@Original Happy Camper
Thanks for the clarificstion.
I like camping and backpacking. We are out there enjoying God's creation that is better than men's creation.
Like what some people here have been creating the Eucharist (never mentioned in the bible, a created word), the Holy Precense (another creation of man), the sacraments also created by men.
God made it simple and men (backed up by the enemy) creates a whole bunch of lies and those weak of mind fall for them.
The reason? No wisdom of God on their brains.
Many pass judgement. These brand new upstart churches with their Pastors having their online Youtube degrees want to vilify the very church founded by Christ the Apostles and their direct followers. The same church that approved the Biblical Cannon at the
Councils of Carthage in 397 and 419.
[12] These councils were under the authority of
St. Augustine. The Bible we hold so dear was formalized by the Mother church which seems to be hated by so many.
If anyone needs proof of the Eucharist from the Bible here it is:
John 6:33
33 For the bread of God is
the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:35
35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.
Luke 22 :19-20
19 And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “
This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
20 In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, “T
his cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
Matthew 26:26-28
26 While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat;
this is my body.”
27Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, saying,“Drink from it, all of you.
28 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins
John 6:48-51
48 I am the bread of life.
49 Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
50 But here is the bread that comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die.
51 I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever.
This bread is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
John 6:53-58
53 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you,
unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you.
54 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
55 For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
56 Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.
57 Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so
the one who feeds on me will live because of me. 58 This is the bread that came down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but
whoever feeds on this bread will live forever.”
1 Corinthians 11:17-34
Correcting an Abuse of the Lord’s Supper
17 In the following directives I have no praise for you, for your meetings do more harm than good.
18 In the first place, I hear that when you come together as a church, there are divisions among you, and to some extent I believe it.
19 No doubt there have to be differences among you to show which of you have God’s approval.
20 So then, when you come together, it is not the Lord’s Supper you eat,
21 for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk.
22 Don’t you have homes to eat and drink in? Or do you despise the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? Certainly not in this matter!
23 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread,
24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of me.”
25 In the same way, after supper he took the cup, saying,“This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
27 So then, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the
body and blood of the Lord.
28 Everyone ought to examine themselves before they eat of the bread and drink from the cup.
29 For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves.
30 That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
31 But if we were more discerning with regard to ourselves, we would not come under such judgment.
32 Nevertheless, when we are judged in this way by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be finally condemned with the world.
33 So then, my brothers and sisters, when you gather to eat, you should all eat together.
34 Anyone who is hungry should eat something at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment. And when I come I will give further directions
