Transcript T B L John 6

THE BREAD
OF LIFE
John 6
LITTLE BOYS…
A little boy was in a relative's wedding.
As he was coming down the aisle, he would take two steps,
stop, and turn to the crowd.
While facing the crowd, he would put his hands up like
claws and roar.
So it went, step, step, ROAR, step, step, ROAR, all the
way down the aisle.
As you can imagine, the crowd was near tears from
laughing so hard by the time he reached the pulpit.
When asked what he was doing, the child sniffed and said,
"I was being the Ring Bear."
THE THREE FOLD FUNCTION OF THE
ATONEMENT.
…the Spirit..has wrought a mighty
change in us…that we have no more
disposition to do evil
…the Lord did strengthen
them that they could bear
up their burdens with ease
…his blood atoneth for the
sins of those who have
fallen…
Transforming
Empowering
Redeeming
Question:
How would you know the
‘transformation’ has happened?
PRESIDENT EYRING
[It] seems to me most
important and persistent is
that charity is at the heart of the [Relief] society and is
to come into the heart, to be part of the very nature, of
every member.
Charity meant to [early members] far more than a feeling
of benevolence. Charity is born of faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ and is an effect of His Atonement working
in the hearts of the members…
…feelings of charity spring from hearts changed by
qualifying for and by keeping covenants offered only in
the Lord’s true Church. Their feelings of charity come
from Him through His Atonement. Oct Women’s Conference
TRANSFORMATION AND FEEDING OF THE
5000
John 6 1-6
John 6 7-9
Why a “lad”?
Do we know other ‘lads’?
John 6: 10-13
23rd Psalm
The Lord is my
shepherd…
He maketh me to lie down
in green pastures…
IMPORTANT QUESTION
At the end of the
chapter, we are about
to read about the
Savior turning down
another “feeding”.
Why did He choose to
feed them this time?
Matt 16: 5-16
LAYERED MEANINGS OF JOHN 6
Top Layer
He can do miracles
Deeper Layer
His Apostles could do
miracles under his
direction
Deepest Layer
We can do miracles under
his direction
QUESTION
What does it
mean to
“magnify”
the
priesthood
or a calling?
PHILIPPIANS 1:20
According to my earnest
expectation and my hope,
that in nothing I shall be
ashamed, but that with all
boldness, as always, so
now also Christ shall be
magnified in my body,
whether by life, or by death.
Alma 5:19
…can you look up, having the
image of God engraven
upon your countenances?
THE APOSTLE PETER
sea.
And Jesus constrained his disciples to get
into a ship, and…he went up into a
mountain, apart, to pray.
And … the ship was … tossed with the
waves; for the wind was contrary.
And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus
went unto them, walking on the
And when the disciples saw him walking
on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It
is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.
But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not
afraid.
And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee
on the water.
And he said, Come.
And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water
But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and, beginning to sink, he
cried, saying, Lord, save me.
And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him…
And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased.
FINALLY, THE 2ND REQUEST…
When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there…they also took shipping,
and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.
And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him,
Rabbi, how camest thou hither?
Jesus answered them and said, Ye seek me, not because ye desire to keep my
sayings, neither because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves
and were filled.
[They answered] Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave
them bread from heaven to eat.
Then Jesus said unto them … Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my
Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life; he that cometh to me shall never
hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down
from heaven.
From this time many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him.
Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words
of eternal life…
ELDER HOLLAND
To those who may feel they have somehow
forfeited their place at the table of the Lord,
we say again with the Prophet Joseph Smith
that God has “a forgiving disposition,” that
Christ is “merciful and gracious, slow to
anger, [is] long-suffering and full of
goodness.”
I have always loved that when Matthew
records Jesus’ great injunction, “Be ye
therefore perfect, even as your Father which
is in heaven is perfect,”
Luke adds the Savior’s additional commentary:
“Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father
also is merciful”—as if to suggest that mercy
is at least a beginning synonym for the
perfection God has and for which all of us
must strive.
Mercy, with its sister virtue forgiveness, is at
the very heart of the Atonement of Jesus
Christ and the eternal plan of salvation.
Everything in the gospel teaches us that we can
change if we need to, that we can be helped if
we truly want it, that we can be made whole,
whatever the problems of the past.
Oct Conference 1997
PRESIDENT GEORGE
Q. CANNON
No matter how serious the trial,
how deep the distress, how great
the affliction, [God] will never
desert us. He never has, and He
never will. He cannot do it. It is
[against] His character [to do
so]. He is an unchangeable
being. …
He will stand by us. We may pass
through the fiery furnace; we
may pass through deep waters;
but we shall not be consumed nor
overwhelmed.
We shall emerge from all these
trials and difficulties the better
and the purer for them, if we
only trust in our God and keep
His commandments.
C.S. LEWIS
LAST PAGE, LAST
BOOK, THE LAST
BATTLE, CHRONICLES
OF NARNIA
And as He spoke He no longer looked to them like a lion; but
the things that began to happen after that were so great and
beautiful that I cannot write them. And for us this is the end
of all the stories, and we can most truly say that they all
lived happily ever after.
But for them it was only the beginning of the real story. All
their life in this world and all their adventures in Narnia
had only been the cover and the title page;
now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great
Story which no one on Earth has read: which goes on
forever: in which every chapter is better than the one
before." —