Theory question 106
Teachings of Jesus about Himself(a) Explain Jesus' teaching about himself as the living water and bread of life
(b) Mention three ways in which man is denied of the bread of life today.
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(a) Living water: at Jacob's well Jesus told the Samaritan woman that if she knew who He was she would ask and He would give her living water (John 4:10).
Whoever drinks the water He gives will never thirst; it becomes a spring welling up to eternal life (John 4:13-14).
At the feast He cried, "If any one thirst, let him come to me and drink"; this was the Spirit believers would receive (John 7:37-39).
Bread of life: after feeding the five thousand He said not to labour for food that perishes but for food that endures to eternal life (John 6:27).
Not Moses but His Father gives the true bread from heaven (John 6:32-33).
"I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst" (John 6:35).
Whoever eats this bread will live for ever; the bread is His flesh given for the life of the world (John 6:51).
(b) Any three: preoccupation with material things; unbelief and rejection of the gospel; false teachers; persecution of Christians; lack of preachers or Bibles in some places; sin and pleasures; laziness about prayer and Bible study.
Explain John 4, 6 and 7:37-39, then three ways.