Presbymom

    John 6:56-69 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them. Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.” He said this while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? Then what if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. 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 had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Fat

  This is the third in a sermon series on The Bread of Life Discourse in which  Jesus is truly the Bread of Life. The discourse immediately follows the miracle or signs in John which were - the feeding of the 5000 with 2 fish and 5 loaves and then Jesus walking on water to the disciples when their boat was tossed on the waves so they were afraid. Jesus in this gospel doesn’t go into the how of communion but the why of sharing This Bread. The discussion continues. Listen for God’s living word in -    John 6: 51-58 (NRSV) 51  I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.” 52  The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”  53  So Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.  54  Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal lif

  This is the second in a sermon series on The Bread of Life Discourse in which Jesus talks about     - well, the Bread of Life. It doesn’t go into the how of communion but the why of sharing This Bread. I’ve noticed with my study group that when verses are left out, we often want to know why – the portion we skip over is Jesus confronting those who refuse to believe in him. The discussion continues. Listen for God’s living word in -   John 6:35, 41-51 (NIV) "35  Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 41  At this the Jews there began to grumble about him because he said,  “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”   42  They said, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say,  ‘I came down from heaven’ ?” 43  “Stop grumbling among yourselves,”  Jesus answered.   44  “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I