Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they died.Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
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… I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh. Think of both of those things. But consider the catechism's wording regarding what Jesus wants to teach us. That his body and blood nourish our souls for eternal life just as bread and wine nourish our temporal life. And so perhaps then we can also ask and benefit from thinking about how is it that the Bible, the scriptures itself, might shape our expectations regarding how bread and wine themselves nourish temporal life. Perhaps to a Jewish mind, well steeped in the Old Testament, such a question might bring to mind something like Psalm 104. We got to read Psalm 104 already in our order of worship, so it's there in your bulletin. …
… me will live because of me. This is the bread which came down from heaven, not as your fathers ate the manna and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever." These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum. Therefore many of His disciples when they heard this said, this is a hard saying. Who can understand it? And when Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, Does this offend you? What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? It is the Spirit who gives life, the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit and they are life. But there are some of you who do not believe. But Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe and who would betray Him. And He said, Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father. …
… I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and are dead. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I give for the life of the world. He who has ears to hear this word of God, let them hear it. You may be seated. Let us pray. Oh God, this text. is so rich. And we are so poor. It is so strong, and we are so weak. It is so deep, and we are so shallow. How can we understand these things unless You open them by the illumination of Your Spirit? And so we ask for that even now. Amen. This week I got a letter from a woman who said in the letter that she had been subscribing to Table Talk magazine for many years and has been diligently reading through the daily Devotions, and this year, 2002, the Daily Devotions have been based upon a commentary on Paul's letter to the Romans written by the late James Montgomery Boyce. …