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Plain Truths About the Bread of Life
By Skip Heitzig
John 6:51-71
Mark Twain once remarked that "A lie can travel halfway around the world while truth is still lacing up its boots!" This section of John's Gospel has generated much confusion and misunderstanding. Even Jesus' original audience had trouble understanding His meaning, and when they did, they found the truth was difficult to bear. These "hard truths," however, are "the words of eternal life" (v. 68). Let's look at these four realities today.
From the teaching series Believe:879
| John 6 (NKJV™) | |
| 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." |
| 52 | The Jews therefore quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?" |
| 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." |
| 59 | These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum. |
| 60 | Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying; who can understand it?" |
| 61 | When Jesus knew in Himself that His disciples complained about this, He said to them, "Does this offend you? |
| 62 | "What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? |
| 63 | "It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. |
| 64 | "But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who would betray Him. |
| 65 | And He said, "Therefore I have said to you that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father." |
| 66 | From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. |
| 67 | Then Jesus said to the twelve, "Do you also want to go away?" |
| 68 | But Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. |
| 69 | "Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." |
| 70 | Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve, and one of you is a devil?" |
| 71 | He spoke of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, for it was he who would betray Him, being one of the twelve. |
New King James Version®, Copyright © 1982, Thomas Nelson, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Who We Are:
Calvary is a Christian fellowship where we gather for the purpose of knowing and glorifying Jesus Christ. We desire to see all people become committed to live as followers of Jesus Christ.
As the church is growing our vision also is growing. Consequently, we are a fellowship in the process of constant development by God.
Our Three-Fold Purpose:
1. Upreach
We believe that loving God is man's highest calling and our relationship to Him is our highest priority. All ministry flows out of this relationship.
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As members of a spiritual family, we seek to equip one another for service and to grow to spiritual maturity. Thus, we seek to be trained according to the Bible, which we believe is the "owner's manual" for our lives.
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Our desire is to go out beyond the "Christian camp" into the world to expand the kingdom of God through evangelism. We believe God has given every Christian a "sphere of influence" in which to make an impact for Christ.
Our Beliefs
We Believe that there is one living and true GOD, eternally existing in three persons: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, equal in power and glory; this triune God created all, upholds all, and governs all.
We Believe that the scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God, fully inspired, without error in the original manuscripts, and the infallible rule of faith and practice.
We Believe in God the Father, an infinite, personal Spirit, perfect in Holiness, wisdom, power, and love; that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men; that He hears and answers prayer; and that He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through faith in Jesus Christ.
We Believe in Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit.
We Believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, and teaching, His substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, perpetual intercession for His people, and personal, visible return to earth.
We Believe in the Holy Spirit, who came forth from the Father and Son to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment; and to regenerate, sanctify and empower all that believe in Jesus Christ for ministry.
We Believe that the Holy Spirit indwells every believer in Jesus Christ and that He is an abiding Helper, Teacher, and Guide.
We Believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit and in the exercise of all the Biblical gifts of the Holy Spirit.
We Believe that all people are sinners by nature and choice and, therefore, are under condemnation; that God regenerates by the Holy Spirit, those who repent of their sins and confess Jesus Christ as Lord.
We Believe that Jesus Christ baptizes the seeking believer with the Holy Spirit and empowers the believers for service, often subsequent to regeneration.
We Believe in the universal church, the living spiritual body, of which Christ is the head, and all regenerated persons are members.
We Believe that Jesus committed two ordinances to the church: 1) Baptism and, 2) the Lord's Supper. We believe in baptism by immersion and communion open to all believers.
We Believe also in the laying on of hands for baptism of the Holy Spirit, for ordination of pastors, elders, and deacons, and receiving from the Holy Spirit through the believer the gift of healing.
We Believe in the personal, visible return of Christ to the earth and the establishing of His Kingdom, in the resurrection of the body, the final judgment and eternal blessing of the righteous, and the endless suffering of the wicked.
We Believe in what is termed the Apostles Creed as embodying the fundamental facts of Christian faith.
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"but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in His name." John 20:31
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