John6:25-40 I AM: the Bread of Life
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## I AM: the # Bread of Life ## John 6:25-40 [James Coleman](https://unsplash.com/photos/_HzRfyw7BuA "caption") >>> + starving, learning to cook + fasting reminds us we are not so strong --- ## Jesus is the I AM + **Bread** of Life (Jn6) + **Light** of the World (Jn8) + **Door** for the Sheep (Jn10) + Good **Shepherd** (Jn10) + Resurrection and the **Life** (Jn11) + **Way**, the Truth, and the Life (Jn14) + True **Vine** (Jn15) [pxhere](https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1094065 "caption") >>> + John unique amongst **gospels**: + **monologues** of Jesus (red letter) + focus on time w/**disciples** + focus on **passion week** + **I AM** statements: + not intended to be **overview of Jn** + **lens** to view incarnation + How Jesus **self-identifies** + reveal **charac** of God + I AM: Ex3:14 + Each one also an **invitation**: CTA --- ## Bread of Life (Jn6) 1. Seeking (v25-26) 1. Working (v27-29) 1. Believing (v30-33) 1. Receiving (v34-40) >>> + Context (v1): Galilee, fed 5k + response: Prophet/Messiah, but + to **overthrow** Romans + Jesus withdrew across lake to Capernaum + crowds followed + "I am": who do **people** say He is? + teacher/rabbi, prophet/messiah, + rebel/king of ascendant military power + "I am": **revealed** self + walking on water, to discip: + "It is I; fear not" --- When they **found** him on the
other side of the sea, they said to him,
“Rabbi, when did you **come** here?” Jesus answered them,
“Truly, truly, I say to you,
you are **seeking** me, not because you saw **signs**,
but because you ate your **fill** of the loaves. [John 6:25-26 (ESV)](# "ref") [Toa Heftiba](https://unsplash.com/photos/uhlTPoH2Eb0 "caption") >>> + e.g., habitual prayer only at meals: for food + about necessities of life + "fill": satisfied, met need, crisis averted --- # Do I seek Jesus only
in times of **crisis**? --- ## Bread of Life (Jn6) 1. Seeking (v25-26) 1. **Working** (v27-29) 1. Believing (v30-33) 1. Receiving (v34-40) --- Do not **work** for the food that **perishes**,
but for the food that **endures** to eternal life,
which the Son of Man will give to you.
For on him God the Father has set his seal.” Then they said to him, “What must we **do**,
to be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the **work of God**,
that you **believe in** him whom he has sent.” [John 6:27-29 (ESV)](# "ref") [udit saptarshi](https://unsplash.com/photos/mYT03hytMcU "caption") >>> + work || bread: earning a living + transactional: if I work hard enough to please God, + then He will bless me + work || faith: trust + obey + not vain faith, but with action (Jam) --- ... which the **Son** of Man will give to you.
For on him God the **Father** has set his **seal**.” [John 6:27 (ESV)](# "ref") [Tel Aviv-Yafo. Joseph Barrientos](https://unsplash.com/photos/oQl0eVYd_n8 "caption") >>> + **seal** of Father on Son: baptism, transfiguration + cf gnosticism: + not that health, school, work not important + need these to live + but we are more than just biological machines + so our needs are not only physical but emotional, relational, spiritual + "give us this day our daily bread": + manna: enough for 1 day + what we need to survive + not just needs of the flesh! + give me enough patience for today + enough grace toward the unlovables + enough humility under God's authority --- # Have I been working hard **for** God,
not doing the **work of God**? >>> + work hard on my own life/agenda + just prefaced w/"dedication" to God + "work of God": faith/belief --- ## Bread of Life (Jn6) 1. Seeking (v25-26) 1. Working (v27-29) 1. **Believing** (v30-33) 1. Receiving (v34-40) --- So they said to him,
“Then what **sign** do you do,
that we may see and **believe** you?
What **work** do you perform? Our fathers ate the **manna** in the wilderness;
as it is written,
‘He gave them **bread from heaven** to eat.’” [John 6:30-31 (ESV)](# "ref") [Brad Helmink](https://unsplash.com/photos/8EFA86nI6yg "caption") >>> + "what sign will you do?": needs to be big enough + benchmark: manna from heaven (Ex16) + what convinces me? fake news, AI slop + prior **experience**, tradition / culture --- Jesus then said to them,
“Truly, truly, I say to you, it was not **Moses**
who gave you the bread from heaven,
but my **Father** gives you
the true bread from heaven. For the **bread of God** is
he who comes **down** from heaven
and gives **life** to the world.” [John 6:30-31 (ESV)](# "ref") [Hans Ott](https://unsplash.com/photos/Tun6jr3D0Jg "caption") >>> + God **does** provide for daily needs + but it **points** to our deeper need + CTA: seek not only **blessings** + but person of Christ Himself + **manna** from heaven, sustains life --- # What **convinces** me?
How do I **know** that Jesus
is the one I should follow? >>> + faith journey diff for everyone --- ## Bread of Life (Jn6) 1. Seeking (v25-26) 1. Working (v27-29) 1. Believing (v30-33) 1. **Receiving** (v34-40) --- They said to him,
“Sir, **give us** this bread always.” Jesus said to them, “I am the **bread of life**;
whoever **comes** to me shall not hunger,
and whoever **believes** in me shall never thirst. But I said to you that
you have **seen** me and yet do **not believe**. [John 6:34-36 (ESV)](# "ref") [Ales Krivec](https://unsplash.com/photos/QnNqGoCnBg0 "caption") >>> + "give us this bread": but + "you have seen me and yet do not believe" + still thinking of a blessing that Jesus gives + Jesus only **intermediary** to blessing --- All that the **Father gives** me will come to me,
and **whoever comes** to me I will never **cast out**. For I have come down from heaven, not to do
my **own will** but the will of him who **sent me**. And this is the will of him who sent me, that
I should **lose** nothing of all that he has
given me, but **raise** it up on the last day. [John 6:37-39 (ESV)](# "ref") [Aaron Burden](https://unsplash.com/photos/o--lefJNe0w "caption") >>> + Father **gives**, we **come** (look, believe), Son **receives** + not **cast out**, not **lost**, but **raise** + look + believe: cf Moses + bronze snake --- For this is the will of my Father,
that everyone who **looks** on the Son
and **believes** in him should have eternal life,
and I will **raise** him up on the last day.” [John 6:40 (ESV)](# "ref") [Geetanjal Khanna](https://unsplash.com/photos/8CwoHpZe3qE "caption") >>> + v35: nor **hunger** nor **thirst** + cf ch10, no one snatches them out of My hand --- # How does Jesus' **promise**
in this passage
bring me **comfort**? ---