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May 10, 2023 · We must eat the Flesh and drink the Blood of the Lord because that is the way that we come to participate in him and thus, finally, in the life of the Father. Elsewhere in John’s Gospel, we find equally vitalistic language: we are much more than followers of Jesus; we are grafted onto him as branches are grafted onto a vine.
Aug 13, 2000 · John 6:52-59. Text Comment. v.54 Notice the close parallel with v. 40. The only difference is that in the one case the Lord speaks of “looking to the Son and believing in him” and in the other he speaks of “eating my flesh and drinking my blood.”. What this indicates, of course, is that the latter is a metaphorical or figurative way to ...
Our utter neediness is seen clearly when set against the greatness of his offer: Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day (v. 54). Jesus is promising a new quality of life now and resurrection in the future. He says, my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink (v. 55).
55 For my flesh is the only food that really matters. And my blood is the only drink that really matters. 56 The person who chews on my flesh, and drinks my blood. stays close to me. And I stay close to him. 57 The living Father sent me. And I live because of the Father. So, the person who chews on me.
Mar 5, 2024 · So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. 1. The initial statement by Jesus was shocking enough for them as Jesus used the “I AM ...
Aug 19, 2018 · The scandal of Jesus’ flesh and blood remains to this day a cause of division. Many today who claim to be true Christians reject things which Jesus taught. Those who deny that in the Lord’s Supper the bread and wine are the true Body and Blood of Christ are guilty of the same kind of unbelief as those Jews who were offended at Jesus’s words.
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Aug 18, 2024 · The Scandal of the Eucharist. Gospel Reflection for August 18, 2024 - John 6: Kaleb Hammond. Aug 18, 2024. I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, for the life of the world.
