"The Flesh Profits Nothing" (Part 1/3)

Send us Fan MailA headline about Christians being slaughtered should stop us cold, but too often it barely makes a ripple. We open with grief and frustration over reports of mass killings in Syria and the way suffering can get drowned out by whatever is trending, then we ask what a faithful response looks like when tribulation is not theoretical but present and personal.From that weighty starting point, we move into one of Jesus’ most challenging teachings: John 6. When Jesus says we must eat His flesh and drink His blood, many listeners in the passage take Him literally and recoil. That’s where John 6:63 becomes the key, “It is the spirit that quickens; the flesh profits nothing.” Together with George, Peter calling in from Serbia, and Big Gravy, we walk through the context of the Bread of Life, why the crowd misunderstands, and how Jesus uses physical language to expose a flesh-level mindset and pull us into spiritual understanding.We also push on a question that sounds simple until you sit with it: does the flesh of Christ save us? We talk Incarnation, sacrifice, the meaning of “profit,” and why Jesus keeps steering us toward faith, eternal life, and union with Him rather than religious mechanics. If you’ve ever struggled with this “hard saying,” this is a grounded, Scripture-focused guide to reading it clearly. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review with your take: what do you think Jesus is testing in John 6?Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!