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For I know the plans I have for you,declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jer 29:11 |
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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for collecting daily manna), make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Wednesday, June 27, 2018
Today's Passage : Today's Passage:Subjecta:Bread of Life (4) Bible Verse:John 6:52-59 (ESV) "The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” 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. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum" Message:
Jesus gives us the foundation for the sacrament or ritual of Holy Communion, which most denominations celebrate in one form or another. The more ritual churches (especially Catholic and Orthodox) place more emphasis upon it, while the more evangelical denominations place less. Holy Communion services usually recite the more familiar words Jesus spoke at the Last Supper, but here, in the middle of his teaching years, he supplies the same argument.
One can imagine the listeners going bug-eyed when Christ said that people were going to need to eat his flesh. They certainly worried that He was going to make some sort of cannibalistic sacrifice. He doesn't explain it, but instead, continues to speak in the same metaphor.
This adds a physical element to the teachings that have gone just before. Jesus has spent John 6 teaching that he brings living water that, unlike the water from a well, will give eternal life; unlike the water from a well, which one drinks and then must drink again, his spirit will quench spiritual thirst forever.
Bread of Life
In this passage, he turns the metaphor slightly from his teachings to himself, his physical life. His body is part of the miracle. He lets the people know that He will be the last sacrifice that will have to be made. The Jews at the time killed animals as a sacrifice to God for a number of different reasons, one of which was a “sin offering.” The people who might eat sacrificial meat was precisely controlled. But Christ tells us, here, that we all may participate in the physical offering of his own body, as the sacrifice for our sins. Everyone will be allowed to participate in the sacrifice He will make of himself. It is the last such sacrifice that will ever need to be made -- in other words, it was “sufficient” to cleanse the sins of the whole world, forever.
Some denominations believe that the bread and wine (or grape juice) of communion literally and mystically become Christ’s actual flesh and blood, while others view it more symbolically, but this is one of those questions that does not need to divide us. Religious practice is a very personal matter. At the opposite extreme, belief in Christ must be public, not private. He has charged us with letting the world know his message and loving one another like brothers and sisters. We should keep this in mind whenever we are tempted to start dickering about how we worship.
Meditation : Prayer : Let me not forget my prayers as I go out into the world. Holy Spirit, be with me, and let me praise you and remember you in my every action and thought, for the entire day long. In Christ’s name I ask this,.....Amen |
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