我们吃什么？我不是指物质、喂养身体的食物，乃是指属灵的食物。信主耶稣与宗教不同；宗教教导人虔诚跪拜神，但信主耶稣乃是在灵里吃基督。吃基督听起来不好听，但在圣经里，主耶稣把祂自己比作多种食物。
约翰六章一再的说，祂是生命的粮（35、48、51），吃祂的人，要因祂活着（57）。因祂活着，更好是译为，藉祂活着或靠祂活着。主是生命的饼，吃祂的人要藉祂、靠祂活着。主把自己比作生命的饼，指明我们要得祂的益处，没有别的路，就是吃祂。你把生命的饼摆在你跟前，无论怎样欣赏，无论怎样称赞，都与你无关。你停止欣赏、称赞，实际的吃几口，就会得益处。饼不是为着欣赏，乃是为着吃的。
‘吃基督’说起来很野，不好听；但主耶稣来，就是作我们的饼。祂是生命的饼，并非为着给我们欣赏，乃是为着给我们吃，作我们生活行动的力量。车子要有力量跑，就得吃油；没有油必定跑不动。
主耶稣说，祂是生命的粮，吃祂的人要靠祂活着。这里的‘粮’字原文是‘饼’，所以生命的粮就是生命的饼。按犹太人的风俗，生命的饼必定是麦子作的；但是很希奇，主却说这饼乃是祂的肉。祂说，‘我的肉是真正的食物，我的血是真正的饮料。吃我肉喝我血的人，就住在我里面，我也住在祂里面。’（约六55-56）真奇妙，饼是植物生命，是小麦作的；怎么这饼又是肉？这给我们看见，主耶稣的话不简单，不容易明白。
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The Bread of Life, the Living Bread – John 6:35
What do we eat? I don’t mean physical food that nourishes the body, but spiritual food. Believing in the Lord Jesus is different from religion. Religion teaches man to devoutly bow down to God, but believing in the Lord Jesus is to eat Christ in our spirit. Saying “eat Christ” may sound unpleasant, but in the Bible, the Lord Jesus compares Himself to many kinds of food.
In John chapter 6, He repeatedly says that He is the bread of life (John 6: 35, 48 & 51). He also says that those who eat Him will live because of Him (John 6:57). “Live because of Him” is better translated as “live through Him” or “live by Him.” The Lord is the bread of life, and those who eat Him live through Him, live by Him. By calling Himself the bread of life, the Lord shows that if we are to gain His benefit, there is no other way except by eating Him. If you place the bread of life in front of you, no matter how much you admire or praise it, it will not profit you. But if you stop admiring and praising, and instead practically take a few bites, you will receive the benefit. Bread is not for admiration — it is for eating.
To “eat Christ” may sound crude and unpleasant, but the Lord Jesus came precisely to be our bread. He is the bread of life, not for us to admire, but for us to eat, to be the strength for our daily living and actions. Just as a car needs fuel to run — without fuel it cannot move — we need Christ as our food to live.
The Lord Jesus said that He is the bread of life, and those who eat Him will live because of Him. The word “bread” here in the original text is literally “loaf,” so the bread of life is the loaf of life. According to Jewish custom, this bread would surely be made of wheat. Yet, remarkably, the Lord says this bread is His flesh. He said, “For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him” (John 6:55–56). This is truly marvelous. Bread comes from plant life — made of wheat — but here the bread is also flesh. This shows us that the words of the Lord Jesus are not simple and are not easy to understand.