I Am the Bread of Life

Rev. Jason Kaspar, pastor at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in La Grange, TX, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study John 6:34-40. When the crowd in the Capernaum synagogue ask Jesus for the bread He has described, He tells them in no uncertain terms, “I am the bread of life.” Through His “I am” statements, Jesus recalls the divine name first given to Moses. As the bread of life, Jesus is the One who satisfies our every lack, not only in this life, but also in the resurrection. He will not cast out those given to Him by the Father; He will not lose those who belong to Him. Instead, He will raise His people on the Last Day. This is the will of the Father that Jesus accomplishes, and it is a great comfort to us to know that He will give us the fullness of life in the resurrection of the dead on the Last Day. “The Word Made Flesh” is a series on Sharper Iron that goes through the Gospel according to St. John. The disciple whom Jesus loved wrote his Gospel account as an eyewitness to Jesus’ life and ministry. As we read the Word of God recorded by St. John, the Holy Spirit works in us so that we might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and so have life by faith in His name.