A Baptist Case for Real Presence in the Eucharist

[Nagomirov]

In the video, there is an interesting argument about the mouse. If a mouse eats an element of the Eucharist, will it eat Christ, or is it just bread? Listen to Gavin.

Yes, that's a good argument. It turns out that eating Flesh and Blood requires faith and the intention to partake of Christ.

 

[Deblee]

I believe it would be safe to say that God does not judge us solely on our actions, but perhaps even more so on our intentions, on where our hearts are. If we hurt someone but our intention was loving, that's different in God's eyes than if we do it with the actual intention to hurt.

It makes sense that our intention to partake of Christ is necessary to actually receive the grace from ingesting the bread and wine. That's probably why the Catholic Church requires that one go to Confession before Communion. Confession is an expression of one's intention to receive Christ in the Eucharist. In other words, that you are taking it seriously, not just going along with the crowd.

This was a very interesting video.
Thank you for posting it.
The Baptist connection is surprising.