Topic 话题：耶稣就是神的粮，也就是生命的粮 Jesus is the Bread of God, the Bread of Life
Scripture 经文：耶稣对他们说：我们的祖宗在旷野吃过吗哪，如经上写着说：祂从天上赐下粮来给他们吃（出埃及记 16：4）。耶稣说：我实实在在的告诉你们，那从天上来的粮不是摩西赐给你们的，乃是我父将天上来的真粮赐给你们。因为神的粮就是那从天上降下来、赐生命给世界的。他们说：主阿，常将这粮赐给我们！耶稣说：我就是生命的粮。到我这里来的，必定不饿；信我的，永远不渴。只是我对你们说过，你们已经看见我，还是不信。凡父所赐给我的人必到我这里来；到我这里来的，我总不丢弃他。因为我从天上降下来，不是要按自己的意思行，乃是要按那差我来者的意思行。差我来者的意思就是：祂所赐给我的，叫我一个也不失落，在末日却叫他复活。因为我父的意思是叫一切见子而信的人得永生，并且在末日我要叫他复活; Jesus said to them: Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ (Exodus 16:4) Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.” Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of Him who sent me. And this is the will of Him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those He has given me, but raise them up at the last day. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.” (约翰福音 John 6:31-40)
Sharing 分享: 一位牧师分享：在约翰福音 6:32-33，耶稣多次把神的救恩比作吃主的肉、喝主的血，这个比喻的背景是耶稣是 “从天上降下来生命的粮” ，也就是神在新约时代拯救世人脱离罪恶时, 赐给人类的最终且唯一的救恩源头。我们基督徒领圣餐，路加福音22:19记载了圣餐的意义，就是纪念主耶稣，其核心是耶稣的死，相当于福音核心的呈现。既然我们要守圣餐直到主的再来，那么圣餐的意义也应该包括主的复活再来：（1）吃饼 —— 象征耶稣的身体为我们舍去；（2）喝杯 —— 象征主的宝血为我们流，神借着祂的血与我们立了新约。所以哥林多前书 11:27 提醒我们要省察自己领圣餐是否按着圣餐的意义，带着正确的心态和态度，否则就是违背了圣餐。所以哥林多前书 11:30-32 甚至警告有些人会因神的管教而生病甚至死亡。
牧师接着解释，在旧约时代，神的子民守逾越节时，出埃及记 12:8 说，“要吃用火烤的羊羔的肉，与无酵饼和苦菜同吃。” 他们不但靠着羊羔的血离开埃及，而且他们必须吃羊羔的肉才有能力奔跑前面的路程。所以，我们不仅靠主耶稣的宝血得救，也必须吃主的肉才有能力奔跑天路。他们吃羊羔的肉与无酵饼和苦菜同吃，这是什么意思呢？酵是指罪，无酵是指无罪的生活。这就是说，我们吃主的饼、喝主的杯，就不该再沾染罪，而该成圣，过圣洁的生活。吃苦菜是指，我们该想到主为我们受的苦，在十字架上悲惨的死，也该为自己的罪痛心，为主受苦。
总之，旧约的逾越节是记念神拯救以色列人出埃及。新约的圣餐是记念主耶稣为我们死在十字架上，赐给我们生命的粮来救赎我们。主耶稣用圣餐来代替逾越节，因为逾越节的属灵意义在主耶稣身上应验了。所以，保罗在哥林多前书 5：7 说：“我们逾越节的羔羊基督，已经被杀献祭了。” 当主耶稣被杀作逾越节的羔羊时，祂被钉在十字架上流血洁净了我们的罪。神给祂救恩的使命，就是胜过罪的工价，受死而复活。我们信祂是得救，祂再来时，我们就能复活得永生。所以，保罗在哥林多前书 6:20 说：“因为你们是重价买来的，所以要在你们的身子上荣耀神。” 愿神的怜悯和祝福，使我们认识并顺服耶稣是神的粮，就是生命的粮。信靠祂的人，就能得救，复活得永生。
A pastor shared this: In John 6:32-33, Jesus repeatedly compared God's means of salvation to eating His flesh and drinking His blood. The background of this metaphor is that Jesus is the "Living Bread from Heaven," that is, the final and only source of salvation that God gives to mankind in the New Testament era when He saves the world from sin. We Christians receive the Holy Communion. Luke 22:19 records the meaning of the Holy Communion, which is to commemorate the Lord Jesus. Its core is Jesus' death, which is equivalent to the presentation of the core of the gospel. Since we must observe the Holy Communion until the Lord's return, the meaning of the Holy Communion should also include the Lord's resurrection and return: (1) Eating the bread - symbolizes that Jesus' body was broken for us; (2) Drinking the cup - symbolizes that the Lord's precious blood was shed for us, and that God has established a new covenant with us through His blood. Therefore, 1 Corinthians 11:27 reminds us to examine whether we receive the Holy Communion according to the meaning of the Holy Communion and with the right mentality and attitude, otherwise we will violate the Holy Communion. Therefore, 1 Corinthians 11:30-32 even warns that some people will become sick or even die due to God's discipline.
The pastor then explained that in the Old Testament era, when God's people kept the Passover in Exodus 12:8, "they would eat the flesh of the lamb roasted with fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs." Not only did they leave Egypt by the blood of the lamb, but they also had to eat the flesh of the lamb to have the strength to run the journey ahead. Therefore, we are not only saved by the precious blood of the Lord Jesus, but we also have to eat the flesh of the Lord to have the strength to run the heavenly road. They ate the flesh of the lamb with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. What does this mean? Leaven refers to sin, and unleavened bread refers to a sinless life. This means that when we eat the Lord's bread and drink the Lord's cup, we should not be stained with sin again, but should be sanctified and have a holy life. Eating with bitter herbs means that we should think of the suffering the Lord suffered for us and his tragic death on the cross, and we should also grieve for our own sins and suffer for the Lord.
In short, the Passover in the Old Testament commemorates God's salvation of the Israelites from Egypt. The Holy Communion in the New Testament commemorates the Lord Jesus' death on the cross for us, giving us the bread of life to redeem us. The Lord Jesus used the Holy Communion to replace the Passover feast, because the spiritual meaning of the Passover was fulfilled in the Lord Jesus. Therefore, Paul said in 1 Corinthians 5:7: "Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed." When the Lord Jesus was killed as the lamb for the Passover, he was nailed to the cross and shed blood to cleanse our sins. God gave Him the mission of salvation to overcome the wages of sin and die and resurrect. We believe in Him for salvation, and we will be resurrected to eternal life when He comes again. Therefore, Paul said in 1 Corinthians 6:20: "For you are bought with a price; therefore, glorify God in your body." May God's mercy and blessing enable us to know and obey that Jesus is the Bread of God, that is, the Bread of Life. Those who trust in Him will be saved and resurrected to eternal life.
(014) Whisper Web transfers this sharing from Dr. John King 张皇卿博士 on “今日灵粮 Spiritual FOOD TODAY” at 分享自脸书网站：www.facebook.com/johnking9999 和 and 维克斯网站：johnking9999.wixsite.com/website Edmonton, AB, Canada Friday 09. 27. 2024.
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