Excuse me?
Are you so angry that I’m believing the plain words of the Apostle that you’re calling me ignorant and unstable?
If anything, I’m doing the opposite of distorting by believing it as written.
Are you going to say that reading Ephesians 2 as it was written is also the result of the reader being ignorant and unstable?
Seriously, after all the time that we spend schooling the Catholics because they insist that the Bible doesn’t mean what it actually says about salvation, are we getting to the point where WE’RE going to ignore the plain words of Scripture because it goes against OUR theology?
Or does Scripture come first?
And the words are NOT 'plain'.
Are you going to say...
I'M not saying anything.
Peter wrong that SOME have a hard time with things Paul has written.
If anything, the way we each are determining what Paul REALLY meant when he penned the 'unworthy' verse, shows the reality of what Peter wrote.
Which of us is the 'ignorant and unstable' one?
the coin could flip either way.
(Or land on edge)
Millions of folks think the elements are merely reminders of what Jesus has done for us, while other millions think that somehow they turn into His 'body' and 'blood' when consumed.
I doubt that no matter what EITHER of us 'through the glass darkly' fellas writes here is going to sway the other one; seeing that CENTURIES of discussion about the subject has still left the human race divided.
I'm willing to put this into the 'disputable matters' bin and move on.
How 'bout you?