The Gospel of John 6:58-59 When God Says...I Say, AMEN!

When God Says …

“This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.” (John 6:58-59 KJV).

Contrasting between the manna that the Israelites were fed in the wilderness (Exodus 16), and the "true bread from heaven" which God now provides (John 6:51) to all who believes, is the Lord's response to the crowd. They incessantly demand to out-do the miraculous provision of manna to prove the legitimacy of His deity (John 6:30–31). And He affirms His penultimate provision to be given to those who believe. He himself - His body and His blood, is the one sent from heaven. He is the everlasting bread of life for those who believe. Manna was temporal. They who ate it were dead both physically and spiritually, due to lack of faith. It was given through Moses to faithless people, who complained and grumbled against God (Exodus 16:7).

These verses specifically reveal that these truths were proclaimed by the Lord Jesus Christ in the synagogue in Capernaum where religious Jews gathered for their Sabbath assembly of teaching and prayers. Just like in this age of religion where religious people converge at their elaborate denominational and institutional places of assembly for their Sunday ritualistic worships. These give a nudging reminder of the Lord's mission to set everybody free, most especially those who are held captive by religion, then and now. He wants all to receive Him - the true bread from heaven. It is only by faith in Him in a personal intimate relationship we can gain eternal life. He came to establish closeness with us. Not religion. The reason He always called on the religious priests and pharisees during His physical ministry. He called them "blind guides" (Matthew 14:14).

Apostle John in his epistle reminds us with these words: “And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.” (1 John 5:20 ESV)

And I say, AMEN!

Daily reflections by:
F. A. Frias
PFC Ministries

(When God says... I say, AMEN! is a provocative reflection of the Lord's holy Word. It intends to challenge every seeker of truth to dig deep into the core of the Word of Life to point every being to Christ Jesus - the author and finisher of our faith, and to draw revelations for change, for nourishment and for strength of every soul.)

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