John 6: 26-71
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The day before the Savior preached the sermon on the 'bread of life' he had feed the 5,000 with only 5 loaves of barley bread and 2 fishes. The next day many people were seeking out the Savior because they desired to be fed again. They were not wholly committed to Him but followed because of the miracles they saw.
The Lord took the opportunity to teach them more. He told them to see Him for their Spiritual food. He explained the contrast between mortal and eternal nourishment.
"Labour not for the meat which perisheth...but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you....I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst."
What does it mean to never hunger or never thirst again?
Jesus exclaimed "He that believeth on me hath everlasting life...This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die...I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever...The bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world."
Christ is our source of eternal nourishment.
Some of his disciples said this was 'an hard saying." and from that time many of His followers "went back, and walked no more with him." Then Christ asked his Apostles "Will ye also go away?" and Simon Peter testified that Jesus was the Christ "...to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God."
It is never too late -- Have you left and now desire to come back. It is never too late. That is the beauty of what Christ did for us. If we will come to Him with a broken heart and a contrite spirit he will heal us and make us whole again. He will always welcome us into his flock.
Elder Holland once said: "It is to those who so hunger ...Wherever you live, and at whatever point in age or experience you find yourself, I declare that God has through His Only Begotten Son lifted the famine of which Amos spoke. I testify that the Lord Jesus Christ is the Bread of Life and a Well of Living Water springing up unto eternal life...regardless of past paths taken or not taken, we wish to offer you this morning the way, the truth, and the life. We invite you to join in adventure of the earliest disciples of Christ who also yearned for the bread of life--those who did not go back but who came to Him, stayed with Him, and who recognized that for safety and salvation there was no other to whom they could ever go... In spite of life's tribulations and as fearful as some of our prospects are, I testify that there is help for the journey. There is the Bread of Eternal Life and the Well of Living Water. Christ has overcome the world--our world--and His gift to us is peace now and exaltation in the world to come...Our fundamental requirement is to have faith in Him and follow Him--always. President George Q. Cannon once said "No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us. He never has, and He never will...Those who will receive the Lord Jesus Christ as the source of their salvation will always lie down in green pastures, no matter how barren and bleak the winter has been. And the waters of their refreshment will always be still waters, no matter how turbulent the storms of life...our souls will be fore3ver restored...all who are hungering and thirsting and sometimes wandering, will hear this invitation from Him who is the Bread of Life, the Fountain of Living Water, the Good Shepherd of us all, the Son of God: "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden...and ye shall find rest unto your souls." (Holland)
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