Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Make them belive they are a Christian Nation

Make them believe they are a Christian nation…
If they believe they are a Christian nation its easy to get them to do thing that were never talked about in the Bible…
Because when a nation becomes Christian is easy to convince them that their culture is Christian. That their every day holidays and festivals are Christian. Getting drunk at church festivals becomes normal. Gambling in places of worship is normalized.
When a nation becomes Christian they believe that all of their actions are Christian. They believe that because they are a part of the group and they check the box Christian then they are fine. Then churches become like social clubs. Every action can be justified by a pulled out Bible verse, don’t mind context, and those ones you don’t like, just ignore them if they don’t suite your purpose. Only read the text at face value, never dive deep, and always see yourself as the hero in every story. When the nation becomes Christian they never see that their nation has become more like Rome then the Christian’s in the stories, they never see the things they do wrong.
When a nation becomes Christian they justify that all they do is holy. They say it is God ordained even when what they are doing looks nothing like the character of God. When a nation becomes Christian it is easy to justify killing and harming in the name God in order to keep the people “safe” because for God’s chosen people, safety is the highest goal.
When a nation becomes Christian its easy to pin one political side as the chosen one and then not hold them accountable. If you believe there is only one chosen political side then anything your side does is good. There is no need for accountability.
When a nation becomes Christian things that are in the Bible that don’t line up with the “Christian” culture then the Bible in thrown out not the culture. The Bible is used just to prove the culture. If taking care of the poor, widowed, sick, hurting is not a part of the culture then those people are villainized despite what the Bible says.
When a nation becomes Christian they will see their way of economics as the only Godly way no matter who it hurts. They will idolize how they do money and say it is the only God given way. If you don’t win in this economy, then it is viewed that God’s favor is not on you. Things like being frugal is viewed as Godly in some churches… no matter how many people are enslaved to make your cheep things. In other sect’s lavishness valued so big jets take priority over feeding the hungry. How the collective uses their money is seen as the only good way.
When a nation becomes Christian it is easy to start to idolize the things of that nation. What often starts as thankfulness can quickly turn to worship and when some question the worship it is seen as them not being thankful. Statues, monuments, flags and ideals become the golden calf but if you point out the golden calf then you are told you must hate the nation and in turn God. That if you don’t join in the worship of the nation then you must not really worship the same God. It can be easy for worship to be turned from God to just the nation. Suddenly church services become nation worship services.
When a nation sees itself as a Christian nation instead of people who follow God that live near each other things can fall apart. Its often slow, in subtle ways, but eventually you can look around and see that while the nation calls itself Christian, there is little Christian about the nation. And trying the change the culture is not going to do much because the culture already believes it is Christian. People will be turned away from God because they think God is like the culture and they want no part of that. The church will feel then like it is failing because it has less check box Christians but those people never followed God to begin with, they followed the culture. When the shift starts to happen the Christian leaders will feel like they are loosing power, maybe they will do whatever they can to try to keep power because they can’t let go of the cultural nation Christian view. But when a nation stops describing itself with the fake vail of Christianity, maybe then real Christianity can finally thrive? Maybe people will finally be able to see Jesus and not just a nation.

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