Flesh of My Flesh, and Stuff

Worldview Everlasting AskDaPastor2.0 takes on questions about the resurrected body, God's plan for "Israel" and gives book recommendations for rocking your theological world. Books mentioned in this video are:

On Being a Theologian of the Cross by Gerhard Forde

The Quest for Holiness by Adolf Koeberle

Anything written by Herman Sasse

The Hammer of God by Bo Giertz

Peralandra by CS Lewis

and MArtin Chemnitz's Enchiridion

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Resurrection
• flesh
• spiritual body
• dust
• Israel
• God's plan
• chemnitz
• CS Lewis
• Peralandra
• Hammer of God
• Bo Giertz
• Gerhard Forde
• Theologian of the Cross

[donutsndingleberries]

If I have a gluten allergy and I take the body of christ, what will happen to me? Will the gluten in the wafer affect me or will the lord protect my insides?

[Revfiskj]

@donutsndingleberries Chances are the gluten will be of such a small amount that you'll be fine, but I really don't know. It is possible to by "low gluten" bread specifically for this purpose. But remember, the bread is still bread, just as it is Christ.

[donutsndingleberries]

@Revfiskj I wasn't sure anyone would actually respond to that question, though it is a legitimate one since I know some christians that have a gluten intolerance. I'm a former LCMSer but saw your response to the Jesus>Religion video and was compelled to check out some more. Though I wasn't always a non-believer, in fact I was quite devout in my younger days, I never fully understood why god would want us to eat his body and drink his blood. Is deiphagy a word?

[Revfiskj]

@donutsndingleberries It's more about connecting dying humanity to the new, everlasting humanity. "There is life in the blood."

[Revfiskj]

@Shiga37 They will be put back together. :D

[augsburg101]

@Shiga37 All bodies will be raised-- dust, bodies of those who died at sea, those who were incinerated-- everyone. The benefit of simple burial, as historically practiced by Christians, is that it gives that clear picture of being "planted" in the ground and raised out again, or sleeping and waking. It's not a question of what God can or can't do, but of what kind of practice gives the best and clearest confession of faith.

[007TruthSeeker]

Great video! I very much liked your suggestions for books to read, including your comments about C.S. Lewis, whose net may have been somewhat crude, but that allowed it to be broad, and to "engage" many a fish and potential catch, who would not read blatantly religious work. May God bless you, your work and those you love.

[revros91]

I would love to have a beer with you sometime in talk about a lot of things... I don't live too far away... maybe at the next pastors conference... new favorite quote though... only through the feeling of guilt, by which man perceives himself as part of a fallen world, is it possible to comprehend that we have to speak contradictory terms and with statements that it is hard for the reason to understand if we would rightly perceive and possess the truth it is to make us free

[Revfiskj]

@Revros91 Lutheran tradition sometimes calls the latter "S-"but I use S- to refer the proximity we have to God (by grace alone) in Christ.

If this is still unclear, by me a beer sometime and we'll hash it out. It's more about semantics and narrow exegesis than anything else.

[Revfiskj]

@revros91 I don't think you're quite following me. My point is that "living righteously" is not the way the Bible uses the term "sanctification." S- is reserved for literal, physical proximity to God. Living righteously is living "righteously" (which, interestingly, is the word "justification.") I distinguish between justification by grace alone, through faith, and the new obedience of righteous living before men.

[revros91]

That sounded really accusatory in the first part...not meant to be...I have no doubt to your correct distinction between these two doctrines...it was meant more as further explanation to your previous comment about righteousness

[revros91]

Ahhhh...sorry...innovation is to be cautioned...but C.P. Krauth commends conservative reformation...growing in a conservative understanding based on established doctrine.