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NASB	John 6:66 ¶ As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore.
AMPLIFIED 2015	John 6:66 ¶ As a result of this many of His disciples abandoned Him, and no longer walked with Him.

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Bible Question: dear ones, roman catholic doctrine teaches that in their mass, the wafer and wine that they call the eucharist turn into the literal body and blood when the priest blesses and offers them. further they teach that this constitutes the renewal of Christ's sacrafice daily. in light of the following list of scriptures would anyone be able to straighten them or myself out?
John 2:1 to 11; Luke 22: 19 and 20; Hebrews 10; 11 to 18.

Bible Answer: Dear Dasev:

There are some basic trues which we must consider:

First of all the Lord Jesus Christ made one sacrifice for sin forever, and has sat down on the right hand of the majesty on high.(Hebrews 10:12 On Calvary's dark cross he cried "Finished!"(John 19:30) and bowed his head and died. What was finished. He finished the work his father gave him to do. He offered himself without spot unto God a sacrifice for sin. (Hebrews 9:14) His sacrifice superceded all other sacrifices which were merely a type or picture of the Lamb of God who was to come. (Hebrews 10:1-12)

The whole of idea of transubstantiation is from the dark ages. What did Jesus mean in John 6:53? He is making it clear that we must be partakers of him in order to have eternal life. How do we become partakers of him? In John chapter 6 the people wanted to know how they could be partakers. This idea is supported by Paul in 1 (Cor. 10:17) In v. 29 of John 6, the Lord Jesus said "believe on him whom God hath sent"

Some would say what about the sacrament? Or other terms to describe the rememberance of the Lord Jesus. We know that on the night that he was being betrayed, when the supper was ended that he took bread, brake it and blessed and gave it unto his disciples and said "this is my body which is given for you. And that likewise he took the cup and blessed it and said "this is the cup of the new covenant, drink ye all of it. It is clear in this passage that he was introducing the emblems which would be used to remember his body which was given and his percious blood which would be shed on Calvary's cross.

Has God given us an further revalation on this subject? Yes!

Paul in 1 Corinthians 11:23 writes of this revalation given to him of the Lord "For I have received of the Lord that which I also deliver unto you" Paul is telling them that without prior information that Christ revealled this truth to him. What was this truth?

He reminds them of the night which Jesus was betrayed " When he ( Jesus) had given thanks and said "this is my body, which is given for you, this do in rememberance of me" As they each took part of the bread they remembered that precious body that was given for them at Calvary.

After the same manner he took the cup, when he had supped saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood, this do yea as oft as you drink it in rememberance of me" V25

Paul then unfolds the meaning of this feast. "For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup you do proclaim the Lord's death until he come" V.26 What does this mean? It means that as believers join together and partake of the emblems of bread and the cup, they are acknowledging the death of Christ on the cross and the value of his sin cleansing precious blood. In addition, they are proclaiming to all that they will continue to remember him until he come. In other words they are witnessing to all around that Jesus is coming for those who have trusted in him and rested upon his finished work on the cross.

To suggest that each week we eat of the emblems to somehow be born again is ludricous, we can only be born from above once and that is when we put our total trust in the finished work of Christ. In fact it reminds us of the offerings of old which had to be offered contiually for the people. To suggest we need something more is an insult to the Son of God.

You have mentioned the function of the Priest. Again and according to God's word we have a great hight priest who provides us access to the presence of God by his own precious blood. "Hebrews 10:19-21) The person who is a partaker by faith in Christ is encouraged to approach God with boldness, because we approaching not on our own merit, but on the merits of the precious blood of Christ.

God's word makes it plain "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus" (1 Timothy 2:5) God does not assign any substitutes to stand in for his dear son.

The scriptures are very clear that those who have eternal life are those who have rested their all upon the finished work of Christ on the cross. All other ways are sinking sand.

Robert