A Hard Saying
John 6: 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. 55 For My flesh is food indeed, and My blood is drink indeed. 56 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him.
60 Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This is a hard saying; who can understand it?”
You think?
66 From that time many of His disciples went back and walked with Him no more. 67 Then Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you also want to go away?”
68 But Simon Peter answered Him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. 69 Also we have come to believe and know that You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Undoubtedly this is a hard saying, confirmed by vv66-68. It is a saying we must not avoid. However, I find it most often used today as a club to beat the unbelieving rather that medicine we must help one another embrace.