In accordance with directives from President Trump, state and local authorities, our church cancelled Sunday services this week. We did this not out of fear, but because of what the Bible teaches in 1 Peter 2:13-14. It says, "Be subject for the Lords's sake to every human institution, whether it be emperor (i.e President), or to governors sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good". Did you notice what it said? Be subject to EVERY human institution, not just the one's you agree with. Our leaders have told us to avoid gatherings of more than 10, and that is exactly what we did. However, we still "went to church". How? Well, we started our morning by watching a sermon online from one of our new favorite pastors, Voddie Bauchum.
Then we made a couple of omelettes for breakfast while we waited for our home church to livestream a sermon. At 10:30, right on schedule, our pastor preached a sermon from our church in front of empty pews. It was very strange, and we missed worshiping corporately with our church family, but at least we were able to hear a message from the Word of God. I pray this all ends soon, and we can get back to going to church, and not sitting on our couch watching a livestream.
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