El pan de vida

Last week's grupo en casa was a happy time. For starters, I understood maybe 70-80% of what was being said (it's not always like this - being familiar with the passage and ideas, and having the questions sitting there in front of me helped). And Juan capítulo 6 versículos 25-40 is precious. The multitude seek Jesus out, not for who he is, but to get more bread - and Jesus calls them on it. Then he introduces the idea of doing good works, but turns it on its head by saying the works that God requires are "to believe in the one he has sent" (v29) - ie no work at all! And it only gets better, as Jesus continues to expose and confound his listeners' assumptions (and ours), and finally to offer the reassurance that "he who comes to me will never go hungry . . . . All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away" (v35 & 37). The group's been great too, because almost from the get-go, we've had someone's relative along. He's had a really good chance to see how Christians operate, and, from time-to-time we get to stop a while and address his questions.