Today, there are millions of people around the world who are infected with the latest virus; tens of thousands have died, economies are crashing, and countries are headed into recession. It’s all over the news. Governments have banned gatherings, and “churches" are closed. Shops, schools, borders and countries have closed and it has been declared a pandemic. And it’s not over yet...
But I know of a pandemic that has been spreading through the world for thousands of years: the total and utter rejection of the truth of our Lord Jesus Christ. Two-thousand-and-twenty years ago, the Lord Jesus came into this world and died for us all. He paid the price so that we might have eternal life with Him, instead of perishing in our sins. His blood was shed, His body broken. He hung on a cross, and those who were there stood by and mocked and laughed at Him. But while He was here, He tried to tell people about the Truth, who He was, and that they should repent (have a change of mind) and follow Him. The apostles wrote the church letters, telling us how to live, what we should do, and what we shouldn’t do. But bit by bit, His truth has over and over again been rejected, altered, pushed aside, denied or just never accepted at all. Romans 3:10,11,18: “As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: there is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God . . . There is no fear of God before their eyes.”
How is this like a pandemic? Because the rejection of the Truth of Christ, His salvation, His love, is like a disease. Often it shows no signs at first; it could just be how someone was brought up, or what they were taught; but in their hearts the virus of rejecting Christ and the Truth has begun, and this is sadly on a global scale. They have rejected Him, and allowed compromise; “it’s not true”, “I don’t believe that”, or they say it “doesn’t apply to me”; but Gods Word is Truth and no man can change it. John 14:6: “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
Acts 4:12: “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
The deaths caused by this virus that is spreading at the moment are nothing compared with the number of deaths that already happen every day, and people are dying without ever believing on Christ and following His truth. The world is worrying so much about all these people dying, yet care not about people who die on an everyday basis without Christ.
The problem is that the love of this world and the love of self has become so strong, that the love of God has all but gone. 1 John 2:15-17: “Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.”
So, I encourage the readers, do not worry about this virus; follow the governments orders, as we are commanded to do this in the Bible (Hebrews 13:17: “Obey them that have the rule over you…”), and let’s spread the Truth of our Lord and Saviour. God’s Word tells us that in the last days these things must happen, but we should never be afraid.
Mark 4:40: “And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith?” John 14:27: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
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