"The Flesh Profits Nothing" (Part 2/3)

Send us Fan MailJesus says something that still stops readers cold: “Eat my flesh and drink my blood.” We dig into John 6 and ask the question people in the crowd asked first, what is He actually talking about? As we read the passage carefully, “the flesh profits nothing” becomes the anchor that keeps us from a literal misread and pulls us toward the spiritual reality Jesus is pressing, real union with Christ and real eternal life through Him.From there, we connect the dots to another classic moment of confusion: Nicodemus hearing “born again” and instantly thinking in physical terms. That pattern matters because it shows how easily we can miss the Holy Spirit’s meaning when we force Scripture into our default categories. We also talk about why Jesus confronts His listeners with “Does this offend you?” and how the “hard saying” is often the doorway to deeper clarity, not a reason to walk away.Then we tackle a major point of controversy: the Catholic Eucharist and transubstantiation. We define what transubstantiation would mean as an actual change of substance, compare it to biblical miracles like water to wine and Moses’ rod to a serpent, and weigh those against the claim that the elements remain unchanged while becoming Christ’s body and blood in “essence.” Along the way, we bring in 1 Corinthians 10 on idolatry and the Lord’s table, and we examine how authority titles like “vicar of Christ” shape the way people think about worship and power. If this conversation challenged you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review with the question you still have.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!