Doug Lyon
Senior Pastor
IMMUNIZATION NOT ISOLATION
Augustine of Hippo (354-430 AD), also known as Saint Augustine, was a theologian, philosopher, and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings influenced the development of Western philosophy and Western Christianity, and he is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers of the Latin Church in the Patristic Period. His many important works include The City of God, On Christian Doctrine, and Confessions.
Augustine offers this advice: “You say the times are evil. Live nobly and you will change the times.”
We are living in evil times, but the Church has always lived in evil times. John reminds us that “the whole world is under the control of the evil one” (1 John 5:19), and Paul commands us to make “the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil” (Ephesians 5:16).
During COVID-19, we’ve been practicing social isolation. However, we shouldn’t be practicing spiritual isolation. The New Testament teaches immunization from the world—not isolation. Therefore, we must seek to be immunized by reading, studying, meditating, and memorizing the Word of God (Rom. 12:1-2; 2 Corinthians 3:18) as we live in a culture that is dominated by the evil one.