“For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world” (John 6:33). Jesus is about to shock people with his teaching. His speech sounds like a kind of cannibalism. “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.” “My flesh is true food and my blood is true drink” (John 6:53-58).
He had spoken to them plainly. He had done miracles while they watched and they still refused to believe. Now he would speak to them in symbolic language. Those who truly wanted to know him would remain, waiting for him to explain. Those who were only interested in miracles or the fame of being near him would drop out.
The test of a true believer is not in understanding everything, but in trusting God when we don’t understand…yet.
