The Body of Christ, Given for You

A Church article with View Comments posted 15 August 2009.
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Occasion: Pentecost 11, Year B
Text: John 6.51-58

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This sermon was prepared for services at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Sterling, IL on August 12 and 16 and for services at three local nursing homes.

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been hearing in our Gospel readings about Jesus being the “bread of life.” Last week, Jesus’ hearers were shocked because he said “I am the living bread that came down from heaven.” They said, “No, Jesus, you don’t really mean that. You don’t mean that you are bread. We know you. You’re Joe and Mary Nazereth’s boy. We watched you grow up. My kids were on the same softball team as you – you’re nothing special. You delivered our kitchen table out of your Pop’s workshop a couple of years ago. So just who do you think you are?”

This week, we get an even more shocking statement: “…the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

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