The Living Bread of Life

The Living Bread of Life

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In Jesus’s day, bread was used as a metaphor because it was easy to relate it to daily living at the time. Because of this , Jesus always used bread in His illustrations.

David at a point in His life was so worried about Absalom his son who wanted his throne and was not willing to wait in line. Now David found himself fighting his own son.

2 Samuel 18:4-10
4  And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.
5  And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom.
6  So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim;
7  Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men.
8  For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.
9  And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away.

Children, obey your parents; Absalom fought his own father and behold his end

Psalm 130:1-8
1  Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.
2  Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
3  If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
4  But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
5  I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
6  My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
7  Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
8  And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.

Jesus, The Living Bread of Life

John 6:35-47
35  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.
36  But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.
37  All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
38  For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
39  And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.
40  And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
41  The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
42  And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
43  Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.
44  No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
45  It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.
46  Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
47  Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

For Jesus to make this statement, Jesus tells us that without Him in our lives, we will never experience spiritual satisfaction.
Christ came not only for satisfying a physical need of mankind, but here Our Lord uses a figurative expression to let us understand that He is the Living Manna whom the children of Israel ate.

Hunger for the Living Bread of Life

Jesus provides sustenance for those who seek for Him. It doesn’t matter what church you attend, what matters is that do you feed on Jesus? Do you have a hunger for the righteousness of God?

God created and placed in us a hunger for Himself. Nothing can meet that need of satisfy that hunger. Power and wealth can never satisfy that hunger.

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God Loves You

John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

All men have sinned and fallen short of God’s Glory, yet God made the provision of eternal life for you through the sacrifice of His Son Jesus Christ. If you wish to be saved to day, kindly say this prayer:

Prayer of Salvation

Lord Jesus, thank You for loving me even though I am a sinner.
I surrender my life to you as my Lord and saviour.
Thank You for saving me, in Jesus Name. Amen