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00:38 Hello and welcome back to Behold the Lamb presents.
00:41 I'm Chris Shelton, your host. 00:43 I want to thank you for joining us. 00:45 Today's message is part two of a two-part series 00:48 that we have entitled "The Mass Bread and Wine," 00:51 with Pastor Kenny Shelton. 00:53 In part two today, Pastor Kenny will look at 00:55 the biblical relevancy of the mass bread and wine. 00:59 The Catholic Church recommends 01:01 that their parishioners attend mass every Sunday 01:04 and participate in the Eucharist 01:06 or the transformation of the bread and wine 01:10 into the actual body and blood of Christ. 01:13 We believe that knowledge is power, 01:15 especially when it comes to our faith. 01:17 We also believe that a clear understanding 01:20 of this practice will put you on a road 01:23 to a better spiritual enlightenment 01:25 as to whether or not this weekly practice agrees 01:28 with the teachings of the Word of God. 01:30 Therefore, we hope that you will take the time to study 01:33 this message along with us here today. 01:36 But first let's visit 3ABN and listen to a song entitled, 01:40 "Sweet Jesus," with Scott Michael Bennett. 02:02 Sweet Jesus, my Savior 02:07 You are my faithful friend 02:11 You made me, and You know me 02:15 And You see my every sin 02:19 And my soul is amazed 02:22 By this gift of Your grace 02:24 And these arms that take me in 02:28 Sweet Jesus, my Savior 02:33 You are my faithful friend 02:43 Sweet Jesus, my shelter 02:48 You are my faithful friend 02:52 The refuge that I run to 02:56 When my world comes closing in 03:00 Why should I be afraid 03:02 When I know I am saved 03:05 By these arms that take me in 03:09 Sweet Jesus, my shelter 03:13 You are my faithful friend 03:24 Sweet Jesus, my shepherd 03:28 You are my faithful friend 03:33 You hold me, and You lead me 03:37 I'll follow till the end 03:41 And once more I will say 03:43 On that beautiful day 03:46 When Your arms take me in 03:52 Sweet Jesus, my shepherd 03:56 You are my faithful friend 04:02 Sweet Jesus, my Savior 04:07 You are my faithful friend 04:31 Thanks for joining us once again here 04:32 at Behold the Lamb Ministries. 04:34 We are excited to have you, 04:35 just be able to spend this hour together. 04:38 We're on the second part, 04:39 and this is a very important subject, second part. 04:42 We're going to be talking about the mass 04:43 and the bread and wine. 04:44 What does that really mean? 04:46 Is that really a doctrine from the Bible? 04:48 Is it an error from the enemy? 04:51 I think as we study the Scripture, 04:52 we'll see very plainly where it comes from and how, 04:55 remember multitudes, millions of people 04:59 could be deceived on this subject. 05:02 Now God would have us to bring clear light, 05:05 don't you believe on this? 05:06 So we're going to do that in just a moment. 05:08 Again, we're very grateful and thankful. 05:09 Thank you for your prayers. 05:11 Thank you for your support of Behold the Lamb Ministry, 05:13 and certainly 3ABN to keep these programs airing 05:16 and going into all the world. 05:18 What a privilege that is. 05:20 And again, we thank each one of you 05:21 for your cards and letters. 05:23 Keep them coming. We want to hear from you. 05:25 We're going to be praying right now. 05:27 I'm going to kneel. 05:28 And I ask you, where you can, you kneel with me. 05:30 If not, just put a silent prayer in throne room of God 05:33 and He's going to hear an answer. 05:35 Shall we pray? 05:37 Merciful Father in heaven, 05:39 we thank You again for Your love. 05:40 We ask now for the anointing of Thy Holy Spirit. 05:43 Oh, how desperately we need the Spirit of the living, 05:46 God to draw close to us. 05:47 Illuminate these beautiful truths 05:49 that we may be able to enlighten each and every one 05:52 that we may be drawn and giving a call to come out of her, 05:55 my people and come into the ranks of truth. 05:59 And we just ask in a special way 06:00 now that You would bless 06:02 with Your presence and we'll thank You. 06:03 Thank you, for again, every viewer, every listener. 06:05 And, Lord, may we stand today 06:08 and fast in Your truth and in Your light. 06:10 And we're going to thank You what You're going to do 06:12 in Jesus' name. 06:13 Amen. 06:15 Good, if you have your Bible and pencil and paper, 06:17 get everything all out as we move quickly as we can. 06:20 You know, a couple of times we go through programs 06:22 and there's so much material that sometime we don't get 06:25 to the, you know, right to the meat of the Word. 06:27 So we're going to try to get to the meat of the Word today. 06:29 Praise God for that. 06:30 Mass bread and the wine, is that a real teaching 06:34 from the Word of God. 06:35 You have your Bible, turn with me 06:36 please to 2 Thessalonians, 06:38 we're going to read verses 9 through 12. 06:41 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12. 06:45 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12. 06:49 This is what the Bible said. 06:50 I always love that. 06:51 This is what the Bible says. 06:53 Verse 9, "Even him whose coming is after the working of Satan 06:57 with all power, signs and lying wonders." 07:00 So we're looking then at what? 07:01 An individual here, who's coming 07:04 and that what his workings will be that of Satan. 07:07 I want that to be clear. 07:08 We're not just up here trying to waste time, 07:10 but we're trying to expose the enemy. 07:12 He is working, this man who is coming. 07:14 You notice it, is going to be using power, signs, 07:17 and certainly says wonders here. 07:19 "And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness." 07:22 So this person we're going to identify 07:25 as we go along in our study here, 07:27 everything he does seems to be unrighteous rather than 07:29 righteous and noticed in them that perish. 07:33 So it has to do with those who follow after this, 07:35 this power, working of Satan, 07:38 unrighteousness and those that perish. 07:41 So notice this, when we talk about parish here. 07:43 We don't want to be in that group, do we? 07:46 Now, remember they have a group that parishes, 07:48 because here's one reason. 07:50 The Bible says because they receive what? 07:52 Good. 07:54 "They received not the love of the truth," 07:55 notice this, "received not the love of the truth 07:57 that they might be saved." 07:59 So again with correlation, again what? 08:00 Being saved and knowing what truth is, 08:02 is so very important, is it not? 08:04 Verse 11, 08:05 "For this cause God shall send them strong delusions." 08:09 Notice if you say, oh, God is at fault, God sinned. 08:11 God will allow things to happen because what? 08:15 Because they didn't want to receive the truth. 08:17 And so He just allows it to go ahead and play out 08:20 and notice that, when it said delusions, 08:23 it has to do with deceit. 08:25 Delusions has to do with error. 08:27 There's going to be error out there. 08:29 It's going to be an imposter who misleads. 08:33 And so we need to know who that is, don't we? 08:34 Because we want to follow Jesus Christ. 08:36 Powerful passage of scripture. 08:38 We read them often 08:39 and I want you to read them too, 08:41 and really do some study on that. 08:42 Again, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, 08:45 I'm going to read something from Review and Herald 08:47 because I believe, first of all, 08:48 you have to lay a foundation. 08:50 We did that in part one and allow the history of it. 08:52 But we'll just touch a little bit as we go 08:54 and then get in little bit more to specifics about the mass. 08:57 But notice with me in Review and Herald, 7-26-1898. 09:03 Please notice this. 09:04 Review and Herald, 7-26-1898 says this, 09:08 "The time has come, 09:10 notice, when the truth is to be proclaimed 09:13 against falsehood and error. 09:15 Now we read that often, but it's very, very important. 09:17 The time has come what? 09:19 When truth is to be proclaimed against falsehood and error. 09:23 So if we detect falsehood, we detect error 09:27 that is deceiving God's people. 09:28 It caused them to perish. 09:30 It's going to cause them to say, 09:31 heaven's not going to be their home. 09:33 Then it has to be unmasked. 09:35 It has to be revealed. 09:36 So we believe that we're doing what God has asked us 09:39 to do here. 09:40 Another article in Review and Herald, 09:42 3-9-86 says this, 3-9-86. 09:46 There is one that we're talking about here 09:49 pointed out in prophesy as the what? 09:52 Good, the man of sin. 09:54 He is a representative of Satan. 09:57 Oh, it's not pleasing. 09:59 I understand to be able to, you know, to say these things, 10:01 because you say, oh, we don't want to hear that. 10:04 But remember we believe in the Bible, 10:06 we believe in the Spirit of Prophecy, 10:07 we believe what was being said. 10:10 And the Bible certainly identifies this man of sin. 10:13 But notice, the enemy is doing what? 10:15 He's working him over here. 10:17 After the workings of, we read what? 10:19 Of Satan. 10:20 Manuscript, 126, 1901. 10:23 Notice this, all through, notice this, all through. 10:25 "Although those standing at the head of the papacy 10:28 claimed to have great love for God, 10:30 He looks upon them as haters of Him." 10:33 See it doesn't bring any pleasure to talk like this, 10:36 but we're reading what has been left for us 10:38 to be able to give to the world, 10:40 because multitudes have been what? 10:41 Deceived. 10:43 Multitudes will stay right where they're at drinking 10:45 of that cup, that false doctrine and wine, 10:47 getting more drunk as days go by 10:50 and they're going to be lost unless you love them enough, 10:53 unless I love them enough, you see, 10:55 to be able to bring home the truth of God's Word. 10:58 Notice this. 10:59 They have turned the truth of God into a lie. 11:03 Have you ever read that in Scripture? Sure. 11:05 Romans 1:25, "They've turned the truth of God into a lie." 11:10 So what should we do? 11:11 Remain silent, say nothing, do nothing 11:13 when we see the truth has been maligned. 11:15 We've seen the truth has been turned into a lie. 11:18 And most generally where we're at right now 11:20 in the history of this world is because you and I, 11:22 we have kept silent instead of standing up and say, 11:25 look, this is a truth right here. 11:26 And now all of a sudden 11:27 there's a lie that's being told. 11:29 We need to stand up for what is truth. 11:31 God requires that of us as His people. 11:34 Notice this, this man of sin has been tampering 11:37 with the commandments of God. 11:39 You notice what he's been doing. 11:41 He's been placing them and replacing them 11:44 with the traditions of what? 11:45 Of man, man's ideas, man's thoughts. 11:49 And notice this, who's doing that? 11:51 Satan is doing that work and he's going to completely, 11:54 the article says, divorce religious world from God. 11:59 Satan is doing his best to do what? 12:01 Separate, separate God's people. 12:05 Separating God's people going to be over here. 12:07 The enemy is going to have his people on the other side. 12:10 Notice, right? 12:11 He's now as Isaiah 14 talks about, 12:14 he's now trying to sit 12:15 in the very seat and throne room of God. 12:18 He's trying to show himself to be God right now, 12:21 his identifying mark. 12:23 He's claiming to be God on earth. 12:25 That should help you figure out who we're talking about here. 12:27 There's no doubt about it, because he's changing what? 12:31 The truth into a lie. 12:33 Interesting what the Bible has to say, 12:35 just a couple of passage quickly. 12:36 Revelation 21:27. 12:39 It says, "No wise will anything enter in that defiles," what? 12:43 Talking about heaven "or maketh a lie." 12:46 Now we should care 12:47 if somebody is making lie of something. 12:49 Maybe they don't know, 12:50 maybe they were deceived themselves. 12:52 They still should know because nothing is going 12:54 to enter in the kingdom that maketh a lie. 12:56 Did you get that? 12:57 James 3:14, The Bible says, notice this, 13:00 "Lie not against the truth." 13:04 Lie not against what? 13:06 Against the truth. 13:07 1 John 2:21. 13:09 The Bible says, no, oh, this is good. 13:11 "No lie is the truth." 13:13 Does that make sense? Read the whole passage. 13:15 It says, "No lie is the truth." 13:17 And again, one more, Revelation 22:15. 13:22 It says, "For without," talking about the city of God, right? 13:25 The New Jerusalem. 13:26 "There's going to be no one that loveth or maketh a lie." 13:31 No one's going to be there that loves or makes a lie. 13:34 So if we're looking at them that this is not the truth, 13:37 then we need to make sure we sound that out. 13:40 Remember, Satan does what? 13:41 He attacks error, attaches error to the what? 13:45 To the truth. 13:47 Evangelism, page 589. 13:49 Satan makes error appear as what? 13:52 As truth. 13:54 Great controversy, 10. 13:55 Satan does what? 13:57 He makes error appear as the truth. 13:59 And again, oh, I hear people, "Oh, they're just so sincere 14:02 and they're so sincere Christians 14:04 in their so sins. 14:05 You know, we can be sincerely what? 14:07 Sincerely wrong. 14:08 We can get on a road and say, sincerely, 14:10 I'm going to Johnson City, and we head north. 14:12 You're not going to get to Johnson City 14:14 from where we are right now by going, 14:16 you know, going north. 14:18 We'll go to Benton. So it's different. 14:20 I don't care how sincere that you are. 14:22 Sincerity will not save you from believing an error. 14:27 We need to know what scripture teaches on that. 14:29 And then we know that truth has to be placed 14:32 in contrast to bold assertions. 14:37 I mean, someone's coming up boldly and say, 14:38 "Well, this is the truth." 14:40 And we know from scripture, it's not the truth, 14:41 then we need to tell them what is truth. 14:44 There's no doubt about it. 14:45 Five testimonies, you read that 528. 14:47 So there is a lot that we can study, 14:50 rather we can spend our whole hour on that. 14:51 We will not do that. 14:53 2 Timothy Chapter 4 says this, 14:56 we're going to read verses 2 and 4 and go 14:57 because, again we're setting the foundation 14:59 we need to realize here. 15:00 It says, we need to be what? 15:02 We need to preach the Word. 15:04 Say, we need more preachers rather than somebody 15:06 just get up and preach the Word. 15:07 Not just preach what's going on. 15:09 And everything's nice and honey and sweet. 15:12 It says to be instant in season. 15:14 We need to be talking about things 15:16 that are going on in the world today. 15:18 And a lot of people don't want to hear it. 15:20 The Bible said, be what? 15:22 Be instant in season, if this is not the season 15:24 of the coming of the Lord, season of the time, 15:28 big time of trouble, 15:29 season of the time of Sunday laws. 15:32 My, my, my. 15:33 This is the things that we need to be talking about right now 15:37 because it says what we need to do is to, 15:39 notice, we need to reprove. 15:42 The Bible said, we need to rebuke and exhort with all, 15:47 notice this, with all arms giving and what? 15:52 And doctrine. 15:53 What do we need to do here? 15:54 I'm gonna read scripture right here, 15:57 it's a long-suffering and doctrine here, 15:59 so we need to have patience 16:01 and we need to move forward by the grace of God, 16:04 but we need to do it with what? 16:05 Long-suffering, and we need to stay with the program 16:08 because people need to hear it, mass bread, wine. 16:12 People are going to turn away their ears from the truth. 16:15 We know that and to be turned into fables. 16:17 And every time I hear a truth, 16:19 at least the best I can understand it, 16:20 turned into a fable. 16:21 I want to turn it back to the truth, don't you? 16:23 I want to turn it back to Jesus. 16:25 Mass was a daily celebration, 16:28 actually had its beginning in 394 AD. 16:31 Just jot it down, and you can go back and study yourself, 16:33 394 AD. 16:34 But it wasn't until like 1050 16:37 that it became the sacrifice of mass. 16:40 That's been quite a while, isn't it? 16:42 This plus dozens and dozens and dozens, you can go on 16:46 of a tradition has found its way into the church. 16:50 Now, is the Bible the most important thing 16:52 or is it traditions as the most important thing? 16:54 We'll find out. 16:56 We realized the Catholic Church apostatize 16:58 as it were, as it came. 17:00 They had the New Testament church. 17:01 And all of a sudden they'd been hearing things 17:03 and teaching things and they, well, 17:04 we don't want the truth of Jesus anymore. 17:06 So we're going to go over here. 17:07 And then we're going to, all of a sudden, 17:09 the enemy starts bringing in lies. 17:12 This is William D. Killen who said this. 17:16 He wrote a book called Ancient Church. 17:17 Notice this, page 16. 17:19 This is quite a comment. 17:21 Notice what he says? 17:22 Rites and ceremonies, of which neither Paul 17:26 nor Peter ever heard crept silently into what? 17:30 Into use. 17:31 They claim the rank of divine institution 17:33 and began to challenge what? 17:36 Challenge attention, and to be named apostolic. 17:40 What crept into the church, the pure church of God? 17:43 Oh, rites and ceremonies, 17:44 Paul and Peter didn't recognize it, 17:46 but began to come into the church. 17:49 And so we see them coming to the church today, 17:50 we make sure to open the door 17:51 and throw them back out where they belong. 17:54 Remember, you will not find the word mass in Scripture. 17:57 You just won't find it. 17:59 You can look all you want. 18:00 You won't find the word mass in the Bible, 18:02 but Catholic theologians teach something it's very interesting 18:06 that if a person fails to attend mass, if they... 18:10 You know, and I see it on the sign, 18:12 we pass every day going by some churches 18:14 and to say mass and the da-da-da, you know. 18:16 If you fail to attend it, 18:17 they say you commit a mortal sin 18:21 or a, they call it a cardinal sin. 18:24 That's pretty heavy-duty. 18:26 That's really they call it, that's a grievous sin. 18:30 And then as a person can be ex-communicated, 18:33 you know, they are shut out of the church 18:36 if you don't attend mass. 18:38 So they're kind of really making it mandatory 18:40 and threatening. 18:42 If you don't attend it, oh my, 18:43 you're going to be ex-communicated. 18:45 Most of the speaking connected 18:47 with a ceremony of we call them a mass. 18:50 We call it communion in the Protestant world. 18:53 But most of those, they come into the people 18:55 and they speak as you well know in what? 18:58 In Latin, how sad, because why, 19:02 because very few that understand what's going on. 19:05 Maybe somebody got up in here and they begin to preach 19:08 and teach in a different language. 19:10 How would you be blessed? 19:11 You know, 1 Corinthians 14 talks 19:13 a lot about that in the unknown tongue. 19:15 And there's one verse that I think 19:17 we can apply here quickly. 19:18 1 Corinthians 14:9, it says, "So likewise ye, 19:22 except ye utter by the tongue," notice this, 19:25 "words easily to be understood," 19:27 that means with some significance here, 19:30 "how shall it be known what is spoken? 19:33 For ye shall speak into the air." 19:37 To me, isn't that interesting? 19:39 It's like, so they get up there 19:40 and they speak in another language. 19:42 Most, everybody there has no idea of what they're saying. 19:44 It's almost like 19:46 you're just speaking in the air. 19:47 Is that really the way that it's conducted 19:49 in the Word of God? 19:50 I think not. 19:52 You remember, we've said this and this is true. 19:55 Mass is a counterfeit. 19:57 Mass is a counterfeit for the Lord's supper, 20:00 for communion. 20:01 So remember, for every truth God has, 20:03 the devil has what? 20:04 He has a counterfeit. 20:06 So this is no exception to the rule. 20:08 So it's either following God's plan 20:10 or following the enemy's plan. 20:11 You're going to have to decide. 20:13 Have you been drinking too long with that cup, the wrong cup? 20:17 Today's a day you will find out 20:18 and maybe you will make a decision 20:20 based upon scripture in the Word of God. 20:24 So we see that if you read 20:27 Matthew 26:17-30, 20:30 it makes it very clear 20:32 how Jesus addressed the disciples. 20:34 And He talked to them very clear and very plain. 20:38 So they knew exactly what He was talking about. 20:41 And then we find there's a single example. 20:43 We talk about the, anyone... 20:46 If you look in scripture and you begin to look 20:48 from one end to the other, 20:50 there's not a single incident of anyone 20:52 conducting the service called mass, 20:56 let alone the word, no one did. 20:58 Why? 20:59 Because the ceremony was based on 21:01 human man-made tradition. 21:03 Why? 21:04 Because it was unknown to Bible writers, 21:07 both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament. 21:12 The way it's conducted, 21:15 the way it's conducted in the Catholic Church, 21:18 there's not one I order that I can find of Bible truth 21:22 or scripture in it. 21:24 That concerns me. How about you? 21:26 Well, it should concern you. 21:28 Great Controversy, page 59. 21:29 Notice what the scripture says here? 21:31 It says, "The Scriptural ordinance of the Lord's Supper 21:34 has been supplanted by the idolatrous sacrifice of." 21:38 What? "Of mass." 21:40 But we either believe that or we do not. 21:42 It either follows what Jesus has said in the Word 21:45 that you're conducting communion service, 21:47 or we're going to conduct mass 21:48 the way the Catholic Church says to do it, 21:50 which has left Jesus out and the teachings of Jesus out. 21:53 So can it really be any good? 21:55 Does heaven really accept that? 21:56 That's our concern today, not just right and wrong. 22:00 There's a truth here at stake. 22:03 Great Controversy, again, page 58 says once again, 22:06 how did all these false teachings originate? 22:09 How did Rome spread all of these things 22:11 in every church even in our day? 22:13 We saw it, certainly 22:14 we've studied it in the first part. 22:16 We understand that through history 22:18 that we can find out exactly 22:20 what has taken place and where it's at even today, 22:23 millions believing a lie. 22:26 They say, "Oh, well, we've been taught 22:27 that this is a truth. 22:28 We thought it was the truth." 22:30 But notice this, how it came in. 22:32 Great Controversy, 58 again says this. 22:34 "The advancing centuries witnessed a constant, 22:38 an increase of error in the doctrines 22:41 put forth by Rome." 22:43 Notice this, even before, did we get it? 22:46 "Even before the establishment of the papacy." 22:50 Just very important. 22:52 People have asked me over the years as well. 22:53 How did all this stuff? How does all this stuff? 22:54 How did they all come in? 22:56 Surely they're just not making it up. 22:57 Surely they're not just turning over. 22:59 This is what we want to do. 23:00 Well really. 23:02 Before the establishment of the papacy, 23:04 Great Controversy, 58 says, 23:06 that teaching of heathen philosophers 23:09 had received attention 23:11 and they exerted an influence in the church. 23:15 Many who professed conversion that were coming in. 23:18 You remember under Constantine and what? 23:20 Constantine job was to bring in the, 23:21 you know, trying to get the heathen 23:23 and the Christians all joined together. 23:24 Anytime you try to get the unconverted 23:26 and the converted, unless there's a chain, 23:28 unless the converted stands strong 23:30 that the unconverted will take the strong, 23:32 you know, the other ones down the truth. 23:34 Those are standing for truth. 23:36 They'll take them down unless you're strong in the Lord. 23:39 And so we find that all of a sudden things 23:41 were not going as planned. 23:43 And so what? 23:44 People say, "Well, this is not what we believe, 23:46 but they continued, the pagans and the heathen 23:48 that came into the church continued 23:50 to study these things and to try to... 23:53 I want to call it, urging them upon other people. 23:57 Have you ever found that to be true? 23:59 Have you really ever found that to be true? 24:01 So some time comes, people comes up and says, 24:03 oh this is new light. 24:04 I've got some new light on this issue 24:07 and they present it and begin to present it. 24:08 But you detect already that's not in harmony 24:11 with the Word of God, but you know what? 24:13 You can't hush him up. 24:15 They just want to continue to push this thing 24:16 and push this thing 24:17 because they think that it is right. 24:19 You sense that it's not based on 24:21 the Word of God. 24:23 They always will do that. 24:24 They will urge it on those and that extended their what? 24:28 Their influence among the heathen. 24:32 Serious errors were introduced into the Christian faith 24:37 by the Roman Church. 24:38 Give you a few examples. 24:40 And I think it's imperative that we do. 24:43 I think it's absolutely imperative 24:45 because I'll explain it to you. 24:47 What came in through paganism, 24:49 heathenism was immortality of the soul. 24:53 Man, almost all the churches around the world today believe 24:56 that, well, when you die, you really don't die. 24:59 There's something lives on. 25:01 If you believe that today, you are believing... 25:04 I just have to say it. 25:05 You're believing a Catholic lie that was taken from heathenism 25:09 and paganism. 25:11 That's what you're believing. 25:12 You follow it. You look it up in history. 25:13 You will find out that's where they got it. 25:16 And now they're spreading that 25:18 immortality of the soul, huh. 25:21 But see here's the point. 25:22 It never just quits at one point 25:25 to be able to get the entering wedge in there, 25:28 according to the old enemy, 25:29 he says, I've got this here. 25:31 I'm not going to stop. 25:33 Huh. 25:35 A lie that came from paganism laid the foundation 25:40 for the invocation of saints. 25:43 Most of them say, 25:44 "Oh, invocation of saints, no big deal." 25:45 Really? 25:47 The church is talking about, the Roman Church 25:48 is simply saying, 25:50 when we have problems down here on earth, 25:51 what we do? 25:52 We petitioned the saints. 25:54 Listen, church, the saints are already in heaven. 25:57 Those who are in heaven, those who have maybe died 25:59 and they say already went to heaven 26:00 because they have such power. 26:02 So we want them to intercede for us. 26:05 Something's not scriptural here, 26:07 but you notice, 26:08 one unscriptural truth leads to another unscriptural truth. 26:12 The adoration of naturally the Virgin Mary, huh, 26:17 came from the heresies. 26:19 And then all of a sudden from that came eternal 26:22 hellfire, eternal fire. 26:24 Wow. Torment, burning forever and ever. 26:26 If you, as a Christian say, I believe 26:28 that you're going to burn forever and ever, 26:30 please I beg you to study the Word of God to find out 26:33 because that came directly from the Roman Catholic Church 26:37 who got it directly from paganism. 26:40 That's where you got it. 26:41 If someone said that to me, I'd checking it out to say, 26:44 man, I'm not going to follow no pagans. 26:46 Huh. 26:48 And then what happened? 26:50 Another invention of paganism still there, 26:52 was indulgence as we go on 26:54 and then number seven in there, mass. 26:57 Hmm. 26:58 It's mass is blasphemy. 27:01 I call it in the first degree, even though 27:03 people don't want to think about it. 27:06 Notice when they celebrate the mass, 27:09 they, notice this, they claim the... 27:11 Listen this, this is almost unbelievable. 27:13 They claimed the power to create God. 27:17 Oh, somebody's not listening. 27:20 They claimed the power to create God. 27:23 Surely, can I say surely the Pete? 27:25 Surely if someone says, when we do mass 27:29 or we do communion or whatever it's a wafer, 27:31 we're drinking, whatever it is, 27:32 we are creating God. 27:34 That's blasphemy. 27:36 There's no way you can create God, is it not? 27:39 He's the creator of all things. 27:42 People were required to take part 27:45 or they would die certainly many years ago, 27:50 they gave him right to the flames. 27:52 Notice this, according to Cardinal Wiseman, 27:54 he says the priest, listen, Cardinal Wiseman said this, 27:57 "Priest could convert the simple bread and wine 28:01 into the actual body and blood of Christ." 28:06 You see some blasphemy, you see it. 28:09 I see something dreadfully wrong right here. 28:11 And many people, I'm talking about, listen, 28:13 not just millions, billions possibly. 28:16 Catholic faith goes into the billions. 28:21 And most maybe believe this. 28:22 And you might talk to some, well, we don't, 28:24 we don't really believe that. 28:25 This is what the church teaches. 28:27 And again, that came from Cardinal Wiseman, 28:32 the article, he wrote Real Presence 28:34 and the Body and the Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, 28:37 lecture eight, section three, paragraph 26. 28:41 Interesting. 28:43 So if the Roman Catholic Church had not laid aside, 28:47 we've mentioned this before. 28:48 If the Roman Catholic Church had not laid aside 28:50 the truth of God's Word, which you had the, 28:53 you know, the first 100 years, 28:54 200 years of the New Testament Church. 28:57 God's Church pure, right? 28:58 Ephesus Church, my, but they begin to lay aside 29:02 the truths of God's Word. 29:05 They no longer wanted the teachings of the apostle. 29:07 They no longer wanted the doctrines 29:09 as were the prophets. 29:12 Remember, the Reformation would have never taken place. 29:15 The only reason we had a Reformation 29:17 or the time of the Dark Ages 29:18 or the papal rule supremacy from 538, right? 29:22 To 1798, 1260 years of what we call the Dark Ages 29:26 that you learned in school. 29:27 Study, study to show yourself approved. 29:30 There would never have been a Reformation, 29:31 but because we went so far away, 29:34 and the Roman Church subdued the truth of God's Word, 29:37 God allowed a reformation to take place, 29:39 which we need in our church today. 29:42 I believe with all my, we need a reformation. 29:44 We need some real changes to take place. 29:48 Papal tradition and Bible truth collided. 29:53 I mean, they collided. 29:56 There was a head-on crash. 30:00 You say, what do you mean about tradition in Bible? 30:04 We have to remember this, that the papal tradition 30:07 was set above Scripture. 30:09 What? 30:11 Tradition set above Scripture? 30:12 Let me give you a quick two quick examples here. 30:15 In a book called Catholic Belief, 30:17 1884 edition, page 45 by Joseph F. Di Bruno. 30:23 Notice, he says this. 30:25 He says "Like two sacred rivers flowing from paradise, 30:30 the body, and divine tradition," 30:33 notice this, "came the Word of God. 30:36 Hmm. 30:37 Precious gems have revealed truth. 30:41 But of the two tradition is to us, 30:46 the more clear and safe." 30:49 This is the position of the Roman Catholic Church. 30:51 This is just many, many examples that could be given. 30:55 But notice there, above all. 30:56 We're going to take tradition. Why? 30:58 Because no longer can they match it up 31:00 with the Word of God. 31:02 No longer can they do it. 31:04 They have not one foot to step, step on and say, "Oh, 31:06 here's why we do what we do." 31:08 Oh, they try to do it. But, man, did they misquote? 31:11 Let's just be honest about it 31:12 because it didn't come from the Word of God. 31:14 Now let's give something 31:15 also here at the Council of Trent. 31:18 Most people have heard that 31:19 over the years of Council of Trent 31:21 that was in about, it was January, 31:24 January 18 in 1562, 31:28 the Archbishop Reggio made a speech. 31:32 And here's what he said in that speech. 31:34 Everything really changed at this council. 31:36 I mean, man, did it change? 31:37 He said, "Tradition stood above Scripture. 31:40 And the authority of the church could, oh, 31:43 the authority of the church could not be bound 31:46 to the authority of Scripture." 31:49 Did you get it? 31:51 My, the church could not therefore be bound 31:54 to the authority of Scripture. 31:55 Lord have mercy. 31:57 We need the Scripture to lead and to guide. 31:59 That's why we have the mess that we have in the world today 32:01 in all the different denominations. 32:03 Everybody decided to go their own little way. 32:07 How can this be proven? 32:08 Can it be proven? 32:09 Well, according to JH Holtzman in a book Canon and Tradition, 32:15 page 263 says this, because notice this, 32:18 the church had changed... 32:20 Here's how, listen to this careful, 32:22 "Because the church had changed the Sabbath to Sunday, 32:26 not by the command of Christ, but by its own authority." 32:31 This act is a mark of her ecclesiastical authority 32:35 in religious things. 32:37 Again that comes from the office 32:39 of Cardinal Gibbons, 11-11-1895. 32:44 They're setting all these changes 32:45 and all this stuff that was made, 32:47 all it's pagan that begun. 32:48 They've got the authority to do it because they said, 32:50 look, we've got the authority 32:51 because we're the one that changed Sabbath, 32:52 the seventh day of the week to Sunday, 32:54 the first day of the week. 32:55 Protestants are not standing up, 32:56 not fighting us. 32:58 They just let us do it evidently. 32:59 It's been going on now for a long time. 33:01 And most of the world have, they have no idea, 33:03 but they're going to church on a day 33:04 that God never blessed, God never sanctified. 33:07 And certainly one of the doctrines 33:08 of the reformation 33:10 that began to put up a fight. 33:11 I mean, they begin to put up a fight and it was mass. 33:16 The reformer said, there's something wrong 33:17 with this thing. 33:19 They begin to criticize mass. 33:22 This taken from the manual of Christian doctrine by... 33:27 Listen, this was taken by a Catholic 33:31 seminary professor. 33:33 A what? A Catholic seminary. 33:35 But you'd think he knows what he's talking about. 33:38 Page 439, he says this, the question was asked him. 33:42 Here's what he said. 33:44 They said, "Is the mass the same sacrifice 33:47 as that of the cross?" 33:49 There's something to think about. 33:51 Is the mass the same sacrifice as that of the cross? 33:56 Very interesting. 33:57 Any time you seem like you asked just a very simple 34:01 yes or no or truth. 34:03 There's always a little 34:04 but, or a little something else they might add. 34:06 And here, you know what the answer is? 34:08 Oh, he said, oh, the answer, 34:10 well, it's essentially the same. 34:13 You say, "What does that mean?" 34:15 He says, "It differs only in the manner 34:18 in which is it offered." 34:20 Think about it. Why? 34:22 We're going to see here in just a moment. 34:24 Remember, it only differs, supposed to be the cross 34:26 and there's supposed to be the sacrifice, 34:27 blood and the body of Jesus. 34:29 But it's a little bit different, important. 34:31 Catholic theologians teach that 34:35 every time the priest says mass, 34:39 Jesus is sacrificed again. 34:41 I hope somebody hears this. 34:43 Every time they have mass, 34:46 Jesus is sacrificed again. 34:49 Is it biblical? 34:51 If it is in, let's do it, if not, let's throw it out. 34:55 He's sacrificed, He's nailed to the cross 34:57 every time they have mass. 35:00 No, it's not biblical at all. 35:02 Let's let Scripture tell us the truth on this issue. 35:05 Don't you believe that's the way to do it? 35:09 There's something that Rome does not do 35:13 on this subject is tell the truth. 35:15 We want the truth to come out. 35:18 We do believe this. 35:19 I believe that Calvary was necessary, don't you? 35:23 Praise God for Calvary. 35:24 Praise God for the sacrifice that Christ made in our behalf. 35:27 Thank you that He was willing to come down here. 35:29 Thank you that He was willing to die in my place. 35:32 Unworthy as we are, 35:33 by grace are you saved through faith. 35:37 Calvary was necessary to save mankind. 35:41 Why? 35:43 Well, it's very simple. 35:44 Quickly let's go through it. Why? 35:45 Because the Bible says the wages of sin, what? 35:47 Romans 6:23, good. 35:49 The wages of sin is death. 35:53 So He did. 35:54 He took our sins. 35:55 But notice this, is every time you have communion service, 35:59 are we crucifying Him afresh? 36:01 Evidently not. 36:03 Bible says here, Hebrews 9:22 says, but here, 36:06 this established what we just read. 36:08 The wages of sin is death. 36:09 Without the shedding of blood, Hebrews 9:22 is what? 36:13 No, is no remission, right? 36:15 No remission of sins without what? 36:17 Without the shedding of blood. 36:19 And then if we add Hebrews 10:18, notice it said, 36:24 notice, "Where remission of these sins is, 36:29 there is no more offering for sin." 36:32 That starts to get clear, doesn't it? 36:34 Pretty clear, right? 36:35 Where He offered His blood once, 36:37 where He died on Calvary, 36:38 then the remission of sin. 36:40 There's no more offering for sin, 36:41 but they said, no, it's every time. 36:44 Something's not biblical here. 36:46 What are we going to do about it? 36:49 Huh. 36:51 In other words, He paid, you know, we read other words, 36:54 He paid it all at once at one time. 36:59 Hmm. 37:00 That song, was it? 37:02 He paid it all, all to him I owe. 37:06 There's no more offering for sin the Bible says, 37:10 because the Bible said He did it once and for all. 37:13 There's no reason for Jesus 37:16 to keep paying over and over and over. 37:19 Are we getting that thought? 37:21 Let's add a couple more passages. 37:22 Some may still be confused. 37:23 In the Book of Hebrews 7:27. 37:27 It says, notice this, "Who needeth not daily, 37:30 as the high priests, to offer up sacrifice, 37:33 first for his own sin, and then for the people," 37:36 notice punch line, "for this he did once, 37:40 when he offered up himself." 37:43 Man, that's beautiful, isn't it? 37:44 He did what? 37:45 He did it once. 37:47 Not every time that you have mass 37:48 that we offer up and kill Jesus afresh. 37:51 Let's add some more, shall we? 37:52 Hebrews 10:10. 37:54 It says, "We are sanctified through the offering 37:56 of the body of Jesus Christ once and for all." 38:00 How many times? Once and for all. 38:03 So something's unscriptural. 38:04 There's a lot of unscriptural things 38:06 but yet people are fooled. 38:07 People are deceived, why? 38:09 Because they don't read these things. 38:10 Very simple. 38:11 Let's do one more, shall we? In case you're still confused. 38:14 Hebrews 10:12, but it says, "But this man," who is it? 38:17 Jesus Christ. 38:19 "After he had offered one sacrifice for sin 38:23 forever," come on, "sat down on the right hand of God." 38:28 Man, isn't that beautiful? Bottom line. 38:31 Does this make sense? 38:32 Number one, does this really make sense to us? 38:35 Well, let's maybe use a little illustration. 38:38 Let's say, you buy a new car. 38:42 Now, and you just happen to have the cash. 38:46 And so you go buy that car 38:47 and you lay all the cash money down 38:50 and you pay for it. 38:52 And you get you a receipt, a bill of sales that says paid, 38:57 paid in full, paid in full. 39:00 I liked that when you get that paid in full. 39:02 That means it's taken care of, is it not? 39:05 It's paid. 39:07 So really would there be any need to keep paying 39:12 the same price over and over and over again? 39:17 Once it's paid, 39:19 once it's paid the account is settled. 39:22 Once it's paid, the account is settled. 39:24 That's such good news. 39:27 Don't have to do it every... That's the devil's counterfeit. 39:30 And when God's people hear and you give it, 39:32 God's people could be anybody in any church. 39:34 But when you hear Bible truth, 39:36 we have to be willing to take a step out. 39:37 Don't be keep sipping that wine of Babylon. 39:40 It's time to put that cup down. 39:42 Let the Word of God speak to our hearts. 39:45 In the Book of Mark, you know, in the New Testament 14: 23. 39:51 It's just another point. 39:53 I just want to bring this in another point. 39:55 The Roman church left this part out too. 39:58 Verse 23. 40:00 He said, "He, Jesus took the cup 40:03 and when he had given thanks, 40:04 he gave it to them," come on church. 40:06 "He gave it to them, 40:08 and they all drank of it." 40:13 Did you get it? 40:15 Now in mass, that doesn't happen. 40:17 They've changed that too, for drinking the wine 40:23 and you can look it up in different areas. 40:25 A lot of it they'll say, well, we use grape juice, 40:27 but most generally they use a real McCoy in wine, 40:31 a little dab of it, it can be, they say, well, 40:33 we can use it 40:35 'cause it's okay if it's just like 18% 40:37 or 18 proof or whatever. 40:40 But only the priest drinks it. 40:45 The Bible said what? 40:46 He gave thanks and they all, they all drank it. 40:50 Now, should we follow what Jesus did? 40:53 Absolutely. 40:55 This is what we should be following what Jesus said 40:57 to do here, not what the priest and what Jesus celebrated. 41:00 And we do as Christian today, it's grape juice. 41:04 You don't want a bunch of wine diversion. 41:07 Oh, I almost said drunkers and things carrying on, 41:10 people hollering for seconds. 41:12 Come on now, think with me. 41:15 BIBLE said they all drank it. 41:18 And so the common practice is for the priest 41:21 to use a little bit of wine when he conducts the mass. 41:25 Again, he does what? 41:27 He drinks it himself. 41:28 That's against what Scripture say. 41:30 It does not harmonize with Scripture. 41:34 This is all that we're trying to say, 41:36 not to condemn this person or that person or a church. 41:41 We're saying what they teach 41:42 doesn't harmonize with Scripture. 41:45 I mean, after all, isn't that your job? 41:47 What did Jesus do when He walked this earth? 41:49 Every time He heard an untruth, 41:52 He came back with the truth, did He not? 41:54 Every time He heard an untruth, He came back. 41:58 Many times He said to them 42:00 because He knew it'd get him in trouble. 42:01 And He said something like, don't go tell anybody. 42:05 Not because He was afraid, 42:07 but it caused Him more problems. 42:09 But He still told the truth. 42:12 Now, if you say, well, I'm not sure how we conduct 42:15 the communion service. 42:16 You call it, we call it the mass. 42:18 Don't call it something that the Bible doesn't call it. 42:22 It's called communion service. 42:24 And again, it is, it's interesting what? 42:27 We do the communion, right, service. 42:30 We talk a little bit. Then we go and dismiss. 42:32 We wash one another's feet and then we come back 42:35 and we have the bread and the wine. 42:37 But it's interesting that Roman Catholic 42:39 and many other churches only do half of it. 42:42 But the Catholic Church says this. 42:45 Well, if we just do one part of it, 42:48 if we just drank the wine, 42:50 that means we did it all, that one means two. 42:53 Now I've never heard one means two, 42:56 or if we just do the bread. 42:57 That means we'd done the wine. So one means two, it's okay. 43:00 That's not what the Bible says. What is that? 43:02 Can we do is follow Jesus Christ which way? 43:05 Lay, Jesus lays it all out in His Word and we'll say, 43:07 well, I picked this and I'll choose this. 43:09 And I'll leave that, that doesn't harmonize. 43:11 We can't do that. 43:13 The real test of a sincere Christian 43:16 is to follow the Word of God 43:18 by His grace and strength, by His power. 43:20 We can't do it on our own. 43:22 So I encourage you. I wish we had time. 43:24 We don't, 12 minutes or so left. 43:26 But if you want to know communion service, 43:29 try 1 Corinthians Chapter 11. 43:32 1 Corinthians Chapter 11 43:34 and read just verses 23 through 28. 43:38 Would you do that? 43:39 Again, those who may be confused and you're saying, 43:41 we thought it was mass all along. 43:45 So just read the way Jesus instituted 43:48 and what Jesus says. 43:49 This is what He would in His Word. 43:52 1 Corinthians 11:23-28. 43:56 And I think it'll give you some real insight. 43:59 Now, again, let's revert back to, we say, well, 44:01 the Catholic theologians, they should know. 44:05 They, notice this, I've said it before, 44:07 wanna say it again, 44:08 they actually teach that the bread and the wine 44:13 are actually changed into the body 44:15 and the blood of Jesus Christ. 44:19 When the priest says, they say they believe this. 44:22 I can't hardly picture it, but I just need to go ahead 44:24 with this rather than get my own thoughts on this. 44:28 When the priest says, this is my body, 44:31 we had a lot of time, 44:32 we can go through different things. 44:33 What the Bible talks about and institutes, 44:35 how they changed everything around 44:37 when they raised the cup and what they say and so on. 44:40 It's opposite of Scripture. 44:43 Then they say that this is the body 44:45 and the blood of Christ. 44:47 This is my body. 44:48 This is my blood. 44:51 They stressed the word is. 44:54 See they'd got to find something they can hold on 44:56 to in case somebody challenges them. 44:58 And most generally they're never challenged. 45:00 Nobody challenges them. I don't know why not. 45:02 Challenge them from the Word of God. 45:06 They stress, this is. 45:09 They say it is actually His flesh literally, 45:14 His flesh literally. 45:16 What do you mean by that? 45:19 We must be careful not to make it say 45:21 something it doesn't really say. 45:23 Let me give you a quick example, shall we? 45:25 Remember, they read it literally. 45:27 Jesus said, you know, you eat My flesh 45:28 and drink My blood. 45:30 That's all, that's it. That's it. 45:31 And when we do, we literally take in God into our bodies. 45:35 I don't know if I have time to go into it or not, 45:36 but my friend, my brother and sister, 45:38 when you say that, and you believe that, 45:39 that you're taking God and you're creating God 45:41 and you're taking Him in. 45:43 And when you drink and as a human being, 45:44 we take it and drink it and we eat, 45:46 it goes into our digestive tract. 45:49 And what happens with it? 45:54 It's pretty heavy-duty when you think 45:56 about what you're doing with God, 45:58 that couldn't possibly be true at all. 46:02 John 1:29, the Bible is clear. 46:06 I love it. They say Jesus is called. 46:08 These are examples to say. 46:09 Jesus is called the lamb of what? 46:11 Ooh, He's called the Lamb of God. 46:13 When John saw Him coming, "Ooh, behold, the Lamb of God 46:16 that taketh away the sin of the world. 46:19 Man, how exciting that is when we think about Jesus. 46:22 He's the one that paid it all, all to Him I owe. 46:25 And so here rather than say, oh, his blood is His, oh, 46:30 it's literal, we take it away. 46:32 That was how the Bible uses different illustrations. 46:34 You said here, Jesus is the what? 46:36 The Lamb of God. Is Jesus really a lamb? 46:39 No, it's a symbol. 46:42 It represents Christ. 46:44 Give you another one. 46:45 John chapter 10:9, Jesus said this, notice, 46:48 he said, "I am the bread of life." 46:52 He's the bread. But He said, I'm the door. 46:54 It's beautiful. 46:55 He is the bread of life, but he's also the door. 46:57 Now you really look and say, when you think of Jesus, 47:00 do you think of a door? 47:02 Well in this saying, but I'm saying he, 47:04 you know, he's not a door. 47:05 So this must be what? 47:07 It must be a symbol of Jesus Christ. 47:09 It represents Christ. 47:12 How about John 15:5 47:14 where Jesus said, he said it Himself. 47:16 It must be the truth. 47:17 He said, "I'm the vine." 47:19 Did he really mean? That's what He a vine. 47:22 It's assembled. 47:23 I think we see this here when he says 47:25 the flesh and the blood is it, 47:28 it's just a symbol or is it the real McCoy? 47:31 Revelation 5:5 says, notice this. 47:33 "Jesus is called the Lion of the tribe of Judah." 47:36 You remember, is Jesus really a lion? 47:38 It says a symbol. 47:39 All these symbols simply represent 47:42 his relationship to his people to mankind. 47:45 The Bible uses figures 47:47 and they used symbols as we well know. 47:50 Look at the Book of Daniel, look at the Book of Revelation, 47:53 man, they're full of symbols. 47:56 God wants us to understand these things here 47:58 in these last days. 48:01 And so as such today, 48:02 so are the bread and the wine. 48:07 Another point in effort, 48:10 you know, just an effort to prove that the priest 48:13 eat the actual flesh and drink the blood of Christ 48:18 at the communion service Catholic theologians 48:21 quote John 6:53. 48:23 I'm just going to turn there 48:25 because somebody may not have time. 48:26 We've got seven minutes, so I'm going to hurry as I can. 48:28 But this is so important. 48:29 Remember they're saying, we're going to substantiate 48:31 this by the Word of God. 48:33 See if that's really true. 48:34 John 6:53-55, 53-55. 48:39 "Then Jesus said unto them, verily I say unto you, 48:41 except you eat the" what? 48:43 Flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, 48:46 ye have no life in you. 48:47 Whosoever eateth my flesh, drinketh," what? 48:50 My blood hath eternal life, and I will raise him up," when? 48:54 "The last day." Good. 48:56 "For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 49:00 They use and say, well, 49:01 just see this got to be literal. 49:03 That's what he's talking about. 49:04 Is that what it's talking about? 49:06 Remember this, the Jews thought that Jesus 49:08 meant literally to eat. 49:10 Remember Jesus said, you have to eat my flesh 49:12 and drink my blood. 49:13 They literally thought that was what these, 49:14 and they said, well, 49:16 basically you're out of your mind. 49:17 No way we can do that. 49:19 Of course, that was not the truth. 49:21 But Catholic theologians got the same information 49:24 from the same place, evidently from the Jews, 49:27 you see that evidently and the Jews got it from what? 49:32 From the enemy. 49:33 'Cause it's not a truth. 49:35 Here's why, quickly this explains it, Ralph. 49:37 And you say, well, what does all that mean? 49:38 John 6:63 explains it. 49:41 Notice this. It says, oh, this is so clear. 49:44 I'm so thankful that it's so clear. 49:45 There's no reason for us to miscue on this. 49:49 Jesus says, as he spoke these words I speak into you 49:53 they are spirit, and they are what? 49:57 And they are life. 49:58 Man, that clears it up, he didn't say literally, 50:00 he said, these are spirit and they are what? 50:03 And they are alive, praise God. 50:05 How about? Quickly, how about Nicodemus? 50:07 You know, John Chapter 3, give you illustrations 3 and 4. 50:11 Jesus made the statement to him. 50:12 He said, "Except a man be" what? 50:15 "Born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." 50:18 What was Nicodemus' problem? 50:21 What did he not understand? 50:23 You know what he didn't understand? 50:24 He didn't understand what it means 50:26 to constitute the new birth. 50:28 He didn't understand that as many today 50:30 did not understand that. 50:32 Many still believe that they literally eat 50:35 and drink the body of Jesus. 50:38 Oh, my brothers and sister, 50:40 the Bible comes out live and what? 50:43 Proves that it's another error. 50:46 It proves that this teaching of mass 50:48 is an error of the enemy. 50:50 Truth must come out. 50:53 It's clear, my brothers and sisters, 50:56 we cannot take some things literal 50:58 when the context that you read here 51:01 speaks of figures and it speaks of what? 51:04 Of illustrations. 51:06 So we, you know, we've got to look at it 51:08 the way God wrote it down, inspired men. 51:11 Keep in mind, please, spiritual things are what? 51:15 Spiritually discerned there in 1 Corinthians 2:14. 51:19 By how wonderful to praise God for His Word. 51:22 When Jesus speaks about eating His flesh, 51:25 come on, let's make it clear. 51:26 When He talks about eating His flesh 51:28 and drinking His blood 51:29 to receive eternal life, He means accept His Word. 51:33 This brings life to the soul. 51:36 It brings life to the believer. 51:39 He promises eternal life. 51:41 We accept Him and His Word. 51:44 Jeremiah said this, you remember Jeremiah? 51:45 Maybe this will help too, Jeremiah 15:6. 51:49 He said that, Ooh, he said, 51:50 "Thy words were found," and what? 51:53 "I did eat them up." Notice it. 51:55 "They were found and I did eat them, 51:56 and thy word was unto me 51:58 the joy and rejoicing of mine heart." 52:01 How beautiful. 52:03 Man, how long has it been 52:04 since you've got the Word of God 52:05 and you ate it up and then all of a sudden you jumped up 52:07 and you shout and maybe you ran about a little bit, 52:09 say, woo, this is really exciting. 52:12 So we see to eat the flesh and drink the blood of Christ 52:16 is in a spiritual sense, not literally. 52:21 We need to be careful 52:22 when we say we do this these things 52:24 that we create the Creator, blasphemy. 52:28 Peter, whom the Catholic regards as the first pope. 52:33 Come on as we close now, listen. 52:34 Peter who the Catholics regard as the first pope 52:37 would not recognize the service of mass. 52:40 He would not participate in it at all. 52:43 Huh. 52:45 Because it's nothing more than a tradition. 52:47 Paganism brought into the church 52:49 in the place of the Bible. 52:51 Let's make it just a little bit plainer 52:52 if you don't mind. 52:55 Many have accepted and may they do not know a lie 52:58 of the enemy in place of a thus saith the Lord. 53:02 The Jews criticized Christ 53:04 because He did not follow tradition. 53:06 You remember that? 53:07 They criticized Him, He didn't follow tradition. 53:10 Matthew 15:2 and Mark 2:18. 53:13 Jesus said this we know 53:14 it well in Matthew 15:9, he said, 53:17 "But in vain," what is it? 53:19 "But in vain, do they worship me, 53:21 teaching for doctrines 53:22 the commandments of men." 53:24 This is exactly what's going on in our study 53:26 as quickly as we can get it to you today. 53:28 Martin Luther said this in the Great Controversy, 189. 53:31 Martin Luther said this. 53:33 Martin Luther said, "The mass is a bad thing. 53:36 God is opposed to it. 53:38 It ought to be abolished." 53:39 Great Controversy, 59, once again said, 53:41 "The Scriptural ordinance, 53:43 as we close of the Lord's Supper 53:45 has been supplanted 53:47 by the idolatrous sacrifice of mass. 53:49 Papal priests pretended by their senseless mummery 53:53 to convert the simple bread and wine with the actual body 53:56 and blood of Christ. 53:58 With blasphemous, notice presumption, 54:01 they openly claimed the power of creating God, 54:05 the Creator of all things. 54:06 Oh, my brothers and sisters, 54:08 Babylon the great is working hard. 54:10 The mother of harlots right now, 54:12 she's feeding the world out of that cup with a wine, 54:15 the false doctrine and the world 54:17 is gobbling it up. 54:19 Somebody needs to speak up. 54:21 Somebody needs to understand what truth is. 54:23 There are doctrines and teachings 54:25 are flooding the world today. 54:26 The only way you'll know a difference is right here. 54:29 The detector of sin is right here, the Word of God. 54:32 If you've been fooled by the enemy on this subject, 54:35 I played with you today. 54:37 Won't you make that decided change right now? 54:40 You may have been deceived for years. 54:41 You did not know it, but now, you know, I invite you, 54:44 please make that chain. 54:45 Why? 54:46 Because God is calling you out to be part of his family. 54:50 Shall we pray together? 54:51 Let's pray. 54:54 Our kind loving heavenly Father, 54:55 we thank You for Your precious Word. 54:57 Thank You that You make it clear 54:58 that we can understand. 55:00 Pray for Holy Spirit power. 55:01 Pray for those right now, 55:02 who are making that decision to come out of her, 55:04 my people and be not partakers of her sin. 55:08 Thank you Lord, for what You're going to do. 55:09 Thank you for the Holy Spirit. 55:10 We'll take this Word 55:12 and you'll put it in the ears to hearers, 55:13 in Jesus' name. 55:15 Amen. 55:16 God bless you for joining us today. 55:17 We've enjoyed the study. 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