Are You Afraid of the Face Mask?

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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America Must Repent

The only way for any American's to repent is for God to punish the country so that the people stop trusting in their "rights" and their "government" and begin to trust in Christ. Freedom in our country has been the god pushing out the Bible as the standard and replacing it with everything else.

America is going down because the culture as a whole is self-elevated and self-entitled. God must remove this mentality, but most will not budge, they will fight for their right to do whatever they wish but have no interest in God or Jesus Christ.

The Christian community has their mind more on politics and freedom than they do on Christ. We know this by their continual bantering about every latest government move.

The pride of America must be done away with in order for this country to see its need for Christ. Most Americans are "fighters of their rights", full of self-will and arrogance.

God uses difficulties to cause people to see their need for Him. Without difficulties, we see how culture progresses into selfishness and entitlement.

Even our good deeds are done to fulfill self-exaltation. We know this because of the level of which the family as a unit has been destroyed by divorce and remarriage.

Children have been indulged, mocking and demeaning their parents as they rule the family instead of the parents.

In our country, the Bible has been perverted as though it is a book of suggestions that can be followed or not depending on personal desire.

If you do not believe me just bring up passages in the Bible in front of family and friends and watch their faces turn red as though they are embarrassed. Then watch the silence as they sit there without anything to say, changing the subject to the latest political matter.

Yes, many are conservative but have no interest in God or the Bible. They just like their freedom and pleasure and they know that conservatism is what has preserved that.

The families of conservatives are just as messed up as the liberals only they don't know it. There are very few believers in Christ left in our country, most are pretenders who like their 'religion" but have no interest in obeying Christ.

"Conservatism" is not "Christianity"!!!! Many people are conservative in their politics but are radically disobedient to Christ. They don't think so because they have a form of "religion" they follow but little of it has to do with seeking and obeying Christ.

2 Timothy 4:3

"3 For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires,"

We are not living in times when there is little faith upon the earth and few people will listen to truth.

I am convinced we are going home soon because of all the signs around us that have been prophesied in the Bible. This brings me great joy and motivates me to encourage believers to keep looking up as God commanded when we see these things happening.

Luke 21:27-28 "…27 At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. 28 When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

Do Not Give the Devil a Foothold

The devil will attempt to provoke you all kinds of ways using people who do not know Him. Remember where this comes from and ignore the attacks.

1 Peter 5:8 "Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walketh about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour."

Ephesians 4:26-27 "…26“Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger, 27and do not give the devil a foothold."

This is so True!!!!!

My friend Karen said the following:

You will never be mature until you learn to submit to correction.
~ Mark Herridge Sr.
Correction is not rejection, it is direction.
~ KPR