So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. The one who eats My flesh and drinks My blood remains in Me, and I in him. Just as the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, the one who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. This is the bread that came down out of heaven, not as the fathers ate and died; the one who eats this bread will live forever.”These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum. So then many of His disciples, when they heard this, said, “This statement is very unpleasant; who can listen to it?” (vv. 53-59)
If I go to any church and tell people that we are saved by Christ, I will find many agreeing with me. However, there are only few who truly understand who Christ is. I’ve been emphasizing the importance of Trinity. Without knowing Christ, we cannot understand why He became a man. Chapter 6 teaches us about the union of Christ. This union is closely related to the cross. As we all know, the Lord’s Supper happened just before Christ’s arrest.
It may seem that I repeat myself again and again. Some of you may be tired of reading the same thing. But there are too many false teachers in churches. They boast of their education and much reading. They persuade people day and night. So I must write the same thing again and again. God will not forgive those who weaken the power of the cross of Christ.
The cross of Christ is a simple message to His saints. But it is a stumbling block to those who reject God. I’ve been trying to explain why God now rejects the Protestant church as well as the Roman Catholic church. In the 17th century England, the Protestant theologians and ministers started to reject our righteousness that came through Christ’s work on the cross. They concluded that the cross was not enough for us to gain the eternal life. Their treachery is clearly shown in the theories called the Covenant Theology (CT) and the Active Obedience of Christ (AOC). Their root is found in the Roman Catholic theologians like Anselm and Aquinas. Some believe that they are separate theories but in fact, they are tightly connected because both teach that righteousness comes only from works/the law. Those who follow CT and AOC think Adam could have become the head of the church by his obedience. We simply reject their idea.
It is true that we are saved because of Christ’s work on the cross. However, He did not gain righteousness for us by that work. Rather, He, who is righteous like the Father, made us equal with Him and righteous through that work. The righteous God made us righteous like Him through death and resurrection of Christ. Therefore, our righteousness is not like the righteousness of Adam in the garden of Eden. We are clothed with God’s righteousness. Adam did not have true righteousness of God but only mere uprightness as I’ve explained many times. Even though Adam was sinless before he ate the fruit, he could not reach God’s righteousness by his obedience. Only God is righteous and good, and no one can become like God by works. Adam tried but could not. He tried to gain it by disobedience because obedience did not work. He wanted to become like God by his own wisdom and works. Although he sought eternal life, it was not granted to him. On the other hand, we are imputed with God’s righteousness by believing in Him. Grace is freely given. Because we know grace is free, we understand that God has chosen His people before they are born. No one can choose to believe in God.
…for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God’s purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls, it was said to her, “The older will serve the younger.” Just as it is written: “Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated.” (Romans 9:11-13)
From England, the Protestant churches started to focus on the law. On the outside, the Protestant theologians and ministers preach the cross of Christ. But they trample the cross of Christ under their feet and mock God openly by preaching the CT and the AOC. What they teach and believe is rootless as God has shown me in my dream. Many are going back to Egypt, the land of the dead.
We face many natural disasters around the world. From year 2020, the disasters are more frequent and drastic in scale. Climate change is a result of the Industrial Revolution that started in England. This shows the reason of the demise of the world. What went wrong in England has brought calamities in the world. This is the result of forsaking the cross of Christ. This is the last hour.
Therefore they said to Him, “What are we to do, so that we may accomplish the works of God?” Jesus answered and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.” (vv. 28-29)