SYMPTOMS; RED FLAGS TO LOOK OUT FOR

Covid-19 is an existential threat to our way of life and world today and I’ve been writing articles in the last few weeks in a bid to Inspire you on Moral and Spiritual Lessons from this Pandemic. I’ll like to draw your attention to the Symptoms of Covid-19 that should trouble anyone and make them rush to the hospital for Tests.

Symptoms are Signs and indications that something may be wrong with the carrier of those symptoms, they are what I call red flags and heath conscious beings do not play with symptoms. We have been told that the major symptoms of Covid-19 are, Fever, Sneezing, Dry Cough and Shortness of Breath etc as released by the WHO.

The moment anyone manifests the above symptoms, they are advised to get ‘tested’ towards ascertaining their status, either positive or negative for Corona Virus. However, let us take a closer look at our spiritual health today and check the symptoms of an unhealthy Spiritual Being. We must always run the Tests to confirm our status as believers.

Paul the Apostle charged the Church in Corinth to ‘Test’ themselves whether they are in ‘faith’ or ‘healthy spiritually’. This is very important for those who want to be in ‘positive’ healthy status before God and not Negative. He wrote to the Church about their Faith which is an irony because we believe once someone is in Church, he must be in Faith.

‘Examine yourselves whether you are still in Faith, Prove (Test) your own selves. Know you not your own selves, How that Jesus Christ is in you…’ (2 Corr. 13 v 5). It’s very amazing how the Bible encourages us to ‘Test’ or ‘Prove’ ourselves whether we are in faith. So, do not mind the Pastors and Bishops who tell you not to Test yourself for Corona virus, they are not speaking out of faith but fear.

5 DEADLY SYMPTOMS TO TEST YOUR STATUS IN FAITH

1. PRAYERLESSNESS: This is a major symptom that reveals there is a problem with your spiritual health. Once this symptom shows up like coughing literally, rush to your pastor and take the Test. You may be weak in the Faith and dying spiritually not strong. Even our brothers and sisters in Islam pray as well yet we that call ourselves men of faith do not pray.

 

2. WEAK CONSCIENCE: I am amazed at how many people think they can be morally sound without a strong conscience. Being a Morally sound person is having a strong sense of ‘right and wrong’ so if you are go to church yet morally bankrupt, I doubt your faith is strong. You must answer people with a good and strong conscience.

 

3. SLOTHFUL IN SERVICE: Those who show this symptom are weak and not growing in faith. This is a very deadly symptom in the church today, people call themselves Christians and do not work for God; how that is possible is still strange to me. We are ‘saved to serve’ and Paul told us to be fervent in the spirit not slothful in business when serving the Lord.

 

4. GIVING: This is likely going to be misunderstood but I will mention it anyhow. Those who don’t give to charity, humanity, God, and others yet claim to be in faith are deceiving themselves. This is a major symptom of selfishness and self-centered nature of man which is a sickness in the spirit. Those who are morally and spiritually sound are givers without expecting back in return.

 

5. FELLOWSHIP: Show me your friends and I’ll tell you who you are. The symptoms you manifest tells us the sickness you carry. The people you fellowship with will give you the sickness you shall carry. We all need to take the Test and evaluate our friendships and those we fellowship with. In whose company are we comfortable and relaxed. This to a large extent points to what we can or cannot get.

Kindly take the Test today to know your status spiritually, just as there are symptoms in the natural and that medical science has proven to always be correct pointers to the sickness or disease, there are also symptoms in the spiritual that tells us you are unfortunately sick and not healthy.

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