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BREAD OF LIFE
What does Bread
of Life mean?
Let's
look at John Chapter 6 verses 32-66 and discern together,
what the Lord is sharing with us.
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John 6:32-65
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from Heaven;
but my Father giveth you the true Bread from Heaven.
For the Bread of God is He which cometh down from
Heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this
bread. 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. But I
said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and
believe not. All that the Father giveth me shall
come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no
wise cast out.
For I came down from Heaven, not to do mine own
will, but the will of Him that sent me. 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. 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.
The Jews then murmured at Him, because He said, I
am the bread which came down from Heaven. 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? Jesus therefore
answered and said unto them, Murmur not among
yourselves. 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.
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. Not
that any man hath seen the Father, save He which is
of God, He hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I
say unto you, He that believeth on me hath
everlasting life. I am that bread of life.
Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and
are dead. This is the Bread which cometh down from
Heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I
am the living Bread which came down from Heaven: if
any man eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever:
and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I
will give for the life of the world. The Jews
therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can
this man give us His flesh to eat?
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say
unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man,
and drink His blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso
eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal
life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For
my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink
indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my
blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As
the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the
Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by
me.
This is that bread which came down from Heaven: not
as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that
eateth of this bread shall live for ever. These
things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in
Capernaum. Many therefore of His disciples, when
they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying;
who can hear it? When Jesus knew in Himself that his
disciples murmured at it, He said unto them, Doth
this offend you?
What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up
where He was before? It is the spirit that
quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words
that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are
life. But there are some of you that believe not.
For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that
believed not, and who should betray Him. And He
said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can
come unto me, except it were given unto him of my
Father.
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Then something happened that
would change the fate of many souls.
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John 6:66
From that time many of His disciples went back, and
walked no more with Him.
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Kinda weird huh?
John
666
Why do ya suppose
many of His followers took off?
It is because
they understood Jesus from a carnal point of view as
compared to the Spiritual point of view.
They thought He
meant they were to actually eat His flesh and drink His
blood.
These Words that
Jesus shared came to pass and became a ritual of sorts
started by Jesus and the Apostles …
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Matthew 26:26
And as
they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and
brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat;
this is my body. |
And the name of
this ritual is now called Communion:
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1 Corinthians 10:16-17
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion
of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not
the communion of the body of Christ? For we being many are
one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that
one bread. |
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1 Corinthians 11:26
For as
often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew
the Lord's death till he come. |
What do you
believe that Jesus means by BREAD?
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Matthew 16:6-12
Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the
leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. And they
reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have
taken no bread. Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto
them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves,
because ye have brought no bread? Do ye not yet understand,
neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and
how many baskets ye took up? Neither the seven loaves of the
four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? How is it
that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you
concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the
Pharisees and of the Sadducees? Then understood they how
that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of
THE DOCTRINE
of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. |
So,
if Jesus said the leaven was the doctrine …
The BREAD
being spoken of is the WORD of God.
What is the
Word of God?
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John 1:1-3
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning
with God. All things were made by Him; and without Him was
not any thing made that was made. |
Now, let's
substitute the words "the Word" with "Jesus" and see if it
makes more sense to you.
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In the
beginning was Jesus, and Jesus was with God, and Jesus was
God. The same (Jesus) was in the beginning with God. All
things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing
made that was made. |
What is a word?
It is an expression. The expression of God in physical form.
Jesus is the physical, verbal and written expression of God.
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John 1:14
And the WORD WAS MADE FLESH, and dwelt among us,
(and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only
begotten of the Father,) full of grace and TRUTH.
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Jesus has made it
clear that we NEED the Word of God as to be able to LIVE.
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Matthew 4:3-4
And when the tempter came to Him, he
said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these
stones be made bread. But, He answered and said, It
is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but
by every Word that proceedeth out of the mouth of
God. |
So, it is obvious that Jesus
was saying that we should partake of HIM, which is God's
Word ... DAILY
THE SPIRITUAL BREAD FROM HEAVEN
Just
as physical Bread satisfies the flesh, the Spiritual Bread
satisfies the SOUL.
Have you
partaken of your Spiritual Bread today?
Take
care and have a SON-derful day.
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