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To: papertyger
He also said this....

John 6:35 Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

By taking that passage literally, that MUST mean that He is made of bread dough. And by taking that passage literally, that must mean that those who eat Him will never hunger or thirst again. Give me one case of someone who partook of the eucharist who never got hungry or thirsty again.

John 6:36 But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. 37 All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out. 38 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. 40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.

Taking this literally, Jesus is teaching salvation by faith, simply by believing one attains eternal life and they are eternally secure in Him as He Himself said that He would lose none of those who the Father gave Him.

John 6:47-48 47 Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. 48 I am the bread of life.

John 6:63 63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.

He comes out right here and tells us that He is speaking spiritual words, spiritual truth.

The flesh counts for NOTHING. It is the Spirit which gives life.

Thinking you're eating Jesus flesh is going to do nothing for you. Jesus said what we do in the flesh counts for nothing.

658 posted on 05/29/2012 8:16:24 AM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore & do not submit again to a yoke of slavery)
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To: metmom
The flesh counts for NOTHING. It is the Spirit which gives life. Thinking you're eating Jesus flesh is going to do nothing for you. Jesus said what we do in the flesh counts for nothing.

Then apparently I believe the words of Christ, and those in your camp, don't.

661 posted on 05/29/2012 8:24:42 AM PDT by papertyger ("And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if..."))
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