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October 9
Wednesday


LIFE WITHOUT
BREAD

READ:
John 6:25-35
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I am the bread of life.
__John 6:48
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In cultures with an abundance of food choices, bread is no longer a necessary part of the diet so some choose to live without it for various reasons. In the first century, however, bread was viewed as an essential staple. A diet without bread was a foreign concept.

One day a crowd of people sought out Jesus because He had performed the miracle of multiplying loaves of bread (John 6:11,26). They asked Him to perform a sign like the manna from heaven that God had provided for His people in the desert (6:30-31); Ex. 16:4). When Jesus said He was "the true bread from heaven" (John 6:32), the people didn't understand. They wanted literal daily bread. But Jesus was saying that He had been sent to be their spiritual bread; He would supply their daily spiritual needs. If they, by faith, applied and took His words and life into their very souls, they would experience everlasting satisfaction (v.35).

Jesus doesn't want to be an optional commodity in our diets; He desires to be the essential staple in our lives, our "necessary" food. As first-century Jews could never imagine life without physical bread, may we never attempt to live without Jesus, our spiritual bread! __Marvin Willliams

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Only spiritual bread satisfies the hunger of the soul.

****************Today's Bible Reading __ John 6:25-35*******************
25 And when they found
Him on the other side of the
sea, they said to Him,
"rabbi, when did You come
here?"

26 Jesus answered them and
said, "Most assuredly, I say
to you, you seek Me, not
because you saw the signs,
but because you ate of the
loaves and were filled. 27 Do
not labor for the food which
perishes, but for the food
which endures to everlasting
life, which the Son of Man
will give you, because God
the Father has set His seal on
Him."
28 Then they said to Him,
"What shall we do, that we
may work the works of
God?"

29 Jesus answered and said
to them, "this is the work of
God, that you believe in Him
whom He sent."

30 Therefore they said to
Him, "What sign will You
perform then, that we may
see it and believe You? What
work will You do? 31 Our
fathers ate the manna in the
desert; as it is written, 'He
gave them bread from heaven
to eat.' "

32 Then 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. 33 For the
bread of God is He who
comes down from heaven
and gives life to the world."

34 Then they said to Him,
"Lord, give us this bread
always."

35 And Jesus 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,"

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>INSIGHT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

In today's passage, Jesus gives the crowds clear instruction on doing
the work of God: "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him
whom He sent" (v.29). To do this work is to believe in Jesus, which
entails both trust and obedience.