<TITLE>08. Par 24-27</TITLE>L-24 Now, if you notice, Jesus' body had not yet been offered when He said, "This is My body." He broke the bread and said, "Take and eat. This is My body." His body had not yet been broken. So their--their own Scripture, their own thing they're using, brings condemnation upon their own doctrine. See? Jesus took the bread, and broke it, and give it to them, said, "This is My body: take and eat." And here He was standing here in His body. It hadn't never been broken yet. Anyhow, the Scriptures won't lie. They'll keep themselves clear at all times. So we believe that.

L-25 And we believe that when we come together... He said, "Tarry one for another." In other words, "Wait on one another." The word "tarry" means "to wait." Wait on one another. Now, as it's been a custom to us, we take that Scripture in this way: that when we do this, that we just bow our heads, and the congregation prays for we pastors; we pastors pray for our congregation. That's how we wait on each other, by serving each other, by praying.
You pray, "God, forgive my pastor. If there's anything in his life that he--they have done, You forgive them for it. Forgive them. They didn't mean to do it."
And we come right back, the pastors praying for our congregation, "God, this is a little flock that You give us to watch over. If there's anything wrong in their life, take it away, Father, they--so that we can all stand together around the--fellowship around, knowing that we're coming here keeping a order of God, and taking the communion." I think it's a sweet time of fellowship.

L-26 Let us pray now as we bow our heads. Silently you pray for us; we pray for you. [Brother Branham and congregation take a few moments in silent prayer--Ed.]
Father, as we take this communion (as we call it communion), it is in remembrance of You. And when this little beaten wafer touches our tongues and goes into our mouth, may we recognize that He was bruised, and mashed, torn for our sins. And that veil that hid Him from us... Now, He's in us, the Holy Spirit. And when we receive the wine, may we realize that it was by His stripes that we're healed, by His Blood we are saved, the Life that was in the Blood.
Now, Father, gather us together for this solemn occasion, forgiving our sins. In Jesus' Name, we ask it. Amen.

L-27 I believe now, that the elders, one of them, will come forward here, that... I believe that usually was Brother Taylor's job too, wasn't it, to come forward to call to the communion? I wonder who would take that place. Brother Tony, will you do that? Brother Zable here will come forward and direct row by row as we come forward, taking the communion, returning to our seats.
Do you know that communion has Divine healing in it? When the Israelites, in the type took the communion and marched forty years... And when they come out of the wilderness, there wasn't a feeble one among them: two and a-half million people. There's power of healing in the communion. Everybody's welcome now. And our sister, if she will come to the piano, she plays this song:
There is a fountain filled with blood,
Drawn from Immanuel's veins,
Where sinners plunge beneath the flood,
Lose all their guilty stains.
May your sins be forgiven, children. May the grace of God ever be with you while we're in this journey. May we all meet on the other side, happy and young again. Amen. [The pianist plays--Ed.]


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