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To: Steelfish
The catholic understanding on this is so far off base in the context of the New Testament. Context, not sacred tradition, not ECFs, is your key to understanding the Word.

How many times does Jesus use the word believe in John 6?

Who is He talking to in this passage?

Would Jesus violate the Law in commanding people to eat His flesh and blood?

What was the reply of the disciples when Jesus asked them if they wanted to go away also?

I take it you have sold all of your possessions in accordance with Luke 18:22.

100 posted on 04/09/2016 3:13:15 PM PDT by ealgeone (The)
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To: ealgeone
They're real sticklers for the literal meaning of Scripture when it suits them, aren't they?

Call no man father

Matthew 23:1-12 Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat, so do and observe whatever they tell you, but not the works they do. For they preach, but do not practice.

They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger. They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long, and they love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces and being called rabbi by others.

But you are not to be called rabbi, for you have one teacher, and you are all brothers. And call no man your father on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. Neither be called instructors, for you have one instructor, the Christ. The greatest among you shall be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

116 posted on 04/09/2016 7:08:43 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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