I AM the Bread of Life
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I Am the Bread of Life
I Am the Bread of Life
22 On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
22 On the next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the sea saw that there had been only one boat there, and that Jesus had not entered the boat with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. 23 Other boats from Tiberias came near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum, seeking Jesus.
25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” 28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 30 So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”
25 When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?” 26 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. 27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” 28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 30 So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ ” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”
35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me— 46 not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
41 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. 45 It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me— 46 not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” 59 Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum.
52 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” 59 Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum.
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.Scripture Reading
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.Scripture Reading
I. Introduction
I. Introduction
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A. The “I Am” Statements of Jesus
A. The “I Am” Statements of Jesus
A. Background/Setting- The feeding of the 5,000 ()
A. Background/Setting- The feeding of the 5,000 ()
A. Background/Setting- The feeding of the 5,000 ()
A. Background/Setting- The feeding of the 5,000 ()
1. Absolute “I am” statements 6:20; 8:24, 28, 58; 18:5
1. Absolute “I am” statements 6:20; 8:24, 28, 58; 18:5
2. Metaphorical “I am” statements
2. Metaphorical “I am” statements
18:5Metaphorical “I am” statements
18:5Metaphorical “I am” statements
A. Background/Setting- The feeding of the 5,000 ()
A. Background/Setting- The feeding of the 5,000 ()
a. I am the bread of life6:35, 48, 512.
a. I am the bread of life6:35, 48, 512.
b. I am the light of the world8:12; 9:53.
b. I am the light of the world8:12; 9:53.
c. I am the door of the sheep10:7, 94.
c. I am the door of the sheep10:7, 94.
d. I am the good shepherd10:11, 145.
d. I am the good shepherd10:11, 145.
e. I am the resurrection and the life11:256.
e. I am the resurrection and the life11:256.
d. I am the way, the truth, and the life14:67.
d. I am the way, the truth, and the life14:67.
e. I am the true vine15:1A.
e. I am the true vine15:1A.
B. Background/Setting- The feeding of the 5,000 ()
B. Background/Setting- The feeding of the 5,000 ()
6 After this Jesus went away to the other
1.. At the end of this feeding, they would take Jesus by force to make him king (v.15)
1.. At the end of this feeding, they would take Jesus by force to make him king (v.15)
2. Jesus had left them to go to Capernaum, a fishing village located in the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. (v. 16-19)
2. Jesus had left them to go to Capernaum, a fishing village located in the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee. (v. 16-19)
3. They followed him to go to the other side. (v. 22-24)
3. They followed him to go to the other side. (v. 22-24)
4. Jesus accused them of following only to satisfy their empty bellies. (25-26)
4. Jesus accused them of following only to satisfy their empty bellies. (25-26)
5. He then shifted the conversation into more spiritual matters.
5. He then shifted the conversation into more spiritual matters.
6. It is within this context that this “I am the bread of life” statement was made.
6. It is within this context that this “I am the bread of life” statement was made.
6 After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias. 2 And a large crowd was following him, because they saw
15 Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
B. At the end of this feeding, they would take Jesus by force to make him king (v.15)
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C. Jesus had left them to go to Capernaum, a fishing village located in the northern shore of the Sea of Galilee (v. 16-19)
D. They followed him to go to the other side (v. 22-24)
II. The Significance of “I am” and “Bread of Life”
II. The Significance of “I am” and “Bread of Life”
E. Jesus accused them of following only to satisfy their empty bellies (25-26)
II. The Significance of “I am” and “Bread of Life”
II. The Significance of “I am” and “Bread of Life”
F. He then shifted the conversation into more spiritual matters.
II. The Significance of “I am” and “Bread of Life”
II. The Significance of “I am” and “Bread of Life”
G. It is within this context that this “I am the bread of life” statement was made.
II. The Significance of “I am” and “Bread of Life”
II. The Significance of “I am” and “Bread of Life”
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A. Am Who I Am (אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה, ehyeh asher ehyeh). A name for God. At the burning bush, God gives Moses this name when he asks what to tell the Israelites when they ask who sent him (4).
A. Am Who I Am (אֶהְיֶה אֲשֶׁר אֶהְיֶה, ehyeh asher ehyeh). A name for God. At the burning bush, God gives Moses this name when he asks what to tell the Israelites when they ask who sent him (4).
14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
14 God said to Moses, “I am who I am.” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘I am has sent me to you.’ ” 15 God also said to Moses, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘The Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations.
Hebrew “ehyeh asher ehyeh” which should more accurately translated “I will be what I will be” or “I will become whatsoever I may become” (Rotherham)
Hebrew “ehyeh asher ehyeh” which should more accurately translated “I will be what I will be” or “I will become whatsoever I may become” (Rotherham)
Yahweh in Hebrew “ehyeh asher ehyeh” which should more accurately translated “I will be what I will be” or “I will become whatsoever I may become” (Rotherham)
Yahweh in Hebrew “ehyeh asher ehyeh” which should more accurately translated “I will be what I will be” or “I will become whatsoever I may become” (Rotherham)
1. In using this word God used an expression to reveal to Moses a promise and pledge found in His name.
1. In using this word God used an expression to reveal to Moses a promise and pledge found in His name.
2. He provides a promise to Israel-He would become what they would need Him to become - their deliverer
2. He provides a promise to Israel-He would become what they would need Him to become - their deliverer
B. Bread is a universal commodity.
B. Bread is a universal commodity.
1.Every country in the world has some kind of bread or staple food.
1.Every country in the world has some kind of bread or staple food.
1. Every country in the world has some kind of bread or staple food.
Ex: Rice in the Philippines
Ex: Rice in the Philippines
2. Bread is associated with life, health, nourishment, and prosperity.
2. Bread is associated with life, health, nourishment, and prosperity.
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
C. Jesus says, “I am the bread of life.” (v.35)
C. Jesus says, “I am the bread of life.” (v.35)
1. This is an exclusive claim. You ca not get this kind of bread somewhere else.
1. This is an exclusive claim. You ca not get this kind of bread somewhere else.
2. He also said in , “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”
2. He also said in , “I am the way, the truth, and the life.”
(ESV) — 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
(ESV) — 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
It requires living like Jesus Christ
Synopsis
The NT stresses the need for believers to remain in Christ. The reality of this close personal relationship with Jesus Christ is expressed in obedience to his word and is essential to effective discipleship.
Jesus Christ tells his disciples to abide in him
(ESV) — 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. 8 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. 9 As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
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(ESV) — 10 And then many will fall away and betray one another and hate one another. 11 And many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. 12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
(ESV) — 62 Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God.”
(ESV) — 67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?”
NT writers exhort believers to abide in Christ
(ESV) — 6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,
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(ESV) — 9 But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?
(ESV) — 5 For through the Spirit, by faith, we ourselves eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. 6 For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith working through love.
(ESV) — 1 If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. 2 Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. 3 For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.
(ESV) — 1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.
Abiding in Christ depends upon holding on to his teaching
(ESV) — 24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.
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(ESV) — 31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples,
(ESV) — 15 So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the traditions that you were taught by us, either by our spoken word or by our letter.
(ESV) — 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it
(ESV) — 9 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
(ESV) — 3 For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, as indeed you are walking in the truth. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.
It depends on obedience to him
(ESV) — 10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.
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(ESV) — 24 “Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock.
(ESV) — 23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
(ESV) — 25 But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.
(ESV) — 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
It requires living like Jesus Christ
Aids to abiding in Christ
Eating his flesh and drinking his blood
gives the primary explanation of this verse as being a metaphor of the believer coming in faith to Jesus Christ, “the bread of life”. But the verse also reflects the language of the Lord’s Supper.
(ESV) — 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
The Spirit’s anointing
(ESV) — 27 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.
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(ESV) — 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
(ESV) — 23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
(ESV) — 9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
(ESV) — 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
Jesus Christ abides in believers
It is clear that the believer’s “abiding in Christ” and Jesus Christ’s “abiding in him” are closely connected, although the verse does not make their exact relationship clear. Because of Jesus Christ’s indwelling by his Spirit, believers are able to continue to live as his disciples; as they do so, the reality of his indwelling presence is deepened.
(ESV) — 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.
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(ESV) — 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.
(ESV) — 27 To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
(ESV) — 24 Whoever keeps his commandments abides in God, and God in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit whom he has given us.
(ESV) — 20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
By his Spirit
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(ESV) — 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
(ESV) — 9 You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. 10 But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
(ESV) — 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
(ESV) — 27 But the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.
By faith
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(ESV) — 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
(ESV) — 20 I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Results of abiding in Christ
Fruitfulness
The picture of “bearing fruit” may cover many aspects of Christian life but it includes that of developing Christian character, effective Christian service and mission. These result, not from human effort, but from abiding in Christ.
(ESV) — 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.
See also
(ESV) — 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
Answered prayer
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(ESV) — 7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.
(ESV) — 16 You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
Freedom from persistent sin
John is not saying that Christians are absolutely sinless. He says elsewhere that to claim sinless perfection is to deceive oneself (). But when people are born again there is the real possibility of living lives in which sin is not the norm. As believers abide in Christ more deeply, the grip of sin upon their lives is lessened.
(ESV) — 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children, let no one deceive you. Whoever practices righteousness is righteous, as he is righteous. 8 Whoever makes a practice of sinning is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil. 9 No one born of God makes a practice of sinning, for God’s seed abides in him; and he cannot keep on sinning, because he has been born of God.
Relationship with God the Father
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(ESV) — 23 Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
(ESV) — 9 Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.
Confidence in the face of the last day
(ESV) — 28 And now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming.
Warnings to those who fail to abide in Christ
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(ESV) — 12 And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
(ESV) — 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.
(ESV) — 6 If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.
(ESV) — 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
(ESV) — 4 For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 and then have fallen away, to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying once again the Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt.
2. He also claimed, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” ()
3. Jesus said that he was the Son of God ()
4. John the Baptist testified “this is the Son of God.” )
5. Jesus said, “He that hat seen me hath seen the Father.” ( KJV)
C. You can not reconcile these statements from other religions that Jesus is merely a good m
Who is Jesus?
Who is Jesus?
3. Jesus said that he is the “Son of God.” ()
3. Jesus said that he is the “Son of God.” ()
English Standard Version Chapter 27
43 He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’ ”
4. John the baptizer testified “this is the Son of God.” ()
4. John the baptizer testified “this is the Son of God.” ()
English Standard Version Chapter 1
34 And I have seen and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.”
5. Peter said in Acts, “And there is no other salvation in no one else, for there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)
5. Peter said in Acts, “And there is no other salvation in no one else, for there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved. (Acts 4:12)
English Standard Version Chapter 4
12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
III. The Need for the Bread and Jesus’ Offer
The Need for the Bread and Jesus’ Offer
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III. The Need for Bread and Jesus’ Offer
III. The Need for Bread and Jesus’ Offer
III. The Need for the Bread and Jesus’ Offer
III. The Need for the Bread and Jesus’ Offer
The Need for the Bread and Jesus’ Offer
The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016)
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III. The Need for the Bread and Jesus’ Offer
III. The Need for the Bread and Jesus’ Offer
A. There must be a hunger (v. 40, , )
A. There must be a hunger (v. 40, , )
1. Physical hunger needs physical food. Ex: Feeding of the 5,000
1. Physical hunger needs physical food. Ex: Feeding of the 5,000
b.
2. Spiritual hunger needs spiritual solution. Ex: Accepting Jesus in our lives as our Lord and Savior
2. Spiritual hunger needs spiritual solution. Ex: Accepting Jesus in our lives as our Lord and Savior
B. Jesus offers a solution to human hunger
B. Jesus offers a solution to human hunger
1. He offered himself as our “bread of life”. (, , )
1. He offered himself as our “bread of life”. (, , )
English Standard Version Chapter 6
35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
English Standard Version Chapter 6
48 I am the bread of life.
English Standard Version Chapter 6
48 I am the bread of life.
2. This bread is contrasted with the
manna of which those who ate died
(v. 49). Human hunger and longings
of the heart will never be satisfied
with human solutions.
2. This bread is contrasted with the
manna of which those who ate died
(v. 49). Human hunger and longings
of the heart will never be satisfied
with human solutions.
2. This bread is contrasted with the manna of which those who ate died (v. 49). Human hunger and longings of the heart will never be satisfied with human solutions.
2. This bread is contrasted with the manna of which those who ate died (v. 49). Human hunger and longings of the heart will never be satisfied with human solutions.
English Standard Version Chapter 6
49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
3. He is the only bread who gives
eternal life. “ (v. 27, 33, 35, 48, 50,
51).
3. He is the only bread who gives
eternal life. “ (v. 27, 33, 35, 48, 50,
51).
English Standard Version Chapter 6
27 Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.”
English Standard Version Chapter 6
33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”
35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
English Standard Version Chapter 6
48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”
C. He made a promise to those who believe
C. He made a promise to those who believe
35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.
40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
IV. Conclusion: God created a hunger in our hearts that only He can satisfy. If we seek His bread and eat it, He will give us eternal satisfaction and everlasting life.
IV. Conclusion: God created a hunger in our hearts that only He can satisfy. If we seek His bread and eat it, He will give us eternal satisfaction and everlasting life.