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NASB | John 6:54 "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 6:54 "The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood [believes in Me, accepts Me as Savior] has eternal life [that is, now possesses it], and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day. |
Bible Question: Can enayone explain me? |
Bible Answer: Hi, Jean! Many times we read Scriptural passages and attempt to understand then in their solitary existence... a dictionary is an excellent source of single value, single unit format... however, the Holy Scripture is meant as a whole unit interdependent of its entirety... When Jesus commands His disciples to eat His flesh and drink His blood, it is not the Pharisees and Sadducees that have a problem with His language, it is His general discipleship... When we divorce Scripture from Scripture anything is plausible and nothing is correct/incorrect... Jesus tells His disciples to eat His flesh and drink His blood and when the majority of them decide that He is preaching about canivalism and they remove themselves from the scene, Jesus does not call them back to correct His error in expressing such a shocking demand... Years later Paul does not make a distinction between Jesus command to eat His flesh and drink His blood as a symbolic gesture... He emphasizes that to eat His flesh and drink His blood is a matter of obedience and worship and that those who partake of such event unworthily are subject to judgment: 17In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good. 18In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it. 19No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God's approval. 20When you come together, it is not the Lord's Supper you eat, 21for as you eat, each of you goes ahead without waiting for anybody else. One remains hungry, another gets drunk. 22Don't you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God and humiliate those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you for this? Certainly not! 23For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread, 24and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me." 25In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me." 26For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 27Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord. 28A man ought to examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup. 29For anyone who eats and drinks without recognizing the body of the Lord eats and drinks judgment on himself. 30That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. 31But if we judged ourselves, we would not come under judgment. 32When we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world. 33So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for each other. 34If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment. (1 Corinthians 11:17-33) Participation in the eating and drinking of the Lord's body and blood is not mere symbolic gesture... and it did not die off at the Lord's supper... it is a perennial celebration till the Lord's return!: 14Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. 15I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. 16Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? 17Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all partake of the one loaf. 18Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? 19Do I mean then that a sacrifice offered to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? 20No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. 21You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord's table and the table of demons. 22Are we trying to arouse the Lord's jealousy? Are we stronger than he? (1 Corinthians 10:14-21) Coming together and sharing the Lord's supper is not a symbolic "feel good" moment for Christians nor is it an "option to do or not to do..." as Paul said, it is a participation in the Body of Christ! God Bless! Angel |