This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die.This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.This is the bread which cometh down out of heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
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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. …
… for the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. The bread that your ancestors ate 1,200 years ago in the wilderness, newsflash, it wasn't Moses that gave you that bread. It was my father that gave you that bread. And today, he's giving you the true bread. The bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. Right? Jesus' aim is to tell us who he is and what he came to do. And look what it says. He says, the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven. If you have your scripture, maybe homework for later, go through and circle how many times that phrase appears in this text, John 6, comes down from heaven. The true bread that comes down from heaven. It's in verse 33. It's in verse 38. It's in verse 41. It's in verse 42. It's in verse 50. It's in verse 51. It's in verse 58. seven times. The true bread is the bread that comes down from heaven. What's Jesus saying? …
… 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. …