Moved with Compassion - PART 98

We enter with boldness into the holy place of prayer with our Great High Priest Jesus who is our Priest forever after the Order of Melchisedec. Further, Jesus is touched with the feelings of our infirmities. He is moved with compassion toward us. He succours us for He in the days of His flesh was similarly tempted and tried in all points like we are. 


When we gather together, we call upon Jesus, the indwelling light that constantly brightens our lives. We offer sincere thanksgiving and praise with our natural voices to the God who loved us so much. Others quietly render praise in unknown tongues, all worshipping in Spirit and in truth. An audible voice is raise. It is not our natural tongue that speaks but rather it is a spiritual gift tongue. Then there is silence. Another voice is heard this time and the voice is in the natural language, uttering deep and edifying words.


Some direct instructions seem to be embedded while yet another may receive a word from the spirit voice gracefully imparting tears of comfort. Who knows what God, who is in the midst of His people ministers? What we do know is that those who needed comfort receive comfort. We also know that God knows what each and every one of us need.


The scriptures state, "Be still, and know that I AM GOD." This is the message that we need to grasp. Tongues accompanied with the gift of interpretation is an integral part of worship. Tongues and interpretation are prescribed but yet limited by the Holy Spirit to two or three times. If there is no one present with the gift of interpretation in the assembly then tongues are not to be expressed audibly, as outlined in the Word.

Note that the whole assembly may not speak in tongues audibly, as some television preachers advocate. For the Scriptures clearly state that if ordinary people or unbelievers are present when tongues are audibly displayed, the listening audience might conclude that the believers are all mad. But this is not the situation. Believers are not demented or raving or fanatical. The apostles recognized that this might be an outcome, which is why the scriptures state how a gathering of believers should function. I Corinthians 14:23 states that during these times, believers should remember the Lord’s death by partaking of the bread and wine.

The Elder overseer must lay emphasis on the fact that we are remembering the LORD’S suffering and crucifixion. Conversely, the Elder overseer needs to state that in so doing, we are not re-sacrificing the Lord's body.  Just because the teaching of transubstantiation emanated from the Church fathers does not make it scripturally correct.  Transubstantiation is nothing short of cannibalism -- drinking blood. That in some way is saying, that the sacrificed offering of Jesus at Calvary was inadequate. This is ridiculous, for it is written that with this one sacrifice --- God sacrificed Himself as a Son -- He did so once and once for all.

For as often as we eat this bread and drink this wine,we do show forth the Lord’s death till He comes.

The Overseer must instruct all that whosoever eats this bread -- which is symbolical of the Lord’s body -- and whosoever drinks this wine -- which is symbolical of the blood of the Holy Spirit -- then they the participants ought to and must first examine themselves; for the admonition is that whosoever eats and drinks unworthily may be eating and drinking judgment upon themselves.


For whom the Lord loves, He also chastens! For this reason many are weak and sickly among believers and many die, simply because they did not stop to discern that the Lord’s suffering and death on their behalf was no small matter.