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1 | Pleading the Blood of Jesus Christ | Luke 12:15 | DocTrinsograce | 165533 | ||
Hi, Bnolan1... There is no such Bible passage. The blood of Christ was shed as an atonement for the redeemed. The idea of it being efficacious for objects, places, and things is probably rooted in the superstitious thinking of the church in the Middle Ages. (cf. Mark 7) Why not just offer all that you have to God for His providential purposes? Then care for them as a good steward. God will retain them or remove them as He sees fit for your eternal good. After all, our treasures are not in this world, but the next. As the Puritan George Downame put it, "Let us use worldly things as wise pilgrims do their staves and other necessaries convenient for their journey. So long as they help us forward in our way, let us make use of them, and accordingly esteem them. But if they become troublesome hindrances and cumbersome burdens, let us leave them behind us, or cast them away." In Him, Doc |
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2 | Pleading the Blood of Jesus Christ | Luke 12:15 | Emmaus | 165534 | ||
Doc, "There is no such Bible passage. The blood of Christ was shed as an atonement for the redeemed. The idea of it being efficacious for objects, places, and things is probably rooted in the superstitious thinking of the church in the Middle Ages. (cf. Mark 7)" A lot fewer things than you imagine "are probably rooted in the church of the Middle Ages." Perhaps if you are not certain where a particular practice or phrase originated, you should refrain from from attributing it to the church of the Middle Ages. Objects, places and things which have no souls and cannot sin and therefore need no atonement through the blood of Jesus. However in all chritian churches it is a common practice to dedicate objects, places and things to the service of the Lord and ask his protection over those instruments. Isn't that what the dedication of church buildings is about? The forms of the prayers vary according to the traditions of the church communion making them. In the catholic tradition For example, in the Catholic tradition, water and oils used in sacramental rites of baptism and ordination are blessed and consecrated for use and themselves are used in consecrating church buildings. The only "pleading the blood of Jesus" that Catholics do is for the salavation of themselevs their souls and not for inanimate objects incapable of sinning. Emmaus Emmaus |
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3 | Pleading the Blood of Jesus Christ | Luke 12:15 | DocTrinsograce | 165540 | ||
Dear Emmaus Emmaus, You are right... I did not specifically research the origins of the phrase in question. It just sounded like something that fit in with things like the priestly blessings of vestments, veneration of relics, consecration of tables, vessels, water, etc. and other such activities in which it is believed that spiritual something-or-other can be imbued into physical things. I do not deem it worthwhile to spend the time to conclusively determine where in history this activity has its roots. Consequently, let me rescind my statement: "The idea of it being efficacious for objects, places, and things is probably rooted in the superstitious thinking of the church in the Middle Ages." and amend it to "The idea of it being efficacious for objects, places, and things is rooted in superstitious thinking." Mark 7 is still pertinent. Thank you for your comments. In Him, Doc |
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