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The testing of our faith
The first warning sign that is
signaled by the corona virus vaccine is the testing of the faith of God’s
people who constitutes the church of God, those who are sanctified by faith in
Christ Jesus and are called to be saints, with all who are in every place
calling on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. The introduction and
implementation of the corona virus vaccine is first and foremost a test to
prove the faith of all those who are calling on the name of Jesus Christ our
Lord, as forewarned by the apostle Paul who wrote; “And my speech and my
preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration
of the Spirit and of power, that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men
but in the power of God” (1 Corinthians 2:5).
When one considers and analyzes
carefully the ulterior motive, the rationale and the main objective for the
worldwide promotion, recommendation and distribution of the corona virus
vaccine, it is with both the presumption and assumption that the human body without
the assistance from this vaccine has no resistance or power on its own to
successfully combat this pandemic and the only way to succeed is by mutating
the cells and tissues of human beings with a manmade vaccine: An ideology which
is in total contrast and contradictory to what those who are calling on the
name of Jesus Christ are instructed and called to do.
When one ponders deeply on the
ulterior motive for such a decision it simply demonstrates what the inventors
and the advocates are implying, What is being implied is that the vaccine, the
work of science and man’s wisdom is far superior than the power of God who
created the human body and even far superior than the Holy Spirit whom the Lord
has empowered His children with..
The question is, are we able to
sense how blasphemous and blatantly idolatrous that notion is! Because the notion and what is being implied is that
the human body, God’s creative work, on its own strength is weak and powerless to
effectively deal with this virus and that it needs the help and assistance from
science and man’s wisdom in order to be able to combat this virus and succeed! What
a travesty! What a tragedy to promote the idea that man’s immune system is
incapable of resisting a virus unless it is mutated to a virus? Nothing can be
more blasphemous and idolatrous than this and the sad thing is, anyone who
approves of such an assumption or presumption is as guilty as those who
invented it and are advocating it.
As children of God our faith, our
trust, our confidence ought not to be in science and in man`s wisdom as we
often hear some people encouraging others saying; “Trust Science” our trust
ought to be only in the power of God who has given us of His Spirit and
admonished us saying; “Bless the LORD, O my soul; And all that is within me,
bless His holy name! Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all Hisbenefits: Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases, Who
redeems your life from destruction, Who crowns you with loving-kindness and
tender mercies, Who satisfies your mouth with good things, so that your youth
is renewed like the eagle's” (Psalms 103:1-5).
We also have the consolation that
God is the help of those who seek Him, as confirmed by the Psalmist David who
wrote: “I will lift up my eyes to the hills---From whence comes my help? My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. He will not allow your
foot to be moved; He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, He who keeps
Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is
your shade at your right hand. The sun shall not strike you by day or the moon
by night. The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your
soul. The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time
forth and even forevermore” (Psalms 121:1-8).
And let us not forget the
confirmation and guarantee of our safety for abiding in the presence of God as
recorded in Psalms 91 which states for example; “Because you have made the
LORD, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil shall
befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; For He shall give His
angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall
bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the
lion and the cobra, the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
"Because he has set his love
upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has
known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him
in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy
him, and show him My salvation."
With regards to knowing the name
on which we can call upon. we have been given the assurance saying; “Therefore
God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every
name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and
of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians
2:9-11).
Since all these promises for
help, protection and deliverance have been promised to us but we choose to
ignore them, belittle them and even scorning them and instead placing all our
trust and confidence in science and in the wisdom of men, I beg to ask the
question, who are we honoring respecting and worshiping, is it the One and only
true God! Or are we honoring and worshiping the god of this world? Let your
conscience be your guide.
There are some people who are
skeptical in taking the vaccine but the rationale for their skepticism and
delay is not because of the above-mentioned reasons, but because of their fear
of the physical repercussions and side-effects that may occur, they are waiting
to see how it will affect the lives of others first before they themselves
submit their lives to it.
What a shame! What a travesty!
Therefore, the Lord said; “Inasmuch as these people draw near with their mouths
and honor Me with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from Me, and
their fear toward Me is taught by the commandment of men, Therefore, behold, I will
again do a marvelous work among this people, A marvelous work and a wonder; for
the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their
prudent men shall be hidden" (Isaiah 29:13-14).
Now, because of the extent in which
the demand to take the vaccine and the consequences which follows for not
adhering to the call is so synonymous to that of the mark of the beast, this
also ought to be a matter of great concern to the people of God, because we
have been forewarned saying “He will cause all, both small and great, rich and
poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their
foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the
name of the beast, or the number of his name” (Revelations
13:16-17).
Therefore, whether or not this is a prelude of the mark of the beast, the sensible thing one should do is to beware of it and learn to place our trust in the power of God and not in the wisdom of men because it is blasphemous and idolatrous.
To be continued
With brotherly love
Lucius Joseph
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