Joan Boney ... apostle/prophet
Jesus said ... I am that bread of life. 49Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. 50This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. 51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. Jn. 6
Jesus, THE WORD, is the bread that came down from heaven.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in the beginning with God. Jn. 1
... And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, Jn. 1:14
How do we eat His flesh and drink His blood that we may have life?
When we eat and drink the Word given by God, that Word dwells in us and we have life and light of God. We go in the way of the Word given us rather than going in the way of the world or in the way of other people.
We eat His flesh and drink His blood when we take in His Word and do His Word in the various issues pertaining to this life.
We judge ourselves by His Word, making changes to our lives as needed.
We are conformed to the image of Christ each time to do that word given to us by the Spirit of God. It is not a one time being born again but rather we are "born again" each time we do the Word of God, making changes according to the Word of God.
And all things are measured and examined by the Word of God.
Thus eating His flesh and drinking His blood has to do with taking the Word of God into ourselves. This is the Lord's supper... eating and drinking the Word of God.
But be warned also ...he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. 30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. 31For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. I Cor. 11
3But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 14But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; 15And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. II Tim. 3
The Lord's supper is not the eating of crackers nor drinking of grape juice.
The Lord's supper is the eating and drinking of the Word of God.
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