Jesus Said, "I AM The Living Bread Which Came Down From Heaven -- Giving My Flesh For The Life Of The World!" - Part 2089

Jesus said, "I AM that Bread of Life!" Jesus said, "I AM the living Bread which came down from heaven!" Then Jesus said, "The Bread that I give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world!"

For the casual observer, who does not know Jesus as their Lord and Saviour, these references to being the Bread of Life doesn't make a lot of sense. However, when one desires to understand that this same Jesus -- described often in the scriptures as the Son of man -- and that He is the Lord of glory, our hearts begin to open, and the scales that kept us in blindness fall from our eyes.

Indeed, when we believe that Jesus is the fullness of the Godhead dwelling bodily in Him; God manifest in the flesh; Emmanuel, being interpreted, God with us; the reconciliation offered for our salvation, we become privy to Jesus as the visible image of an unseen God. The only begotten because the Holy Ghost fathered Him when overshadowing Mary so that she could bring forth a son. This is why Jesus could say, "I and My Father are One!" (John 10:30) And "if ye have seen Me, ye have seen the Father, and know Him." (John 14:6-12) 

God clothed Himself as a Son -- robed in sin-prone flesh (yet without sin) so that we might have abundant life in Him. The Word that was with God and was God became flesh and dwelt among us. (John 1:1-3, 10-11) He gave His right arm for our salvation. Why? As Titus declares, "After that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared,not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life." (Titus 3:4-7)

The "regeneration" of the Holy Ghost happened after Jesus was taken up, and then THROUGH the Holy Ghost gave commandments unto the apostles whom He had chosen. (Acts 1:2-3) The same Holy Ghost -- the Spirit of the One and Only Lord God in the Old Testament -- is both the Father and the Son. His Name in this current dispensation of grace is JESUS, for He alone shall save His people from their sins.

In another place, Jesus told them --  "Before Abraham was, I AM!" Jesus also told His disciples -- "I AM, the Way, the Truth, and the Life" (John 14:6)  To wit, God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself. Jesus was God manifest in the flesh, the fullness of the Godhead dwelling bodily in Jesus. This is why we must believe on Him whom He hath sent. (John 6:29) 

Because there is no other. One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism. One God and Father of all! (Ephesians 4:5-6)

This is why we are instructed to "take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which He hath purchased with His own blood." (Acts 20:28) The key is JESUS. He is the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the ending, the King of kings and Lord of lords. (Revelation 1:8)

Finally, as Jesus so aptly points out -- "This is the work of God, that ye BELIEVE ON HIM whom He hath sent." (John 6:29) 

That Bread of Life that can't be replicated. Why not? Because God's love for His people has become the greatest love story ever told. He is the Great I AM hidden from those casual hearts, but becoming everything to those who have come to know the breadth and depth of His abundant love in their hearts. Thus, search the scriptures this day and ask our Lord God and Saviour Jesus the Christ to reveal Himself to you. Most certainly, you will not be disappointed.

Stand in the offering plate.