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As a growing Catholic boy, my understanding of Holy Communion was somewhat limited, but adequate enough for the time being. It's a sacramental ritual required by the Catholic religion and so I did it.
Many years later, when I was an adult capable of doing my own thinking, I discovered that if the Eucharist were truly in line with Jesus' actual teachings, then it needs to be taken only once rather than over and over again. Here's why.
● John 6:53 . . Amen, Amen, I say to you: unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.
The kind of life about which the Lord spoke is very unusual to say the least because it's supernatural.
● John 6:54 . . .Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life
Eternal life is timeless, i.e. it always was, it always is, and it always will be because eternal life is divine (John 1:1-4 and 1John 1:1-2).
In other words; eternal life is imperishable; viz: it cannot die, it cannot age, it cannot decay, it cannot wear out, and it cannot be slain. Ergo: once somebody obtains eternal life they need not attempt to re-obtain it because they cannot lose it with any more ease than Christ can lose it.
Jesus had eternal life the whole time he was on Earth as a mortal being.
● John 5:26 . . For just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He gave to His son the possession of life in himself.
So when Jesus passed away on the cross, his mortal life was lost, but he did not lose, nor could he lose, the life that was given him by The Father because the life that's in God is eternal. (Ex 3:14, Ps 90:2)
Eternal life cannot be used up with any more ease than a gnat drinking up the Atlantic Ocean. In other words: eternal life is as bottomless and it is endless.
● John 4:10-14 . . Jesus answered her: If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.
. . . Sir; the woman said: you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?
. . . Jesus answered: Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
FAQ: How does one actually go about eating Jesus' flesh and imbibing his blood?
A: By following the prophet Jeremiah's example.
"When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart's delight" (Jer 15:16)
In other words: the correct way to eat Jesus' flesh and imbibe his blood is by swallowing his teachings hook, line, and sinker; so to speak.
● John 5:24 . . Amen, Amen, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life, and will not come to condemnation, but has passed from death to life.
Note the grammatical tense of the first "has" in Jesus' statement; it's present tense rather than future; indicating that everyone who believes-- i.e. swallows his teachings hook, line, and sinker --possesses eternal life right now; no delay and no waiting period.
● John 6:47 . . I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.
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As a growing Catholic boy, my understanding of Holy Communion was somewhat limited, but adequate enough for the time being. It's a sacramental ritual required by the Catholic religion and so I did it.
Many years later, when I was an adult capable of doing my own thinking, I discovered that if the Eucharist were truly in line with Jesus' actual teachings, then it needs to be taken only once rather than over and over again. Here's why.
● John 6:53 . . Amen, Amen, I say to you: unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.
The kind of life about which the Lord spoke is very unusual to say the least because it's supernatural.
● John 6:54 . . .Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life
Eternal life is timeless, i.e. it always was, it always is, and it always will be because eternal life is divine (John 1:1-4 and 1John 1:1-2).
In other words; eternal life is imperishable; viz: it cannot die, it cannot age, it cannot decay, it cannot wear out, and it cannot be slain. Ergo: once somebody obtains eternal life they need not attempt to re-obtain it because they cannot lose it with any more ease than Christ can lose it.
Jesus had eternal life the whole time he was on Earth as a mortal being.
● John 5:26 . . For just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He gave to His son the possession of life in himself.
So when Jesus passed away on the cross, his mortal life was lost, but he did not lose, nor could he lose, the life that was given him by The Father because the life that's in God is eternal. (Ex 3:14, Ps 90:2)
Eternal life cannot be used up with any more ease than a gnat drinking up the Atlantic Ocean. In other words: eternal life is as bottomless and it is endless.
● John 4:10-14 . . Jesus answered her: If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water.
. . . Sir; the woman said: you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water? Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did also his sons and his flocks and herds?
. . . Jesus answered: Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
FAQ: How does one actually go about eating Jesus' flesh and imbibing his blood?
A: By following the prophet Jeremiah's example.
"When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart's delight" (Jer 15:16)
In other words: the correct way to eat Jesus' flesh and imbibe his blood is by swallowing his teachings hook, line, and sinker; so to speak.
● John 5:24 . . Amen, Amen, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes in the one who sent me has eternal life, and will not come to condemnation, but has passed from death to life.
Note the grammatical tense of the first "has" in Jesus' statement; it's present tense rather than future; indicating that everyone who believes-- i.e. swallows his teachings hook, line, and sinker --possesses eternal life right now; no delay and no waiting period.
● John 6:47 . . I tell you the truth, he who believes has everlasting life.
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