The meal that heals ( PDFDrive )

Many Christians have heard the name Smith Wigglesworth. Smith was an
early pioneer Pentecostal minister who was noted for his daring faith and
numerous miracles. Many Christian authors have noted that Smith believed it
was possible to walk in divine health.
At age eighty-seven, Smith Wigglesworth passed away during a church
service. He simply closed his eyes and “gave up the ghost” (Mark 15:39). He
was one of the few people from his era who received Communion on a daily
basis.
Recently, we have seen several people receive healing from various
infirmities and sicknesses by receiving Communion each day. It has been
amazing to see those who began taking Communion in a sick, weak, or feeble
condition and watch their progress over a period of days or weeks as they begin
to recover and receive strength.
Two Common Arguments
As with all spiritual truth, there will be critics. Most will be a few
theologians or ordained ministers within major denominations. For example, in a
Catholic Church, only the priest can serve the Mass. Among the Protestants,
some denominations allow only ordained ministers to serve Communion and
only during a worship service. One person said he believed the act of
Communion was too sacred to place in the hands of a common lay person.
This mode of thinking would be like saying that only a minister can anoint
the sick with oil. Yet, in the Bible, Ananias, who was called a disciple, prayed
for Paul to receive his healing (Acts 9:10-12). In James 5:14, the elders were
instructed to anoint the sick with oil. These were not the ministers in the church,
but older members who were held in respect and esteem.
There is no Scripture in the New Testament to indicate that a person must be
a minister or be officially ordained in order to administer the bread and the cup.
Although we know the Lord’s Supper was administered in the church (1
Corinthians 11), as previously indicated, the believers broke bread from house to
house (Acts 2:46).
What gives a lay person who is a common believer the privilege of daily
Communion at home? It is the fact that all believers are now priests unto God.
“Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood,
to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.”
1 Peter 2:5
“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a
peculiar people: that ye should show forth the praises of him who hath called
you out of darkness into his marvelous light.”