There need be no fear of anyone's faith being shaken if it is in Christ and on His word alone. However! if it is built on China becoming a Christian nation, oF "Christianity and Patriotism" (much better had you used "Martyrdom") as you use for a heading, then it is bound to be shaken and the scioner it is the better. Remember "Our citizenship is in heaven."
"This should be sufficient to make clear to us our citizenship or enfranchisement is in contrast to that of Isreal, ours is in the heavens. We have no political privileges, where the sovereignty of our Lord has been rejected (I wish you could pass this on to General Feng.) But we have. high hopes both politically and physically, We shall reign with Christ in' celestial spheres. And this body of humiliation will be transfigured to conform to His glorious body.
If the National Christian Council of China is seeking to follow Christ and lead individuals to living experience in Christ, then get to prayer, and keep praying until the love of God overflows in each of your hearts so that polities and worldly progressiveness dies outs then you will know a unity with Christ which will also cause you to know that in every other sect there is a part of the mystical body, of Christ, Personally I cannot see the students carried on in Shanghai, Whether the police did right firing is none of our business. That is for the Shanghai Municipal Council to settle. They are just as responsible to God for their work of administration as we are for giving the gospel. Read Ro. 19:1-3, "Let every soul be subject to the superior authorities, for there is no thority except under God. Now those which are set under God, 50 that he who resisting an authority haw withstood God's mandate. Now those who have withstood will be cotting judgment for themselves, for magistrates are not a fear to good acts, but to evil."
Secing these things are so it might be a wise plan for the N.C.C, to get so busy with the promulge tion of the gospel that they will not have any time left to dabble in politics. What use is there for to waste our time about an old world which God in the future will baptist in fire to purify it and make, the rope he can take to improve the so-called civilization which when it reaches the height of its grandeur and perfection (7) it will be in pitched battle against God and His Anointed, There is nothing in our western civilization nor in the Chinese civilization that can adorn the Gospel of Christ. Wherever the gospel has its rightful place—civilization "is outside the door.
Christ indwelling the sinner makes good citizens, but Christ does not need to borrow anything from civilization to make good saints, The first civilization murdered its brother (Abel), the last will end in destruction by the breath of our returning Lord.
Therefore secing that there is no hope of peace in this world (much as it may be cracked up), but law-Isesness will become worse. Evil men shall wax worse and worse.
Society will become more corrupt. We ought to point men to. the "Prince of Peace" who is coming to reign to show to the world and men what justice and righteousness means, until that time as Christians keep your heads low.
Longing to see Him reign, Tam, ete, J. MoGnurveay.
The Tibetan Tribes Mission, Minchow, South Kansu,
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