Church of Nigeria
(Anglican Communion)
Diocese of
Abuja
Cathedral Church of
the Advent
1st Sunday after Easter -
Sunday 23 April 2017
Today's Sermon
Theme: Knowing Christ "The I AM Sayings of
Jesus"
Topic: The Bread Of Life
Text: John 6: 25 - 69 (Key Text: John 6:
35, 48)
Summary:
I am the Bread of Life is
the first "I Am" saying of Jesus in the Gospel of John.
This saying was revealed
during the discourse of Jesus with the crowd who was seeking Him because of the
bread they ate at the feeding of the five thousand men (John 6: 5 - 15 &
26)
Jesus used the term bread
in His saying because bread was the basic form of food for life sustenance.
He thus used what the people
could relate with to pass on spiritual truth to them
The following can be noted
about Jesus being the Bread of Life
* that He is the Bread that came from God to give life to the
world (Jn. 6:33, 41)
* The life He gives is Eternal life (Jn. 6: 27. 48 - 51)
* Eternal life can be received by coming to Jesus and believing
in Him (Jn. 6: 35)
* The bread also speaks of His sacrificial death for the
salvation of man (Jn. 6: 51)
Suggested Points For
Application
1. Being a Church member for donkey years does not automatically
translate to knowing Jesus. We should press on to know Him experientially (Phil.
3: 10 - 12)
2. Knowing Jesus comes by revelation. We should crave for
revelational knowledge of Jesus (Matt. 16: 15 - 17)
3. Our main aim of seeking Jesus should not be for our stomach or
for material possessions (Jn. 6: 26-27)
4. Only Jesus as the Bread of Life can give Eternal Life if we
come to Him and accept His Lordship over our lives and believe in Him. (Jn. 6:
27, 35)
5. One of the ways to partake of this Bread is in the Holy
Communion
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