You said "...I obviously wasn't talking about that kind of sacrifice. Please don't play concordance games"
I am sorry, but it wasn't obvious by your statement. My quotation of the pertinent verses refutes your statement. If one says that Christ's sacrifice is sufficient and we do not need to do anything, then what is the purpose of ANY sacrifice besides Christ's?? Isn't that the attitude you take by saying that Christianity has no sacrifices?
And what about Malachi 1:11-12?
You said "...The bible doesn't call for a Christian priesthood"
"But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light" (1 Pet 2:9)
Like the Jews of the OT, we, too, are a priestly people. What do priests do? They offer prayers for themselves and for others. They also offer sacrifices to God. And just like the Jews, we also have a ministrial priesthood - Christ told His disciples ONLY to "do this in memory of Me", not every Christian. My last post and this one seems to disagree with your concept that Christianity does not have a priesthood that makes sacrifices to God.
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Well it seemed like it was in the context of what had been said before. Christ's sacrifice is sufficient and we do not need a robed priest in a Catholic Priesthood to claim to be of the order of Melchisedek(sp) and to make an offering of Christ at each mass. This is pretty clearly what a standard protestant would complain about. But yes you can find the word sacrifice in the bible, even in the new testiment. That is not the point.
And what about Malachi 1:11-12?
You said "...The bible doesn't call for a Christian priesthood"
"But ye [are] a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light" (1 Pet 2:9)
Yes Christianity does not call for Catholic Priests and all the more not since by being born again we become Priests. That makes each Christian an intercessor who has direct access to God, hence the additional complaint about your interposing Mary between me and God. Being born again makes me a priest, but the RC invention of another priesthood demotes both me and Jesus.
Like the Jews of the OT, we, too, are a priestly people. What do priests do? They offer prayers for themselves and for others. They also offer sacrifices to God. And just like the Jews, we also have a ministrial priesthood - Christ told His disciples ONLY to "do this in memory of Me", not every Christian. My last post and this one seems to disagree with your concept that Christianity does not have a priesthood that makes sacrifices to God.
Yes everything that comprises a priest is what each saint, each Christian is. Again, you demote each Christian and the work of the Lord by adding another layer between me and God in your Catholic Priesthood.