The Raymer enterprise., 1921-04-07

| the bread Of lie
sent down from heaven. Jesus CHRIST.
I. The Fact Dsclared-T am the
bread Of life."
!. Christ Is TO the soul what bread
is to the body. yea even more. de
not only sustains life but Is the au'
thor Of II. He differs from our daily
bread since He gives life. rE..
The bread Of life is q person. Now,
as when Christ was here. men have
the erroneous notion that The bread Of
life Is merely a better kind Of phys
ical bread. The woman Of Samaria
thought the Giving water" Of which
Christ spoke to be liquid Of fresh.
er and finer quality than that drawn
from Jacobs well. So many today,
even preachers. suppose that scientific
education. ethical culture, social bet
terment. civic Righteousness and. In.
ternatlonal good will Is what Christ
meant by bread Of life.
The gospel centers In the person.
Jesus Christ. That teaching that dJes
not recognize Jesus Christ as God
manifest In the flesh, and dying on
the cross to make atonement for sin,
Is not the gospel Of Christ but "anoth.
er gospel" upon the preachers Of
which rests Gods curse.-Galatians
1859. However. when the true Cos
pei Is accepted. improved physical
conditions follow. When God and
bis righteousness are made first, ma.
terial blessings invariably follow.
(Aatthew 8 :33.)
2. He Is the appointed food Of mans
soul. No other food satisfies mans
soul. The world today falls to recog.
nixe this; 1t is hungry for something,
II knows not what. In its blindness
and ignorance 1t Is grasping after the
emptiness Of human philosophy and
the worlds sensuous pleasures.
8. Man must have Christ or die In
his sins. II said therefore unto you.
that ye shall die in your sins; for II
ye believe not that I am he, ye shall
die In your sins. John 8:24. The
things Of sense and time may satisfy
for the moment. but In the hour Of
crisis when human help does not avail
and sensuous pleasures do not satisfy.
only Christ can meet his need. Man
needs the saving power Of Christ's
blood to relieve him from the guilt Of
sin: he needs the cleansing blood Of
Christ daily to remove the effects Of
sin; he needs Christ as the power In
his life to relieve him from the do
minion Of sin; and Christ as his High
Priest to make intercession for him
before God.
u. How His Bread 10 Obtained.
/. Man must come to Christ. Christ
says. Come unto Me all ye that labor
and are heavy laden and will give
you rest" Many souls are weary Of
their life Of sin, and Christ with ear.
nest pleading is inviting them to come
to Him.
2. Man must believe on Him. "As
many as received him. to them gave
he power to become the sons Of God"
John 1 :12. The obtaining of this
bread. Jesus Christ, does not depend
upon personal merit or ability to pur-
chase: the only thing required Is to
come and tnke. How gracious and
good God Is to place before needy
men this bread of life. and how pa.
tiently and persistently He urges
them to receive Christ.
III. The Blessed Issue Of Takino
This Bread.
/. He shall never hunger. The one
who takes Jesus Christ as the source
and sustainer Of his life never feels
an emptiness or q deficiency; Christ
absolutely satisfies. The one who eats
physical bread hungers again; not 20
with the one who partakes Of the
bread from heaven.
2. Shall never thirst. We drink
and thirst again. but he that comes
to Christ never thirsts because he
has a fountain within from which
flows rivers Of living water.-John
4:l4. Ye dying sons Of men. empty
and longing. come to Christ. feed upon
Him and live foreverl