Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-03-10


the world today is that of hungry
hearted men. The question is, are We
uHlin. to give them the loaves of
cumfurtr
/. Bread Which Perisheth wv. -
-. IF you think you will always
get The luaycS and fishes simply be
cause YOU have followed the Lord, you
have handed yourself "a Goldbrick. ~
pr. Griffin Bull. Most of rs will go
further for victualS than we will for
vision. When the people found Jesus
". 2j) they rather reprimanded him
for leaving them. when the fact of the
matter was that he was not beholden
to them in any sense whatsoever. IL
/ looks very well for these people to be
seeking Jesus" but they were seek
ing the wrong thing ". 26). II was
not really Jesus himself they wanted,
hut the loaves and the fishes. II was
not the sign" as indicating his divine
character that drew them. but simply
the wonder as indicated by the fact
that they expected constant supply
of bread. nor did they see In that
bread the sign but only the bread.
Salvation is the free gift of God
commands the exercise of will. This
is the work of God that We believe on
him whom he hath sent" ". 29). This
iS not inconsistent with | Cor. II 3,
|. e., "No man can say that Jesus is the
Lord but by the Holy Ghost" Like
the two blades of pair of shears, the
executive act of my will in believing
on Jesus is met by the regenerating en-
crgy of Gods spirit making Inc son
of his.
The Jews demanded a sign as con
ditiOn of believing on him. when he,
himself, was the greatest of all signs
: ". 36) They sought to enforce their
demands by reference to Moses and
The mamma. but Jesus showed them
that the mamma WIS IA type of 1.-THE
/ Urue) bread of God" The character
/ isticS of this bread are: % 1t comes
down from heaven; (2) 1t giveth life
unto the world. Jesus hearers did not
understand what he meant. and eX-
claimed: 'Eyermore give us this
bread" Jesus was trying Ia impress
upon his hearers the same diligence in
heavenly matters as in the pursuit of
earthly meals.
III. The Everlasting Bread wv. 3d.
30. misunderstanding his teaching
". 80 Jesus said unto them plainly:
Il am the bread of life" meaning that
he is the true bread of God. He is
not only the giver of the bread of life,
but he. himself, is the Bread of Life.
As bread will satisfy the needs of the
physical body, giving strength. vital
ity and energy. 50 he will supply the
needs Of the soul. He will satisfy the
deep hunger and longing which is the
evidence of need, and he will also sat
iSfy the thirst which is the more in
/ tense desire-the spiritual craving of
the soul. Jesus ministers 10 the never
failing strength of all who come TO
/ him, and who believe on him. Coming
To him is seeking help and blessing
/ from him. Believing on him is the alb
| sOlute abandonment of self to him.
/ This multitude had actually seen the
living bread ". 36), yet they believed
/ not because they were so occupied
( with the material and unreal things of
/ this world.
Today we find men so taken up with
the material and unreal that they
] th.Af "a "a fn hn
/ true bread which has been sent down
/ from God out of heaven. Not all will
come to him (JOhn ) :24), but anyone
can prove that he belongs To the elect
of God and the company of the Father
by coming To Jesus ". 30. If any
man does come, he will be received.
These words of Jesus are very posi-
tive, II will in no wise cast him out"
This throws the burden of responsible
ity upon the individual to know
whether or not he is one who belongs
Ia the elect. whether or not he has
Sinncd away the day of grace. whether
or not God will receive him and accept
! him in Jesus, the Beloved, whether or
not he has committed the unpardOna-
| BILE sin. Millions upon millions who
have come To Jesus have found abSO-
lutrly sure word TO be true, II will not
east you out" He has never cast out
IA single one who came 10 him.
Verse IS shows us the complete
abandonment of Jesus TO the will Of
the Father Then he tells us what
the will Of the Father is ". 39), that
"of all that which he hath given me
should lose nothing but should raise
it up AT the last day" Thus those
who prove him can never be lost Uohn
! 10 :2S-29; Col. 3 81; | Pet. I 3; Jude
! |: Tim. :12). II is the will of God
that everyone that behOldeth the Son
and believeth on him should have ever
| lasting life Such is the Fathers will.
and Jesus adds: II will raise him up
NJ the last day" ". 39).