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Unsealed ^ | 8/24/17 | Gary

[FatherofFive]

I take issue with being tole the use of the verb to be (is, am, etc.) can never be used to state that one thing is like something else, or can be used as a type or example.

Show me one example where IS does not mean IS. Not 'is like' or Am. Where does Is does not mean Is?

[Just mythoughts]

Would you also say that Jesus is literally a tree?. He is called the ‘tree of life’.

[SaveFerris]

Or a vine

[Preachin']

Jesus could do anything the Father gave Him permission to do, but His abilities are not in question here. It’s His words. If we take your selected passage here literally we also must say he is is a sun, a gate and a piece of bread. He was merely explaining how the elements of the passover meal were given as an example of His mission. I see this as nothing but busy work.

[FatherofFive]

Would you also say that Jesus is literally a tree?. He is called the ‘tree of life’.

Did Christ say, "I is the tree of life"

Your argument is silly, unless you can use the word is. "Is like" and 'Am" is not the same as "Is"

[Iscool]

Christ is the bread of life. Christ is not a loaf of bread. The Bread is (becomes) his body. Perfectly clear.

So Jesus says, 'eat this bread which is my body and you will never hunger again...

What don't you understand? Joh_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.

You believe on Jesus??? He says you'll never thirst if you believe on him...Had anything to drink today, yesterday, or the day before??? Jesus says you don't believe on him then...

[FatherofFive]

I see this as nothing but busy work.

Because you ignore the words of Christ. A big difference between "I am" "Is Like" and IS

[.45 Long Colt]

Lest anyone misunderstand, Luther explicitly rejected the Romanist doctrine of transubstantiation.

[FatherofFive]

You believe on Jesus??? He says you'll never thirst if you believe on him...Had anything to drink today, yesterday, or the day before??? Jesus says you don't believe on him then...

Really??? You are confusing the physical with the spiritual.

[Just mythoughts]

I have yet to take communion and the wine tastes like blood.. course I cannot compare unleavened bread to raw or cooked human flesh.. I have read that human flesh resembles pork though..

[FatherofFive]

Lest anyone misunderstand, Luther explicitly rejected the Romanist doctrine of transubstantiation.

Luther believed the bread was the Body of Christ. Do you deny that?

[ebb tide]

Oh, most Catholics fully understand Luther’s heresies, including his rejection of transubstantiation.

[Preachin']

Did Christ say that he is the branch, or that he is like a branch? No confusion here.

[Iscool]

But Jesus said - "This is My Body" Are you saying Christ cannot turn bread into His Body?

I didn't say he can't...I said he didn't...And Jesus told you pretty much the same thing...To make it clear he told you that whatever goes into your mouth comes back out a short time later with no spiritual benefit to the spirit or soul...

[FatherofFive]

I have yet to take communion and the wine tastes like blood.. course I cannot compare unleavened bread to raw or cooked human flesh.. I have read that human flesh resembles pork though..

Not Human Flesh. Don't be silly.

So when Christ said, "This is my body" he was lying

[Preachin']

Right. If it’s real blood, why does it taste like wine or juice?

[Just mythoughts]

The wine and unleavened bread are symbolic of His body... not literal flesh and blood. Just like in Genesis where in the Garden of God were the trees ..one, tree of life, the other, tree of knowledge of good and evil.

[ebb tide]

To make it clear he told you that whatever goes into your mouth comes back out a short time later with no spiritual benefit to the spirit or soul...

Congratulations.

The sickest statement I've ever seen on this forum.

[Preachin']

Is and am are both conjunctions from the verb “to be”. They are the same word in different persons.

[FatherofFive]

Did Christ say that he is the branch, or that he is like a branch? No confusion here.

No Christ did not say he is the vine

"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.