St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-12-06
CHRIST THE BREAD.
Discourse on One of the Six Striking
Claims of Jesus.
Figures of Speech Which He Csed in
Speaking of Himseli-SermOn
BY the "HiEhway and By
way Preacher.
copyright. 1902, by A. n Kellogg News
paper Col

Bread he shall live forever: ard the Bread
that will give is My flesh, which will give
for the life of the world john 6:5l.
interchangeable Gospel as re-
corded by John is the deepest and
most profound of all the four Cos
pels. Under the inspiration OF the
Holy Spirit he wrote, that we might
believe that Jesus is the Christ, the
Son of God; and that, believing, We
might have life through His name.
Matthew presents the Christ in HIS
kingly aspect, giving His genealogy
from Abraham, the father of the
Jewish nation, down through the
royal line of King David, and
telling of the heavenly mani
festation of the star in the
east, the visit of the wise men,
their gifts and their homage, all be-
fitting the advent of king. Mark
plunges into the life of Christ at the
point where He begins His active
ministry, and holds Him up as the
servant, the key text of the book be-
ing found in it's closing verse: line
Lord working" Luke traces the an
cestry of Christ back to Adam ana
Identifies Him from the very Begin
ming of his Gospel with mankind.
He unfolds the human side OF
Christ's life, revealing Him as the
Son of man. the perfect man.
Bit John reverent1y and faithfully
starts his story ain the beginning
with God" introduces the reader TO
the Christ as coexistent with GOD,
and records such acts and words or
His as reveal Him as the Son OF COO.
For this reason we find in johns
Gospel some most startling, but SIM
pie, declarations of Christ in regard
to Himself. and which are to be
found in none of the other Gospels.
There are six of these declarations
to which we wish to call your atten-
ton. and which, as we have sad,
are to be found in none of the other
three Gospels.
1t is to these six declarations of
Christ we wish to direct your atten-
ton. and the Lord willing, and with
His help. we will endeavor to unfold
in series of six sermons, each com
plete in itself, the marvellous and
blessed truth which they contain
May the Lord, by His Holy Spirit
enable us as speaker and hearers to
SO speak and so hear that we shall
come to know Christ as never before.
as 'the Living Bread of God" as "the
Light of the world" as the only
NDoor" into the fold of God, as the
Good Shepherd" as ''the Way, and
the Truth, and the Life" and as "the
True Vine" To-day we are to speak
of Christ as the Giving Bread"
Text setting.-The words of our
text were spoken by Jesus during a
discourse called forth by the feeding
of the 5000 and the subsequent desire
and purpose of the multitude to make
Jesus their king. The disciples are
troubled. for it is desert place and
the 5000 men. besides women and chill
dren, are tired and hungry. In their
eagerness in finding Jesus they have
recklessB disregarded every physical
need. Oh, that to-day we might be as
eager to find Jesus! The difficulties
which the human reason can offer
against the wisdom of such eager
search wou.u quickly disappear before
the certain blessing and feeding at the
hands of the Lord. The great company
nf neoDle is fed, he fragments are care
fully gathered and the disciples sent
away across the lake in their ship
while Jesus withdraws Himself to Sc
cluded spot. for He perceives that. al
though the stomachs of the people have
hean filled, their hearts have not been
touched. and they would make Hin
their king for the sake of mater1a
blessings. During the night Jesus
Joins His disciples. walking to then
anon the sea. and teaching Peter anc
the rest of the disciples that great les
<on Of faith. But before the day has
fairly begun the multitudes come mock
ing back to the city seeking Him. Ihe1
Il IS that He rebukes them by charging
that ,hey seek Him not because the.
heheld the unseen Hand of God mani
tested in the miraculous feeding OF the
mul,itrdes, but because their belize:
were filled with the loaves and fishes
And similar company OF people VIII
tho came material q inns are Hooking II
Christ to-day.
The Type.-The temper OF the Je"
ish multitudes is readily seen in thel
Quick defense, as they suppose o
Moses. Their blind loyalty to the ira
ditions of their fathers and their re
markable national history proven
their perceiving that the prophet l'k
unto Moses. and yet greater ina
Moses. was before them. and that tn
mamma which fed the children OF lsrae
in the wilderness was but type OF III
true Mama which God was to SEN
into the world to feed perlshln'
world. TO paraphrase what the Jew
said to Jesus would be something INK
this: 'You have just fed the grea
multitude in the wilderness by tn
miraculous increase of the loaves an
fishes, but do not forget that GU
fathers did eat mama in the deser'
Moses did not multiply loaves an
fishes. but he gave them bread r1gh
from Heaven, greater mlracls
Therefore, what sign showest 1no'
that we may see and believe? VIVA
dost Thou work." But they made
vital mistake and overlooked an IN
nortant point, to both of which Jesu
at once calls their attention. Iru'
your fathers did eat mama in the WI
derness, but they died, notw1thstane
ING. And Moses did not give them ina
bread from Heaven, but My Fathe
rriveth the True Bread from Heave1
For the Bread of God is He when con
eth down from Heaven, and g1veth III
unto the world. The mama was nc