{"id":36083,"date":"2022-09-13T12:40:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/is-it-proper-to-close-the-churches-to-wear-masks-and-to-social-distance-does-this-have-to-do-with-obeying-man-rather-than-god-united-states\/"},"modified":"2022-09-13T12:40:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T17:40:43","slug":"is-it-proper-to-close-the-churches-to-wear-masks-and-to-social-distance-does-this-have-to-do-with-obeying-man-rather-than-god-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/is-it-proper-to-close-the-churches-to-wear-masks-and-to-social-distance-does-this-have-to-do-with-obeying-man-rather-than-god-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it proper to close the churches, to wear masks and to social distance? Does this have to do with obeying man rather than God? (United States)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Summary:<\/strong> Meeting<\/strong> with other Christians is scripturally directed<\/strong> by God. Using technology to meet is still obeying God.<\/p>\n

Discussion<\/strong>: God’s principles<\/strong> govern a Christian’s life. If man’s law is in opposition to God’s scriptures, we must obey God. Meeting <\/strong>with fellow believers is directed by God<\/strong>. Hebrews 10:24-25 (RSV),  “let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together<\/strong>, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another<\/strong>, and all the more<\/strong> as you see the Day drawing near.” <\/p>\n

Do these scriptures tell us how <\/strong>to meet together? Do they teach we must <\/strong>be physically close and not wear masks? No.<\/p>\n

Today, we can meet together using technology<\/strong>. We have phones, online Church services, socially distanced but still face to face Church Bible studies. We are not isolated. We can still encourage one another<\/strong> without direct, close physical contact. So, we are still obeying<\/strong> Hebrews 10:24-25. <\/p>\n

Restricted fellowship<\/strong>, even isolation need not inhibit our growth<\/strong> in Christ. The Apostle Paul<\/strong> spent two years in a prison <\/strong>in Caesarea (Acts 24:27). In Rome, he was imprisoned in a hired house (where he could receive visitors) for another two years (Acts 28:30). Finally, Paul spent his last 1 1\/2 years in a jail cell <\/strong>in Rome where he was finally beheaded. During these three imprisonments, he wrote<\/strong>  Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, Philemon, and 2 Timothy. <\/p>\n

Christians do need each other. That is a Biblical principle. (See 1 Corinthians 12:12-27.) But we can still obey God and <\/strong>fellowship and study together using technology and<\/strong> obey the current laws of social distancing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summary: Meeting with other Christians is scripturally directed by God. Using technology to meet is still obeying God. Discussion: God’s principles govern a Christian’s life. If man’s law is in opposition to God’s scriptures, we must obey God. Meeting with fellow believers is directed by God. Hebrews 10:24-25 (RSV),  “let us consider how to stir … Continue reading “Is it proper to close the churches, to wear masks and to social distance? Does this have to do with obeying man rather than God? (United States)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36083\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}