And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst (John 6:35).
Bread has been called the staff of life. It represents or symbolizes all food necessary for human existence. It is said that the primitive Greeks subsisted upon acorns, but after they learned the art of wheat culture and bread making they discarded their former food and considered it fit only for swine.
Those who have once tasted the true Bread of Life will have no more desire for the fleshpots of Egypt, but will always pray, "Lord, evermore give us this bread" (John 6:34). It's a sad day when Christians who have eaten the Bread of Life lose their hunger for it. Christ is the Bread of Life and the Water of Life, our spiritual food and drink.
Jesus was born at Bethlehem, which means "house of bread." He is called not only the Bread of Life, but the Bread of God, the True Bread, the Bread from heaven (John 6:32-33).
Like the good corn bruised and broken, and fine flour baked, He gave His flesh for the life of the world. As one old writer well says of our need of Him, "Without bread, there is no feast; with bread, there need be no famine."
The Lord's Supper--the feast of commemoration, communion, and love--represents all this (1 Cor. 10:16, 17). Believers eat and drink of Christ's bounty (Isa. 55:1, 2). They taste of the lord's goodness (Ps. 34:8). They feed as His sheep in green pastures (Ps. 23:2). They sit down as His guests at the banqueting house (s. of Sol. 2:4). They are "abundantly satisfied" with the good things of the Lord's house while they "drink of the river of...[His] pleasures" (Ps. 36:8).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Thou preparest a table a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over" (Ps. 23:5).
Bread has been called the staff of life. It represents or symbolizes all food necessary for human existence. It is said that the primitive Greeks subsisted upon acorns, but after they learned the art of wheat culture and bread making they discarded their former food and considered it fit only for swine.
Those who have once tasted the true Bread of Life will have no more desire for the fleshpots of Egypt, but will always pray, "Lord, evermore give us this bread" (John 6:34). It's a sad day when Christians who have eaten the Bread of Life lose their hunger for it. Christ is the Bread of Life and the Water of Life, our spiritual food and drink.
Jesus was born at Bethlehem, which means "house of bread." He is called not only the Bread of Life, but the Bread of God, the True Bread, the Bread from heaven (John 6:32-33).
Like the good corn bruised and broken, and fine flour baked, He gave His flesh for the life of the world. As one old writer well says of our need of Him, "Without bread, there is no feast; with bread, there need be no famine."
The Lord's Supper--the feast of commemoration, communion, and love--represents all this (1 Cor. 10:16, 17). Believers eat and drink of Christ's bounty (Isa. 55:1, 2). They taste of the lord's goodness (Ps. 34:8). They feed as His sheep in green pastures (Ps. 23:2). They sit down as His guests at the banqueting house (s. of Sol. 2:4). They are "abundantly satisfied" with the good things of the Lord's house while they "drink of the river of...[His] pleasures" (Ps. 36:8).
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Thou preparest a table a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over" (Ps. 23:5).
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