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Daily Text
Let him call the older men of the congregation to him, and let them pray over him, rubbing him with oil in the name of Jehovah. -Jas. 5: 14, NW.
The older men are not merely to pray with the spiritually sick but must also rub him with oil in the name of Jehovah. The țoilț here is the soothing word of instruction from the Holy Scriptures and it restores the spiritually sick one to unity with the Christian congregation which is in God’s favor. Correction which leads to spiritual health is described as soothing and curative by the psalmist. (Ps. 133: 1,2; 23: 5; 141: 5; Prov. 15: 30; Luke 10: 34) So the older men of the congregation are to rub the spiritually sick one with oil in the sense of stimulating him with the soothing, healing, comforting, corrective Word of God. In the name of Jehovah, they are to do this. That is to say, in faithfulness to Jehovah God and according to his purpose, to aid the spiritually ill one to recover and have a part anew in vindicating God's name and proving the Devil a false god and liar. W 5/1
Monthly Theme
WHAT IS MAN ?
THROUGHOUT the centuries the questions, What is man? Has he an immortal soul? and, What is man's destiny? have been the subjects of great discussions among leaders of thought in this world . Men of religion, science and surgery have spent much time and effort in an attempt to answer these questions satisfactorily . The ...
