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You are listening to the Gospel and Sermon preached
at Christ Church August 23, 2009, 12th Sunday after Pentecost
Preaching is The Reverend Martha E. Wallace, Interim Rector
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John 6:56-69
 Jesus
said, “Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I
in them. Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of
the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. This is the
bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors
ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live
forever." He said these things while he was teaching in the
synagogue at Capernaum.
When many of his disciples heard it, they said, "This teaching
is difficult; who can accept it?" But Jesus, being aware that his
disciples were complaining about it, said to them, "Does this offend
you? Then what if you were to see the Son of Man ascending to where
he was before? It is the spirit that gives life; the flesh is
useless. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
But among you there are some who do not believe." For Jesus knew
from the first who were the ones that did not believe, and who was
the one that would betray him. And he said, "For this reason I have
told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted by the
Father."
Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer
went about with him. So Jesus asked the twelve, "Do you also wish to
go away?" Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom can we go? You
have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know
that you are the Holy One of God." |
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