John 6:22-55
-Believes=trust, lean on, cling, rely on
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"Bread of Life is a person (aka Jesus)."
"God is there when you NEED him."
"Receive the Word of God, eat it like bread."
"Ingest Christ."
"Eat God spiritually."
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John 1:14 New International Version (NIV)
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 6:31-33 New International Version (NIV)
31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[a]”
32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given 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 the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
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John 1:17 New International Version (NIV)
17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
John 6:60 New International Version (NIV)
60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The verses I have put above are some of the verses that was given throughout the sermon this morning. The reason I have made the words "grace and truth" bold and italics is because YOU NEED TO HAVE TRUTH WITH THE GRACE. Most people just want the grace without the truth. They want to receive it but they don't want the truth that comes along with it because it is too hard to understand it and take it in. That is where the last verse that I put up comes in.
But yet, I want to spend time on the verses 31-33 in chapter 6. That is what got to me the most because I love the way the preacher explained it, especially since he used food to compare it to. It mentioned "manna and bread" in those verses. Manna is like the Living Bread in the Old Testament. It is a forwards to what was coming in the New Testament with Christ on the Cross for our sins. The manna was given to the Israelites when they were coming out of Egypt to have them stay alive during their waiting period in the desert. Here is the comparison between Manna in the Old Testament and Jesus in the New Testament:
Manna:
-Small
-Round
-White
-Given at night
-Misunderstood/people didn't know what it was
-They had sufficient amounts of it.
-Sweet to the taste
-Passed on to others
Now here is Jesus:
-Humble
-Enteral Life
-Came into a dark world
-Misunderstood as the Savior of the world
-He is sufficient for us.
-Sweet to the taste
-We should pass on the Good News about Him to others.
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Can you make the comparison between the two? Can you match up the same thing like small and humble? See the comparison? Jesus is the Bread of Life. Our Bread of Life.
The Bread of Life that keeps us living!
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