Bread Of Life | John 6:25-59 | June 28th, 2026

A full stomach is easy to recognize. A hungry soul is harder to name, and even harder to satisfy. We open John 6 with Jesus’ famous claim, “I am the bread of life,” and we follow the story behind it: the feeding of the five thousand, the crowd’s obsession with the sign, and the quiet warning that you can chase miracles while still missing the meaning.

We wrestle with the question the crowd asks and we still ask today: “What must we do?” Jesus answers with gospel simplicity and clarity, calling belief the work God requires. From there we examine the subtle ways we try to improve the message: adding extra requirements that create guilt and judgment, or adding extra benefits as if Jesus isn’t enough. Along the way, we connect Jesus’ “I am” to God’s name in Exodus and show why that little phrase carries thunder.

Bread runs through the whole Bible, from manna in the wilderness to daily bread in prayer to table fellowship in God’s presence. Jesus gathers all of it into Himself: dependable provision, intimate relationship, and a life that is not only eternal but abundant now. We also face the hard saying about eating His flesh and drinking His blood, and why it points us toward communion and a daily, desperate hunger for Christ rather than shelf-life religion.

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