III. CONFIRMATION FROM THE SCRIPTURES
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JESUS called himself "the bread of life." What is the nature of bread as it relates to man's needs? We call it the "staff of life." We mean that it sustains life. Water refreshes and cleanses and enters together with food, or "bread," into the composition of man's body. It is also indispensable, and Jesus said, "If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink." Bread and water, or food and drink, are essential to man's life. Jesus says that he is the bread "which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world." "I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst." (John 6:35.) Jesus is evidently making the stupendous claim that he is the source and supply of our spiritual needs. He could not make any such claim if he were not God manifest in the flesh.
