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John Piper Points to ‘Freedom’ to Encourage Christians to Get Vaccinated

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However, Piper reiterated that Christians should be guided by conviction rather than political alignment. “Don’t be enslaved by fear of man. Don’t be enslaved by the fear of breaking ranks with ideological allies,” Piper said. “The old name for this is peer pressure. You are free.”

Urging Christians not to let the government determine their vaccine decision, Piper said, “Your conscience is increasingly clear. It says, ‘Get vaccinated.’ But there is this niggling fear of looking left wing, or progressive, or Democratic, or compromised, or woke! — So, my message to such folks is this: ‘The children are free!’”

Quoting Proverbs 29:25, Piper said, “The fear of man lays a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe,” explaining that freedom is what allows Christians to make a conscientious decision to get vaccinated.

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Piper wrote that Christians are “free from the fear of man, being labeled, being called a compromiser, and of being doubted as not really part of the courageous resisters,” adding, “especially when you know that thousands of those resisters really are courageous, wise, and thoughtful.”

“Don’t be slaves to a government yoke, an antigovernment yoke, a left-wing yoke, or a right-wing yoke because Christians have been set free in Christ,” Piper said.

Because of that freedom, Piper said, “You are free to say with integrity, ‘My decision to be vaccinated is not a political decision. It is not right wing, or left wing. It is a biblically informed act of love.’ The sons are free. Tearfully, cheerfully free. Therefore, ‘live as people who are free.’”