Feb 12, 2021 WWJWMTD by Steve, the son of John

The Day of the Lord Has Come…

Leadership and the Body of Christ (part 2)

The Day of the Lord has come, and we are not ready. Was the Church prepared for Covid-19? Are our lamps filled with oil (is your light/testimony shining bright)? Is everyone praying and saying, “Come Lord Jesus, Come?” Are you still poor, blind, and naked or are you rich with the Holy Spirit, can you see the truth in what is taking place in this world? Are you clothed with a robe of righteousness that is clean and bright? The final and all-encompassing question is, are you living a lifestyle that does not ‘tempt God’?

Satan has stolen the blessings God has given you, as well as, stolen your first love for Jesus by fighting against you. Satan has driven you away from God’s perfect will for your life by telling you lies that you have accepted. Satan is on the verge of destroying all that you consider your strength in God by getting you ‘to love this world and the things in this world’ instead of loving God more than you love your own life.

Christian leadership has not prepared us for what has recently taken place in

America nor what is coming soon. I considered the greatest error on the part of our leadership is ‘not teaching us how we tempt God’. As Jesus was tempted by the devil so the Church has been tempted and ‘found failing’. Mathew 4:5-7: Then the devil took him to the holy cityand had him stand on the highest point of the temple.“If you are the Son of God,”he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written: “He will command his angels concerning you, and they will lift you up in their hands, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.” Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test’.”

Our response to Covid-19 was out of fear. We were fearful of confronting government regulations. We were fearful of the virus; we were told and believed that if anyone who gets the virus will die of the virus (what a lie). We were fearful of public opinion and losing respectability with society and the media if we question what was taking place. When you tempt God, you come under the control of the devil and eventually become fearful and believe what you are told. In fact, wearing a mask has become more a symbol of submission to the government than having protection from the virus.

We all know that we have been tempting God by not doing what our Lord has taught us to do with regards to honoring God and living a lifestyle that shows respect to how God wants us to live. We now know that the virus has little effect on those individuals that have treated their body with healthy living habits and use wisdom connected with common sense in combating any sickness.

We have failed by doing these things: we eat unhealthy meals & snack foods, exercise too little (America is overweight), breathe air that is stale and recirculated, spend too much time indoors instead of outside in the sunlight, do not exercise proper/consistent hygiene, nor do we drink enough ‘quality water’ each day. We want to live unhealthy lifestyles and then want the Medical Association to give us a magic pill or injection/shot to cure how we have treated our bodies. In short, we tempt God. We want God to heal us or supply some miracle so to correct what we have been doing wrong to our bodies. The medical profession offers assistance in so many good ways, but we could assist our bodies in fighting infections, disease, and viruses if we would not tempt God.

Church leadership should have been telling all of its members to ‘live a healthy lifestyle’! Leaders should be addressing what we eat, how to exercise properly, issues of overweight, proper hygiene, and how not living a proper lifestyle causes one to tempt God. We should not, we cannot tempt God in any form, manner, or decision-making process. We must make decisions that protect our body—physically, socially, and spiritually. Leadership has ignored the truth of the Scriptures—’do not tempt the Lord your God’.

Not living a God-honoring lifestyle is like committing suicide and tempts God. God in His great mercy offers us grace, healing, and miracles if we have come under the control of Satan’s influence or have acted/made decisions out of ignorance. If you know to do any good and do it not, it is sin’ it is just that simple, and Old Testament commandments support such a position of living a healthy lifestyle. (This is only one of so many ways we tempt God; let’s become educated.) We want to do the minimum in serving and loving God, but Jesus said we must love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. He furthermore said, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” It is time to love God, not tempt God.

God has blessed America with abundance and multiple life-changing options. We have available to us, a host of choices as to our health and well-being. Choose the lifestyle that does not tempt God and can fight the virus (any virus or disease). It is time to live to Christ alone and abide by His example—let’s not tempt God or put God to the test.

“Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision;

the Day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision” Joel 3:14, NLT.

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Dr. Steven J. Wentland www.wwjwmtd.com

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