John 6: 41-71  Jesus said some really difficult things.. never leaving out those truths that are hard to understand.. and this passage contains some of those.. 

Verses 44-45 for example.. "No one can come to Me, unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.. "   Jesus had made it clear that He only did what He saw the Father doing.. that the works that He did were the works of the Father.  Here He quotes from the prophets to show that even what He is saying.. is exactly what the Father has been saying all along.  Jeremiah wrote, ".. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness." ( 31:3) And, "... they shall not teach again each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying 'Know the Lord,' for they shall all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, declared the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more." (31:34) Hosea wrote, "I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love, and I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws; and I bent down and fed them." (11:4)  

Even as God the Father has loved and cared for Israel since the beginning.. He was loving them by sending the "true bread".. Jesus Christ.. to bring them Life.  If they truly knew God.. knew the heart of the Father.. then they would know that the Son was sent from Him and be drawn to Him by those same "bonds of love". 

Do you believe that God loves you?  That He has sent His Son to give you life? Jesus repeats it again, "I am the bread of life."  He is the "bread which comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die." He came because God loves us. He came to give us life. 

Living bread that provides eternal Life...  This was such a hard truth for the Jews.  Many fell away when Jesus started talking about them "eating His flesh" and "drinking His blood."  Jesus asked His disciples, "Does this cause you to stumble? What then if you should behold the Son of Man ascending where He was before?"  They would see that very thing..the 11 who believed stood on the mount of Olives and watched Jesus ascend into heaven. Only Judas would not live to see that day... only Judas would not believe and betray Him. The 11 would not go anywhere else, knowing that Jesus had "the words of eternal life." They knew Who He was and believed. They were drawn to Him with the bonds of love. 

Father in heaven, draw us nearer! Draw us with the cords of love.. that we will know Jesus more and more.... that we partake of His sacrifice.. His body and His blood.... true food and true drink.. so that we will abide in Him and He in us.  Let the Life and Spirit of Christ Jesus give us eternal life that we might walk with You forever. This is our prayer .. in the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.