Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.
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… As a matter of fact, will you notice the question they asked? Rabbi, when did you get here? Verse 25 concludes. It's interesting to me that Jesus occasionally completely ignores a question. Here's one, here's a case in point. He never answers them. It's a shallow part of the conversation and he's delving too deep in his thoughts to deal with where did you come from and when did you get here. Isn't it interesting how conversations can run in levels? Some conversations you can handle while you watch your favorite television program. Never miss a trick. Other conversations demand you turn everything else out of your mind that you might concentrate upon that. That's my favorite kind of conversation, by the way. Jesus Christ was in deep thought. And they said, when did you get here? Where'd you come from? And he went right to the heart. He went to the motivation that led them in their search. That's the next verse. The motivation is called into question. Verse 26, he answered them and said, truly, truly, I say to you, you seek me not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. …
… in the one he has sent. So they ask him, what sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you. What will you do? Our ancestors ate manna in the wilderness. As it is written, he gave them bread from heaven to eat. And 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 bread from heaven. The miracle isn't the manna and it wasn't Moses. The miracle is my father who gives you the bread, 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. And 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. I am the bread of life. Our daily bread is Jesus. …
… Look at verse 31. Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat. Jesus then said to him, in other words, they're saying to him, if you're going to expect us to follow you, you start delivering the bread, man, every day, every day, just like it happened in Moses' time. We're going to stop working, we're just going to show up in the morning, and the bread's going to be there, and the manna from heaven is going to be there, and you've got to deliver. And Jesus said to them, truly, truly, I say to you, verse 32, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, gives life to the world." And they said, Lord, give us this bread all the time. We want this bread. …
… What work will you do? Our fathers ate the manna in the desert. As it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. And Jesus said to them, Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven, for the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. And then they said to him, Lord, give us that bread always. And He said to them, I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst. We're going to stop at that point, finish the text, God willing, next week. But we'll stop there, and so you may be seated for now. One of the reasons why we take vows, as we did this morning upon joining the church, is because sometimes we have to buttress our promises with sacred commitments because as fallen creatures we are by nature covenant breakers and we are taught by the Word of God that all men are liars. There is no exception to that. So I have to confess to you this morning that when we started this study of John's gospel, I said to you I would not be looking at every verse of this gospel, would be covering the highlights, and I lied. I realized this week that I had intended to pass over this brief passage that records …