Message Notes

INTRODUCTION

27 Do not labour 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.”

John 6:27

1. The focus for many people

a. Physical food

b. Physical things of life which will perish

c. Many still labour for these things today!

2. The Lord Jesus’ offer – food which endures to everlasting life

a. To understand what this food is

b. To learn how we may find it

THE SOURCE OF THIS FOOD – THE LORD JESUS

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.

50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world.”

John 6:32-35, 50-51

1. The Lord Jesus is the food which endures to everlasting life

a. The true Bread from heaven   (John 6:32)

b. The Bread of God   (John 6:33)

c. The Bread of Life.  (John 6:35)

2. What comes out of Him as the Bread of Life

a. Salvation

b. Instruction

c. Encouragement

d. Change

e. Sustenance for life

3. These things that come from Him can endure to everlasting life

a. They are given from the time we come to faith in Him

b. They continue for the rest of our life

c. They will last for eternity!

4. We need not hunger nor thirst with Him as the Bread of Life!

THE CHALLENGE TO PARTAKE OF THE LORD JESUS AS THE BREAD OF LIFE

53 Then Jesus said to them, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. 57 As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on Me will live because of Me. 58 This is the bread which came down from heaven—not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.”

John 6:53-58

1. The challenge is to partake of Him as the Bread of Life

a. To come to Him   (John 6:35)

b. To feed on Him   (John 6:57)

i. Cultivate our relationship with Him

ii. Learn from His teachings

iii. Follow His example

iv. Abide in Him, and He in us

2. This is how we can experience Him as the Bread of Life!

CONCLUSION

1. To come to the Lord Jesus as the Bread of Life

a. He is the Source of everlasting life

b. In Him, we have everything we need to live well on earth!

2. To partake of Him as the Bread of Life

a. Not enough to come and believe in Him

b. We must cultivate our relationship with Him

c. We must learn from Him and follow Him

3. To live our lives wonderfully and powerfully in Him