John 6:46

John 6:46 says, Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.  Jesus continued to tell those gathered there about His relationship with the Father and to further explain His being the living bread.  He said that no one had seen the Father, save He which is of God.  Jesus was speaking of Himself.  We don't see God when we come to Jesus as one of His followers.  We, unlike those He was speaking to, don't even see Jesus.  What God looks like is unimportant.  All that matters is Who God is.  Verse forty-seven adds, Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.  Jesus said that anyone who believed on Him has everlasting life. He did not say would have some day but has everlasting life.  From the moment we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior and Lord, we everlasting life with Him.  Verse forty-eight states, I am that bread of life He was the bread of life come down from heaven.  Jesus said that He was the bread of life come down from heaven.  He was not a physical bread of life like the manna though, but a spiritual bread of life.  Verse forty-nine adds, Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead   Jesus then said that their fathers who ate the manna, the physical bread come down from heaven died, but those who ate the spiritual bread of life would never die.  Verse fifty continues, This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.  Verse fifty-one states, I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. Jesus then said He was that living bread, and that anyone who ate of that bread would live forever.  He then said this bread was His flesh, which He gave for the world.  Now, some who oppose Christianity claim this means cannibalism, but we know that Jesus was not speaking of literally about His flesh.  Verse fifty-two adds, The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?  Those listening to Him that day did not understand what He was talking about.  They asked how could a man do this.  They were still looking with an earthly understanding, but we must look from a spiritual understanding.  Verse fifty-three continues, Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.  Jesus then said that unless someone ate the flesh of the Son of Man and drank His blood, he had no life in him.  Some churches today believe that when they have communion that the bread and drink literally transform into the body and blood of Christ, but we know that is not what He was speaking of. Verse fifty-four says, Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.  Verse fifty-five adds, For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.  Jesus gave His body and spilled His blood on the cross to redeem mankind, and unless we believe in Him as our Savior because of that, we will not have everlasting life with Him.  Verse fifty-six continues, He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.  When we accept His gift of salvation, His giving His body and blood for us, He lives in us through the Holy Spirit.  Verse fifty-seven states., As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me.  As the living Father sent Him and He lived by the Father, so shall we live by Him.  There is no other way to salvation.  Verse fifty-eight adds, This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.  He gave His body and spilled His blood on the cross to redeem mankind, and unless we believe in Him as our Savior because of that, we will not have everlasting life with Him.  When we accept His gift of salvation, when we eat this bread, which is to believe on His sacrifice for us, we shall live forever.  We must understand that this is what was meant by eating His flesh and drinking His blood.  The people around Jesus were still trying to apply a literal interpretation to what He was saying, but He was not speaking of a literal concept.  When we read the Bible, we need to ask God to help us understand what He is truly saying and not just read the words.