Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life!
"Jesus then said to the Twelve, 'Do you also want to leave?' Simon Peter answered him, 'Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and are convinced that you are the Holy One of God." (John 6:67–69) In these poignant verses near the end of the Bread of Life discourse, Jesus confronts the cost of discipleship with searing honesty. Many of His followers had turned away, scandalized by His insistence on the necessity of eating His flesh and drinking His blood. Rather than soften His teaching or compromise the truth for popularity, Jesus turns to the Twelve with a searching question that echoes through every generation: “Do you also want to leave?” It is not an accusation, but an invitation—an appeal to freedom and faith. This moment is critical in understanding the dynamics of faith as a response not to human persuasion, but to divine revelation. The difficulty of Jesus' teaching had not diminished its truth. Instead...