I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." -John 6:51
Jesus made the claim that He is the bread of life. Just a short while later and He was sitting in the upper room in Jerusalem, celebrating Passover with the disciples. Jesus knew that His time had come. That He would be arrested that night.
Jesus knew that He was the final Passover lamb - the one who would give His life as a sacrifice so that all of us could live forever rather than face eternal death.
So, as they were breaking the Passover bread, Jesus picked up the bread, broke it, and made this amazing claim: "This is my body broken for you. Take and eat this in remembrance of me."
When Jesus said that He is the "bread of life," it is likely that He was preparing the disciples for the fact that He would be giving His life - literally - for all of us, by letting His body be broken and hung from a cross in our place. And that. if we eat of that bread of life, we will never hunger for life.
This bread of life is absolutely free of charge and results in you and I being freed from all the charges brought against us. What a claim! What a promise! Take Him at His word and never hunger again for life.
Jesus made the claim that He is the bread of life. Just a short while later and He was sitting in the upper room in Jerusalem, celebrating Passover with the disciples. Jesus knew that His time had come. That He would be arrested that night.
Jesus knew that He was the final Passover lamb - the one who would give His life as a sacrifice so that all of us could live forever rather than face eternal death.
So, as they were breaking the Passover bread, Jesus picked up the bread, broke it, and made this amazing claim: "This is my body broken for you. Take and eat this in remembrance of me."
When Jesus said that He is the "bread of life," it is likely that He was preparing the disciples for the fact that He would be giving His life - literally - for all of us, by letting His body be broken and hung from a cross in our place. And that. if we eat of that bread of life, we will never hunger for life.
This bread of life is absolutely free of charge and results in you and I being freed from all the charges brought against us. What a claim! What a promise! Take Him at His word and never hunger again for life.
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PRAYER:
Lord, Jesus, I am awed. I am humbled. I am speechless. Words fail me. How might I express to You my gratitude for giving Your life for mine? How can I thank You for letting Your body be broken in my place? What response is there for the knowledge that being freed of all charges is absolutely free! Oh, that's right, I can say yes to You, and worship You and love You for the rest of my life. Thank You, Lord! Amen.
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What would it mean to you if you could be assured that you would never hunger for life?
By Sheila Schuller Coleman-Hour Of Power
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