Start with the first miracle, it is because of it that Jesus teaches about “feeding” on Him as the living bread. (John 6:51) The second miracle is important too because it teaches the greatness and the glory of Jesus. Don’t let the second miracle be something small. The man who walked effortlessly on water is the same man we are to feed on. Elevate and magnify Jesus as you read the second miracle.
Four times Jesus uses the word, “feed.” (John 6:54, 56, 57, & 58) And this is the supreme challenge of John 6. Even the disciples said, “This is a hard teaching.” (John 6:60)
See the connection to the first miracle. They ate and had their full. (John 6:12). This is not like communion, where we eat a piece of bread in remembrance of Jesus. (Luke 22:19 & 1 Corinthians 11:24-25) Jesus is teaching us to feed on him, as the Israelites fed on the manna in the wilderness. (John 6:31 & 49)
How then, do we feed on Jesus and drink his blood (John 6:53-56)? That’s THE BIG question. And it is best not answered too quickly. Our first answer might be right, but a better answer is a deeper answer.
Last Sunday in the sermon I gave you the string of four verses from the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 7:24-27, 5:6, 6:33, & 6:9-10). And every week you see the two banners in church with the the prayers on them.
It’s all connected. Those two prayers are spiritually deep, and they should be prayed regularly as we grow as disciples of Jesus. And the four verses in Matthew run deep, and there is a direct connection to John 6. Jesus, who says, feed on me, also says to hunger and thirst for righteousness, to seek first God’s Kingdom and His righteousness, and to pray carefully to a hallowed God for His Kingdom to come and His will to be done.
It’s all connected. Seek God. Hunger for and feed on the person of the living bread. And trust that the Holy Spirit is at work answering BIG spiritual prayers.
This is part one of two.
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