(Matt 26:26) And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body."
Referring to the Blessed Bread, Jesus said "This is my body".
There are many, many Christians who have been taught that Jesus REALLY said, "This is a symbol of my body".
If you are one of those Christians, why don't (or can't) you believe what Jesus said.... "This (the Blessed Bread) IS MY Body" ???
NOTE: I know there will be "christians" who will answer this by simply spewing hate and lies about the Catholic Church.
Jesus showed us how to spot "false Christians" in Matthew 7:15-23. He said "You will know them by their fruits."
So to them I say, go ahead and spew your hate and your lies if you must. But by your fruit you will show who you are.
2006-07-25 03:55:45 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Something to keep in mind:
Faith means "Jesus said it.... so I believe it"
Faith DOES NOT mean "Jesus said it AND I understand it... so I believe it."
2006-07-25 04:14:38 · update #1
William_s makes many false claims. One of them, regarding the Holy Eucharist is:
"Pope Innocent III introduced this doctrine in 1215 AD."
This is a 100% lie.... nice fruits, william.
2006-07-25 04:22:11 · update #2
Regarding the statement:
"The question has divided Christians since the Reformation"
Actually, this question divided people long before the Reformation.... Look at when Jesus talked about giving His Flesh for us to eat. Look at John 6:52 and John 6:66
The Jews asked "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" and many disciples left Him because they could not understand what He said.
2006-07-25 04:30:35 · update #3
You made me smile.
You are referring to the most beautiful and blessed gift ever given to mankind: The Holy Eucharist.
Here are some other scriptures you will love: John 6: 22-71. In these passages, Jesus was teaching about the real presence of Himself in the bread. Note the reaction of the people when He taught this.
Another: 1 Corinthians 11: 23-29. Saint Paul again teaches of the Blessed Eucharist, warning of the harm people do to themselves if they eat and drink and do not recognize the Real Presence.
Also, you'll love this book: "Secrets of the Eucharist" by Michael Brown. This book is totally mind blowing. It's small, but powerful.
God bless.
2006-07-25 04:19:33 · answer #1 · answered by Danny H 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Ok, here's the deal. Jesus was living according to the old covenant, or Old Testament rules, correct? He was Jewish, correct? Go read Leviticus and then tell me if the idea of consuming human flesh would have entered into Jesus' mind. They can't even eat pork. At the Last Supper, Jesus' gesture was symbolic for after He ascended to Heaven and the Holy Spirit came to "dwell within" us. Since The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are seperate and the same, Jesus dwells in you now.
2006-07-25 11:00:52 · answer #2 · answered by The Apple Chick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Jesus said "this is my body" he didn't start breaking off fingers and toes. He broke bread. To symbolize that his body was to be broken for our sins.
I'm no Catholic basher, mind you, but I cannot understand the doctrine of transsubstantiation. You cannot eat the flesh of your diety.
There are many beautiful, wonderful Catholics, and there is only one God. Those who accept Christ and worship Him in spirit and in truth will sup with Him at the marriage supper of the Lamb.
Our beliefs on Earth may differ, but God is big enough to sort it out, FAIRLY. I am no one's judge.
God Bless You
2006-07-25 11:29:56 · answer #3 · answered by Char 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
(26:26-28) "Eat; this is my body."
Jesus tells his disciples to eat his body and drink his blood. Did he mean this literally or figuratively? The question has divided Christians since the Reformation, but it's impossible to tell from the passage itself. If God inspired the Bible, shouldn't he have made its interpretation clear?
2006-07-25 11:00:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will know that they are Christians by their love.
I am not Catholic and do not believe in some of their teachings but, I have nothing against them.
Salvation comes through Jesus alone. Not what we do but, what He did. People have different understandings about what some of the passages mean. However, we are not perfect and we are here to learn what God wants us to do.
I do know that I have accepted Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior and He is what it is all about.
2006-07-25 11:05:07 · answer #5 · answered by 4HIM- Christians love 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi
I have met some very good Christian Catholic people I know will be in heaven with me. Granted I do not agree with all their teaching but I just don't argue with them about it.
What you have done here is give cause for non believers to ridicule Christians. They will say we fight amongst ourselves.
You have hurt the name of CHRIST.
Bob
2006-07-25 12:31:27 · answer #6 · answered by Mr Bingo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jesus is speaking symbolically about the bread being his body. Just as he did in John 6:35: And Jesus said unto them, "I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst."
Do you believe that Jesus is speaking of real bread? He wasn't, he was speaking of him giving means of spiritual nourishment as bread gives physical nourishment. So yes Jesus said to "Take, eat, this is my body." but he meant it hypothetically not actually.
2006-07-25 11:10:05 · answer #7 · answered by Lacksnothing 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you ask a question and then demand how the question must be answered, don't you continue to lack any of the information you may have received without your demands?
Jesus instructed us to not quarrel about the little things that would separate us.
Rom. 8:35-39, "Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written: For Your sake we are killed all day long: We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord."
I believe that is one of those details that we should leave to ask Jesus about when we see him.
James, the Brother of Jesus, and Paul used to quarrel and squabble about the faithful Christian Jews eating at the same table and eating the same food as the Gentiles. You see, Gentiles were "grandfathered in" on being able to receive the gift of salvation.
Anyway, Corinthians 8, 4-6 says, "So then, about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world and that there is no God but one. For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many "gods" and many "lords"), Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.
"And, if the idols are powerless and spiritually insignificant, then any food that has been sacrificed to these objects are not tainted and have no spiritual consequence for anyone who eats them.
"Do this in rememberance of me, Jesus said." We can't let that little degree separate us from our love of Christ.
2006-07-25 11:05:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who is arguing the fact that the bread represents Jesus' body?
2006-07-25 11:00:09 · answer #9 · answered by Yoda Green's Hope 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why do you say you will pray for atheists because they need help?
"You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?
2006-07-25 10:58:43 · answer #10 · answered by Mr. Mojo Risin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋