![]() ![]() ![]() Jesus wants to give the bread that leads to eternal life. But the bread that we eat feeds for a day. Clearly, God is concerned with our daily needs. It’s not that these things are not important. If Jesus wants to give me eternal life, then surely everything else in life will be taken care of until my life’s end. If God desires to give me eternal life, then he will certainly take care of this, that, and the other thing. ![]() It is as if my mind works it so that this promise of eternal life somehow relieves my worry about the provision I need not only today, but three days from now, three months from now, three years from now, even thirty years from now. Sometimes I wonder if my interest in his promise of eternal life isn’t still, in some ways, wrapped up in my stomach being filled for today. Jesus calls us to hear his word, which promises life and salvation. In this chapter, we have seen provision and protection come from Jesus. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” 59 Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. 57 As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. 56 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. 55 For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. 54 Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”ĥ2 The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. 45 It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me- 46 not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God he has seen the Father. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”Ĥ1 So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” 42 They said, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?” 43 Jesus answered them, “Do not grumble among yourselves. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” 34 They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.”ģ5 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. You can have hope knowing God is in control, he will bring good out of bad, and he has a plan to use your pain for a purpose.28 Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” 29 Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.” 30 So they said to him, “Then what sign do you do, that we may see and believe you? What work do you perform? 31 Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” 32 Jesus then said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. Grief is God’s tool for you getting through the transitions of life. It’s not a linear experience but with God’s Word and his ways, he will carry you through it. From the initial shock, to the unbearable sorrow, you struggle with reality and ultimately surrender on a pathway to peace and service. In this groundbreaking study, Pastor Rick and Kay Warren will help you understand the journey of grief and what to expect along the way. ![]() How to Get Through What You’re Going Through Complete Audio Series ![]()
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