Dear Friends of "Dial Daily Bread,"
A wise writer has said that every loaf of bread is stamped with the cross of Christ. But how? What does this mean? The answers are found in the following Bible verses:
John 6:33: By His sacrifice, Christ "gives life to the world." Verse 51: He has given His "flesh ... for the life of the world."
1 Timothy 4:10:He is already "the Savior of all men."
John 4:42:His name is "the Savior of the world."
Isaiah 53:5, 6:He has died for every person's sin, paid the full penalty because "the Lord has laid on Him the iniquity of us all."
Hebrews 2:9:He has "taste[d] death for everyone," not the "sleep" that we humans call death, but the real thing, "the second death" (Rev. 2:11; 20:14).
Romans 5:16-18:As our second Adam, Christ has taken the place of the first Adam. The entire human race was "in him" when he sinned in Eden; now because Christ has taken his place as our second Adam, the entire human race is "in Him" in the same legal, or corporate sense. He has reversed the "condemnation" that came upon "all men" in Adam, and God has given us instead "a verdict of acquittal" in Christ (The Revised English Bible).
John 3:16-19:Therefore the only reason any soul can be lost at last is his or her refusal to believe the Good News.
Revelation 13:8:If Christ had not become "the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world," the entire human race would have perished in Eden; the human race "lives" because of Him; the sun shines, the rain falls, because of Him; we are all infinitely and eternally in debt to Him, whether or not we know it and whether or not we believe it. "By His stripes we are healed" (Isa. 53:5).
1 John 2:2:He is "the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world."
2 Corinthians 5:19:When Christ was on His cross, God imputed the world's trespasses unto Him, not just of a few.
The conclusion:John 6:51-53 applies both to our present physical life as well as to our spiritual life. No one can excuse himself from the obligation to yield all to Christ, for He has purchased all; thus His cross is stamped on every loaf of bread, and every meal becomes a sacrament--by faith. The believer "eats and drinks" to "God's glory" (1 Corinthians 10:31).
--Robert J. Wieland
From the "Dial Daily Bread" Archive: April 20, 1998.
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