Loz wrote:
Quote:
So anyone who IS confused should perhaps reread thread... SLOWLY, if necessary, and if they can't hear as to what is TRUE, then simply test it:
By what Christ would have done himself; or
By love... for God AND Christ; or
If none of these help, then by what is WRITTEN as Christ SAYING to do.
I reread earlier, NOT because I was confused, but because I can't see how anyone CAN get confused, especially when they test things in line with the above bold text. It isn't as if Christ asks so much of us...and He has clarified it all for us, not only by what we hear but also that which is written. I really can't see why or where anyone would have a problem with obeying Him in this. But maybe I'm missing something....I keep wondering how our Lord feels when He sees us struggling to obey things that are no hardship at all...especially when He has articulated it so clearly for our understanding...
Loz x
Greetings my sister,
I appreciated these points as well. Driving to work this morning I was pondering on how hard of a time JWs or xJws have with although putting aside all the WTBS teachings, the ONE command that our Lord shared and showed initially that one must do in order be in the new covenant and all that is promised by means of it...is absolutely the scariest thing of all for most.
And then our Lord reminded me of the thought that Tammy shared here...
There is no eternal life without eating of Christ. . We do so NOW because He said to do so, and if love Him, we will do as He commands. No matter how small we think that is, because if one cannot be faithful in the small things, if one cannot hear the small things, if one cannot DO the small things, how can one be faithful, or hear or do, the 'big' things?
And the thoughts that Shelby shared...
And so, just as Israel ate the manna from heaven (the "bread" that is the flesh of Christ) and drank water (from the rockmass that is Christ) while in the wilderness THEN... and spirit beings still eat the manna from heaven (the "bread" that is the flesh of Christ) NOW... WE shall eat the same "bread"... the leaves of the Tree of Life, which Tree is Christ and which leaves are his flesh... and drink tehe same "living water,"... the blood of Christ... holy spirit... THEN.
Why do it SYMBOLICALLY, though, NOW? Because, dear ones... our PHYSICAL BODIES CANNOT HANDLE the REAL DEAL. Our vessels simply cannot handle the amount of DYNAMIC ENERGY that it would receive as a RESULT of eating the TRUE flesh and drinking the TRUE blood... of Christ. Remember, Israel ate and drank... and yet died. WE WILL NOT DIE. How much MORE life-giving energy, then, we WILL partake of... as to what THEY partook of?
And then asked me, if anyone has concerns or issues with how I showed them they should partake of me NOW, how will they respond in the kingdom when told in order to have eternal life they MUST like the spirit creatures NOW that eat of me ...,
continually eat the manna and drink from ME, (the true living water that we will never get thirsty from) in order to live forever??
I understood!!!
The same thing that Adam was doing, eating of the tree of life which is CHRIST in the middle of the garden.
That might sound like a little thing now, but positively won't be in the kingdom if one wants eternal life from CHRIST.
Thank you for all your comments, I have truly appreciated them all.
Your sister and fellow slave of Christ, Kim