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1.4 KiB
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30 lines
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title = "John 6:60–71"
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date = "2026-03-25"
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### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/John6.60-71)
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When Jesus says strange things like "Eat my flesh and drink my blood," His disciples take Him too literally.
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Knowing that this is the problem, Jesus tells them how they should take His words, but He also pokes a little fun at them, too.
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It's kind of like He tells them, "You think that's wild? Wait till you see _this_," referring to His Ascension.
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But then He spells out that He means "eat" and "drink"—and even "flesh" and "blood"—in a spiritual sense, not a physical one.
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Even with His explanation, there are those who do not believe what He is saying.
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They do not believe because the Father has not granted them belief.
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At this point I hear the objections: "That's not fair! How can God decide to withhold saving faith from people?"
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To this I say:
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You don't deserve "fairness".
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You don't deserve a chance.
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You deserve wrath.
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If God were only fair, we'd all be in hell already.
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The sooner you recognize how evil your sin is, how much it offends the perfectly righteous God, the sooner you will understand this truth.
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The Twelve understood this, most of them.
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They stuck with Jesus even after hearing these words that offended their Jewish sensibilities and mindset.
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They recognized that He had "the words of eternal life". (_v. 68_)
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Let us see You as You truly are, and our sin for what it is, that we may rest in Your abundant forgiveness.
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