Concepts are good starts
The Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" 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 you. Whoever feeds on 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. Whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him. As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever feeds on me, he also will live because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like the bread the fathers ate, and died. Whoever feeds on this bread will live forever." Jesus said these things in the synagogue, as he taught at Capernaum.
John 6:52-59 (ESV)
Describing color to those who have always been blind is most difficult. Describing life to those who only know death or separation from God is equally as tricky. God often uses illustrations of what we can understand to teach us things that are tough to understand.
Believers are called the sheep of His pasture, yet we are not sheep. He compares Himself to being a shepherd and defines a good shepherd so we might better grasp who He is.
Our educational process usually begins with a concept that needs to move from the conceptual to reality, and often, stories are told to help us comprehend the truth.
According to John, Jesus came to this earth and represented the "concept" of God to people. Later, in John chapter one, we are told that Jesus became flesh and lived with us to see who God was and how we interact with Him. Thus, Jesus moved the concept of God interacting with humanity to the reality of God interacting with mankind.
Concepts are good starts, but they need to slide to reality in order for them to affect our everyday life.
John 6:52-59 (ESV)
Describing color to those who have always been blind is most difficult. Describing life to those who only know death or separation from God is equally as tricky. God often uses illustrations of what we can understand to teach us things that are tough to understand.
Believers are called the sheep of His pasture, yet we are not sheep. He compares Himself to being a shepherd and defines a good shepherd so we might better grasp who He is.
Our educational process usually begins with a concept that needs to move from the conceptual to reality, and often, stories are told to help us comprehend the truth.
According to John, Jesus came to this earth and represented the "concept" of God to people. Later, in John chapter one, we are told that Jesus became flesh and lived with us to see who God was and how we interact with Him. Thus, Jesus moved the concept of God interacting with humanity to the reality of God interacting with mankind.
Concepts are good starts, but they need to slide to reality in order for them to affect our everyday life.
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