The Catholic Eucharist and Charismatics
The new abandonment to error within Charismatics circles is the pagan idea of the Eucharist. The reformation and resulting revival for the last 400 years plus was born out of sacrifice and death to thousands of saints. The Catholic Church slaughtered a multitude because they refused to eat a wafer that the priest claimed had been transformed into the body of Jesus. You cannot call the idea of the Eucharist anything but bloody paganism.
Charisma Magazine just published an article entitled, "Where Is The Bread Of His Presence?" It is a slickly designed article to deceive the gullible. Within this article was a side note with a testimony of the miracle bread that they were apparently promoting. Here are a few quotes from the testimony.
"At the Rock Church in Baltimore, where revival erupted in January, 1997, Pastor Bart Pierce sensed God directing him one morning to bring a loaf of bread for the evening service. Members routinely bring food to help feed the poor, so Pierce thought this was just a reminder to bring bread for the outreach."
"When I walked out to preach on that topic, and I saw the loaf of bread, I told Bart, ‘I believe God is up to something,’ Tenney says."
"Tenney and Pierce tore the loaf into small pieces and gave them to church members to take home. During the next week some reported that friends and family members were healed, or that unsaved children and husbands came back to the Lord."
"Unusual stories began to circulate. A man from Japan ate a piece of the bread and was healed, Tenney says. And in Virginia, an Episcopal priest used some of the bread for the Eucharist, and about 70 people in his church ‘fell out under the power of God,’ Tenney says."
"Today, Rock Church bakes four to eight loaves every Monday and Tuesday for the revival services. As people take them, Tenney says the miracles continue." (Charisma Magazine, "Hungry For The Living Bread," by Adrienne S. Gaines, February 1999.)
The idea that a loaf of bread has replaced the Word of God in feeding hungry souls shows the depth of deception invading the church world. Those same people are saying that God is bigger than His Word or that you cannot put God in a box (limited by His Word). It’s amazing how Catholic this entire idea sounds. You cannot miss the preparation of this idea for the mindless descent into the Catholic Mass.