From 685d4a6eb6b711ad3bf1efbc35f645bed2bc42b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyle Mantooth Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:02:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] John 6:60-71 --- content/bible_journal/john/6:60-71.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/bible_journal/john/6:60-71.md diff --git a/content/bible_journal/john/6:60-71.md b/content/bible_journal/john/6:60-71.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..06efbe6 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/bible_journal/john/6:60-71.md @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ ++++ +title = "John 6:60–71" +date = "2026-03-25" ++++ + +### [Read the passage.](https://biblia.com/bible/esv/John6.60-71) + +When Jesus says strange things like "Eat my flesh and drink my blood," His disciples take Him too literally. +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. +It's kind of like He tells them, "You think that's wild? Wait till you see _this_," referring to His Ascension. +But then He spells out that He means "eat" and "drink"—and even "flesh" and "blood"—in a spiritual sense, not a physical one. +Even with His explanation, there are those who do not believe what He is saying. +They do not believe because the Father has not granted them belief. + +At this point I hear the objections: "That's not fair! How can God decide to withhold saving faith from people?" +To this I say: +You don't deserve "fairness". +You don't deserve a chance. +You deserve wrath. +If God were only fair, we'd all be in hell already. +The sooner you recognize how evil your sin is, how much it offends the perfectly righteous God, the sooner you will understand this truth. + +The Twelve understood this, most of them. +They stuck with Jesus even after hearing these words that offended their Jewish sensibilities and mindset. +They recognized that He had "the words of eternal life". (_v. 68_) + +* * * + +Let us see You as You truly are, and our sin for what it is, that we may rest in Your abundant forgiveness.