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Devotional - 24th Nov 2021

 'I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me'
(John 6:57).

Jesus is the living bread from heaven. All who believe in Him, that He was sent by God, can have eternal life. Just as how we have to eat the physical food for it to do good to our bodies; belief in Christ is something we take inside of us - spiritual faith; that will lead us to have eternal life. Therefore, Christ declared himself as the "Bread of Life." When we feed on Him it will do good to our spiritual life. Christ said that, he lives or dwells because of the living Father who sent Him. Indeed It was the Father who sent Him to be the propitiation for our sins. Here we see Christ speaking of a loving relationship between Him and the Father, and implying that's the relationship He wants to have with us. When we abide in Christ, He will abide in us and that abiding relationship will lead us to eternal life. As we feed on Christ, that is, taking Him into our lives, we become complete unto perfection. When Christ spoke of "feeding on Him," many Jews chose to walk away. They murmured against Him, that He asked them to eat of his flesh. Of course, they misunderstood what this meant. Jesus was simply pointing to Himself as a foreshadow of His own crucifixion. If they feed on Him they would live. They missed the true meaning of what Jesus was offering them - life eternal in Him. The Jews became blinded because they didn't accept Christ as the Messiah, resulting in great consequences to them. Let us accept Christ as the Bread of Life, and feast on Him daily; to believe that the Father had sent Him, and that He seeks a loving relationship with us, as He has with the Father. Let us enjoy our relationship with Christ, and eat of him by faith. Make Him our spiritual food on which we live and breathe, that our spiritual life be preseved. He lives and because of Him, we live and can face uncertainty days, and having the opportunity to spend eternity with Him. Chose Christ, feed on him and live.

Have a wonderful day

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