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I have already explained what He was doing, but you won't accept it because it is so ingrained in your foundation of belief and if you stopped believing in transubstantiation you would feel that you were sinning against God and dishonouring Christ. I understand that.

Correct. He didn't have bunches of grapes hanging off him! :p

Yes I do, but not pagan magic.

No. I remember His death until He comes. When I eat the bread and drink the wine, I do it symbolically.

So, if a human judge is not going to let a criminal get away with his crimes, do you think that God's justice is any less strict when sinners have broken His law? Do you think He is kidding when He says, "The soul who sins shall surely die"? If anything, God's justice is much more strict...

I am rather sensitive to people confessing their personal sins in counselling sessions. I was once in a church run by a board of elders who also acted as counsellors and "confessors". People would share their personal stuff with them, and these elders would go home and share these things with...

As I asked before - how could the bread be Jesus' own body when He was there with them in the flesh? He had to be speaking symbolically - a metaphor. I can say that someone I don't like is "a dirty dog", but that doesn't mean that he is a real dog. I am just stating metaphorically. That's...

Oh. I thought I had already addressed that. I fulfil the Scripture by putting my full trust in the finished work of Christ on the cross, identifying with His death, and every time I participate in the lord's supper at church, I remember His death until He comes. I don't believe that the bread...

I just want to share what I believe is the true gospel so that we know what we are being saved from. Let me explore what you said about being good by doing good. Let's say a criminal is before a judge because he raped three women and cut their throats, and he says, "I know I am guilty of rape...

Yes. The Scripture says that sin is transgression of the law. This means that breaking any one or more of the Ten Commandment is sin against God, and therefore should be confessed to Him. The Scripture says, "Come boldly to the throne of grace that you might find mercy and grace to help in...

My dad was in the Pacific with the NZ Artillery. He still had his cap badge, plus a US Marine one he got as a souvenir. We had a close friend of the family who was with the NZ Division in North Africa and he got shot in the heart during the battle of El Alamein. While he was lying on the...

Mmm... That's interesting. I wonder why when I ask the questions of people on this forum, they do everything they can to avoid answering? I have lied, so I am a liar I have taken things that didn't belong to me, so I am a thief I have used God's name as a swear word, so I am a blasphemer I...

I'm not saying anything. All I'm asking is for you to say yes or no to my questions. Once you have done that, I will explain why I asked you those questions. When we come to the Judgment we won't be in a group, but will be there alone before Christ, so I am interested in why you think you...

An interesting exchange, however, a question: You are beside the hospital bed of an unsaved person dying of the coronavirus. How is this discussion going to help him to be prepared for the judgment after he dies?

I was telling a humorous story. What you are saying is something very serious and I wouldn't want to appear insensitive to you in telling you my funny anecdote. Sadly, my father died of cardiac arrest three months after a mild heart attack. He went suddenly and unexpectedly, and never had a...

Actually, evolution was believed long before Darwin. When Paul preached the gospel on Mars Hill to the Greeks, he didn't use the Jewish Scriptures because they wouldn't have had any knowledge of them, nor would they have had the same world view as the Jews. Early Greek belief was based on...

I'm keeping out of this discussion, because in these days when people getting sick and dying before their time because of the coronavirus, it is important for me to ensure that people are aware that they could die unexpectedly and find themselves in the Judgment being found guilty for violating...

I actually thought that Paul went around planting churches and appointing elders to run them. There was no actual pre-eminent "leader" in charge. John was pretty clear about a church where a fellow put himself in charge of the church and called the shots for everyone. John was going there to...

Post a picture of yourself eating a banana, and I will gauge whether I can believe in evolution or not! :D

Hahahaha! I have Charles and Frances Hunter's "Healing Through Humour", and Trevor Chandler's "Jokes and Anecdotes" which are both full of great humour. The best humour is when we laugh at ourselves and the funny side of life, rather than that which ridicules and demeans others. I also...