Bread of Life

Posted 7/17/2011

John 6 Jesus, the Bread of Life

• Feeding 5000+ with 5 loaves & 2 fish
• Withdrew alone to avoid being forced to be king
• Walked on water to meeting the disciples on the sea
• Conversation about bread
  • The people wanted bread to eat
    • They ignored the implication of the signs and sought him because they were filled
    • Food perishes and satisfies for only a short time
  • True lasting satisfaction
    • Given by Jesus
    • Because God the Father has set His seal on Jesus
    • Work for this kind of filling
    • Work for true satisfaction
  • Working for the true food
    • The works of God = believe in Jesus
    • What about a sign to believe?
  • True bread
    • True bread comes from God, not men like Moses
    • Comes from heaven
    • Has seen the Father
    • Gives life to the world
    • "I am the bread of life" John 6: 35, 48, 51, 58
      • Come to Him = not hunger
      • Believe in Him = never thirst
    • Seeing is not believing
    • Eaten defeats death
  • The Father's will for Jesus
    • Not cast out any who come to Him
    • All who come are given by the Father
    • Come who have heard and learned from the Father
    • Come who are drawn by the Father
    • Raise them up on the last day
    • Give them all eternal life
  • Eating the bread
    • Living bread
    • Eat the flesh of the Son of Man
    • Drinks the blood
    • Flesh is true food
    • Blood is true drink
    • Live because Jesus lives, because the Father lives
    • Difficult statement!
  • True life
    • From the Spirit
    • The flesh profits nothing
    • Jesus' words themselves are spirit and are life

Fake Bread

• Impressive miracle of feeding 5000+ men with five loaves and two fish
• Very attractive to the people
• Only a very temporary satisfaction
• Even the manna from heaven had to be eaten every single day
• Profits nothing

True Bread

• Comes from heaven
• Has seen the Father
• Gives eternal life
• Satisfies permanently
• From the Spirit

Getting the True Bread

• Seeing is not believing
• Given by the Father, drawn by the Father
• Hear and learn from the Father
• Eat the flesh, the true food
• Drink the blood

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