January
29, 2003
THE
BREAD FROM HEAVEN
"Jesus
said to them, 'Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not
give you the bread from heaven, but My Father gives you the
true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is He who comes
down from heaven and gives life to the world' " (John
6:32, 33, NKJV).
"Therefore
they said to Him, 'What sign will You perform then, that we
may see it and believe You? What work will You do? Our fathers
ate the manna in the desert; as it is written, "He
gave them bread from heaven to eat." '
"Then
Jesus said to them, 'Most assuredly,
I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven,
but My Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the
bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life
to the world.'
"Then
they said to Him, 'Lord, give us this bread always.' 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... And this is the will of Him who
sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him
may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the
last day.' " John 6:30-35, 40).
The people
had known Jesus by the witness of His healing the diseased,
they had beheld His marvelous and miraculous feeding of the
five thousand, they had the witness of John, and the witness
of the Holy Spirit, by the revelation of God to their souls.
"The living evidences of His power had been before them
day after day, yet they asked for still another sign. Had
this been given, they would have remained as unbelieving as
before. If they were not convinced by what they had seen and
heard, it was useless to show them more marvelous works. Unbelief
will ever find excuse for doubt, and will reason away the
most positive proof.
Christ
continues to appeal to stubborn hearts. 'He
who comes to me I will not cast out.' All who receive
Him in faith, He says, 'will have everlasting
life.' No one need be lost. No longer need men and
women mourn in hopeless grief over their dead. "This
is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the
Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life, and I will
raise him up at the last day."
"For
the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives
life to the world" (John 6:33).
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