The meal that heals ( PDFDrive )

who do not live for Christ outside the church doors, should repent before God
and confess their sins before ever receiving the Lord’s Supper.
Often, people who are suffering with a terminal disease will search out any
method to bring restoration to their health. Some will seek a certain minister to
pray for them, some will attend a special healing service, and some will call for
the elders of the church to pray for them. At times those who are unsaved will
ask God for healing. The Bible indicates that God is able to heal such a person,
but only after they confess their faults (sins):
“Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let
them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: And the
prayer offaith shall save the sick and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have
committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another,
and pray one for another that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a
righteous man availeth much.”
James 5:14-16
Don’t Underestimate the Power
Do not underestimate the power of the Communion meal. Confessing your
sins and believing upon Jesus Christ will bring you salvation and eternal life, but
the Communion meal can actually preserve and keep you during your earthly
life. The bread and the cup are so important that Christ said He would eat it
again when we enter the kingdom at the marriage supper of the Lamb
(Revelation 19:19).