A headline reads:
NBC Warns: All Americans Will Be Microchipped In Less Than 3 Years
Are you ready to allow the implant of the chip shown in the picture or one similar to it?
I thought I would share some thoughts on this. Is the microchip itself evil? Is it wrong to put one in your body? Does it require you to deny your faith in Jesus Christ?
Is the pacemaker itself evil? Is it wrong to put one in your body and have a doctor access it through your smartphone or some other device?
During the Bible time of Paul was the meat offered to idols contaminated? Was it wrong to eat it? That depends upon the conscience of the person eating it. For the stronger in faith it wasn't, but if the weaker in faith ate under pressure of the stronger against his own conscience then it was wrong and a sin. Based upon a level of understanding two people can have different views on something and establish a level of conscience concerning it. Either one who violates their conscience sins even though the thing was done in two different ways.
I have come to understand that through love I am to respect the conscience of the weaker and not cause that one to sin. God in time may bring the two of us onto the same page, but until that happens love implies we show tolerance
Back to the microchip. For me it is not a problem. All that information is on my smart phone in my back pocket. One day I may have it on my wrist. What is so sacred about which side of the skin the information is on? I carry a lot of important health information on my smart phone that I would much rather have on a chip under my skin. But I think we are back to a matter on conscience. For me it is ok because it has not affected my relation with the Lord as is the case in Revelation. But for some it is believed to be wrong. Out of love and respect I have to allow them their position. Likewise they must allow me my position. When the day comes that I would have to deny my Lord in order for the chip to work, then that is the day that I would have to stop using it and be marked as an enemy to be destroyed. To discontinue its use to track me at that time I could use a sharp knife and remove it.
Just some thoughts.