Even
though Jesus Christ conquered Satan, He has not returned to take over the
ruler-ship of this word, His consolation to us is; "Do not be afraid; I am
the First and the Last. I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, I am alive
forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death” (Revelation 1:17-18).
In
the Lord’s Prayer on behalf of His disciples, Jesus prayed to the Father
saying; “I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You
have given Me, for they are Yours. And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine,
and I am glorified in them. Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in
the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom
You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.’
“While
I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave Me
I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the
Scripture might be fulfilled. But now I come to You, and these things I speak
in the world, that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given
them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world,
just as I am not of the world. I do not pray that You should take them out of
the world, but that You should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the
world, just as I am not of the world” (John 17:9-16).
The
apostle John also admonished us by saying; “Do not love the world or the things
in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For
all that is in the world --- the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and
the pride of life --- is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world
is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides
forever” (1John 2:15-17).
The
apostle James also admonished us by saying; “Adulterers and adulteresses! Do
you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever
therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or
do you think that the Scripture says in vain, "The Spirit who dwells in us
yearns jealously"? (James
4:4-50).
So
there is a rivalry between the Spirit of God who dwells in believers and the
spirit of the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the
sons of disobedience. This spirit of the prince of the power of the air has
given his power, his throne and great authority to a world ruling kingdom, and
all the world is marveled and is following the beast. So they worshiped the
dragon who gave authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying,
"Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with him?" (Revelation 13:2-4).
Our
battle with this pandemic is not merely physical but spiritual as we have been
duly instructed saying: “For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war
according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but
mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every
high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every
thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ, and being ready to punish
all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.”
We
have been instructed saying; “Put on the whole armor of God that you may be
able to stand against the wiles of the devil: For we do not wrestle against
flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers
of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the
heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole armor of God that you may be able
to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand” (2 Corinthians 10:3-6; Ephesians 6:11-12).
Therefore,
since we are a nation or people who profess to believe in God, mandating
vaccination as the solution to curb the Corvid 19 pandemic is ludicrous and
blasphemous. For thus says the Lord; “When I shut up heaven and there is no
rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My
people, if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray
and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from
heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land” (2 Chronicles 7:13-14).
So
clearly, our source of defense against any pandemic is not in Vaccines the
product of man’s wisdom which is to God foolishness, but it is by taking up the whole armor of God. This brings me
to another huge error that the inhabitants of the world are making, which is to
classify everyone as being a child of God.
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To
be continued; stay tuned
With
brotherly love
Lucius
Joseph
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