Bread from Heaven

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

If you work only to put food on the table, you will live in continual hunger. Instead, seek the bread from heaven that satisfies forevermore. From his sermon series in the gospel of John, today R.C. Sproul presents Jesus Christ as the One who meets our every need and desire.

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Learn more about the gospel, the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ: https://renewingyourmind.org/gospel

Meet Today's Teacher:

R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew's Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	Do not labor for the food that perishes.
0:02.8	You set the table one night, you eat the dinner, but tomorrow you have to set the table again.
0:07.8	And you have to get more food because every helping that you enjoy perishes.
0:13.1	Jesus said, don't spend your life pursuing that sort of thing.
0:16.7	Don't spend your life pursuing that which has no ultimate significance.
0:28.0	Jesus said to the crowd in John 627, do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food
0:35.2	that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you.
0:40.3	With the pace of life in the 21st century, the temptation exists to forget what matters most,
0:47.3	to not have an eternal perspective and instead only focus on the here and now.
0:52.3	And sadly, for many this week, thou sit down and enjoy a feast of food,
0:58.5	all while failing to give thanks to God.
1:02.3	This is the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind.
1:05.4	I'm Nathan W. Bingham.
1:07.6	We're spending several weeks in John's Gospel,
1:10.8	as R.C. Sprole considers the reality that Jesus is the bread of life.
1:15.9	If you'd like to study all of Jesus' I.M. Sangs, in fact, all of John's gospel, you can request Dr. Sproul's hardcover commentary on John when you give a donation before midnight tonight at renewing
1:28.7	your mind.org.
1:30.6	Well, to continue this short sermon series, here's Dr. Sprawl.
1:37.3	Our scripture this morning is once again from the sixth chapter of the gospel according
1:43.9	to St. John at verse 15, and then read through
1:50.2	verse 40. Therefore, when Jesus perceived that they were about to come and take him by force
1:57.4	to make him king, he departed again to the mountain by himself alone. And when evening
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