Eating Flesh, Drinking Blood (John 6: 41 - 71)

John 6 continues with much of the same. The crowds continue to grumble, and even sharply dispute against the Lord Jesus. The Lord has offered them the bread that comes down from heaven, the bread of life and drink that if they do consume, they will never thirst again. Yet as they bicker and complain against the Lord, the Lord talks in more literal terms. Instead of bread and drink, He turns to using His own self that they must eat His flesh and drink His blood, lest they have not eternal life but everybody who does consume these things, He will raise up on the last day. What are we to make of this difficult text and how do we consume the flesh of Christ and drink His blood? This we will explore in this text, but also, and a very important point, Jesus will explain why this group of the crowd, why they are about to leave and why they will not stay. It is because the Father has not drawn or enabled them and their hearts to stick with the Lord Jesus. Interestingly, Jesus will cover this point for us before they walk out on Him altogether. Three types of faith will be discussed. Parasitic faith like a leech, symbiotic faith like a honey guide and fence sitting faith like that of Judas.