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Jesus said, "Throw your lot in with the One that God has sent. That kind of a commitment gets you in on God's works."
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They waffled: "Why don't you give us a clue about who you are, just a hint of what's going on? When we see what's up, we'll commit ourselves. Show us what you can do.
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Moses fed our ancestors with bread in the desert. It says so in the Scriptures: 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"
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Jesus responded, "The real significance of that Scripture is not that Moses gave you bread from heaven but that my Father is right now offering you bread from heaven, the real bread.
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The Bread of God came down out of heaven and is giving life to the world."
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They jumped at that: "Master, give us this bread, now and forever!"
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Jesus said, "I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever.
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I have told you this explicitly because even though you have seen me in action, you don't really believe me.
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Every person the Father gives me eventually comes running to me. And once that person is with me, I hold on and don't let go.
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I came down from heaven not to follow my own whim but to accomplish the will of the One who sent me.
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"This, in a nutshell, is that will: that everything handed over to me by the Father be completed - not a single detail missed - and at the wrap-up of time I have everything and everyone put together, upright and whole.