Tag: Sacrament

The Sacrament

Spiritual and Physical Healing

We understand that as the Aaronic priesthood asks the Father to bless, and sanctify the water and bread of the Holy Sacrament, through the sacramental prayers, that the priests don’t actually bless it, Heavenly Father does. See Moroni 4:3, and Moroni 5:2 in the Book of Mormon for a reference.

As spirit children of our Heavenly Parents, having chosen our Savior as our Redeemer in Their Presence, as made reference to our being here, dwelling in a physical body, and having kept our first estate, we already have access to forgiveness of sins for our spirits here.

But what of our physical bodies? They too need forgiveness. Therefore, we must choose Him again in the flesh. This is what constitutes why we in covenant are baptized, and partake of the sacrament weekly, for as we do so, we are cleansed of our sins from our spirits, and our bodies.

The water and bread, having been sanctified by God our Eternal Father, are part of the covenant cleansing process, for the spiritual, and physical aspects of who we are. Thus we see that in partaking of the sacrament with the proper preparation of repentance and forgiving, prepared by, and through the worthy in heart, who hold the Aaronic Priesthood, is completely necessary. For only then, can our Savior’s full atoning sacrifice experience, for both our spirits and our bodies, forgive and heal.

Think of it in terms of  having a wound on our leg, and treating it with salt water, to help heal the wound. There is both a spiritual, and a physical aspect to the salt water. The spiritual aspect of the salt water, will help heal our spirit’s part of our wound, while the physical part of the salt water, will  help heal the physical part of our wound.

The same goes for sins in our spiritual and physical bodies. We need the metabolic healing for both. But just as we have many sins, and need to repent of them all, we don’t do so all at once, but are forgiven and healed incrementally, as we take them to the Lord, and partake of the sacrament each week.

But oppositely, the same goes for those who hide their sins, and partake of the sacrament unworthily, they then are incrementally damned by degrees, but until they confess their sins to their ecclesiastical Bishop, they may not move forward. But what about those who are not worthy by intent, who are wolves in sheep’s clothing? They are not to be permitted to take of the emblems of our Lord’s body.

Shane

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Proper Preparation for Partaking of the Sacrament

Spiritual and Physical Healing from Sin and Weaknesses

When I read the words of God, given through the spirit of prophecy and of revelation, as inspiration to and through the prophets, by means of the gift and power of the Holy Ghost, I am partaking of the Spirit, or rather, nature of the Lord. Each word, placed beside the other ones, has been called, chosen, and set apart there, to be on the page before us, to view into our minds, hearts, and souls. This literal integral lingual aligning of our characteristics with Christ’s character, is because the words come forth from His body, His lips, His bowels, filled with his mercy. His bones and sinews, His heart and mind, His blood itself, spoken forth, from his everlasting fountain of life, love, and truth. Straight from His perfected spirit, body, and glorious, resurrected eternal soul!

When I fill up on this, His words, coming from the literal bread of his body, and water, from the literal blood of His soul, His works and words are carried forth into my soul, and are thus the very essence of the Lord, spiritually changing and preparing me for partaking of the sacrament. By feeding my spirit and nourishing my soul, through His healing words, I am aligning my own soul to His healthiness and righteousness. By drawing upon this wellspring of His holy and glorious life and character, I am also brought back, little by little, into His presence, by becoming more like Him.

Then, when I partake of the sacrament, an ordinance blessed by God Himself, and not the priest (Oh God, the Eternal Father, we ask Thee, in the name of Thy Son Jesus Christ, to bless and sanctify this…), then I am finishing, or completing the transformation “from water to wine,” so to speak, of my sins, weaknesses and unhealthiness, into a healed, clean, and better, holier version of myself, now ready to move forward and continue in, on the everlasting process of change. Thus, fulfilling the physical aspect of my healing. For we are first spiritually healed, before it is likewise physically manifest. For, if we want to heal spiritually from our sins and weaknesses, as well as physically, then we first need to prepare our spirits, by reading the words of God, feeding, and healing us spiritually, making us worthy to partake of the holy sacrament ordinance, which will then heal us spiritually and physically.

Note: Because all born into this earth life, have accepted Christ in their spirits, in the pre-earthly realms, they have claim upon the atonement spiritually, because they did so in their spirits, but until they accept Him again in the flesh, by joining His Church and Kingdom here on the earth, can their physical bodies also be cleansed by the Sacramental ordinance.

Shane

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My Thoughts on the Sacrament and Ongoing Restoration

First the water (blood), and then the bread (body)

Just as was in the order of the offered atoning sacrifice of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ:

First, His blood was shed for us in the Garden of Gethsemane, in the which he suffered for all our heartaches, pains and infirmities, as well as all abuses suffered, and even things albeit, inflicted by God Himself, for our own growth in His purposes.

Secondly, Christ’s bodily harm. This, because we need Christ’s forgiveness from all our sins. His scourging, and placement of plaited thorns, as well as nails pierced in sacred place, being hung in shame, and spear thrusted through His sacred side. He partook of our sins, in the Garden of Gethsemane, when He partook of the bitter cup of the effects of all our sins, handed to Him by Satan, with the punishments that accompany them, into/onto his body, organs and flesh. And with His goodness, He neutralized them with His own sacred blood and body, letting them pour out through his pores, in the which His beloved heart also burst inside his beloved chest.

Later, He took on the punishments of our sins through His torn back, pierced hands, wrists, feet, head, and side. He died, thus having overcome all our sins, for He had taken them all into and upon Himself, and it brought Him to the death He offered us, to bring us all to life in Him, even eternal life, as we transform our eyes, to see the beauty of his agony, and the wonder of his love and life He obediently gave.

He was not killed, even after all this, for He willed Himself to live, even at the cost of having His Father’s sustaining help removed from Him for a time, wherein He had to sustain Himself, under all that pressure. Then, when it was done, He voluntarily commended His Spirit unto God His awaiting Father, who could not wait to embrace His faithful and beloved Son.

The significance is this, we all need love, before we can repent. This is why Christ suffered our afflictions in the Garden of Gethsemane first, wherein He took our pains, infirmities, suffered abuses and so forth, infusing into them metabolically, the true essence of His love (charity), wherein the bad blood was neutralized, when met with the good in Him.

Afterwards then, came the scourging, mocked crowning, carrying “our” cross, and excruciating crucifixion, all to the point of bringing into his soul, through the Father’s holy will, the punishments for all our sins and transgressions.

My thoughts on this are thus, as the Lord prepares His Saints to become more worthy and ready for more blessings, He will then restore the proper order of the Sacrament, even as the Lord replaced the Law of Moses with the Sacrament in the first place. This will mean, partaking of the water first, and then the bread. For He first loved us, before we could love Him. We need to be loved, before we can repent. Thus the blood, and then the body, or, the water, and then the bread.

There will be no other changes to the sacrament, prayers or otherwise. Also to remember, that the Priests are not blessing the tokens of His flesh and blood, but we are asking God the Eternal Father Himself to do so, as is stated in the Sacrament Prayer.

However, our receipt of these blessings is upon our faithful repentance and obedience. We must do as the sacramental covenants require and promise.

Note: These are my thoughts only, and not coming from the heads of the church, meaning, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Shane

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