364. How can bodily eating and drinking give us such great spiritual benefits as forgiveness, life, and salvation?
It is not simply the eating and drinking, but the words of Christ--together with His body adn blood under the bread and the wine--that are the means through which forgiveness is bestowed. "Now the only way this treasure is passed along and made our very own is in the words 'Given ... and shed for you.' For in the words you have both truths, that it is Christ's body adn blood, and that it is yours as a treasure and gift" (LC V 29).
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