Amen so I'm gonna be back in Hebrews there in a little bit if you want to keep a bookmark there
But we're gonna go back to Mark chapter number 14 this morning as we've been doing over the last several months now
We've been going through the book of Mark
not necessarily chapter by chapter but more so passage by passage and just kind of breaking down these chapters looking at
Portions of Scripture and this morning. I want to look at verses 23 through 25 of course
This is at the Last Supper
Right before Christ's arrest and crucifixion and it says there in verse 22 and as they did eat
Jesus took bread and blessed it and break it and gave to them and said take eat
This is my body and he took the cup and when he had given thanks
He gave it to them and drank and they drank all of it and he said unto them
This is my blood of the New Testament, which is shed for many
Verily I say unto you
I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God
So obviously a very significant event in the ministry of Christ
I my personal belief that this is when the New Testament is being instituted
Some people might say it was shortly thereafter upon the cross itself
But you know, this is Jesus establishing the church my belief here where he's saying this is my blood of the New Testament
We're going from the Old Testament to the new
in this moment here at the Last Supper with Christ and
You know we as Christians who have the Spirit of God, you know
We can read this and clearly understand that transition
We can see the the old things are being done away and new things are being brought in that the Old Testament law is being
Done away all of those things and we can understand also
the meaning or the you know
the the symbology here of the as Jesus put it the fruit of the vine or the grape juice that was being served being
representative of his blood also of the bread being broken being representative of his body which was about to be broken and
We can understand that we can look at that we get it but there's many today who this is not so clear to they
Wonder at this they stumble at this and often they preach false doctrine about this and in particular this morning
I want to focus in on the Catholic Church because the Catholic Church
teaches that we have to still to this day continue to drink the blood of Christ and eat the literal body of Christ and I
say literally because that is what they teach in
Communion in the Eucharist in
Transubstantiation that is what the Catholic Church is teaching that they have to consume
The blood and body of Christ to this day and my friend
There's nothing that could be further from the truth
the Bible is crystal clear on this topic that Christ has died once for all that he has made the sacrifice of his body and
His blood once and we are eternally saved through faith in that blood through faith in his sacrifice not through continually
consuming those things and going through the sacraments such as
You know receiving the Eucharist and other things that they teach I'm going to focus in on that one thing to us as Christians
This is clear because we have the Spirit of God, you know, we can understand these things
We can compare spiritual things with spiritual things and understand from the Word of God what Christ is referring to here that it's not
Yes, it is his literal blood that's going to be shed
But that when we do these things in remembrance when that communion is taken in in in going forward that is symbolic
We're doing those things in remembrance of him
We're not literally consuming the literal blood and body of Jesus Christ through the Eucharist and through the wine that they offer
Now if you would go over to John chapter number 6 John chapter number 6
We'll see another instance where even in Jesus's day
He taught this and people stumbled at it those that did not have the Spirit of God and even some of his disciples
You know wondered at this teaching. Okay, and this is a proof text
this is something that the Catholics will actually go to as a proof text to teach their false doctrine of
Transubstantiation of receiving the Eucharist that sacrament
Again, oh and you say why is it that some people, you know are confused by these things?
Why is it that sometimes Jesus would say things in a difficult way to where people could not understand them
Well, there's Jesus often did that he would speak as it says in dark parables right in dark sayings
It says in Matthew chapter 13 all these things spake Jesus under the multitudes in parables and without a parable spake he not unto them
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophet saying I will open my mouth in parables
I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world
Jesus often when he was speaking to those that did not believe on him those to whom it was not given to believe and to
Be saved those that were reprobate those that were
You know of the Jews the Pharisees the Sadducees who had rejected Christ and had hearted in those hearts
He would speak in these parables these dark sayings so that they could not understand and yet today you still have people
Who are not saved? Okay, the Catholics are not saved. They are not trusting the finished work of Jesus Christ
They teach many false doctrines concerning salvation they do not teach grace salvation by grace through faith
They'll give lip servants to oh, yeah, you got to believe in Christ
But what they mean by that is you got to believe in Christ that he's God and you also have to do all these other
Works you have to keep all these other sacraments those same people today. They like the Jews of Jesus's day
Stumble at this teaching this trips them up and it's a dark saying unto them even to this day
Look at John 6 and verse 47
It says verily verily I say unto you he that believeth on me hath everlasting life and there's a period right there
I mean, what do we have to do to be saved? Well, Jesus just summed it all up right there
You know if we have if we're wondering about salvation, the only thing we have to do is to believe
This is a great verse on salvation as there are many others throughout the Word of God where it's just summed up
He that believeth whosoever believeth on him shall be saved
So we could you know right there just understand what salvation is he that believeth on me hath everlasting life
Period you know that is the foundation of our faith
That's what we believe here as Baptist that it's simply by faith
And yet the Catholics would go on and continue reading in this passage and start to pull false doctrine out of it not
Understanding that Jesus is the crowd that Jesus is talking to he's purposely speaking in
Dark sayings in hard sayings so that he they will not be saved and there's people like that in this world that that are not
Going to get saved. They cannot understand the gospel. They can't understand verse 47
You know, it's just it's something that they stumble at and you know, we run into people like this all the time
We're out soul winning, you know, we say hey, what do you got to do to be saved?
They'll say oh you got to believe and do X Y & Z
They don't understand what it means to put just all your faith in Christ
He said in verse 48 I am the light bread of life your fathers did eat man in the wilderness and are dead
This is the bread that which cometh down from heaven that a man may eat thereof and not die
So he's kind of giving an analogy here
He's saying I'm the bread from heaven if you consume me if you receive me
You will not die unlike your fathers in the desert when they ate the manna
That literally came down from heaven the angels food that God served the children of Israel in the wilderness. They're dead
He's saying I'm the bread that comes down from heaven and if you receive me if you in a sense
Right consume me if I'm within you then you will not die
You will have everlasting life he that believeth on me hath everlasting life. These are not separate statements
You know, these are these are statements are conjoined these things. He's addressing the same topic how to get saved
Well, if you want to live and not die, you have to receive me
How do you receive him believe on you have to believe on him?
Like it says in John 1 12 to them
That believeth on to them gave you power to become the sons of God even to them that believe on his name, right?
He said I am the living bread which came down from heaven
Now this is where it gets a little tricky and this is where
False doctrine begins to be taught by the Catholic Church if any man eat of this bread
He shall live forever and the bread that I will give is my flesh which I will give for the life of the world
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, so they're kind of having a little bit infighting there
They're discussing this and they're arguing and saying how can this man give us his flesh to eat? They're confused
They don't understand it and yet today we have the Catholic Church, you know centuries later stepped in and said well
Let me let me attempt to answer that question how Christ is going to give us his literal flesh to eat
And that's what they're teaching today through transubstantiation
Through the teaching of consuming the Eucharist as the body of Christ
He's saying look my flesh is if I give my flesh for the life of the world
Obviously again, we as Christians that have the Holy Spirit that compares Scripture with Scripture
That can compare spiritual things with spiritual things. We can understand what Christ is getting out here that this is a yes
A dark saying that he's preaching to the Jews
But we understand what he means by this that through faith in his blood through we have redemption the forgiveness of sins
Then Jesus said unto them verily verily I say unto you except you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his
Blood you have no life in you
Now you could take that scripture out of context and see see he's saying you have to do this in order to be saved
But again, he's speaking to the Jews there those the Jews that strove among themselves
These were the people that had made themselves enemies of Christ that were in opposition of Christ
They were you know shortly going to try and or actually were going to arrest him and crucify him. They rejected him
So Jesus is doubling down here and he's saying oh this confuses you
Well, let me just go on further and drive that nail home
Except you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood you have no life in you
Whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life and I will raise him up at the last day
so the Catholics have us believe that what Jesus is teaching here is that we actually have to go and
Literally eat his blood and literally eat eat his body drink and eat his flesh and blood that's bizarre
That's a very bizarre teaching but that is exactly what's being taught by the Catholic Church today
But again the context is as Jesus is opening his mouth in
In parables, he's speaking in dark sayings
He said in verse 55 for my flesh is meat indeed and my blood is drink indeed
He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood dwelleth in me and I in him
As the Father has sent me and I live by the Father so yet he that eateth me even he shall live by me
Okay
Now again, I'm just gonna read to you because you say well, you know this maybe you're just some wild-eyed Baptist preacher
Who's just harping on the Catholic Church, but I have here in my hand the Catholic catechism
Okay, which is a book probably most Catholics have never read, you know
They they're they've died in the world Catholics who you know, they're generational Catholics are cultural Catholics
They're gonna live and die a Catholic and yet they've never read their own book and quite frankly
I can't I can't blame it because as you begin to read this thing, it's it's pretty dry
It's got a lot of flowery speech in it. But and it's but more importantly has a lot of false doctrine
Okay now I'm gonna read right from the catechism. So, you know that I'm not making this up
It says in the catechism here just read to you the mode of Christ's presence under the Eucharist
Species is unique
It raises the Eucharist above all the sacraments as the perfection of the spiritual life and the end of all the sacraments tend
in the most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist
The button the body and blood together with the soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ and therefore the whole Christ is truly
Really and substantially contained. Okay, so hopefully you've perked up a little bit. I know sometimes when I read things
I lose people so let me again
Bring this down a little bit and go over this
They're saying that in the Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist, which is that wafer that they hand out at their services
You know, I've I've attended Catholic masses with you know an aunt that I had years ago. I've never partook into these things
I was never catechized or whatever. It is. You got to go through. I was never officially Catholic, but I've seen it take place
Relatives that are
Dedicated devoted Catholics. Okay, so I I know what they're talking about and those that might not know which it's kind of hard to believe
Anybody in Tucson wouldn't know about this was we're literally in a Catholic stronghold down here
Is that that Eucharist is the wafer that they're handing out? Have I got that right? Can any former Catholics testify? Okay, great
So I'm not just making this up right but notice what they're saying about the Eucharist here they're saying about that
blessed sacrament of the Eucharist the body and blood together with the soul and divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ and therefore
The whole Christ is truly and really and substantially can say they're saying that
Wafer that they're handing out is the literal body of Christ
That's what they're saying truly really and substantially contained in that most blessed sacrament of the Eucharist
This is out of their own book
So that this isn't just some wild-eyed Baptist preacher getting up here. Just harping on the Catholic Church. Okay, this is what they're teaching
and you know as you ran I'm not gonna take the time to cite all the different quotes that are in this a lot of
These statements are made up of quotes from the church fathers
Let me just take it take a minute here and tell you that that's what Catholics believe you say why why could how could anybody?
Believe what they're teaching over the Word of God because they don't believe this
In order of priority, this is how it goes with the Catholic Church
This is more important than this
This trumps this the writings of the church the writings of the church fathers
They exalt that over the Word of God itself. And then even above the church fathers, they're gonna put whatever the Pope says
you know the Pope gets on Twitter or
X you know formerly known as Twitter and says, you know, if you follow me you you can you know
I'll give you some indulgences to get your relatives that you know, I know it's funny, but he literally said that
Years ago, you know the Pope, you know, which is another word for father
Even though Jesus said called no man on earth father, right?
They're gonna put his sayings even above this book
So even if there's something that they don't like the world is whatever the Pope says
You know papal decree will trump this and they've already got this over the Word of God. Okay?
So you wonder sometimes how anybody could read John 6 and come up with such a bizarre
Doctrine and then teach it and actually put it down in ink in their official catechism and teach it to their followers
This presence is called real by which is not intended to exclude the other types of presence as if they could not be real too
But because its presence in the fullness sense that is to say it is a substantial
Presence by which Christ God and man makes himself holy and entirely present
I know that's a lot that's wordy statements and that's what this book is full of
Right, but what he's saying is that that Eucharist is the literal presence entirely of Christ that he is present in that
wafer in that Eucharist
You say how do they how do they teach that like did they did they you know?
And I'm you know, when I when I preach on this it's like I have to be careful not to become
You know sacrilegious myself because it's it's just such a bizarre teaching. How is it literally the body of Christ?
I mean did or did they go to his body, you know, what they're teaching is transubstantiation
It's not like they're saying yes, we understand that this is you know, a wafer that was made, you know in a kitchen somewhere
But by our, you know magical hocus-pocus, you know through the power of the Catholic Church
This actually after you consume it turns into the body of Christ
Literally turns into the body of Christ like a finger like a piece of his flesh a muscle a tendon. That's what they're teaching
It is by the conversion of the bread and wine into Christ body and blood
They're saying it's converting the Eucharist converts. It changes. That's what transubstantiation means a
Substance changing into another substance. That's the literal
You know dictionary definition when a substance changes into another completely entirely different substance
it's transubstantiation and
They're saying that by the conversion of the bread and wine into Christ body and blood that Christ becomes present in the sacrament
Well, it doesn't look like a body. Yeah, but after you eat it, it becomes his body
Let that sink in
You know that and that's a bizarre teaching when you really think about it. I mean, it's how is that not cannibalism?
I mean, it's just you know, I'm poking fun at it a little bit, but that's truly bizarre
the people believe this
the Church Father strongly affirmed that the faith of the church and the
efficiency of the Word of Christ and the action of the Holy Spirit to bring about this conversion
Thus st. John Chrysostom
declares it is not man that causes the things offered to become the body and blood of Christ, but he who was
Crucified for us Christ himself the priest in the role of Christ pronounces these words
But their power and grace are God's this my body says the word transforms the things offered
they're saying the priest just goes through the ritual this is what Chrysostom taught and
By, you know the power of God it just changes. It's literally transubstantiated
into the literal body of Christ and
St. Ambrose says about this conversion being convinced that this is not what nature has formed
But what the blessing has consecrated the power of the blessing prevails over that of nature
Because by the blessing nature itself is changed
He's saying that natural substance is changed by the blessing of God could not Christ's Word which can make from nothing
What did not exist change existing things and to which they are were not before?
He's saying well if God can create anything out of nothing how hard would it be for God to change something into something else hmm
You know and as you're reading through this. It's it's just very extremely devoid of
Scripture, but there's a lot of Saint this and Saint that and this father and that father
Whom we're not to call any man on earth
The Council of Trent summarizes the Catholic faith by declaring because Christ our Redeemer
Consecration of the blood bread and wine there takes place a change which has fittingly and properly called transubstantiation
So there you have it their teaching at his word well the problem with that
You know Chris's stone the problem with that. You know Aquinas and you
This to people that could not believe
To those that had rejected him and he was purposely trying to confuse them so that they could not understand and could not believe
That's why he's doubling down. They're having this contention. How shall we eat that how shall this can this man?
Give us his flesh to eat
You know well the Catholic Church apparently has the answer
wrong
If father has sent me I live by the father so he that eateth me shall live my live by me look at verse 58
This is that bread which came down from heaven not as your father's to eat manna and are dead
He that eateth this bread shall live
You
Synagogue as he taught in Capernaum right so he's in the synagogue
Projecting Jews of that day and
He's purposely preaching these dark saying these these parables to further confuse them and yet today
We have a religion a cult really that to the tune of you know a trillion people
Teaches that Jesus is literally saying eat my body drink my blood
Verse
60 many therefore of his disciples when they heard this said this isn't hard saying who can hear it now
This isn't them saying well, you know
And what he's what's going on here, okay, and look we've probably all experienced that anyone when you first get saved when you first read
Through the Bible there are some things you're gonna scratch your head and say well
This is a heart saying what is meant by this or how did this come to pass is this a contradictory?
It's hard we have to wrap our minds around these things who have to be taught
we
It's you know, there's probably people who when they first read John 6 or heard it preached, you know my blood literally drink
Drink my blood eat my flesh. What's going on here?
Well, the thing is if you keep reading
If we keep reading, you know, we're gonna see that what Jesus is doing here
First of all, I guess it's the context he's in a synagogue and we should know Scripture, you know compare Scripture with other Scripture
You know, there are certain people that Jesus preached
You
They said who this is a hard saying who can hear verse 61 when Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it
He said to them
Where he was before it is the spirit that quickeneth the flesh
profiteth nothing and
Jesus just got done saying eat my flesh eat my flesh. My flesh is the bread of heaven
You have to eat me to have life in you
But again, he's preaching that to the Jews in a synagogue when his gets alone with his disciples and they're and they're they're wondering at it
He says listen, my flesh doesn't profit anything. It's the spirit that quickeneth
The flesh that profiteth nothing the words that I speak unto you. They are spirit their life
So what is it that's going to actually profit us in terms of salvation?
Is it the literal body of Christ or the words that he hath spoken? It's the words
It's you know, John 6 47
Verily verily I say unto you he that believeth on me hath everlasting life. That's what probably have eternal life
That's it
Not because I went to some you know or edit and make sure you come back every mass to make up for all those sins
You've been committing
Is my blood of the New Testament
And I know I'm kind of going off in the Catholics a little bit this morning and probably not and Jesus shed that blood once friend
one time and
when people are you know, I
Should drink this blood through the sacrament
It's like you're like the Old Testament sacrifices like the Old Testament those things were not sufficient
But the blood of Christ is sufficient friend
Once for all is what he said look at verse 19 now
we know that the things whatsoever say it the law the law sayeth it is to them that are under the law that every
Mouth may be stopped and all the world may become guilty before God and isn't that funny?
How many Catholics say and we just ran in one of the other day?
We were out sowing yesterday and they said, you know, we go to the Catholic Church
Well, how do you go to heaven? You know, you believe the Bible and you have to do keep the commandments
You have to keep the laws what they're saying, but the law it says here, you know
It is all it does is make you guilty before God
We have so often
Murder and kill and steal and do all those things
But you know if we if we really compare ourselves the law of God we come short of the glory of God
It's there to actually condemn us. It's not a you know a checklist for us to earn our way into heaven
Therefore by the deeds of law verse 20 shall no flesh be justified in sight for as by law by the law is the knowledge
of sin
But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifest being witnessed by the law and the prophets even the righteousness of God
Which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all them that believe for there is no difference
For all of sin and come short of the glory of God
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ whom God has set forth for a propitiation
through faith now propitiation is just basically substitute a
Substitute God has set forth what Jesus Christ as a substitute through faith
He is our substitute. He's taking our place through faith in his blood
okay, God has set forth Christ to be a
Propitiation a substitute through faith in his blood to declare his righteousness for the remissions of sins that are passed through the forbearance of God
Declare I say at this time his righteousness that he might be just and the justifier of him which
Consumes the Eucharist which eats his body which drinks his blood no to him which believeth in Jesus
Because the flesh profiteth nothing but the spirit the words of God they are spirit. They are life
That's what profits when we believe these things when we believe that Christ is our propitiation
When we believe that it is his blood that cleanses us and saves us
Go over to
Go over to Colossians chapter number one Colossians chapter number one
Romans 5 8 but God commended his love toward us and that while we were right yet sinners Christ died for us
much more being now justified by his blood and
Again the Catholics might pop up and say see you got it. You got to have the blood yeah, amen
But it's through faith in that blood
It's not literally drinking Christ's blood
not for a to
You vampire
You blood drinker. It's it's such a bizarre doctrine
We're justified by faith in his blood
Ephesians 1 verse 17 in whom we have redemption through his blood
The forgiveness of sins according to the riches of his grace. Yes, we have to have the blood. Amen
Look at Colossians chapter 1 verse 14 in whom we have redemption through his blood even the forgiveness of sins verse 19 for it
Please God, excuse me
Please the father that in him should all fullness dwell and having made peace through the blood of his cross
by him
Excuse me. I say by him I
Or things in heaven
So, yes, it's the it's the bread of Christ that was broken yes
It was the blood whether they realize it or not is they're cheapening the blood of Christ
They're making it of none effect
One they're teaching urine for a huge disappointment
And look, it's not that I don't love cat
You know Catholics often make great Christians
That Catholics I love soul winning with cat to Catholics because a lot of times they you don't have to explain that Jesus Christ is the Son
Of God to a Catholic they get it
Social issues, it's great that there's all these people out there that believe abortion is murder. I
Said abortion is murder. All right
You guys been listening to too many politics politicians or something hope that Catholic J
I love these kind of there's great all these things but you know when it comes to the most important doctrine
There is the most important thing there is salvation. They're dead wrong
People astray to the tune of billions of people are cheapening the blood of Christ
Because they say oh, you know, you got to keep taking it you got to keep eating the cookie
You got to keep drinking the juice
Go to Hebrews chapter 9 if you're not there already Hebrews chapter 9
I'm gonna read quite a bit here in verse 6 now these thing when these things were thus ordained
The priest went always into the first tabernacle accomplishing the service of God
So he's talking about those first things that you know
the Levitical priesthood those first things and the tabernacle was set up the worship of God in the tabernacle the
Sacrifices all those things that went with that when those things were ordained when those things that God commissioned those things
Remember part of that was that the priest went into the first tabernacle accomplishing the service of God
But unto the second with the high priest only once every year
So you had the holy place and they had the holiest of holies
Where was the ark right and only the high priest went into that holiest place through that veil once a year
And not without blood which he offered for himself and for the heirs of the people the Holy Ghost this
Signifying that the way into the Holy was holiest of all was not yet made manifest
While as the first tabernacle was yet standing and I love this because he's saying the Holy Ghost this
Signifying now, who do you think he was signifying that to?
them
You know
I believe that they understood that the things that they were doing were all a shadow of the things which were to come
That yes, they had to perform these things. They had to go through this. They had to keep the Passover
They would be cut off from their people
But that they were not they were you know by faith trusting that these represented
Out of the earthly that there was a
Sacrifice that was yet to come that's what the whole understand that that that was a picture
of the things to come in
Which were offered both gifts and sacrifices that could not make him the high priest going in once a year offering blood for the
himself and for the people
Could not make him that did the service perfect. He understood that this was not a complete
Sacrifice that this was insufficient to cleanse thoroughly from sin
As pertaining the conscience which stood only in meats and drinks and diverse washings and cardinal ordinances and pose
And I believe they understood that that these things
You know until there's going to be a time of Reformation and all these cardinal ordinances the meets the the the the drinks the diverse washings
The the you know going into the holy place these things cannot make us perfect. They understood that
They were imposed on them
But Christ being come and high priest of good things to come by a greater and more perfect tabernacle
Not me with hands that is to say not of this building
Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered into the holy place having attained eternal
redemption for us
So Paul saying look, you know, even then back then did not put their faith
Completely in those things they understood that these things were opposed on them at the time of Reformation that the Holy Post Holy Ghost was
Signifying that these things were of that which is to come that they were a figure of the time then present
Okay, and he's saying they understood that back then you Hebrews
But you need to understand today that these things have been fulfilled in Christ when he went into that most holy place in heaven
and its own precious blood having obtained eternal redemption for us and
That's what the Catholic Church is teaching today you have to come receive the Eucharist repeatedly
As sins to some man repeatedly you have to go prayer up these prayers these rote repetitions
repeatedly in order to get into
And next time you sin you have to do it again and again and again
But the buzz in heaven and by his own blood obtained eternal redemption
Excuse me if I get a little upset when I see somebody teaching false doctrine contrary to what the Bible says when it comes to
the precious
That can wash away that stain of sin in our lives and in our souls and in our sight
Again, how how did how did they do in the Old Testament?
They had they'd go in there often every year repeatedly there was foundation of the world
I mean, that's basically what he's saying here for then. He must have suffered often suffered if Christ sufficient
Then he must have often suffered. That's what they're teaching with the Eucharist. This is Christ sacrificed again. This is Christ sacrificed again
This is Christ sacrificed again
And that's cheapening it
But now look there at the in verse 26 once in the end of the world
He has prepared he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice for himself
How many times did Christ have to appear to put away sin forever to obtain eternal redemption for us once one time?
One time so Christ has once offered to bear the sins of many one time
Don't sit there and tell me that I have to keep eating a cookie that I have to keep drinking out of some cup
every single
I gotta go there and that by just some magical hocus-pocus, you know that cookie that wafer and that
And the body of Christ in my stomach it's strange and it cheapens the actual sacrifice that Christ made
That he only had to offer himself once in the other world that he only had to offer himself
He doesn't have to do it repeatedly
Look at verse 1 of Hebrews 10 for the law having a shadow of things to come and not the very image of the things
Can never with those sacrifices
Which they offered year by year continually make the comers there unto perfect. He's saying those sacrifices were wholly insufficient
For then when they have not ceased to be offered because that the worshippers once purge would have no more conscience of sins
Saying if they were good enough, you know, then the way we have to keep doing it
But in those sacrifices there was a remembrance again made of sins every year. Oh, yeah, I got to come back and do this again
I got to make this sacrifice again because I'm still a sinner because I'm still dead in my sins and trespasses
That's you know
There's such a parallel there between you know
the Old Testament and the Catholic Church in that regard that has to be keeping being done over and over again and
That was commanded by God in the Old Testament because those sacrifices were not sufficient
But they had to have faith that there was you know a greater sacrifice coming
But the Catholic Church, you know, there's a parallel there, but they actually teach that you have to keep taking that that literal blood
And but they're not saying hey, this is the blood of a goat. This is the blood of a land
This is a it's the blood of a bull. They're saying this is the blood of Christ and it's not sufficient
You know, that's the difference at least in the Old Testament. They're saying well, we just we understand that the blood of an animal is no
Good this isn't gonna be sufficient
We got to come back and do this again, and we're just got to keep doing these things that are imposed on us
But in the Catholic Church, they're saying the blood of Christ isn't sufficient enough for you
They're saying Jesus's blood isn't enough. You have to keep taking it over and over and over again
There is it says in verse 3 and those sacrifices are remembrance made again of sins every year and you can't blame them obviously in
the Old Testament because they understood this isn't sufficient
But when you're taking something called the Eucharist and through the transubstantiation to being taught that this is the blood of Christ
They're saying the blood of Christ isn't sufficient. There's a remembrance of your sins every Mass. Oh
I got to come back again because the blood of Christ isn't sufficient
Oh, I got to come back again because the blood of Christ isn't sufficient
It's just good for a little while it cleansed away these sins, but you know now I've got more I got to take care of
Look if God wants to save us that the Lord Jesus Christ came to save us he has to save us from all our sins
past present and future
He says in verse 4 it is not possible that the blood of bulls and goats and
Blood of bulls and goats should take away sins. Wherefore when he cometh into the world he saith
Sacrifice and offering thou wouldst not but a body thou hast prepared me in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure
Worthy here then said I lo I come in the volume of my book
It is written of me to do thy will now what it's not neither had his pleasure therein
Which are offered by the law then said he lo I come to do I will Oh God
He takes us and the offerings and the burnt offerings
That's the first so that he could a thing a body of Jesus Christ once for all
Hand of God from thenceforth expecting that till his enemies be made his footstool
Go to Hebrews chapter number seven. I
Love that statement once for all it's one of my favorite hymns, you know, it's been a while since we sung it here
But that's a great hymn once for all sinner believe it once for all brother believe it
Cling to the cross the burdens will fall Christ hath redeemed us once for all it's a great great hymn and it's right out of the Bible
You know, I can't stand the fact that there's so many people today
It saddens me that are being taught
that the blood of Christ is on par with the blood of bulls of goats because it is
Insufficient to cleanse them permanently from sin and the Old Testament they understood these things are not sufficient because it's the blood of a beast
But what's being explained to them now is that the blood of Christ is so far superior not they don't even come close to it
It's unable to receive us to save us to the uttermost that come to him by faith in his blood through faith in his blood
Once for all Hebrews chapter 7 verse 12 verse 25
Wherefore he's able to save them to the odor uttermost that come unto God by him
Seeing that he ever liveth to make intercession for them
You know the Catholics they just want to keep crucifying. They just want to keep killing Christ. The Bible says he ever lives
He's risen to die no more
For such an high priest became us who was holy harmless undefiled separate from sinners made higher than the heavens
Who needeth not daily as those high priests to offer up sacrifice for his own sins then and then for the peoples
For this he did once when he offered up himself. I mean, it just keeps coming up over and over again
It doesn't it in the book of Hebrews once for all he did it once eternal redemption
It's just one time to the uttermost. He's just saying repeatedly. Look the blood of Christ is wholly sufficient
It only had to happen once we don't have to keep sacrificing Christ a flat afresh
You have to keep crucifying and repeatedly and and taking that stupid Eucharist. It's efficient
the flesh profiteth nothing
But his words they are spirit their life last passage go to Romans chapter number six Romans chapter number six
This is the blood of the New Testament the blood of Christ of the New Testament
He's done away with the old. We don't have to follow those things
But let's not be entangled again with that yoke of bondage whether it's through
You know Judaizers or those that are going to teach false doctrine regarding the sacrifice and the blood of Christ
Here go the Catholic Church
Now if we be dead with Christ look at verse 8 we believe that we shall also live with him
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead died no more
If he dies no more, how can a Catholic priest that they're telling me this this is still his body this is still his blood
I'm pretty sure if we started drinking each other's blood and eating each other's flesh that the people that we consumed would be dead
You know, if not immediately pretty shortly thereafter
Look, he dies no more
For that he died he died unto sin once and that he liveth he liveth unto God like likewise
Reckon yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord
It was sufficient my friend with that one time that one sacrifice that he made is sufficient
He only had to die once for us. He die if no more. I
You know the blood of the New Testament is a is a is a great teaching
There's a lot of a lot of other things we could go into this morning, but we're about out of time
but I just want to take the time this morning to remind us that
What a what a great salvation we have in Christ I
Mean think about being a Catholic this morning
You know, there's Catholics this morning that right now that are listening to some man telling them that the blood of Christ
You know is not sufficient not in so many words, but essentially that's what they're telling them
Make sure you come back, you know morning mass. I mean don't Catholics have a mass every morning. It's a morning mass
Make sure you know and the good Catholics are there every morning
Because they don't want to spend a minute in purgatory, which is another false doctrine
Right, and that's what you know, I've known Catholics throughout the years and it's you know
There's there's the the Catholics that are super devout and they're gonna show up to every mass they can make they got their beads
they got their statue of Mary on the you know,
Wherever, you know, they're saying their prayers they're doing everything they're supposed to be doing as a Catholic then you have those other Catholics
They're like, yeah, it's been a thousand years of purgatory and you know go drinking on Friday
Commit a little adultery a little fornication God will burn it all off in purgatory
so, you know, I got catechized, you know, as long as I went through the
Confirmation, you know, I'm a Catholic I was baptized as a baby which is another false start, you know, they're they're saying I'm a Catholic
Maybe I'm not a very good one. But you know, I'll just burn it all off in purgatory
You know shame on them
But you know what shame on the person is teaching some
Sincere and devout person the false doctrine concerning the blood of the New Testament
It was teaching then this isn't good enough. You got to come back tomorrow morning
You got to say these prayers and you got it and you got to take this Eucharist
You got to drink this blood and because this is the blood of Christ and he's crucified over and over and oh my friend
He died once for all he dieth no more and he has redeemed us
He's made us dead and the sin by the sacrifice that he has made. Let's go ahead close the word of prayer dear Lord again
Thank you
For the sacrifice that was made for us Lord through your son