Only When You Eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and Drink His Blood, Will You Have Eternal Life
Everyone wishes to live a happy and healthy life without diseases. About seventy years are given to us and some may even reach eighty or more. All men must return to a handful of dust sometime. For us who are mortal, God shows the way to eternal life.
In John 6:53-55, Jesus says, "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. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink."
What are the flesh of the Son of Man and His blood that give us eternal life? How shall we eat His flesh and drink His blood?
John 1:1 says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" and verse 14 reads, "And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us." Therefore, the one who was the Word but became flesh and came down to this earth is Jesus, the Son of Man. His flesh symbolizes the Word of God and eating His flesh means that we must make the Word recorded in the 66 books of the Bible our spiritual bread.
Psalm 1:1-2 says, "How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers! But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and in His law he meditates day and night." As said in these verses, when we mediate on the Word of God diligently and make it our spiritual bread, we can become a truly blessed person.
Just as we must drink water after eating bread, after we have eaten the flesh of the Son of Man we must drink His blood. His blood is the true drink that can lead us to eternal life.
Drinking His blood means that we should not only make the Word of God our spiritual bread but also practice it with prayer and faith. If we not only eat bread but drink water, it will be digested properly. Then we take in nutrients while we get rid of wastes so that we can sustain our lives. In the same way, when we eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, we take in truth, which is spiritual nutrients and remove untruths and evils that are spiritual wastes, so that we can gain eternal life.
For example, God tells us to love each other. When we make it our spiritual bread and practice it in our lives, we can remove the waste of hatred and take in the nutrient of love. In this way our heart changes to become a good one.
By the way, it is possible to get rid of every form of evil only when we receive the grace and power of God and with the aid of the Holy Spirit by praying without ceasing.
In conclusion, when we eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, namely when we diligently make the Word of God our spiritual bread and practice it by faith and in prayer, we can gain eternal life.
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