A Mystical Connection

The core of what it means to be a Christian is to be a disciple. It is to study and learn the teachings of Jesus, and then work towards putting those teachings into practice.

Therefore, to be a Christian means that we will change and grow. There is a difference between who we are today and who will become because of Christ. We are changed and transformed by the power and grace of God.

But a question is: How does God do that? How does he change and transform us?

And the answer is that Jesus gave himself for us. He gave us his mystical body – his flesh and blood.

Jesus says in John 6:

⁴⁸I am the bread of life…. ⁵⁴Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood have eternal life, and I will raise them up on the last day; ⁵⁵for my flesh is true food and my blood is true drink.⁵⁶Those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me, and I in them. ⁵⁷Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so whoever eats me will live because of me. ⁵⁸This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

From this passage we learn three things that happen when we take Christ’s Mystical Body:

We have eternal life and will be raised on the last day.
Whenever you share in the Lord’s Supper, you live because of Christ.
Jesus abides in us. We remain in Jesus, and he remains in us. Jesus said, “By eating my flesh and drinking my blood you enter into me and I into you.” Through the bread and juice a mystical connection with Christ is formed, and you are changed.

Our prayer: “Oh God, come to us, so that You may dwell in us and we may dwell in You. And be changed so as to live as Jesus did. Amen.”

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2 Responses to “A Mystical Connection”

mmcturner Says:
June 2, 2011 at 12:46 pm | Reply
Very thought provoking!
Josh Anderson Says:
June 8, 2011 at 7:30 pm | Reply
When John writes about Christ’s messages to the churches in Revelation. He says to the Laodiceans (Rev 3:20). “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.” That’s always how I feel at the celebration of the Eucharist. As if my house is not in order and suddenly the king arrives and seeks to come in. The Eucharist is a fearful thing for a sinner. He wants to enter in.

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