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Speaker 1
Let’s go ahead and get our next question up here in our last five minutes. All right, so Jennifer is asking if a vaccine has used the cells of an aborted fetus in its development. Can you explain why Christian or anyone should not take this vaccine? And also if you know about how messenger RNA could affect a person’s DNA.
Speaker 2
All right, do you want to jump on that, Jay?
Speaker 3
Yes. I actually have many verses, but I’ll try to be concise it’s for short. So if you look at Romans verse 14, one to four, it talks about it’s in different contexts, about those who might be worried about eating food that had been offered to idols. And does Paul say, oh, how ball out both people, the one who would eat it and the one who wouldn’t? No. What does Paul say? He says in Romans 14 one to four that people should just act according to their conscience. So yeah. Receive one who is weak in the faith, but not to disputes over doubtful things for the one who believes he must eat all things. But he who is weak eats only vegetables. He’s not going to eat the meat because he’s afraid he might be offered to idols. But let not him who eats despise him who does not eat meat. And let not him who does not eat meat judge him who eats, for God has received him. Who are you to judge another servant to his own master? He stands or falls. Indeed he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand.
Speaker 3
Let people act according to their own conscience. So if you’re feeling convicted one way or another, act according to your conscience. God understands that’s what he’s looking for, but we need to make sure that we’re acting on the right information. We need to be very careful as Christians to not be deceived. Matthew 24 four. What are the end times going to be like? Jesus says, first thing, take heed that no one deceives you. There’s deceptions everywhere. You can’t trust anything from anyone. Pretty much, I’d say the only thing you can trust and believe is the Bible. That is the safest only place you can find truth and you’ve got to measure everything up to that. And when it comes to things are going on, like for example, the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, there’s been allegations that that used fetal cells. Is that true? Johnson Johnson has denied that. So does that mean Johnson Johnson is telling the truth? I don’t know. Does it mean someone else is lying about that? I don’t know. None of us really know the facts, but the actual people involved, I would say. So we got to listen to again, what are we getting from the Bible?
Speaker 3
If you’re able to hear the voice of Holy Spirit, go with your conviction and don’t let people judge you and don’t judge other people who are feeling convicted otherwise. Another thing that’s important to talk about and be mindful of going back to deceit. Revelation 14 five is describing God’s people and God’s end time. People, the ones who really restore the image of God, restore God’s reputation, show what it’s like to really follow God describing them. The Bible says, and in their mouth was found no deceit, for they are without fault before the throne of God. So these people are not telling lies, they’re speaking the truth. And it’s very important that we as Christians, before we say anything, we make sure we are speaking the truth. So again, I’m not saying anything is false or not. That’s for you to decide. But be informed, do your research, go back and look at actual original sources to extent you can. Don’t rely on just what someone has said, repeating what 50 other people before them said. We got to do our research, verify before we participate in any spreading of information, because sometimes we might be spreading gossip.
Speaker 3
So let’s take a look at Proverbs 26, starting at verse 20. It says, Where there is no wood, the fire goes out. And where there is no tail bearer or a gossiper strife ceases as charcoal is to burning coals and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife. The words of a tail bearer are like tasty trifles, and they go down into the inmost part. And Matthew five nine. Jesus says, blessed are the peacemakers, or they shall be called the sons of God. So who do you want to be? Do you want to be one who’s risking being a gossiper, a tailbearer one, spreading potentially false information? Or do you want to make sure that we’re being a peacemaker, that we don’t have deceit on our mouth? I think we of all people, all people in the world, we Christians, should strive to be the ones who are the most truthful, the most accurate with what we say, the most respectful and loving with what we say, and not try to be polarizing people, but finding ways that we can dispel conflict. We stand up to falsities too. Yes, absolutely. But we got to do it the right way, in a loving way, a way that really well, I mean next verse, Titus 310.
Speaker 3
And I prefer NIV, if we’re able to put that one up. NIV. I like how it words. It says warn a divisive person once and then warn them a second time, and after that have nothing to do with them. That’s really the attitude we should have within our church and with people, people who are just divisive, they’re a problem.
Speaker 1
And it doesn’t matter which side of divisiveness we’re talking about.
Speaker 3
Exactly. And again, there’s a right time to stand up for truth. I’m not saying don’t ever stand up for truth, but what man are we doing? It because Satan is all about division. Satan, we talked about last time. Satan is the one really at the core of pitting human against human and nation against nation and ethnicity against ethnicity. We’re playing Satan’s game. We’re falling into his traps when we engage in that. And we should be with love, bringing people back together with truth being bringing people back together with the help of the Holy Spirit, working through us, bringing people back together. So with the vaccine debate, we need to be very careful when we take a side there to make sure we’re on the right side. We’re giving the right information, and we are not being unnecessarily divisive, but really trying to in love, respect, guide people into truth, but act according to your conscience.
Speaker 2
Agree. I think that’s so important, what you’re saying as far as let people choose according to their conscience. And I think when it comes to guiding people, the Bible is very clear. If the Bible is clear on a point like thou shalt not murder. Yeah. Thou shalt not murder. Thou shalt not steal, don’t steal. But when it comes to a vaccine, we don’t know exactly what’s in it. Like you said, we’re not the manufacturer. And we can’t judge people for trying to keep their bodies healthy. We can’t judge people’s motivation in getting a vaccine. I think it’s up to like you’re saying, it’s totally a personal decision between you and God. You pray about it, you do your research, and you make your own decision. But you don’t have to aggressively tell people how they should think or feel or act. They need to do what’s right in their own, again, according to their own conscience and let them make up their own mind on that as far as that goes, because I have family who’s gotten vaccinations, and I know some people that are weary of it. And the only thing I would say is do your research and do what you think is best for your health.
Speaker 2
And I think that that’s a personal decision. So I really appreciate you giving us that really clear biblical point of view in that way.
Speaker 3
Praise God. I’m sorry if I didn’t answer the question the way the person asking it wanted. That’s okay, jennifer. Sorry, Jennifer. But I hope maybe it’ll give you a different way to think about the issue.
Speaker 2
Yeah. And Jennifer, we love you, and we just want you to again, you get to speak your own mind, and we respect that, and we’re going to respond in the way we feel. And I just pray that no matter what, we can respect each other as brothers and sisters in Christ, because that’s really the bottom line. Loving each other, respecting each other. You.
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