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For turning tonight in our 
Bibles to John chapter 6, and 

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I'm going to read from verse 35 
all the way through to verse 51.

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John chapter 6, reading from 
verse 35. 

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Let's hear the Word of God. 
Follow with me in your Bible. 

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If you haven't got a Bible, 
please contact us and we'll be 

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happy to get you. 1 Reading of 
course from the Authorised 

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Version, John chapter 6, verse 
35. 

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And Jesus said unto them, I am 
the bread of life. 

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He that cometh to me shall never
hunger, and he that believeth in

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me shall never thirst. 
But I said unto you, that ye 

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also have seen me, and believe 
not all that the Father giveth 

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me shall come to me, and then 
that cometh to me I will in no 

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ways cast out. 
For I came down from heaven not 

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to do mine own will, but the 
will of Him that sent me. 

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And this is the Father's will 
which have sent me, that of all 

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which He has given me I should 
lose nothing, but should raise 

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it up again at the last day. 
And this is the will of Him that

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sent me, that everyone which 
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Him may have everlasting life. 
And I will raise him up at the 

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last day. 
The Jews then murmured at him, 

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because he said, I am the bread 
which came down from heaven. 

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And they said, It's not this 
Jesus the son of Joseph, whose 

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father and mother we know. 
How is it then that he saith, I 

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came down from heaven? 
Jesus therefore answered and 

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said unto them, Murmur not among
yourselves. 

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No man can come to me except the
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Draw him, and I will raise him 
up at the last day. 

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It is written in the prophets, 
and they shall be all taught of 

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God. 
Every man, therefore, that hath 

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heard and have learned of the 
Father, cometh unto me. 

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Not that any man have seen the 
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See if he which is of God, he 
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Verily, verily, I say also unto 
you, He that believeth on me 

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hath everlasting life. 
I am that bread of life, your 

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father's to eat manna in the 
wilderness, and her dead. 

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This is the bread which cometh 
down from heaven, that a man may

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eat thereof and not die. 
I am the living bread which came

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down from heaven. 
If any man eat of this bread, he

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shall live forever. 
And the bread that I will give 

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is my flesh, which I will give 
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Amen. 
We do God, and stamp with His 

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own approval and blessing this 
reading of His own precious and 

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infallible word. 
Now my text tonight is taken 

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from John chapter 6, verses 48 
to 51, verse 48. 

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I am that bread of life your 
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wilderness, and her dead. 
This is the bread which cometh 

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down from heaven, that a man may
eat there often not die. 

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I am the living bread which came
down from heaven. 

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If any man eat of this bread, he
shall live forever. 

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And the bread that I will give 
is my flesh, which I will give 

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for the life of the world. 
I want to ask the question 

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tonight, and is this? 
Are you living on or by the 

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bread of life? 
Now these words have to be 

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understood against the back 
cloth of one of the greatest, 

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mightiest miracles performed by 
the Lord Jesus, namely the 

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feeding of the 5000. 
The feeding of the 5000 is 1 of 

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35 miracles recorded in the New 
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It's recorded four times here. 
Christ miraculously fed 5000 men

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besides women and children with 
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two small fishes. 
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after this miraculous display of
divine power, the disciples 

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gathered up not one but 12 
baskets of fragment that 

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remained. 
Jesus said that nothing would be

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lost. 
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verse 14, we read these words. 
Then those men when they had 

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seen the miracle that Jesus did,
said this is of a truth, that 

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prophet that should come into 
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Later on in the narrative, the 
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proclaim a message, and that 
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I am the bread of life. 
He that cometh to me shall never

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hunger, and he that believeth in
me shall never thirst. 

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And after discoursing further 
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about the manna and about Moses,
he added our text from verse 47 

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really right through to verse 
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Now think of this, If Jesus 
Christ is the bread of life and 

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as the bread of life, the Lord 
Jesus Christ has come down from 

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heaven, and that if a man comes 
to Christ and eats of that 

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bread, then that man will live 
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In fact, Jesus said that man 
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That man will have everlasting 
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Now the question is this, are 
you living by or living on the 

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bread of life? 
I want you to think of four 

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things this evening. 
One, there's a majestic 

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declaration. 
Look at verse 48. 

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I am that bread of life. 
This was repeated from an 

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earlier statement in John 6 and 
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I am the bread of life now. 
Here's the first of seven I am 

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statements recorded in John's 
Gospel. 

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I am the bread of life Now. 
I believe this is a figure of 

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speech. 
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something. 
If I was to say such and such a 

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person's as cold as ice, or I 
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individual has a heart like 
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that they have got a stone heart
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What I would mean is that their 
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In other words, their heart is 
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without feeling. 
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It's a it's a thoughtless heart.
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this figure of speech. 
I am that bread of life. 

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He was not saying I am literally
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He wasn't saying that he was a 
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kind of loaf. 
No, he was employing this figure

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of speech and he was wanting to 
convey a certain message. 

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Now think of the opening words I
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Let's pause there. 
You see, that's significant. 

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What significance do you read 
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I am Well, I want you to think 
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where God revealed himself to 
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When Moses asked who will I say 
that sent me, he said I am, that

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I am. 
That's one of the names of God. 

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That's one of the titles for God
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That's a divine title. 
And here's one of these titles 

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for God himself in the Old 
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And the Lord Jesus takes that 
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The Lord Jesus takes that name, 
that name for Jehovah in the Old

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Testament and he applies it to 
himself and he just doesn't do 

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it one time. 
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I am is to be understood to be 
the name for God. 

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He says I am the bread of life. 
John 6 and 35. 

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I am the light of the world, 
John 8:00 and 12:00. 

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I am the door. 
John 10 and 7 I am the Good 

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Shepherd. 
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resurrection of the life. 
John 1125 I'm the way, the truth

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to life. 
John 14 verse 6 I am the true 

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vine. 
John 15 verse one seven times. 

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The Lord Jesus made these I AM 
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time He made them He was 
claiming not just the attributes

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of deity, he was claiming to be 
God himself. 

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Did you know there's two more 
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made of God's name in John's 
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John 8 and 58, before Abraham 
was I am and also whenever he 

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was being arrested in the 
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When they asked for Jesus of 
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You see, when the Lord Jesus 
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eternal God Incarnate. 
I am's a revelation of the name 

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of dead. 
It's one of the divine names. 

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I am speaks of the existence of 
God. 

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It speaks of the eternality of 
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It speaks of the Excellency of 
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It speaks about the exclusivity 
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What is God? 
God is a spirit, infinite, 

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eternal and unchangeable in His 
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justice, goodness and truth. 
I want to say tonight, Allah is 

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not the God of the Bible. 
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Buddha. 
There's only one living and true

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God, and his name is Jehovah, 
and one of his divine names is I

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am that I am. 
Now I want you to feel the force

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of this seven times. 
The Lord Jesus takes that title 

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for God, that name, and applies 
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He is claiming to be absolutely,
eternally divine. 

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Now he's either the Lord of all 
or he's a liar and can be 

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challenged or he's a lunatic. 
I learnt that from a man called 

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Josh McDowell who used to argue 
in the universities in America 

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before Charlie Kirk, and he 
wrote a book. 

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And in fact, that was one of the
things that he sought to prove 

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in the book about the eternal 
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And that was the very 
description he used. 

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He's either Lord or he's a liar 
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You have to make a decision and 
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I am is a verb. 
It's in the present tense. 

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It means I am. 
I always was, and I always will 

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be. 
And what's he telling us? 

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I am always was and always will 
be that bread of life. 

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See, in contrast to the manna, 
he says I am the bread of life. 

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The poor Jews, they were 
religious people, very 

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respectable, righteous in their 
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They could only appeal to Moses.
They could only appeal to manna 

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given in the wilderness. 
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who Christ really was and what 
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world. 
Yes, they partook of that 

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literal bread that God the 
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them in the wilderness, and that
manna had fed them and sustained

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their bodies and kept them alive
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wanderings. 
But the Lord Jesus Christ as the

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great I am, as the self existent
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one who's eternally present, He 
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need of men physically, but He's
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mentally, emotionally, and most 
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And in this portion, John 6 of 
God's Word, you have a very 

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clear and precise presentation 
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Oh, that we could get sinners to
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They not only need Christ, but 
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Him that cometh to me, He said, 
I will not cast out. 

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And sinners can actually find in
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need. 
Listen to John 6 and 35. 

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I am the bread of life. 
He that cometh to me shall never

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hunger, and he that believeth on
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What a promise. 
Link it up to verse 47. 

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Verily, verily that means truly,
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I say unto you, He that 
believeth on me half everlasting

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life the word believe. 
It means to trust and adhere to 

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and rely on. 
So I'm telling you tonight there

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is here a majestic declaration 
in this text. 

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There's something else in this 
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There's a miraculous 
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that says this. 
I am not bread of life. 

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Your Father's the deep manna in 
the wilderness, and are dead. 

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This is the bread which cometh 
down from heaven, that a man may

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eat thereof and not die. 
Think of the words bread of 

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life. 
Now I want you to think with me 

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of the miracle of the feeding of
the 5000 men besides women and 

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children. 
I told you this miracle is 

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recorded four times in the 
Gospel, is recorded in Matthew 

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chapter 14 verses 13 to 21, and 
the 21st verse actually tells us

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that there was 5000 men besides 
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The people were hungry, the 
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They needed to be fed. 
They needed to be cared for and 

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Christ provided for all that was
needed for that multitude on the

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journey of life because He 
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Maybe you're here tonight and 
you're a needy individual. 

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You're listening to me online 
and you're a needy individual. 

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Maybe you carry a burden in your
heart. 

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Maybe you nurse a big problem in
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Maybe you're here tonight as a 
Christian and you're struggling 

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and you're full of fear and 
worry. 

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Maybe you're crippled by 
insecurity. 

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Maybe it's a loved one who has 
particular needs and you're 

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burdened and concerned for that 
individual. 

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Maybe you have a fear of the 
past, some guilt and some sin 

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hangs over your head and you 
you've marred your testimony and

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you feel despised and useless 
and people looking down at you. 

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Maybe you've got a fear of the 
present loved ones not see if 

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they was thinking about that. 
On Friday when I was at the City

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Hall, people that were going 
past refusing a tract and I 

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thought, is there No Fear of God
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There's no thought of God in all
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minds. 
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they have No Fear of hell, No 
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consciousness of sin. 
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this, that none of them are too 
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Christ. 
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nothing and speak the world's 
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His power, and He upholds all 
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as Colossians 115 and 17 teaches
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His ability. 
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barley loaf of a little boy and 
break it into two, and that loaf

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in his hand miraculously become 
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the exercise to feed 5000 men 
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of 12 baskets of fragments that 
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Then once you recognise that, 
you recognise something 

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wonderful. 
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this. 
There's a sufficiency in Jesus 

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Christ to meet all your need, 
whatever your need is, 

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physically, mentally, 
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is able to meet that need. 
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there was a storm. 
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boat. 
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Galilee to the other side, the 
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They could see the Lord Jesus in
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And the Bible tells us He 
received Him. 

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willingly received Him into the 
ship and immediately the ship 

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was at the land, whether they 
went and there was a great cow 

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willingly received Him. 
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full of fear and worry, whether 
it's about a guilty past you've 

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marred your testimony, whether 
it's fear and worry about family

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who are not saved, whether it's 
fear and worry about a loved one

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who's sick and ill. 
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and those are burdens and 
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them, you wake up with them, you
take them to work, you bring 

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them home again. 
The Lord knows all about that. 

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But what I'm saying is this, 
bring him into every situation. 

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Bring him into that ship that's 
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the waves. 
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circumstances and then you'll 
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provides. 
You'll enjoy his provision 

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because once Christ entered into
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calm on the Sea of Galilee used 
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rain. 
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A miraculous demonstration. 
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discovery. 
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If you go back to our text, this
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from heaven, that a man may eat 
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It come down from heaven. 
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there. 
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it says in verse 32 if we read 
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Father giveth you the true bread
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And then in verse 33 for the 
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down from heaven and giveth life
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from heaven. 
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the bread which cometh down from
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And if you can write down to 
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bread which came down from 
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and taught you often is the 
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from heaven is a reference to 
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earth. 
It's a reference to Christ 

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incarnation and virgin birth. 
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heaven is a portrayal of Christ 
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Father. 
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visitation, of a divine 
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Christ, of a of a divine 
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He was given by the Father. 
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Father, and he was sent forth 
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The bread of life. 
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about the giving of bread and a 
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Have you turned over there to 
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The book of Ruth In Ruth chapter
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Then she arose with her 
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After that she might return from
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heard in the country of Moab how
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people in giving them bread. 
Notice the word had visited His 

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people in giving them bread. 
Ruth, remember, has a 

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mother-in-law called Naomi. 
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backslider. 
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years. 
She left Bethlehem, Judah due to

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a famine with her husband and 
two boys. 

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Her husband Elimelech died and 
Moab. 

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They both died there. 
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3 funerals in short time? 
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hard. 
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comfortable. 
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though it's hard, she seems 
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God visited His people in giving
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Visiting His people and 
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In Luke 178 we read this. 
The day spring from on high has 

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visited us, and this visitation 
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idea of redemption and mercy, 
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of redemption and mercy that God
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redemption and mercy. 
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sent and gave the one who is the
bread of life, not because we 

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deserve it, not because we have 
earned it. 

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It's not a reward, it's God and 
grace Five times came down from 

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heaven. 
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principle here, but a great 
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Where did Ruth and Naomi return 
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Bethlehem in the Bible is known 
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Beth is house, Lechem is bread. 
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where they left. 
That's where they returned to 

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you. 
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Bethlehem, Judea, the House of 
bread was empty. 

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The people were famishing, 
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that is where they returned to 
you. 

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It says in Luke chapter 1 and 
verse 22 and they came to 

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Bethlehem. 
They came to Bethlehem and where

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was the Lord Jesus born? 
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He was given, He was sent to 
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prophecy. 
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the House of bread. 
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great period here. 
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The beginning of the barley 
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Ruth 1 and 22. 
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They came to Bethlehem in the 
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What was the bread made from? 
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Go back to the feeding of the 
5000. 

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What sort of loaves were they? 
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or plain loaves. 
They weren't Mother's pride or 

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son blessed or kingsmills. 
There were 5 barley loaves, John

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6:00 and 9:00. 
There's a clear connection. 

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And that bread had to be born in
the sense of seedlings and 

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saplings. 
The bread had to blossom. 

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The bread then was bleeded in 
the fullness of time and cut 

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down. 
The bread was bruised, It was 

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broken down and crushed. 
There was physical suffering and

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then the bread was baked in the 
often. 

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And that's a picture of Christ 
as the bread of life. 

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He, He was born for us. 
He, he, he grew and developed in

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favour of men and of God. 
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time, God's time, he was cut 
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There was a smiling of Christ. 
You can think about his arrest 

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and his unjust trial and you can
think of his beatings and 

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scorchings. 
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sufferings, the mental torture 
in that sense. 

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You think of the crown of thorns
being plotted on his brow. 

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You think of Him being nailed to
the tree. 

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You you think of Him on the tree
in agony and blood, and then 

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think of him in three hours of 
darkness, suffering the wrath of

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God, crying out, My God, my God,
why hast thou forsaken me? 

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And of course we get the answer 
from 2nd Corinthians 521. 

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For he that is God have made him
that is Christ to be sin for us,

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a sin offering that we might be 
me at the righteousness of God. 

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In him Christ died the just for 
the unjust that he might bring 

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us to God. 
And you know many in Ulster 

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tonight, many in carried off and
beyond. 

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They have No Fear of God. 
They have no thought of God. 

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They don't know God. 
Sadly, they've forgotten and 

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forsaken him. 
And in their heart there's a 

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vacuum, we could say a God 
shaped vacuum, Augustine said. 

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And they have no true peace and 
no inner satisfaction. 

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Why? 
Because they were made in the 

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image of God. 
They were made for God. 

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And because they live without 
him, they're never going to have

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peace or inner satisfaction. 
Only Christ, the bread of life, 

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can bring true life and 
enjoyment into the soul. 

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There's a great picture here 
very quickly of the manna. 

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You see the manna sustained 
physical life, but in contrast 

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to the manner, Christ goes 
beyond physical life because 

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he's the true bread that cometh 
down from heaven. 

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He's the real thing. 
He's the true substance. 

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We live in days of counterfeit. 
There's counterfeit Christ and 

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counterfeit gospels. 
There's a lot of sham, but 

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there's only one true genuine 
bread from heaven, the Lord 

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Jesus Christ. 
And the Lord Jesus Christ will 

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not disappoint any who trust him
or any who take him as Lord and 

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Saviour. 
He can give help in the physical

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realm. 
He can fill our hearts and minds

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with a sense of peace, perfect 
peace. 

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He's the one that can meet the 
need of our heart in a spiritual

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sense. 
I finish with this. 

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There's a mighty doctrination 
here. 

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If you look at the text again in
verse 51, he says I'm the living

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bread which come down from 
heaven. 

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If any man eat of this bread, he
shall live forever. 

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And the bread that I will give 
him is my flesh, which I give 

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for the life of the world. 
You see, mention is made here 

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for the manna, verse 49. 
Your father's did eat man in the

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wilderness and are dead Now. 
That's a reference to physical 

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eating. 
And we all enjoy that, don't we?

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Breakfast, lunch and evening 
meal. 

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And that bread that we're giving
is all that's necessary to 

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sustain us physically in the 
earth. 

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But even though we have a 
birthday, one day we'll have a 

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deaf day. 
The reference to them dying 

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wasn't because there was 
anything poisonous in the bread.

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It was their journey of life. 
It was a reference to their 

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physical death. 
And the Lord Jesus was saying 

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this. 
If a man eats of the living 

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bread, the living bread which 
come down from heaven, if any 

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man eat of that bread, he will 
live forever. 

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Now what does he mean? 
I want you to think of the act 

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of eating. 
I want you to think of 

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appropriation. 
You're sitting at the table and 

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the table is spread. 
Come for all things are now 

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ready, and you're to eat and 
you're to profit from all that 

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he provides. 
You see, the Gospel feast is but

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an illustration of this. 
The food won't benefit you just 

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sitting at the table. 
You have to partake. 

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Remember what Isaiah the prophet
was able to say in Isaiah 

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chapter 55 and the verse one and
two, Isaiah 55 and one and two. 

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Let's think of the word of God. 
O everyone that thirsteth, come 

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ye to the waters, and neither 
have no money. 

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Come ye buy and eat. 
Ye come buy wine and milk 

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without money and without price.
Wherever do you spend money for 

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that which is not bread, and 
your labour for that which 

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satisfyeth not? 
Hearken diligently unto me, and 

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eat ye that which is good, and 
let your soul delight itself in 

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fastness. 
Psalm 34 verse 8 says, O taste 

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and see that the Lord is good, 
and you see this. 

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The whole concept of eating the 
bread and partaking of it and 

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appropriating that bread to 
yourself, this is on the same 

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basis. 
This is likened to coming to 

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Christ and resting in Him and 
receiving him as Lord and 

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Saviour. 
You see, coming to Him is an act

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of faith. 
Believing in Him is an act of 

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faith, and you're coming to rest
in Him and coming to receive Him

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as the bread of life because 
your mindset is this. 

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He is all I need. 
There's a fullness in Christ to 

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meet my need now. 
None but Christ can satisfy. 

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Let me ask this as we finish. 
Are you resting on Christ alone?

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Have you received him by faith 
as your Lord deceiver, A time 

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when you knelt as a Sinner and 
called out God be merciful to be

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the Sinner you recognise, you of
a soul. 

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You recognise you need to be 
saved. 

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You know that only Christ can 
save you. 

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Neither is there salvage than 
any other. 

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But there's no other name under 
heaven given among men. 

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For by you must be saved, and 
that through Christ you can be 

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redeemed and washed in his 
precious blood. 

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And through Christ you can be 
reconciled to God and be in a 

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right relationship with the God 
of heaven. 

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These are only some of the 
blessings that flow. 

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You know when you set at a table
and appropriate food, you get up

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from the table and I hope you 
say to your mother, thank you 

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mummy, that was lovely. 
I say that to Rosie often. 

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Stew the other day and boys it 
tasted really good. 

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But that Stew wouldn't have done
me any good, even though I was 

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famished, if I hadn't have 
lifted the spoon and started to 

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eat it. 
Well, you see, Christ doesn't do

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many any good, because they 
never appropriate them. 

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They never come to Him, and they
don't by faith rest and receive 

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Him and all that He has. 
That's the mighty doctrine that 

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Christ wanted to get across to 
the Jews. 

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He that cometh to me, I will in 
no ways cast out. 

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He says He that believeth in me 
shall never hunger or never 

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thirst in a spiritual sense. 
So I trust and pray the 

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question, are you living on or 
by the bread of life? 

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You'll see this mighty 
declaration. 

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I am the bread of life. 
You'll see this miraculous 

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demonstration. 
What the bread of life did. 

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You'll hear this merciful 
discovery, the bread of life has

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come down from heaven, and 
you'll receive this mighty 

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doctrination to your heart, and 
you'll seek to put faith and 

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trust in Christ to the glory of 
God. 

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May the Lord take these few 
thoughts and bless them to you.