The True Food

 

54 He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.

 

This word explains how the redeemed saints' salvation is related to the blood and flesh of the Lord. This is a word more firmly established than heaven and earth that can pass away, but people cannot recognize this fact; this fact is hard to admit except only through the influence of the Holy Spirit.

 

Eternal Life

In verse 54, it is written, "He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day."

 

Eternal life is not always present in the saint, but it is repetitive and discrete; eternal life is inside the saint sometimes, and is not sometimes. While the regenerate life abides inside the saint all the time, eternal life may be inside in the saint an hour and then gone, or may be inside the saint continuously longer.

 

The saint's wisdom, strength, and deeds in the present life, these three are either to perish, or not to perish but to abide forever.

 

It is either that wisdom and strength to be destroyed may be inside the saint, or that wisdom and strength to last forever may be inside the saint. Also it is either that deeds of the saint may abide forever in the kingdom of heaven to be used effectively by all the neighbors and by the very saint, or that the deeds may be destroyed to nothing even though now in this world the they may thunder the heaven and the earth.

 

All this is what we perform outwardly but inside it is what the truth and God work. Inside the intelligence of man resides the intelligence of God at the core; eternal power comes out when human intelligence acts along according to the intelligence of God, and the deeds thus done are all eternal. That function with which we act will work with us eternally. These deeds also will be used for a purpose for God, neighbors, and ourselves eternally.

 

The function of man ever resides unaffected inside us, but the function of God may or may not work inside our human function and leave the human function. We want the function of God to be our function so that all our deeds may be of the wisdom and power of God, to render the very deeds of ours not only preserved eternally but also indispensible forever.

 

We believers, however, may not attain this eternal life however many ways we may try. However hard we may be determined, and however earnestly we may love good, righteousness, peace, self-control, and will to continue, it will not, if ever, be realized.

 

How do we attain the eternal life? We must eat the flesh of the Lord and drink His blood. That is, we must study, think, and understand gradually how the Lord Most High worked the vicarious redemption for the humble like us to provide with the three vicarious redemptive works. Then we will see that new thought emerges, new hope emerges, and new strength of mind arises in our intention, determination, judgment, and appraisal. The mind, the thought, the strength of the mind at the time, the strength of the thought, and the strength of determination arising at the time, these will inspire us with wisdom to pursue everything according to the thought and the mind. This wisdom is the wisdom and the power of the Lord who is no one but God. That is nothing but the wisdom and the power of the Lord.

 

Then it will be the eternal life that we do according to the mind, the hope, and the determination. It is a man outside, but inside it is God who works; outside it is human work but inside it is God's work. That is eternal life.

 

The Power of Eternal Life

We too can be inspired to get energy by thinking about some glory and some purposes in numerous hopes, desires, and objects that entice humans. Thinking about them may give one power even to give up his life. Heroism in which politicians aspire to obtain power may prove strong enough to let one offer even his own life. Those who cherish personal glory or morality and concentrate on them and devote themselves to them may see such great power of understanding, determination, and courage that they will gladly sacrifice their lives and possessions.

 

When a man thinks about all kinds of his lusts or desires and concentrate on some of them, he may receive power to devote his mind and body to accomplishing them. All the people live through the strength arising from such thoughts, desires, and purposes.

 

However, there is nothing of eternal life in them. That is, the wisdom and the power of God and the desire which God has are not found in human beings and in determination of billions of people. There is no eternal life there.

 

The eternal life is here when we, the redeemed saints, dwell on the blood and flesh of the Lord who redeemed us; how such great One sacrificed what love for such humble ones like us, to redeem us so that we may have the hope of glory. We must think and meditate again, and on the basis of what we know of we must dwell deep and wide. Then out of the meditation come understanding, Inspiration, power, and desire, which are all of eternal life.

 

This is what the world will deny absolutely, and what only those can understand who are inspired by the Holy Spirit. There are false Christians of every sort. Many aspire to be a gospel worker, a great reformer, a prominent preacher, a reformer of the world, and a great pastor, but there may not be eternal life in them. We must remember this.

 

Many praised the sermon on the dawn service a few days ago, but I personally criticized the one who gave the sermon. In delivering his sermon he forgot the blood and the Lord. He tried to demonstrate what he had learned to make himself distinct. One should avoid the tendency.

 

Everybody! Beware that a world-famous evangelical preacher may not always have eternal life inside. A shabby person may not necessarily lack eternal life inside. "This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent."

 

We must investigate where the redemption of Jesus was originated from, how it came to pass in the process, how the redemption was accomplished with what love, what plan, and what great investment; we must dwell on these with what intelligence each of us is granted.

 

To eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Lord means that only the power in wisdom and mind acquired through the blood and the flesh of the Lord is true. The power and the following growth and the resulting deeds through meditating on the works of the blood and flesh of the Lord, and understanding which followed, only these are true.

 

The Blood and the Flesh of the Lord Is True Food

"My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink" means that all the other foods are not true and are to become corrupt. Any other strength, growth thereupon, and resulting works are all untrue. They are all false. All false. Anyone who has ears will hear. All false. 'My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink' means that all the others are foods to be corrupt.

 

"He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day." This means that eternal life is already at work inside us when we eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Lord. As we take as our food the blood and the flesh of the Lord, we will have strength through the blood and the flesh, desire through the blood and the flesh, and wisdom through the blood and the flesh; these are directly of eternal life. That is the wisdom of the Lord, the power of the Lord, and the desire of the Lord. It is what the Lord longs for and desires.

 

"My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink." Of course, the human body must take meals of matter as food. The food mentioned here means the food of character, the food of heart, the food of spirit, and the food of desire. The desire arising from meditating on and understanding the works of the vicarious redemption of the Lord, and desire thus strengthened, these are directly the desire of the Holy Spirit.

 

When we meditate on the vicarious redemptive works, on who the Lord is, and on how vast His plan is, and understand that all things cannot be worthy to be compared with Him, then wisdom, strength, desire, and longing will arise in us. Whose are they? They are directly the Lord's. They appear in the form of human thoughts, but at the core the Lord resides in them.

 

We cannot come to the Father except through the Lord as the Mediator. It is no use praying however much, and crying however much. The Lord is our Mediator. It will not do to say absent-mindedly "Lord, Lord." We must meditate on who the Lord is, how He worked the vicarious redemption of the cross with what plan and through what process and range, and how vast the whole work is; then we will understand, which will change our desire and strength.

 

We could be strong enough to knock a person down before, but we will discard our strength as we find that it is only to kill ourselves and others when we have understanding through the blood and the flesh of the Lord. There is specific strength being formed when we have come to have the blood and the flesh of the Lord. There is specific wisdom; our wisdom was used to deceive and cheat others and embezzle what was others', but this wisdom gradually decreases in proportional to the increasing wisdom which arises from longing for the blood and the flesh of the Lord. In the end this corrupt wisdom will be completely replaced with the wisdom of the blood and the flesh of the Lord.

 

'True food' means that only the strength is true that is formed when one ruminates on the works of the blood and the flesh of the Lord. That strength is eternal. That is the true strength and there is no other strength that is true. The strength acknowledged by science and people in the world is a strength too, but it is to be burned up when the Lord comes; this strength is helpless. Anyone who lives depending upon it will be destroyed together when it is destroyed.

 

Everybody! Take hold of this one saying at least, "My flesh is true food and My drink is true drink." We must think about the works of the vicarious redemption of the Lord as far as our knowledge permits, more widely, deeply, longer, and further, and about the foundation of the world, and about the Self-existent One; then wisdom will come out of such meditation and the wisdom is true, and then strength will come out of such meditation and the strength is true. Also longing and desire will come out of such meditation and the longing and the desire are true. What is it all then? Eternal life. Its external is a man but the core is the Lord who is God. This means that it works only through the blood of Jesus, and it cannot be accomplished apart from the blood.

 

When we meditate on the works of vicarious redemption of the Lord, wisdom and strength are formed inside us; these are true and eternal. Any other strength, longing, desire, wisdom, and deeds, that are formed when we deal with men, affairs and matters, the ages, and any creature, they are in one word destruction however brilliant they may be. It also means that they have no eternal life.

 

Therefore, 'My flesh is true food and My drink is true drink' means that eternal life is already at work inside us when we have had the blood and the flesh of the Lord, and also the intelligence of the Lord is already at work. Since we move according to the desire of the Holy Spirit, every movement of ours is all of eternal life, and it becomes the elements which will be raised at the final resurrection. These elements will resurrect to come to the kingdom of heaven to abide eternally.

 

Any other thing, however effectively and famously it may be performed by men in the world, will perish when they die, and they will resurrect without the function which they have now in this world. They will resurrect with the impotent flesh that performs no function.

 

"He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day." How? It is interpreted in the following verses.

 

Life Through the Blood and the Flesh of the Lord

 

In verses 55 and 56, "For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood"―how can one eat His flesh and drink His blood? "Because he abides in Me and I in him."

 

We must accept the blood and the flesh of the Lord as everything to us. Whatever is not of the works of the vicarious redemption of the Lord has nothing to do with God. Whatever is not of the works of the vicarious redemption of the Lord is an enemy of all things. An adversary of all things.

 

Man can be propitiated to God only through the vicarious redemptive works of the Lord to be connected to God, and also man can be propitiated to all the creation only through the vicarious redemptive works of the Lord to be connected to them; the Lord is Mediator between both God and man and man and all the creation. The connection cannot be established without Him.

 

Now, "I abide in him who eats My flesh and drinks My blood as the Father abides in Me to do all works attaining the faultless and complete victory. Likewise, I abide in him who eats My flesh and drinks My blood to make him accomplished through Me." Abandoning the blood and the flesh of Jesus, no saint or saintess can have communion with God. No connection.

 

Now for the one who eats the flesh and drinks the blood of the Lord, "here is eternal life in him." What kind of eternal life? "I will raise him up on the last day." Then where is the Lord? Where is the Lord when He raises him up? Where is the Lord? Where is the Lord of him who has the blood and flesh of the Lord as his food? Where is the Lord? In the heavens? In the earth? What is it written there? We must believe this; this is anything but what the world can believe. It looks just like a fake to the world.

 

God abides in the one who eats the flesh and drinks the blood of the Lord. There is no covenant for the one who does not eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Lord, but says "I will save the world through gospel movements, I will build a church for millions of people, I will become a great revolutionary, reformer, or preacher. I will devote my body and life saving mankind."

 

The Lord says about the one who eats His flesh and drinks Hid blood, "I abide in him and he abides in Me." The person is not disconnected from the Lord. "I abide in him and he abides in Me." What does this mean?

 

"He ... abides in Me and, I in him." "As ... I live because of the Father." "The Father lives in Me, and though it seems that I live, it is not I but the Father that lives. As the Father lives in Me, I live in him who drinks My blood and eats My flesh and he abides in Me so that he can live through Me." This is what the world does not believe, and even believers do not.

 

"My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink." 'Flesh and blood' means a climax, which interpretation is right as we see that death resulted to Jesus then. When we meditate on and understand the works of the vicarious redemption of the Lord as far as our understanding permits, and the relationship between the works of the vicarious redemption and ourselves, we will see strength arising inside ourselves that is nothing but the Lord's strength, and we will see wisdom arising inside ourselves that is nothing but the Lord's wisdom, and we will see longing arising inside ourselves that is nothing but the Lord's desire. It is the Lord that works thus inside us.

 

"As the Father lives in Me and I live the perfect life because of the Father, the one who, yearning for My works of the flesh and the blood, bases all of his functions and origins on My works will live the successful life because of Me."

 

Eternal Resurrection Only through the Blood and the Flesh of the Lord

"My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink." 'True food' means the food from which one can derive true strength; the food with which one can gain the true strength―true strength of wisdom, true strength of power, true strength of longing, and true strength of growth that will be raised on the last day. Without this, however great a man may be moving the world, he will become a corpse once he is dead, and he will be of hell when he is raised up on the last day. Even if such a one is a believer in Jesus, he will have nothing on resurrection. He has no function of his then.

 

I have been ill these days. Having lost some weight, I regained my health, but I have no physical strength. With barely physical energy, one may be alive but no better than a dead man.

 

"I will raise him up on the last day." Listen Saint! "Only the one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood will receive true strength, will grow true growth, will do true deeds, and will be raised up of eternal life on final resurrection. It cannot be worked otherwise." Therefore any wisdom, power, desire, or deeds, originated not through meditating on the vicarious redemptive works of the Lord, are failure even though they appear success, and they destroy mankind even though they seem to save them. Why? Because the Lord is not at work inside them. The Lord is ever inside us the regenerate, but He may be or may be not working inside us.

 

"I stand at the door and knock. Open the door." The Lord says this since He is not always working inside our body and heart. Therefore it is said in Romans 6:5 and thereafter, "If you have become united with Me in the likeness of My death, you shall also be in the likeness of My resurrection." The resurrection of the Lord means new life, and means to belong to living hope and new living.

 

The lame man from his mother's womb was helpless when surrounded by thousands of others. When the apostles, who were committed to preach the name of Jesus, said, "In the name of Jesus, walk," he was encouraged to wake up by the preaching, to no avail even though he was trying; he could not stand up yet. Also it was not because he was seized by the right hand that he was able to get up; that human action was just the external of the event. When he tried and cooperated, his feet and ankles were strengthened, which was what He who was invisible took the responsibility to work, through the preaching of the apostles of gospels which He committed to them.

 

Therefore one who does not believe in this fact will not experience the mystery of Christianity. We are all surrounded with what are to corrupt and of no profit, but the Lord will come inside us to work only when we admit Him. He who is invisible acts according to our acknowledgment of Him which is also invisible.

 

We must know that we can live only through the blood and the flesh of the Lord, and we can live by the grace through the works of vicarious redemption of the Lord, by the strength through the works of vicarious redemption of the Lord, by the gifts of God through the works of vicarious redemption of the Lord, by the communion through the works of vicarious redemption of the Lord, by the connection through the works of vicarious redemption of the Lord, and by being accepted by God through the works of vicarious redemption of the Lord. When we admit this, then we will become the one who adopts as true food the blood and the flesh of the Lord. Then we have eternal life and we will be raised up on the last day. "I abide in him who eats My flesh and drinks My blood." We are in Him when we eat His flesh and drink His blood.

 

In verse 54, "He ... has eternal life." This indicates that there is one who does not have eternal life. "Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him." The Lord is standing at the door and knocking, and it is not until we receive Him that we have eternal life abiding in us. Eternal life comes in and out of us, but the regenerate life ever abides in us.

 

"My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink." Food is what strengthens one and raises one, and the one can perform work who has thus become strong and grown. The strength of a true man, the strength of true wisdom, the strength of power, and all things that are true―these come about only through longing for the works of Jesus and the resulting inspiration. Many who assert that they are doing for the sake of gospel can have their claims dissected only to reveal their vanity and empty lusts, which have nothing to do with the Lord.

 

Any wisdom or power is all false and corrupt unless it is originated from the wish that is aroused by the blood and the flesh of the Lord and from the determination, the desire, and the impression that are aroused by the blood and the flesh of the Lord. Such wisdom or power is one's own, not of the Lord. It is an enemy of the Lord; it is the king that is at work in self-centeredness which is the original sin. There are many who in this way are engaged in gospel movements and ministry, and who maintain their life in faith.

 

"He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him." What happens when one abides in Him and He in him? "As I live because of the Father, he also will live because of Me." We will come to live through Him who abides in us.

 

Let us not be absurd. We must not follow the path of Korah which ruined himself and others, and the path of destruction of Cain, believing in Jesus with vanity and empty lusts.

 

Be sincere!

Be clean!

Look to the Lord with pure heart!

Do not serve yourself!

Be it on behalf of the Lord, whether you live or die!

 

There is the eternal life there.

 

It will be foolish of us to commit such a grave sin as to trade on the gospel and the name of the Lord to our profit. However strong it may be, any strength is false unless it is through the blood and the flesh of the Lord. Whatever has not grown through the blood and the flesh of the Lord will not be raised up on the last day.

 

We must eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Lord in order to make Him come into us and make Him abide in us. To eat the flesh and drink the blood is to meditate on, to study, to long for, and to feel the flesh and the blood of the Lord. To eat the flesh and drink the blood means to think about it, to ruminate on it, and to study it―one has taken in nutrients when he understands it.

 

 

 

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