Rev. Carl H. Kemp, Pastor
Christ, the Bread of Life
June 1,2003
John 6:25-59
The crowd (v.22) followed Jesus to the other side of the lake to Capernaum.
Jesus corrected the crowd about the Bread of Life (v.32)
The Bread of God : Jesus moved the discussion to something (and Someone) much more important than manna.(v.33)
There minds ran along materialistic lines (v34)
I am : The first of seven self-descriptions of Jesus. (v35)
The bread of life : the bread that is living and the bread that gives life. (v35)
(v49) bread that came from heaven and they died.
(v50) eat and not die : Jesus gift is in contrast, the life He gives is eternal
(v51) eats of this bread: Jesus as the sustenance of one’s life.
(v51) my flesh, which I will give. Looking forward to Calvary.
(v53-58) Jesus absolute statement that unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His Blood, you have no life in you.
(v53) a direct reference to the Lord’s Supper.
He clearly does not teach that receiving that sacrament is the one requirement for eternal life or that it is the only ordinance through which Christ and His saving benefits are received. In this very discourse He emphasizes faith in response to testimony.
Flesh and blood here point to Christ as the crucified one and the source of life. Jesus speaks of faith’s appropriation of Himself as God’s appointed sacrifice, Not – at least not directly --- of any ritual requirement.
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