I AM = BREAD OF LIFE

I AM the BREAD OF LIFE

FOCAL TEXT: (NRSV) 32 Then Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is that which 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 will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away; 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 This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last day.”

Introduction

Things are not always as they seem.

What we perceive to be true and what is true aren’t always the same.

Maybe it’s not that we don’t believe God is real.

Perhaps we are unclear about who God really is.

I will provide a clearer understanding of God by exploring God’s qualities, characteristics, essence, and overall attributes.

characteristics, essence, and overall attributes.

BIG IDEA: If you listen, God will tell you who He is.

When God shows up as bread we Glow UP, Grow UP, and Power UP! If you listen, God will tell you who He is.

I. Glow Up - 32 Then Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”

The Bread is Fresh. It’s from the Father and its Everlasting!

A. Fresh-32 Then Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. B. Father-33 For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” C. Everlasting- 34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”

II.Grow Up - 35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away;

The Bread is Fulfilling. Accessing it requires our Faith and it’s For Everyone!

A. Fulfilling B. Faith C. ForEveryone

III. Power Up - 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 This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last day.”

Jesus is the Bread! The Bread is from Heaven. The Bread humbled Himself to finish/complete our salvation.

A. Heaven

B. Humbled Himself

C. Salvation

APPLY IT!

1. Do you think society has distorted who God is?

2. How might we reintroduce God to a world of sceptics and critics? Who is God to you?