Notes of Faith July 3, 2024
Bread of Life
And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.”
John 6:35
The Spanish explorer, Juan Ponce de León, was supposedly searching for the fountain of youth when he explored Florida in 1513. An antidote to death has always been a human aspiration.
When Jesus said, “I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world” (John 6:51), His words caused no small disturbance—even among His true followers (John 6:61, 66). Jesus wasn’t promising the avoidance of physical death but spiritual death. And He wasn’t suggesting that eating His physical body was the way to consume the “bread” of which He spoke. He spoke of spiritual, eternal life and His own impending death for the sins of the world.
We “consume” Jesus by believing in Him: “He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live” (John 11:25).
When we preach Jesus Christ, oh! Then we are not putting out the plates, and the knives and the forks for the feast, but we are handing out the bread itself.
Charles Spurgeon
The Son of God is the Messiah/Savior of the world. He came to earth to die for the rebellion/sin against God by mankind. All sin and fall short of the holy perfection of God! Repenting and believing that Jesus died, was buried, and rose from the grave and lives eternally for your sake brings you forgiveness of your sin, victory over death and life forever with the God that created you. The revelation of Jesus is spoken of throughout the Bible starting in the beginning. It is He that created what we see and enjoy according to the gospel of John chapter 1 verse 1 and the first words of Genesis. And He is mentioned again as the One who will come and destroy the work of the devil in Genesis chapter three. The devil’s lying and deceit led to the sin of man/woman and all thereafter earning the judgment of death and separation from God for all eternity. We are created to be eternal beings, existing in the mind of God before a word of creation was spoken. He knows how we will respond to revelation of truth about Him and what He has created and planned. Make sure that you read (a Bible), hear, and respond to the truth of God. His desire is for you to come to Him, that you might repent of your sin and be saved.
Come to Jesus. That is my prayer for any who might read this. Discover intimate relationship with God as you read your Bible every day!
Pastor Dale