You know, Jim, I gave out the Sentence of the Day early yesterday and I probably shouldn't have. You get at least a share in the title for this one.
SD
"drinks My blood" = "believes in Me" (result: shall not thirst, i.e., "have eternal life")
Talk about the Great Communicator; that was Jesus!!
Excuse me? Did you say "Great Communicator"? If what you posit as the "true" interpretation of John 6 were actually true, it would make Jesus a horrible communicator. All Catholic and Orthodox churches in existence alone for the first 1500 years of Christianity seem to have totally missed Jesus' point. A "great communicator" does not leave billions of people flailing in the dark.
You do have a point, but you stop at the symbolism and never follow through. Yes, "coming" to Jesus and "believing" in Jesus are required. Sacraments are not magic spells that work regardless of the person involved. So everything you say is true.
We just believe more. Yes, we need to believe in Him, AND we need to eat His Flesh and drink His Blood. Because they are "real" food.
SD
Thank you very much, and so you know I believe in that statement, I will post it again just for you, and with no caveats.
Our differences are not salvation matters, they are personal preference matters, that have everything to do with personality, and nothing to do with salvation.