This week we begin worship with:
John 6:67-69
Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that you are the Holy One of God.”
This happened after Jesus said this:
John 6:53
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.
To which many of his disciples responded:
John 6:60
“This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?”
Most if not all did not understand or accept that Jesus would become a sacrifice. Had they, they would understand that they would have to eat his flesh.
Leviticus 7:16
But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten.
But, not so the blood. That is forbidden.
For the life of every creature is its blood: its blood is its life. Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.
But this is, as Simon Peter said, are "the words of life". The blood of Christ is life. It is our eternal life. Drink ye all of it.
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