THE LIVING BREAD
Text: Jn 6:51 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.
Introduction:
A) At Thanksgiving one of my greatest memories was of homemade bread.
1) The smell coming from the kitchen was absolutely heavenly.
2) We couldn’t wait to get to the meal.
B) Jesus said He was the “Living Bread”
1) A question was ask in vs 30 They said therefore unto him, What sign
2) shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee?
3) Jesus did many works - But He was the Greatest sign.
I) HIS DIVINE ORIGIN “I came down from heaven”
A) 7 TIMES HE MAKES THIS STATEMENT.
1) Not possible us to measure this distance
2) It too great for mankind to imagine.
3) He came from Glory to Poverty.
(a) From the Street of Gold to a dusty road
(b) From being Son of God to Son of Man
4) He came from a mansion on High.
(a) From a beautiful place in the sky.
(b) To a place where a rock was His pillow.
5) From a continuous supper to Last supper
II) HIS WONDROUS CHARACTER Jn 10:10 I am come that they might have life & that they might have it more abundantly
1. This bread makes the Dead to Live.
2. This is His gift to a dying world.
A) IT IS LIFE GIVING.
B) THIS BREAD IS LIFE SATISFYING. He that eats this bread shall never hunger
1) World’s {Husk} Can’t satisfy a living soul.
2) Christian - Why perish with Spiritual hunger
III) HIS GREAT MISSION The bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world
A) THE WORD “LIFE” 1 Jn 5:19 The whole world liveth in wickedness
1) Mankind is blinded by wickedness.
2) The world is taken in sin.
3) The world is indifferent to God’s things.
B) LOOK AT THE SAVIOR’S GIFT. “I will give my flesh.”
1) This is the only gift pleasing to God.
2) Christ resurrection is a gift to us.
IV) CHRIST’S ASSURING PROMISE “If any man will eat of this bread he shall live for ever.”
A) THE NATURE OF THIS LIFE.
1) “He that hath the Son hath life.”
2) By this bread We are delivered from condemnation
3) By this bread We are given everlasting life
B) ASSURANCE IS GIVEN TO THE CHRISTIAN
1) Jesus, who gives Eternal life, is able to continue it.
2) Jn 14:19 Because I live, ye shall live also.
V) CHRIST OFFER TO ALL MANKIND “If any man will eat.”
A) THIS BREAD IS WITHIN REACH OF ALL
1) It is like Manna in the Camp in wilderness
2) It is there for you to pick up if you want it
3) Bread from Heaven is for “Whosoever will”
B) HOWEVER, IT MUST BE APPROPRIATED.
1) To sustain life Bread must be eaten.
2) The Lord must be Trusted - Have hath in
3) Many Christians are sick.
(a) I am speaking of Spiritually Sickness
(b) The Bread is stuck in their throats.
CONCLUSION:
Isa 55:2 “..Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.”