Bread of Life

BREAD OF LIFE

Part two of seven in I AM devotional series

John 6:32-59

Verse 33: “For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

Who is named in “For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world”? Come on. You can solve this riddle. Everyone can identify with bread. Sourdough, wheat, rye, pumpernickel, unleavened, white, flat. What is your favorite?

Who is the one who came down from heaven, and offers life to those on earth? God’s Son Jesus came down from heaven. His healing showed God’s love, bringing higher quality of life. His sacrificial death on the cross bought people (whoever believes in Him) eternal life. The obvious answer to the riddle is: Jesus!

Verse 34 shows the crowd’s response to Jesus’ words in the opening Scripture. “‘Sir,’ they said, ‘from now on give us this bread.’”

Then Jesus declared (in verse 35)—are you ready for the next I AM statement? “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.”

Jesus says something incredible in verse 39: “And this is the will of Him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.” The devil tries convincing believers that they’re too bad to be saved. But that’s not true. Jesus came to do—and finished—the will of the Father. Verse 40 says that everyone who looks to Jesus and believes in Him will have eternal life. This is why Christians can face all kinds of trouble on earth, and yet be filled with inner joy.

That really makes the devil mad!

The Jews freaked when they heard Jesus say that He was the bread of life. “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can He say He came down from heaven?” If anyone grows up knowing someone who later becomes famous, it’s sometimes hard to accept that fact.

Jesus admitted in Luke 4:24, “...no prophet is accepted in His hometown.”

Take Home Nugget

When Christians are given Holy Communion, the wafer is presented as “Jesus’ body.” The wine, or grape juice, is presented as “Jesus’ blood.” This is Jesus’ command in John 6:53: “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink My blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

“Do this in remembrance of Me,” Jesus says.

J.D. Griffith

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