1. La digital technology is an ally, not an enemy in our mission to spread the gospel. Let us not be naive about its destructive potential, much less indifferent to the facilities it offers us. Quarantine has been educational for pastors and leaders to learn. how to use such tools if they are going to continue their ministry in these uncertain times;
2. La Church is a people, not buildings: the worship of God continues despite the emptying of religious temples. This virus has also challenged false churches and false prophets who, instead of proclaiming the gospel directly, have perverted themselves in an irresponsible desire for promise. Indiscriminate cures and miracles and are now silenced. The pandemic has taught us that the true church always triumphs in the most difficult times;
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- Our house is also a place of worship and it is our responsibility (not just that of pastors) to shepherd our family.
- Let this practice continue after the quarantine period and let us not subcontract our priestly domestic responsibilities to our pastors;.
4. The closure of shopping malls and commerce as a whole has also helped us to live in a simpler way, in fact, we do not need much to live with quality, in fact, a little enough, since we have something to eat. and how we cover ourselves, we are happy (1 Tim 6:8).
5. Throughout history, the Church has always embraced the needs of the world, whether in the creation of schools, hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages, and countless charities, this crisis has reaffirmed our commitment to ensuring that our income exists not only to meet our needs, but to have the means to help those in need (Ephesians 4:28).
6. The virus refreshes our memory of our delicacy and fragility, challenging us to depend more intensely on divine sovereignty and to abandon all kinds of triumphalist theology or arrogant positions;
7. We must never place blind hopes on political authorities. We must not idolize any political messiah, whether in China, Italy, the United States, Brazil or anywhere else. They were all wrong and will remain wrong. We do not know. what awaits us. Experts cannot point the way. The crisis challenges us to trust God as the only sufficient and infallible ruler in history;
The crisis also forces us to be more creative and to do the same things in ways we never imagined; it is at this time that great leaders rise up and innovative ideas seem to change the way we live. this first rank! The only alternative to avoiding is victimization, because in the midst of crises there are always great opportunities;
9. Times of uncertainty confirm the biblical wisdom that teaches us to be ready to listen and late to talk and to be angry, it is time to exercise self-control and be late to write, think twice when you write something on your social networks Be careful, stay sober and be careful not to get bitter at this critical time.
10. La pandemic revealed so-called global security. Our security is not in the hands of the financial market, political systems or any hope that comes from human beings. At this moment we realize the essential nature of faith, because if the Lord does not build the house, those who build it work in vain; if the Lord does not keep the city, the sentinel watches in vain. Don’t you have to get up in the morning and rest late to earn your bread?(Exit 127,1-3). God is our only refuge and security at the time of tribulation. It is time to calm your heart and realize that, mysteriously, God is exalted among nations. Suffering is often a method God uses to mature our faith. What did God teach him in your forties?
By: Jean Francisco. © Return to the Gospel. Website: voltemosaoevangelho. com All rights are reserved. Source: What are the lessons the church is learning (or should I learn) in this pandemic?