The Bread of Life

The Bread Of Life

The Bread of Life John 6:51–61 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

The Bread of Life 52 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.

The Bread of Life 54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.

The Bread of Life 57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever.”

The Bread of Life 59 He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. 60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” 61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?

The Bread of Life 52 Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 60 On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” 61 Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?

The Bread of Life John 6: “I am the bread of life. John 8: “I am the light of the world. John 10: “I am the gate for the sheep. John 10: “I am the good shepherd. John 11: “I am the resurrection and the life. John 14: “I am the way and the truth and the life. John 15: “I am the true vine

The Bread of Life 1.Both Jesus and the people are talking about what sustains life 2.Jesus claims that the source of eternal life is in himself “I AM the bread of life”

The Bread of Life 54 Whoever eats MY flesh and drinks MY blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For MY flesh is real food and MY blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats MY flesh and drinks MY blood remains in me, and I in him. 57 … the one who feeds on ME will live because of me.

The Bread of Life 3.As we eat bread for physical life, so we need to “eat his flesh and drink his blood” to sustain eternal life … spiritual life

The Bread of Life A METAPHOR … a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them

The Bread of Life AN ANALOGY: an inference that if two or more things agree with one another in some respects they will probably agree in others resemblance in some particulars between things otherwise unlike

The Bread of Life John 6:63 63 The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

The Bread of Life John 6:27–29 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. On him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.” 28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?” 29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

The Bread of Life WE DRAW NOURISHMENT FROM JESUS HIMSELF … FROM HIS PERSON FROM HIS PRESENCE

The Bread of Life John 14:16–18 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

The Bread of Life John 6:66–69 66 From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. 67 “You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve. 68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”