EATS MY FLESH AND DRINKS MY BLOOD / JOHN 6:54

(KJV) John 6:54

Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.

We receive spiritual life by actively believing in Christ and sharing in the life-restoring benefits of His death on the cross for our sins (Romans 3:24-25; 1 John 1:7). We continue to experience His life as we remain in a close personal relationship with Christ and His Word. Compare John 6:53 with John 6:63, where He says, “The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life,” and John 6:35, where He says, “I am the bread of life.” We are fed spiritually and share Christ’s life as we continue to trust Him, spending consistent time in prayer and building our lives on God’s Word. 

1. Jesus is the living Word (John 1:1-5); the Bible is the written Word (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21). Jesus calls Himself the “bread of life” (John 6:35), and on other occasions He relates this bread to the Word of God: “Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4). In this way, we eat His flesh, and we grow in a relationship with Him; this happens as we receive and respond to (obey) God’s Word (John 6:63).
2. We are spiritually saved by God’s grace (His undeserved favor, love, spiritual enablement) and by the Spirit’s life-transforming power when we first hear, receive and respond to God’s Word (John 1:12; Acts 2:41). We continue to experience the benefits of salvation by remaining in a devoted relationship with Christ and by continuing to feed on God’s Word. We are to read, obey and absorb its truths into our hearts (1 Timothy 4:13-16: James 1:21). It is spiritually fatal to pull away from a relationship with Christ or to neglect His Word. 
3. This passage is not a direct reference to “the Lord’s Supper” (the church sacrament of communion). Jesus is not teaching that receiving communion is necessary for eternal life or that this ceremony somehow gives us the benefits of salvation. He clearly states throughout this passage that faith is the key element (John 6:35; John 6:40; John 6:47; John 6:51).

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1. THE FATHER … DRAWS HIM / JOHN 6:44
2. MY FATHER’S WILL / JOHN 6:40
3. I WILL NEVER DRIVE AWAY / JOHN 6:37
4. I AM THE BREAD OF LIFE / JOHN 6:35
5. MIRACLES / JOHN 6:1-2
6. DO NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE WROTE / JOHN 5:47
7. ACCEPT PRAISE FROM ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 5:44
8. YOU DILIGENTLY STUDY / JOHN 5:39-40
9. THOSE WHO HAVE DONE GOOD – RISE TO LIVE – THOSE WHO HAVE DONE EVIL / JOHN 5:29
10. HAS GRANTED THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF / JOHN 5:26
11. HEARS … BELIEVES – WILL NOT BE CONDEMNED / JOHN 5:24
12. MAKING HIMSELF EQUAL WITH GOD / JOHN 5:18-24
13. PERSECUTED HIM / JOHN 5:16
14. STOP SINNING / JOHN 5:14
15. THE MAN WAS CURED / JOHN 5:9
16. THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS / JOHN 5:5
17. SIGNS AND WONDERS / JOHN 4:48
18. CROP FOR ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:36
19. SURPRISED TO FIND HIM TALKING WITH A WOMAN / JOHN 4:27
20. TRUTH / JOHN 4:24
21. WORSHIP … IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH / JOHN 4:23-24
22. SAMARITANS WORSHIP WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW / JOHN 4:22
23. WATER … ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 4:14
24. SAMARITAN WOMAN / JOHN 4:7
25. WHOEVER REJECTS / JOHN 3:36
26. LOVED DARKNESS INSTEAD OF LIGHT / JOHN 3:19
27. GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD / JOHN 3:16
28. JUST AS MOSES LIFTED UP THE SNAKE / JOHN 3:14-15
29. THE WIND … THE SPIRIT / JOHN 3:8
30. BORN OF WATER / JOHN 3:5
31. DROVE ALL FROM THE TEMPLE AREA / JOHN 2:15
32. SIGNS / JOHN 2:11
33. CHOICE WINE – HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK / JOHN 2:10
34. WINE – THEY HAVE NOT MORE WINE / JOHN 2:3
35. YOU SHALL SEE HEAVEN OPEN / JOHN 1:51
36. CEPHAS … PETER / JOHN 1:42
37. THE FIRST THING ANDREW DID / JOHN 1:41
38. WILL BAPTIZE WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 1:33
39. LAMB OF GOD / JOHN 1:29
40. GRACE AND TRUTH / JOHN 1:17
41. THE WORD BECAME FLESH / JOHN 1:14
42. BORN NOT OF … HUMAN DECISION / JOHN 1:13
43. RECEIVED … BELIEVED / JOHN 1:12
44. THE WORLD DID NOT RECOGNIZE HIM / JOHN 1:10
45. GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN / JOHN 1:9
46. LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS /JOHN 1:5
47. LIFE WAS THE LIGHT OF MEN / JOHN 1:4
48. WITH GOD IN THE BEGINNING / JOHN 1:2
49. THE WORD / JOHN 1:1
50. KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY DISCIPLES / JOHN 13:35
51. LOVE ONE ANOTHER / JOHN 13:34
52. AT A LOSS TO KNOW WHICH OF THEM HE MEANT / JOHN 13:22
53. WASH ONE ANOTHER’S FEET / JOHN 13:14
54. UNLESS I WASH YOU / JOHN 13:8
55. WASH HIS DISCIPLES FEET /JOHN 13:5
56. TAKING FROM WHAT IS MINE / JOHN 16:14
57. HE IS A LIEAR AND THE FATHER OF LIES / JOHN 8:44
58. EVERYONE WHO SINS / JOHN 8:34
59. HOLY SPIRIT / JOHN 14:26
60. I WILL ASK THE FATHER – COUNSELOR / JOHN 14:16
61. JESUS HAD NOT YET BEEN GLORIFIED / JOHN 7:39
62. AS THE SCRIPTURE HAS SAID – STREAMS OF LIVING WATER / JOHN 7:38
63. YOU ARE GODS? / JOHN 10:34
64. HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME / JOHN 14:24
65. REMAIN IN MY LOVE / JOHN 15:9-10
66. ETERNAL LIFE / JOHN 17:3
67. I AM THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD / JOHN 8:12
68. SANCTIFY THEM BY THE TRUTH / JOHN 17:17
69. THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE / JOHN 8:32
70. GUIDED BY GRACE ABOUT

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