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commemoration, but is taught as a continued "sacrifice." But Jesus said on
the cross "It is finished" (John 19:30).

Rome has perverted the gospel by trying to merge the New Testament with

the concept of animal sacrifices of the Old Testament priesthood.

Hebrews 10:10-12 "...we are sanctified through the offering of the body
of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering
and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away
sins: But this man...offered one sacrifice for sins for ever..."

Paul talked about the Lord's Supper in his epistle to the church at Corinth:

1 Corinthians 11:29 "For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth
and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body."

That is one of the catholics' supposed prooftexts. They teach that
"unworthily" means "not in a 'state of grace' from living righteously," and
"damnation" indicates that those who don't take the mass go to hell, and

"not discerning the Lord's body" means the person doesn't believe he's
really eating Jesus' literal body.

The truth is, the "eating and drinking" here can't have anything to do with
salvation, because there is NOTHING anyone can do to make themselves
"worthy" of salvation. It is "by grace" (not a "state of grace"), and "grace"
by definition is something you don't deserve. (Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans
3:21-24)

The word "damnation" doesn't always refer to going to hell, or else the term
"eternal damnation" (Mark 3:29) would be redundant. "Damn" and
"damnation" are often used interchangeably with "condemn" and
"condemnation." Look at the very next verse: 1 Corinthians 11:30 "For this
cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep." He didn't
say "For this cause, many are going to hell."

Notice, verse 29 does NOT say "not discerning the Lord's blood." That's
because Paul was purposely using a bit of irony here in using "body"