Chad Hutson
Puritan Board Freshman
I wonder what points of application or comparison we can make concerning the Coronavirus pandemic and response? I initially propose two:
1. The comparison between a raging, contagious, devastating virus and sin. How sin easily spreads and wreaks havoc within communities. Those who seek to warn others are often derided and shouted down. Most seem oblivious to it until it injures them, and then only some will seek a remedy.
2. The razor-thin line between legalism and antinomianism. For some (legalists), its gloom and doom and what MUST be done. They are keen to keep pointing at what others are not doing and comparing to what they personally are doing.
For the antinomians, it is laissez-faire. It doesn't matter how we behave or how our actions affect others. It's all good! We'll do what and how we please.
But also, how we interpret one another's motives reveals much about ourselves!
1. The comparison between a raging, contagious, devastating virus and sin. How sin easily spreads and wreaks havoc within communities. Those who seek to warn others are often derided and shouted down. Most seem oblivious to it until it injures them, and then only some will seek a remedy.
2. The razor-thin line between legalism and antinomianism. For some (legalists), its gloom and doom and what MUST be done. They are keen to keep pointing at what others are not doing and comparing to what they personally are doing.
For the antinomians, it is laissez-faire. It doesn't matter how we behave or how our actions affect others. It's all good! We'll do what and how we please.
But also, how we interpret one another's motives reveals much about ourselves!