Song Sheets & Sermon

Love Divine all Loves Excelling 

Verse 1

Love divine, all loves excelling,

Joy of heaven, to earth come down;

fix in us thy humble dwelling,

all thy faithful mercies crown.

Jesus, thou art all compassion,

pure, unbounded love thou art;

visit us with thy salvation,

enter every trembling heart.

  Come, Almighty to deliver,

  let us all thy life receive;

  suddenly return, and never,

  nevermore thy temples leave.

  Thee we would be always blessing,

  serve thee with thy hosts above,

  pray and praise thee without ceasing,

  glory in thy perfect love.

  Finish, then, thy new creation;

  pure and spotless let us be;

  let us see thy great salvation

  perfectly restored in thee:

  changed from glory into glory,

  till in heaven we take our place,

  till we cast our crowns before thee,

  lost in wonder, love, and praise.

O What Fellowship 

Oh what fellowship, what a happy time,

We are friends in Jesus Christ our Lord.

What a blessedness, we’re so full of joy

We are friends in Jesus Christ our Lord

Friendship, friendship, we are friends in Jesus Christ our Lord

Friendship, friendship, we are friends in Jesus Christ our Lord

Oh what fellowship, what a happy time,

We are friends in Jesus Christ our Lord.

What a blessedness, we’re so full of joy

We are friends in Jesus Christ our Lord

Friendship, friendship, we are friends in Jesus Christ our Lord

Friendship, friendship, we are friends in Jesus Christ our Lord

Holy Spirit, Living Breath of God 

Holy Spirit living Breath of God

Breathe new life into my willing soul

Let the presence of the risen Lord

Come renew my heart and make me whole

Cause Your word to come alive in me

Give me faith for what I cannot see

Give me passion for Your purity

Holy Spirit breathe new life in me

Holy Spirit come abide within

May Your joy be seen in all I do

Love enough to cover ev'ry sin

In each thought and deed and attitude

Kindness to the greatest and the least

Gentleness that sows the path of peace

Turn my strivings into works of grace

Breath of God show Christ in all I do

Holy Spirit from creation's birth

Giving life to all that God has made

Show Your power once again on earth

Cause Your church to hunger for Your ways

Let the fragrance of our pray'rs arise

Lead us on the road of sacrifice

That in unity the face of Christ

May be clear for all the world to see

 
Benediction (May the Peace of God)

May the peace of God our heav'nly Father

And the grace of Christ the risen Son

And the fellowship of God the Spirit

Keep our hearts and minds within His love

And to Him be praise for His glorious reign

From the depths of earth to the heights of heav'n

We declare the name of the Lamb once slain

Christ eternal the King of kings

May this peace which passes understanding

And this grace which makes us what we are

And this fellowship of His communion

Make us one in spirit and in heart

And to Him be praise for His glorious reign

From the depths of earth to the heights of heav'n

We declare the name of the Lamb once slain

Christ eternal the King of kings

Adam Veenstra

Ebenezer CRC

November 1, 2026

Scripture Reading

SERMON INTRO SLIDE I invite you to turn to page 1902 of the Bibles in front of you. For our message on being together in love we are going to reflect on 1 John 4, and how that love comes from God himself. So you are welcome to follow along, starting at verse 7:

7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. 11 Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

13 We know that we live in him and he in us, because He has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world. 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.

God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. 17 In this way love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because in this world we are like him. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

19 We love because he first loved us. 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” yet hates their brother or sister, they are a liar. For anyone who does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Whoever loves God must also love their brother and sister.

5 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well. 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and carrying out his commands. 3 In fact, this is love for God: to obey his commands.

         Message

         Part One - Context

SLIDE 1 I’ve said before that I think that love is just the most important thing. And I think that love is absolutely foundational for our mission.

Love can be traced all throughout Scripture.

Love is mentioned or referenced 800 times in the Bible; 43 times in the book of 1 John, and 32 times right here in this passage.   

This portion of John’s letter was written to give collective assurance to God’s people of his love for them, and collective encouragement for how they are meant to be together in love.

God loving us is inextricably tied to us loving one another.

SLIDE 2 In the context that John was writing, households were given the father’s identity, which was shared by everyone living under the same roof.

So love of that father would extend to everyone who was a part of that household, and a part of that family: love for the father is inextricably tied to love for his family; loving him means loving them.

SLIDE 3 You see where we’re going with this? Love for the heavenly father is inextricably tied to love for his family; loving God means loving his people.

SLIDE 4 Whoever loves God must also love their brothers and sisters, and the community around them; they must be together in love.

And that is vital for our entire mission.

SLIDE 5 As we mentioned last week, and countless times before that, we’re told in Scripture that the greatest commandment is to love the Lord your God with your heart, soul, mind, and strength.

This would have been familiar to God’s people through the centuries.

SLIDE 6 But during his ministry, Christ takes it that step further, and offers the reminder and encouragement that the second commandment is like it: love your neighbour as yourself.

All the law and the prophets hang on these two commandments; God calling us to be together in love.

Together with him, and together with one another.

SLIDE 7 This is how we know that we are a part of God’s family – we are loving God and following his command to love others.

All of God’s commands are characterized by his love.

SLIDE 8 God is love.

So as his children the same should be said of all of us as well: that whoever loves God also loves their brother and sister as he does.

SLIDE 9 It’s been said that “Since our love has its source in God’s love, his love reaches full expression [on earth] when we love others. There God is seen in those who love.”

Scripture often references joy and love being made complete in how God’s people are unified in Christ.

SLIDE 10 In John 15 Jesus himself says that “My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: that they lay down their life for their friends.”

Christ provided the ultimate demonstration of love. He was the ultimate embodiment of love.

Love is that Christ was sent as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

He laid down his heavenly glory to be with us, and then laid down his earthy life on the cross so that we could be together in love with him and with one another.

SLIDE 11 Christ is the ultimate demonstration and embodiment of love. 

Part Two – Mission/Application

It’s this foundational, all-encompassing love that is meant to be both the source and goal of our mission.

And it requires that in our love for one another, we see one another as being imagebearers of God.  

It requires that we see the best in someone, help get that best out of someone, and promote and work for the best for someone.

That best is the image of God, that each person is fearfully and wonderfully made in.

That best is the reason that we love.

SLIDE 12 In his book The Dangerous Act of Loving Your Neighbour, author and professor Mark Labberton references the story of Cain and Abel, when, after he has killed his brother, Cain famously asks God, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
Labberton comments that this was the moment when “’brother’ becomes a mere label rather than a relationship of love”, so that there was “no longer any reason to be his keeper.”

But God asks the question because the answer is such a vital part of who we are as his children. He give it to us over and over again in Scripture.
We are keepers for one another because of our mission.

SLIDE 13 Thomas Merton is a Catholic monk and writer who once said that “Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody’s business. What we are asked to do is love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbours worthy.”

If we are not together in love, it will be impossible to reach up and reach out.

Because we can’t do either without God first reaching down.

And because God himself is love.

SLIDE 14 When you are loved by someone, by a parent or a spouse or a best friend, there’s confidence in knowing that you’re solid with that person.

That despite conflict or disagreement, despite the mistakes you might make, you’re good.

You’re still together in love.

And then on your worst day, you can know that life can’t be all that bad, because there’s someone out there who feels that way about you.

SLIDE 15 That’s what we are called to be for each other as the Ebenezer family.

That as hard as life can be, you’ve got this group of people who have your back, who will be with you and support you.

That’s why your directory homework is so important!

How many of you have attempted your homework?

How many of you are annoyed with me for giving you that homework?

 Even if you don’t have a directory yet, you can always just look around the room to see who you don’t know…

The point of that homework is not to have everyone’s life story memorized, but to make it abundantly clear that we are truly a church family: make it abundantly clear that we are truly together in love.

We are called to be there for one another, in the way that God has been that for us.

SLIDE 16 In the Hebrew tradition, those families had this intangible bond that went deeper than just being part of the household, because they did their best to be together in love.

God’s ideal for us is bonds of love – of intimacy and authenticity.

SLIDE 17 In Scripture, we can see that right from the beginning, when the first man meets the first woman and declares “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.” They can be naked and bare with one another and feel no shame.

SLIDE 18 Later in 1 Samuel, it says that Jonathan became one in spirit with his friend David, and he loved him as himself, giving him his robe, tunic, sword, bow, and belt as a sign of their covenant bond.

SLIDE 19 As God’s people today, we are still meant to have a commitment that to one another that is a deep family identity, based on the love that we receive from God.

When I first became a part of the Ebenezer family, I was already related to a handful of people.

But there were other random connections that went beyond that, as well, in part from having grown up around here.

Same Rekker used to visit my student house in Kingston when I was in university, because he was the youth champion for Classis Quinte, and he found out that I was a youth leader at First CRC in Kingston. He was already coming to visit my campus pastor, so he’d check in with me, as well.

Jen Koorneef and I used to fight during band practice in high school because she was convinced she was better than me, and I was convinced I was better than her. (We still argue about this, by the way).

And I first met the Hengeveld family when I was 9 years-old because my mom used to babysit for them.

Most CRC pastors don’t have that in their congregations.

And sure, it comes from being a part of a small community.

But to have renewed those bonds with them, and many others, and then deepened those bonds, I think has to come from the Holy Spirit’s intervention.

SLIDE 20 And it does something to a person to have that, which I’m sure many of you have experienced.

It gives you that peace that passes all understanding to know that you could call any of those people when you need them.

Maybe because of history, or maybe because you’re together in love as a family.

Conclusion

There is a reason that we often refer to each other as brothers and sisters in Christ.

Jesus himself referred to his disciples and followers and friends as his brothers – as his family!

It’s an affirmation that regardless of our history and our heritage and our respective bloodlines, we are truly together in love, because we are truly together in Christ.

And we are committed to moving forward in his mission together.

So that’s what we’re going to do: after the service we are going to share a meal together, just like lots of families do on a Sunday afternoon.

But maybe unlike a lot of families, we’re going to sit around the table and intentionally reflect on what it means to be a family, and how we want to be a family going forward.

If you haven’t RSVP’d for lunch you are still welcome to stay – provided you’re bringing some thoughts and ideas with you!

Nov 8

Pastor John Molenaar

SCRIPTURE READING  

I invite you to turn to page 1656 of the Bibles in front of you. (PAUSE)

For this morning’s message we are going to be reading from John. The passage will also be on screen if you would like to follow along. (PAUSE) 

A reading from John chapter 6, verses 22-35:

22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the opposite shore of the lake realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not entered it with his disciples, but that they had gone away alone. 23 Then some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. 24 Once the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went to Capernaum in search of Jesus.

25 When they found him on the other side of the lake, they asked him, “Rabbi, when did you get here?”

26 Jesus answered, “Very truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed but because you ate the loaves and had your fill. 27 Do not work for food that spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.”

28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”

29 Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.”

30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’[a]”

32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

34 “Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”

35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

MESSAGE: I am the Bread of Life (Pastor John)

Bread in its various forms has been a dietary staple for people around the globe for centuries. But what did Jesus want us to understand about the role He has in our life as the bread of life? Today I want us to discover how essential Jesus is to our daily lives through the study of John 6

Eating bread and carbs has fallen out of favour with many people in recent years, especially in North America, there used to be a time where we heard, you need your carbs, but I am no nutrition expert by any means, but now all we hear is protein. But throughout history, bread has been a reliable staple in many diets. Mentioned nearly 500 times from Genesis to Revelation, bred is frequently used as an illustration of provision, but most often, especially in the New Testament, it points to Jesus Christ. In John 6:35, Jesus said, SLIDE: I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE. Why would Jesus use that metaphor to describe Himself? 

I have read many of Max Lucado’s books over the years, and I think that he answers that question.

What bread is to hunger, Jesus claims to be for the soul. Travel to almost any country and sit in a restaurant and they’ll serve you bread, it may be in a form of a tortilla in Mexico, or a bagel in New York or a croissant in Italy, but bread is available everywhere. So is Christ. Bread is eaten daily; some fruits are only available in season. Some drinks are only made at holidays. No so with bread. And not so with Jesus. He should be brought to our table every day. We let him nourish our hearts, not just in certain months, or on special events, but daily. Bread is served in many forms, it is toasted, jellied, or my favourite, peanut butter, but it is flattened, grilled, and buttered. It can be a sandwich, hotdog bug, or a dinner roll, even a croissant. Bread can meet our many needs and so can Jesus. He adapts himself to meet our needs. He has a word for the lonely as well as for the popular. He has help for the physically ill and the emotionally ill. If your vision is clear, he can help you, if your vision is cloudy, he can help you. Jesus can meet each need. 

Lucado, then says, can you see why Jesus called himself the Bread of Life? Jesus is the staple of life.

SLIDE: THE MIRACLE BEHIND JESUS STATEMENT

         The sixth chapter of John contains the back story behind Jesus statement that He is the Bread of Life. If begins with the miracle of feeding the 5000 men, and with an estimate of up to 20,000 when women and children are involved. As Jesus turns a young boy’s lunch into enough food to feed this multitude with 12 baskets of fragments left over. Those who saw the miracle were so taken by what Jesus did they wanted to take him by force and make him their king, John 6:1-15.

         When Jesus perceived their intent, He withdrew to a mountain to pray. He was not enamoured by their popularity scheme because He knew that one day He would be their king by the authority of Almighty God. 

         As Jesus retreated to pray. His disciples went down to their boat and began their voyage to Capernaum. It was dark on their journey and a great wind came upon them, tossing the boat about in the rough sea. Seeing their distress, Jesus left his time of solitude and walked across the water to their boat. Frightened at first they received this assurance. It is I, do not be afraid. The Bible says they willingly received Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land where they were going. A boat with weary disciples, instantaneously arrived at its destination, this was another miracle that took place that day.

         The following day the people didn’t give up their pursuit trying to make Jesus their King. They searched for Him and when they found out the disciples had gone to Capernaum, they assumed Jesus was there too. John 6:23-24 says that other boats came from Tiberius, near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks, and when they saw that Jesus was not there nor His disciples, they too got into boats and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus.

         In other words, they were not content to have Jesus leave them behind, so they followed Him. Here is their reasoning, Jesus fed them and they wanted more from Him. They were excited about what Jesus had done for them physically, and that is all they understood. That’s the miracle that happened behind Jesus statement. 

SLIDE: THE MISUNDERSTANDINGS OF JESUS STATEMENT

         This morning I want us to look closely how Jesus words were misunderstood by those who sought Him that day 

SLIDE: THE MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE PHYSICAL FOR THE SPIRITUAL

         The first understanding concerned the physical and the spiritual, for they were curious as to why He went to Capernaum. Jesus answered them and said, most assuredly, I say to you, you seek me not because of signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. Do not labour for food that perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life. Which the Son of Man will give you because the God the Father has set his seal on you. John 6:26-27 

         Instead of seeing Jesus Christ as one who could be bread for their souls, they saw Him as someone who provided them a meal when they were hungry. They followed Him for what He could provide.

         Every generation has struggled with this basic problem, materialism, the elevation of material over spiritual. It wasn’t wrong for them to ask Jesus to feed them. But they wanted Jesus for their own purpose and they missed the greater blessing of soul satisfaction. I think we all go through these times, where we have this list for Jesus, you know, the if only list. 

         Isaiah understood this when he wrote “why do you spend money for what is not bread, and your wages for what does not satisfy. Listen carefully to me, eat what is good and let your soul delight itself in abundance. Isaiah 55:23

         Jesus doesn’t want us to spend pour life working for things that do not last; He wants us to desire the spiritual gift He offers. He is the gift of God from heaven. He is the bread of life, your spiritual life. That is the misunderstanding of the physical for the spiritual.

SLIDE: THE MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE WORKS OF MEN AND WOMEN FOR THE WORK OF GOD 

                     The other misunderstanding in this text is the misunderstanding of the works of men and women and the work of God. 

         What shall we do, that we may work the works of God? Jesus answered and said to them, this is the work of God that you believe in Him whom He sent. John 6:28-29

         Note the question, SLIDE: WHAT SHALL WE DO? This has been the salvation question throughout the history of the world. That statement alone defines the difference between religion and Christianity. Religion says, what can I do to get to heaven. SLIDE:  CHRISTIANITY IS ABOUT WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR US!

         Our entire culture is built on this idea of good works, which is rewarded by promotion and increase. But when you come to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, it’s so uniquely different. Titus 3:4-5 says but when the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us.

         They inquired, what shall we do that we may work the works of God? This question violates the whole nature of salvation is a gift. Grace is God giving you what you do not deserve. Mercy is God keeping you from what you deserve. Mercy and grace are gifts from God, they cannot be earned. Remember the rich young ruler? He came to speak to Jesus and he said, Lord what must I do to inherit eternal life Mark 10:17.

         Everyone wants to do something. The Bible tells us that salvation is not something we do; it is something that God has done. Those who came to Jesus that day in Capernaum desired to do something for God. They said, what shall we do that we may do the works of God? And Jesus answered them with this; this is the work of God that you believe in Him whom He sent. John 6:28-29. That’s it, just believe. It’s not a work at all as we understand work, but it is faith in Jesus Christ, who has already done the work for us. 

         Ephesians puts it this way, it is by grace you have been saved through faith and not of yourselves, it is a gift from God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9. That is the misunderstanding of the works of men and women and the work of God.

SLIDE: THE MISUNDERSTANDING OF SEEING FOR BELIEVING

         And then there’s the misunderstanding of seeing for believing. Therefore they said to Him, what sign will You perform then, that we may see it and believe You? What work will you do? Our fathers ate the manna in the desert, as it is written. He gave them bread from heaven to eat. John 6:30-31. Jesus was explaining to them, what you need to do if you want to get to heaven is believe on the One whom God sent. That’s Me. And their answer was, well, what miracle are you going to do so that we can believe.

         My question to those people is, where have you been? You were present when Jesus took that little lunch and fed everyone that day, and you are asking for a sign? They were there, they saw it happen, yet they are asking for a sign? Lord if you just do a sign for us, we’ll believe, it’s so much like the attitude among people today. 

         Some people say, I wish I had lived when Jesus walked upon the earth and that I could have seen all the miracles and been present when he did all those great things. I wouldn’t have any trouble being a Christian. I know of someone who said, I asked God for the grand prize in the lottery, and I never got it so I am not going to believe. I truly believe you would have trouble being a Christian, because Jesus did all those miracle and many still did not believe. It illustrates the fact that even when the greatest supernatural event has taken place, it often times is still not enough to change the heart of an unbelieving person. 

         In our world today, people say, seeing is believing, but in the world of the spiritual, it’s exactly the opposite, believing is seeing. First comes faith and then comes sight. The problem with those who sought after Jesus was that they wanted to reverse the equation. They want3ed to see everything first and then they said they would believe. Belief is that which is the evidence of things unseen. Its trusting in that which you cannot see. 

         God has not asked us to receive Jesus Christ or become Christians without any evidence. There is plenty of evidence. We have the Bible, we have evidence of Gods work in nature, we have the testimony of history, we have the practical efforts of the Gospel, we have the testimonies of people throughout time who have been changed. We don’t have unbelief because of the lack of evidence; we have unbelief because of the evil in our hearts. Hebrews 3:12. We don’t believe because we don’t want to believe. It’s so easy for us to ask the Lord for more evidence. Sometimes as I said earlier, people try to bargain with God. Do this and I will believe? And the Lord says SLIDE: BELIEVE AND TRUST IN ME.

         When you face a challenge in life, and you will, it seems that you go out from one crisis to another in life; but if you don’t have anything in your heart, you’re going to be grabbing for every straw you can hold on to in order to find some hope. When you build the inner man or woman in your heart, God’s strength will help you get through the trouble. When God created us. He created us with a God shape vacuum in our heart. That means He built us with an emptiness that can only be filled with God himself. If we don’t know that or we don’t accept that and we attempt to fill that vacuum with the things we accumulate in this world, the emptiness will only persist. Only He can fill that void.

         You may be trying to prop up your life on your own so that you can deaden the inner pain. You may have tried many paths and with each failed attempt the disappointment grows while the vacuum remains empty. This pattern can continue for a long time until you ultimately turn to the One in whom there is no disappointment at all. Just as He fed the multitudes and shared His love for them; He wants to be the center of your life. He wants to be your Bread, the very sustenance of who you are and what you are. All you need to say is SLIDE: I COME TO YOU, LORD JESUS; I RECEIVE YOU AS MY SAVIOUR. Come and be the Bread of my soul and let me walk with You from this day forward. I have known people who have come to church most of their life before they ever gave their life to Christ, perhaps you are watching on line this morning, searching, wondering, how about you reach out to the office here, or call someone you know who attends worship and ask them a million questions.

SLIDE: THE MEANING OF JESUS STATEMENT

         Finally we have the meaning of Jesus statement. What did Jesus really mean when He said, it is not Moses who has given you bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven; for the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world. Sir, they said, always give us this bread. Then Jesus declared, I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry and whoever believes in me will never go thirsty. John 6:32-35

         Jesus responded to the request for a sign by redirecting the crowd to the real spiritual issue. Moses wasn’t the one who gave them the bread; the Father gave them the bread. Then he pointed them away from Moses and to Himself. Here’s how verse 35 should read in this context. And Jesus said, I am the bread of life, and whoever eats of me shall never hunger, and who drinks of me shall never thirst. But that is not what vers 35 says. It says, Jesus said, I am the bread of life. He who comes to me shall never hunger and he who believes in me shall never thirst.

         So what does it mean to eat the Bread of Life? It means to believe in Him, accept Him; it means to receive Him as your Lord and Saviour. You can spend your whole life in church and never receive the Lord, I have known people on their death bed saying they never really accepted Christ, I have known people who say Sunday is the day for the Lord and the rest of the week it’s on me. I know people who the only time they heard the Word of the Lord is on a Sunday. Coming to the Lord, living every day in His presence, spending time with Jesus every day, making it a relationship and not a discipline. Coming to the Lord and believing on Him is what it means to eat the Bread of Life and drink the everlasting water. In essence, Jesus is saying, just as you take physical bread and digest it into your being, and it becomes part of you. So in the Spiritual realm I want you to take me as your personal Lord and Saviour and receive Me, and when I come to live with you, then I become in the spiritual realm what bread is to you in the physical realm. Jesus our Lord and Saviour provides for us the true sustenance for your soul, He is what gets you through the day to day, in your struggles, in your joy, and He truly is the Bread of Life.