Sunday, February 20, 2022

The Biblical commandment regarding Vaccination


The Biblical commandment regarding Vaccination

What is the commandment that is applicable in deciding on the vaccination?
The Bible does not say "Thou shalt take the vaccination."
Nor does the Bible say "Thou shalt not take the vaccination."

Therefore it is clear that the LORD has given that choice to us and left that decision with us.
We cannot justify ourselves by taking the vaccination. Nor can we justify ourselves by not taking the vaccination. We cannot pat ourselves on the back and tell ourselves, "Well done! GOD is pleased with me because I have obeyed His commandment."

We are also not in a position to tell others " You have disobeyed GOD'S law by taking the vaccination" or "You have disobeyed GOD'S law by not taking the vaccination."

What then is the commandment?

We can come to the LORD JESUS today like the lawyer and ask Him with sincerity and He will speak clearly to us.


 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, 
they gathered together. 
 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, 
testing Him, and saying, 
 "Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?" 
 Jesus said to him, "'You shall love the Lord your God 
with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' 
 This is the first and great commandment. 
 And the second is like it: '
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 
 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."
Matthew 22:34-40

The LORD JESUS further simplified the command to His followers who had literally experienced His love while they were with Him when He lived as a human being on earth.


 This is My commandment, 
that you love one another as I have loved you.
John 15:12

We are called to check our own motives and the attitudes of our hearts.

GOD'S commandment is 'LOVE' and it begins with GOD'S love in our hearts.

 There is no fear in love; 
but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. 
But he who fears has not been made perfect in love.
1 John 4:18

We must check our thoughts and heart against GOD'S commandment of love.
" Am I doing this to glorify the LORD Whose love has filled my heart?"
"Am I putting my selfish interests aside and making this decision in the interest of others?"
"Is my decision based on my faith or is it based on fear - fear of the virus or fear of the vaccination?"


In the early Church also there was a similar issue regarding circumcision. There were very strong views for and against circumcision. Interestingly, the LORD JESUS did not specifically speak about this matter, although He Himself was circumcised like any Jewish baby boy.

The apostle Paul, who Himself was a circumcised Jew, writes to the Galatian Church to whom this became an issue.

 Stand fast therefore in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, 
and do not be entangled again with a yoke of bondage. 
Indeed I, Paul, say to you that if you become circumcised, 
Christ will profit you nothing. 
And I testify again to every man who becomes circumcised 
that he is a debtor to keep the whole law. 
You have become estranged from Christ, 
you who attempt to be justified by law; 
you have fallen from grace. 
For we through the Spirit eagerly wait 
for the hope of righteousness by faith. 
For in Christ Jesus 
neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything, 
but faith working through love. 
You ran well. Who hindered you from obeying the truth? 
This persuasion does not come from Him who calls you. 
A little leaven leavens the whole lump. 
I have confidence in you, in the Lord, 
that you will have no other mind; 
but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, 
whoever he is. And I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, 
why do I still suffer persecution? 
Then the offense of the cross has ceased. 
I could wish that those who trouble you 
would even cut themselves off! 
For you, brethren, have been called to liberty; 
only do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, 
but through love serve one another. 
For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: 
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself." 
But if you bite and devour one another, 
beware lest you be consumed by one another! 
I say then: Walk in the Spirit, 
and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 
For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, 
and the Spirit against the flesh; 
and these are contrary to one another, 
so that you do not do the things that you wish. 
But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 
Now the works of the flesh are evident, 
which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 
idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, 
selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, 
drunkenness, revelries, and the like; 
of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, 
that those who practice such things 
will not inherit the kingdom of God. 
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, 
longsuffering, kindness, goodness, 
faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. 
Against such there is no law. 
And those who are Christ's have crucified the flesh 
with its passions and desires. 
If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. 
Let us not become conceited, 
provoking one another, envying one another.
Galatians 5:1-26





Thursday, February 17, 2022

 The Potter, the Clay, 
the mould and the tool


 "Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, 

You who seek the Lord: 

Look to the rock from which you were hewn, 

And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug.

Isaiah 51:1


Our life on earth is preparation for Heaven.

We are the clay and our Heavenly Father is the Potter.

The LORD JESUS is the mould.

The Holy Spirit is the Water that softens the clay.

The tools our Heavenly Father uses in the process of moulding, by pushing us against the model mould are, adversities, sicknesses, difficult situations and difficult people.


The clay needs to be gently pressed against the mould to take its shape.

If the clay is hard, it needs more pressure.


Yielding to the gentle water of the Holy Spirit will keep the clay moist, soft and pliable, preventing it from cracking and breaking up. 


During the moulding process, every bump and groove in the mould becomes a dent and a ridge respectively, in the soft clay.


He Who had no sin became sin so that I might become the righteousness of GOD in Him.

He took the curse so that I could be blessed.

He made Himself poor so that I might become rich in Him.

He came down so that I might go up.


If my hope is Heaven and I want to shape up, I must learn from every pressure of the tool, allowing myself to be pushed towards CHRIST.


GOD does not expect me to push and strive against and change the situations or people He uses as His tools. 


I must not become bitter and hardened by tough situations.

I must not allow unforgiveness and hurt against the difficult, irritating and unreasonable people in my life to harden my heart lest I become like the tool and not like the mould! I must press into the mould and intercede for the tools.


"You have heard that it was said, 

'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' 

But I tell you not to resist an evil person. 

But whoever slaps you on your right cheek, 

turn the other to him also. 

If anyone wants to sue you and take away your tunic, 

let him have your cloak also. 

And whoever compels you to go one mile, 

go with him two. 

Give to him who asks you, 

and from him who wants to borrow from you 

do not turn away. 

"You have heard that it was said, 

'You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 

But I say to you, love your enemies, 

bless those who curse you, 

do good to those who hate you, 

and pray for those who spitefully use you 

and persecute you, 

that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; 

for He makes His sun rise 

on the evil and on the good, 

and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 

For if you love those who love you, 

what reward have you? 

Do not even the tax collectors do the same? 

And if you greet your brethren only, 

what do you do more than others? 

Do not even the tax collectors do so? 

Therefore you shall be perfect, 

just as your Father in heaven is perfect.

Matthew 5:38-48


 who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; 

when He suffered, He did not threaten, 

but committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;

1 Peter 2:23

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