“Food That Endures To
Eternal Life”
When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked
him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”
Jesus
answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the
signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. Do not work
for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son
of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of
approval.”
Then
they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
Jesus
answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”
So
they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe
you? What will you do? Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is
written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
Jesus
said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the
bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from
heaven. For the bread of God is the bread that comes down
from heaven and gives life to the world.”
“Sir,”
they said, “always give us this bread.”
Then
Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go
hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you,
you have seen me and still you do not believe. All those the Father gives me
will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have
come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me.
And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall
lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For
my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him
shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
At
this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread
that came down from heaven.”
John 6:25-41
Jesus fed the mass of over 5,000 people. Years later we still
ask the question, were they there to eat food or listen to Jesus and accept His
way?
Years later, some people still don’t enjoy the refreshment that
comes with a belief in Jesus.
Jesus calls us today to come to Him – not for the blessings from
His hand but to receive the eternal life He offers.
Only Christ the Living Bread can satisfy
our spiritual hunger.
Our Daily Bread –