We see
miracles and women pastors, a lot of sensational stuff but a lot of it has
really nothing to do with Scripture nor is it according to its patterns. We
must therefore ask what spirit is at work? Miracles to 'save' people in order
to promote sin and disobedience?
Do we think
that there can be great workings of the Spirit apart from demonic activity to
counter it? Remember Satan is first and foremost a pretender, a counterfeit.
The zeal here
is impressive and it puts us to shame, yet clearly there is a great deal of
exaggeration both in terms of emotion and fact. Do we lie and exaggerate to
build the Kingdom? What power is that?
A lot of the
Christianity in the developing world is caught up in the sensational. Pentecostal
Theology has filled a vacuum and created a bridge but I don't think I would
call it the work of the Spirit. They possess a great zeal but it is not
according to knowledge.
I watch this
and it makes me want to pray fervently. I pray we may find such zeal but may it
be steered by wisdom and I pray for good solid teaching to enter the Chinese
Underground Church. The alternatives are troubling.
Their
society is ascendant but cancerous. The regime, far from being Communist is
floundering trying to find a unifying social ethic. They even seemed to toy
with Christianity for a time but are now turning to what may be termed another
manifestation of Confucianism. You can't entirely escape history.
But will
Neo-Confucianism provide the social framework to support the social upheaval?
Their society is screaming. All of the old paradigms have been smashed, and not
everyone has benefitted. There's a lot of turmoil and seething discontent.
They've got big problems when it comes to the environment and resources. Their
success is becoming their downfall. The Cheap Labour model has been so
successful it's beginning to slit its own throat. Mao's picture overlooks it
all which is at this point an absurdity but they don't know what to replace it
with.
Society will
look for scapegoats and the government will be looking to maintain order.
Hyper-zealous Christians infused with bad theology might spell disaster. It
won't mean Beijing is right in its actions but if they go after the Underground
Church, which they already are on a regional basis, will it be because of
faithful witness or activist theology which seeks to undermine the regime?
I don't know
but I am uneasy and watching this sort of video doesn't help. Looking at the
comments I find it troubling that virtually no one exhibits any kind of
discernment.
Test the
spirits.
The
ubiquitous force of Dispensationalism is always on the lookout for a global
religion and no doubt many think they find it in Islam. I'm on the lookout for
a massive manifestation of false Christianity and Dominionism seems to be the
tie that binds together everything from Conservative Protestantism to Rome to
the Charismatic movement. And the Charismatic movement alone seems poised to
become the ascendant form of Christianity in about fifty years. Dominionist
Charismatic Christianity is to me a terrifying prospect. It will be the haunt
of demons and beasts.
This video
which I may have shared before is one I revisit. It still amazes me how this is
but a re-casting of the Reformed Dominionist theology. It's the same Kuyperian
creature in a different body. Who would have ever guessed such a thing would
come to pass? If you understand what he's done to the idea of the Kingdom and
the implications of this theology, you will be deeply disturbed. His
understanding and assessment of the world is flawed and his blindness is the
fruit of the poison well from which he drinks.
