Sermon : The Bread Of Life

Towns notes that at least four times during His message, the people have shown that they do not believe what Jesus is saying. He must get them back on course by using the statement “truly, truly” which is a term used when resistance is being met. Christ’s sustenance is not to be doubted. The deity of Jesus is being revealed through these statements. He is the bread of everlasting life, satisfying life, resurrection life, and indwelling life.

He does not give physical food but He says “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me

3. The Table of Showbread holds 12 loaves of bread that represent the 12 tribes of Israel. At the last Supper with His disciples, Jesus describes Himself as the Bread of Life (Matthew

There are three stories from Jesus' Galilean ministry that stick out to me. The stories that stick out to me are, The Sermon on the Mount, the story of the Pharisees trying to trick Christ, and the third is the story of when Jesus fed 5,000 people! All these stories show the power of God and the transparent teachings of Christ.

But what were they really pursuing? Jesus uses the groaning of their bellies to fill their hearts and spirits with the Bread of Life. What do we work for? As followers of Jesus, are we filling bellies or filling heaven? Each time we walk away from the Lord’s Table wanting more, having received only a foretaste of the feast to come. As social creatures, we are drawn into the fellowship that gathers around the Bread of Life and we leave hungry for more. As followers of Christ, we work for the food that endures to eternal life. Not as consumers since it is already ours, but as agents of impact giving the Bread of Life away to any still hungry soul seeking more than the ‘Hardtack’ the world

"God has revealed so much to me in these 3 days. So many great points I jotted down from sermons and messages and even songs that touched my heart. The sermons opened my heart. God has been seeking me my whole life, but daily things distracted me. But I've learned that no job or duty is more important than serving God."

Once during a passionate sermon at church, my pastor had made a vivid statement about incorporation of sin in law. Pastor Smith stated, “the world has developed loopholes to maintain its dignity by incorporating sin into the law, and as long as we are operating under the law, our actions are perceived as being justified”(Smith). Reflecting on his theory has brought me to the realization that the United Stated has established a profitable industry, governed by the creation and the manipulation of laws. Although, it’s ideal to believe that the standards of laws were truly orchestrated with the foundation of equality, justice, and freedom. It is imperative to be informed of historical events that has transpired through the history of the black race each operating under the ordinance of law. Beginning with the development of slavery, to the alarming rate of black men behind bars. I am compelled to present the clause of injustice that has labeled the United States as the home of 25% of the world 's prisoners ().

Go on record with the Lord by writing a prayer based on the principles taught in this chapter.

Gwendolyn Brooks' "The Preacher Ruminates: Behind the Sermon" gives an eerie look into a minister's mind. Indeed the poem's premise is made clear from the opening line: "It must be lonely to be God" (1). The poem proceeds to note that while God is a much-revered and respected figure, he has no equal. The preacher's revelation provides the reader a unique perspective into religion. Brooks points out due to God's position of omniscience, it is not possible for a figure like Him to have friends. Throughout Brooks' poem, the preacher implores the reader for answers to his questions, finally concluding that to be God is indeed a lonely life and

The Sermon on the Mount is a sermon given by Jesus Christ found in the book of Matthew in the Holy Bible. The beginning of this sermon includes a list of blessings called the Beatitudes. Jesus uses these to explain God’s favor towards those who are striving for righteousness. For those who had come to believe and follow Jesus as the son of God, every word that he spoke in the Sermon on the Mount was intended as words of encouragement for Jesus’s disciples and were taken as such. For those who were skeptical, the crowd, that Jesus was truly the son of God, Jesus’s words took on a totally different meaning. The Beatitudes, simple words that promote the humility of man, were explicit words of encouragement for Jesus’s disciples. Yet at the same time, to the crowd listening, the Beatitudes were an implicit invitation to become men of God by believing that this man is God in the flesh, God in spirit, God almighty, God omniscient, God omnipresent, and God omnipotent.

The sermon at the mount is a collection of teachings and sayings that Jesus preaches to people at Galilee. It takes place after Jesus had been baptized by John the Baptist. This is the longest teaching by Jesus in a single preaching. It is found in the New Testament in the book of Matthew. It transverses chapter five to seven of the Gospel of Matthew. The main theme of sermon of the mountain is how people should relate with other people and God. The sermon is preached at a mountain when Jesus saw the crowd and his disciples’ were following him, he sat at a level ground on the mountain and started to preach. The Preaching’s can be divided it four major parts; The Beatitudes, Lord’s Prayer and parables.

John the Baptist tells the people to prepare the way of the Lord by receiving baptism and repenting their sins. This is occurring because Jesus is about to begin his public ministry. These people are seeking a different path not to any earthly location but instead to the afterlife in God’s heavenly kingdom.

I have served Jesus though repairing bikes for the poor. It helped me understand the importance of transportation in people's lives. Sometimes a person's only way of getting to vital destinations such as the doctor, the grocery store, school, their job, or home is by bike, because they do not have enough money to afford a car. By repairing their bikes, am helping them quickly get to any necessary destination.

The point of this assignment is to discuss the passage chosen, as well as information regarding the historical/cultural background of the passage and applying it to my life as a human being. It is also important that I apply this information on the passage to the Christian life or church ministry. The passage I have chosen for this assignment is from Matthew chapters 5-7 and is labeled “The Sermon on the Mount”. The Sermon on the Mount is the longest and most prominent of the five discourses of Jesus in Matthew. The whole point of the Sermon on the Mount was to show people who converted to Christianity how to live. It is to show how Christians should live in their actions, words, thoughts, and others ways of life. With that being said, this way of life was preached by Jesus Christ as he “went up on the mountain” to deliver his powerful message. The information for this passage is in, of course, the bible and our textbook “Encountering the New Testament”, as well as many other resources on the web that are related to the bible and passage.

The sermon on the mount shows us Jesus 's ethical teachings on how a person should live his or life, the distinction from the law, and this has a reaction from the society. Jesus ' Sermon on the mount has had a huge impact on the Christian religion and somewhat shaped the religion in a sense. It has been a reference point for Christian ideals on the right way to live your life. It was a well constructed, alluring sermon that must have captivated the minds of the people.