Life In the Blood

LIFE IN THE BLOOD John 6:53-58 (NKJ) 53) Then Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man & drink His blood, you have no life in you. 54) "Whoever eats My flesh & drinks drinks My blood has eternal life, & I will raise him up at the last day 55) "For My flesh is food indeed, & My blood is drink indeed. 56) "He who eats My flesh & drinks My blood abides in Me, & I in him 57) "As the living Father sent Me, & I live because of the Father, so he who feeds on me will live because of Me. 58) ."This is the bread which came came down from heaven -- not as your fatehers ate the manna, and are dead. He who eats this bread will live forever." 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 16) The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the Blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17)For we, being many, are one bread & one body; for we all partake of that one bread. 1 Corinthians 12:12-13 12) For as the body is one & has many members, but all the members of that one body, being many, are one body, so also is Christ. 13) For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body -- whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves of free -- & have all been made to drink into one Spirit. Just as water is two-fold meaning so does the Holy Blood. Now with water you can use it for washing, that cleanses. And if we use it for drinking we become refreshed & revived. Knowing the FULL POWER of the Blood of Jesus; we must be taught by Him what the blessing of drinking His blood is. Just as we know about the difference between washing & drinking. That is necessary & pleasant to use water for cleaning. It is much more necessary & reviving to drink water. Now without the cleaning or cleansing it isn't possible to live like we should. And we all know we would die without drinking. We need water to sustain life. Now if we went with-out drinking the blood of the Son of Man. we wouldn't be able to have eternal life. We couldn't have it at all. Jesus spook of this to the Jews & under Moses Law there were severe penalties. It doesn't sound very good to us either. Jesus had to make them & us to understand the truth behind the salvation by the blood. The blessing in fellowship with the blood of Jesus gives us more than cleansing or sanctification; The BLOOD places us in a new relationship with God. The blood also do something in us; are we not entirely renewed within. Does not John 6 53 say Most assuredly, I say to you unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man & drink His blood, you have no life in you. God was distinguishing between two kinds of life. A natural life of body/soul. That they needed a New Life, a heavenly life. Now the natural life must be feed with water & bread. The New Heavenly Life must be nourish by heavenly food & drink by Jesus Himself. Eternal life is the life of God. Our Lord Jesus Christ came to earth to reveal eternal life in the flesh & communcated it to us in the flesh. This is symbolical of flesh & blood of our Lord Jesus Christ is the food by which etrnal life is nourished & sustained in us; My flesh is meat indeed, & my blood is drink indeed. This brings us into perfect union with God. The Scripture offers the holy mysterious expression, "to drink the blood of Christ. Drinking means a deep, true grasping in our spirits by faith understanding the power of the blood. If you have a transfusion of blood it can either kill you or save your life. In Son of Man it can & does save your life. You need to nourish & sustained it. Get into the Word of God the Bible. It gives you life. Worship Him, Praise Him. Believe in the Blood and what the Blood of our LORD Jesus Christ has for us. In Jesus Christ Name, Rev. Londa Picard