"This is my body."
And I'll do ANYTHING that Mom asks me to do.
Like:
"This is my body."
"Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained."
" If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions."
"Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven."
"If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments."
The meaning of these words are clear and easy to understand. It is the Protestants who must twist them to empty the of this clear meaning so that they can maintain their man-made tradition of "faith alone."
And I'll do ANYTHING that Mom asks me to do.
“The meaning of these words are clear and easy to understand. It is the Protestants who must twist them to empty the of this clear meaning so that they can maintain their man-made tradition of “faith alone.”
It appears the root of your problem is the assumption that all Scripture is about Christians. It is not.
All is for us. Not all is about us. This would help with much of what you post FRiend.
The plain and succinct words of Jesus …
Like:
"This is my body."
While in context.
and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me." 1 Corinthians 11:24 NASB
And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me." Luke 22:19 NASB
You strain at 'This is my body', ignoring what JESUS told these same seekers after signs just a few verses earlier.
You completely ignore or twist to destruction the very first council of Ekklesia Fathers when you insist you ingest the blood of Christ at your blasphemous Mass.
You presume your Org (rhymes with Borg) has inherited the authority given to JUST THE TWELVE, all of whom are long dead from the body.
You lift words spoken to the Jews BEFORE the Cross of our salvation, making them seem to reveal duplicity in God's message to us. Then expect those seeking God to follow your false teachers and Magicsteeringthem and Pope to obtain, eventually, what God Promises is an immediate event when someone believes in Him Whom God has sent for their salvation.
In John 6 JESUS tells you that the work of God is to believe on Him Whom God sent. But you don't take Him at His Word and whittle away at the simple Gospel of Grace adding all manner of works which can only be approved through your false Christianity ORG.
And finally you spittle out a seeming contracdiction to the Gospel of Grace, asserting we must be keepers of the Law of Moses to eventually obtain salvation!
You are serving the spirit of antichrist with institutionalized vigor which would make the Pharisees of Jesus Day jealous of your ORG controls. Rhymes with Borg, and is pretty close to a facsimile of same!