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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: mikeforjesus on July 30, 2018, 03:55:43 am
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Until I am ready to accept the church teachings and I also thought to learn from the catholics in the below thread I think I just accept catholic and orthodox but I do not believe life is only in those who take communion in the church so that makes me protestant. I believe one must eat Jesus flesh and drink His blood and orthodox and catholic can do so if they believe truly without the Lords coming they could not be saved.
I have this dvd at home on the teaching the Lost Sheep by billy graham. I do believe being born again gives spiritual life. However I know it is a possibility though that does not mean I confess I know it is true that jesus founded a church which is now split into orthodox and catholic so I should be accepted into their fellowship. I know the orthodox and probably catholic really minister to people with needs not just individual but so do protestants it seems. I still want to learn how to serve God like the orthodox do. I want to see if I am missing something but I do think protestants serve God too
https://www.youtube.com/watch?embed=no&v=PhJaouXvhEI
https://forums.catholic.com/t/on-this-rock-i-build-my-church/500527/3
I agree with below from John Gill who is protestant
Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Then Jesus said unto them,.... The Jews, who were litigating this point among themselves:
verily, verily, I say unto you; or you may assure yourselves of the truth of what follows,
except ye eat the flesh of the son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you: by "the son of man", Christ means himself; under which title he often speaks of himself; because it was a title of the Messiah under the Old Testament; and was expressive of the truth of his human nature, though as attended with weakness and infirmities. The "flesh" and "blood" of Christ do not design those distinct parts of his body; much less as separate from each other; nor the whole body of Christ, but his whole human nature; or Christ, as having united a perfect human nature to him, in order to shed his blood for the remission of sin, and to offer up his soul and body a sacrifice for it: and the eating of these is not to be understood of a corporeal eating of them, as the Capernaites understood them; and since them the Papists, who affirm, that the bread and wine in the Lord's supper are transubstantiated into the very body and blood of Christ, and so eaten: but this is not to be understood of eating and drinking in the Lord's supper, which, as yet, was not instituted; and some, without participating of this, have spiritual life in them now, and will enjoy eternal life hereafter; and all that partake of that ordinance have not the one, nor shall have the other: and besides, having a principle of spiritual life in the soul, is previously necessary to a right eating of the supper of the Lord. These words, understood in this sense, once introduced infants to the Lord's supper; as misinterpretation of John 3:5 brought in the baptism of them. But the words design a spiritual eating of Christ by faith. To eat the flesh, and drink the blood of Christ, is to believe that Christ is come in the flesh, and is truly and really man; that his flesh is given for the life of his people, and his blood is shed for their sins, and this with some view and application to themselves: it is to partake of, and enjoy the several blessings of grace procured by him, such as redemption, pardon, peace, justification, &c. and such a feeding upon him as is attended with growth in grace, and in the knowledge of him, and is daily to be repeated, as our corporeal food is, otherwise persons have no life in them: without this there, is no evidence of life in them; not such live as feed on sinful pleasures, or on their own righteousness; only such that believe in Christ are living souls; and without this there is nothing to support life; everything else that a man eats tends to death; but this is what will maintain and preserve a spiritual life; and without this there is no just expectation of eternal life; but where there is this, there is good reason to expect it, and such shall enjoy it: some copies and versions read, "ye shall not have life in you"; eternal life. Now, though the acts of eating and drinking do not give the right to eternal life, but the flesh, blood, and righteousness of Christ, which faith lays hold, and feeds upon; yet it is by faith the right is claimed; and between these acts of faith, and eternal life, there is an inseparable connection.
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Unfortunately by posting billy graham I am mocking unintentionally one who is a true servant of God and could destroy his work. But I am saying now to others they should not be deceived. Those in that crowd should not mock his call to repentance because of those who want to seek attention from billy graham and test him or put him to an open test because not all receive him not showing respect to him and blaspheme his ministry unintentionally just to have attention. The devil makes one criticise a servant of God as a sinner that is trying to appear wiser than us rather than to help others