Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life

John 6:41-59

At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I came down from heaven’?” 

“Stop grumbling among yourselves,” Jesus answered. “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day. It is written in the Prophets: ‘They will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from him comes to me. No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father. Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.

The crowd is all in favor of a Messiah who can provide free meals for the asking. No one can live without good. But Jesus comes to provide 'bread' that will satisfy more than physical hunger. He is the bread God gives, the one who comes to give life to the world. Those who believe in him will never hunger.

Paradoxically, it is by laying down his own life that Jesus is able to give others a life 'for ever'. To receive this life it is necessary to accept his sacrifice. At the Last Supper Jesus gave visible expression to this same truth.

Why?

Jesus provides the bread in physical and also in spiritual. Jesus gave the real bread first, attracted many people come, but next, he said the bread of life is himself, but many people argued about this. They did not believe Jesus came from heaven.

If believes Jesus comes from heaven is the Father who sent to Jesus. It is the mercy of the Lord that comes down so our heart may be changed and turn to Jesus Christ. It is not for our effort or our struggle but it is the work of the Lord. What we have to do, is trust in Jesus and obey his words.

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從猶太人反應可以了解人為什麼不信?因為從人的經驗來判斷，人的經驗有限，他是木匠的兔子。屬靈的事不能從經驗來看，如路得，但以理的三個朋友

2)要敏銳於神的帶領:屬靈的路要怎麼走，現在有聖靈帶領，看不到，但是可以感受到。

3)聽了要願意學習、要改變，用屬天的觀點看事情。不是自己判斷後找聖經來證明自己。吃生命的糧才能讓人永遠活著。吃耶穌的肉與血是指與耶穌連合。我們是否住在耶穌裏面?耶穌住在我們裏面，我們也在耶穌裏面，血代表生命，耶穌就是我的生命。耶穌代表神的道，把神的話吃了，即放在心裏。不是靠我們做什麼事情得永生，只是單純相信耶穌。

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How?

Jesus is  my Lord, my Savior, Praise his Holy Name forever!