The Living Bread Which Came Down from Heaven

D. Todd Christofferson October 2017 Saturday Morning Session

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  1. John 6:9

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    The day after Jesus miraculously fed the 5,000 in Galilee with only “five barley loaves, and two small fishes,” He spoke to the people again in Capernaum.

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  2. John 6:26

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    The day after Jesus miraculously fed the 5,000 in Galilee with only “five barley loaves, and two small fishes,” He spoke to the people again in Capernaum.

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  3. John 6:27

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    The day after Jesus miraculously fed the 5,000 in Galilee with only “five barley loaves, and two small fishes,” He spoke to the people again in Capernaum.

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  4. John 6:48

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    “I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.”

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  5. John 6:52

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    The Savior’s intended meaning was totally lost on His hearers who understood His statement only literally.

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  6. John 6:53

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    “For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.”

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  7. John 6:56

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    “As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.”

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  8. John 6:60

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    “many when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?
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  9. John 6:66

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    from that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.”
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  10. John 6:68

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    Still His hearers did not grasp what Jesus was saying, and “many … , when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

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  11. Matthew 16:15

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    Still His hearers did not grasp what Jesus was saying, and “many … , when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?

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  12. Luke 22:44

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    First, we understand that in sacrificing His flesh and blood, Jesus atoned for our sins and overcame death, both physical and spiritual.

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  13. Hebrews 13:12

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    First, we understand that in sacrificing His flesh and blood, Jesus atoned for our sins and overcame death, both physical and spiritual.

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  14. Mosiah 3:7

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    First, we understand that in sacrificing His flesh and blood, Jesus atoned for our sins and overcame death, both physical and spiritual.

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  15. Mosiah 15:7

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    First, we understand that in sacrificing His flesh and blood, Jesus atoned for our sins and overcame death, both physical and spiritual.

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  16. Alma 7:13

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    First, we understand that in sacrificing His flesh and blood, Jesus atoned for our sins and overcame death, both physical and spiritual.

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  17. Doctrine and Covenants 19:18

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    First, we understand that in sacrificing His flesh and blood, Jesus atoned for our sins and overcame death, both physical and spiritual.

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  18. Doctrine and Covenants 38:4

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    First, we understand that in sacrificing His flesh and blood, Jesus atoned for our sins and overcame death, both physical and spiritual.

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  19. Doctrine and Covenants 45:4

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    First, we understand that in sacrificing His flesh and blood, Jesus atoned for our sins and overcame death, both physical and spiritual.

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  20. 2 Nephi 31:17

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    The doctrine of Christ expresses what we must do to receive atoning grace.

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  21. 2 Nephi 31:20

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    “… Behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end.”

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  22. John 4:10

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    The symbolism of the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is beautiful to contemplate.

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  23. Moses 6:60

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    The symbolism of the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is beautiful to contemplate.

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  24. 3 Nephi 27:19

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    “no unclean thing can enter into his kingdom,” we resolve to be among “those who have washed their garments in [the Savior’s] blood, because of their faith, and the repentance of all their sins, and their faithfulness unto the end.”
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  25. Moroni 10:32

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    The symbolism of the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper is beautiful to contemplate.

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  26. Mosiah 3:19

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    I have spoken of receiving the Savior’s atoning grace to take away our sins and the stain of those sins in us.

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  27. Ephesians 4:13

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    This suggests the need for a mighty striving on our part.

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  28. Alma 22:18

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    This suggests the need for a mighty striving on our part.

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  29. John 6:51

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    It is important to recognize that this good man’s vivid revelation of his sins and shortcomings did not discourage him or lead him to despair.

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  30. 1 Peter 1:16

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    My friend spoke of the gap he perceived in his dream between his life and the holiness of God.

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  31. Moses 6:57

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    “Teach it unto your children, that all men, everywhere, must repent, or they can in nowise inherit the kingdom of God, for no unclean thing can dwell there, or dwell in his presence; for, in the language of Adam, Man of Holiness is his name, and the name of his Only Begotten is the Son of Man, even Jesus Christ.” As a
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  32. Romans 12:1

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    If we yearn to dwell in Christ and have Him dwell in us, then holiness is what we seek, in both body and spirit.

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  33. Isaiah 58:13

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    If we yearn to dwell in Christ and have Him dwell in us, then holiness is what we seek, in both body and spirit.

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  34. Matthew 16:25

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    If we yearn to dwell in Christ and have Him dwell in us, then holiness is what we seek, in both body and spirit.

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  35. Luke 9:23

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    If we yearn to dwell in Christ and have Him dwell in us, then holiness is what we seek, in both body and spirit.

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  36. Luke 14:27

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    If we yearn to dwell in Christ and have Him dwell in us, then holiness is what we seek, in both body and spirit.

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  37. Luke 14:31

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    If we yearn to dwell in Christ and have Him dwell in us, then holiness is what we seek, in both body and spirit.

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  38. Mosiah 2:17

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    We know that “when [we] are in the service of [our] fellow beings [we] are only in the service of [our] God.” And the Lord reminds us that such service is central to His life and character: “For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” President Marion G.

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  39. Mark 10:45

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    even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”
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  40. Alma 34:28

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    We know that “when [we] are in the service of [our] fellow beings [we] are only in the service of [our] God.” And the Lord reminds us that such service is central to His life and character: “For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.” President Marion G.

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  41. Zechariah 14:20

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    Zechariah prophesied that in the day of the Lord’s millennial reign, even the bells of the horses would bear the inscription “Holiness unto the Lord.” In that spirit, the pioneer Saints in these valleys affixed that reminder, “Holiness to the Lord,” on seemingly common or mundane things as well as those more directly associated with religious practice.

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  42. Ether 12:27

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    Partaking of the Savior’s flesh and drinking His blood means to put out of our lives anything inconsistent with a Christlike character and to make His attributes our own.

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  43. Matthew 19:20

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    Partaking of the Savior’s flesh and drinking His blood means to put out of our lives anything inconsistent with a Christlike character and to make His attributes our own.

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  44. John 6:54

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    I bear testimony of Jesus Christ, “the living bread which came down from heaven,” and that “whoso eateth [His] flesh, and drinketh [His] blood, hath eternal life,” in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

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