6:15ff - Jesus knows the crowds will try to force him into a position of power...raise him up as their conquering king, and he wants no part of being used as a tool of selfish human desire, so he leaves. Is there anything Christians try to force Jesus into today? (ex. Forcing him into a gospel of health and wealth)
6:53ff - This is a brutal passage when you first read it. The word for flesh used here is "sarx" which is a bloody, gory, sacrificial term. This would have been shocking and explicit to the ears - drinking blood? Eating flesh? These are both things that go against OT law. What is Jesus talking about? He is talking about taking part in his sacrifice..becoming one with the sacrifice of Jesus...every day laying yourself down as "sarx" for God. Becoming living sacrifices. What does that look like to be a living sacrifice everyday?
6:68 - Love that line...where else do we have to turn? Peter has experienced real life and knows that nothing can compare after that.
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