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John
  
64"But there are some of you that do not believe." For Jesus knew from the first who those were that did not believe, and who it was that should betray him.65And he said, "This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted him by the Father."


Many who followed Jesus failed to grasp this vital point, and left him. The discourse on eating his flesh and drinking his blood was the nucleus of his Galilean ministry, and also the reason why many followers forsook him. So the number of the deserters was inadequate to pass beyond the limits of human logic, to rely on Jesus unconditionally. They missed the truth of his divinity, and did not dare to make a covenant with him, on the basis of his sacrifice.
Jesus told his disciples that some of them would oppose his Spirit, and shut him out. The Lord could see each of them in the emotions of his heart. He knew Judas Iscariot’s treachery, who had joined the band from the start. Judas had been unwilling to open himself wholly to the Spirit of Christ’s love. Jesus knew as he discoursed on the slaying of his own body, that one of these present would deliver him to undergo this grievous execution.
In conclusion, Jesus repeated the mystery, that no one can believe in Jesus apart from the workings of the Spirit of God in man. No one can call Jesus Lord save by the Spirit. Our faith is no mere credence, but a personal union with Jesus, by the work of the Spirit. Open your soul to the attraction of the fatherly Spirit, do not oppose any of Jesus’ truths. Then you will experience his coming upon you, to abide forever. He is the Bread of Life prepared for you.

Question
How was the life-giving Spirit joined to Christ’s body?