Mixing In Error

There is that which is true, and that which is not. Listening to modern media it is almost impossible to know which is which. The problem covers every spectrum from politics to Bibliology, from azure skies to zero gravity.

I read an interesting article today that makes me wonder why anyone would want to take simple Truth, change it, add to it, subtract from it, and try to convince people that they know anything at all about the Scripture.

The Roman Catholic Church will not allow its congregations to be given gluten-free wafers (called hosts), or bread, for celebrating the Eucharist during Mass, according to its latest directive at the behest of Pope Francis. (TIME)

The Doctrine that is giving them problems is called “transubstantiation,” which was created out of thin air a long time ago. For anyone less enlightened, it is “the change of substance by which the bread and wine offered in the sacrifice of the sacrament of the Eucharist during the Mass, become, in reality, the body and blood of Jesus Christ.” (Wikipedia)

The manner in which the change occurs, the Catholic Church teaches, is a mystery: “The signs of bread and wine become, in a way surpassing understanding, the Body and Blood of Christ.” (TIME)

Confusing symbols and reality is not a small thing. But the problem intensifies, I believe, when one asks what  is a simple question:

What difference does it make whether the bread (host, if you will) is gluten-free or not if it is going to be “changed” into the actual, literal, body of Christ? Surely the “body of Christ” ingested would not be a dangerous issue.

In Communion (the Lord’s table), bread and cup are symbols of the sacrificial death of our Lord to redeem mankind from the curse of sin and death. Let’s not confuse the issue with some “surpassing understanding” foolishness. While as Believers we are not capable of understanding some things in Scripture, this is not one of them.  Don’t be confused! Read the Book!