Surviving the Winter: Jesus Christ the Bread of Life

Outline of Online Service 12^th July 2020

Surviving the Winter: The Bread of Life  John 6:48

Psalm 111:1-6 – He gives Food to them that Fear Him

Hymn 100: Christ Jesus – the Living Bread

The Lord’s Prayer  (Luke 11:2-4)

Bible Readings:

·     Manna from Heaven:  Exodus 16:2-4, 11-15, 35

·     Elisha’s Food Miracle:  2 Kings 4:38-44

·     Jesus Feeds the Multitude:  John 6:1-14

·     The Bread of Life:  John 6:30-35, 43-51

Hymn 142:  Manna to the Hungry Soul

·        We need food for sustenance, even more so in the Winter!

·        God will provide the needs for our “daily bread” as He did in both the Old and New Testament times

·        However, we also need “spiritual bread” to develop our faith in God, and to maintain our desire to follow Him

·     In a metaphor Jesus said He is “the Bread of Life” – if we believe in Him and follow Him in our everyday life, we eat of this Bread

·     Jesus went on to confirm that, not as the Israelites of old who ate the manna and later died, “he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever”

·        Let us seek to be of those who will eat of this Bread, and being alive at the return of Jesus Christ to this earth, will live for ever, and be changed from mortal to immortal beings.

Hymn 32 – Tune 34:  The Sweet Taste of God’s Word

Doxology