A sister brought up the subject of face masks for this virus. She wondered what I thought about it. Here was my answer:
"People who adamantly are against masks and people who are adamantly for them are both walking in fear.
I am not afraid of wearing a mask or not wearing it.
My focus is my witness to others. If not wearing one is a distraction to the gospel then I will put one on so that those who are fearful will be more likely to listen.
The mask is nothing and the vaccine is nothing, God has a purpose in all of it and each person must seek God for their actions.
1 Corinthians 8:12-13 "…12 By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. 13Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble."
This applies to mask wearing too, we are to avoid placing controversial things in the way of the gospel. It is not a sin to wear the mask nor is it a sin not to wear it. However, if if the government wanted me to wear a mask over my whole head and everyone would be offended if I didn't, then I would wear the head mask to reach the lost for Christ.
More words not in my answer:
The gospel message is more important than anything the government tells us to do except if they demand that we not preach the gospel.
It's easy here in our country to preach, no one cares, they just ignore us if they don't like it. Perhaps the mask mandate will show if we are willing to suffer, if anyone wants to call a mask suffering, in order to remove all distractions from the gospel.
Wearing a mask is not suffering, sorry if this seems a little harsh to those who refuse to be told what to do by others, but it is not suffering.
We have all our needs med, are warm and fed, complaining about a mask seems silly to me. We still have a choice, choose what you please, but don't chastise others for their choice.
Satan knows how to cause division and angst in people over nothing at all. He can make a mountain out of a molehill to cause fighting and arguing.
Don't let this mask or anything else feed the beast, that is Satan. Keeping people angry and against each other makes them think that people are their enemies when the fact is that the devil is our enemy. Fight him in prayer and resist his attempts to make us sin against one another.
We win in the end, and we can win against him right now by not falling into his traps.
1 Peter 5:8 "Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walketh about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour."
God allowed the virus to show us our own heart condition. We all have been tested and all need redirection about our attitudes. He allowed the virus and Satan to plague us but we can have the victory over the devil by our godly responses to everything.
Forget what the world is doing and focus on what Christ can do in us. Hallelujah
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