GOD Morning! May 20, Eat His Flesh, Drink His Blood

GOD Morning! May 20

Eat His Flesh, Drink His Blood

John 6:45-66

⁴⁵ It is written in [the book of] the Prophets, And they shall all be taught of God [have Him in person for their Teacher]. Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to Me—

I have been lazy. There’s no other word for it. I am ashamed. This morning, as I read that God will be my Teacher, I am in awe. That He wants to teach me. A lazy sinner. He is waiting for me to come to Him. And I am waiting for what? Lightning to strike?

⁴⁶ Which does not imply that anyone has seen the Father [not that anyone has ever seen Him] except He [Who was with the Father] Who comes from God; He [alone] has seen the Father.

⁴⁷ I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, he who believes in Me [who adheres to, trusts in, relies on, and has faith in Me] has (now possesses) eternal life.

All I have to do is cling to Him. Trust in Him. Rely on Him. Have faith in Him.

⁴⁸ I am the Bread of Life [that gives life—the Living Bread].

I don’t have to be tired and exhausted. Jesus is waiting to give me LIFE. He is the Bread of Life.

⁴⁹ Your forefathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and [yet] they died.

⁵⁰ [But] this is the Bread that comes down from heaven, so that [any]one may eat of it and never die.

⁵¹ I [Myself] am this Living Bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he will live forever; and also the Bread that I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh (body).

All I have to do is eat. I love to eat. This is an easy command!

⁵² Then the Jews angrily contended with one another, saying, How is He able to give us His flesh to eat?

⁵³ And Jesus said to them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, you cannot have any life in you unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood [unless you appropriate His life and the saving merit of His blood].

⁵⁴ He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood has (possesses now) eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.

Eat His flesh and Drink His blood???

⁵⁵ For My flesh is true and genuine food, and My blood is true and genuine drink.

True and genuine. Sounds like a breath of fresh air to me. I am so tired of fake. I am longing for true and genuine. I am longing for Jesus.

⁵⁶ He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood dwells continually in Me, and I [in like manner dwell continually] in him.

Yes. I desire to dwell continually in Jesus. And He promises to dwell continually in me.

⁵⁷ Just as the living Father sent Me and I live by (through, because of) the Father, even so whoever continues to feed on Me [whoever takes Me for his food and is nourished by Me] shall [in his turn] live through and because of Me.

The Father sent Jesus. Jesus lives because of God. In turn, if I feed on Jesus, I will live because of Jesus. And He will live in me.

⁵⁸ This is the Bread that came down from heaven. It is not like the manna which our forefathers ate, and yet died; he who takes this Bread for his food shall live forever.

⁵⁹ He said these things in a synagogue while He was teaching at Capernaum.

⁶⁰ When His disciples heard this, many of them said, This is a hard and difficult and strange saying (an offensive and unbearable message). Who can stand to hear it? [Who can be expected to listen to such teaching?]

Understandably, many of His followers thought His teaching of eating His flesh and drinking His blood was scandalous and shocking! Unseemly! Sordid! I would have to agree with them!  Most of them simply walked away that day.

⁶¹ But Jesus, knowing within Himself that His disciples were complaining and protesting and grumbling about it, said to them: Is this a stumbling block and an offense to you? [Does this upset and displease and shock and scandalize you?]

⁶² What then [will be your reaction] if you should see the Son of Man ascending to [the place] where He was before?

⁶³ It is the Spirit Who gives life [He is the Life-giver]; the flesh conveys no benefit whatever [there is no profit in it]. The words (truths) that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life.

Here is the secret: “The words that I have been speaking to You are spirit and life.”

Spiritual flesh. And Spiritual blood.

⁶⁴ But [still] some of you fail to believe and trust and have faith. For Jesus knew from the first who did not believe and had no faith and who would betray Him and be false to Him.

From the beginning, Jesus knew who the faithless back stabbers were. He just knew. And He loved them anyway. We must follow His example.

Here’s the key. We must believe. Even when we don’t understand. And patiently wait until our eyes are spiritually opened. Blind faith.

⁶⁵ And He said, This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless it is granted him [unless he is enabled to do so] by the Father.

⁶⁶ After this, many of His disciples drew back (returned to their old associations) and no longer accompanied Him.

What choice do I have? Walk away because these teachings are difficult to understand? If I walk away, I will die. It’s right here in scripture. If I only eat physical bread that I can see and touch, I will die just like my forefathers who ate the manna in the wilderness. (verse 49: “Your forefathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and [yet] they died.”)

But if I eat His flesh and drink His blood, I will live forever because of His power working in me.

Eating His flesh and drinking His blood means taking Christ into my innermost being, sharing His suffering (the Cross), and surrendering totally to Him.

A little graphic, yes.

Here’s another example straight from Scripture.
 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5
A branch, cut away from the vine, is cut away from the sap, the source of nourishment. We must be joined to Christ and constantly feeding from Him and drawing sustenance from Him in order to live.

“Dear Jesus, teach me what it means to eat Your flesh and drink Your blood. I want to abide in You, which means spending more than only the first portion of my morning with You. If I truly abide in You, every thought that comes to my mind will be Your thought. Every word that I say will be Your word. Every action that I take will be Your action. Ahhh! This seems hard! Please keep me on course. Abiding in You. Drawing sustenance from You. There is Life in Your Blood. There is Life in Your Word. Thank You, Dear Jesus, for wooing me constantly. Thanks for instantly sitting down beside me when I simply speak Your name. Thanks for patiently waiting for me. You are the most Amazing Friend that I have ever known. How I love You, Jesus, AMEN.”