That is *John 6:22-40 — Bread of Life (Part 1)* This comes right after the feeding of the 5000 and Jesus walking on water, ### The Context The next morning, the crowd Jesus fed realizes He is gone. They get in boats, cross the Sea of Galilee to Capernaum, looking for Him — not because they understood the miracle, but because they got a free meal. In the Capernaum synagogue, they find Him. ### 1. "Crowd wanting signs and further teachings" > "When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, 'Rabbi, when did you come here?'" - John 6:25 They want more signs. More spectacle. More bread. ### 2. "Seek Heavenly rather than earthly food" Jesus exposes their motive immediately — tender but direct, > *"Truly, truly, I say to you, you are seeking me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate your fill of the loaves. Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you."* - John 6:26-27 Don't labor for food that rots, molds, and leaves you hungry tomorrow. Labor for food that lasts forever. They ask: "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?" > *"This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."* - John 6:29 Faith is the work. They still ask for a sign: "What sign do you do? Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness..." ### 3. "He is the bread of life — those who come will have everlasting life" Jesus takes their manna and lifts it to heaven: > "It was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. *For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.*" - John 6:32-33 They say: "Sir, give us this bread always." Then the great I AM statement — the first of seven in John: > *"I AM the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst."* - John 6:35 Come = no hunger. Believe = no thirst. Forever. ### 4. "Submitted to God's Will — how we must be also" > "For *I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me.* And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day." - John 6:38-39 And the promise that seals it: > *"For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."* - John 6:40 Look + Believe = Eternal Life + Resurrection. It starts as free bread, but ends as total surrender — He did the Father's will all the way to the cross, and He calls us to do the same: not live for perishable bread, but for the will of God. This teaching gets even harder in the next part (John 6:41-71) where many disciples walk away. *John 6:35 — I AM the Bread of Life*? #jesus #biblelife #bibleverse #faith - @biblecollection80