The Necessity of Experiencing and Enjoying Christ as the Bread of Life

 

The Necessity of Experiencing and Enjoying Christ as the Bread of Life

"Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.'" (John 6:35)

"Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them." (John 6:56)

"Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me." (John 6:57)

Item	Content
Reason	Everyone is spiritually hungry and needs Christ as the bread of life
Necessity	We need to contact Christ daily, and receive nourishment from Him, accept, digest, experience, enjoy, and apply Him
Explanation	1.      Christ is not only our life but also our daily life supply, our food (John 6:35,48 2.      Eating the Lord is not a once-for-all matter, but requires daily and even moment-by-moment closeness to Him (John 6:50) 3.      We need to exercise our spirit to be nourished by Christ as the Word and the Spirit, to receive Him into us, to digest, experience, and apply Him (John 6:56-57)
Application	1. We must forget our own works and simply learn to eat Christ and live by the Christ we eat 2. We should apply Christ as the bread of life in our daily living at all times
Relevant Scriptures	"Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval." (John 6:27) "For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." (John 6:33) "Very truly I tell you, the one who believes has eternal life." (John 6:47) "But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die." (John 6:50) "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." (John 6:51) "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day." (John 6:54) "The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you—they are full of the Spirit and life." (John 6:63a) "Simon Peter answered him, 'Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.'" (John 6:68b)

 

*Please refer to the 2024 Summer Training on Experiencing, Enjoying, and Expressing Christ (1) - Message Seven: The Bread of Life