The Blood of Jesus!
Pastor Zubeda Sing · 1 min read
“Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. 56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him”
Four times in John 6, Jesus said about the believer, “I will raise Him up at the last day” (See verses 39, 40, 44 & 54) Resurrection is a part of salvation. The words eats, drinks & abides are in the continuing present tense: “He who continually feeds on my flesh, and continually drinks my blood, continually abides in me and I in him”
It is very clear that the Lord attaches tremendous importance to feeding on His flesh and drinking His blood. I am not the final authority, but I really believe He is talking about the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, or Communion. A preacher once spoke of Arab Christians. He said, at one time he lived in an Arab town with Arab Christians. When they took the Lord’s Supper, they said, “Let us drink the blood of Jesus”. I believe those Arab Christians got the right picture.
Drinking the blood of Jesus is Communion. Something in us says, “I don’t like the thought of drinking blood.” I remember that it took me years to come to grips with this statement. But to have eternal life, we must be partakers of the Lord’s Body.
From the December 2010 issue, themed ‘The Blessing of the Lord Is on My Life’.
