Yet in their hearts they know that this is not the truth. They hear the yet small voice of the Holy Spirit and they know what they are being indoctrinated with by the leaders of this world does not reconcile with the Word of God.
The Covid Pandemic is the paramount example of what the Mystery of Iniquity is attempting to achieve in regard to causing Christians to abandon their faith in the face of fear and manipulation. This is dangerous for Christians because they are forced to try to identify the point at which they should take a stand for what they believe.
Questions like “Do I take the vaccine now because it is not the mark of the beast?” “Will God protect me if I take the vaccine or not?” “Am I being a traitor to Christ if I take the vaccine?” “Is the vaccine a vaccination or a gene therapy and a poison.” “Can I believe the promises God makes in the Bible?” All of these issues and many more attack the faith of the believer. The enemy is attempting to pull them off the path, that narrow way which our Lord Jesus spoke of in the gospels.
However, it is said that every cloud has a silver lining and the silver lining in this case is that the attack on the Church in the West is ramping up slowly. We have time to acclimate to the new order of things. To consider the issues and what our responses should be. To take up the Full Armor of God and consider our Faith and grow into it as we prepare for the enemy before us and battle that is at hand.
As we consider these things let us dwell on some scriptures that might help us to armor ourselves in the face of this onslaught against our faith. God does not leave us bereft in the face of the oppressor. Rather he faces them with us and gives us assurances in the scriptures of His methods and promises to His servants.
A Few of God’s Promises and Methods of Protecting the Mind of the Believer.
Isaiah 26:3 “You will keep him in perfect peace, Whose mind is stayed on You, Because he trusts in You.” NKJV
Keep your focus on God and His Word and He will keep you in perfect peace.
Isaiah 54:17 “No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, And their vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord. NASB
Isaiah 33:15 “...He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed
And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil.” NASB
As they used to say “Hear no evil, see no evil.” Isaiah 33:16 goes on to speak about the person who does this and how their refuge will be the Rock.
Mark 16:18 “they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.” NASB
Ephesians 6-17 “Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. Stand firm therefore, having girded your loins with truth, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness, and having shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace; in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.
Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Philippians 4:8 Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
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