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Friend, please never again call me a protestant, because I am not. Neither join me to any religion, because I belong to none. If you do, I will definitely be offended to be labeled as such. So please, do me that favor friend.
Is it too hard for you to read the whole chapter of Acts and 1 Cor 11?
Paul certainly was not talking about the Eucharist. You surely stand up for your catholic doctrines and your response is based on emotion and not truth. If you read John 6, you will see that his disciples didn't understand it. They wondered, how can we eat his flesh. They stated this is a hard saying (hard to understand). So Christ told them. Have I offended you. It is the spirit that give life, the words I speak are spirit and they are the life. The flesh profits nothing. Read verse 63. He says it plainly, it is the words that give life, not the flesh. But for centuries, catholics and protestant have been performing sun-worship rituals.
Now, if you look in Acts 2 at the last verses. It says they continued meeting in the temple daily and in the breaking of bread from house to house. NOw this is the only biblical account of them doing what has been changed into what you call communion. It says they shared their food. Just as Christ shared His food with the disciples in fellowship. If you look at 1 Cor 11. It talks about those who did it unworthy and died b/c they were being gluttonous and getting drunk at the love feast (i.e Lord's Supper). Now, if he was talking about Eucharist, how can one get drunk from a shot of juice/wine. And how can one greedily feast on a wafer. Friend, do not be decieved. Many will come in his name in the last days. You are part of the biggest religion of the world which goes to every nation in the name of Christ.
Is it not true when Christ say that few find the straight and narrow? Is it not true when God says that Satan decieves the whole world? If one follows the world, he will end up where the world goes. Now, you my friend are following this whore, who comes in Christ name (Christianity). Who says, you have no law that you are held to b/c of Christ blood and have no more accountability for your sins (lawlessness- the abscence of law) that man of sin who will be exposed.
Now let's think on Christ words. They will say, he is here. Lo, he is there. And we say, come to my church and learn about Christ (he is here) or yo uneed to go to church and find Christ (lo, he is there). Many say that they are Christ (annoited ones), but they are not preaching God's word. If I say many will claim to be mad, then you would look for someone claiming to be crazy because man means crazy or angry. That is what you look for. Christ means annoited one, so how many are claiming to be annoited to preach.
The church is the followers of Christ. It never has been, nor will it ever be any building. Any building called a church is a false imitation. Because the church are those who follow Him who is true. As the prophets said, you have multiplied your whoredoms and built thee a high place at the head of every street.
What did Christ say, You travel land and sea to make one proselyte and once he is made, you turn him into two-fold the devil as yourself. Now Judaism is not a religion/faith that seeks to convert people to their belief. The fact of the matter is that they became prideful b/c of their relationship with God. And persecuted the true church for preaching to gentiles. So who was He talking about? Open your eyes my friend. Open your eyes. Stop following men and seek God. All of these theologians create theories (the works of their imagination). God deals in truth.
Christ said I am the door. Are you trying to get to God through rituals? Through service? through hail marries? Only the word is the way to him, not attendance to a temple or how many wafers you eat. The only way to God is to live in love for those around you. To give up what you have for them. To serve your neighbor and not to focus on your own life. Those who seek to gain their life shall surely lose it. But those who lose their's for His sake will gain it. You keep on drinking the blood of Tammuz, Mithra, Horus, and all of satan's other names if it pleases you so. But light has been given to you. Make your chioce.
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I am not saying this to you because you are catholic. I feel that a protestant can say nothing to any catholic, b/c Catholicism gave birth to them... And that is why I always say your/their chruch...