“I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE”: When Jesus declared that He was the Bread of Life, He said all we ever need to know!
Whatever you need, I can PROVIDE you, I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE!
Wherever you are, I can PROVIDE you, I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE!
All this because when Jesus miraculously fed the 5000 and said I AM the BREAD He was saying:
1. God blesses all of life. The multiplied barley loaves and fish were divinely created, and the satisfaction the people experienced must have been like no other in their lives. The food Jesus made for them was perfect, not tainted by the Fall and its consequent corruption of all the earth through sin.
2. This was the most public of all miracles. This was overwhelming to all who saw Jesus do it. Why? Because no miracle seems to have made such an impression on the disciples as this, because this is the only miracle of Jesus which is related in all four gospels.
3. Jesus offers a totally new life to all. I am all you need because a God who can feed 5000 like that can do anything! Think about it: Jesus with a word multiplied the molecular structure of those humble barley cakes and pickled fish! It is this creation power that he brings to our lives. “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!” (2 Corinthians 5:17).
4. Nothing is beyond Christ’s reach! And finally, nothing is impossible physically or spiritually for Jesus Christ. No one is beyond his redemption. Christian, if you are willing, there is no moral flaw in your life which God cannot heal.
Please join me in John 6:1-14; 31-35
WHAT DID GOD DO IN THE WILDERNESS!
“I am the Bread that came down from heaven” (John 6:41–51). The manna God provided for the Israelites during the Exodus is a picture of Jesus as the “living Bread.” When God’s people traveled through the wilderness, they had to depend on God to provide their food supernaturally. God provided the food in a way that would also teach the people something about their relationship with Him. Every day God gave enough food for that day. No one could gather more than a day’s supply. There had to be a continual, constant dependence on God; He was the only source of sustenance.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE?
Now here is the unbelievable need these people had. For nearly 40 years of their WILDERNESS WANDERINGS, ISRAEL under the leadership of MOSES wandered through the dry, sun-baked arid wastelands of the Sinai. No lush green gardens, no stores, and grain elevators to draw from and yet to feed three million people would take 1300 boxcars of food each day or a train 9 1/2 miles long!
So what does Jesus say in John 6:48? I AM the Bread of LIFE. I am all you ever need. And, just like the bread of God that came down from heaven, I can deliver my bread of life anywhere you ever get! WOW!
1. A Believer is HUNGERING FOR JESUS AS MY BREAD OF LIFE. “I AM the Bread of life” (6:35,41,48,51).
2. A Believer is: WALKING WITH JESUS WHO LIGHTS MY PATH OF LIFE. “I AM the Light of the world” (8:12).
3. A Believer is: ENTERING THROUGH JESUS WHO IS MY DOOR TO LIFE. “I AM the Door of the sheep” (10:7,9).
4. A Believer is: STAYING WITH THE GOOD SHEPHERD WHO IS THE SAVIOR OF MY LIFE. “I AM the Good Shepherd” (10:11,14).
5. A Believer is: RESTING IN JESUS WHOSE RESURRECTION GAVE ME ENDLESS LIFE. “I AM the Resurrection and the Life” (11:25).
6. A Believer is: FOLLOWING THE WAY OF JESUS, BELIEVING THE TRUTH OF JESUS, AND LIVING THE LIFE OF JESUS. “I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life” (14:6).
7. A Believer is: ABIDING IN JESUS WHO IS MY SUPPLY OF ALL I EVER NEED. “I AM the true Vine” (15:1,5). Psalm 92
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