Joan Boney
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John, Chapter 6
Jesus says ... I AM the bread of life: he that cometh to ME shall never hunger; and he that believeth on ME shall never thirst. John 6:35
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Believing on Jesus, is believing "THE WORD"...
THE WORD is life ...
John 6:28-29 ... Then said they unto HIM, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on HIM whom HE (GOD) hath sent.
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The Word comes to us today by The Holy Spirit bringing The Word to our minds ... By God putting THE Word directly into our hearts ... By preaching of the Word ... By the Bible ... through godly exhortations.
When we "believe" that Word spoken by God, we are changed after believing. God gives us HIS Spirit, the Holy Spirit to dwell in us. We are then a "new creature".
II Cor. 5:17 ... Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
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Jesus Christ has taken away our sins when we believe on Him, on THE WORD.
Jesus, THE WORD, is the "bread of life."
John 6 ... Jesus says ...
33 For the bread of God is HE (THE WORD) which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
... 35 And Jesus said unto them, I (THE WORD) am the bread of life: he that cometh to ME shall never hunger; and he that believeth on ME shall never thirst.
... 41-42 The Jews then murmured at HIM, because HE said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that HE saith, I came down from heaven?
... 47-48 Verily, verily, I (Jesus, THE WORD) say unto you, He that believeth on ME hath everlasting life. I (THE WORD) am that bread of life.
... 51 I (THE WORD) 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.
... 53-55 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink HIS blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth MY flesh, and drinketh MY blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
56 He that eateth MY flesh, and drinketh MY blood, dwelleth in ME, and I in him.
57-58 As the LIVING Father hath sent ME, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth ME, even he shall live by ME. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
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We eat Jesus' flesh and drink Jesus' blood as we partake of THE WORD OF GOD.
The Word of God is the Lord's supper.
I Cor. 11:23-32 ... For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which HE was betrayed took bread: And when HE had given thanks, HE brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is MY body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of ME. After the same manner also HE took the cup, when HE had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in MY blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of ME. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till HE come.
Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord (THE WORD), unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. (Examining himself by the Word of God.)
For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
For if we would judge ourselves (by the Word of God), we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world.
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The Lord's supper (the communion) is not crackers and grape juice as many church groups today think.
The Lord's supper is partaking of THE WORD OF GOD. It is the Word of God that changes us and nourishes us and guides us as we live on this present earth. The WORD of God is the Son of God, Jesus Christ. Communion with God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit has to do with our partaking of the Word of God and doing as instructed by the Word, making ourselves one with THE WORD.
John 1:1-4 ... In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by HIM; and without HIM was not any thing made that was made. In HIM was life; and the life was the light of men.
... 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld HIS glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
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