The Bread of Life
Renewing Your Mind
Ligonier Ministries
4.8 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 9 November 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
The manna from heaven sustained Israel in their wilderness wanderings. Christ, the true bread from heaven, feeds souls dead in sin with everlasting life. Today, R.C. Sproul examines Jesus’ self-description as “the bread of life.”
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Meet Today’s Teacher:
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was known for his ability to winsomely and clearly communicate deep, practical truths from God’s Word. He was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.
Meet the Host:
Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of ministry engagement for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, host of the Ask Ligonier podcast, and a graduate of Presbyterian Theological College in Melbourne, Australia. Nathan joined Ligonier in 2012 and lives in Central Florida with his wife and four children.
Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts
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| 0:00.0 | I am the bread of life. Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness and they are dead. |
| 0:06.1 | That is, the manna in the wilderness sustained them from day to day or from week to week, but eventually they die. |
| 0:14.2 | This bread is different. I am the living bread. |
| 0:24.3 | In the Gospel of John, Jesus uses several metaphors to describe himself, including the bread |
| 0:30.0 | of life, the light of the world, and the good shepherd. |
| 0:33.6 | What do they teach us about Jesus? |
| 0:36.2 | Welcome to the Saturday edition of Renewing Your Mind, |
| 0:39.3 | and over the next few weeks, |
| 0:41.1 | R.C. Spro will walk us through several of these I Am sayings of Jesus from John's Gospel. |
| 0:46.9 | These messages are from Dr. Sprole's Knowing Christ series, |
| 0:51.0 | and we'll send you this series on DVD, |
| 0:53.4 | along with digital access to the messages |
| 0:55.5 | and study guide, plus his title, Who is Jesus, when you give a donation of any amount |
| 1:01.4 | at renewingyourmind.org to help fuel the reach of renewing your mind, an outreach that has |
| 1:07.6 | been listener supported for three decades. Well, here's Dr. Sprole on why Jesus said that he's the bread of life. |
| 1:18.3 | Today we're going to start a brand new series of lectures, |
| 1:23.1 | and we're going to be focusing our attention in this series on the person of Christ. |
| 1:29.9 | We remember back to the occasion where Jesus met with his disciples at Cesarea Philippi, |
| 1:36.1 | and he asked his disciples the question, who do men say that I am? |
| 1:41.1 | And they gave the report of what the scuttlebutt around the countryside was about |
| 1:45.8 | Jesus. Then he turned back to the disciples and said, well, who do you say that I am? And it was on |
| 1:51.2 | that occasion that Peter gave what is called the Great Confession, when he said, thou art the Christ, |
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