Sister V. The Roman Church maintains and you affirm that the real presence of Christ is in the "consecrated" wafer. To maintain such clearly makes God to be a liar. Do we not still agree that God is not a man that He should lie? (Numbers 23:19) If we do still agree on this point, and if I can substantiate that the Eucharist - Mass liturgy or "alter drama" makes God to be a liar, then you will concur that it cannot be, that God cannot lie and the positon of the Roman church is a lie. You do agree to my terms, do you not? Every lady in this land has twenty nails upon each hand five, and twenty on hands and feet. All this is true, without deceit. --The Real Mother Goose
Woops, you say? The little rhyme is deceitful? Is that not just your interpretation? Do you have a right to make such a determination? You would not question the good Mother Goose, would you? Think of the generations of kids who have sat at her feet.
No, you do not have such a right --- that is, unless you are a rational person. Are you rational? What is your best guess, do you think that I, too, am rational?
Consider that the Real Mother Goose was just a little tricky about her rhymes. That is because they are birthed from her character. She was a “tricky” lady.
How about our God? Is He, also, tricky? If He tells us something not to do 3,000 years ago, do you suppose with new insight, magical liturgies, science and knowledge, He would change His mind and allow it today?
What about these verses?
Gen 9:6 “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image.
If it is the real Jesus being offered upon the alter in the form of the consecrated wafer, then the Priests are shedding a man's blood and according to this Scripture from God, they should be killed. Agree? Scripturs against eating blood -- Lev 7:L26-27 Moreover, you shall eat no blood whatever, whether of fowl or of animal, in any of your dwelling places. Whoever eats any blood, that person shall be cut off from his people.”
Gen 17:10 “If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from the people. 11For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it for you on the altar to make atonement for your souls, for it is the blood that makes atonement by the life. 12Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who sojourns among you eat blood.
13“Any one also of the people of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, who takes in hunting any beast or bird that may be eaten shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth. 14For the life of every creature£ is its blood: its blood is its life.£ Therefore I have said to the people of Israel, You shall not eat the blood of any creature, for the life of every creature is its blood. Lev 19:26“You shall not eat any flesh with the blood in it. You shall not interpret omens or tell fortunes. 27You shall not round off the hair on your temples or mar the edges of your beard.
Is not the above clear? NO EATING BLOOD FROM ANY CREATURE! The God/Man, Jesus Christ is a creature in this sense of the word. We are not to eat the blood of Christ either. God has spoken and will not change His mind!!!
You respond to thiis that this was in the Old Testament economy and God was speaking the Hebrew tribes only? Well, guess what, when Christ spoke in John 6 and the rest of the Gospels, it was still the Old Testament economy and He is speaking to the same group of people that God, through Moses, gave the above verses to. They were still applicable! Further, it was the decision of the Church at Jerusalem to instruct the Church and disciples at Antioch to abstain from things strangled and blood. (Acts 15:20, 29). Paul, having been so instructed, made a missionary trip over much of Asia. When he went to Jerusalem to report on what he did on this trip, one of the things he told them was that he had instructed the churches to abstain from things strangled and blood. It seems to me, then, that the Roman church has put together a "cunningly devised fable" concerning the sacrifice of the mass and the real presence of Christ. Why is Rome lying? (Here is a little rabbit trail for you, did you notice in Lev 19:26 that the eating of blood has to do with the occult? Further, look at that bit about “not rounding off the hair on your temples? --- This particularly describes TONSURE. This is a practice of the catholic church.)
Let’s come back, though, to the issue of NOT EATING BLOOD FROM ANY Creature!
John 6:53-56 Jesus therefore said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, ye have not life in yourselves. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me, and I in him
Hey, what about this? Did God change His mind? We see that the Jew’s reaction, and that of some of Christ’s disciples, was to abandon Christ over these statements. Well, I guess, as they knew that God prohibited this!
What then? Are God and Mother Goose related? The little rhyme from Mother Goose above is deceitful, and then God, if the Old Testament is true, and if He told Christ to say what He said in the passage above, is He not deceitful? Does God to “tricks” like the fairytale Goddess, Mother Goose?
Yes, I know, you believe that God can do everything. But He, Himself, says over and over in His word that He cannot lie. If Christ’s words above literally mean for us to eat His physical flesh and drink His physical blood, then God is a liar. This is exactly what the catholic church is teaching! They are saying that God is a liar!
However it is NOT what God is saying – not, nope, not!!! Again look at John 6:62 ff—
What then if ye should behold the Son of man ascending where he was before? It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, and are life. But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who it was that should betray him. And he said, For this cause have I said unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it be given unto him of the Father.
Yes, I know that you are going to say that my conclusions to the above passage are based upon my “private” interpretation. But, this too, is false teaching by Rome. Look at 1 John 2:27 –
And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that anyone teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you; concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.
You see, Sister, my private interpretation is not mine, but it is of the Spirit of God within me who guides me to all truth. Since I have the indwelling Spirit, as do all believers, I, and they, have the MIND OF Christ! Big claim? Preposterous? Ego centered of me to so say so? NOT!
1 Cor 2:16 For “who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to counsel Him?” But we have the mind of Christ! (by the way, this is a quote from the catholic study bible.) The Spirit of God abides with us forever!
It is this Spirit which the catholic church detests and tries to replace with works of “merit” and magical liturgies. Look at John 6:62 ff again.
1. The spirit gives life
a. The Flesh profits nothing
2. His words are –
a. Spirit and b. Life
Oh, Sister, would you look at the last part of that section? What does it say? Isn't it that no man can come unto me, except it be given unto him of the Father.
But do not stop here, consider that God says that your life depends upon His will, John 1:12-13, John 3: 6 and forward, you must be born of the Spirit. You cannot come to Jesus unless the Father gives you to Jesus (John 6:37)
You do not have free will, Sister, because you are DEAD! You are dead in your trespasses and sins! (Eph 3:5) Dead people have NO will! You are spiritually dead. God must cause the Spirit of God to resuscitate you, to raise you from your spiritual grave the same way that Christ raised Lazarus from his physical grave. Right now, Veronica, you are of your Father the devil.
Get on your knees, bow down to God and say to God, give me to Jesus, give me the mind of Christ, raise me from the dead, help me to place my faith in Jesus alone as made known in the Scriptures alone. Say to God, that you are a beggar in need of His grace. Beg Him to Forgive You and make Jesus your LORD forever!
Do it now, Sister, do it now! Neither you nor I are getting any younger. We could be called out of this existence at any moment. Accept Christ’s atonement for your sin. When you do this, then no longer look toward the cross, but look to the heavens to which Christ ascended and right now has all rule power and authority. ALL,Sister! .The pope’s claim to universal power is fake! Look to the heavens for our blessed hope. He is coming back and you want to be HIS and not the devil’s.
I am praying for your new birth, your salvation, your newness of life. You Pray NOW for these things, get it done.
In His service
Larry Ball
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