Flesh and Blood of Jesus

The Flesh and Blood of Jesus

Jesus told us that He is the Bread of Life, He said that if we are to walk with Him we must eat His flesh and drink His blood. That was hard for the Jews and His disciples and it is still an issue in the Church today.

Many believe that this is fulfilled in the taking of Communion, the elements of bread and wine (juice for some), fulfill this requirement. Yet Jesus’ command when He served the first communion was that it be done in remembrance of Him, for He gave His body and blood to take our punishment and wash away our sins so that we could be redeemed back to the Father.

Some in the Church believe that the elements become Jesus’ actual flesh and blood and some believe that they represent His body and blood. It does not matter which you believe as long as you take communion in faith with a humble and repentant heart before the LORD remembering the price He paid to redeem you.

Jesus also told us that He is the Living Word of GOD, He reminded us during His temptations that we do not live by bread alone but by every Word that proceeds from the mouth of GOD. He told us that He is the Living Bread from Heaven, not like the manna that the Israelites ate in the wilderness. He also said His food was to do the will of His Father and finish what His Father gave Him to do.

Since Jesus is the Living Word of GOD but He is not longer in the earth but seated at the right hand of GOD in Heaven then how are we to eat of His flesh and drink of His blood. Communion is the first step but communion is an act of remembrance. If we do not devour the Word of GOD (the Bible) then we receive no real spiritual nutrition! While the nutrition of our physical body is important, remember our physical body is temporary while our spirit and soul are eternal. To feed our spirit and soul we have to consume the Bible, not just daily reading but actually ingesting it into our spirit and soul so that it becomes a part of our being (conscience and subconscious) and we have to do the will of the Father for us; that is how we feed our eternal being while we are living in the flesh. We do this not as a sacrifice but in obedience led by the Spirit of GOD (Holy Spirit) whom Jesus said would remind us of everything that He said.

Study Deuteronomy 8:3; Matthew 4:1-11, 26:26-30; Mark 14:22-26; Luke 4:1-13, 22:14-23; John 1:1-14, 4:27-38, 6:22-71, 14:25-31; Romans 12; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27, 11:17-34; Philippians 3:1-16, 4:4-9; Colossians 2:1-10, 3:1-17; 2 Timothy 2:14-19, 3:14-17.