Jesus Loves China

Globalism. The dreaded evil! Such a terrible thing—it means the end times are close right?

They said that during the First World War too. And you can be sure they said it during the Second WW! Why is our time special? Why is the end now? The Israelites thought it was the end, the Messiah must come, over and over. They didn’t ask for Moses, they groaned for their Messiah. They didn’t get Him for quite a long time after that... Yeah, our times are evil. There is the murder of innocents, there is exploitation, there is inequality everywhere, and sex trafficking in sickening numbers. And the earth is being poisoned. These are indeed evil times.

Where are the Christians? Why is the only stand we seem to take outside a Chick-Fil-A? Nothing wrong with taking a stand in front of businesses we support. But is that so special, when there is no outrage over all the “Gentlemen’s” clubs? They have absolutely nothing to do with gentlemen, because a true gentleman would never be in there unless it was to bust the place to the ground. Where are our men? Where are our women? Why are we not moving to action? Why do we only write words on the Internet and stand around wagging our heads at “something needs to be done!” speeches? (Yes, I’m writing this on the Internet, clearly I’m not just talking to others.)

I often hear that Globalism is a great evil, that with it the Mark of the Beast will come. That the United Nations will one day take control of every country. I just have to wonder... Why did the UN come into existence in the first place? Peace and order, right? Supposedly. But I wonder if Christians had been unbiasedly helping the world as we ought, would the world have seen a need for the UN? What if the body of Christ was so unified throughout every nation that there was no need for a secular United Nations? What if the nations were already united—through Christ? Okay, what if such efforts aren’t Biblical. What if we aren’t supposed to bring religion into hospitals, businesses, government, and aid endeavors? Or, what if we are only supposed to help those relief organizations which are Christian? What if we’re not allowed to support non-Christian relief organizations?

As ridiculous as that may sound, I have heard MANY conversations which testify that those claims are believed. If they aren’t outright said, they are implied and generally agreed with. In America we are for America, we are for the Western style of Christianity that we have. We are for singing America The Beautiful in church, because we all know Jesus loves America.
No. Not more or less than He loves Egypt, Iran, Afghanistan, China, North Korea. Yes, Jesus loves North Korea. (He even loves the French!) North Korea is even 1,000 miles closer to Bethlehem than Dallas is. China is 2,500 miles closer. America is by no means special to Jesus’ love. If you want to claim that our country was founded on Godly principles and that makes it better, fine. Go ahead. The nation of Israel was GOVERNED by God for years, so they must be the absolute best right? “Yeah but Israel turned their back on God and stuff...” Oh? And America hasn’t ever turned her back on God? News to me... A nation’s past matters, but not nearly as much as their present. And I’m not hating on America right now, I’m extremely grateful for America’s influence. Without America the world would be much worse off, but that does not make America a savior. It makes America a nation that the Savior uses now and then. We must get rid of this idea that America and the American way will save the world, she won’t. Only Jesus can do that.

Please, I BEG of Christians! Go. Don’t just talk, DO. We are called to make disciples, not give hand-outs. Hand-outs feed for a day, disciples feed for eternity. And if you don’t think it’s our business to help both Christian and non-Christian organizations, I point you to Galatians 6:10-
“Therefore, as we have opportunity, we must work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.”
Notice how it says we must work for the good of ALL? Not “all Christians”, not “all Americans”, not “all the people we like and all the orphans who look cute enough for us to give them money so they won’t starve.” ALL! EVERYONE! Yes, especially to those belonging to our household of faith. I would get on my hands and knees and beg people to support more missionaries. We tithe like we are doing God a favor, we put our money in the offering plate like we’re placing an order. “Long life, more money, and everything to go my way. I’ll give you another payment next week if you deliver the goods, ok?”

We have a lot of nerve talking to the Creator of the universe like we do in America. We have spunk to call ourselves Christians, mini-Christs, in a land where we style ourselves after the latest fad and the sexiest actor/actress we know of. The day we as Christians follow Galatians 6:10, I will weep. Because that sight will be so beautiful, so powerful, and so glorifying to our Abba. When we live for the spirit and not the flesh, realizing that we are not meant to chase the American dream but to chase God’s dream of His children giving up their personal comforts to help each other... that day will transform the world.

And yes, what I’m saying is you shouldn’t buy that 4^th flat screen TV and instead do something for the world He loves so.