Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Gospel of John)
我夜间的歌曲 (约翰福音）
A Correct Understanding Needed
Text: John 6: 49-51
A CORRECT UNDERSTANDING NEEDED
The Jews had the highest opinion about Moses providing Manna in the days when the children of Israel wandered for forty years in the wilderness (Exodus 16). Over the years, this period of Israel’s history had become misunderstood and misapplied. Jesus has to give them a correct understanding.
“Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die. 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 6:49-51
1. Essential comparison and contrast
a) Manna was the physical bread given; Jesus was the bread from heaven.
b) The children of Israel ate of the manna but they died in unbelief.
c) Those who partake of Jesus as the bread of life will never perish but have everlasting life.
2. Further explanation of the living bread
a) Jesus spoke of Himself as
i) The bread of God John 6:33
ii) The bread of life John 6:35
iii) The bread from heaven John 6:41
iv) The living bread John 6:51
b) The promise of Jesus
i) If one eats of this bread, he will live forever.
ii) This is not a reference to the physical life on earth.
iii) It is a reference to life eternal with God in heaven.
3. An important explanation
a) The bread He spoke of was a reference to His flesh.
b) Jesus would give His life to atone for the sins of mankind.
i) He would take the penalty of our sins upon Himself.
ii) He would die on our behalf to appease the justice and wrath of God.
iii) Through faith in His atonement for our sins we will be forgiven and have eternal life.
经文：约翰福音6：49-51
需要正确的理解
犹太人非常重视摩西在以色列子民在旷野漂流四十年所供给的吗哪。《出埃及记16》。多年来，以色列这一段历史已被误解与误用。耶稣必须纠正他们错误的观念。
“你们的祖宗在旷野吃过吗哪，还是死了； 这是从天上降下来的粮，叫人吃了就不死。 我是从天上降下来生命的粮，人若吃这粮，就必永远活着。我所要赐的粮就是我的肉，为世人之生命所赐的。”
《约翰福音6：49-51》