Who is Jesus? Chapter 29 "Jesus Says some Puzzling Words"

 

Who is Jesus? Chapter 29 Jesus Says some Puzzling Words (this message is taken from John 6)

Although Jesus ministered from boats, many times he taught out in the desert or on a mountain top, and it was often that he taught in the Jewish Synagogue. One Sabbath day as he taught in the synagogue located in Capernaum, the people found him there and asked: “Rabbi, when did you come here?”

Jesus answered them, “Of a truth, you are seeking me, because you ate your full of the loaves and fishes. Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you.

Then they said to him, “How must we do the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him who God has sent.”

Jesus then said to them, “I tell you the truth, indeed Moses gave you manna, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.:” They said to him, “Sir, give us this bread always.” (you will notice they were still thinking about the loaves of bread and the fishes that Jesus had previously multiplied.)

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but to do the will of him who sent me.

So the Jews grumbled about him, because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.” Jesus answered them, “Do not complain among yourselves. No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. I truly tell you, who ever believes in me has eternal life. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may eat of it and receive eternal life. I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is - - my flesh.”

The Jews then argued among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” So Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, know that I will raise him up on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drink my blood abides in me, and I in him.

(Okay Jesus, now you are changing the subject and getting weird - - why is this? Tell me Jesus; Are you looking into your future when your flesh is broken and placed on the cross for our sins and healing? Are you speaking of the Lord's table of communion in remembrance of your death?

Those listening to you, do NOT see into your future, because their eyes are only fixed on what you can do for them each day for the daily food.

In a few days these same people might be part of the crowd that yells, 'crucify him.')

The people listening to Jesus, had just heard some strange words to consider, but they did not understand that Jesus was speaking of spiritual things and he was referring to his future death, burial and resurrection that would occur in a few days.

Very soon his body would be broken by the whips on his back, and His blood would be shed. All this was part of His Father God's plan of redemption for man kind. I am reminded in John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten son to die for us, so that if we would believe on Him, we would receive eternal life and not perish.

During his appointed time as the sacrificial Lamb of God, - - Jesus took our sins, our sickness, our disease, our sadness, our pain and our deserved judgment on His own body on the cross.

The glorious future celebration of communion as we refer to it today as the Lord's Table was first instituted at Passover. The crowd could not understand that Jesus was not speaking of actually eating his physical flesh and drinking his physical blood, so as natural men, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching, Who can accept?”

Jesus was aware that this disciples were grumbling about this, so Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?” Then He said to them; What will you think is going on - - if you see the Son of Man go up in a cloud to heaven where he was before?

(Again Jesus was speaking about a soon to be future event when 40 days following His resurrection, Jesus would return to heaven in a cloud with a promise to come again to receive all believers onto himself.)

Jesus continued: The Spirit gives life and the words I have spoken to you, they are full of the Spirit and Life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus knew from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.

From that time on, many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him. So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?” Simon Peter answered him, “Lord to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life, and we have believed, and have come to know, that You are the Holy One of God, and that you are the Messiah.”

Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.” (He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who although he was one of the twelve, later Judas would betray our Lord.)

Today are you like Peter who says; “I believe YOU are the HOLY ONE of GOD, I believe you are the Messiah?”

Jesus is calling and asking; Do you believe? Jesus is asking you to invite him into your life and allow His Holy Spirit to live in you? 

 Today is a good day to say Yes to Jesus. Yes, I believe you are the Holy Lamb of God. Come into my heart Lord Jesus and I will serve you all the days of my life.