Bread of Life...

[Catsmeow]

How do we know if the "bread" Jesus spoke was literal or not? Perhaps the only way to understand the truth is to ask Him personally, with the water of the Word and the Spirit of Truth:

From the NT:

Mat 4:4 But He answered and said, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.' "

John 1:1 ... and the Word was God.

John 1:14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us...

John 6:35 And Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life.

John 6:51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven.

Matthew 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, " Take, eat, this is My body."

John 6:32 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."

From the OT:

Isaiah 55:10 My word is like the snow and the rain that come down from the sky to water the earth. (Good News Translation)

Exodus 16:4 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you.

Jesus is - the Word. (And the Word was made flesh)*(John 1:14)

Jesus is - the Truth. (Thy Word is truth) *(John 17:17)

Jesus is - the Bread of Life. *(I am the Bread of Life) (John 6:35)

Jesus is - God. (And the Word was God) *(John 1:1)

Jesus is - the life. (In Him was life..) *(John 1:4)

[Catsmeow]

My purpose here is not to solicite debate. It's really to encourage believers to search the Word of God and seek counsel from His Spirit.

I hope that the serious believer will search the Word of Truth for him/herself rather than rely on the teachings of other people.

God's Word has the answers, if only we take the time to diligently seek Him throughout the pages.

[justme7]

My purpose here is not to solicite debate. It's really to encourage believers to search the Word of God and seek counsel from His Spirit.

I hope that the serious believer will search the Word of Truth for him/herself rather than rely on the teachings of other people.

God's Word has the answers, if only we take the time to diligently seek Him throughout the pages.

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i have always taken the words in both a literal and figurative sense: the bread is quite literally our sustenance and yet we do not eat the flesh of an actual body. the fact that Christ did come in the flesh for salvation and remission of sin is what sustains us and is more crucial to our being than any earthly food. we live by the Word, and Christ is that Word made flesh.

[Catsmeow]

the fact that Christ did come in the flesh for salvation and remission of sin is what sustains us and is more crucial to our being than any earthly food. 

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Isaiah 50:4 The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of disciples, That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word.

It's so amazing how we, who are weary, are sustained in this earthly existance with a mere word...the Word of truth, Christ Jesus.

Amen, justme!

[Artemus Prime]

I'll add an amen to that as well lol...Amen!

AP

[Catsmeow]

I hope this topic will provoke in depth discussion. It's not a heated, controversial topic to arouse debate...

But it's so edifying to ponder the Holy Communion, which is exemplified by Christ in both the Communion (or Eucharist for Catholics) and in our everyday life through reading the Word of God (the Bible) ...

He is our Bread of Life...what sustains us daily.

[Leonard]

Yes Cats! "The Word became flesh......" Jesus said we MUST EAT HIS FLESH. I really believe that reading the Scriptures can be eucharistic in character. To me it is a very exciting revelation of how powerful the Scripture really is!

[yomotalking]

Sometimes it's better to do that.

To take things in a litearal AND fugerative.

(spelling wrong, I know )

LOL

Anyway....my opinion.