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    COMMUNION: Does "is" mean "is?" Catholic, Lutheran, Evangelical

    Q. Do I think that Christ is stuck someplace? A. No. Q. Is Jesus God? A. Yes. Q. Is God everywhere? A. Yes. Sorry, I thought you wanted to know what Calvinists and other Reformed believers who do not believe they are literally eating human flesh and drinking blood at the communion table...
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    I will never forget you

    Yes and Amen.
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    COMMUNION: Does "is" mean "is?" Catholic, Lutheran, Evangelical

    ... and here is the first quote in the context of the entire seventh paragraph of his letter: The prince of this world would fain carry me away, and corrupt my disposition towards God. Let none of you, therefore, who are [in Rome] help him; rather be on my side, that is, on the side of God. Do...
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    COMMUNION: Does "is" mean "is?" Catholic, Lutheran, Evangelical

    Since you asked, I offer the following: The Heidelberg Catechism (1563) 66. What are the Sacraments? The Sacraments are visible, holy signs and seals, appointed by God for this end, that by the use thereof He may the more fully declare and seal to us the promise of the Gospel: namely, that He...
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    Antihistamines for works.

    Have you ever heard of Jim Baker? He built a great christian edifice by human effort that was ultimately revealed to be what it was (of man and not of God). Disgrace and corruption and jail all followed and now, I believe, nothing remains of the human-built ministry. Jim Baker served his time...
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    Is the bible enough and do you respect it when you dislike its use?

    Is the bible enough and do you respect it when you dislike its use? OK, back to the OP. Two questions: 1. Is the bible enough? Enough for what? Coming from a Catholic, I would be surprised to find you were advocating Sola scriptura (Latin: by Scripture alone) is a Christian theological...
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    Antihistamines for works.

    Hebrews 10:26-27 [NKJV] "For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries." MY VIEW of Hebrews 10:26-27 is that it can...
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    COMMUNION: Does "is" mean "is?" Catholic, Lutheran, Evangelical

    no comment (I have nothing to say about this.) Matthew 26:26-29 26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” 27 Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them...
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    Antihistamines for works.

    A 'walk' is by definition, not passive. I grant that. (although I feel a slight obligation to add that one cannot 'walk in Christ' until one is first 'in Christ' ... so the walk comes after salvation [the event marked by repentance and a circumcision of the heart that makes us a new creation...
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    Antihistamines for works.

    Yes, I believe that Ephesians 2 is all about salvation and faith. I have more concerns with taking care when approaching Hebrews, not because Hebrews contains error (it does not) but because Hebrews presents hypothetical (what if) cases which can easily be misunderstood. For example Hebrews...
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    COMMUNION: Does "is" mean "is?" Catholic, Lutheran, Evangelical

    Just for the record, I read this as humor: Q. Body and Blood? Lutheran Answer: (It is a Mystery.) Catholic Answer: (Make something up.) Evangelical Answer: (Change the subject.) [EDIT] Like all good humor, there is a bit of truth hidden in it: Lutherans accept the paradox and embrace it as an...
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    COMMUNION: Does "is" mean "is?" Catholic, Lutheran, Evangelical

    Because every time we ask a question of Lutherans, the answer is "MYSTERY". :) [Just teasing.]
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    Antihistamines for works.

    "And the grace of salvation produces faith and good works as the scriptures say Eph 2:8-10" "Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you may have an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. Heb 3:12" If "the grace of salvation" produces faith in a heart, how can an...
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    Antihistamines for works.

    I am more responding to My previous post than to yours. I need to ask your forgiveness. While the substance was probably appropriate, the tone was definitely not. The reference to your 'god' WAS indeed shameful on my part. I apologize for getting too personal and adversarial. I simply define...
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    Antihistamines for works.

    Blunt answer it is, then ... You seem to go out of your way to take offense 'as a Catholic'. No, I do not think that Catholics worship a different God. As a point of fact, I was converted from atheism to Christianity by Catholics and I hold many aspects of the Catholic Church in high regard...
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    Antihistamines for works.

    Well, if we really want to be able to sling accusations of error and heracy, we should probably start a discussion on what Revelation REALLY means for the end times. So does anyone have a special, private revelation that no other theologian has ever thought of? Those are always my favorite...
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    Antihistamines for works.

    This right here: Your god has children who will inherit at the end of the race "IF" ... because "Salvation is something one works out in life and something that reaches its fulfillment at the last judgement". Thus at any point between now and the last Judgement, one could fail to 'work out'...
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    Why can't the bread & wine be the body & blood of the Lord?

    God (all three persons) were "real" before anything in the universe existed and will continue to be "real" long after the universe has ceased to exist. So I do agree that there is a very real mystery at the Communion Table with the bread and the wine, just as there was a deep and profound event...
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    Why can't the bread & wine be the body & blood of the Lord?

    Genesis 9:1-4 So God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them: “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, on every bird of the air, on all that move on the earth, and on all the fish of the sea. They are given...
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    Antihistamines for works.

    Ephesians 2:1-10 [NLT] 1 Once you were dead because of your disobedience and your many sins. 2 You used to live in sin, just like the rest of the world, obeying the devil—the commander of the powers in the unseen world.[fn] He is the spirit at work in the hearts of those who refuse to obey God...
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