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The Bread that Satisfies, July 22
I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat
of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is
my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.... For my flesh is
meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
John 6:51-55
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The words, “Give us this day our daily bread,” refer not only to tem-
poral food but to the spiritual food which brings everlasting life to the
receiver. When we believe and receive Christ’s word, we eat His flesh and
drink His blood....
As by eating temporal food the physical system becomes strong, so
by eating the flesh and drinking the blood of the Son of God, the spiritual
nature is strengthened. God’s Word is spirit and life to all who appropriate
it. He who partakes of Christ’s flesh and blood is a partaker of the divine
nature.... A vital, life-giving current flows from his Saviour to him.
No one can eat this flesh and drink this blood for another. Each
must come to Christ with his own soul hunger, each must have his own
convictions, feel his own soul’s need, and learn of Christ for himself.
Filled with the Bread of Life, we cannot hunger for earthly attractions,
worldly excitements, and earthly grandeur. Our religious experience will
be of the same order as the food upon which we feed.
The food we eat at one meal does not satisfy us forever. We must daily
partake of food. So we must daily eat the Word of God that the life of the
soul may be renewed. In those who feed constantly upon the Word, Christ
is formed, the hope of glory. A neglect to read and study the Bible brings
spiritual starvation....
Christ is our life. The soul in whom He abides will meet the re-
quirements of His principles, in thorough devotion and consecration to
God. Christ’s personal contact with the soul builds it up, supplying its
ever-recurring wants. He is made unto us wisdom and righteousness and
sanctification and redemption. He is our sufficiency....
He is the lifeblood of the soul. If He abides with us, we may say, “I
live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me.”
Galatians 2:20
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