What Does 'Eat My Flesh' Mean? (PART I)

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In chapter 6 of John's Gospel, Jesus is quoted as having said the following:

“Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever feeds on 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. Whoever feeds on 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 whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”

What does that mean? Is it literal, or is it definitely not literal? Join us, as we look at what the Bible says, and compare that to what a bunch of Protestant pastors are saying.

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LEARN MORE:

The Spirit and the Flesh:

Born Again:

CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT:
Bring ‘Em Back: Sola Seuss-tura (Jordan B. Cooper’s “Defense” of Sola Scriptura):

CANON OF THE NEW TESTAMENT:
Christian vs. Protestant on Deuterocanonical Books:

REVIEWING MR. WHITE'S FALSE TEACHINGS:
The Men in Black & Romans 9:

REVIEWING MR. WHITE'S FALSE TEACHINGS:
Christian vs. Protestant on Romans 8:29-30 (The Golden Chain of Redemption):

REVIEWING MR. WHITE'S FALSE TEACHINGS:
The Little "White" Lies that form Sola Scriptura:

THE DURBIN SPECIAL (Romans 3 / Romans 4 / James 2):

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LISTEN TO THE NONSENSE THAT SIDE B IS SPEWING OUT
Make sure that you have your Bible out when listening to Side B, because they teach several things that are not found in the Bible. Make notes of what they are saying, and compare what they are saying to what the Bible says.

"John 6:22-6:71 - Skip Heitzig" from @CalvaryABQ

""Whoso Eateth My Flesh, And Drinketh My Blood" Explained (John 6:54)" from @OnoDiamante

"I Am the Bread of Life (John 6:32-59)" by John MacArthur from @gracetoyou

"Unbiblical stuff the Catholic Church teaches: Mary, Indulgences, Eucharist, Priests, 7 Sacraments" by @MikeWinger of "Bible Thinker"

"What Did Jesus Mean? Unless You Eat My Flesh" by (Possibly) Evan from @LifelineChurchOhio

"What Did Jesus Mean by Eat My Flesh and Drink My Blood? | John 6:43-68" by Joshua Govitz from @joshuaGovitz

"John 6 for Roman Catholics" by James White from "Alpha and Omega Ministries" @AominOrg

"When Bread Is Not Enough | John 6 | Gary Hamrick" from @cornerstonechpl

"John 6:28 to 71" by @Robertbreaker3 from "The Cloud Church"

"John 6 (Part 4) :48-71 • We must be partakers" by Paul LeBoutillier from @Through-the-Bible

"John 6:25-71 Verse by Verse" by Leighton Flowers from @Soteriology101

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[GabrielHernandez-ucbr]

Going on 4 weeks since I left my Protestant church and decided to take my wife and kids to the Catholic Church thanks in part to this channel thank you!!!

[Michelle]

Please pray for me. I believe this teaching but was raised Protestant and my mom and many friends and family would be devastated and angry if I became Catholic.

[RaxxedOut]

I started hate watching HTBC (was a huge mike winger fan). But now im at a point where this video might be what makes me leave protestantism....if we are to go by scripture alone and scripture can be interpreted so many ways then it begs the question who has the right to interpret scripture correctly?
Since the catholic church claims such authority was given to them by Jesus i should proplaly look into it to see if its based in truth or not...

I know Jesus is the truth and i pray he wont leave me in confusions.

[jamesevans]

A Texas Southern Baptist, Bible Fundamentalist, here. I have walked with the Lord for many years. I have always presumed Side B to be correct. Essentially, I haven’t seen the need for Side A to be correct. And yet, I have always been disturbed by John 6. It goes on my short list of questions to ask our Lord. You have my attention. You may even be an answer to prayer. I am listening.

[eddardgreybeard]

"if he meant it literally he would've said I'm being literal."

Yeah, and if he was speaking metaphorically he wouldn't have let them walk away thinking he was speaking literally.

[bobdinkytown]

"Jesus is the bread, and one of these 2 sides is toast"

I believe we have a winner

[mikebuckley]

was anglican then pentacostal now catholic, have been catholic for almost 40 years and am so happy, Thank you God :)

[mannyman]

The Eucharist is the reason I stayed Catholic. I also read the apostles didache, and saw that they Also had the Eucarist.

[rschiwal]

As a devout Roman Catholic, I've been tempted recently to change my flavor and become Orthodox because of the current corruption of the Vatican, but our shepherds need our prayers, not our rebellion. Peter, our first Pope screwed up far more than just once. He was called out for his hypocrisy by St Paul because he was behaving one way with Jewish Christians and another with Gentiles.

[simeonwaia]

James White refuting himself while explaining the 'fundamental truths of exegesis' is just hilarious 😆

[mikegski]

The thing that gets me is that the people who were actually there taught this as literal and so it went for more than 1500 years. And these guys think they can come along and change whats been taught from the beginning. "Yeah the apostles and early church got it wrong. We got it corrected though."

[Johnthestudent]

If there is doubt about the meaning of John Chapter 6, a simple solution is to ask what John taught his students. We know what he taught because it is recorded in a letter by St Ignatius of Antioch in 107 AD. St Ignatius belonged to Side A and expressly warns true Christians to resist Side B.

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[Kitiwake]

I splurged my coffee at 1:16:32"
😢Mr. White has the verse right in front of him in English... And in GREEK!" 😂😂😂

[Mrs_Homemaker]

Our parish has the verse above our altar. It's a good reminder of just who we are approaching in the Eucharist.

[LisaKnobel]

Someone just posted this on Twitter less than an hour after I finished watching this. What more evidence do you need?

"We have a lady at church that is terminally ill, she was literally 58 pounds. A grown woman, 58 pounds. She was baptized into the church early because of her imminent death, and we have been raising money for her funeral.

But since her baptism and first Eucharist she is getting BETTER.

That is all I know. Our priest notified us today. Please pray for her."

Her name is Kayla!

[PInkW]

“If Jesus could’ve gave us a better gift than the Eucharist, he would’ve done so.”
St John Vianney

[rudya.hernandez]

Subscribed. Even Francis Chan is coming around to the truth that the early church fathers knew, and that is the Truth found in the Eucharist.