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Grace Place Atlanta COGBF
4700 Mitchell Street
Forest Park, GA 30297
Website: atlantacogbf.org
Email: info@atlantacogbf.org
Phone: (404) 241-6781
Wayne D. Mack, Pastor
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Pastor Wayne D. Mack Sermon Notes
April 3, 2022
How the Devil is Using the Pandemic . . .
with the Saints
GM GP
We’re almost ready to begin our celebration of reopening our church doors and returning to inperson worship and fellowship.
But as you know, I’ve been led to do a slow decent back to our main hub by taking time to share
what I believe is the heart of God for GP in this post pandemic season.
God has been good to us.
He has blessed each of us in His own unique way over the past 24
months.
None of our blessings or experiences were the same.
Some of us had green pastures, others of us experienced a walk through the valley of the
shadow of death.
But through every experience God’s rod and staff were there to comfort us.
Last Sunday evening as I reflected on the last three weeks of messages entitled THE RETURN, I
got the notion to flip those messages inside out and what came out was today’s message.
This morning, I want to complete the Return Series by exposing an unsuspecting force – a
principality and power – that is set to wreak havoc in churches over the next 24 months.
If the Saints of God are not wide awake and discerning, the next 24 months could deal a blow to
the local church more disrupting than anything unleashed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
I have said in the past, I believe God’s message through a pandemic in which He allowed was
one of a different magnitude for His Church than His message to the secular world.
Therefore, a return to the church for in-person worship has to be different than a return to work,
or school, or another walk in the park.
I hope and believe that the people of God already sense
this.
So, today’s message is intended to unveil some harsh realities and hard truths that will solidify
how we return and how we celebrate God and His church going forward.
If we get it right
now, we will be like the two celebrated churches in the Book of Revelation: The Church at
Smyrna and the church at Philadelphia.
If we get it wrong, then we’ll be in the sad shameful state of the five remaining churches,
namely: Ephesus, Pergamos, Thyatira, Sardis, and Laodicea ~ the lukewarm church.
Contrasted, all seven of these churches could be likened to one of the two houses cited in
Matthew, Chapter 7 verses 24-27 . .
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In that parable, Jesus said:
“Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a
house on solid rock.
25 Though the rain comes in torrents and the floodwaters rise and the
winds beat against that house, it won’t collapse because it is built on bedrock.
26 But anyone
who hears my teaching and doesn’t obey it is foolish, like a person who builds a house on
sand.
27 When the rains and floods come and the winds beat against that house, it will
collapse with a mighty crash.”
24
That said, let me pull the covers back on today’s message; A message entitled: How the Devil
Is Using the Pandemic with Church People.
Think on that for a second.
The intent of this message is to call our attention to a few of the undetectable forces at work
around this pandemic period – especially as it relates to the church.
I am compelled to sound an
alarm to the people of God by warning that the past 24 months were more than just a walk in the
park.
The God of all Creation was at work.
He has spoken through a human crisis that He did not bring upon the seven continents but has
used for His glory in getting the attention of 100% of the world – its people and its commerce –
both saved and unsaved.
So, “How is the Devil Using the Pandemic with Church People?”
[I will answer that more forthrightly down in the message but let me lay down a few cornerstone
truths first.]
True to his nature, Satan is using the pandemic in a stealthy, silent, cunning manner to deceive
everyone he can – but especially God’s people – the church.
His job is to confuse and discredit
everything that God intended for good.
Afterall, according to John 10:10 he is a thief who has
come with one motive, to steal, and to kill, and to destroy [in particular - everything the Good
Shepherd meant for good].
Yet, through the pandemic, the promise of the Lord remains unbendable -- I have come that
they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
(John 10:10b).
Because of Satan’s deceptive work – specifically aimed at the church, I’m persuaded that that the
next 24 months will be the real test.
They could wreak more havoc on the church than the last
COVID-19 infused months.
Before I go further, let me remind you of what God’s church is.
It is that is more than a location
on a street or off a country road where people meet and do church stuff.
Since its inception, the
church has never been relegated to a building or four walls.
It remains a called-out community
of people who on their confession of faith in Jesus Christ are added to His Body to bring
GLORY to God.
Anything beyond that will bring confusion.
And in today’s church, like it did in the early
church, it has.
Now, before I unveil “How the Devil Used the Pandemic with Church People” let me remind
you of “How God Used the Pandemic to His Glory with the Church and the People of
God.”
I hope what I’m about to reveal will be in addition to your own list of things God has shown you
about His goodness and faithfulness throughout the pandemic.
In no priority order, Ways God Used the Pandemic to His Glory:
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