John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life.
Ever notice how selective in taking verses literally Catholics are? Even within on passage, it's on again, off again.
Literal, figurative, literal, figurative, etc, all based on which doctrine they wish to support.
For example, when in John 6, Jesus said that He was the bread, I don't see anyone claiming He's made out of wheat flour and water.
Nor do I see ANYONE who has lived forever having eaten the eucharist, as they claim it's His literal flesh. Nor do I see anyone who has never become hungry or thirsty after having eaten what they consider His flesh and blood, and yet Jesus said that whoever eats would never hunger and never thirst.
Jesus also, in this passage, says that anyone who looks on Him will be saved, and yet Catholics demand a literal eating. Why don't they believe Him, I wonder?
John 6:40 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
The answer is obvious. They want to be able to control people's spiritual lives by making a demand that eternal life is gained though THEIR sacraments, and that if you don't participate in THEIR sacraments, you can't be saved.
After all, their church clearly and plainly states that there is no salvation outside of them, and I don't see a single verse in the Scripture they claim to have written that even suggests that.
A very keen observation. The content of these passages has often occupied my mind, but I’ve not found as concise and pity way to express the core of the thought. Thanks!
They like to go back to the Old Testament and use it to justify their rituals. Yet they ignore the command of God that the blood of a sacrificed animal was NOT to be eaten.