Saturday, September 20, 2003 (6)
A PEOPLE FULLY COMPLEMENTING HIM. The only source of eternal life is the Lord Jesus. The life that is found in Him is a very real and integral part of our life, if we are in Christ. Jesus taught a doctrine which was always easy for His hearers to accept. For instance, the hard saying. John 6:60 What was it that Jesus said that was so difficult and even caused some of His followers to leave Him? It was His teaching on what we commonly call the communion. He introduced His subject by saying, verily, verily, or truly, truly or amen, amen or so be it. That strongly verifies the veracity of His words. The fact that the word verily, or truly is repeated adds to the strength and truthfulness of His teaching. Life, eternal life, His life being manifest and existing in us is dependent on the truth which He is presenting.
A BABY BORN, EXCEPT IT EAT WILL DIE. We may be Spirit born, but that new being must eat. No exclusion, all who refuse to eat and acknowledge what they are eating will die. WOW, what powerful language. Except, unless, without or lacking. This makes it an imperative that His teaching, and a proper understanding of what He is saying be fully followed. This is critical to the maintenance of a healthy spiritual life. The sustenance, the growth, the continuance of Spiritual life is in the body and the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. John 6:53 If He did not mean exactly what He said, He made no attempt whatsoever to correct the manner in which His teaching was comprehended. Nor did He attempt to reconcile with those who left Him because of His teaching. Eating and drinking the body and the blood of the Lord Jesus is LIFE and without it there is absolutely no life. Partaking of this life giving force assures the participant of ETERNAL LIFE. It also carry’s with it an assurance of resurrection in the last days, at the coming of the Lord Jesus a second time.
MY FLESH AND MY BLOOD. Very explicitly Jesus emphasized that it was His FLESH and His BLOOD which must be eaten. Once again it is a tremendous benefit to the person who is obedient to His WORD. This is the theme of our study, unified, at oneness with Christ Jesus. This act of worship assures the Holy presence of the Savior and Lord of our lives. Jesus promised that HE would dwell with us and that we would dwell with Him. He was not projecting this blessed fellowship sometime out into the future but was speaking of an experience that may be, and should be right now. John 6:54-55His life is lived out in us when He lives within. If He is not enjoying a full and permanent residency within the heart and life of the Christian, He is not there at all. Lets quit deceiving ourselves. Either He dwells continuously and consistently or He does not dwell at all. He is not moving in and out and constantly changing His place of abode. We are privileged to enjoy the glory of His presence as one who has promised He would never leave nor forsake us.***