You Must Eat My Flesh and Drink My Blood
'Our Daily Bread'
John 6:27-63 Begin
Stop toiling and doing and producing for the food that perishes and decomposes,
but strive and work and produce rather for the food which endures unto life eternal;
the Son of Man will give (furnish) you that,
for God the Father has authorized and certified Him and put His seal of endorsement upon Him.
They then said, What are we to do, that we may be working the works of God?
Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent.
And God has also sent Christ to us as the Light within each of us. And he as given us all the Holy Spirit;
you do not need not any man to teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth.
To be a true believer, we must listen to Christ within us and receive Him as the Son of God teaching us.
We receive him by being obedient to what we hear him tell us to do, (commands to repent),
and to what he shows us by his Light that is our condition and how we need to improve.
We hear his Living Word and see our condition by his Light. Christ is the Word and the Light.
Therefore they said to Him, What sign (miracle, wonder work) will You perform then, so that we may see it and believe and rely on and adhere to You?
What work have You?
Our forefathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as the Scripture says, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.
Jesus then said to them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Moses did not give you the Bread from heaven,
but it is My Father Who gives you the true heavenly Bread.
For the Bread of God is He Who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
Then they said to Him, Lord, give us this bread always (all the time)!
Jesus replied, I am the Bread of Life. He who comes to Me will never be hungry,
and he who believes in and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me will never thirst any more (at any time).
But I told you, although you have seen Me, still you do not believe and trust and have faith.
All whom My Father gives (entrusts) to Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out.
And to come to him is to go to your closet, go over the Lord's prayer, and then get quiet to listen to him.
Do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words.
Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. .
For everyone who comes to Me and listens to My words and does them, ... [Listens to His Voice]
He is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation upon the rock; securely..
if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught by Him, as the truth is in Jesus.
Consider carefully what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you—and even more.
For I have come down from heaven not to do My own will and purpose but to do the will and purpose of Him Who sent Me.
And this is the will of Him Who sent Me, that I should not lose any of all that He has given Me,
but that I should give new life and raise up at the last day.
For this is My Father's will and His purpose,
that everyone who sees the Son and believes, cleaves to, trusts in, and relies on Him should have eternal life,
and I will raise him up at the last day.
To see the son, we spend time with Him until his blood purifies us.
Now the Jews murmured and found fault with and grumbled about Jesus because He said, I am the Bread that came down from heaven.
They kept asking, Is not this Jesus, the Son of Joseph, Whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, I have come down from heaven?
So Jesus answered them, Stop grumbling and saying things against Me to one another.
No one is able to come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me attracts and draws him and gives him the desire to come to Me,
and I will raise him up at the last day.
It is written in the Prophets, 'And they shall all be taught of God.'
(God will personally teach each of us, now or after death. To learn in this life is easier, and the result is better.)
Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to Me.
Which does not imply that anyone has seen the Father except He Who comes from God; He has seen the Father.
I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, he who believes in Me has (now possesses) eternal life.
I am the Bread of Life.
Your forefathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died.
This is the Bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and never die.
I 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).
He not only speaking to the Jews 2000 years ago, but to us too. His bread still comes down from heaven.
His words that we hear him speak are bread. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63
Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Give us this day our daily bread - the words that Jesus speaks to us.
Then the Jews angrily contended with one another, saying, How is He able to give us His flesh to eat?
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.
He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood has (possesses now) eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
For My flesh is true and genuine food, and My blood is true and genuine drink.
He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood dwells continually in Me, and I in him.
God is Word and Spirit. We must feed on his words: to listen; remember; and most important - obey.
And we must drink in his Spirit of gentleness, kindness, peace, and love
by which the words are given to us.
For as he said: The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. John 6:63
And when we obey his spoken words with Spirit,
we dwell in him and he dwells in us.
Just as the living Father sent Me and I live by (through, because of) the Father,
even so whoever continues to feed on Me shall live through and because of Me.
(We lose our life to find Life. As Paul said: It is no longer I that live, but Christ within me.)
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.
He said these things in a synagogue while He was teaching at Capernaum.
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?
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?
What then if you should see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before?
It is the Spirit Who gives life; the flesh conveys no benefit whatever.
The words (truths) that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life. John 6:27-63 End
Perhaps you can see how the ritual of "communion" has been substituted for the real communion - a dialogue between you and Christ;
a dialogue of words from Him that you retain, you eat, so that his word abides in you, and then controls you. More words, more control.
(We are supposed to remember Christ every time we eat and drink, until his return, not grape juice and wafers in a sect service.)
And remember, Christ told us to: Stop toiling and doing and producing for the food that perishes and decomposes,
but strive and work and produce rather for the food which endures unto life eternal.
All of the supposed sacraments are man's invention of a easy, ritualized, self-performed salvation that could hardly be described as the narrow gate,
to which we must strive to enter, and which few will find for many embrace the broad, easy way that leads to destruction.
To strive is to exert much effort or energy; few would argue that being wet with water, or eating bread and drinking wine,
is to labor with much effort or energy. Rather it forms a fantasy salvation of no effort, just ritual -
I would include saying the "sinner's prayer" (say the magic words) to be just another superstitious invention of self-appointed evangelists,
who are anxious to get credit for their imagined "saving" of souls.
For everyone who comes to Me and listens to My words and does them,
I will show you what he is like: He is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid a foundation upon the rock; and when a flood arose, the torrent broke against that house and could not shake or move it,
because it had been securely built or founded on a rock.
He can't make it any plainer! He said: come to me, listen to My words (not the Bible), and do them.
To do them, is to obey; and when you obey them, you have received Christ by recognition and obedience.
From this sure foundation he builds true faith and hope which purifies you.
If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
These above two teachings of Jesus are the core message of this web site:
1) Come to him, Listen to his words, do the words he gives you - obey his commands.
2) If you Love Jesus, you will obey him. The Father then loves you, and he and Jesus come to you and make their home with you;
and their home is the Kingdom of God within you.
Write what you hear down is a notebook; review your commands periodically so you don't forget one, and keep repenting.
Words that teach you and command you, which if you continue to feed upon and obey,
he lives through you, and he returns in full glory to you.
To his disciples he said: I will not leave you as orphans..I will come back to you. [while the disciples were on earth]
Just a little while now and the world will not see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also.
At that time, when that day comes, you will know that I am in My Father and you are in me, and I am in you.
This is the return of Christ. The world does not see it. He returns with the Father. They become one with us.
It is a personal experience. This is not the resurrection. He is talking about becoming one with the disciples.
The person who has My commands and keeps them is who loves me, and whoever loves me will be loved by My Father.
And I will love him and will show (reveal, manifest) Myself to him;
I will let myself be clearly seen by him and make myself real to him.
Judas said to him, (not Iscariot), Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us, and not unto the world?
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man loves me, he will obey my teaching:
and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our home with him.
I will dwell in them, And walk in them. I will be their God, And they shall be My people.
This is the return of Christ in his glory with the Father. They become one with us.
It is a personal experience, to see Christ and become one with Christ and the Father. The world does not see Him.
Other than the fruit of the Spirit, the world does not see Christ; for such a person's life in hidden in Christ Jesus.
This is the fabled return of Christ, and their home is the glorious Kingdom of Heaven established in your heart.
This is union with God in the Kingdom of Heaven.
When he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.
Everyone with this hope purifies himself, just as he is pure.
For unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,
teaching us to say "No" to ungodliness and worldly passions,
and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age,
while we wait for the blessed hope—the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
So, seek, listen, obey...seek, listen, obey... Keep doing this, and Christ will lead you through repentance purity, truth and the Kingdom.
He is the rewarder of those who diligently seek him!
(Diligence is defined as continually attending to and striving to achieve a goal; laborious; persevering.)
Jesus said, Therefore consider carefully how you listen.
Whoever has will be given more; whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him.
For more understanding on the necessity of learning in silence,
see George Fox's outstanding writing on Why Silence? (also on the side bar)
Jesus said, My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.
At judgment, Jesus said he would reject many who called him Lord and had even performed miracles in his name
by telling them plainly: 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!
But, if we listen to him, obey him, abide in him, and are purified by him; we don't sin and he knows us.
If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples.
You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.
So if the Son liberates you, then you are really and unquestionably free.
Jesus came so he could destroy the devil and his works [sin] in us - if we go to him.
For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, [in us] that he might destroy the works of the devil.
Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.
He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; ( love, peace, joy, patience, gentleness, kindness, etc. Gal 5:22-23)
for without Me you can do nothing.. Works without God's Love in us count for nothing.
To produce fruit, is to possess God's love; then your works are faith expressing itself through love. Gal 5:6
Studying the Bible only tells us what we must achieve and avoid.
To know the truth, you have to be taught by Jesus himself, personally, about himself. His living words must abide in you.
To abide in Christ, is to abide in his Light, in his presence, in his living word, (not read the Bible).
This is how to obtain the Kingdom of God while on earth!
He, with his Kingdom to give you Awaits You to Come!
See How to Benefit from the Changing Power of God for more listening for God's teaching and receiving his changing, purifying grace.
This web site's purpose is to show how to become
free from sin
by benefiting from the changing power of God through the cross,
which leads to union with God in his Kingdom.
