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I Am the Bread of Life
John 6:22-59
Our problem is not starvation, but damnation. We seek to be physically satisfied and fed, like the crowd that followed Jesus and expected a meal. We deceive ourselves, by feasting on things that we think would lead to life but they actually lead to death and disappointment.
Jesus is the bread of life — satisfying our need to be rescued from our sin, and from the wages of sin - namely, death. By calling himself bread, Jesus is saying that he has taken upon himself a body that is vulnerable, a body that is to be broken. When we eat bread at communion, we remember that God took upon himself human flesh, having been crushed for our iniquities on the cross.
In order for bread to be eaten, it must first be broken (and the grain must be crushed). In order to give us life and salvation, Jesus had to be broken and crushed on the cross for our sins.
Let us feast upon him, hunger for him, and know him as the one in whom eternal life is found. We are beggars who do not deserve his bread, yet receive it as a gift.
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Nick Coombs
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