I AM the Bread of Life

I AM WHO I AM

I AM the Bread of Life
John 6

2 Kings 4:38-44
John 6:1-15

Similarities:
-Barley bread was used
-There were doubters
-Great abundance of food
Differences:
-Far more people in the case of Jesus
-Less food to work with for Jesus
-Authority given

I Am the Bread of Life

So Jesus explained, “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does. -John 5:19 (NLT)

³⁷And the Father who sent me has testified about me himself. You have never heard his voice or seen him face to face, and you do not have his message in your hearts, because you do not believe me—the one he sent to you. “You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me! -John 5:37-39 (NLT)

John 6:22-35, 53-58

What were the people looking for?
-The crowds followed for the two reasons
–John 6:2- for the miracles that Jesus performed
–John 6:26- to be fed.
-The people desire to make Jesus their King based on the miraculous sign that they witnessed -John 6:15 (NLT)
–Focus on physical and temporary needs or desires

Purpose for Jesus
-To be the bread of Life- providing eternal salvation through His sacrifice on the cross
-To truly fill our lives

Salvation comes through faith in Jesus
“I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life.“ -John 6:47 (NLT)

The calling goes beyond our initial faith
“Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him”. -John 6:56 (NLT)

I AM the Bread of Life
“Remain in me, and I will remain in you. For a branch cannot produce fruit if it is severed from the vine, and you cannot be fruitful unless you remain in me.” -John 15:4 (NLT)

“But Jesus told him, “No! The Scriptures say, ‘People do not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’” -Matthew 4:4 (NLT)

My old self has been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So I live in this earthly body by trusting in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. -Galatians 2:20 (NLT)

⁶⁰ Many of his disciples said, “This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?”
⁶¹ Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, “Does this offend you? ⁶² Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again? ⁶³ The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life. ⁶⁴ But some of you do not believe me.” (For Jesus knew from the beginning which ones didn’t believe, and he knew who would betray him.) ⁶⁵ Then he said, “That is why I said that people can’t come to me unless the Father gives them to me.”
⁶⁶ At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him. -John 6:60-66 (NLT)

²³ Years passed, and the king of Egypt died. But the Israelites continued to groan under their burden of slavery. They cried out for help, and their cry rose up to God. ²⁴ God heard their groaning, and he remembered his covenant promise to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. ²⁵ He looked down on the people of Israel and knew it was time to act -Exodus 2:23-35 (NLT)

“If only the Lord had killed us back in Egypt,” they moaned. “There we sat around pots filled with meat and ate all the bread we wanted. But now you have brought us into this wilderness to starve us all to death.” -Exodus 16:3 (NLT)

⁴ Then the foreign rabble who were traveling with the Israelites began to crave the good things of Egypt. And the people of Israel also began to complain. “Oh, for some meat!” they exclaimed. ⁵ “We remember the fish we used to eat for free in Egypt. And we had all the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic we wanted. 6 But now our appetites are gone. All we ever see is this manna!” -Numbers 11:4-6 (NLT)

-Have you partaken in the Bread of Life?
-Do you want to be full?