Sacrament of Holy Communion - Real Presence (05):
I know that our church believes, teaches and confesses that in Holy Communion Christ is (truly) present in, with, and under the bread and the wine. My question is what is really me...
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Sacrament of Holy Communion - Real Presence (05):
When receiving the Lord's Supper, is it proper to say that we "feast on Christ?" I recently picked up a booklet at NPH entitled "The Lord's Supper - The Lutheran Difference Series"...
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Sacrament of Holy Communion - Real Presence (05):
This is what I received from a great friend of mine regarding the Lord's Supper. What is your opinion about it?
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Sacrament of Holy Communion - Real Presence (05):
As to the Sacraments, there are 3 basic views: Roman Catholic: Transubstantiation: the elements become the actual, literal body of Christ, but our senses don't detect the change. ...
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Sacrament of Holy Communion - Real Presence (05):
I reject the 2 views that say Christ is present in the elements because: 1) 3 times, Jesus said to eat and drink the cup and the bread in "remembrance of Him" (Lk...
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Sacrament of Holy Communion - Real Presence (05):
2) The same wine, the "fruit of the vine," that Jesus gave the apostles at the first Lord's Supper He drank with them on that night. It was the night before He died and shed His bl...
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Sacrament of Holy Communion - Real Presence (05):
Another thing: He said that he would not drink the wine again with them until the establishment of His Father's kingdom, which I take to mean at His 2nd coming and the establishmen...
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Sacrament of Holy Communion - Real Presence (05):
3) The promise of Mt 28:18-20 for Him to be "with us" always is true because the Holy Spirit has come to live in us. Where the Spirit is, Christ is. And vice versa. In the same pas...
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4) Finally, and this is the most basic of all: Jesus said: I am the door. I am the light of the world. I am the way. I am the truth. I am the life. Is Jesus in every door? Is He in...
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Sacrament of Holy Communion - Real Presence (05):
I've been considering Bible passages used to support the Real Presence in the Lord's Supper, the primary ones, of course, are the ones where Jesus says "This is my body...," "this ...
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Sacrament of Holy Communion - Real Presence (05):
When does the actual real presence of Christ begin during the communion service and when does it end? In my wife's Catholic church, they teach it begins at the consecration and the...
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Sacrament of Holy Communion - Real Presence (05):
At the Last Supper/Lord's Supper, Jesus instituted the Sacrament of Holy Communion. Jesus hadn't yet suffered and died on the cross, but he stated: "Take and eat; this is my body....
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Sacrament of Holy Communion - Real Presence (05):
In LCMS catechism class, when I was a teenager, we were told the body and blood of Christ is present "in with and under" the bread and wine. Since all I could see in the sacrament ...
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