IT'S A PLAGUE

In every season new things and terms come up. We are being told to Practice Social Distancing but there is one thing we must practice now which is more important than Social Distancing. It is called MENTAL DISTANCING. That is, mind what you are allowing into your mind. Giving attention to the news, varied information on the internet can affect you seriously and breed fear.

The information we are collating and gathering up in our minds can lead to destruction. If we do not mind what we are hearing and seeing in these times we will be held in captivity. We are to GUARD our hearts with all diligence.

IF WE ARE GOING TO SURVIVE THIS TIMES WE MUST MAINTAIN MENTAL DISTANCING

If you do not maintain and enforce Mental Distancing, you will be a victim of these times.

Right now, God is staining the pride of men. Both men of status and means and the common man have all been affected. Even in Church and out of Church, developed and developing countries have been almost crippled by COVID-19. All brought to the same level in need of a solution

No one is an authority over this matter. When things come to this junction, then we must begin to know that only God has the answer.

In Matthew 24 : 3, the disciples ask Jesus, what shall be the signs of His coming and of the end of the world. Jesus answered by saying, *Take heed that no man deceive you*.( Verse 4 & 5)

Jesus emphasized on deception. In fact, the deception is not coming from outside but within (Church). It is not everything we must give our minds to now. The devil is trying to take advantage of the situation to bombard our minds with all kinds of theory. We must not be carried away with every wind of doctrine. We become worn out when we are carried about with every wind of doctrine. Some have said this is not a plague, and that God doesn’t send plagues. But I am saying to you that this is just the beginning! Scriptures say that see that NO man deceive you. Part of why we are confused is because we are looking at God through personalities rather than through His word. We rather believe what a personality said than what God says in scriptures, and this is because our focus over time has shifted.

WHAT IS COVID-19

They said it is a short name for Coronavirus. Everything in life has both spiritual and physical meaning, and the spiritual meaning is superior to the physical.

Ephesians 5:13-17 - It is foolish to think that everything ends in the physical. We must understand what the will of God is in this matter.

COVID-19 is a plague; it is a pestilence; it is a fulfilment of Prophecy (darkness)

PLAGUE

Genesis 12:17, Exodus 9:14-15, Numbers 16:46, Psalm 106:29-30, Revelations 18:1-

The first time we find plague in the Bible is in Genesis 12:17. You can’t kill a plague when the source is God. People have been so bombarded with a lie that when they see the truth they still want to justify the lie.

The reason we cannot partake of the plague is not just because we are believers, but believers who do not partake in what brought the plague. Scriptures say we should separate ourselves. Being a believer does not guarantee you will not partake of the plague, you must separate yourself from the sins and cause of the plague (Revelations 18:4)

WHY WILL GOD BRING A PLAGUE?

God brings a plague for judgment when He is angry when His authority is being questioned etc

DURATION OF A PLAGUE

No plague has a specific duration.

1. It is tied to how fast the people respond by repentance or make the needed adjustment

2. How fast the message is passed across.

3. Thirdly, until the purpose of the plague is accomplished.

We are being deceived right now by focusing on the wrong things concerning this issue. What should be on our minds now should be what is God saying; what are the lessons we are to learn from this? If we do not get this, we cannot escape being victims.

Numbers 21:5-9 - Most of the Israelites died because God sent fiery serpents among them to kill them. Anyone who is not telling you the TRUTH right now that this plague is God at work is DECEIVING you!

The Church must FREE herself from the pressure of the World. The Church must not try and obey the World. The truth is that if God is not saying anything, it is better to keep quiet rather than try to say something so that the World will know we are saying something.

Genesis 19:13-14 The Word has come and the world is ripe for destruction. What ripens the earth for destruction is SIN. We know this by the level of atrocities in the earth right now. The World has insulted God enough. What righteousness gives us is that it shows us the way of escape if we will take advantage of it. God wants to take us but in taking us out some will still linger.

GOD IS CALLING FOR THE ATTENTION OF NATIONS

As we are sanitizing our hands we must sanitize our hearts ten times more; as we are maintaining social distance we must maintain MENTAL DISTANCING much more.

In summary,

1. God is calling for the attention of the nations

2. It is time to seek God at a more-closer level.

3. It is time to repent from every sin and serve God genuinely. 2 Timothy 2:19.

COVID-19 is not a storm but a plague. We rebuke a storm but not a plague. WE CAN ONLY AVERT A PLAGUE BY RESPONDING TO GOD’S INSTRUCTION AND PLEAD FOR MERCY. This is a spiritual matter, and it requires a spiritual response.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Every family should pray and break bread every day

2. Every personal altar must be alive and active

WHAT WILL THIS PRODUCE OR WHERE ARE WE HEADED?

A people fired and lighted up will emerge and the earth will be too small to contain them. The earth also will be lighted and fired up for a massive harvest-a quick work in righteousness that will hasten and usher the coming of Jesus. His coming is near but this condition must be met-“…Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?... And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come”. Matt. 24:3, 14.

OUR ADVANTAGED POSITION IS TO TRUST AND OBEY HIM.