John 6:52 The Jews therefore quarrelled among themselves, saying, “How can this Man give us His flesh to eat?”

When we take the word of Jesus literally we miss the point all together!

Jesus did not come as a scientific text book to give us the exact answers of life, the universe and everything; we should not expect to gain that from our Bibles.

What Jesus did give us is hope through promises of what is to come in our futures. If we want to live with Him we have to study His words and gain insight into what they mean, not take them all literally!

Jesus gave His body so we could have life afterward; no matter which way we look at it, it is an enormous promise to get into our heads!

John 6:40 And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

When Jesus tried to tell the people He was the Messiah they took offense that any man should say such a thing even though they knew their Messiah would come at some stage!

Are we ready to accept Christ in whatever form He comes to us? Are we ready to drop our own work so we can pick up what Christ gives us to do?

The door is open wide and we are invited in – but we do need to go through the door.

That door is Jesus Christ – accept Him now as your Lord and Saviour!

Numbers 21:9 So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

I love the fact that God used a sign of the evil to take away that evil from the Israelite camp.

God wanted people to realise they would be healed just by listening to Him and obeying His command; and not through any physical thing they could do.

A bronze snake can do nothing! It cannot even do harm like a real snake. Yet that is what God chose for the people to look up to.

God wants us to listen to Him and not worry about all the things in this world around us because He is bigger than big!