Direct Answer
Kyle does not discuss why modern Christians find mystery hard, so the group will need to reason through that part. He does show that the early church took Jesus's words at face value and never tried to explain how the change takes place.
Support from the Message
- Transubstantiation teaches that the whole substance is changed, and Kyle says it led to odd practices such as marching the elements around towns. - Memorialism, largely attributed to Zwingli, treats the bread and cup as a symbol. - Irenaeus says the blessed bread consists of two realities, earthly and heavenly. - Kyle says the early church saw these as both Jesus's flesh and blood and still bread and wine. - He says that for the early church this was the divine mystery of the Eucharist.
Discussion Follow-up
Which ditch were you raised closer to? What would it look like to come to the table with faith while leaving the how to God?