THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD - PART 329

Sometimes, when one listens to the viewpoints of television ministers, they are left wondering why no one has suggested that these same individuals take a seat amongst their listening audience. This is particularly true if he or she is advancing another gospel - erroneous teachings of the dark ages - rather than the truths found within the scriptures.

Indeed, it could be said that one individual I have watched consistently has foot and mouth disease - as in a big foot in their mouth. This analogy would even be funny except that the scriptures declare that these mouths who teach contrary to the scriptures must be stopped. In James 3, the scriptures refer to a horse and how one can be turned around by inserting a bit into its mouth.

I can only hope that in the days to come, this minister would be enlightened by God’s gracious words of truth. And that a beam of light may cause him and his ng trustiaudience to search the scriptures for themselves and determine what is right. For God’s Word is truth and if any man or woman teaches contrary to God’s Word, it is because there is not the right spirit within them. On this point, as we have learned earlier, the Spirit of God and the Word of God are in agreement!

The same principle applies to the topic of communion where numerous traditions have taken the place of accurate scriptural applications. As such, communion should be examined to see whether the practice is still part of the faith or it is just another opportunity for people to propagate the doctrine of devils. Or, like the scriptures state, like the pig that was washed only to return back to wallowing in the mud of old traditional religious ways.

Beginning with the definition of the word re-enact from Webster’s dictionary, we read that re-enact means to repeat the actions of an earlier event or incident. The new interpretation is that when we take communion we are not remembering the Lord’s death but rather that we are RE-ENACTING the incident. Repeating the actions. We are not then remembering the incident as called for in the scriptures. Instead, we are re-enacting the incident.

The Holy Ghost teaching delivered to the church by Paul clearly presents how communion should be practiced. I Corinthians 11:23. For example, he writes, "For I have received of the LORD that which also I delivered unto you. That the LORD JESUS the same night in which He was betrayed took bread. And when He had given thanks, He broke it, and said, "Take and eat. This is My body, which is broken for you. Do this in remembrance of Me!"

After the same manner also, He took the cup of wine. When He had supped, He said, "This cup of wine is the NEW TESTAMENT in MY BLOOD. Do this for as often as ye drink this wine, you do so in remembrance of Me. For as often as you eat this bread and drink this wine, you are showing forth the LORD’S death till He come. Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread and drink this wine unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the LORD!"

So let a man examine himself, and let him or her eat of this bread and drink of this cup of wine. For he or she that eats and drinks unworthily eats and drinks damnation to themselves not discerning the Lord's body. For this is the reason that many are weak and sickly among you and many sleep (death)Let no man deceive you! Peace in JESUS!