"For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed." John 6:55
This food is specially for the elect�blood shed for their sins, and for their sins only�righteousness brought in for them, and for them only�love bestowed upon them, and upon them only�promises revealed for their comfort, and for their comfort only�an eternal inheritance reserved in heaven for them, and for them only. The elect are the only people who hunger after it�who have an appetite for it�who have a mouth to feed upon it�who have a stomach to digest it. They are the only people whose eyes are really open to see what "food" is. All others feed upon shadows�they know nothing of the savory food of the gospel. "I have food to eat that you don't know about." Jesus' food was�the hidden communications of God's love�the visitations of His Father's presence�the divine communion that He enjoyed with His Father. So, for the children of God, there is food in Christ�
and this food the Lord gives them a hunger after. He not only sets before their eyes what the food is, but He kindles inexpressible longings in their soul to be fed with it. God's people cannot feed upon husks�nor upon ashes�nor upon chaff�nor upon the wind�nor upon grapes of gall and the bitter clusters of Gomorrah. They must have real food�savory food such as their soul loves�that which God Himself communicates, and which His hand alone can bring down and give unto them�so that they may receive it from Him as their soul-satisfying portion.
How to eat His FLESH? What does Jesus mean by saying that?
The Son of God said:
I am the bread of life. John 6:48
47 Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me (the SON of God) has everlasting life.
48 I am the bread of life. 49 Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and are dead.
50 This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that one may eat of it and not die.
51 I am the LIVING BREAD which came down from HEAVEN. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live FOREVER; and the bread that I shall give is My FLESH, which I shall give for the life of the world.�
�How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?�
53 Then Jesus said to them, �Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have NO LIFE in you.
54 Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
58 This is the bread which came down from heaven�not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever.�
John 6
11 �Behold, the days are coming,� says the Lord God,
�That I will send a famine on the land,
Not a famine of bread,
Nor a thirst for water,
But of hearing the words of the Lord.
12 They shall wander from sea to sea,
And from north to east;
They shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord,
But shall not find it.
13 �In that day the fair virgins
And strong young men
Shall faint from thirst.
Amos 8
The Son of God said:
John 4:14
but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life."
Isaiah 55
An Invitation to the SON of God
55 �Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without price.
2 Why do you spend money for what is not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance.
3 Incline your ear, and come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you�
The sure mercies of David.
4 Indeed I have given him (the SON of GOD) as a witness to the people,
A leader and commander for the people.
5 Surely you (the SON of GOD) shall call a nation you do not know,
And nations who do not know you shall run to you,
Because of the Lord your God,
And the Holy One of Israel;
For He has glorified you (the SON of GOD).�
John 7:37
Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, "Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink."
