Focus on Soulwinning, Not on Conspiracy Theories This COVID-19
It's no secret that the Coronavirus or COVID-19 is really a terrible thing. There are talks about that COVID-19 may start a whole new world order. There are talks about COVID-19 is a dangerous bioweapon. There are even people who say that the COVID-19 will ultimately lead to the mark of the Beast and a New World Order. There are also anti-vaccine people such as those in the nutjob sites Reformation Online, Now the End Begins, and Jesus-is-Savior. You also have Infowars with Alex Jones and Conspiracy World with Texe Marrs. the list can go and there's so much of it that I might as well avoid piling them up. Marrs and Jones may be anti-Catholic but they certainly aren't reliable. COVID-19 conspiracy theories are indeed piling up like crazy that it's a great distraction from the Great Commission.
COVID-19 is just one example that God's judgment is coming. There was also the Spanish Flu in 1919. There was also the Cholera Outbreak of 1854 during the time of Charles H. Spurgeon. Spurgeon gave a good example that he decided not to dwell on conspiracy theories (such as maybe lie that the cholera was a Jesuit-planned outbreak when it wasn't) but ended up reaching. COVID-19 is just another sign that life can be short, it can be uncertain, and God's judgment is coming. Feng Shui masters' predictions of good luck for 2020 were disproven as the COVID-19 kicked in. Probably God allowed COVID-19 to show that faith in astrology isn't going to help.
How are conspiracy theories not helpful during the crisis? There is such a thing as a healthy amount of fear. I have no problem with having a certain degree of fear. It's having a certain degree of fear that prevents you from jumping off the top floor or playing with fire. It's the fear of the LORD that is the beginning of wisdom. Having respectful fear for authority is needed so society can operate properly. Unfortunately, the COVID-19 conspiracy theories are distracting people away from the right direction. Medical scientists may end up overdiagnosing it that a wrong vaccine or medication may end up getting people killed instead of helped. There may also be unnecessary panic which in turn will lower down the immune system. In short, conspiracy theories are a huge distraction away from what's important.
What's worse is that conspiracy theories can distract anyone from soulwinning. One reason why Christians should now be advised to discern their sources is that many of them focus more on conspiracies than soulwinning. Many times, the conspiracy theorists don't do it for the truth but for attention. I hear conspiracy theorists even make money out of what they do. How they make money might be because people will desperately pay for information that might be supposedly helpful. However, many of them tend to get the money but never give out materials. That is clearly theft. It would have the church too occupied trying to find a secret Jesuit or Illuminati laboratory cooking up the COVID-19 than win people. It would also strike unhealthy fear never mind that any Jesuit, Illuminati, or whatever out there is also part of the mission field.
Churches may be temporarily disassembled but it doesn't mean soulwinning can't happen. There are Christian churches right now doing some important soulwinning activities. Some Christian frontliners are now even passing Gospel tracts to people. There is the need to counter whatever literature Satan may pass in the bag of relief goods. Satan's children are taking advantage of the pandemic to spread their message. There are also others who will take advantage of the pandemic for their own selfish needs. If Satan's own could take that advantage then so should the children of God. Believers today are now more fortunate to have online banking. Before, they may even have to wait for their church workers to collect the money from their home. Regardless, COVID-19 maybe that badly needed time for cleansing of the mind and a call to win more people. That includes wicked people who are taking advantage of the pandemic as they too are the mission field.
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