On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?” Aware that his disciples were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you? What if you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before! The Spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe…This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him.” From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the Twelve.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
John 6: 60-69
Why do I get the feeling that, through most conversations, we all assume (imply) that we are (would have been) one of the 12…not one of the multitudes that walked away?
Are we so sure?
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This post was written by David E on December 14, 2009
Excellent thoughts. I have to say that I have always assumed that I would be one of the twelve. But, as the scriptures say, there were only 12 out of many, many people here that stayed. An interesting teaching on this exact story (by Bill Johnson) is that with the wording that is used by Peter, you can see that the 12 didn’t understand what Jesus was talking about any more than the others. But, because they knew that when Jesus spoke they came alive, they were willing to put aside their need to understand, and follow their hearts and spirits. Great thoughts! Later!
Bill Johnson’s comment makes total sense…and sheds even more light on why Peter would ask “where are we to go?”
Merry Christmas man