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Originally Posted by Jay
We don't need to see the word "eating" in his writings though sir. Jesus himself said it (John 6:57). Who has precedent-Jesus or Paul? In Matthew 15:26-28 Jesus likened himself to bread crumbs for the dogs (gentile sinners) to eat. Yet another example of the blatant and obvious running theme of eating Jesus...Calling on the name of the Lord is a running theme throughout the entire Bible. It's a basic practice of the church. It's also how we touch our spirit. And it's how we eat and assimilate the Lord. This is all pretty clear unless someone just wants to argue for the sake of arguing
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I wasn't able to finish my previous post because the cows got out & had to break off. But I was attempting to approach the above. I have repeatedly shown Jesus equating eating with obedience, and divine bread and the eternal life which follow the result of obedience to God's word. But those verses are never acknowledged but rather a few others are repeated which "show" the desired position. But even those proof texts lack. Where does it show calling on the name of the Lord as eating? Or, pray-reading? Yes, it says to do them, but never that they constitute the focus of our Christian life, that they equate in any way to God's economy. WL made that association. It was a confidence game, and we fell for it.
And if one brings up other verses which "show" alternative paths of understanding, like "my food is to do the will of the Father", those verses are ignored and aspersions are cast on the person who prefers them, as if they are a rebellious lot. One gets the distinct impression that the promotion and survival of the WL thought- world is much more important than the text, or mutual fellowship & learning based on said text.
And the person may be brave & honest enough to admit that significant issues exist, which is commendable. But the concept remains that superior teachings are somehow marred by poor practices. But many here have gradually realized that bad teachings produced bad fruit. The fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace. But we found little. Instead we were whipped into excitement and then fed bad teachings.