... My people are destroyed for a lack of knowledge; because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou has forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children... Hosea 4:6

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. A Scripture Reading 

08.09.09 "I am the Bread of Life" John 6:31-65

31 Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. [Ex. 16:15; Ps. 78:24]

32 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.

33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.

34 Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. [4:15]

35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.  [vv. 48, 58; 4:14; 7:37]

36 But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not.  [vv. 26, 64]

37 All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. [v. 45]

38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. [Matt. 26:39; 4:34; 5:30]

39 And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.  [vv. 40, 44, 54]

40 And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

41 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.

42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? [Matt. 13:55; Mark 6:3]

43 Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves.

44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. [v. 65]

45 It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.  [Is. 54:3]

46 Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.  [1:18; 7:29; Luke 10:22]

47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

48 I am that bread of life.  [vv. 33, 35]

49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. [v. 31]

50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. [vv. 33, 35]

51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. [3:13; Heb. 10:5]

52 The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? [7:43; 9:16;10:19]

53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.  [Matt. 26:26]

54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. [vv. 39, 40, 44; 11:24]

55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.

56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

57 As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.

58 This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.  [vv. 49-51]

59 These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.

60 Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

61 When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you?

62 What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?

63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. [2 Cor. 3:6]

64 But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.  [v. 36; 2:24, 25]

65 And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. [v. 44]

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. Criswell Study Bible Footnotes:

6:35 With the declaration "I am the bread of life," Jesus begins His "I am" axioms recorded only in John ("the light of the world," 8:12; "the door," 10:7, 9: "the good shepherd," 10:11, 14: "the resurrection and the life," 11:25: "the way, the truth, and the life," 14:6: "the vine," 15:1, 5).  His "I am" is solemnly emphatic and has overtones of divinity.  Shortly after providing physical bread to the crowd, Jesus again links life closely with His person in the statement "I am the bread of life."  In contrast with the manna which is gathered daily to provide sustenance, He presents Himself as the spiritual food of endless supply.  Receiving Him into one's life by faith guarantees unfailing spiritual satisfaction.

6:44  Jesus traces the initiation of the salvation experience not to man (cf. 1:12-13), but to the drawing power of God.  Human response (v. 37) is still dependent upon God's initiative.  Theologians call it "prevenient grace," the grace which directs a man to repentance and faith.  It also involves the "quickening" of the spiritually "dead" and obstinate will of man (cf. Eph. 2:1).

6:51-56  Jesus specifies the meaning of "bread" by reference to His body which was sacrificed for sin.  Again the analogy of the necessity of food intake for life is carried over into receiving Christ for spiritual life.  Whoever partakes of Christ experiences now the life of the age to come (v. 54; cf. 3:16, 36).  The statement was obviously shocking.  The intent is to enable the disciples to comprehend fully the necessity of assimilating the life of Jesus into their own lives.  Also, the statement tends to eliminate neutrality concerning Jesus.

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