Free Health And Wholeness Through The Holy Communion by Joseph Prince Page A

walking stick. That is how Hollywood dramatises the Holy Word. But it is incorrect.
    God’s Word says that there were none feeble, so that old man could not have been blind or bent over. Bible scholars estimate that there were about 2.5 million Israelites who left Egypt healed, healthy and whole. That was and still is God’s will for His people today — all healed, healthy and whole.
    Partaking Of The Lord’s Body Brings Healing
    If it is God’s nature to heal, have you wondered why many Christians are sick? I am not referring to minor ailments like a cough or cold, I am referring to serious, life-threatening illnesses.
    Now, if the people of the world are sick, it should not surprise us. They do not have Jesus Christ as their protection, so it is no wonder that they are sick.
    But when believers are sick, I want to know why. And I do not want to draw my conclusions from human experience. I want an answer from God’s Word.
    You might be surprised to know that the Bible gives one and only one reason Christians are weak and sick, and die prematurely.
    The apostle Paul, in 1 Corinthians 11:29–30, said, “For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgment to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body. For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.” Sleep here means death, not bodily rest.
    Paul said, “For this reason…” He did not say, “for these reasons”. He was pointing us to one singular reason Christians become weak and sick, and die before their time.
    And what is “this reason” that Paul was highlighting to us? He said, “… not discerning the Lord’s body. For this reason…” So the reason the Corinthians became weak and sick was their failure to discern the Lord’s body.

    If we discern the Lord’s body, we will walk in His health and wholeness.

    It means that they did not know why they were partaking of the body when they came to the Table. They had no idea why they were eating the bread. And this was the reason they were not receiving the divine life of their Saviour, causing them to be weak and sick, and to die prematurely.
    Since truth is parallel, it means that if we do discern the Lord’s body, we will walk in His health and wholeness.
    This is only logical. Even my daughter will tell you that. When she was four years old, she came home from school one day and said, “Daddy, the opposite of tall is short. What is the opposite of small?” I said, “Big.” “Good!” she said.
    So it follows that if Paul said, “… not discerning the Lord’s body. For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep”, then it must be that when we do discern the Lord’s body, we will be strong and healthy, and live long.
    You would have thought that Christians would study this passage so that they can walk in divine health. After all, Paul had singled out this one reason as the cause of sickness and, ultimately, premature death for many Christians.
    Yet, it seems that most people in the body of Christ choose to focus on food and exercise as the key to living a healthy life. In fact, one of the best-selling themes in Christian bookstores today is food. There are all kinds of books on what to eat and what not to eat.
    I am not knocking these books. What I am saying is that God does not want us to focus on food or exercise as the key to divine health. He does not want us to put our trust in natural means to stay healthy. 2 Corinthians 10:4 says, “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal…”
    Some people think that they will walk in divine health if they are on a Mediterranean diet since that was Jesus’ diet. But let me remind you that the majority of the people whom Jesus healed were on a Mediterranean diet. They never had pork or prawns or any of that high-cholesterol stuff. Yet, they were still sick because natural solutions can only go so far.
    By all means eat well and exercise. I watch what I eat and I hate oily stuff. I also