When Jesus, referring to his flesh and blood, said, “Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life;” he was, of course, speaking figuratively (John 6:54)... But because many of Jesus disciple didnt understand that he was not speaking in a literal sense but in a spiritual sense, “Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it?” and “From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.” (John 6:60,66)... We know that Jesus was not talking about his natural flesh, but of his eternal words, because when Jesus said unto the twelve apostles, “Will ye also go away?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.” (John 6:67,68)... Furthermore, Jesus said, “It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.” (John 6:63)... Jesus said “That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” (Luke 4:4)... The Lord said, “open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.” (Psa. 81:10). The Lord is not telling us to open our physical mouths but our spiritual hearts (Rev. 3:20). Jeremiah said, “Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart:” (Jer. 15:16)... Job said, “I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.” (Job 23:12). .. Paul said, in three different places, “the church is the Lords body:” “Now ye are the body of Christ,” (I Cor. 12:27; Eph. 1:22,23; Col. 1:24). To “eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood” means to hear his words in your ear and believe them in your heart and “be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.” (John 6:53; Luke 8:21; Psa. 119:11; Jam. 1:22)
Posted on: Sat, 07 Jun 2014 12:43:59 +0000
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