Christians: Consider the following verses John 6:51-57?

Question

51 I AM THE LIVING BREAD that came down from heaven; whoever EATS THIS BREAD will live forever; and THE BREAD THAT I WILL GIVE IS MY FLESH for the life of the world."

52 The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" (DO YOU ASK THIS TOO ??)

53 Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, UNLESS YOU EAT THE FLESH of the Son of Man and DRINK HIS BLOOD, you do not have life within you.

54 Whoever EATS MY FLESH and DRINKS MY BLOOD has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.

55 For MY FLESH IS TRUE FOOD, and MY BLOOD IS TRUE DRINK.

56 Whoever EATS MY FLESH and DRINKS MY BLOOD remains in me and I in him.

57 Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also THE ONE WHO FEEDS ON ME will have life because of me.

As Catholic Christians, we know Jesus feeds us with His Body and Blood through the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist.

DO YOU BELIEVE JESUS FEEDS US WITH HIS BODY AND BLOOD OR NOT ???

To vicsikix:

At the Last Supper Jesus took bread and wine, blessed them and Jesus said "This is My Body" and "This is My Blood". (Mark 14:22ff)

Let see:

vicsikix (and other protestants) says "it's just crackers and juice".

Jesus says "This is My Body and Blood".

Thanks for your input but I think I will believe Jesus.

So should you.

"Jesus died once for your sins, you don't need to keep killing Him every time you take your sacrament."

We keep killing Him.... rrrrriiiightt!!

You should learn what the Mass is REALLY about before you make foolish remarks like this.

May the Holy Spirit Guide you.

One of the Earliest Christians name Justin Martyr wrote the following in the year 151 A.D.

"We call this food Eucharist, and no one else is permitted to partake of it, except one who believes our teaching to be true and who has been washed in the washing which is for the remission of sins and for regeneration [i.e., has received baptism] and is thereby living as Christ enjoined. For not as common bread nor common drink do we receive these; but since Jesus Christ our Savior was made incarnate by the word of God and had both flesh and blood for our salvation, so too, as we have been taught, the food which has been made into the Eucharist by the Eucharistic prayer set down by him, and by the change of which our blood and flesh is nurtured, is both the flesh and the blood of that incarnated Jesus"

(First Apology 66 [A.D. 151]).

Here are a couple of Protestants who believe:

Certain Lutheran sects do (mine does). God bless you ~Nise~

As Lutherans we believe God feeds us through the sacrament of Holy Communion.

Amen, amen, I do indeed believe in the Transsubstantiation of the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

He is my Lord and savior.

All hail Jesus Christ, king of kings and lord of lords.

AMEN!!

Answer 1

A poster of an earlier question asked:

"What do you think would have happened to the Israelites in Egypt if they put grape juice on their doorposts, instead of real blood, and ate only a symbol of a lamb, instead of a real one?"

Answer 2

We take communion in remembrance of His sacrifice as He required of us during the Lord's Supper (Luke 22:14-19).
We do not believe that the wine becomes His blood or that the wafer becomes flesh through transubstantiation. That has no biblical foundation. The verses you quote discuss Christ as the Living Bread sent from Heaven. We do not eat his flesh literally (did the disciples began eating His flesh after He said these things in the synagogue? No, they didn't), we eat his flesh and accept Him into our bodies figuratively when we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior and accept His teachings into our hearts. This is done once, when we become Christians. There is no need to accept Jesus into your body over and over, once is enough to obtain the Holy Spirit within you.

Answer 3

I believe Jesus too. Jesus was speaking symbolically. That's why He still had all of his flesh on his body and all of his blood in his veins when He passed around the bread and wine. Passover was the symbolic feast that looked back to the deliverance from Egypt and forward to the deliverance of Jesus. Communion is the meal that looks back at the sacrifice of Christ that freed us from sin and looks forward to his second coming. Jesus said "Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." and "Truly, I say to you, I will not drink again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."

Jesus said it was the fruit of the vine literally and symbolically it was the blood that He was going to shed for our redemption. But you believe what you want. I'm only posting to give the other view of this matter.

Answer 4

In the Old Testament, there was animal sacrifice. In some sacrifices the person sacrificing the animal would also eat part of that sacrifice in order to participate in the sacrifice. It was one way of making a coventant with God - eating part of the sacrifice meant that you truly believe in what that sacrifice stood for.

So, when Jesus had the passover meal with His disciples He said, "do this in rememberance of me". At that point the disciples should have remembered that sacrificial system of participating in the sacrifice through food. Also, the entire passover meal is about Jesus... unbeknownst to the disciples until this moment in Jesus life.

One doesn't eat Jesus. Jesus died and rose, and is not here anymore - he has left His Holy Spirit. Jesus was simply making a HUGE bold statement that He IS the ultimate sacrifice for our sin.

Answer 5

As Lutherans we believe God feeds us through the sacrament of Holy Communion. Not really much of a difference here.

Answer 6

Don't say it was a metaphor - When you start saying that, you can take any part of the bile as a metaphor.

"Transubstantiation" is the process by which the cheap wine and cracker deal actually turns into the blood and body of Jesus when you eat it. It's one of those "lesser miracle" things, especially since it doesn't change flavour or texture or, even, substance. In other words, you can get completely plastered by drinking too much Jesus.

If Jesus was the son of God and Mary, then he was only half human - a demigod. This means that eating him is only really semicannibalism.

Answer 7

One receives spiritual life by believing in Christ and sharing in the redemptive benefits of His death on the cross.( Rom. 3:24-25; I John 1:7) We continue to have spiritual life as we abide in fellowship with Christ and His Word. Compare v. 53 with v. 63, where He says" The words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life." Thus, we partake of Christ as we continue to have faith in Him and prayerfully receive His Word. Jesus is the living Word ( John 1: 1-5); the Bible is the written Word ( 2Tim. 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21) Jesus calls Himself here the 'bread of life' (v. 35), and elsewhere He relates this bread to the Word of God: " Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God." ( Mat. 4:4) Hence, we "eat his flesh" by abiding in Him and by receiving and obeying the Word of God ( v.63). As far as Catholic ceremony, I don't believe in Catholicism. Too many things you do that go against Christ's teachings.

Answer 8

Jesus does not actually feed his followers with His actual body. The Bible is clear that faith in Jesus alone is what gives a man eternal life. Look at all the encounters Jesus had with people in all four of the Gospels. Ultimately it is their faith in Him that healed them. Jesus said alot of things that can't be taken literally. Jesus often used hyperbole's to teach. If I took Jesus literally at everything He said, I would also have to stab out my eyes and cut off my arm. Jesus was a Master at teaching. As he explained to Nicodemus, his earthly teachings also contains spiritual truths.

Answer 9

abrakadabra....we have now magically changed this little wafer into the almighty God....would you like a thigh or an arm?....I guess they are more powerful than Him...cause His word said that there was now NO more sacrifice for sin after Jesus...He paid it all.... guess it wasn't good enough for some people. They can't improve upon perfection!

...When you eat this bread and drink this cup, do this in remembrance of me.......it's Not a sacrifice!

Answer 10

Amen, amen, I do indeed believe in the Transsubstantiation of the body and blood of Jesus Christ.

He is my Lord and savior.

All hail Jesus Christ, king of kings and lord of lords.