THE TRUE BREAD

Sunday Morning - August 4, 1996

Read: John 6:48-61

Text: John 6:32 "Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven."

THE BREAD OF GOD - WORLD WIDE

John 6:33 "For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world."

GLORY OF GOD DECLARED

Psalms 19:1 "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament showeth his handiwork."

WITHOUT EXCUSE

Romans 1:20 "For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:"

GOD MADE IT EASY

Acts 17:27 "That they should seek the Lord [GOD], if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us:"

GOD'S LOVE WORLD WIDE

John 3:16 "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, ...."

Romans 5:8 "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."

APPEARED TO ALL MEN

Titus 2:11 "For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,"

WILL DRAW ALL MEN

John 12:32-33 "And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. 33. This he said, signifying what death he should die."

BELIEVE AORIST

Acts 16:31 "And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house."

THE TRUE BREAD

John 6:32 "Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven."

GOD AND THE FATHER ARE ONE

John 6:27 "Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat [spiritual FOOD] which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed."

THE FATHER IS PRIVATE

Luke 10:22-23 "All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. 23. And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see."

RESTRICTED COMING

John 14:6 "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

BELIEVETH ON THE FATHER

John 5:24 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth [PAP] on him [FATHER] that sent me, hath [PAI, not past tense] everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life."

John 12:44 "Jesus cried and said, He that believeth [PAP] on me, believeth [PAI] not on me, but on him that sent me."

ETERNAL LIFE

1 John 1:2 "(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;)"

John 12:50 "And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak."

1 John 5:11-13 "And this is the record, that God hath given [AAI] to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12. He that hath [PAP] the Son hath [PAI] life; and he that hath [PAP] not the Son of God hath [PAI] not life. 13. These things have I written unto you that believe [PAP] on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe [PAS] on the name of the Son of God."

2 John 1:9 "Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth [PAP] not in the doctrine of Christ, hath [PAI] not God. He that abideth [PAP] in the doctrine of Christ, he hath [PAI] both the Father and the Son."

1 John 2:23-25 "Whosoever denieth [PMP] the Son, the same hath [PAI] not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth [PMP] the Son hath [PAI] the Father also. 24. Let that therefore abide [PAI] in you, which ye have heard [AAS] from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. 25. And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life."

John 12:50 "And I know that his [FATHER] commandment is life everlasting..."

1 John 1:2 "(For the life was manifested, &ldots; and show unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, &ldots;)"

THE FATHER

Colossians 1:12-13 "Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: 13. Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:"

Luke 12:32 "Fear not, little flock [SHEEP]; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom."

Matthew 25:34 "Then shall the King say unto them [SHEEP] on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:"

FELLOWSHIP

1 John 1:3 "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ."