"Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders
of the church; and let them pray over him . . . And if he have committed sins,
it shall be forgiven him." James 5:14-15
This seems a peculiar kind of forgiveness. Can you find
elsewhere in the Bible that if the elders pray for you, you will be forgiven?
No, if you sin you must confess to God and you will receive his forgiveness
direct. Why does James advise you to call for the elders of the church to pray
so that you can know forgiveness?
In the Scriptures it is clear that there is what can be
called the government of God, the chief principle of which is that you reap
what you have sown. It seems that James writes for the man who may be suffering
sickness because of God’s governmental hand upon him. No one knows clearly, so
he and the elders meet and confess and pray together in the fellowship of the
Body. The hand of God is lifted then, and fellowship is restored.
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