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The Bedside Watchman |
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April 14th -- John 6 SPIRITUAL FOOD |
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0N at least one occasion Jesus led his hearers' thoughts from ordinary to spiritual food. The miracle of the five thousand drew crowds, but their motive was open to question: "Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves." And then Jesus taught them the great lesson that whereas food for the body is of passing value, there is a food for the spirit leading to Eternal Life: "Labour not for the meat that 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". This discourse in the sixth chapter of John was delivered long before the last supper, but there is little doubt that it expresses a fundamental truth of which the solemn breaking of bread and drinking of wine is a most vivid, particular embodiment.
JAMES NORRIS, The First Century Ecclesia, page 169 |
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