Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-03-09

Jesus, His Son, and the love-gift of Je-
sus to His Father. God has given some
to Jesus, and every one 'of them shall
come to Him; and Jesus is making a
love-gift to His Father giving His very
life blood to assure us of the fact that
not one of the love-gift shall be lost. but
that all shall be presented to the Fa-
Their.
Notice the contrasts which Jesus
makes here. Not do, but believe not
Moses, but the Father; not the mamma
which spoiled, but the Living Bread from
heaven which gives life; not the tenn
porary contentment which the mamma
gave, but the permanent satisfaction
which Jesus gives; not all coming to
Him, but some; not one of the love-gift
lost, but all saved not all saved, but
those who come.
What is the supreme contrast between
the dead mamma and the living bread of
God? or between going and believing?
The Jews murmured at Him when
they heard Him say, 81 am bread which
came down from heaven" They could
not understand how One who had grown
up amongst them, whose mother and
brothers and sisters they knew, could
claim heavenly origin. But Jesus an
swered their objection, mo man can
come to me except ". 44)-that is the
supreme condition. Except We eat the
flesh of the Son of man and drink His
blood you have no life in you (V. SO.
mo man can come to me except" (V. So
that is, the Father draws before any
one can come, and the one whom the
Father draws eats the flesh of the Son
of man and drinks His blood, and so has
His life in him.
This is hard saying. What does
it mean? Well, to the man who is not
a Christian, to eat His flesh and drink
His blood means simply to accept the
gift of eternal life which He makes
". 27); to accept His sacrifice for Him
His death on the cross (V. 81. To eat lie
to come to Him and to believe in Him
(V. $50. To eat is to yield to the Fathers
drawing. If you feel an impulse to
come to Jesus recognizing your guilt
and your inability to save yourself, and
approaching that for His sake God will
accept you because of the great sacri-
flee which He made in your stead, that
is the Fathers drawing-yield to Him
and come assured that him that COM
eth Jesus will in no wise cast out
To the believer, to the one who has
already come, who has yielded to the
Fathers drawing power, to eat of His
flesh and to drink of His blood means
to appropriate Christ, to make Him as
vitality a part of your life as you make
bread and meat when you chew them UP
and swallow them and digest them and
assimilate them. 1t means union with
Him in His life and purpose Vs. So ano
SD 1t means dwelling in Him and haV-
ing Him dwell in you. 1t means living
by Him as He lived by the Father. He
came not to do His own will. but the
Fathers will. He could do nothing of
Himself but only as the Father gave
Hi INTO do. He lived to glorify the
Father; He spoke only as He was
taught by the Father; He always pleased
the Father-"as-so;" as He lived by the
F,ather-so He intends us to live by
Him This is eating His flesh and drink
ing His blood. This is approprfating
Him. All, how few have any appetite
for Christ! IL is taking Him, not talking
about Him.
Lord Jesus. it is only because Thy
body was broken for me and because
Thy blood was shed for me that my
sins are forgiven. 1t is Thy resurrec-
tion alone which gives me the assurance
that I shall live forever. 1t is Thy life
o fself-forgetfulness, o service. or IN
tercession, which is my example and
my aim; Thy will is my supreme desire;
Thy life in me is my only hope: Thy
power is my only ability Give me each
day greater appetite for Thee, let me
dwell i'm Thee. and a Thou dost live
by the Father. SO let me live by Thee.