That’s an awful warning! It’s going to be worse for Capernaum on the day of judgment than for Sodom because the people of Capernaum did not eat Jesus’ flesh or drink His blood when it was offered freely to them. Nevertheless I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.” 11:23-24), “And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day. At another time, Jesus lamented of Capernaum (Matt. Then John mentions (6:59) that Jesus spoke these things (probably from 6:41 on) as He taught in the synagogue in Capernaum. Then He goes back to the bread analogy (John 6:58): “This is the bread which came down out of heaven not as the fathers ate and died he who eats this bread will live forever.” As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.’” He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
John 6:53-57: “So Jesus said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. In 6:52, the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?” Rather than softening the analogy so as to be less offensive, Jesus goes on to make it more offensive! He changes the bread analogy to His flesh and, in a statement that would have grossed out just about every Jew, He added that not only did they need to eat His flesh, but also they needed to drink His blood! John 6:51: “I am the living bread that came down out of heaven if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh.” John 6:50: “This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die.” John 6:35: “ Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.’” John 6:33: “For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.” John 6:32: “Jesus then said to them, ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven.’” John 6:27: “Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.” In John 6, after He fed the 5,000 with five loaves and two fish, Jesus repeatedly offers Himself as the spiritual food that gives eternal life and eternal satisfaction to all who eat: If your spiritual intake consists of a sugary devotional that you grab on the run, like a donut, and an occasional sermon when you aren’t doing something else on Sunday, don’t be surprised if you’re feeling kind of spiritually sluggish. If you gorge yourself on the latest movies or on the fare that is offered every night on TV, and you seldom feed on the Bible, don’t be surprised if you’re not spiritually healthy.
Most of us could benefit by being careful about what we eat.
You are what you eat and a lot of Americans eat a lot of junk food, resulting in a lot of serious, but avoidable health problems.
We hear a lot these days about the importance of a healthy diet. You say, “Ask me in January!”īut that’s the question that our text implicitly wants us to consider: “What are you eating?”-not physically, but spiritually. Perhaps the Sunday before Thanksgiving is not the time to ask, “What are you eating?” The holidays are the most difficult time of the year to stick to a diet.
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