Jesus, the Bread of Life (Exodus 16)

Sermon Summary

Pastor David Yan

30 March 2025

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Food is promised. The Lord would rain bread from heaven. When things are desperate where do you look? Look to God through Jesus. Take hold of God’s promises. Be prayerful. Look upwards.

Bread is provided. God keeps his promises. In an extraordinary way he provided food for the Israelites. There was a substance left on the ground. It was like coriander seed and tasted like honey. It was called manna.

The people gathered manna for six days but rested on the Sabbath. Six days of work; one day of rest. That is God’s rule. God has given the Sabbath day as the day of rest. After the extraordinary provision of manna Israel was required to rest. God has done an extraordinary work through Jesus. Now is the time to rest. Rest-time is reflection-time.

Bread is eaten. How sweet the manna was. It tasted like honey. Its sweetness shows the compassion of the Lord. Israel survived forty years eating palatable food.

The bread ceases. The day the Israelites reached the promised land the manna ceased to fall. Hereafter Israel must work the land and produce food. The extraordinary food-supply ceases and the ordinary supply begins. Do not expect the extraordinary from God when he expects the ordinary from you.

Note the bread in relation to Jesus Christ (John 6:22-40). Jesus is the bread of life. He once taught that the Old Testament speaks of him. The manna of the Old Testament is Jesus of the New Testament.

The heavenly bread is relevant to you. Do you have spiritual hunger? Jesus has come from heaven to feed the hungry. Have you fed on Jesus, the bread of life? Feed on him and you shall never hunger but have everlasting life. Taste and see that Jesus is good