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It proves the axiom, "You are what you eat". Jesus has in Him the nutrient, "eternal life". And it is not metabolized. Therefore, since it is not metabolized, if you eat Jesus, you have eternal life. And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. 12...

You need to check again... Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you?—unless indeed you are disqualified. (2 Co 13:5) Just as it is impossible to merge the three, it is impossible to separate the three...

You and I see that these verses are pointing to a real thing that is going on inside our hearts. And we revel over the fact that the God of the universe, our creator and redeemer, lives in our hearts. But to many, these things are not real, but just words on a page to be parsed. We need to help...

No, but any believer can baptize other believers. No, but a non-believer can marry people if they are licensed. Absolutely! Why not? No, I think that one is closed. Your boys aren't doing that either, are they? I don't know what purpose that would serve. God is the only one who can forgive...

There are many things wrong with this post. I'll just pick five things to refute. First, Christianity is bigger than the ritualistic catholic sect. Everyone knows you all think that almost everyone outside your church is lost. But you must know that many people outside catholicism think the...

Those are some very odd statements. It is almost as if you do not realize that Jesus resides in your heart. You do know He's in there, right? Here are some verses to heighten your awareness. If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make...

Yes, of course. All saints (i.e., all true Christians) are in the royal priesthood. In that sense there are NT priests.

Have you never read John 6:45? It is written in the prophets, ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Therefore everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me. (Jn 6:45) Do you not know that under the new covenant we don't need human intermediaries? No more shall every man...

We do have a direct line to God. What in the world are you saying? We need to go to other people to get to God? That thought is anathema.

Sorry, I should have explained instead of just blasting out Scriptures. There are no Bible verses that say that the NT church has priests. I posted all the verses containing the Greek word for "priest" to show that. Walpole pointed to several verses that have the greek word for "elder", which...

1 Tim 5:19Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses. Titus 1:5For this reason I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city as I commanded you— Heb 11:2For by it the elders obtained a good...

Acts 15:23They wrote this letter by them: The apostles, the elders, and the brethren, To the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings. Acts 16:4And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, which were determined by the apostles...

Acts 2:17‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your young men shall see visions, Your old men shall dream dreams. Acts 4:5And it came to pass, on the next day, that their rulers, elders...

Matt 27:41Likewise the chief priests also, mocking with the scribes and elders, said, Matt 28:12When they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, Mark 7:3For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands in a...

Heb 5:6As He also says in another place: “You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek”; Heb 7:1For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, Heb 7:3without father, without mother...