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To: CynicalBear

Protestants also like to call Paul a liar.

Paul Confirms This

Paul wrote to the Corinthians: “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a participation in the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a participation in the body of Christ?” (1 Cor. 10:16). So when we receive Communion, we actually participate in the body and blood of Christ, not just eat symbols of them. Paul also said, “Therefore whoever eats the bread and drinks the cup of the Lord unworthily will have to answer for the body and blood of the Lord. . . . For any one who eats and drinks without discerning the body, eats and drinks judgment on himself” (1 Cor. 11:27, 29). “To answer for the body and blood” of someone meant to be guilty of a crime as serious as homicide. How could eating mere bread and wine “unworthily” be so serious? Paul’s comment makes sense only if the bread and wine became the real body and blood of Christ.


28 posted on 03/09/2015 9:53:35 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
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To: NKP_Vet
>>So when we receive Communion, we actually participate in the body and blood of Christ, not just eat symbols of them.<<

LOL The Greek word in your quote "participate" is "koinónia" which according to Strong's means: "2842 koinōnía (a feminine noun) – properly, what is shared in common as the basis of fellowship (partnership, community)."

When you "share in fellowship" with others do you also eat them?

29 posted on 03/09/2015 10:02:36 AM PDT by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
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