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To: Dr. Eckleburg
DR E quoting Harley-””People will not see a miracle even if the handwriting is on the wall””

This is exactly what people do when they reject Eucharist being the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ, even though every single Early Church father- without a single exception believed it .

You trust them to give witness that the Bible is the word of God though and elevate your own interpretations above Saints who were persecuted for the true faith

Many solo scripturists are willing to believe that the earth is only 6000 years old,but they reject something like this that Christ says more than once

“He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood,
hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day.

For my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed.
He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood,
abideth in me, and I in him.
John 6:55-56

I'm praying that your husband returns to the Catholic faith.

2,076 posted on 02/14/2008 5:19:08 PM PST by stfassisi ("Above all gifts that Christ gives his beloved is that of overcoming self"St Francis Assisi)
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To: stfassisi
I'm praying that your husband returns to the Catholic faith.

That is generous of you, but my husband thanks God every day that Christ plucked him out of the error of Rome and brought him into the light and liberty of His word.

He and I both pray the same for you.

"He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.

And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God." -- 1 John 5:-13


2,080 posted on 02/14/2008 5:41:39 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: stfassisi; Dr. Eckleburg
Many solo scripturists are willing to believe that the earth is only 6000 years old, but they reject something like this that Christ says more than once:

“He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, abideth in me, and I in him. John 6:55-56

STF, we don't reject the scripture, we just reject the Latin Church's interpretation of it. Under Reformed interpretation this speaks of taking Christ into ourselves through true belief (given by God). This happens one and only one time. One sacrifice leads to one belief that is true. From what I gather, the Latin view of this passage is that Christ means this as some sort of joke. When Christ uses very powerful language like "He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath everlasting life." He actually doesn't mean a word of it for sure. For the Latin Church, He is only here talking about possibilities and probabilities and chance.

To me, this view has Christ actually MOCKING Himself because in TRUTH His flesh would NOT be meat indeed and His blood would NOT be drink indeed because it all counts for nothing unless the person makes the right decisions for the rest of his life. This makes Christ look like a poser because He is boasting about things that are out of His control.

2,203 posted on 02/18/2008 12:31:33 AM PST by Forest Keeper (It is a joy to me to know that God had my number, before He created numbers.)
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