Read
John 6:26-69
Then
Jesus declared, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will
never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
John 6:36 NIV
In
the passage in John chapter six Jesus says I am the bread of life
twice and I am the living bread once. Jesus makes these statements
while talking with a Jewish audience. They were asking him to show
them a sign. They said that their forefathers had eaten manna from
heaven and were looking for Jesus to show them a similar sign. Jesus
then goes on to explain to them that He is the bread from heaven, the
bread of life eternal. Those that partake in Jesus will never hunger
or thirst again. He lets them know that just as God had provided for
their forefathers in the desert, He is now providing living bread in
the form of Himself.
The
jews didn't like it because He said, "I am the
bread that came down from heaven." NIV
They knew that he was the son of Joseph and Mary
so they just couldn't fathom how he could possibly claim to be from
heaven. They only saw Jesus through very human eyes. They were blind
to the works of God that they were being exposed to.
When Jesus
says, “This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of
the world." NIV He
explains to them what he meant and yet they did not understand. Many
of them found it to hard to comprehend and quit following Jesus.
It is truly
amazing as many times as Jesus used parables, examples, scripture and
analogies to help people comprehend the significance of His coming to
earth, they could not see who He was. It just shows us the limits of
human comprehension at times, especially as it relates to spiritual
matters. Our minds can be so finite.
Many had left
Jesus after this particular lesson. But those closest to Him stayed,
as well as did those that had understood Jesus teachings.
When we read
about Jesus we see that he uses all the tools at His disposal, to
teach those around Him. We also see the same from the apostle Paul.
Obviously Jesus and Paul had great success in reaching people with
the good news. But there were always those that would not accept the
teaching and would walk away.
Lets learn from
Jesus and from Paul to use every tool at our disposal to teach the
gospel. Lets also learn that persistence pays off and there are
those that will understand and respond. But we must also realize,
that despite our best efforts there will be those that will not
believe and they will turn and walk away.
Keep on keeping
on.
© 2012 Leo J.
Woodman
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