Eat the food that does not perish [Bible Study 9]

 The content of today’s article is a summary of the sermon of Pastor Paul C. Jong, a servant of God. If you would like to hear the sermon of Pastor Paul C. Jong, please visit the website of The New Life Mission, where you can download many sermon books translated into various languages for free.

What is the imperishable food that God speaks of? Eating the imperishable food means believing in the One whom the Father has sent.

[John 6:32-35]
“Then Jesus said to them, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, Moses did not give 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.’ Then they said to Him, ‘Lord, give us this bread always.’ And Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.’”

John 6 records the miracle of the five loaves and two fish, where Jesus blessed five barley loaves and two fish, and after many people ate until they were full, there were still twelve baskets left over.

So many people followed Jesus. Jesus said to them, “You follow me because you are full, but you must eat the food that does not rot.”

[John 6:26-27]
“Jesus answered them and said, ‘Most assuredly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.’”

Then what is the imperishable food that God speaks of?
Eating the imperishable food means believing in the One whom the Father has sent.

[John 6:29]
“Jesus answered and said, ‘This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.’”

In other words, the bread that God the Father is giving now is not the manna, the bread that Moses gave during the wilderness period, but Jesus Christ. God the Father sent His Son as the bread of life.

That Jesus Christ was sent to this world as a lamb for all sinners who were destined for hell because of sin. And when He turned 30, He was baptized by John the Baptist, who was the representative of mankind and the last high priest, through which all the sins of the world were transferred to Jesus and He removed all the sins of the world. 

And because ‘the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23)’, Jesus took away all the sins of this world through baptism and went to the Cross, was judged in our place, and saved us eternally from sin. And He rose again after three days and gave us eternal new life.

The imperishable bread of life.

This is the imperishable bread of life. Believing in Jesus' baptism and blood, which took away all the sins of us sinners, is eating His flesh and blood, and believing in this is what we must do.

Before I met the Lord by believing only in the blood of the Cross, there was sin in my heart. 

So even when I cried and prayed for repentance, fasted in prayer, and spent all my time serving, sin still remained in my heart.

Therefore, my heart was always empty and hollow, and I was sad in pain and unsatisfied with anything. 

However, now, I have become one who has eaten the bread of life by believing in the water (baptism), blood, and Holy Spirit that Jesus took away all my past, present, and future sins.

Now I am no longer spiritually thirsty or hungry, and regardless of my shortcomings, I live as a righteous person, not a sinner, through the bread of life.

Those who have received salvation by eating the bread of life look to the Lord and pray when faced with difficulties, entrust their troubles to Him, and live a life that pleases Him by following the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

[Matthew 5:6]
"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled."

Now, instead of perishable food, I eat daily bread by doing God's work every day through believing in Him whom He has sent.

What about you?

Have you become free from sin by eating the bread of life through believing in Him whom God has sent, in other words, by believing in Jesus' baptism and blood?
I encourage you to obtain the sermon book 'Have you truly been Born Again of Water and the Spirit?' by Pastor Paul C. Jong of The New Life Mission. 

On The New Life Mission website, numerous sermon books by Pastor Paul C. Jong, a servant of God, have been translated into various languages and are available for free download. Please eat the imperishable food, the bread of life, with a heart of seeking.




HAVE YOU TRULY BEEN BORN AGAIN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT?
English 1



ÊTES-VOUS VRAIMENT NÉ DE NOUVEAU D’EAU ET D’ESPRIT ?
French 1



¿VERDADERAMENTE HAS NACIDO DE NUEVO POR AGUA Y EL ESPÍRITU?
Spanish 1


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