Daily – John 6:60-71 "Leaving Jesus"

I know.  I was gone a long time.  I’m back.  Let’s not waste time with talk and get right into it. As a disclaimer, this opinions are my own and not of any church or group. Just me and my bible.

I love reading The Bible.  I enjoy the events and tales that weave through it.  I’ve been spotty on that in the past, but that changes today.  Today I turned to John for something of substance and found exactly what I was looking for in the words.  Check out the verse below:

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

⁶⁰On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?”

⁶¹Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? ⁶²What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! ⁶³The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit^[a] and they are life. ⁶⁴Yet there are some of you who do not believe.” For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him. ⁶⁵He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him.”

⁶⁶From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.

⁶⁷“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.

⁶⁸Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. ⁶⁹We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”

⁷⁰Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” ⁷¹(He meant Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him.)

From biblegateway, NIV version.

The sentence in this verse that I love and also despise because it hits hard at home in my heart is the, “This is hard teaching.” The reality of Christianity is that it’s never easy, never simple and never something you should choose simply because it’s “the thing to do”. I learned that long ago when after nearly thirteen years of following Christ the reality of the challenge of accepting him into my heart became clear. I was in middle school. These are of course the worst years for anyone. Surviving that is a experience unto itself!

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