Believe in Jesus Christ as the Bread of Life

A believer believes Jesus when he said, “I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life. I am the bread of life. Your forefathers ate the manna in the desert, yet they died, but here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which a man may eat and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live for ever, this bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world” (John.6:47-51).

This statement was clarified and confirmed by Jesus Christ on the night before he was crucified when He took bread, blessed it, broke it, and gave it to His disciples and said, “Take, eat; this is My body.” This covenant became effective after His death, for where a testament is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. For a testament takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive.

Therefore believing Jesus Christ also entails believing that He has given us His flesh to eat and His blood to drink. For thus He said; “I tell you the truth, unless you can eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. For My flesh is real food and My blood is real drink, whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him.

Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your forefathers ate manna and died, but he who feeds on this bread will live forever” (John.6:53-58).

This real food is the Lord’s supper, the food for His offerings which He commands saying; “ …See that you present to Me at the appointed time the food for My offerings made by fire (zeal) as an aroma pleasing to Me” (Numbers 28:2

The bread of life is the new and living way, and the better hope by which we draw near to God, this is the way that we are being reconciled to the Father, as it is written; “Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior; but now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation” (Colossians 1:21-22).

The apostle Paul further endorsed this concept by saying; “Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, His body, and since we have a great High Priest over the house of God, let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full

assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water (Hebrews 10:19-22).

Sin no matter how insignificant one might think it is, separates us from God, and the wages of sin is death. Since the life of every creature is in the blood, God has given it upon the altar to make atonement for the soul; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul. The blood of animals could not clear the conscience and present the worshiper perfect, so now we have a new hope by which we draw near to God.