(January 31, 2018 at 9:25 pm)Grandizer Wrote:Where in the scriptures does it state that communion, represented the literal body and blood of Christ? Paul said to discern the Lords body, which means mentally not physically.(January 31, 2018 at 9:17 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: There is no distinction, Jesus clearly stated that he and the Father are one, and that if you see him then you see the Father.
This is John we're talking about. The last thing you want to do is take what he says literally. After all, do you literally eat Jesus and drink his blood when doing the Communion?
For those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves. - 1 Corinthians 11:29
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/discern
Quote:Definition of discern
: to come to know or recognize mentally
Here is the only thing you need to know. When Jesus told the apostles to baptize in the name of the Father Son and Holy Spirit, every apostle baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, the first being Peter; did Jesus not give Peter the key to the kingdom of heaven? So when Peter was asked how to get into heaven, his reply was to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, that was the key. This proves according to scripture that Jesus Christ is all three, hence "fullness of the Godhead bodily".
I defy you to find anywhere in scripture where someone baptized using the titles 'father, son, and holy spirit', if you can't then ask yourself why the mass majority of denominations do it?
I'm telling you exactly what the scriptures say, and yet I'm the 'heretic'.