If you go to a steakhouse, you're not supposed to order chicken. It's like going to a formal wear shop and complaining that they don't sell cargo shorts. Do you ever walk into a Tiffany jewelry shop and ask to see the 'Buy One, Get One' section? In some places in life, there's only one thing that's really available, and to look for anything else, you'll be disappointed.
I absolutely love this passage, because it's an admission by the disciples that only Jesus can truly provide the words of eternal life. No one else can offer these, but it also means that the disciples realize that these words are so rich and have such value, that you stay even through the hard parts, because you've come to Jesus for eternal life. It's the thing that's offered, and even if it comes with things that are challenging and that you don't quite get, you stay, because you're there for eternal life.
This passage reminds me that it's worth staying through the hard parts. Even when it's hard, I've come to Jesus for eternal life. It's what he offers, and it's worth enduring through my misunderstands and challenges, because Christ offers what I can't get anywhere else. He is the Holy One of God. Where else could we go?
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