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JAMES’ COMMISSION TO THE CHURCH TO PRAY FOR THE SICK
Sermon by Mrs. M. B. Woodworth-Etter
Last Chapter of James. Verse fourteen is for the church. Remember it is not for sinners. “Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him: with oil in the name of the Lord: and the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.”
“Confess your faults one to another.” You have to be pretty straight when you come to God. “Pray one for another that ye might be healed. “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.”
Elijah was a man like other men, not an angel, and he prayed that it might not rain, and it rained not for three years and six months. He prayed again and God heard him and sent the rain. This chapter is for us; it applies to us. All through the chapter it refers to the days we are living in.
When these things come to pass know that the end draweth near. This chapter brings us down to the last days.
Verse 7. In the east they had the early rain to start the grain. They could not tell anything about the harvest until they received the latter rain. If it came abundantly there would be a good harvest.
The Apostle says to us, “Wait for the latter rain; be ye also patient unto the coming of the Lord.” When the latter rain is falling we know the coming of the Lord is near. We are getting the early rain, and will get the latter rain before long. He is getting the Bride ready.
The Apostle is speaking to the church. If any one is sick among you, don’t run for the doctor, or send him to the hospital, but let the sick ones send for the elders. The elders were supposed to be men endued with the Holy Ghost, who would
come and pray over him, anointing him with oil, and he should
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