Eating & Drinking Christ

[Vine Abider]

11 minutes ago, Marilyn C said:

I hope to not get this off topic, but VA you mentioned `the kingdom and the Body of Christ,` what do you see as the difference, if any?

Sorry sister, but I think that conversation might derail things . . .  

[Marilyn C]

8 minutes ago, Vine Abider said:

Sorry sister, but I think that conversation might derail things . . .  

Yes, you`re right. I will leave it for its own thread.

[Marathoner]

On 5/9/2025 at 3:53 PM, Vine Abider said:

What do you think is the significance of this idea of eating and drinking the things of God?  Is this more than just studying the written word?  And if so, how do we know the difference?

Specifically, we eat the body and drink the blood of Jesus Christ; He is the bread that has come down from heaven (John 6:51-59). What does this mean?

It means that we are joined to His Body, becoming one with Him. We eat His body and are nourished thereby (man does not live by bread alone). The blood is the life, yes? It is indeed, and Jesus Christ is the Life, brother. He gives life to whomever He chooses, and He chooses to give eternal life to us. Therefore, we drink His blood, for His blood is eternal life. He gave His blood for our sake. 

Practically, this means that those who eat of His body and drink His blood are always in the presence of the Almighty --- for the Spirit of the Lord dwells in us, and we dwell with Him --- and we are never without Him at any time. This is why buildings and organizations are meaningless, my friend. The Lord has never regarded ritual observance, for He seeks the poor in spirit who tremble at His word... and this word are the words of His mouth. The scriptures have their place, but many of the saints never had access to them. This is no obstacle to the Holy One. 

I never encountered the scriptures when the Lord came to me. I never read the scriptures until after the vision of the Body which the Spirit opened to me. I was astonished to read descriptions of the Body I witnessed in that vision in those scriptures. Living stones, brother. 

Regardless of where we are and whatever we find ourselves doing, we are in the presence of God. There is no partition, for eating His body and drinking His blood makes us one with Christ and also, one with our brethren who also eat His body and drink His blood. 

What's the difference between studying the scriptures and living on every word from the mouth of God? The latter comes before the former. One is heard, and the other is read. 

[Vine Abider]

12 hours ago, Marathoner said:

Specifically, we eat the body and drink the blood of Jesus Christ; He is the bread that has come down from heaven (John 6:51-59). What does this mean?

It means that we are joined to His Body, becoming one with Him. We eat His body and are nourished thereby (man does not live by bread alone). The blood is the life, yes? It is indeed, and Jesus Christ is the Life, brother. He gives life to whomever He chooses, and He chooses to give eternal life to us. Therefore, we drink His blood, for His blood is eternal life. He gave His blood for our sake. 

Practically, this means that those who eat of His body and drink His blood are always in the presence of the Almighty --- for the Spirit of the Lord dwells in us, and we dwell with Him --- and we are never without Him at any time. This is why buildings and organizations are meaningless, my friend. The Lord has never regarded ritual observance, for He seeks the poor in spirit who tremble at His word... and this word are the words of His mouth. The scriptures have their place, but many of the saints never had access to them. This is no obstacle to the Holy One. 

I never encountered the scriptures when the Lord came to me. I never read the scriptures until after the vision of the Body which the Spirit opened to me. I was astonished to read descriptions of the Body I witnessed in that vision in those scriptures. Living stones, brother. 

Regardless of where we are and whatever we find ourselves doing, we are in the presence of God. There is no partition, for eating His body and drinking His blood makes us one with Christ and also, one with our brethren who also eat His body and drink His blood. 

What's the difference between studying the scriptures and living on every word from the mouth of God? The latter comes before the former. One is heard, and the other is read. 

Since "Now the Lord is the Spirit" (2 Cor 3:17) our eating and drinking of Him is in spirit (His spirit is joined to ours - 1 Cor 6:17). And where is the Lord's Spirit?  It's in all His believers, those born of the Spirit.  So it makes sense that in order to "fan into flames the gift of God which is in you" (2 Tim 1:6), we need to frequently be mingling with others who also have His Spirit in them, speaking the reality of who we are in Him to one another in psalms and verses and hymns - nourishing and encouraging one another's spirit!

Thus we feed on Christ and build up the body in love.

Chew more - think less

[Alive]

On 5/9/2025 at 4:53 PM, Vine Abider said:

What do you think is the significance of this idea of eating and drinking the things of God?  Is this more than just studying the written word?  And if so, how do we know the difference?

This connects to something I was thinking about this morning for a thread, but here it is.

:-)

Its not an easy thing to communicate, but Lord willing, I may try.

[Vine Abider]

44 minutes ago, Alive said:

This connects to something I was thinking about this morning for a thread, but here it is.

:-)

Its not an easy thing to communicate, but Lord willing, I may try.

I don't know that we can say eating and drinking bypasses our thinking.  However, when we eat and drink and once we swallow, the metamorphosis of the food happens automatically.  But no amount of thinking about food and talking about food will do it - we have to get it into us. 

There is the picture (although you could argue about which is the real food - the physical or the spiritual).

[Vine Abider]

Had a good time singing at today's gathering.  This song in particular pertained a lot to this thread's topic of eating and drinking Christ!  (to the tune of "Down by the Riverside")

 

[steve morrow]

UNWORTHILY

 

LUKE 21:36  watch you therefore and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass and to stand before  THE  SON  OF  MAN

 

HEBREWS 12:24  and to  JESUS  the mediator of the new covenant and to the blood of sprinkling that speaketh better things than that of abel 

--12:25--  see that you refuse not  HIM  that speaketh for if they escaped not who refused  HIM  that spake on earth much more shall not we escape if we turn away from  HIM  that speaketh from heaven

ROMANS 12:20  therefore if thine enemy hunger --FEED  HIM-- if he thirst --GIVE  HIM  DRINK-- for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head

 

JEREMIAH 5:14  wherefore thus saith  THE  LORD  GOD  of hosts because you speak this word behold I will make  MY  words in thy mouth fire and this people wood and it shall devour them 

 

PSALM 86:8  among the gods there is none like unto thee  O LORD  neither are there any works like unto thy works 

PSALM 33:4  for the word of  THE  LORD  is right and all  HIS  works are done in truth 

ISAIAH 12:3  therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation 

 

 

JEREMIAH 2:13  for  MY  people have committed two evils they have forsaken  ME  the fountain of living waters and hewed them out cisterns broken cisterns that can hold no water 

 

JOHN 4:13  JESUS  answered and said unto her whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again

--4:14--  but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up unto everlasting life 

JOHN 6:68  then Simon Peter answered  HIM  LORD  to whom shall we go thou hast the words of everlasting life 

 

REVELATION 7:17  for  THE  LAMB  which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters and  GOD  shall wipe away all tears from their eyes

 

LUKE 6:43  for a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit 

--6:44--  for every tree is known by his own fruit for of thorns men do not gather figs nor of a bramble gather they grapes 

--6:45--  a good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh 

--6:46--  and why call you  ME  LORD  LORD  and do not the things which I say

 

ISAIAH 55:1 ho everyone that thirsteth come you to the waters and he that hath no money come you buy and eat yea come buy wine and milk without money and without price 

--55:2-- wherefore do you spend money for that which is not bread and your labor for that which sastisfieth not --hearken diligently unto  ME-- and eat that which is good and let your soul delight itself in fatness 

--55:3-- incline your ear and come unto  ME  --hear--  and your soul shall live and I will make an everlasting covenant with you even the sure mercies of David 

 

1 CORINTHIANS 11:26  for as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup you do show  THE  LORDS  death till  HE  come 

 

--11:27-- wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this cup of  THE  LORD  --unworthily--  shall be guilty of the body and blood of  THE  LORD

 

MATTHEW 5:6  blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled 

EPHESSIANS 5:9  for the fruit of the spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth 

--5:10--  proving what is acceptable unto   THE  LORD

 

PROVERBS 8:8  all the words of  MY  mouth are in righteousness there is nothing froward or perverse in them

 

PROVERBS 15:4  a wholesome tongue is a tree of life bur perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit of 

 

1 TIMOTHY 6:3  if any man teach otherwise and consent not to wholesome words even the words of our  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST  and to the doctrine which is according to godliness 

--6:4-- he is proud knowing nothing but doting about questions and strifes of words whereof cometh and strife railings evil surmisings 

 

PROVERBS 15:28  the heart of the righteous studieth to answer but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things

 

PROVERBS 24:1  be not thou envious against evil men neither desire to be with them 

--24:2-- for their heart studieth destruction and their lips talk of mischief 

 

LOVING  THE  LORD  JESUS  CHRIST  

 

 

[Vine Abider]

God speaks to us in ways we can understand and we have a solid picture in the physical realm regarding eating and drinking the Spirit of Christ.  We need physical food and drink to sustain our bodies.  And the old maxim of "You are what you eat" is so true.  What we eat gets metabolized into our very cells and becomes part of us.  If we eat proper, nourishing food according to what our bodies need, we function and grow well.  But if we eat junk - we feel junkie, and our bodies don't respond well.

So, so many pictures of eating and drinking in scripture that tells us the importance of eating in the spiritual/reality . . .

If we eat Christ we live; if we eat the other we die!

[Prycejosh1987]

Communion is an important subject. But people take it for granted. I think we should take it seriously and use it to strengthen our spirits. It is sharing the nature of Christ by His death and Resurrection.