But Hebrews 9:28, the first part, tells us otherwise (and other scriptures as well).
So Christ having been offered once to bear the sins of many ..."
OFFERED ONCE ... basically that MEANS what it SAYS. Jesus Christ is the PERFECT sacrifice to appease the wrath of God ... which must be appeased if we are to have LIFE and FELLOWSHIP again with our Creator. Romans 3:23 and Romans 6:23 are the verses that let us know WITHOUT QUESTION that the "wages of sin is death" and that "all have sinned and FALL SHORT of the glory of God."
Jesus Christ "paid the wage" for us in essence with His ONCE FOR ALL sacrifice. When we partake of the loaf and the cup, it is done IN REMEMBRANCE of that ONCE FOR ALL sacrifice.
Let our minds and hearts think on this ... have faith in this ... and ROLL into a New Year of service AS "DOULOS" ... SLAVES to CHRIST ... living out our faith in Christ before the world ... before our families ... before our co-workers.
May we be "unavoidable witnesses" ... that the unbeliever might see the Risen Savior in our lives by both our deeds and our words.
Blessings ... and safety ... for this New Years weekend! And HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my son, Jonathan, who has helped our ministry out much by his labor this year ... he'll be 13! :-)
4 comments:
Hello, I'm curious to learn what group believes the Eucharist is a re-sacrifice of Christ? I've never heard that before.
BJ
My understanding is that this is the teaching of Roman Catholicism.
Hi Mike,
Thanks for your response.
As it turns out, this is a common misunderstanding concerning RC theology, and an easy one to have.
The RC teaches that Jesus was sacrificed only once and on Calvary. The celebration of the Eucharist is that same sacrifice made present here and now. That is, Christ is not re-sacrificed, but rather the singular sacrifice of Calvary is "re-presented". You can read more starting in catachism paragraph 1362.
Perhaps there is another group that believes as you describe. I'm not sure.
Peace,
BJ
Nope ... after further discussions that is exactly who/what I was thinking of. Have to just see how it all fleshes out. After years of talking with lots of catholics there are a lot of misconceptions and mis-teachings. One thing is CERTAIN ... they do NOT teach salvation by faith alone.
Not "hatin'"...just declaring differences, which are MANY.
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