# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1944_S946
# Machine transcription, uncorrected — CHI Digital Archive (demonstration)

MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 3638

be all taught of God.’ Every man therefore that hath
heard and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto Me.
Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which
is of God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say
unto you, He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life.
I am that Bread of Life. Your fathers did eat manna in
the wilderness and are dead. This is the Bread which
cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof
and not die. I am the living Bread which came down
from heaven; if any man eat of this Bread, he shall live
forever; and the bread that I will give is My flesh, which
I will give for the life of the world.”

Thoughts for Meditation

1. In these verses the Savior frequently uses such expres-
sions as “I came down from heaven,” v. 38, and “I am the living
Bread ‘which came down from heaven,” v.51. No other person
could speak like that. You and I were born. Jesus “came down
from heaven.” He is the eternal Son of the Father, begotten be-
fore all worlds.

2, Notice how frequently in these few verses the Savior
refers to the resurrection of the body and eternal life in heaven:
vv. 39, 40, 44, 47, 50, 51. He is reminding the earthly minded

s Jews who had come to make Him their “bread king” that His
Kingdom is not of this world — that His purpose on earth was to
save souls for heaven.

3. The Bread of Life, of which this chapter speaks, is ours
in fullest measure. Let us turn to it again and again for spiritual
nourishment and strength to bear the burdens of the day. Our
only hope for time and for eternity is in the name of Jesus.

It makes the wounded spirit whole
And calms the troubled breast;

"Tis manna to the hungry soul
And to the weary rest.