The Bible On Trial

Panic~

The level of panic has risen this past week in relation of the Covid-19 virus outbreak in China. The hardware store where I work has almost run out of N-95 face masks, and our suppliers can't get any more. Yesterday we had a lady come to the store and buy $250 worth of masks, which basically cleaned us out. We do have a few single use masks, and we are selling them at our regular price, but with a limit of 10 per person ($7.99 each). Our stock will not last through the day. 

Yesterday, a young family came in with their baby and asked me if we had masks that would fit their child. The young mother was almost in tears when I told her that we did not carry child sized masks. I tried to reassure her that if they were heathy and took care to wash their hands regularly that they should be OK, but this family has bought into the idea that there is a pandemic happening, and that they are facing iimmanent death. 

The issus here is that the media is playing to the fears of the people when there is truly no need to panic. There is NEVER any need to panic. But what we are seeing is an uninformed populace taking the word of and uniformed media, and placing their trust in the words of people that don't know what they are talking about. 

So let's move this situation over to the spiritual side of things. The 'peepul'  have been told by their pastors and teachers that salvation is the free gift of God, and that all you have to do to be saved is claim Jesus as their savior by FAITH through Grace. When this is shown to not be true, panic will set in, because these people will be forced to choose a path that they do not know, and cannot see. They won't know who to turn too for the truth, because they have learned to believe a lie as if it is the truth. 

The world is drowning in lies. The 'lifesaver' is the truth, the gospel of the Kingdom.