#12280 Can We Take Jesus Literally as the Bread of Life? Hell, Mercy, and Saints - Jimmy Akin
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🗓️ 12 July 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“Can we take Jesus literally as the Bread of Life?” This episode explores the nuances of interpreting Jesus’ words, addressing the Protestant claim about literalism and metaphor. Additionally, we delve into the nature of hell and God’s mercy, and discuss how to approach conversations with Protestants regarding the intercession of saints. Tune in for a thoughtful exploration of these important topics.
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Questions Covered:
- 07:29 – Protestant claim we shouldn’t take Jesus literally when he says that he is the bread of life because he also says he is a door. What is the best response to this?
- 15:37 – How do we know that hell is forever and how do we justify God being merciful with that reality being taken into consideration?
- 23:26 – What angle can we use when talking to protestants when discussing the intercession of the saints. It seems like they get hung up on the ‘praying to’ wording.
- 35:21 – Since Jesus is omniscient and omnipotent, did that take away from his suffering?
- 43:46 – Why is it uncommon to pray to Old Testament saints?
- 47:16 – I’ve heard it said that the reason Satan fell was because he knew God would become man. Wouldn’t this imply that Satan has some kind of foreknowledge?
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| 0:11.5 | Learn more at realestateforlife.org. Welcome back to Catholic Answers live, Jimmy Aiken, our guest this hour. |
| 0:34.8 | It's Ask Me Anything. |
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| 0:41.8 | Anybody can call with any question they've got. Don't ask about sports ball. That's not Jimmy's favorite. |
| 0:48.2 | But you can ask about just about anything else. You want what you want to talk with Jimmy? Just give us a call. 888-8-8-8-4. |
| 0:56.1 | I kind of went to that last caller late. |
| 0:57.9 | I feel a little bit bad that I did. |
| 0:59.5 | Was there anything you wanted to add to the conversation? |
| 1:02.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:02.8 | Yeah, there's, you know, I was trying to summarize as quickly as I could, |
| 1:06.9 | but the end of the hour was coming up too fast. |
| 1:09.6 | So I did want to add a little bit. |
| 1:12.3 | The question, for those who didn't hear, it had to do with, was Cornelius justified before |
| 1:18.5 | he was baptized? And this is a question that came up during the time of the Reformation because some, |
| 1:31.7 | not all, but some of the Protestant reformers held that baptism does not justify. |
| 1:39.2 | Now, that's not Lutherans. |
| 1:40.7 | That's not even some Calvinists, but there were some like Anabaptists who would say |
| 1:47.9 | that, yeah, baptism's just a symbol. It doesn't really justify you. And so this was an issue |
| 1:53.3 | between Protestants and some Protestants and the Catholic Church. And those Protestants who reject the saving power of baptism |
| 2:05.5 | would say, well, look at, look at, look at Cornelius. You know, he's, he, he was justified before he |
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