Will You Also Go Away?
66 After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him. 67 So Jesus said to the twelve, “Do you want to go away as well?”
John 6:66-67
+
Will You Also Go Away?
The crowd wanted a Messiah of power, not a Savior who gives His flesh for the life of the world. When Jesus spoke of His body and blood, many turned back. The cross always offends, for it exposes our sin and crushes our pride. Like the disciples, we are confronted with the question: Will you leave when Christ’s way leads through suffering, shame, and death? Yet the One who asks this question also bears the answer for us. On the cross, Jesus gives His life into death to win forgiveness, life, and salvation. He alone has the words of eternal life, words that raise the dead and comfort the broken. When doubts come, when the way grows dark, we cling to the crucified and risen Christ, trusting His promises. For in Him alone is life, even when the world turns away.
John 6:66-67
+
Will You Also Go Away?
The crowd wanted a Messiah of power, not a Savior who gives His flesh for the life of the world. When Jesus spoke of His body and blood, many turned back. The cross always offends, for it exposes our sin and crushes our pride. Like the disciples, we are confronted with the question: Will you leave when Christ’s way leads through suffering, shame, and death? Yet the One who asks this question also bears the answer for us. On the cross, Jesus gives His life into death to win forgiveness, life, and salvation. He alone has the words of eternal life, words that raise the dead and comfort the broken. When doubts come, when the way grows dark, we cling to the crucified and risen Christ, trusting His promises. For in Him alone is life, even when the world turns away.
Recent
Archive
2026
January
In The GardenBy Your Own LawA Kingdom Not From HereThe King Who Bears Witness to the TruthWhich Jesus Will You Have?Behold the King We MockedBehold the Man, Lifted for YouAuthority from Above, Glory from the CrossBehold Your King, Lifted Up to JudgeThe Place of the SkullIt Is WrittenEvery Promise KeptStabat MaterIt Is FinishedThese Three TestifyA True TestimonyA Quiet Courage at the CrossThe Empty Tomb and the Wounded SaviorSeeing, Believing, and the Linen Left BehindCalled by Name in the GardenDo Not Cling, Go and TellPeace in Wounded HandsThe Wounds That Speak PeaceMy Lord and My GodYou May Have LifeFishingIt Is the LordThey KnewFeed My LambsFollow HimFollowing Jesus, Not Comparing Paths
2025
January
Not AshamedIn Every RespectWe Are In His HouseHear His VoiceTodayBut You BelieveRest in ChristRest in FaithRest in Christ’s WordConfidence in Our Great High PriestCalled by GraceOur Eternal High PriestPerfect Through SufferingA Little MilkFoundationGifts of the CrossFaith in ChristObtaining the PromiseThe King of PeaceBlessed by the SuperiorA Priest Forever in ChristThe Forever PriestA Better HopeOur Eternal IntercessorOur Perfect High PriestOur Eternal High PriestThe Better Covenant in ChristA New CovenantPromises KeptOnly The High PriestNot the Blood of Goats
February
Only at DeathOnce and For AllImpossibleThe Perfect SacrificeThe Once-for-All SacrificeOnce for AllForgiven Once for AllDraw Near with a True HeartA Fearful ThingRemembering with JoyEnduranceOf Things Not SeenBecause of LoveBy FaithThe Builder is GodAs Good as DeadStrangers HereFaith in the God Who ProvidesFaith Looks Beyond the PresentBy Faith, Not FearBy Faith, Not by SightFaith That EnduresPerfected in ChristEyes on JesusDisciplineCast His Eye On YouIt HurtsWeak Knees
No Comments