205. Jesus the Bread of Life: The Only Way to God.

7 October 2021

“There is no bread!”

Numbers 21

5 They spoke against God and against Moses, and said, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!”

Matthew 4

4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”

Jesus the Bread of Life

I am the bread of life. 

Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. 

But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die. 

I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” John 6:48-51

Jesus the Way to the Father

Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6

From "The Case for Faith" by Lee Strobel, pages 99-100

"THE FIFTH INTERVIEW: RAVI ZACHARIAS

"Jesus Christ didn't come into this world to make bad people good," he said. "He came into this world to make dead people live. He came so that those who are dead to God can come alive to God. If this life were only about morality, then how you live would be the most important thing, although it would still be connected to what you believe. But that misunderstands the Christian concept, which is no matter how well we live, we cannot live up to the standard and character of God."

"The word 'sin' means missing the mark. And if that is a correct definition, then the grace of God becomes the most important truth. Apart from him, we cannot even believe what is right, let alone live the right way.

"So, yes, living kindly and morally good lives is important, if purely for survival. But philosophers from Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, all the way to the Enlightenment thinkers like

Immanuel Kant were unable to even define what morality is. Ultimately, they could only give us what morality did for society.""

"The pattern in Exodus is threefold: God brought the people out of Egypt, he gave them the moral law, and then he gave them the tabernacle. In other words, redemption, righteousness, worship. You can never violate that sequence. Unless you are redeemed, you cannot be righteous. Unless you are redeemed and righteous, you cannot worship, 'for who shall ascend unto the hill of the Lord,' says the Bible, but he who has clean hands and

a pure heart?' "So redemption is the most important step toward righteousness. If I try to work myself toward goodness, I am essentially saying I don't need to be redeemed by God. I am my own redeemer. Any person, good or bad in our eyes, who says that is in violation of a fundamental principle of God's revelation, which is that redemption is the first step.""

Ravi Zacharias passed away in May 2020. Multiple sources have accused Zacharias of serious sexual misconduct. In February 2021, Miller & Martin, the law firm hired by Ravi Zacharias International Ministries to look into these allegations, confirmed their veracity.

Maybe you have read about other Christian leaders who have regrettably become unfaithful to the Lord. We may wonder whether what they have preached is in line with the Christian faith. 

My personal belief is that what they preached will prove itself to be biblical. They were used by God to deliver His message, like in the case of Solomon, who is regarded as the author of Book of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Song of Songs. Solomon was unfaithful at the end of his life (1 Kings 11:4-11).

Jesus Christ didn't come into this world to make bad people good," he said. "He came into this world to make dead people live. He came so that those who are dead to God can come alive to God."

Jesus is the bread of life, the only way to God.

Psalm 71 ISV

23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praise to you,

    whose life you have redeemed.

""Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.  

We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.”" (John 6:68-69). Lord Jesus, the Holy One of God, Your name be glorified. Amen.

3 February 2018"

May you be blessed with God's Word.

Maraming salamat.