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Originally posted by Elli
Now that is extremely funny. For a period of about two years I was a fully converted born again Christian. I read the Bible front to back and passed Confirmation class with flying colours.
Where does it say that ritual sacrifices were replaced or negated by Christ's death? I missed that part.
And I sincerely hope you don't wear blended threads. That's a serious no-no. No polyester or nylon for you!
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I shouldn't have called you an idiot. I apologize for that. Somethimes these threads get me really worked up.
If you were a born again Christian, as you claim, I am surprised that you did not know this. It is one of the fundamental teachings of the faith.
Hebrews 10
Christ's Sacrifice Once for All
1The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming--not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. 2If it could, would they not have stopped being offered? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. 3But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, 4because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
5Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said:
___"Sacrifice and offering you did not desire,
_______but a body you prepared for me;
___ 6with burnt offerings and sin offerings
_______you were not pleased.
___ 7Then I said, 'Here I am--it is written about me in the scroll--
_______I have come to do your will, O God.' "[1] 8First he said, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them" (although the law required them to be made). 9Then he said, "Here I am, I have come to do your will." He sets aside the first to establish the second. 10And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
11Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 12But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God. 13Since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool, 14because by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
15The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:
___ 16"This is the covenant I will make with them
_______after that time, says the Lord.
___I will put my laws in their hearts,
_______and I will write them on their minds."[2] 17Then he adds:
___"Their sins and lawless acts
_______I will remember no more."[3] 18And where these have been forgiven, there is no longer any sacrifice for sin.