John 6:63 It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Yesterday in my Easter message I used words according to my understanding. Those words could just as easily be taken another way. Even the way in which they were spoken meant something different to those who spoke them and heard them two thousand years ago.

If they are just words, then what do they really mean? I have to admit with all honesty that your position helps define meaning. I will not expect a non-believer to see things my way. I would hope that I give them a new perspective, but looking at things in a different way does not mean you have changed your position.

The reason I chose this opening verse has everything to do with position. Jesus spoke these words and many others in chapter six of the gospel of John to many of His disciples. Then this happened.

V 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.

Why this happened was the positional condition of those who stopped following Jesus. Something He said they could not live with. For them, His words were not life. To some the message was offensive but since I am in Christ, I am not offended by anything said there.

So how does one change his position? It begins there in verse 63 where it is declared that the flesh profits nothing. There is nothing to be gained in remaining where you are if you are not in Christ. The first thing that happens to unbelievers that identifies a need to change position is dissatisfaction. Sin, even if it is pleasant for a season wears on the soul. There is a constant renewal required in sin, that it is only a temporary thing. Sin needs a fix, you have to keep feeding it. It wears you out from the inside.

Matthew 11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

That is step one of just words.