One Loaf

1 Corinthians 10:17 - Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all partake of the one bread.


Romans 12:4-5 – For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

John 6:35,37,39-40,44-46 - Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst…All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out…And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”… No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day. It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me—not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father.

Application:

· Partaking of one loaf symbolizes the unity of the body of Christ, which is nourished by the bread of life.
· It is only in Jesus Christ that any unity in the church is possible.
· Is Jesus my bread of life?
· I am saved mostly by God’s action, not mine.
· Does Christ have a firm hold on me? Am I persevering?
· Death cannot destroy the life that Christ gives.
· Did I come to Christ strictly on my own initiative? Or did the Father draw me?
· Only those who learn from God come to salvation. Am I learning from God?

All Scripture verses taken from ESV