Even in this thread, you see the fear of people. Our hope is not in government or medicine, if you are a Christian, your hope should be in the Lord. Period.
How weak we are - at the slightest indication of a problem, the church folds like a cheap suit. The early Christians were willing to DIE for the faith. We cannot even be inconvenienced or perhaps made sick.
Does anybody recall the scripture “do not forsake the assembling together” (Heb 10:25). Yes we are to obey the civil authorities, but NOT when it is in direct contradiction to the word of God.
If the government outlawed religious meetings at any time - should Christians obey that order too?
Berean- how correct you are. This low mortality flu has exposed lukewarm Christians for what they are- weak Christians. 3 out of 5 of our local Christian churches closed out of fear, I wonder how many will not be around in the near future. The Good Lord has a way of disbanding weak, lukewarm ineffective Churches, make no mistake this flu is weeding out the weak from the strong. The best we can do is pray for the weak Christians to truly embrace God’s word and promises in full. Become strong. Christians are commanded to have no fear- fear is ultimately distrusting God’s word. Biblical history has many examples of what happened to all those weak churches, and how they became weak- fear.