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Rightly Discern the Lord’s Body
By Rev.
Kenneth E. Hagin
For
he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to
himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this cause many are weak
and sickly among you, and many sleep. (1 Cor. 11:29-30)
Paul is inferring that there shouldn't be any physically weak or sickly
among the Church of Jesus Christ. There shouldn't be any who die
prematurely. He indicates that many people are weak and sickly because
they aren't rightly discerning the body. This observation has a twofold
application.
First, Paul is talking about the Lord's Supper. The broken bread
represents Jesus' broken body that was broken for your physical
sustenance. You can partake of that broken body just as a routine
ceremony, and it won't mean a thing in the world to you; it will just be
a ritual.
Or when you hold that piece of broken bread in your hand, you can say,
"Thank God, the body of Jesus was broken for my physical sustenance. His
blood was shed for the remission of my sins. I'm eating the bread as a
sign, as evidence, that I'm partaking of His broken body and, therefore,
I'm healed. With His stripes, I am healed. I no longer have sickness or
disease."
When you do this, you are discerning the Lord's body.
There is another spiritual aspect to this scripture, which is that the
Body of Christ is one. The spiritual Body in the earth today is one, and
you must walk in love toward your fellow Christians. If you don't
discern the Body of Christ and walk in love toward your fellow
Christians, you'll open the door to sickness and disease.
Confession I will walk in love
toward all Christians. I'll honor and reverence all Christians. I may
not always agree with all Christians, but I'll not be disagreeable.
(Taken by permission from
RHEMA Bible Church , aka Kenneth Hagin Ministries , Tulsa , OK , USA.
www.rhema.org )
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