Jesus command to *Follow Me* was to individuals and not at all connected to His dissertation in John 6, which He did tell us was a metaphor in John 6:63.
And since the consumption of blood is strictly forbidden by God both before the Law, under the Law, and reiterated at the Council at Jerusalem, the Catholic command to drink the blood of Jesus violates every command God gave in Scripture, putting them at odds with God and the Holy Spirit (Acts 15).
But go ahead and think cannibalizing Jesus is the way to be spiritually reborn.
John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I have spoken to you, are spirit and life.
It cannot be put any plainer than that. The Spirit gives life. The flesh is NO help at all. Spiritual life is not gotten through the flesh.
Your comment: “His dissertation in John 6, which He did tell us was a metaphor in John 6:63.”
Show me where Jesus said it was a metaphor? Looks like another protestant heresy.
One needs to follow Jesus by eating and drinking His Body and Blood. Apparently protestants deem it not necessary as they have no life.
Apparently, the flesh of Jesus profiteth nothing. So little faith in Jesus. So little understanding that Jesus wants to abide in us and that we abide in Him.
So the words of Jesus ‘profiteth nothing’? So little understanding of the meaning of the words of Jesus.
You ignore the very words that Jesus spoke that contradict your understanding: “the words that I have spoken are Spirit and life.” John 6:63
Why are you so haughty that you ignore the very words that you quote?
I am sorry if I am making you mad, but I just don’t want you to follow the influence of Satan.