{"id":669,"date":"2015-06-02T17:52:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T01:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mmoutreach.org\/tg\/?p=669"},"modified":"2016-12-15T15:26:24","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T23:26:24","slug":"john-663","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmoutreach.org\/tg\/john-663\/","title":{"rendered":"The flesh profits nothing John 6:63"},"content":{"rendered":"

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John 6:63 The Flesh Profits nothing\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n

What does Jesus mean when He says “the flesh profits nothing”? There are several different meanings for “flesh” so to understand what Jesus means, let’s first understand the rest of His saying so we can gain the intended\u00a0contrast\u00a0He has in mind.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

John 6:63 \u201cIt is the Spirit who gives life<\/span>; the flesh profits nothing; the words<\/span> that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jesus identifies who gives life. It is the Spirit who gives life. The Father gives life and the Holy Spirit gives life. Does Jesus also give life? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Spirit Gives Life<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

Jesus said in John 4 –<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

John 4:14 but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him<\/strong><\/span> shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him<\/strong><\/span> will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jesus said, “I WILL give him.” What will Jesus give? Jesus will give eternal life. Jesus said the same thing again in John 6.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

John 6:27 \u201cDo not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you<\/strong><\/span>, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jesus said that He will\u00a0give eternal life to the crowd. What kind of life is He giving to the crowd<\/strong>? Jesus is giving eternal<\/strong> life. However,<\/span><\/span>\u00a0the way Jesus\u00a0would give them eternal life is embedded\u00a0in His use of the term “came down from Heaven.” It was the “who” not the “what” that came down from Heaven, that will provide eternal life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus is the life-giving spirit. 1 Corinthians 15 shows that Adam at his beginning became a living soul, but Jesus as the last Adam, came in the beginning as something more.<\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1 Corinthians 15:45\u00a0<\/span><\/span>So also it is written, \u201cThe first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL.\u201d The last Adam became a life-giving spirit<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Words are\u00a0Life<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

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Jesus also said the words He spoke were life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

John 6:63 \u201c…\u00a0the\u00a0words<\/span>\u00a0that I have spoken to you\u00a0are spirit and are life<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The disciples understood that Jesus alone had\u00a0the words of life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

John 6:68 Simon Peter answered Him, \u201cLord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life<\/strong>. <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What are the words of eternal life? The words of eternal life are the revelation of God through\u00a0the words of the Father given to Jesus.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

John 12:49\u201350 \u201cFor I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself<\/strong> who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to spea<\/span>k. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

50 \u201cI know that His commandment is eternal life<\/strong>; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What we should be able to\u00a0see from the words that Jesus said to His disciples, is that He gives eternal life from the Spirit and that His words are a life-giving revelation of God the Father.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Flesh Profits Nothing<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n

Jesus said that the flesh “profits” nothing. The term “profits” means:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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“to provide assistance, help, aid, benefit, be of use (to).”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The term “nothing” means:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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“in no respect, in no way.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jesus is saying that the “flesh” in no way has any benefit or use to you<\/strong><\/span>. The “flesh” that Jesus wants them to eat is not his physical flesh. It is His very person and His very words<\/strong> that give eternal life. The Spirit gives life, not his fleshly\u00a0body. In the same way, it is His words that give life not His blood. To have eternal life one must COME to Him in faith and believe HIS WORDS. Taking in of the natural life of Jesus will be of\u00a0no profit to anyone.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  John 6:63 The Flesh Profits nothing\u00a0 What does Jesus mean when He says “the flesh profits nothing”? There are several different meanings for “flesh” so to understand what Jesus means, let’s first understand the rest of His saying so we can gain the intended\u00a0contrast\u00a0He has in mind. John 6:63 \u201cIt is the Spirit…<\/p>\n

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