How should Christians respond to the COVID-19 crisis?
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- Now is a time for Christians to demonstrate their trust in Jesus Christ. From our livestream event Made in the Image of God, John MacArthur urges believers to express their living hope amid the continuing crisis wrought by COVID-19.
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For Christians..."The worst that can happen is the best that can happen." Love it. Have faith and trust in the Lord. Our souls are safe.
Amen
@Loonytoones85 They bible doesn't ask me to comply with anything ungodly. The pastor is saying that no matter what happens to us manmade attack or natural disaster our souls are safe. I had good friends who were German and lived under the rein of Hitler. The German people were as afraid of the Nazis as anyone else. Germans that did not comply disappeared. The soldiers would stop you in the street and ask you for your papers and you better have them or you would go to a camp. The soldiers would come to your house and take inventory. If they thought you had too much of something they would just take it. If they thought you did not comply they took you and you were never seen again. Today in many countries you're killed just for being a Christian or just for owning a Bible or just for saying Jesus is God. God calls us to comply with the government if it is being Godly that is it.
Catt Houser you killed your god. Covid-19 was its final creation. Killers of gods are quite welcome to Us. We LOVE killers of gods 4568763469🔥
@Loonytoones85 , then my short answer to your question is I comply with nothing that goes against God.
@@jaymz1999 I don't know what you're smoking honey. I'm sure you think you're making sense. Maybe even having a deep thought. But you're not.
Our savior is at the door. Pray like never before. God bless you all. Shalom! ❤
Soooo true. Pray, share....and clean up our lives!
Yes praise the lord
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Yea he’s at the door watching living beings suffer
Are you Jewish? If not, why say shalom? Also Caesar is your messiah.
Even Death is gain For Us, because we have Jesus the manifestation of True, Life,... Philippians 1;21-23
Francisco del Barrio Why are you citing fables? 4567563467🔥
@@jaymz1999 oh you are so hilarious it is unbelievable 7648276389 bye xx
Philippians 1:23
I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far;
Munugalashetty Chandra Anand Citing fables are we? GOOD We LOVE that 786436967🔥
jaymz1999 Eww, go away. Imagine clicking on a Christian video, only to mock the holy book we believe in. Get a grip.
MiraAir There are no christian videos. There are no holy books. It’s all in your deluded mind.
@@jaymz1999 Psalms 14:1
The fool says in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.
Munugalashetty Chandra Anand Hearts does not talk. Do you really believe that?
Psalm 91 is what i refer to. I use this as an oportuinity to witness with that. Verse 7 A thousand may fall at your side And ten thousand at your right hand, But it shall not approach you.
Amen😎!!
Amen , the Corona virus is a GREAT opportunity for us as Christians to test our faith! Praise God, thank you Jesus!
And it was planned by the powers that be.
I have had to have vaccinations in the past as I work in health, after each vaccination i pray to have every cell in my body to be cleansed by prayer and the blood titers always come back low. The power of prayer.
Jesus is coming Rapture iminent Repent of your sins pray to JESUS for forgiveness all the prophecies in Revelation are being fulfilled the world's about to end... get right with Jesus and don't take the mark of the beast or you won't make it to heaven but anyone who takes the mark of the beast will be cast into the lake of fire prepared for Satan and his demons... don't take the vaxxine it has miniature RFID nanobots don't take r -fid chip or anything else that corrupts your DNA it's the mark of the beast PS don't let them stick anything up your nose or test you because that's how they infect you also to destroy your DNA ...trust in JESUS JESUS is coming....
repent to Jesus pray to Jesus ask him to forgive you for your sins and come into your heart and to fill you with his Holy Spirit and to make you ready for the rapture to prepare you to meet JESUS ask Jesus to make you a born again Christian Jesus died on the cross and rose again on the third day to pay for our sins so that if we believe in Jesus and follow Jesus and become born again Christian we can go to heaven with Jesus and escape from going to hell thank you Jesus amen 🙏 share Jesus saves from going to Hell and that Jesus is the only way to Heaven with all
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@@joejoemorechrist6886 unfortunately I think it sounds to late. sound like they already had it.
@@XRPXTREMELYRICHPEOPLE Never too late
@@liamc1102 I hope so friend
Following health experts is also a guide from God ,im convinced many devout christians are Doctors and nurses ,and so getting vaccinated is a wise idea...
Great Hope, thank God for His grace as we live and breath according to His will. Heaven is next and we look for Jesus in joy.
Michael D. Rourke The only way you can have all of your questions answered by God is by understanding how to test the Spirits and the only way to do the will of God is by understanding how to test the Spirits.
“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.”
I John 4:1-3 NKJV
If you have repented of your sins and you have accepted Jesus Christ our Savior into your life, you are now anointed with His Holy Spirit. But most Christians do not really understand exactly what this means or even know how to allow the Holy Spirit to guide them in their life. Some have asked what is the Holy Spirit and how do I even know that He is even with me? So allow me now to explain. First you must understand that it is the Spirit’s job to change your heart and to make you Holy and He does this by purifying and sanctifying your heart in God’s truth. But in order for this to occur you must now do your part and you must surrender your will to the Spirit and you must allow Him to teach and to guide you. Sadly, this is where the majority of Christians fail and go astray because they end up being deceived by the devil, since they lack understanding of how to test and discern the Spirits. So what is your Spirit and just how do you even test it? God told us how in 1 John 4:1-6.
When God uses the term Spirit you have to now ask yourself, what exactly is it that makes you do the things that you do. Take a moment and think about what it is that motivates you throughout your day? When you wake up in the morning, what makes you decide to do the things that you are going to do on that particular day? Some things you do out of habit or maybe you follow a daily routine, but others things you do are coming from these suggestions that just seem to pop up in your mind. This thought process that is making these suggestions to you is either pushing you to do something or it is telling you to forget it. And when you get these suggestions you usually either go and act on them or you just end up rejecting the idea. So what is this thing that has you making certain choices and decisions throughout your day. THIS IS YOUR SPIRIT.
Next you need to understand that some of these thoughts or suggestions that run through our minds are from God while others are from the devil, who rules this evil fallen world. Once you have accepted Jesus into your life you now have His Holy Spirit inside of you and so your thoughts and His thoughts are now one, which means that you and Jesus are now united in your Spirit. In the past you may have had times that it seemed like you were talking to yourself in your thoughts, but since you now possess the Holy Spirit, you now need to believe that God is now communicating with you. Now in order to hear from the Spirit you must have faith, you must believe in this truth and you definitely must be relaxed. So now the next time when you are alone and when everything is peaceful and quiet, ask Jesus a question in your thoughts and then listen for an answer. Make sure that you phrase your question in such a way that it can only be answered with a simple yes or a no. Your Spirit will now answer you and you will either feel or hear the reply.
Once your Spirit gives you the yes or no answer to your question you then need to test whether you were hearing from the Spirit of God or from a demon Spirit. You must do this with every question that you ask from God because you need to make sure that the answer that you received was correct. How you go about testing the Spirits is simply by asking in your thoughts “Did Jesus come in the flesh.” If you hear yes then it was the Spirt of God who answered you and if you hear a no then it was some demon spirit who is trying to deceive you. If you hear a yes to “Did Jesus come in the flesh” then the answer to the question that you asked is correct (truth). If you hear a no to “Did Jesus come in the flesh” then the answer that you received to your question is a lie (error) and so this means that your answer is the opposite of what you originally heard.
Here is an example. If I ask, Dear Jesus am I saved and I hear a yes and then I ask Did Jesus come in the flesh and hear yes again, this means that I heard directly from God. If I ask, Dear Jesus am I saved and I hear a no and then I ask Did Jesus come in the flesh and I hear no again, this means that I am hearing the voice of a demon who is trying to deceive me and so my answer to am I saved is actually yes. Now let’s say I ask, Dear Jesus was Martin Luther King Jr saved and I hear a yes and then I ask “Did Jesus come in the flesh” and I hear a no this means that a demon is trying to get me to believe that he was saved but he actually was not and so the correct answer from God would be that Martin Luther King Jr was not saved. So now if you rephrase your question and ask, so Jesus are you telling me that Martin Luther King Jr was not saved, you will hear a yes and when you follow up with “Did Jesus come in the flesh,” you will hear a yes again. I used Martin Luther King Jr as an example because I did ask the Lord about him and I was surprised when He told me that he was not saved. This got me wondering why and so I did some research on him. One of the things that King Jr taught was that there were different paths to our salvation besides Jesus Christ. WRONG!
The more you do this the closer you will get with God and the more knowledgeable you will become. So now as you are reading scripture start asking Jesus every time that you have a question. Remember this though, God is looking for you to seek the wisdom and He is not going to automatically give you the knowledge. You will not be given long responses to your questions and this is why you have to be very specific in what you ask and how you phrase your question. You have to desire the wisdom and seek it from Him yourself and certain questions are definitely off limits. You cannot ask God about future things and you cannot ask any questions that would be testing Him. If you do you will always hear the wrong response and then you will know not to go there again. One woman that I taught told me that she was surprised at how often she heard a no when she asked “Did Jesus come in the flesh” and she said that she did not realize just how deceiving the devil actually can be. I told her that is absolutely correct and this is why many believers go astray and why they will eventually perish. She then mentioned that it seemed like she was hearing the answers to her questions even before she asked them and so I sent her this scripture. “It shall come to pass That before they call, I will answer; And while they are still speaking, I will hear.” Isaiah 65:24 NKJV. Her response was a simple, WOW
Spend your time understanding how to communicate directly with Jesus and you will experience some amazing things as you learn from Jesus and become one of the few, who enters through the narrow gate.
“Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.”
Matthew 7:13-14 NKJV
Words from a death cult zealot.
GOD HAS NOT GIVEN YOU A SPIRIT OF FEAR, BUT OF POWER LOVE AND A SOUND MIND!
Then why are Christians afraid of everything and everyone all the time?
The thought that this great man isnt even a fraction of who and what our Lord is is beyond me. Love and prayers to Mac for keeping the exercising of this great faith simple which makes it most powerful.
Thank you thank you thank you. I refuse to fear, my faith stands with God and if God decided it's my time to go then I shall go.
I feel the same way. God knew this was going to happen, so He allows my days to end this way, then heaven here I come. God bless.
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."
(John 14: 27) (NIV)
Amen.
Jesus Christ, Bible, Bible study Please tell why you cite fables.
@@jaymz1999 ha ha just jumping from post to post leaving little ditties come on jaymz you know you are searching for truth... keep jumping my little frog xx
Martin Brennan We ARE truth 4565764568🔥
@@jaymz1999 hello there, we? Who are we? interested to know I was just talking to you but if there is a we let me know. Keep on mate
The devil loves people falling out with each other ,being critical to one another serves the devil...
Another day given to love another and relay the truth of Jesus Christ...all of us.....every day is a gift.....
The LORD knows the hour of our departure from His earth and He also knows by what cause He will effect that departure. My trust is in THE LORD for all that He wills for my life, even the events that will bring me in His presence. Praise His Holy Name!
David Price You god is dead.
@@jaymz1999 yes David because jamz has spoken so thats it done and dusted.
Where in scripture does it teach such reckless attitudes? You may think the lord is in control but that doesn't mean you shouldn't still look both ways when crossing the street.
@@BFizzi719 yup I agree
@@BFizzi719 reckless?
Rejoice always, pray ceasing and in everything give thanks for these is God’s will in Christ Jesus 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
For me to live is Christ and to die is Gain 🙏🏼🙌🏼
Jenna Saglembeni Thank you, that is exactly want We want you to believe 44654688765🔥
@@jaymz1999 jenna just so you are aware jaymz is god and the font of all knowledge.
Martin Brennan ???????
Martin Brennan I was wondering what this person meant about that’s exactly what “we want you to believe and then added a bunch of numbers lol. Mad confused
Hi Jenna just ignore him I don't really like calling other peoples parents but he is just like his father the devil, he goes around accusing the believers. I think he knows he is silly little boy. Keep on in the truth.
All along, this is just what I have been looking for. Thank you for clearing my mind
Just as children who are afraid of the Dark
Adults are afraid of the Light
This LIGHT IS JESUS CHRIST
WE ALL HAVE A CHOICE, ITS CALLED A FREE WILL.
WE ARE FREE TO CHOOSE ,BUT NOT FREE TO CHOOSE THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT CHOICE
per. Adrian Rogers.....so true
Psalm 116 v 15 reads: precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.... how wonderful is that?
Martin Brennan Anything is wonderful to a fool.
@@jaymz1999 Hello there you are fully entitled to your opinion thats no problem whatsoever. So where do you stand on the things life?
I look forward to that day. Loving God everyday, waiting patiently.
@@linda2468lou Hi Linda but until that day love and enjoy life. I have come that you may have life, fullness of life is found in Him. Press on in Him.
Amen Brother John.
Agree with all you stated !
It's what you didn't address that concerns us.
I believe you would also affirm what Gods Word says in Matthew 28:18, that Jesus our King, now reigns, having "All Authority in Heaven and ON EARTH"
So how is it that many Christian churches, all across this land, remain closed by Caesar's decree ?
Doesn't that evince a serious lack of belief in Christ's LORDSHIP ?
Especially considering that no State Governor has the authority to abrogate our Bill of Rights that affirm our Rights of Conscience, freedom of Worship & peacably assembly ?
If I were a non-believer in Christ, the Churches' passivity in this time of challenge wouldn't impress me.
"If the salt has lost its savor, it is henceforth good for nothing but to be trodden under the foot of men..."
David in Texas
Amen Dr. Mc Arthur! 🙏🙏❤️✝️
Come, Lord Jesus!!!
Nobody knows the day or the hour. Just trust in him dont worry about that.
Crisarlin C. 👏🏽
Just as Paul said, for me to live is Christ, for me to die is gain, God promised us, no weapon formed against us shall prosper, keep the faith my Christian brothers and sisters, he will never forsake us...God Bless you all!!!
Amen. Trust in the Lord 🙏🏽🙏🏽
"The plague killed an estimated 25 million people, almost a third of the continent's population. The Black Death lingered on for centuries, particularly in cities. Outbreaks included the Great Plague of London (1665-66), in which 70,000 residents died."
Roughly true.
And Covid killed about 5 million people so far, counting ...
And that despite all the really helpful and working treatments we gained by trusting in science, not in "god".
Amen to that 💯
Amen!
One thing I do question mainly because this health situation has become long term. I realize that we are to obey the laws of the land and respect our leaders,but continuing not to assemble may be leading us closer to wider spread religious persecution in the US. After all if our forefathers had obeyed the law and subjected to the king,this country and our religious and other freedoms we enjoy would not exist. We are called to practice common sense in this matter,but are we not really not assembling because we don't want to be arrested for our beliefs? If we don't want to stand up now,why would God not lift his hand of protection over our right to worship Him in the US? I would value Godly opinions on this as I may have wrong thinking on this.That being said,I sincerely believe the country needs the church to stand up especially now and is looking to us as an example,maybe not even realizing it. In some way,we need to stand up and preserve our right to assemble and preach the Gospel properly and not the way some government mandate waters it down and by doing so preserve the other freedoms we hold dear as well.
I agree with you. As things became long-term I started to wonder how the church should respond. However, I still think that it is right for us not to meet, for the following reasons:
- We are to submit to our governing authorities, as we submit to God
- Are the world governments rebelling against God by issuing a TEMPORARY closure of ALL public gatherings? No.
- How can church truly function if we needlessly rebel against authority AND in doing so, spread death?
- We are not to test God, so don't say "God will protect us". God will let you likely let you die if you jump in front of a moving lorry with all the "faith" in the world.
We must also remember that these are still very early days with coronavirus. If, for example, coronavirus stayed around forever (somehow), then we would have to think about how we might adjust.
God bless
Good grief! You all keep referring to our elected representatives as “the governing authorities”!
Have you no understanding of how government works in a free and democratic republic?! WE are “the governing authorities”, not our elected representatives. You have allowed these people to assume political powers not allowed in the Constitution. They govern only by the “consent of the governed”.
They CANNOT LEGALLY forbid us from meeting together.
@@CSUnger
How about showing respect for your fellow American and help to reduce the spread of the virus?
@@ammerudgrenda One cannot show respect for others while simultaneously paternalizing them.
@@ammerudgrenda lol tool ,you still have that attitude? The mark is out and ppl were decieved
Amen. Most definitely not to prove to anyone but as obedience to God's command
People act like taking the shot is loving thy neighbor as thyself, but really it's the blind leading the blind.
Amen. I was warned by the Lord 10 years ago, long before this all happened that getting the shot would be a fate worse than death. At the time I had no idea what He was warning me about, but then in 2020/2021 it all became clear
The Proverbs are full of verses on using our wisdom and discernment to avoid death and trajedy.
Trust in the Lord with all our heart and lean not on our own understanding 🙏❤️
Amen Pastor!
Pastor Brett You did touch yourself, sorry you belong to Us 4567563468🔥
@@jaymz1999 pastor Bret please ignore my son jaymz he is bored due to schools being closed down. Its ok he is in bed now.
What a blessing to be encouraged by Pastor MacArthur... a true servant , teacher and shepherd of the flock !
Baaaaahhhhh
God bless this man
Ls Darius Please don not wish him dead just yet. We have two things left We want him to accomplish 4567563465🔥
Why?
Because he, unlike most Christians, still has some last bit of rationality left in his mind?
Amen 🙌🏻
Amen!!
joann johnson Pardash🔥
The man who said GOD is he's enemy and it's ok to take the number of the beast
AMEN
Amen! I concur!
There also needs to be Biblical Worldview response that exposes and critiques the underlying Worldviews and underlying issues of Globalism, Scientism and Technocracy, examples of Beast like Governments and empires in Scripture and history, the Imago Deo and Globalism's view of what it means to be human, AI and much more. I've have heard hardly anything on these wider issues
You’re spot on, awake and intelligent. No one else seemed to see the value in what you said. They are caught up in the deceptions and buried in it so deep that they look at what is going on with the small picture in mind. Wish more thought deeply like you.
"We weren't allowed" Sadness for the Church in America
Amen Brother I share your view. Please see my more pointed comment & bless you in our KING Jesus !
Shelie Martin You god is dead. Sorry. Covid-19 was its final creation 4568762365🔥
@@jaymz1999 Jesus is the answer
@@tdickensheets Really? Who told you that? Mommy?
I need a subtitle please
Maybe their is another part to this but why doesn’t he answer how the church responds to not being able to meet with other believers? Online church is not meeting with other believers...
bloochoo very well said. Perhaps He sees how committed we are when we are left more to our own. We aren’t following man. It’s our individual relationships. But you actually said it perfectly.
Jesse Adame, You said: ''Maybe their is another part to this but why doesn’t he answer how the church responds to not being able to meet with other believers?'' His topic is: ''How should Christians respond to the COVID-19 crisis?''... NOT: how the church responds to not being able to meet with other believers?
Joseph Durraz Churches are closed due to “Covid-19” they go hand in hand.... glad to finally see churches say they will start opening May 31st. Church is essential
@bloochoo People are allowed to go to a Pizza Hut parking lot and have a pizza delivered to their car. Those same people are being told they can not have the Lord's Supper delivered to their car in a church parking lot. The Lord's Supper is not essential....pizza is.
@bloochoo I am addressing YOUR comment. The Coronavirus/COVID-19 models were all lies. "Once lockdown is lifted" Dr. Fauci said a second pandemic is coming this fall. "social distancing" is found in documents a decade ago. John MacArthur doesn't even think the United States should exist.......The American Revolution was a violation of Romans 13. Facepalm.
Noghting can separate us from the LORD of our God and God says be still I am your LORD
Mekedes Mezmur Your god is dead. Covid-19 was it’s death twitch. Sorry🔥
Christus Mea Lux What would holding things close to your heart do? You do know hearts pumps blood and not much more, right?
Christus Mea Lux You do realize people change without faith too, right? How do you know it was not Odin or a kind pixie who helped you? Or that you did it all by yourself? Why give credit to a supernatural fantasy instead of yourself?
Loonytoones85 Not saved at all, just replaced one destructive behavior with another. An addicted brain will always be an addictive brain. Alcoholics stay away from drinking but are still alcoholics. A believers way of handling his addiction to fabled gods is to believe even more. That’s like an alcoholic drinking even more to get out of his addiction. Sorry, not saved what so ever.
@Loonytoones85 Praise Jesus, for I was going to say the same thing. He is on every post. I dont know why he feels the need to misdirect God's children, unless he is working for Satan himself.
I get that Pastor MacArthur talks about the virus in an eschatological sense, but how should Christians deal with the virus as part of society? Sorry if anyone thinks this is a silly question.
By following the rules set by the government.
Do the things that we CAN do... social distancing, following the rules set by the authorities and trust that God is sovereign over all. Those around us should be able to see our faith and trust in Gods control over this situation in how we are living our lives during these times. Not a silly question at all.
Weeaboo Jones by demonstrating our faith in God by showing that the virus is no threat to us by continuing to meet and continue with our lives and stop blindly following what the government’s are feeding us. I for one continue to live my life according to God and not the government
David Lyomo, WE are the government. Elected representatives are not our rulers.
@@autumn5852 yes, but we are instructed to follow the rules of the government as God has put our governments into place, good or bad.
Listening to wise people, you have a chance of being wise. I have no interest in being a companion of fools. God Bless America and thank you Pastor
Thanks
Amen
Jorge A. Batoca B. Chartarsch 456746986
Amen.
ala deano Charadash.
Check out that tie!
It's not a pro- l g b t tie, if that's what you are thinking lol.
@@Eric19877 Didnt even cross my mind. Just thought it was colorful!
@@ironman2326 Ok good, it's just last time Pastor MacArthur put out a video wearing that tie, someone commented that he sold out and was pro gay now lol, smh.
@@Eric19877 LOL not happening.
@@ironman2326 I know, thankfully, he is one of a few who stand against such things. I just wish however he would not use certain words like "gay" in front of and along with the word, "marriage", doing so does an injustice to God who instituted it, and it helped normalize, spread and infer or legitimize that abomination. Just like when people say Heterosexual marriage or traditional marriage, it implies there are other forms of Marriage that are legitimate when there is not, only Marriage as God created it to be. I know Pastor MacArthur means well, but it's just my 2 cents as many people dont even know there is evidence the gays planned all this over 30yrs ago.
I am wondering about how the body of Christ is supposed to be together. Was the church ever supposed to be separated? Yes we still can witness but how are we supposed to be together?
Jennifer, I am quite surprised myself at the willingness of so many to simply accept the “order” to not meet and not seek any other creative ways to still congregate as a fellowship. An outdoor service in a park (if yours are not closed as my town’s are not) with everyone staying 8’ apart might be a magnet for others to come to see what is going on.
Or the use of Zoom for Bible studies and fellowship.
Why do we just roll over and play dead?
Many Christians are using the internet for fellowship and Bible study. People craving it are finding work arounds. The problem is that many Christians view church as an event.
Well, Matthew, one of the positives in all this is that the churches have effectively been shut dow. The sick churches will most likely not recover but the healthy ones, that is, those fellowships who don’t view church attendance as the pinnacle of their Christian life experience, will find real fellowship and learn that much of what we did “in church” was not only not Biblical but had no eternal value at all in the first place. “ Praise and worship” comes to mind, as one example.
Jennifer you are all welcome together below serving suffering eternal. We LOVE you 4568762368🔥
@@jaymz1999 Jesus Kristus I bow down to You, I will follow you.
Father in heaven holy are you Your kingdom come Your will be done in me, forever You are my King.
Jesus come
Jesus is the way the truth and the life
"... we should ... we should .. we should .. we should ..:"
Unfortunately it turned out that followers of the christian doctrine are very often among those spreading nonsense about the actual situation, refusing to fulfill their responsibility in society but, as so often, loudly claim their egoistic "right" to only take care of themselves.
Yes, you should, but you don't. Because it would mean that for once you'd have to live by those rules you always try to impose on everyone else.
Jesus is the way the truth and the life
@@Disciple_777 What a pathetic "response".
I think everyone imposes on everyone tbh, like you're imposing your view of unbelief and insult by calling Christians nonsensical. Itll be interesting to know what/who you follow so people can tear it apart too.
@@lpl433 Certainly you are right to acknowledge that most people tend to try to defend their view on things.
But "impose" means something different. It is a violent act that suppresses the addressed person. I really would like to ask you to reconsider. Just because you do not like what you hear does not automatically means that what is pointed out is wrong. Sometimes the opposite of what you claim is true: that many people tend to shrug off rightful criticism just because it criticises their own view but completely fail to acknowledge what is actually said.
It is an established fact based on the available data that the vaccination rate among strict religious believers is substancially lower that in other social circles. It also is simply true that the vaccination primarily serves as a protection for others, so for society in general and especially the weaker individuals among us. Taking both aspects together _clearly_ demonstrates that the position many strict religious believers, _especially_ in the evangelical spectrum, does not make sense, contradicts itself. Which means that is indeed is illogical. You cannot on the one hand preach of charity all day long which at the same time refusing to contributed your social responsibility based on purely egoistic reasons. That simply does not sum up.
"Eat your own dog food" is a well established saying. Especially followers of the monotheistic religions are always the first to tell others how to behave. While they act different at the same time when it comes to their own interests. I'd say: that is hypocrite and obviously illogical.
Does that mean that I "impose" my view on you? Why that? Just because I dare to point out the obvious? Because I dare to address the problematic behavior many religious believers demonstrate but are unwilling to acknowledge?
Sorry, but that has nothing to do with "imposing".
The issue more likely is that you are not able to handle rightful criticism.
They should respond with the confidence that the Lord is in complete control; and, they should be grateful for the help the Lord is providing through those he's endowed with wisdom and skill.
And they should call out evil where there is evil. Not blindly go with whatever the world says.
To live is christ to die is gain
@Loonytoones85 go cry to your father the devil. I will not die but live and proclaim the works of the Lord!
I have actually responded to your comments and then removed my response. Please clarify your statement and the suggestion you implied so that I can address you without misunderstanding.
So is he for the jab or not?
All of a sudden, no need to obey the government and laws of the land? No need to observe mandates and public service announcements because Christians have no fear?
Everything is political, but be always on guard never to mix religion and politics. You can't pick and choose what rights you as Christians and as citizens have and not have according to your whims and fancy.
Daniel worshipped in secret, alone, not because he feared execution, but because he was a subject of the laws of the land. He did not openly protest. He did not give interviews to pronounce as if some great achievement, that he needlessly risked his life just so he could worship and pray to the Lord. That's pride speaking btw. I'm reminded of a certain Pharisee who stood at the center of the temple, in full view of people, and proclaimed that he was thankful he was not like a certain humbled and contrite tax collector who kept to the corner and meekly asked for mercy and forgiveness.
The church is the body of Christ, not the physical building. Is this a challenging time? Yes. Does it impede on your ability to congregate? Definitely. So? Somehow, not being able to go to worship service is such a war crime that no other concerns matter, but Pastor MacArthur will wax lyrical about Christians and the meaning of their vote. Which is it? Citizens with equal parts to play in social responsibility? Or an exclusive club that claims citizen benefits with extra privileges, and can decide as and when they want to be citizens again?
Makes total sense to me, seems wise, logic and faithful
When the government is run by demons your duty is to disobey
As a Christian shouldn’t you be looking forward to death so that you can complete this test (life) and get to heaven? Shouldn’t strictly obeying Yahweh be every Christian’s number one goal closely followed by the number two goal of death?
Strictly obeying? We lovingly obey God with all our imperfections. Death isnt a goal here on earth but glorifying God is. We have dual citizenship here and in heaven - there are benefits on both sides of heaven as Paul wrote in Phil 1:21-26.
The Lord says, Fear Not many, many times in the Bible.
Jesus may not come for some time. Meanwhile our freedom is being stripped and we are being led to the slaughter. What about our children, and their children. What kind of world are we leaving them if we sit passive in complacency while the evil grows and takes control. Time to Wake up and fight or else.
I have yet to hear from the majority of pulpits-- for Christians to repent AND/or begin seriously praying together in sack cloth and ashes---that's where the battle is taking place. You are correct in stating we are sitting, passively in complacency--instead of daily, hourly calling out to our GD, again in "sack cloth and ashes."
John Mackintosh Jesus did come and you killed him. What do you think will happen to you in the afterlife for that crime? 436764569🔥
@@jaymz1999 I did? I don't remember that.
Matt 6:26 Amen.
Jeff Strittmatter Harry Potter 3:16 Demorteu.
@@jaymz1999 I dont get it...
Jeff Strittmatter I know.
Please pray for our church in philippines. they dont want to gather becuase of the pandemic and the government say no.
The governments don't care about anyone but themselves.
Mac Arthur has Grace Qmunity Church Q Anon is his bible. Sad.
My wife had her second heart attack after second Covid shot,,these shot s are not the answer,,
Trying to Judge something by single coincident has _never_ been a good idea.
Stick with the data, it does not lie.
@@nupsi6 and the data is showing excess deaths from heart attacks increased 17-40% (depending on country) above all historical data for the 2022 period. No, data doesn't lie.
@@childoftime9964 could you please link the study that produced the data you name? Thanks.
@@nupsi6 you can look it up bud
@@childoftime9964 So you make a huge claim but are unable then to name any form of data or study supporting that claim, right?
So this looks like just one more case of made up nonsense we unfortunately see so often these days.
Stuff written by people with much hatred but little knowledge of the topics at hand, stuff that is simply made up and claimed to be "fact", but without any evidence for that.
Thanks for spreading such nonsense.
Dear Pastor: This is fantastic and sad because your junior pastors and ministry team do not also believe this. (Grace Comm. South Africa)
He, who wants to save his life will lose it...Jesus wasn't no prepper. No, Sir!
So the Christian thing to do is not prepare for any potentially dangerous event?
The important thing Christian ministers should talk about or preach about in church homilies is how Christians should react if the government begins the mandatory Vaccination (with chip implant) to all of us. You should make it clear to them that they should reject it and why should reject it.
Chip implant?? LOL
Matthew 6,
I got faith in the Lord not on a vaccine.
Amen brother
🙌 hallelujah
Please Study and its meaning Revelation 14:12
Revelation 14:12
12 Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
I agree. I have witnessed this irrational fear/anger first hand. I am with Paul in Romans 14:8. However, in light of this pandemic why aren't we talking about 2 Chron 7:13 "...If I send pestilence among my people." This then leads to "If my people, which are called by my name shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." This is a obvious wake up call and a opportunity to share the gospel. Act 17:30 "And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:" Jesus saves.
Totally agree!!! Why wasn't this stressed from the "born again" pulpits at the beginning, instead of every other kind of encouragement.
It wasn't a pestilence......The models were a lie. Neil Ferguson, the UK scientist that all the Covid-19 predicted numbers came from......has had to resign because he didn't follow the "social distancing" orders that he wants imposed on everyone else. He met for sex with his married lover...twice. Ferguson had symptoms of Covid-19, and this woman's husband also has symptoms. The husband won't be searching out Neil Ferguson for having sex with his wife.....they are in a "open" marriage....two children.
In Israel people are losing their vaccination status/"greenpass" for not having the booster shot.
Revelations 18:23
23 … for your merchants were the great ones of the earth, and all nations were deceived by your sorcery (pharmakeia).
Christians should have done their homework: When the bubonic plague reached Wittenburg, Germany, in August 1527, Martin Luther led by example, declaring: “I shall avoid places and persons where my presence is not needed in order not to become contaminated.” Luther wanted to avoid infecting others and causing their death through his “negligence.” He saw this action as wholly consistent with Christianity: “See, this is such a God-fearing faith because it is neither brash nor foolhardy and does not tempt God.” Luther also invoked the Bible’s admonition in the book of Leviticus that social-distancing and quarantine are essential to prevent the spread of disease. “We must do the same with this dangerous pestilence,” he wrote.
Also, this would be in line with Romans 13:1-2 about submitting yourself to the authorities. MacArthur and others are trying to make it a "faith" thing. When you think of his big church's budget and salaries, he figures a few lives won't be missed much as long as everyone gets paid.
@@martin9410 "Faith comes by listening to God's word" (Romans 10:17). There will be no anarchists in God's Kingdom. Christians are commanded to love, feed, and give water to our enemies in chapter 12 of Romans. Hence, Romans 13 can never be an authority over God's command for Christians to love enemies. The government may not see it this way, but my faith does not depend on the governments authority, but God's. "Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men" (Acts 5:28, 29).
@@JohnJakeWilliam Not sure where you're going with all that. We're not discussing one authority over another authority. In many cases, they can co-exist. And this is one of those cases. For instance in 1918-1919, when churches and other public venues had to close their doors for pandemic reasons. Overall, churches helped the local authorities. They didn't try to turn it into a religious freedom event. Churches continued ministering to the needy and they met outdoor in small numbers, prayed for one another, etc. till the pandemic was abated. Through their efforts to help the governing authorities on these matters, after the churches were allowed to reopen, they even established a better rapport within their communities. And this was prior to social media, Facetime, Zoom, email, cell phones, etc.
Also, you're not understanding the context of the passages you cite. First of all, these apostles were teaching in Solomon's Colonnade. So they were in the Sadducees and Pharisees' home court. This also was a spiritual battle within the Jewish community between accepting Jesus as the Messiah or not. The Jewish religious leaders were not the ruling Roman government. This was a religious situation, not a secular political one. In addition, our government isn't saying that from now on you can't teach in Jesus' Name. You're not using proper discernment on this passage. Our government is not trying to stop the message from getting out. If they were, our Bibles would have been taken, religious radio stations removed, no online services or bible studies, etc. Don't mistake a health crisis for a religious one.
@@martin9410 Spiritual things are spiritually discerned. ... Be well.
@@JohnJakeWilliam Yes, exactly my point! Thanks.
Luke 14: 12
~PSALM 📖 37:39~
We had nobody here? What's that ? Whats going to happen when trouble comes through persecution. Close the churches again ? What happened to grace and mercy. Isnt grace and mercy the only thing that's keeping us? Are we the ones that controls it now ? Stay home stay safe. Slow the curve. Where is that in miracles. I wonder if Jesus would have stay home (Heaven) would it have slowed the curve of sin for us?
Jesus and the Bible also teaches us to have wisdom. So don't be an idiot.
One third of me is wall to wall Holy Ghost and I can't even catch the common cold!
0:53
By worshipping the real gods who are the goatia ones?
More by finally stopping that nonsense called "religion" and accepting reality over that naive delusion.
We should love our neighbours and remember those who are suffering. In the world we shall have tribulation and thousands are dying daily in the USA. It is not over yet by a long way. Reality will bite, but the last enemy has been conquered.
Just have service. Don't bow down to tyrannical demands!!!
Im super healthy
Great to hear.
Hope it stays that way.
It puts you in the great position to show responsibility for the society you live in: help others and get your jabs.
I worry about my wife and daughter
So does that mean he is going to take the vax?
Rapture won't leave us here
There are some Christains are fear. We need give anything to God.
Why ? Is your "god" really in such deep need for underwear that you have to hand over yours?
That anybody dies at all regardless of what the pandemic is should grieve us. This virus is not highly overrated and it is real and will continue to bring death upon people worldwide until everyone is tested and is testing negative, the death rates go down and people continue to stay inside regardless. Try grieving rather than jumping for joy for all the people of the world who have this deadly virus.
Matthew, "social distancing" is found in documents from a decade ago. Neil Ferguson, the UK scientist from London Imperial College, was wrong on the models......and he has been wrong many times in the past. But Ferguson's model was what Dr. Fauci used. Neil Ferguson has just resigned......he didn't follow the social distancing orders that he insists everyone else must follow. He met twice with his married lover......she's in a "open" marriage. Both Ferguson and this woman's husband had symptoms of this virus. That's how "serious" Ferguson takes this. Many doctors are making it public that they have been pressured to write Covid-19 on death certificates. One of those doctors is a Minn. state senator. You have been lied to....and you have believed the lie.
I have not been lied to and this deadly virus is not a lie. It’s also not a competition to see who has the most deaths. Any and every death is horrible. It’s not a contest to see who has the highest number of deaths. We seem to be in a catch 22 situation - damned if we do, dammed if we don’t.
@@matthewking8806 Matthew, when this "pandemic" first started people were lied to. The models were false. It is now fact that doctors have been pushed to label all deaths as COVID-19. Hospitals are in deep trouble because they are empty and nurse being laid off. CBS This Morning has been caught staging a FAKE news story at Cherry Hill Medical Center, Grand Rapids, MI. This whole pandemic is political, not medical. There's a street that is on the Tenn./Virginia state line. The Governor in Tenn. has lifted restrictions and restaurants are open. In the state of Virginia ( Gov. Northam) everything is locked down. One side of the same street has lights.....the other side is dark. That's reality, Matthew. A woman ( mother with 3 children and 19 employees) in Dallas, TX. was arrested and thrown in jail for 7 days because she opened her salon. The judge told her to apologize because she was " being selfish." This mother was trying to put food on the table for her children.........and food on the tables of her 19 employees.......who were going hungry themselves so that their children could eat. The Texas, Attorney General bailed her out himself and said he would serve her time. Gov. Abbott has backed down. Get better sources of news, Matthew. Dr. Fauci says a second pandemic is coming this fall....and EVERYONE must be vaccinated when the vaccine comes out. Matthew, the vaccine will be either a DNA vaccine or an RNA vaccine....neither of these vaccines have ever been used.....although they have wanted them for some time now. Oh, by the way, Sweden didn't do a total lockdown......they are proof this was not a pandemic.
When you have eternal life, physical death is nothing in the scheme of things
Take the vaccine or not paster?
While I appreciate the comments about "living without fear" - The thoughts presented in this video sound overall pretty weak. Where is the righteous anger against the wicked that have purposed this on the common people of the earth. Even in America where so many are only a paycheck away from tragedy. And still preaching on 'Sunday'. I see just like the R. C.'s that claim to have started the whole 'Sunday worship' fiasco.
P.S. The name of the Messiah of Israel is Yahoshua or Yeshua (depending on one's Hebrew study).
Maybe that soneone the world needs is you ☺
How you make lasagna without tomatoes? 🤔
Yes as Christians our citizenship is in heaven not here as everything here is temporal. However we as Christians and especially Pastors need to speak up against these evil policies forbidding people from gathering together as a church. Oh please WAKE UP SHEPHERDS OF the FLOCK.
People couldn't gather anywhere, not just churches. When America is nearing 100,000 deaths from a pandemic with no vaccine or reliable method of testing it makes sense to prevent activities that spread it the most. Congregating in churches is almost guaranteed to infect hundreds and kill dozens. Church services could still be conducted on live stream, or personal services could be hosted by individuals. So no, it's not evil to include churches among every other facility in the country as places we could not gather.
What the majority of people in this evil world fail to understand is that your doctors, nurses and politicians are all clueless about this Coronavirus nonsense. There is only one thing and one thing alone that will cause you to catch this virus. It is not sneezing, it is not close contact and wearing a face mask will definitely not protect you. Plus wearing a face mask and social distancing will only make you look like a fool and they will reveal that you are a sinner who clearly does not know God. President Trump, your Governors and politicians and even most of your local preachers are nothing more then godless fools who are leading you astray and they are proving that they know absolutely zilch about God and His commands. It is sin and sin alone that will cause you to be afflicted with this virus or any other disease, tragedy or disability.
Psalm 107:17. “Fools, because of their transgression, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.”
Translated it is saying that you are a fool if you do not follow God’s laws and commands and you go and sin because you will then have pain, suffering and sickness. So this means that if you are someone who can get sick or someone who is currently suffering then you are a sinner who is not following God and you are simply following the devil lies. You may not be someone who is breaking the laws of men but you are most definitely breaking the laws or commands from God.
I do not even carry health care or insurance since I know without a doubt that I can never get sick. And I would gladly sit in a room filled with people with the Coronavirus to help awaken lost and misguided souls. It would not bother me nor scare me in the least and I would not wear a mask because I know that no sickness can ever touch me. I just laugh at the hysteria and nonsense that has been caused by this Coronavirus and I can clearly see why the majority of mankind will be spending their eternity in hell.
“He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, And under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler. You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, Nor of the arrow that flies by day, Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, And ten thousand at your right hand; But it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, And see the reward of the wicked. Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place, No evil shall befall you, Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; For He shall give His angels charge over you, To keep you in all your ways.”
Psalms 91:1-11 NKJV
Allow me now to give you some scripture from the New Testament with somethings that Jesus related to us.
“Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked. And that day was the Sabbath. The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.” He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ” Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you.”
John 5:8-14 NKJV
Jesus said SIN NO MORE to the sick man that He healed. So if Jesus instructed the man to sin no more this then means this it is possible for a Christian to get to a place where he could not sin anymore? Next, Jesus and the apostles could heal every sick person who came to them, so why was this so? It was because there is no sickness with God, there never was and there never will be since sickness comes from sin and the devil. This means that not only was Jesus sinless but the apostles also reached a place where they were sinless also. And please do not try and reason that Paul was someone who got sick as most misguided souls like to believe. If Jesus, Peter, Paul or any of the apostles could cast the sickness and demons out of everyone who came to them, what could possibly make anyone think that they themselves could ever get sick? Could they not just remove the sickness from themselves as they did with everyone else? Now let’s take sickness even a step further and look at the Paralytic man’s story as related to us in Mark 2.
“But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘ Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has power on earth to forgive sins” -He said to the paralytic, “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.”
Mark 2:8-11 NKJV
Jesus said, “Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘ Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? This scripture is relating to us that Jesus forgave the man’s sins and because He did, the man could now walk. So Jesus is clearly stating that it was the man’s sins that crippled him. So once again you have scripture clearly telling you that if you are someone who can get sick then it is because you are sinning by doing wicked things and you are not following God or His commands.
So all of this proves that a Christian can get to a place where he does not sin anymore and if you are someone who can get sick then you are definitely no where near that place. Most believers fail to understand that Jesus restored everything that we had lost in the Garden of Eden and the reason that they are not experiencing it in their life is simply because they do not understand it and they do not believe it.
Its such a shame that people in this country truly ARE clueless and don't understand how the the media, politicians, and healthcare community are manipulating them just to go along with their deceptive agenda.
Is this a test to distinguish who will be in the Rapture ?? while those who retreat now will be left behind and will prove that they do not deny Christ when they find themselves in the final statement "666 or death?"
The authorities now give privileges to those who are vaccinated !! Matthew 4:8-9 ... and my thoughts are directed to these verses =
Luke 21:34 “But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that Day come on you unexpectedly. 35 For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the Son of Man.”
1Thessalonians 5:2-3, Matthew 24:36-44, Luke 17:26-37, Luke 21:34-36
So am I doomed to hell since I am fully vaccinated
Not at all.
You simply have better chances to survive if you get infected. Not more, not less. Let's stay rational and responsible.
Maybe
ASK YOURSELF If Jesus came back today, Would he find the DNA code He wrote specifically for you or would He find some man made corrupted code. Lot's wife became worthless salt in God's eyes by holding onto the things of this world. is this world now worth holding onto at the cost of one's soul? this is the decision each of us has to answer.
Amen. The Lord told me in a dream 10 years ago that if I took the shot it would be a fate worse than death. I had no clue what he meant for another 8 years before it was revealed.
jmac can also be wrong sometimes i guess ;p i do hope he's changed his stance and actually care about the people that God allowed him to shepherd. this is a terrible message but should not be held against him and his body of work. everyone is entitled to be wrong sometimes. God is still sanctifying us in this world so we cant expect perfection on anybody, not even our pastors...
We have assurance of salvation so how we die is inconsequential
So life on Earth doesn't matter as long as they're a believer?
Is when you die inconsequential too?
Have you no respect for your fellow citizen who is trying to stay safe from the virus?
So the message is don’t worry because if you die you will
meet Jesus? Not helpful
But that is the core claim of the christian doctrine. Nothing else.
Rev 18:23 And the Light (JESUS, Jn. 12:46) of a candle shall shine (Word of the Spirit, Eph. 6:17) no more at all in thee; and the voice of the Bridegroom (JESUS, Jn. 3:29) and of the bride (Fellowship/Prayers, Acts 2:42) shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men (Big Pharma…, Rev. 18:3) of the earth; for by thy sorceries (Drugs/Witchcraft) were ALL nations deceived (Seduced).
Pharmakeia “SORCERIES”
From G5332; medication (“pharmacy”), that is, (by extension) magic (literal or figurative): - sorcery, witchcraft.
Aborted fetal cells = Abomination to the Most High God
RNA/Nano Technology = No longer human (as in the days of Noah)
Simon & Gates the Magician
Act 8:9 But there was a certain man (Gates, and others), called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery(witchcraft & drugs), and bewitched the people(of the world) of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one (actually an evil one): Act 8:10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. Act 8:11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries (witchcraft & drugs).
Can people be seduced by a man or men? YES! There’s nothing new under the sun!!! One man deceived an entire city back then!