WEEK THREE:
JESUS AS THE LIVING BREAD AND WATER: John 15:1-11, 1John 1:5-7, John 6:25-40, John 4:7-15
Bread is food that quenches hunger while water satisfies or quenches thirst. Jesus referred Himself to bread and water. In John 6:35, He said, “I am the bread of life”. While in John 4:14, He said “…whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”Jesus is not referring to physical food or water neither was He referring to physical hunger or thirst. Anyone who comes to Jesus will be spiritually fed and satisfied eternal.
i. JOHN 15:1-11
Jesus referred to Himself as the true vine, while God is the vinedresser and we are the branches. According to this passage, if we are connected to Jesus, we will bear fruits because all the nutrients we need will be provided in Him. He stated in John 15:4-5 that, “Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.”This underscores the fact that without Jesus, we can live a meaningful and fruitful life. To achieve anything meaningful in life, we must be in Christ.
In John 6:25-40, the people were looking for Jesus and when they found Him, Jesus said they were looking for him because of the miracles they see and the benefit they derive. Jesus then urged the people not to focus physical food or benefit which are temporal. He stated that we should not seek God for food and material things but we should seek Him for everlasting treasures, the food which last forever. In John 6:27, Jesus said “Do not labour for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal.” To achieve this, one must believe in God and follow His commands, then we shall have life abundant.
Also in 1 John 1:5-7, the Bible states that God is light and we must walk in light to be in fellowship with him. Also in John 4:7-15, the Bible relates the story of a Samaritan woman by the well. The woman was surprise when Jesus asked her for water. But due to the strained relationship between the Samaritan and the Jews, she hesitated. Then Jesus said to her in John 4:10 that, “If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” The woman was surprise at what He said. Then Jesus said in verse 13 and 14 that, “Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst; the water that I shall give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
So, Jesus is the living bread and water. If we are connected to Him, we will live a better life and be more fruitful in life.
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