The bread of God which comes down from heaven and which gives life to those who believe that it came from God is not perishable. Whosoever ‘eats’ of the bread of heaven shall not perish but have everlasting life. Anyone who ‘receives’ God’s words as manifested through Jesus Christ, on earth (by his death and resurrection), and ‘believe’ that God sent him, shall not perish. They would not perish because they shall have eternal life.
What is eternal life? “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou has sent”. (John 3:16; 17:2-3;8). Eternal life therefore is the knowledge of the Truth of God (that God is a SPIRIT not a FLESH); and that God has manifested this truth of his Spiritual personality in the form of Jesus Christ whom he sent. And this Truth is obtained by BELIEF or FAITH rather than sight. It is a spiritual construct which must be discerned by spiritual conviction than by the wisdom of mankind or the wisdom of this world. (I Corinthians 2:6-14). It is the demonstration of the Power of God unto salvation.
4. SOURCES OF PERISHABLE BREAD
