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Are Places of Worship Essential?

Are Places of Worship Essential?

The short answer is yes, but not obviously for everyone. There was a time in my life where religion played a secondary role in my life, and it wasn't until I started to feel my need for Jesus that I woke up to the truth. But you would just say that is my truth, and not yours. I don't wish to offend anyone, but if my religious rights are being overturned to protect those who don't believe, then that is a problem. The reason why some of us believe our faith and the right to practice it is essential is because it has value in our lives. God has changed us from the person we used to be into something new, and we value our relationship with God more than anything else. But you would say that you value God more than your health? It is God who gives us our health, and it is also our God who determines when and how we are going to die. It is not right to say we are putting other people's life in danger, because even if you survived the corona virus, your soul can be lost forever, in a place called hell.

It is not right to take away the freedoms of one group of people in order to give them to another. Praying to God is essential and our God requires that of us. He doesn't force us to worship Him, and he doesn't force us not to, so you should be aware that we serve a God who is in control of everything, even the corona virus. Our God is sovereign over everything, but He wants mankind to come to him freely. When people rebel against God, and force others to do the same, God sends his judgment upon all people. When we abuse the common grace and blessings that God gives to us, he has no choice but to punish us.

Opening up places of worship sends a sign to our Creator the Almighty God, that we haven't forgotten Him, which if we do, he promises the wicked they shall be judged and turned into hell, all the nations that forget God (Psalm 9:17). God's Justice is displayed when this happens, so when we as a society say we don't need God, and that we don't need the help of Divine Providence, God could be getting ready to send even more judgement to the ones who rejected Him. This is Mike.

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