For example: common sense that is being guided by the Holy Spirit tell me that Jesus did not mean for us to literally eat his body or drink his blood to get him in our hearts. When I eat a steak I do not have the spirit of a cow in me. Commom sense. Having Jesus IN our lives does not mean to eat him to get him IN us. Common sense. The holy spirt give us the common sense to see these things, we just need to listen and trust our common sense, which in reality is trusting the Holy Spirti.
Becky
Well, Becky, I guess there is a severe lack of common sense going on nowadays (and at all times, it seems). If it were just listening to common sense, there would be much agreement on things.
Did you read the lines we were going over yesterday, about Peter's death? My "common sense" sees in the "outstretching of arms" and the death "giving glory to God" a crucifixion. JHavard's common sense sees feeble old age giving glory to God.
Whose common sense is right?
It must be something different. Common sense tells us there's no way this man fed 5000 people with a few fish and a loaf of bread. Common sense tells us that the true message is that He got people to share the food they brought with them.
Common sense tells us that God (infinite) could never become a man(finite). Common sense tells us that spitting on dirt and rubbing it on someone's eyes doesn't cure blindness.
Your explanation overlooks the true and apparent differences people get when they read the same words. It also overlooks the entire miracle message of the Incarnation. None of it makes "common sense."
SD