Section 7
how this man could give them His flesh to eat. Then the Lord pointed out to them that the flesh profits nothing, that it is the Spirit who gives life (John 6:63). The Lord even said that the words that He speaks are spirit and life.
By this we can see where the Lord is and what He is. You may say that the Lord is in the heav ens and that He is the Spirit and life. You are right, but even this is too spiritual, mysterious, and objective. The problem is how to make this real to us, how to make it subjective and available to us. It needs to be substantial instead of spiritual, available instead of mysterious, and profitable instead of doctrinal. Yes, we know that the Lord is the vine, that we are the branches, that if we abide in Him He will certainly abide in us. But the problem is where and what the Lord is today. In other words, how can He practically be avail able to us?
In order for the Lord to abide in us, it is nec essary to let His words abide in us. The only pos sible way for the Lord to be practical to us is by His words. By what means did we hear the gos pel and receive the Lord as our Savior? It was by His words. When we received His word, we actu ally received the Lord Himself because the Lord is in His word and He Himself is the Word.