I do not seek, but I have seen
I do not pray, but I have recited
I do not long, but I have acquired
These are the lies of my soul
These are the lies which lie within
I am a creature of distaste
As much as one of habitual sin
It is not only in trust I beckon
It is not only in fault I repent
When I was unaware
You a friend
When I was weary in my own tent
You never departed
And you sent
The Holy Host
The host of hosts
The ghost of the most
The genius within
Lies not within my sight
Lies not within my words
Lies not within my gatherings
For you are Light
For you are the word
For you are communion
The communion of grace
The promise of peace
The host of our hungry souls
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Jesus' Sacrifice Promised in All Ages
Much of the Bible makes one think...... We only need Faith and Jesus taught to be suspicious of the 'high priest'
That Faith alone, I reflect on in my blog ''Does God only Demand Faith?''
And the faith that is often promised to salvation, is not one of 'faith in existence' but 'faith in His message and His promise'
So to have True Faith, we need to understand His 'promises'
It is like a husband and a wife..... A wife does not need to have faith that her husband is her husband, she knows he is her husband, She has the paper to prove it..... BUT it is the faith she ahs that he ''will behave and live as a husband' ... That is the Faith that Jesus and the Bible speaks to when they say... that we will be saved in Faith..... Faith in the promise!!
THERE IS NO ACCIDENT THIS VERSE IS NEARLY ALWAYS READ AT A MARRIAGE!
1 Corinthians 13
If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Back to the mission of Jesus and the Church
Here is a striking statement by Jesus:
New International Version (©1984) Matthew 28: 20
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
He obeys and commands us to His teachings, and He promises to be with us at the end.
Was Jesus suspicious of the 'high priest?'' YES!
So what happened to the ''high priest'' of whom he was suspicious?
To simplify the Church, we know Jesus came to bring a new covenant with Him as the mediatrix of our Faith. Jesus said there was no longer use fo the Temple to make sacrifices because Jesus is the sacrifice. In Jesus' sacrifice, we STILL experience the sacrifice in the Eucharist. Jesus promised the Eucharist. So the role of the priest is different, not to accept sacrifices, but to do as Jesus said and give us Jesus in the Body and Blood of Jesus. The Eucharist is the HEART OF THE NEW COVENANT.
When one understands the promise of the Eucharist! and understands that he said ''I am with you always, to the very end of the age'' one can hopefully have faith in the priest.
If there was no Ressurection and there is no promise of Eucharist. There is no Church. Simple as that.But He did ressurrect! He did promise to be present with us to the end of ages in the Eucharist!
But we do not stop there, we need to do as He ''commanded'. Jesus was baptized we were baptized. Jesus defined marriage, we must live by those descriptions of marriage. And here are all Seven Sacraments which are in the Bible.
Baptism
Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God."
Gospel of John 3:5
"Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father who sent me, even so I send you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them,"Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven. If you retain the sins of any, they are retained. "
Gospel of John 20:21-23 Holy Matrimony
He answered, "Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, `For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."
Gospel of Matthew 19:4-6
Holy Orders"for I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."
1 Corinthians 11:23-25
Anointing of the Sick
"Is any among you sick? Let him call for the presbyters of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven."
James 5:14
So, four of the sacraments is shown in the Bible outside of the Gospel. But we must remember Matthew 28 : 20.
New International Version (©1984) Matthew 28: 20
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
So it is to be trusted in Faith, that the Apostles did just that. That they taught us was what Jesus commanded, and when then are to carry that teaching as True to Jesus' teachings.
That Faith alone, I reflect on in my blog ''Does God only Demand Faith?''
And the faith that is often promised to salvation, is not one of 'faith in existence' but 'faith in His message and His promise'
So to have True Faith, we need to understand His 'promises'
It is like a husband and a wife..... A wife does not need to have faith that her husband is her husband, she knows he is her husband, She has the paper to prove it..... BUT it is the faith she ahs that he ''will behave and live as a husband' ... That is the Faith that Jesus and the Bible speaks to when they say... that we will be saved in Faith..... Faith in the promise!!
THERE IS NO ACCIDENT THIS VERSE IS NEARLY ALWAYS READ AT A MARRIAGE!
1 Corinthians 13
If I speak in the tongues[a] of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast,[b] but do not have love, I gain nothing.
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Back to the mission of Jesus and the Church
Here is a striking statement by Jesus:
New International Version (©1984) Matthew 28: 20
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
He obeys and commands us to His teachings, and He promises to be with us at the end.
Was Jesus suspicious of the 'high priest?'' YES!
So what happened to the ''high priest'' of whom he was suspicious?
To simplify the Church, we know Jesus came to bring a new covenant with Him as the mediatrix of our Faith. Jesus said there was no longer use fo the Temple to make sacrifices because Jesus is the sacrifice. In Jesus' sacrifice, we STILL experience the sacrifice in the Eucharist. Jesus promised the Eucharist. So the role of the priest is different, not to accept sacrifices, but to do as Jesus said and give us Jesus in the Body and Blood of Jesus. The Eucharist is the HEART OF THE NEW COVENANT.
When one understands the promise of the Eucharist! and understands that he said ''I am with you always, to the very end of the age'' one can hopefully have faith in the priest.
If there was no Ressurection and there is no promise of Eucharist. There is no Church. Simple as that.But He did ressurrect! He did promise to be present with us to the end of ages in the Eucharist!
"I am
the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this
bread, he will live forever;and the bread which I shall give for the
life of the world is my flesh. The
Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us
his flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you;
he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will
raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood
is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he
who eats me will live because of me. This is the bread which came down
from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this
bread will live forever."
Gospel of John 6:51-58 But we do not stop there, we need to do as He ''commanded'. Jesus was baptized we were baptized. Jesus defined marriage, we must live by those descriptions of marriage. And here are all Seven Sacraments which are in the Bible.
Baptism
Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God."
Gospel of John 3:5
"Now
when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word
of God, they sent to them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for
them that they might receive the Holy Spirit; for it had not yet fallen
on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord
Jesus. Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy
Spirit."
Acts of the Apostles 8:14-17
"I am
the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this
bread, he will live forever;and the bread which I shall give for the
life of the world is my flesh. The
Jews then disputed among themselves, saying, "How can this man give us
his flesh to eat?" So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you;
he who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will
raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is food indeed, and my blood
is drink indeed. He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides in me, and I in him.
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so he
who eats me will live because of me. This is the bread which came down
from heaven, not such as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this
bread will live forever."
"for
I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord
Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had
given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." 1 Corinthians 11:23-25
Gospel of John 6:51-58
Confession"Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father who sent me, even so I send you. And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them,"Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven. If you retain the sins of any, they are retained. "
Gospel of John 20:21-23 Holy Matrimony
He answered, "Have you not read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, `For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder."
Gospel of Matthew 19:4-6
Holy Orders"for I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, "This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me."
1 Corinthians 11:23-25
Anointing of the Sick
"Is any among you sick? Let him call for the presbyters of the Church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; and the prayer of faith will save the sick man, and the Lord will raise him up; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven."
James 5:14
So, four of the sacraments is shown in the Bible outside of the Gospel. But we must remember Matthew 28 : 20.
New International Version (©1984) Matthew 28: 20
and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."
So it is to be trusted in Faith, that the Apostles did just that. That they taught us was what Jesus commanded, and when then are to carry that teaching as True to Jesus' teachings.
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