Words Of Life

On hearing it, many of his disciples said, “This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?
Aware that his discipleswere grumb-ling about this, Jesus said to them, “Does this offend you?
What is you see the Son of Man ascend to where he was before!
The spirit gives life; the flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life. Yet there are some of you who do not believe. “For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did not believe and who would betray him.
He went on to say, “This is why I told you that no-one can come to me unless the Father has enabled him.”
From this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
“You do not want to leave too, do you?” Jesus asked the twelve.
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We believe and know that you are the Holy One of God.”
Then Jesus replied, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!” (he meant Judas, the son of simon Iscariot, who, though one of the Twelve, was later to betray him)
(John 6 : 60 - 71 )

In his book Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the age of Show Business, Neil Postman warns us of the danger of a world of information overload. He reminds us of a chilling futuristic vision - - Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, which describes a world thoroughly flooded with information. But that data is manipulated so that none of it has any significance.

A glance at the Internet or a magazine rack hints that we are living in just such a culture. We're drowning in a sea of information often marketed by the unscrupulous. We need discernment to choose wisely whom we will listen to.

In John 6, Jesus delivered His "I am the bread of life" message (v.35). It was a sermon so controversial that, at its conclusion, many of His followers went away and stopped following him (v.66). They chose to stop listening to the voice of Christ. When Jesus challenged His disciples as to whether they would also walk away, Peter wisely responded, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life" (v.68)

In a world swamped with confusing and contradictory information, we can, like Peter, turn to Christ for wisdom. He cuts through the words of confusion with words of life. - - Bill Crowder

There's so much wisdom to be learned, So many ways for me to grow, Lord, I would listen like a child, and learn what You would have me know - - K.De Haan

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If you want to be wise, listen to Jesus
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