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To: MHGinTN
Are you unable to grasp the simplicity JESUS instituted,

Yes; I am.

Read my #102 again.

PROTs have generated RULES for Communion; just as Catholics have.

Many are getting indignant with me for even bringing the subject up!


I ask again:

What went on between the words of Jesus in the Gospels about the 'Last Supper' and what Paul wrote about later?

108 posted on 07/24/2019 4:41:23 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie
The answer to your important question may be found in Luke's letter to Theophilus, title The Book of the Acts of The Apostles.

The first act of the Apostles is to draw lots to select from only two who they deemed suitable to be one of the twelve to replace Judas. This they did prior to the descending of the Holy Spirit upon them (Jesus chose the twelfth, Saul of Tarsus/Paul) Please note that Luke relates the emptiness of that gesture when he states, Acts 2:14" Then Peter stood up among the eleven apostles and raised his voice to address them."

On the Day of Pentecost Peter preached a most powerful sermon by empowerment from The Holy Spirit. And the listeners asked: 'They asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” ' [Contrast this scene and their same question to the scene in John 6! Here believers ask, in John 6 seekers after signs and wonders asked. Notice if you will the stark difference in answers. GOD responds to believers seeking by giving them non-metaphorical reality, but to seekers after signs who are not believers God spoke in metaphor of the spiritual reality misunderstood by carnal-minded listeners as the physical.]

And begins the answer of the Grace of God in Christ Jesus: Acts 2:38 Peter answered them, “Every one of you must repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus the Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the Holy Spirit as a gift". Simplicity at its finest. Just repent and be baptized in faith to the efficacy of Messiah's work for them, not by them.

And more than 3000 souls were born from above that day. Then these believers and many more added ... Acts 2:42 "The believers continued to devote themselves to what the apostles were teaching, to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to times of prayer." The 'breaking of bread refers to the communion of believers faithfully keeping the Remembrance Jesus instituted. There are no fancy, priest directed add-ons. The only rule is of faith. Doing the ritual in faith with the fellow members of The Body of Christ requires no special items or special priesthood. All these generated rules are 'traditions made up by men.' These add-ons add nothing to the Remembrance. You can do the Remembrance at your dinner table with your family, no priest required, no Bishop needed, no special wafers and wine enhancements.

109 posted on 07/24/2019 6:43:53 AM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensation perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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