The Son of Man came to seek and save that which was lost. It is Jesus' favorite title of Himself. I chosen this title because Jesus loved this title of Himself. We ought to never forget that Jesus is fully God and fully man: two natures in One Person. He is the God-man, the Incarnate Second Person of the Trinity. May we mediate on His life, death, burial, resurrection and ascension that we may be conformed to the image of the divine Son of Man! This blog web site will be a Christian defense of the Reformed doctrines of the Incarnate Son of Man. May all glory be to His name!

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Theological Reasoning and the Roman Eucharist

     To understand the mystery of the Eucharist in a Reformed sense, we must understand the two natures of our Lord Jesus Christ.  He has two natures: human and divine in one person.  We ought to distinguish between the two natures of Christ but never separate them.   The divine nature of Christ is everywhere because it is the divine nature, but the human nature of Christ is at one place at a time because it is the human nature.  If we multiply the divine nature, we do not do any harm to the doctrine of the two natures of Christ.  But if we multiply the human nature of Christ at different Roman alters we have changed the human nature of Christ into His divine nature, because the human nature of Christ can only be at one place at a time (e.g., at the right hand of the Father).  I would argue for the real presence of Christ in a substantial way in His literal divine presence.  His literal divine presence is present in a special way in the Eucharist.   However, the Book of Hebrews speaks of past daily sacrifices that have no present use for today; that is, the sacrifice God is looking for is a broken and contrite heart not a sacrifice that remits sin, because Paul disqualifies that in Hebrews.  The one sacrifice for sin at the Cross remitted our sins once and for all.