Life: Health, Growth, and Fulfillment

John 6:47-51

Luke 12:23 For life is more than food and the body more than clothing.

For life is more than...

Genesis 2:7 Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

There is no life without divine power.

John 1:1-5

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 All things were created through him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5 That light shines in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome it.

John 6:47-51

47 “Truly I tell you, anyone who believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. 50 This is the bread that comes down from heaven so that anyone may eat of it and not die. 51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

John 6:47 “Truly I tell you, anyone who believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 

αιώνιος- aiōnios

indeterminate as to duration

eternal

To be aiōnios (eternal) was to be greater than time and decay itself.

John 6:47 “Truly I tell you, anyone who believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life. 

Truly I tell you, anyone who believes (pistis- who puts his/her loyalty in me) has life that is my life and that is a life outside the bounds of decay.

John 6:48 I am the bread of life. 

I am the bread (the very sustenance) of life.

John 6:51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

John 10:11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

John 12:25 The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

John 15:13 No one has greater love than this: to lay down his life for his friends.

• Life is found on the Vine (John 15:1-17)

• Life is Light: Purpose & Direction (John 8:12-20)

• Life is Finding Sustenance in Christ: Bread & Water (John 6:35-40, 47-51, John 4:13-15, 7:37-39)