Your comment: “Catholics can get quite hypocritical sometimes when they’re accusing others of only believing selective verses when many of their beliefs are based on out of context snippets or aren’t even found in the Bible.”
A generalized statement that is repeated without any explanation that it is true. It did not answer why you accuse me that I did not believe?
I am not ticked off, I don’t think that you explained why you do not believe a clear statement by Jesus to eat His Body and Blood for your salvation
You didn’t answer: “So followers of protestant beliefs can choose to believe in John 6:35 but ignore John 6: 36 and John 6: 53 that says we need to eat the Body and Blood of Jesus for our salvation?”
You are right that only God knows your heart, but to have faith we need to accept His truth and not false teachings of others. I am not the judge, just trying to understand and discuss your beliefs as you proclaim that you do not accept the Catholic faith.
Does CONTEXT mean nothing to you?
You know it's funny that you are so quick to accuse me of not believing the words of Jesus when what you are really talking about is the Catholic version of Jesus' words. And that "version" didn't really get spelled out in your official teaching (transubstantiation) until centuries after all the Apostles were all gone. I HAVE explained numerous times what I believe. Either you don't remember, don't read it when I have or like being able to challenge someone to repeatedly snap to your commands to "EXPLAIN YOURSELF!" at every chance.
Maybe this one time you'll read what I say and stop asking the same loaded questions every time we get on this topic? I do believe completely in what Jesus said. He DID sacrifice His body and blood for my sins and He HAD a real flesh and blood human body. He is fully God and fully human. He is the INCARNATION of Almighty God. He said it is through FAITH/BELIEF that we eat His flesh and drink His blood - when we BELIEVE in His sacrifice for our sins and accept the gift of God which is eternal life in Christ that IS eating and drinking Him AND a participation in His suffering in our place. If Jesus had not died for us, we would have to physically and spiritually die and be separated from God from all eternity. Just as Jesus died ONCE for all, we trust in Him and His sacrifice is forever efficacious. He doesn't have to continuously die over and over. His resurrection from the dead is proof that IT IS FINISHED. Our redemption is complete and we receive that great and precious promise by faith. The bread and wine He taught at the Last Supper was not only an act of faith (a testimony to others) in receiving it, it was a REMEBRANCE of Him just like He commanded. We do SHOW the Lord's death each time we join with others in this community of saints in remembering what He has done for us. He never said the bread had to LITERALLY change into His flesh nor the wine into real blood in order for us to consume Him. He repeatedly said BELIEVE in Him.
And I do think it ticks you off when you come on here and make your arguments by authority (your church leaders said so) and people don't accept that authority. Instead of stating your reasons why you believe and then respectfully acknowledge that everyone who diligently seeks to know God WILL find Him when we seek for Him with all our hearts as HE has promised, you accuse us of not believing Jesus' words. Trust that God is able to reveal the truth to all those who sincerely want to know it and the Holy Spirit will lead them to the way the truth and the life. Don't get hung up just because we may not come to that WAY via your on ramp.