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Should Christians seek “peace” and “LOVE” at all cost? Are Christians sinning if they get angry and upset at this world system? Should not Christians be like Jesus, and walk humbly to the cross to be crucified?
As the Lord has allowed me the privilege to suffer for his name (see www.SayNoToPAS.com), I have been meditating on how God wants me and others Christians to respond in these last days in the face of the crimes and injustices we are seeing, and which the Bible prophesies will get even worst. I have come to the conclusion, that in the name of being humble and meek, some Christians have erroneously found an excuse to hide their fears, and not raise their voices against the atrocities and injustices being committed in these last days. They do not understand that “Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it” (Luke 17:33), and that “they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives [did not let fear conquer them] even unto death” (Revelation 12:11).
Many people believe that Christians should not get upset or angry at any cost because we are supposed to be meek, humble, peacemakers, etc. (Mat 5: 2-11). After all, are not Christians supposed to “love,” be like Christ and turn the other cheek, carry our cross, and silently deal with the injustices in this world? They reason, that if God is in control, we should let Him fix these things. We should meet in our churches, sing our nice songs, listen to our inspired sermons until we are either caught up in the rapture or until all this evil and injustice is magically gone. Unfortunately, some well-meaning Christians have bought into these lies.
The Bible tells us that we are supposed to imitate Christ, that we are being transformed from glory to glory into his image by the renewal of our minds. I pray that after we read and meditate on His word on this topic, these lies will disappear, and we will become more like Him, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior.
“And Jesus went into the temple and drove out all who bought and sold in the sacred place, and He turned over the four-footed tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who sold doves. He said to them, The Scripture says, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers” (Matthew 21: 12-13).
“And they came to Jerusalem. And he entered the temple and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple. And he was teaching them and saying to them, “Is it not written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations’? But you have made it a den of robbers.” And the chief priests and the scribes heard it and were seeking a way to destroy him, for they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching” (Mark 11: 15–18).
“The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.” His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.” So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?” Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the temple of his body. When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken” (John 2: 13-22).
The Bible is clear that Christ got so angry to the point that he made a whip of cords, drove the money changers out of the temple. As the passages above show, this infuriated the chief priests and the scribes and caused them to want to kill Jesus for they feared Him. What did they feared? His teachings, for Jesus had a zeal for the house of God, for the temple, and this was symbolic of his greatest zeal, his people, who are now his temple.
These same passages also teach us that Jesus equates the physical temple with the spiritual temple: “Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up…But he was speaking about the temple of his body.” So in the new covenant, Christians become temples of the living God, see for instance 1 Corinthians 6: 19-20, and 1 Corinthians 3: 16-17. So, if Jesus was physically walking on this earth today (and Jesus is because we are in Him, we are His hands, His feet), he would have the same zeal for his people, his new temple. He would not tolerate to see the injustices and atrocities being committed against his people, against his Holy Temple. So, if we are to imitate Christ, should not Christians be doing the same?
I believe that many Christians through history have intuitively understood this parallel and have fought against injustice, wherever it has shown his head. As Martin Luther King wrote, “Anger at injustice is the political expression of love.” In other words, having faith and love is only part of the equation of being a Christian. The other part is putting that faith and love into action, by fighting for justice.
In the Bible, there is a constant call to seek justice. Jesus got upset at the Pharisees because they neglected the weightier matters of the law, which He defined as justice and the love of God. In Isaiah 58, God complains about the fact that while the people of God are praying and fasting, they are not doing anything about injustice:
“Is not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the straps of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? 7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house; when you see the naked, to cover him, and not to hide yourself from your own flesh? 8 Then shall your light break forth like the dawn, and your healing shall spring up speedily; your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. 9 Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and he will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you take away the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger, and speaking wickedness, 10 if you pour yourself out for the hungry and satisfy the desire of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in the darkness and your gloom be as the noonday. 11 And the Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your desire in scorched places and make your bones strong; and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water, whose waters do not fail. 12 And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in” (Isaiah 58: 6 – 12).
So, should Christians just pray for justice (which is one of the keys to letting His will be done on earth as it is in Heaven, in other words, to advance the Kingdom of God here on earth), and leave the rest to God? I don’t think so. Instead, in Hebrews 11: 33-34 among other things, we are reminded that we are God’s hands for dispensing justice, and God uses us to “administer justice.” I believe that like the heroes of the Bible in the Old and New testament, in these last days, Christians through faith are also called to conquer kingdoms, enforced justice, obtain promises, stop the mouths of lions, quench the power of fire, escape the edge of the sword, be made strong out of weakness, become mighty in war, and put foreign armies to flight.
In other words, we have to “walk our talk” and put our prayers into action, for “Faith Without Works Is Dead”:
“14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead” (James 2:14-17).
Lord Jesus, I pray that all who read this meditation may understand that you have called us to advance your Kingdom here on earth as it is in heaven, that we all have divine purposes, good works for our lives which you have prepared for us since the foundation of this world (Ephesians 2: 10). May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with all, so we may walk with confidence knowing that it is through Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross that we have been set free to accomplish our missions in this life, and to enjoy His company for ever and ever. Amen.
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