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"This is my body" directly from the mouth of Jesus Christ isn't enough for some folks but it was clearly enough for Paul.

I Corinthians 10:16 The chalice of benediction, which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? And the bread, which we break, is it not the partaking of the body of the Lord?

If Christ is not present in the Eucharist, then either Jesus Christ Himself, God from God, only begotten Son of God is a liar, or Scripture is in error and misquotes Christ. Every other alternative the Self Alone crowd weaves is an attempt to delude the gullible by claiming that Scripture requires the very linguistic skills the the same Self Alone people insist are not required to understand Scripture.

Anyone who does not have sufficient faith in Jesus Christ to accept the hard teaching that He is present in the bread and wine is turning and walking away from Jesus Christ. They cannot be led by or filled by the Holy Spirit because they have rejected Jesus Christ.

Those who continue to deny the deity of Christ by calling Jesus Christ a liar can fool themselves however they like, but they should get used to the idea of hearing, "I never knew you" from the very Jesus Christ they don't have faith in.

Wow, Rashputin, just wow.

I think I will leave you to your deception.

Why is it that you guys cannot see that verse for what it really means, and that is spiritual and not physical?

Oh yes, not indwelt with the Spirit....just what I have been saying all along.

Thanks for posting.

Eat the word John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Deuteronomy 8:3 And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

Ezek 3:1 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this scroll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. 2 So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that scroll. 3 And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.

Jer 15:16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.

Revelation 19:13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

John 6:35 And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.

1 Corinthians 10:3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat; 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.

Matthew 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

Eat and drink the word of God. Do Catholics eat the literal pages the scriptures are written on also?

Let’s look at what Jesus thought of physically ingesting his flesh and blood.

Matthew 15:17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught?

Christ IS present at the Eucharist, I believe this as truth.

The partaking of His Body and His Blood however, in my mind, remains spiritual in nature.

Thank you all for the wonderful scripture references. I just can not (yet, perhaps?) see where the communion wafer and wine physically becomes Christs Body and Blood.

I hesitate to read something into scripture that either is not there or has yet to be revealed to me. These are the issues that make discussion worthwhile.

Thank you all.