Mark 13:13 “You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.”
Christians in China have had enough of the government’s campaign to eradicate the cross from the country.
“Each time they take a cross down, we will put more up,” one church leader told the Guardian at a protest on Friday. “We are even considering making flags and clothes with cross patterns. We will make the cross flourish throughout China.”
The activists say that the Chinese government has ripped down 1,200 crosses in the last two years with an increase in the amount of crosses torn down in the last few weeks. The focus has been in the Zhejiang province where Christian churches have been flourishing.
Zhejiang has over 300,000 Catholics and one million Protestants between the “official” government churches and underground churches.
“Christianity has grown so fast that Christians outnumber Communist Party members. The whole purpose of this is to control the ‘overheated’ growth of Christianity. They are nervous not just about Christianity but of any organized civil group,” Bob Fu, president of Texas-based non-profit China Aid, told Christianity Today.
In addition to the stripping of crosses from church buildings, many churches have been completely destroyed by the government and local officials.
Finally someone is speaking up, standing up and and putting actions behind their beliefs. Never would I have believed it would be in China. I’m sure many are risking their lives and those of their families. They are refusing to roll over, even to such a repressive government.
Is this going to happen in America or have the Christians gathered too much speed going down hill that they have just accepted their fate to crash and burn? I always believed that the government was the people. When the people rise up against the government, the government usually fails. I am not a political activist. I am a God activist. I know what I have to do.. Has God challenged you to do something? If so, are you doing it?
“Our Days Are Numbered”. This old lady’s are fewer than most that will read this. I would just urge everyone to do a better job than I have. Your reward in Heaven is so much better than anything we could ever imagine here on earth. Your future is Heaven, not earth. Heaven is forever. Silence and fear are our enemies. Are you siding with the enemy?