65- This Bread Is The Body Of The Lord

[14] This Bread Is The Body Of The Lord

This is not our contrived teaching, but it is the Lord’s own words.

(John 6:51) "I am the living bread which came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I shall give is My flesh, which I shall give for the life of the world."

Can we ignore the Lord’s bold and strong words, in order to follow human logic?

We should refer to the Lord’s answer to the Jews, who bluntly asked Him, “How can He give us His body to eat”?

(John 6:53) Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in you.

So people who perform this commandment in “commemoration”, are they partaking from what they offer as the Body and blood of the Lord, or do they consider them a mere piece of bread and some wine?

And if the latter is the answer, where do they stand on the following statement uttered by Christ:

(John 6:54) "Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

It is perfectly clear that these promises are applicable to the ones who eat and drink believing without doubt that they are partaking of the Body and the Blood of the Lord.

Those who believe will receive the divine promises as uttered by the Lord in John Chapter 6.

It is also clear that the promises are granted to those who partake of the real thing, and not just a symbol:

(John 6:55) "For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed.

His Body and Blood were what He meant when he spoke about the Bread coming down from heaven, as we have discussed this issue before here on st-takla.org in other sections. He said:

(John 6:58) "This is the bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever."