Where is our faith?

 

Where is our faith?

With this Corona Virus pandemic it is an opportune time for everyone who professes to be believers in Jesus Christ examine ourselves as to whether we are in the faith. The time has come when according to the apostle Paul to “Test yourselves: Do you not know yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you? --- Unless indeed you are disqualified. But I trust that you will know that we are not disqualified” (2 Corinthians 13:5-6).

Undoubtedly, we all have only one choice as clearly indicated 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: However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature, yet not the wisdom of this age, or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing” (1Corinthians 2:4-6).

I therefore beg to ask the question, when it comes to solving the Corona Virus pandemic, where is our faith, is it in the wisdom of men or is it in the power of God? Are we as believers believe that by having 80 to 90% of the population vaccinated will resolve this pandemic or, are we as believers believe that God is our only hope of resolving this pandemic?

Remember, the choices are limited it is either one or the other, it is either having faith in the wisdom of men which is being administered and demonstrated by the application of vaccines or, it is as the Lord spoke to Solomon saying; “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 Chronicles7:13-14).

So the remedy for solving the problem for believers is not vaccines but rather, humility, prayer, seeking the face of the Lord and turning away from our wicked ways. The Day of Atonement which is tomorrow the 16^th of September 2021 is an opportune time to do just that, but unfortunately, how many of us who profess to be believers are even recognizing this day when the Lord unequivocally said to the children of Israel, “This shall be a statute forever for you: In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether a native of your own country or a stranger who dwells among you. For on that day the priest shall make atonement for you, to cleanse you that you may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. It is a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall afflict your souls. It is a statute forever” (Leviticus 16:29-31).

Here is a test of our faith to all those who profess to believe in Jesus Christ. Remember Jesus Christ is the Word of God by whom all things were created, He is the One who spoke to Moses and gave him His laws and statutes, He remains the same yesterday, today, and forever. He is the One who said to Solomon, “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.”

At the eve of the Day of Atonement is an opportune time for all who profess to be believers in Jesus Christ to test and examine themselves as to whether their faith is in the wisdom of men or in the power of God. For truly, these times of ignorance God has overlooked but now commands all men everywhere to repent because He has appointed a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness by the Man whom He has ordained. He has given assurance of this to all by raising Him from the dead.

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With brotherly love

Lucius Joseph