Arulvakku

22.04.10 BREAD OF LIFE

No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him, and I will raise him on the last day. It is written in the prophets: 'They shall all be taught by God.' Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."  (Jn 6:44-51)

 

‘They shall all be taught by God’ seems to be a very strong statement made by Jesus. But it is a sure statement. God does not use any human means to teach the people. God enters into the people directly.

The teaching of the Father has only one goal. It leads the people to Jesus. All the scriptures and teachings are pointing to Jesus. Jesus is the  revelation of the Father.  Since people cannot have a direct access to the Father they have to go through Jesus because Jesus has come down from the Father.

Again Jesus speaks about eternal life and this life is a gift given to the people who have faith in Jesus. Jesus affirms that he is the bread of life that sustains the people for eternal life.


So the Father leads people to the son (Jesus) and the son offers eternal life to the believers and this is done through his body which is the bread of life.