i wear a mask in public for these reasons only:
-it's been mandated by the governor of the state i live in (Rom 13:1); and i don't perceive that this is any more of an attack on my faith in God's Word as Absolute Truth than when i hear Christians express faith in medical science above God's Word (such as Ex 15:26, last phrase; Psalms 103:3, Isaiah 53:5; Mat 8:16, 17; 1Pet 2:24; etc. etc. etc) - it wasn't until i was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given 6 months to live (23 years ago) that i began to really believe that focusing on God's Word would heal what the best of science said could not be healed (i.e., focus on these and other similar scriptures, instead of focusing on medical science' prediction of my imminent death). i believe that this is why i am still alive (and in very good health, free from sickness, prescription drugs, regular medical treatment, 'preventative tests', medical 'specialists', 'co-pays' and drug costs, etc.) in spite of what medical science was so certain of 23 years ago.
-witness opportunity - I wrote "Psalms 91" across my mask (not the whole text of Psalms 91, just the phrase "Psalms 91") - people often ask me what Psalms 91 is about, and i get the privilege of telling them; stressing the first part of verse 2, and verses 9 and 10
-so that i don't inspire fear in others who don't have the same understanding of the cause of and God-centered defense from sickness as i do - until i faced cancer, i didn't have to decide what i believed about sickness and healing, as is true of most people.
if your friend is basing her belief that covid isn't a threat to her on anything other than God's Word, then she is certainly at risk - but rather than try to convince her to change her thinking on covid, if you'll concentrate your efforts toward getting her focus off covid and onto God's promise of eternal life, she might enter into fellowship with Him based on faith on His grace rather than her performance; and give Him a better opportunity to help her rely on His Word to resist fear in every area of her life - not just covid. eternal life doesn't start when people leave their flesh bodies; it began when God said 'Let there be Light" (before there was a sun or stars) - we who are reborn in Christ and still in flesh bodies on this earth are already living eternal life - but we enjoy the benefits of living in heaven on earth only to the extent to which we have renewed our minds with His Word (the most worthy goal that none of us, including me, will fully reach while in flesh bodies on this earth).
(Mat 25:44) Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
(Mat 25:45) Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
(Mat 25:46) And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
(Joh 17:1) These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
(Joh 17:2) As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
(Joh 17:3) And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
(emphasis added by me)
-it's been mandated by the governor of the state i live in (Rom 13:1); and i don't perceive that this is any more of an attack on my faith in God's Word as Absolute Truth than when i hear Christians express faith in medical science above God's Word (such as Ex 15:26, last phrase; Psalms 103:3, Isaiah 53:5; Mat 8:16, 17; 1Pet 2:24; etc. etc. etc) - it wasn't until i was diagnosed with terminal cancer and given 6 months to live (23 years ago) that i began to really believe that focusing on God's Word would heal what the best of science said could not be healed (i.e., focus on these and other similar scriptures, instead of focusing on medical science' prediction of my imminent death). i believe that this is why i am still alive (and in very good health, free from sickness, prescription drugs, regular medical treatment, 'preventative tests', medical 'specialists', 'co-pays' and drug costs, etc.) in spite of what medical science was so certain of 23 years ago.
-witness opportunity - I wrote "Psalms 91" across my mask (not the whole text of Psalms 91, just the phrase "Psalms 91") - people often ask me what Psalms 91 is about, and i get the privilege of telling them; stressing the first part of verse 2, and verses 9 and 10
-so that i don't inspire fear in others who don't have the same understanding of the cause of and God-centered defense from sickness as i do - until i faced cancer, i didn't have to decide what i believed about sickness and healing, as is true of most people.
if your friend is basing her belief that covid isn't a threat to her on anything other than God's Word, then she is certainly at risk - but rather than try to convince her to change her thinking on covid, if you'll concentrate your efforts toward getting her focus off covid and onto God's promise of eternal life, she might enter into fellowship with Him based on faith on His grace rather than her performance; and give Him a better opportunity to help her rely on His Word to resist fear in every area of her life - not just covid. eternal life doesn't start when people leave their flesh bodies; it began when God said 'Let there be Light" (before there was a sun or stars) - we who are reborn in Christ and still in flesh bodies on this earth are already living eternal life - but we enjoy the benefits of living in heaven on earth only to the extent to which we have renewed our minds with His Word (the most worthy goal that none of us, including me, will fully reach while in flesh bodies on this earth).
(Mat 25:44) Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
(Mat 25:45) Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
(Mat 25:46) And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
(Joh 17:1) These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:
(Joh 17:2) As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.
(Joh 17:3) And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
(emphasis added by me)
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