Just listened to a rousing rant by Pastor Greg Locke. He takes to task Franklin Graham, whom I love. Franklin has been a powerful voice of reason throughout the past year or two, and I admire the stance he takes against government immorality and overreach. But apparently Graham is encouraging all Christians to take the vax een, and also says that Jesus would take it.
But I agree with Locke. Strongly.
He also takes to task Pastor Andy Stanley, the megachurch pastor from Atlanta. Stanley says he’s ashamed of the churches that have ignored government mandates to close churches, and he is proud to state that his church is closed and will remain closed, I don’t know for how long.
Once again, I agree with Locke. Strongly.
Locke says there’s no way Jesus would take the vax een. I agree, and I can prove it. In His day, leprosy was the CO-V equivalent. The vax een equivalent was to shun lepers. They had their own colonies. They had to live in isolation. They had to cry “Unclean!” when people came near. It was a deadly disease, and everyone was afraid of it.
Not Jesus.
His act of government defiance was to walk up to lepers and lay hands on them and heal them! This is an exact equivalent of NOT TAKING THE VAX EEN!
There is so much wrong with the entire thing from top to bottom. Moderna is beginning testing on children aged from 6 months to 11 years old. WHAT?!?!?? The age group that is least likely, by magnitudes, to suffer from the disease are being stuck. This shows beyond doubt that the agenda has nothing to do with truth or elimination of the disease.
Oh, and by the way, several people in Hawaii who have been stuck have died from Co-V. And they’re telling us that even after getting stuck we’ll still have to social distance, mask up, avoid one another, and continue the ridiculous charade.
Call me a skeptic if you want. Guilty as charged. Jesus would NOT get stuck, he would hug and kiss those who were infected, then lay his hands on them and heal them!
Fear is rampant in our day and age. Fear causes Andy Stanley to close his church. He would deny that, but of course it’s true. If there was no fear of anyone getting sick, then he would have no possible justifiable reason to shut down the church. The Bible tells us that perfect love casts out fear.
Am I anti-medicine? Of course not! I am anti-stupidity. I broke my collarbone last year and I was very thankful for the excellent doctor who walked me through to complete healing. God has given us the gift of medicine, but it needs to be used in its proper context. If you need pills, take ‘em! But also pray that God will heal you!
Now, don’t get me wrong. We have had more than one fatality in our family due the bug, and it’s tragic. If anyone wants to get stuck it’s up to them. I will never, ever condemn or criticize anyone for making their own decisions about their health. That’s what freedom means. That’s what it used to mean to live in a “free country.” I am saying pastors need to preach freedom, healing and bravery. They have no place demanding that their congregations either get stuck or not get stuck. That’s up to me. Their job is to teach what the Bible says. Period.
Speaking of freedom, it is for freedom that we have been set free. Jesus set us free from fear, doubt, ignorance and slavery. The enemy, on the other hand, only comes to steal, kill and destroy. He has destroyed churches, he has stolen freedom, he has killed people, and the powers that be in our government and now, unfortunately, in our churches, are walking lock step with the enemy. Andrew Wommack in fond of saying “If you’re not bumping into the devil, it means you’re both going the same direction.” Too many Christian leaders these days are walking in the same direction of the evil regime that is trying to act like our leaders (and failing miserably), and it’s time to begin taking action.
I posted this on Facebook last night and it perfectly aligns with the subject matter in this post:
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“The world continues to be insane, but I think God is using it all to get the attention of lukewarm Christians, and to also call His warriors to arms. The time of comfortable Christianity is over. If we are going to change the world, then we are going to have to follow in the footsteps of the spiritual warriors who have gone before us. They were not afraid of a fight. Truth is worth fighting for. We need to learn what that means.
We need to be bold to tell the truth about ALL aspects of our lives and society, and that certainly includes politics. The current administration is blatantly trying to do everything they possibly can to attack biblical morals. It’s as plain as day. But do you know what else is as plain as day?
‘Trust in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. Delight yourself in the LORD; and He will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He will do it. He will bring forth your righteousness as the light and your judgment as the noonday’ (Psalm 37:3-6).
As we put ALL our trust in God, He has promised to cause our righteousness to shine, and our judgement to be pure and accurate and as bright as the sun. We need to speak the truth relentlessly, with love, with the primary goal of bringing glory to our Father, and the secondary purpose of showing His love to the masses, with the expected (and promised) result that they too will turn from their ways toward faith in God
“Do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?” (Romans 2:4).
Kindness is not kowtowing to the spirit of the age. Kindness can be displayed in our uncompromising condemnation of sin because we know that freeing people from bondage is one of the kindest things we can do. But we can’t free people from their bondage unless we first identify it.
God has chosen to put each of us on this planet at this particular time in history for a reason. It’s not coincidence that we are alive and thinking during the insanity that is taking place in our world. God wants us to do something about it. And it all starts with an intimate relationship with Him through His indwelling Holy Spirit.
Jesus told the disciples don’t even bother trying to be witnesses for me until you’ve received the power of the Holy Spirit. He specifically told them DON’T DO IT until the power comes. That’s how important our relationship with the Spirit is!
One of my main goals these days is to be so close to Him and so empowered by His Spirit that I will be able to make a difference in the world, no matter how small, and will help to change the lives of those I come in contact with.”
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Time for Christians to grow a backbone that you can see from the front. I need not talk about the slippery slope – that’s the topic of another post. The enemy is shrewd. He is powerless except for his ability to lie and get people to believe his lies. That’s his only superpower. And he lies, bit by bit, little by little, saying the church closures are only temporary. It’ll all get back to normal soon. NO, not if he has anything to say about it. Just take a look at the slide into immorality that our nation has suffered during the past several decades. It’s a well-orchestrated plan, but it’s obvious to those who are enlightened by the Holy Spirit.
You wanna be a real Dangerous Heretic? Then learn to think for yourself. Get stuck if you want to, I have nothing to say about that. But to put words in the mouth of Jesus that are blatantly anti-scriptural will only damage the Body of Christ, who are desperately looking for answers and real leadership.
Get close to God. Ask Him to fill you His Holy Spirit. Ask Him to give you the ability to think the way He thinks, to walk the way Jesus walked, not in fear of leprosy but walking right up to those who are suffering and offer them something that no needle, no doctor, no government official can ever provide: truth, love, peace, wisdom, health, and much, much more.
Psalm 91.