We are continuing our study of Jesus' first "I Am" statement in the book of John: "I Am the bread of life." Chapter 6 of the Gospel of John is "chock full of Jesus!" As He tries to take His disciples deeper, including the ones that want to make Him king, Jesus doubles down His language about being God's bread from heaven. Bread is the "staff of life," seen as the basic necessity for survival along with water. Just as Jesus similarly used water in John 4 with the Samaritan woman (who needed to drink no physical water to gain the benefit of living water Jesus was teaching about) to teach much deeper spiritual truth, Jesus is using bread the same way and not talking about actual eating. Jesus takes us to challenging, mysterious, but ultimately life-giving places in this passage, and He is the source of life for all who believe.
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