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Anyone who remembers the year 2020 will never forget the time when the world came to a standstill. Churches, businesses, travel, schools, everything shut down as the coronavirus advanced from nation to nation. It was a strange experience which threw all of humanity into a state of wonder and fear. Thousands of lives were lost due to the infection. Our behaviour in public changed as social distancing became the norm. The pandemic had an incredible effect upon the minds, bodies, and souls of everyone in this world. During such a period of drastic change and upheaval, it is the Church who must come to the foreground of society to be able to answer the many questions which mankind faces in an unstable time. We must be able to give a reason for the hope that is in us. We also must be able to take situations such as the pandemic and bring them under the microscope of the Scriptures. God is not on some faraway cloud, uninterested and uninvolved in the day to day affairs of mankind. Rather, His will and ways are guiding the very course of history.
The following messages were produced for Bethel Baptist Church during the several months that we were closed due to the virus. They were originally recorded in English, then translated into Spanish and French. We pray that these lessons will bless your soul and that you will find in every circumstance of life that God is always with His people. Keep looking to Him whatever your situation. The promises of His Word are true and will always grant assurance and comfort to all those who trust in Him.
1) – WHY GOD TOOK SUNDAY AWAY – Sunday – March 22, 2020
The virus has taken away our Sunday worship. What do you think God is telling us?
2) – WHERE IS GOD WHEN THE WORLD FALLS APART? – Wednesday – March 25, 2020
God uses the disasters of this world to call sinners to repent and believe in Him.
3) – HOW DOES GOD USE AFFLICTION IN THE LIFE OF HIS CHILDREN? – Sunday – March 29, 2020
Do you see God’s handiwork in the afflictions you pass through? He always has a good reason.
4) – UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE ALMIGHTY – April 1, 2020
The message of Psalm 91 – God is our refuge and fortress; we abide under His shadow.
5) – THROUGH ONE PERSON THE VIRUS ENTERED THE WORLD – April 5, 2020
The beginning of the virus of sin, and its destruction in the world.
6) – BLEST BE THE TIE THAT BINDS – April 8, 2020
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is the remedy for the social distancing which sin has brought to every relationship.
7) – THE DEATH OF DEATH – April 12, 2020
We cannot help but grieve when we lose those we love. Yet do we know that death has been killed through the death of Christ?
8) – ALL OUR DISEASES – April 15, 2020
Troubles and trials may throw us into a dark place, but can we still find reason to praise the Lord?
9) – A SHEPHERD WITHOUT HIS SHEEP – April 19, 2020
The Church is the gathering of the people of God together to worship and to hear the Word of God preached. Yet what is a Pastor to do when his flock is taken away from him?
10) – NO MORE SEPARATION – April 22, 2020
Due to the virus, we are called to separate ourselves from one another. Yet do we realize that there is even a greater separation between God and ourselves caused by the virus of sin?
11) – DID YOU WASH YOUR HANDS? – April 26, 2020
Hand washing has become one of the vital disciplines of our everyday life. Yet did we know that God also requires our hands to be washed if we plan on fellowshipping with Him?
12) – NOTHING IN THIS WORLD IS UNPRECEDENTED – April 29, 2020
The world has been using a new word these days, “unprecedented.” The truth of the matter is, nothing in this world is unprecedented, yet in Christ Jesus, everything is brand new.
13) – WHERE DOES OUR HELP COME FROM? – May 3, 2020
The world can only help us so much. The child of God looks beyond the hills. We look to the Lord who made heaven and earth.
14) – HOW LONG, O LORD? – May 6, 2020
How long will our trials last? We often wonder what God is doing when He lets us remain in our troubles and difficulties. Yet the Lord has His purposes and He will eventually bring us through our struggles as He refines us to be holy.
15) – WHEN YOU’RE ALL ALONE – May 10, 2020
During these days of being cut off from friends and family members, loneliness begins to creep into our souls. How do we deal with being alone? What remedy does the Bible give for loneliness?
16) – THE GAME OF BLAME – May 13, 2020
These days everyone is blaming everyone else for the problems we are facing. The game of blame has been around since the fall of man.
17) – THE SOUND OF GOD IN THE SILENCE – May 17, 2020
The world has been filled with noise, but God has shut much of that noise off through the virus. What have you been hearing? Have you heard the voice of God in the silence?
18) – THE FLOWERS OF THE FIELD – May 20, 2020
So many people have perished during this pandemic. Man is compared to a flower in the field that rises and then falls. What can we learn from the many who passed away during this time?
19) – FLOUR, BIRDSEED AND PLANTS– May 24, 2020
The Christian life is always in need of direction. Life can be overloaded with worries. Yet Jesus calms our anxieties by teaching us about flour, birdseed and plants.
20) – THE UNVEILED FACE – May 27, 2020
Masks may be the new norm for our germ infected society, but masks have been around a lot longer since the coronavirus arrived.
21) – THE VIEWPOINTS OF GRACE AND WORKS – May 31, 2020
There are only two ways of looking at this world and your life. Which viewpoint do you take?
22) – IS IT RIGHT TO BE ANGRY? – June 3, 2020
Anger is boiling over in the world these days. Yet, is it right to be angry? Is there a righteous anger which the Christian can feel?
23) – LOOKING AT THINGS THAT CANNOT BE SEEN – June 7, 2020
Everything we see is temporary. This world will not last. We will all pass away one day. Therefore, the Christian must learn to look at those things which are unseen. This is where our hope is found.
24) – PROPER PANDEMIC PROTECTION – June 10, 2020
People have taken all sorts of precautions against the coronavirus. Yet what precautions do we take when it comes to the deadlier virus of sin?
25) – P P E – June 14, 2020
Here’s a new abbreviation which we have learned about during the days of quarantine. In the spiritual realm, the Lord has provided us with PPE. It’s something we need to wear every day in this world of sin.
26) – PRAYING IN ISOLATION – June 17, 2020
God gives us periods of quiet during this time of isolation. Have you been using that time to get closer to the Lord?
27) – THE GOD OF ALL COMFORT – June 21, 2020
Through all these days of quarantine and isolation, God has been our great comfort and hope. Now, let us go forth into the world with the same comfort that He has comforted us with.
French and Spanish messages coming soon…
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