize HIM!!

These dudes who had spent 3 freakin years w/ the dude didn't recodnize him!! i don't think this was b/c they were stupid or had bad eyesight!! i think it was b/c they decided to give up on there mission.. After Jesus died they tried to go back to how things used to be and when Jesus showed up they couln't see him no more!! b/c they had taken there eyes of the prize

They tried to do things Their way instead of YAHWEH!!

focusing on HIM and his kingdom

Ben,

^13-19Now I'm returning to you.
I'm saying these things in the world's hearing
So my people can experience
My joy completed in them.
I gave them your word;
The godless world hated them because of it,
Because they didn't join the world's ways,
Just as I didn't join the world's ways.
I'm not asking that you take them out of the world
But that you guard them from the Evil One.
They are no more defined by the world
Than I am defined by the world.
Make them holy—consecrated—with the truth;
Your word is consecrating truth.
In the same way that you gave me a mission in the world,
I give them a mission in the world.
I'm consecrating myself for their sakes
So they'll be truth-consecrated in their mission.

^20-23I'm praying not only for them
But also for those who will believe in me
Because of them and their witness about me.
The goal is for all of them to become one heart and mind—
Just as you, Father, are in me and I in you,
So they might be one heart and mind with us.
Then the world might believe that you, in fact, sent me.
The same glory you gave me, I gave them,
So they'll be as unified and together as we are—
I in them and you in me.
Then they'll be mature in this oneness,
And give the godless world evidence
That you've sent me and loved them
In the same way you've loved me.

^24-26Father, I want those you gave me To be with me, right where I am, So they can see my glory, the splendor you gave me, Having loved me Long before there ever was a world. Righteous Father, the world has never known you, But I have known you, and these disciples know That you sent me on this mission. I have made your very being known to them— Who you are and what you do— And continue to make it known, So that your love for me Might be in them Exactly as I am in them.

I read this and was like HOLY CRAP

this was a huge kick in my butt... i think that the church has gotten away from our original calling... we've become obsessed with numbers... we measure our ministry succeess by how many people read our blogs and how many friends we have on FB and Myspace!!... instead of defining our ministry by our Fruit

Jesus taught that you can tell a tree by it's fruit

instead of how many people read our blog we should be judging our ministry by how many people we are leading to Christ and disciplining!!

Jesus prayed that we would be of ONE heart and ONE mind!!

I think that the Church has gotten obsessed with personal gain!!

it's all about what's best for me and my church not what's best for HIS church!!

there needs to be unity in the church

too many pastors hate each other

too many churches split over stupid things

let's bring Unity back to the Body of Christ!!

With ONE heart and ONE mind

Ben,

⁵² Then the evil people began to argue among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"

⁵³ Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, you must eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood. Otherwise, you won't have real life in you. ⁵⁴ Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day.⁵⁵ My flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.⁵⁶ Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood live in me, and I live in them.⁵⁷ The living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father. So whoever eats me will live because of me. ⁵⁸ I am not like the bread your ancestors ate. They ate that bread and still died. I am the bread that came down from heaven, and whoever eats this bread will live forever." ⁵⁹

^{I don't know about u but after i read that i was pretty dang shocked!!}

^{it was a "Holy Crap" moment!!}

^{this pretty grotesque and weird picture of Jesus is something that we don't preach in the church much}

^{that we have to actually take a bite out of Jesus in order to fully receive his life}

^{at communion we sit down and say that the bread represents Jesus's Body}

^{we don't emphasize that were actually eating him!!}

^{i think that this creepy cannibalism is the test of true dedication!!}

^{"When Christ Calls a Man he Bids him to come and DIE" Dietrich Bonhoeffer"}

We essentially have to die to ourselves to the point that Eating the very flesh of our Savior doesn't stop us!!

We have to be able to eat the Edible Jesus in order to receive the true life that is found in him

we have to eat the Edible Jesus to unlock the unlimited power in his Blood!

Taking a bite out of Edible Jesus

Ben,

¹⁷ When this happened, the followers remembered what was written in the Scriptures: "My strong love for your Temple completely controls me."

¹⁸ Some of his people said to Jesus, "Show us a miracle to prove you have the right to do these things."

¹⁹ Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and I will build it again in three days."

²⁰ They answered, "It took forty-six years to build this Temple! Do you really believe you can build it again in three days?"

²¹ (But the temple Jesus meant was his own body.²² After Jesus was raised from the dead, his followers remembered that Jesus had said this. Then they believed the Scripture and the words Jesus had said.)