Matthew 7: ²⁰Anyone who hears and obeys these teachings of mine is like a wise person who built a house on solid rock. ²⁵Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and winds beat against that house. But it did not fall, because it was built on solid rock. ²⁶Anyone who hears my teachings and doesn't obey them is like a foolish person who built a house on sand. ²⁷The rain poured down, the rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house. Finally, it fell with a crash. (CEV)
1. How does the example of Jesus describe the people who trust and those who don't ?

John 6: ²⁷Don't work for food that spoils. Work for food that gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food...
    ³⁵.... I am the bread that gives life! No one who comes to me will ever be hungry. No one who has faith in me will ever be thirsty.... ³⁷Everything and everyone that the Father has given me will come to me, and I won't turn any of them away....
    ⁶³The Spirit is the one who gives life! Human strength can do nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are from that life-giving Spirit. (CEV)
2. Why did Jesus often compare His teachings with the food and drink that we eat?

John 6: ⁶¹Jesus knew that his disciples were grumbling. So he asked, "Does this bother you? ⁶²What if you should see the Son of Man go up to heaven where he came from? ⁶³The Spirit is the one who gives life! Human strength can do nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are from that life-giving Spirit. (CEV)
3. What makes people grumble over Jesus even when He's the only one to come from Heaven?

John 8: ¹²Once again Jesus spoke to the people. This time he said, "I am the light for the world! Follow me, and you won't be walking in the dark. You will have the light that gives life."
John 9: ⁵While I am in the world, I am the light for the world." ....
    ³⁹.... "I came to judge the people of this world. I am here to give sight to the blind and to make blind everyone who can see."
4. Who are the people who are most blind, and who are the people who can really see?

John 10: ⁹I am the gate. All who come in through me will be saved. Through me they will come and go and find pasture....
    ¹⁴I am the good shepherd. I know my sheep, and they know me. ¹⁵Just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I give up my life for my sheep. ¹⁶I have other sheep that are not in this sheep pen. I must bring them together too, when they hear my voice. Then there will be one flock of sheep and one shepherd. (CEV)
5. When we go in the gate and follow the Good Shepherd, how do we avoid the wolves?

Please study the above references and then add your observations and applications:
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