Agreement with Frank Molver on baptism, tithing, communion etc.
 
There is great blessing in obedience to God. In fact, He tells us that
 
"obedience is better than a sacrifice" of any type.
 
By tithing, we help in getting the very Word of God to the lost, the
 
highest thing on our priorities. Tithing in many churches also go
 
to kitchens to feed the hungry, prison ministries, help for widows and
 
orphans, financial help for the sick,etc and etc and etc. While the gospel
 
is free, it takes money to travel to get it there and provide Bibles,etc.
 
There are so many people to give to as well as churches. Whatever we do
 
to and for others, we do for the God of the world, the One we serve.
 
Baptism is a commandment, not a suggestion or choice. To do so is obedience
 
and an outward symbol of being buried in His likeness,
 
and raised as Jesus was resurrected.It is in fact one of our public statements
 
that He is our Savior and Lord.
 
Many people are healed as they enjoy communion with our Lord. When He said
 
"Do this in remembrance of me", I believe He meant it, just like He means everything
 
He says. There is a very sweetness in this intimate personal act with Him.
 
A person would miss out on an awful lot without partaking of this type of communion.
 
Some people have this communion at home daily or with their families on a
 
daily basis.......as often as we do it....we honor Him, we remember that awful
 
day He shed His own blood for remission of our sins and took the beatings
 
so that we could be healed.  If there is anything communion is Not....it would
 
be a pure ritual  What Jesus did and does is not a ritual and neither is remembrance
 
of all of that a ritual. When we truly in our hearts receive all He did and we
 
commune witHim , we have great sense of His Presence and even greater
 
understanding of the giving of Himself to us.
 
28] But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
[29] For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body.
[30] For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
 
We eat and drink unworthily when we do not discern the Lord's body in this
 
act of communion. Scripture says that it is for THIS CAUSE (no discernment
 
that this is the Lords body) that we are not healed and some even sleep We
 
see here we examine ourselves to see if we actually believe this about the
 
His body and blood. If we do, then we are worthy as He is the Worthy One
 
and our Righteousness is of Him and not of ourselves. Hence, so often people
 
are healed as they partake of this communion. Is it mere ritual? Absolutely
 
not.  I Corinthians 11 : 28-30.  Verse 29 tells us how we can eat and drink
 
of his body and blood unworthily. He says, as you read, "By not discerning
.
the Lords body" That's what we are to examine within ourselves..."Do I
 
discern just what I am doing...partaking of the Lord's body?