Life’S Feeding— The Need Of The Hungry
LIFE'S FEEDING— THE NEED OF THE HUNGRY
The Gospel of John is a book of pictures. It speaks of the divine life and of the functions of this divine life. Both the divine life and its functions are spiritual things. Since it is very difficult to describe them in human language, the Apostle John received the wisdom from the Lord to write his Gospel, not only with plain words, but also with figures. Because plain words are inadequate, John also used figures and pic tures. In a sense, every case is a picture. In chap ter five is a vivid picture of the enlivening of the impotent man. In chapter six we have another picture showing us the need of the hungry and life's feeding.
THE HUNGRY WORLD AND THE FEEDING CHRIST
Verses 1 through 15 of John 6 reveal to us the hungry world and the feeding Christ.
The case in chapter six portrays a scene which reveals where we are in our condition. There is a contrast between the scene of chapter five with