The Gospel is Not Freedom and Democracy

By: Johnathan Todd      

Chinese Christians are not praying for a change in their government. They identify God growing the Chinese Church through the current government and do not wish to change what God has established for His purposes.

These thoughts were shared recently at Grace Evan by our missionary working with Chinese Christians and they reminded me of a Biblical reality:

The gospel is not freedom and democracy.

I am fearful that as North American Christians, the tendency to highlight freedom and democracy as important as the gospel is a real danger. We easily infuse the gospel and our method of government and end up confused regarding what God has established as our hope.

The gospel is Christ crucified and raised.

The hope of the world is the gospel and this is the hope that we are tasked with proclaiming to all the nations. This is the hope we are charged with being prepared to give an account of to all who inquire.

So, I’ll close with the reminder Paul gave the Corinthian Christians: "Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you… that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures…" (1 Corinthians 15:1-4)