Bread
by Roger Montgomery ã
The Bread of Life has been broken into
Hung on a cross in pure view
And eternal life has been given to you
Tell God what you want to do.
If you are hungry, you will come
If you are observant, you will see the storm
If you are filled, you will have great calm
Jesus was crucified, yet loved by some.
Will you come and partake of Him
Will you go away without your sin
When you die, will He welcome you in
Come and take a closer look at Him.
The serpent was lifted on a tree
The doctor’s symbol reveals it to me
And the Great Physician is the pill to be
Taken for what ails you internally.
People are sick and they need to feed
On a food that is pure as can be
The Bread of Life can meet our need
And best of all He’s still free.
Doctor’s can operate to make you well
But only God has the power to heal
He’s written it off, He’s paid the whole bill
The payment has been hung on a hill.
Jesus was whipped so hard that day
He stumbled beneath the cross along the way
But payment for healing had been paid
Thirty-nine stripes on His back were displayed.
But there still had to be payment for sin
Blood had to be paid and it took Him
Blood from God’s own Son to win
Payment had to be paid in full for all men.
Someone had to suffer to pay the cost for man
There was a world about to be lost through their sin
Someone had to suffer, but, oh man
No one on earth was good enough to raise his hand.
Which of you are perfect, please raise your hand
If you can carry a cross, will you please stand
If you are willing to suffer, die, rise again
If you can do these things, you’re the perfect man.
God had to suffer in the place of men
He suffered their punishment for their sin
To find someone good enough, there’s never been
We had to depend on One from above who can.
No one on earth stood up that day
Each one had sinned and turned away
The Lamb of God was unafraid
No sin of His own would He have to pay.
God is perfect and cannot overlook sin
He suffered that day as only He can
It’s all we can do to bear our own sin
But God put all our sins on Him.
Would you like to consider it again
The price Jesus paid to redeem man
Thirty-nine stripes was placed on Him
That’s one time God was sick of your sin.
Him who knew no sin God made to become sin
God took all your wickedness and placed them on Him
God took all your sickness God took all your sin
Then God gave you the right to be born again.
If you are worried and seem so tired
The things in your life don’t seem to be fair
And you wonder if God even cares
Think about the sufferings of God.
To love your enemies seems so hard
To die like that, who can prepare
God did it all because He cared
To redeem your soul it took God.
It took God from heaven above
To come to earth to share His love
He knows the pains you’re speaking of
He’s felt them all, this God we serve.
Only blood can cleanse your sins away
But not just any blood can make the grade
Blood without sin has to pay
Jesus fulfilled it all that day.
God in the flesh the Bible does say
Just waiting to take your sins away
When the devil brings them up, just smile and say
What sins, they’ve been cleansed away.
Can you imagine if you had the flu
Cancer, the cold, and every disease too
All at once dumped on you
And at the same time, all the world’s sin too.
All your sins at one time
All your life’s diseases blows my mind
To suffer like that seems a crime
Jesus became sin with yours and mine.
When a debt is owed, it has to be paid
Justice came to collect and went away
Said it seems it’s been overpaid
Overkill, I believe was the Word that day.
If you were God, what would you do
If you died for man and He turned from you
The people in heaven and hell, I think they knew
How much God really cared for you.
There’s two payments can be made for sin
You can try to pay it or Jesus can
God is not asking anyone to pay again
He’s tasted death for every man
Man’s debt can never be paid
Not by man I guess I’m afraid
A million years from now and a day
Not one hour less has passed away.
The table has been set out in plain view
The invitation has been sent out to you
You can accept the sacrifice that God prepared for you
Or face God’s wrath for the things you do.
God is a God of mercy, we know that’s true
You did the sins, but He died for you
He’s a God of wrath and of love too
Which one will be waiting for you?
Jesus will suffer right along with you
He will love you no matter what you do
Someone had to pay, if only you knew
Jesus loved you so much He died for you.
God is now watching over sinful men
To see if they will partake of the Gift He sends
There’s enough to go around for every man
You can try to make the payment or Jesus can.
Jesus didn’t want to suffer that way
He sweated blood while He prayed
But justice said some body had to pay
So He went to the cross for you that day.
God couldn’t take it and turned away
His face from the sufferings of His Son that day
Jesus suffered so much while on display
But God said that’s the only Way.
He’s already suffered once for you
If you reject Him, He will suffer anew
But you would suffer if you knew
Some of the pain He went through for you.
The one who had the power of death had to concede
Through death Jesus defeated him and fulfilled the need
And all of hell held their breath when they saw Jesus intercede
As Jesus triumphed over them and set the captives free.
After God’s Spirit had come into Jesus again
The grave could no longer hold Him in
He took the keys of death and hell and then
He went back to heaven and took them with Him.
He went back to heaven where He’d been
To His home before time began
He sits on the right hand of God interceding for men
Now we can stand before God without one sin.
Before the Door closes, you can get in
He will take away all your sin
And give you peace from deep within
Food for thought and the spirit of man.
If you are sick, He can fill your need
If you are bound, He can set you free
You don’t have to cry, you don’t have to plead
He’s dying to save you, don’t you see?
God planned it and put it on a tree
The plan of salvation for all to see
If you are sick of sin, you don’t have to be
There’s a cure hanging on a tree.
The cure is not something brand new
There’s been millions long before you
What’s this world coming to
A Savior is now waiting on you.
It started out with Adam and Eve
They got in trouble with the wrong tree
But God planned another to be
The cure for all mankind when they see.
A look for a life, a life for a look
It’s all written down and put in a Book
If you are wondering what it took
It took everything God had, just take a look.
You have no part, you have no plan
God devised it all and put away sin
Hung on a hill in front of all of man
How can you ever be the same again?
God can take sin completely out of you
And give you a heart that is pure and true
He can put His Spirit inside you
Make you into a temple and give you a Life too.
God can cleanse His temple and then move in
Give you a heart that’s free from sin
And when you feel His Spirit living within
You can tell everyone you’re born again.
His Spirit can come inside your heart to dwell
He can save your soul from damnation and hell
He has been waiting for you since before man fell
Then you will have something worthwhile to tell.
Go and spread the gospel, the good news
Tell everyone God is no longer mad at you
So many people with nothing to do
While the world is waiting for the Good News.
Jesus was whipped and broken into
The Bread of Life was broken for you
He can give you strength, this heavenly food
Eternal Life is now waiting on you.
Feed on Him, feed on Him,
If it’s the last thing that you do
You can prove God’s love, tell everyone
How Jesus went out on a limb for you.