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Take comfort in this: John 6

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The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?”
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Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.
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Whoever eats* my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.
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For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
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Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him.
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Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me.
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This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
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These things he said while teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
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Then many of his disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard; who can accept it?”

Who can accept it? It was the question in Jesus’ day, and it’s the question now. And it’s just as hard for the majority of people today to accept His clear words to us as it was then. Rejoice that you have such a great gift of faith! Those who walked away were Christians, disciples, they believed in Jesus, but they couldn’t accept the entirety of His message and He watched them go, let them go, with sadness. They chose the lesser faith. It was true then and it is still true today.

Whoever eats* my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day.

I've always wondered...

...when Thomas; with his doubt; was confronted by Jesus; just why he did NOT lick his fingers after they were plunged into the wounds that our transgressions caused.