March 20, 2020 Show with Joe Jacowitz on “Coronavirus: Pandemic, Pestilence & Panic! (What Does the Bible Say?)”

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Good afternoon, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Lake City, Florida, and the rest of humanity living on the planet Earth who are listening via live streaming at ironsharpensironradio .com. This is Chris Arnzen, your host of Iron Sharpens Iron Radio, wishing you all a happy Friday on this 20th day of March, 2020, and I'm thrilled to have back on the program a very dear friend of mine.

His name is Joe Jakowicz. You most recently heard him on the program giving the amazing and wonderful and glorious news that the terminal cancer that he had, a very deadly and a rapidly growing form of leukemia that Joe had, well, he is now cancer-free.

That was the most recent interview we had with Joe when he was declaring that good news to our listeners, and we hope that you look up that link, that audio link that's archived on the Past Shows Podcast at ironsharpensironradio .com so you can hear more about that wonderful news in Joe's life and in the life of everybody who knows and loves him, who certainly wants him to stick around on this Earth as long as possible.

But today we have a different program, a different topic altogether. Today's topic is Coronavirus, Pandemic, Pestilence, and Panic. What does the Bible say? And this is actually the first of a weekly series we are going to be conducting, God willing, on Iron Sharpens Iron Radio every Friday, where we will be giving updates on the Coronavirus crisis, and we will be trying to separate fact from fiction, and most of all we are going to be trying to give spiritual counsel from the scriptures regarding what is going on in the world in regard to this crisis.

But it's my honor and privilege to welcome you back to Iron Sharpens Iron Radio, Pastor Joe Jakulitz.

Blessing to be with you again, Chris.

Why don't you, again, for our listeners who are hearing you for the first time, tell us about Christ's Bible Church in Pleasanton, California. Sometimes, if I'm doing it off the top of my head or saying it off the top of my head and I don't have the city in front of me, I will say Dublin, California, because that's easier to remember, but I just know that that's where your post office box is in Dublin.

That's correct, Christ's Bible Church.

Great, and I hope that all of our listeners who have not yet begun to take advantage of that do so, and we hope to hear good reports back from our listeners on how the ministries of Joe Jakulitz has blessed them.

Coronavirus Fear, Media Confusion, and the Christian Response

Well, you wanted to revisit this subject. Obviously, it's an ongoing subject that sometimes has changes every day, hour by hour, sometimes even more frequently, and sometimes, as you know, it is hard to separate fact from fiction in the media, whether you're watching Fox News, whether you're watching a mainstream liberal media outlet, it doesn't really matter.

Sometimes you're just sitting there wondering, am what I'm hearing really true? It is what I'm hearing really true. And so, therefore, we as Christians, although we should try to get and spread the most accurate information as possible that doesn't necessarily involve the spiritual aspect, we should be trying to get accurate updates on other things as well, but the most important thing that we as Christians have to focus on is what the Bible has to say about this.

And that is a big statement from someone who is a leader of Germany of all places. Exactly. So that puts it in perspective. Now, can you explain what that means? Because I keep hearing that you can go outside, you could go to the grocery store, you can go to the doctor, you could do things that are essential for living, but it doesn't mean that everybody's going to be actually imprisoned in their homes.

Am I right on that? That's correct. It means that... And as I keep repeating, all of those businesses are essential for the people that own them. Yeah, exactly. It requires all... Do you have to fill out a form of some kind to get the forgiveness?

We all know that that is nothing but heretical nonsense.

I know. I was just going to say, those who pray for the caregivers they say and their well-being, but you and I know this all panicking.

Yeah, it is a tragedy, is it not, that after other horrific events that our nation has experienced and the world has experienced, very often, like for instance after the terrorist attacks on September 11th, you had a surge in church attendance.

And I'm not saying that most of these people who were rushing into churches after that horrific event in our nation's history were genuinely coming to the Lord in true repentance, but obviously if there are many thousands of people going to church that otherwise were not, there's going to be a percentage of those people who are among God's elect, who hear the Word preached, who are regenerated and so on.

But isn't it a tragedy that in this particular circumstance, that can't happen, at least right now, because of the fact that many, if not most, churches are suspending their worship services because of the, anywhere from an official ban to a strong suggestion seems to be varied depending upon where you live, but people are typically not attending public gatherings that exceed 10 people, and that would include most worship services.

So it's kind of a sad thing that in a time like this, people are going to have to depend upon the media, the internet and so on to be fed spiritually, other than reading their Bibles, of course. And that is a mixed bag because the media has everything.

The media has biblical truths such as you and First Love Radio, and it also has horrific, heretical and blasphemous and false teaching.

That's correct. And what about planning things? I'm not saying don't go out and buy food. Yes, do those things. We do. At least one day when we die, that is where even a hundred percent of the economy is in crisis.

You're not going to be able to blend in the gap. Make sure that we have our shield on and our sword sharp. And, in fact, we'll pick up on the revival of the church when we return from our first break.

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We are talking about coronavirus, pandemic, pestilence, and panic. What does the Bible say? Our email address is ChrisArnzen at gmail .com. If you have a question, ChrisArnzen at gmail .com. And Joe, before I go to any listener questions, you were just about to begin a discussion on revival.

Revival, Repentance, and the Need for Spiritual Readiness

Yes, laying down some. The gospel in halt. I have not either.

I'm 64, you don't have to. I'm 27 years old. Yes.

Yes. Oh, thanks. Not that old. But, you know, we're living. The degree is on lockdown. Are people listening?

And in fact, what it reminds me of, something that you just said, reminds me of again after the horrific terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon building in September 11, 2001. There were many conservatives known for their patriotism and many conservative so-called Christians who were fundamentalists who were conservative evangelicals who were I was working for WMCA Radio at the time an affiliate of the largest Christian network in the world Salem Media and we were asked as advertising executives to find pastors who would give sound words of counsel and encouragement during this time after 9 -11 when our nation had never experienced anything like it before.

Far more people perished on September 11th of that year than the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the only thing that exceeds it I believe is the slaughter of the unborn that far exceeds it through infanticide known as legal abortion.

But many of these pastors were saying things that caused my jaw to drop open. I'm not talking about liberals here. I'm talking about men that believe in the inerrancy of Scripture and they were saying don't let the devil fool you into thinking that God had anything to do with this.

God had nothing to do with these attacks. These attacks solely came about through the evil minds of Muslim terrorists and you could go on and on and on with the kind of rhetoric that was being aired by pastors and of course in the secular media by conservative cheerleaders in politics who were saying our nation never would deserve anything like that to happen to us.

Now of course we believe that those terrorists that committed those horrific crimes will be in hell since they perished instantly when they committed them. But at the same time don't we as Christians need to take advantage of opportunities like this to declare to everyone with an ear to hear this is another opportunity for repentance.

Yes indeed and some opportunities... I can't believe that you just started quoting Luke 12 16 -21 because I just looked it up. I'm sorry I interrupted you. Continue with that passage please. Why don't you read that?

How many verses is it? I'll just read the whole thing here. And he told them a parable saying the land of a rich man was very productive and he began reasoning to himself saying what shall I do since I have no place to store my crops?

Then he said this is what I will do I will tear down my barns and build larger ones and there I will store all my grain and my goods and I will say to my soul soul you have many goods laid up for many years to come take your ease eat drink and be merry by the way Dairy Queen that's where that comes from but God said to him you fool this very night your soul is required of you and now who will own what you have prepared so is the man who stores up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.

Amen. And as Christians we cannot turn a blind eye if we're not if we're backslidden. And by the way I'm going to have.

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One is a publisher, that's Solid-Ground-Books .com, Solid Ground Christian Books. And the other is CVBBS .com, which is a book distributor, a book dealer. So what I would urge you to do to keep both of those advertisers happy is first go to Solid-Ground-Books .com, order a very long list of books, or should I say make a very long list of books that you would like to purchase from them for yourself, for gifts coming up, for all different kinds of holidays, Resurrection Day, wedding anniversaries, birthdays, all kinds of things, graduations.

And then you go to CVBBS .com and order them. And make sure you tell them that you heard about them from Chris Arnzen on Iron Sharpen's Iron Radio. That will keep both of my book-related advertisers happy.

I just have a couple of announcements to make before we return to our guest today, Joe Jackowitz, pastor of Christ Bible Church in Pleasanton, California, founder of First Love Radio, First Love Missions, and First Love Publications, and our theme today, Coronavirus, Pandemic, Pestilence, and Panic, What Does the Bible Say?