What Happens if You Come to Jesus for Spiritual Nourishment?

What Happens if You Come to Jesus for Spiritual Nourishment? As stated in John 6:35, you shall never hunger; and you shall never thirst.

John 6:35 – And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Jesus Is The Bread of Life

  • Bread
  • Loaf
  • loaves were consecrated to the Lord
  • of the bread used at the love-feasts and at the Lord’s Table
  • Shewbread

Never Hunger

Never:

  • God forbid
  • Not possible

Hunger:

  • to hunger, be hungry
  • to suffer want
  • to be needy

Thirst

  • to suffer thirst, suffer from thirst
  • figuratively, those who are said to thirst who painfully feel their want of, and eagerly long for, those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, strengthened

Does Coming to Jesus for Spiritual Nourishment Require Humility and Prayer?

Coming to Jesus for spiritual nourishment indeed requires humility and prayer. The act of humbling ourselves before God and offering sincere, humble prayers can greatly impact the outcome of our spiritual journey. Embracing a humble prayer effects outcome, allowing us to connect with Jesus and receive the nourishment our souls crave.

Similar Verses:

  1. Jesus as the Bread of Life:
    • Bread / Loaf / Loaves Consecrated to the Lord:
      • Exodus 25:30: “And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.”
      • Leviticus 24:5-9: “And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD… It shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.”
    • Bread Used at Love-Feasts and at the Lord’s Table:
      • 1 Corinthians 11:23-26: “For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me…”
  2. Never Hunger:
    • ‘Never’ in the Sense of ‘God Forbid / Not Possible’:
      • Romans 7:7: “What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law…”
    • Hunger (To Suffer Want, To Be Needy):
      • Matthew 5:6: “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”
  3. Thirst:
    • To Suffer Thirst, Suffer from Thirst:
      • Psalm 42:2: “My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?”
    • Figuratively Thirsting for Things That Refresh the Soul:
      • Isaiah 55:1: “Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.”